>>13286761You know those annoying joint buildings between routes in most pokemon games? Where you transition from one route, enter the building to quickly run through and come out the other side?
Those don't exist in Hoenn. It really adds to the feeling of exploring the unknowing, adventuring beyond the scope of what normal people do their whole lives, as well as providing a huge variety of different environments and pokemon.
Honest, the water is no big deal. The encounter rate isn't as bad as most of /vp/ will have you believe and if it DOES becomes annoying, just buy some repels. They're cheap as shit and what else are you spending your ridiculous amounts of pokedollars on?
Not only that, the sheer amount of secret hidden areas (and secret bases) made journeying so much more worth it. I can't count on both hands how many hidden areas I found just fucking around. The legendaries are pretty cool too, and the starters are my absolute favourite of any region.
I believe it's aged pretty badly though, but take what you will.
