>>41577626Gen IV was more difficult than any previous Gen
Gen IV, or at least DP, gave the player more freedom with the paths they took and promoted backtracking
Gen IV's map had numerous intersections, split paths, and the next location often wasn't immediately next on the map
Gen IV had a shitton of content
Gen IV did NOT split Platinum into two versions
Gen IV had 4 years of development time, tied with Gen II and V as the longest excluding the outlier that is Gen I
Gen IV had a gap year between DP and Platinum
Gen IV was Game Freak doing better than ever, especially before Masuda went crazy