>>27987397I still remember playing Ruby and having a decent amount of fun. I got Sapphire about a month before Emerald and played through it before Emerald so I could see all the things that changed.
Except Emerald changed jack shit for most of the first half of the game. I remember putting the game down after reaching Dewford and just being bored knowing I wasn't going to get to anything interesting before the 6th gym, and even once I picked it back up I slogged through it just to get to the fun parts. I didn't mind battle tents but I hated waiting for Lilycove to make pokeblocks and do contests. Magma Hideout was so fun for being different, but going back through Aqua Hideout was dumb as fuck. The end to the story was okay, but the fact that you didn't get to fight any of the legendaries was kinda dumb.
And while the Battle Frontier was fun to dick around in, it didn't feel like Emerald did much to justify a purchase if you already bought Ruby or Sapphire. It fixed some things and made the stories combine which gave some needed content and relevance to some parts of the map in the late game, but fuck.
ORAS was a nice romp, but I wish they brought back the Magma Hideout in OR, because the Lilycove cave was stupid for them to have and lazy as hell. Overall I'm just not really as attached to replaying through a Hoenn game as I am other games. I started a Ruby file before ORAS and I couldn't be assed to get past Wattson because it just wasn't fun, it just felt like an obligation. They're still fun to go back to and just explore and listen to the music, but I never feel compelled to start a new journey, and that's weird for a Pokemon game.
Also fuck Ruby and Sapphire's PC for not having the ability to move items.
