So after finishing PLA this week I decided to start a game of Black 2 - I'd never played either of these before as I finished Black 1 in 2011 and then went to university etc. And I was feeling in a very Pokemon mood after PLA so figured why not.

But holy shit man, I got to the 3rd Bug Gym and I had to stop. These games feel almost unplayable compared to PLA. The battles and animations are soooo slow, the routes between towns are completely empty and bare with no substance. And you get stopped by an NPC at literally EVERY turn even when you're supposed to be fully into the campaign. Why the fuck would I want to make a 'film' at a Pokestudio? I'm not playing through the rest of this shit with all these cutscenes and tutorial stops.

I feel like some of the older games are going to be forever broken now. I'm playing Crystal now and having more fun with that at least because it just lets you play the game. But I don't remember Black 1 being this bad.