>>37414477I watched 12 minutes for her first 2 main points and she's both wrong and right.
No, Gen 2 isn't difficult in the slightest and doesn't punish you at all for grinding through it the way you would Gen 1 or 3.
You can sweep the game in like 5 hours if you pick the right starter. I mean for crying out loud, Croconaw gets Ice Punch before the 3rd gym, one of the strongest moves in the game at that point, and then Surf before the 4th Gym. Oh, and it evolves into its final stage at Lv. 30.
She's right that the game is very non-linear and let's you play it in so many different ways, unlike modern games which are all about the cutscenes, 'go this way not the other', and the handholding. G/S truly lets you experience the world of Johto and Kanto the way you want.
