>>51583412>didn't fix the atrocious level curveWorse, it created the "atrocious level curve" in the first place. In the original GSC it's mostly balanced out by invisible benefits the player gets (STAT EXP and Badge Boosts), that make your ream muh stronger their level than opponents would be. Yo were meant to outpay opponents not match their level, that's why people are able to beat Red even when their team is only in their 60's.
Meanwhile HGSS doesn't have those soft benefits to the player and even gave many opponents better movesets and slightly higher levels, but doesn't make EXP easy to get. (They don't even let you farm rematches in the SS/.Aqua anymore)
Also, the ONE thing fans actually didn't like about GSC on release was Gen2 Pokemon not showing up more. HGSS improves this somewhat (like Misdreavus and Steelix in Cliff cave) and the Safari zone has all the Gen2 Pokemon that were locked in Kanto. However, the Safari zone fucks it up by making you wait about one month in real time, until stiff like Houndour and Larvitar actually appears. What the fuck.
Also Giovanni actually waiting for the admins to contact him misses the point of the originals. Giovanni was the one who willingly disbanded Team Rocket because he know it couldn't last, the admins were the one who were stuck in the past.
