>>43378878This anon is speaking the truth. HGSS were visually appealing games. Johto is a pretty comfy region, with a fantastic soundtrack and extra nostalgia points for Kanto(oooooo). Having your bros able to follow you for the first time ever was exciting. Apricorn balls were back after a long absence. The Pokeathlon was really fun, I know I dumped many hours into those games.
The visuals have improved but outside of that it's slim pickings. Gen 2 has the worst level scaling in the series and HGSS did nothing to fix it. In some areas HGSS made things more linear when they didn't need to be. Lugia and Ho-Oh were forced onto the player rather than being hidden rewards.
