>>42151948My problem with the middle part of Johto is the opposite: I find it much too easy precisely because the levels don't increase and the bosses are pretty pathetic. I honestly have no idea how the player in pic related only gained two levels on his starter between Jasmine and Pryce when there was all of Lake of Rage as well as a Team Rocket dungeon between the two.
Someone earlier on posted a picture of the final Team Rocket confrontation which I think exemplifies this issue. You've got a major boss battle, right before the final Gym Leader and pretty close to the Elite Four, who has two weak NFE Pokemon and not one powerful move on his entire team. That's super fucking lame.
>>42152080The problem with Kanto really wasn't the lack of a story, although I'd have loved to have seen one final Team Rocket plot thrown in there. The "main story" in any big Pokemon game is to beat the Gym Leaders and then the final challenge that lies beyond them, which is present in GSC's Kanto. The major issue with Kanto was a lack of dungeons, which HGSS went at least a decent ways toward fixing.
