>>54730386It's really simple. Pokemon isn't an RPG anymore. Game Freak is doing everything they possibly can to turn single-player Pokemon into barbie dress-up dollhouse teaparty. Multiplayer battles have always been easily replaced by simulations on web browsers and such and might as well not exist outside of locally battling your friends, as opposed to strangers. It begs the question: why even buy Pokemon "games"? Why spend money on a product where you just have luncheon picnics with your furry waifu and traverse empty open world wastelands and hallways?
Pokemon was intended to be an alternative to Dragon Quest for children. The further it strays, the worse it gets.
>>54730823>The game is about battlingWhy even play the games instead of simulating battles on smogon or whatever?
>People hated HM puzzlesThey hate exploration. You need 2 things for good exploration: treasure (new pokemon and items) and obstacles (HMs and trainers).
It baffles me that people still buy or "play" the newest games. For what? So you can feel like you're really playing with your favorite pokemon, like Tropius or Gardevoir or Charizard or whatever?
The autists still playing new games would have a better time laying in bed stimming while pretending to be having virtual teaparty dolly dressup instead of wasting $60 every year or 2.
>>54731207Fiery Path sucked and was way too short. The encounter rate seemed higher to make up for it which is retarded. You need bigger dungeons with less encounters.
