Because I’m just built different, I replayed Gen 6 in the time after this interaction (Y, specifically), I would solidly rank it as my 4th favorite generation, behind 5, 4, and 7, in that order. And that’s nothing against Gen 6, there’s just a lot of really strong pokemon games.
To sort of clarify my thoughts, Gen 6 is where I feel pokemon first started a sort of “two steps forward, one step back” sort of improvement, which is really why I have such mixed feelings about it.
Oh wow, you started and beat Y already? Impressive! I’m such a filthy casual. 🙇
My desires to self insert in those cutscenes with Shauna are, admittedly, a large source of bias for me in favor of X. I haven’t yet played 7th or 5th gen, though… they’re queued up as my next plays, then I’ll hit 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Gen (an actual older Gen 1, not Let’s Go, as I burned out playing Go… now that I think about it. maybe that’s why I dislike Arceus).
Oh wow, you started and beat Y already? Impressive! I’m such a filthy casual. 🙇
In the least condescending way, everything Gen 6 and after is basically just easy mode compared to the past games, especially since I wasn’t doing any sort of a challenge run.
Also, I wasn’t going for side content since I’ve seen it all multiple times, and the main story is only like 6-7 hours if you already know what you’re doing.
Add onto that the fact that I’m currently in online college, which gives me tons of free time, and the fact I caught a 2 week ban from league of legends, playing through Y was a fun side thing when I wasn’t doing something else.
My desires to self insert in those cutscenes with Shauna are, admittedly, a large source of bias for me in favor of X
The Gen 6 characters are really fun, no contest there
Because I’m just built different, I replayed Gen 6 in the time after this interaction (Y, specifically), I would solidly rank it as my 4th favorite generation, behind 5, 4, and 7, in that order. And that’s nothing against Gen 6, there’s just a lot of really strong pokemon games.
To sort of clarify my thoughts, Gen 6 is where I feel pokemon first started a sort of “two steps forward, one step back” sort of improvement, which is really why I have such mixed feelings about it.
Oh wow, you started and beat Y already? Impressive! I’m such a filthy casual. 🙇
My desires to self insert in those cutscenes with Shauna are, admittedly, a large source of bias for me in favor of X. I haven’t yet played 7th or 5th gen, though… they’re queued up as my next plays, then I’ll hit 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Gen (an actual older Gen 1, not Let’s Go, as I burned out playing Go… now that I think about it. maybe that’s why I dislike Arceus).
In the least condescending way, everything Gen 6 and after is basically just easy mode compared to the past games, especially since I wasn’t doing any sort of a challenge run.
Also, I wasn’t going for side content since I’ve seen it all multiple times, and the main story is only like 6-7 hours if you already know what you’re doing.
Add onto that the fact that I’m currently in online college, which gives me tons of free time, and the fact I caught a 2 week ban from league of legends, playing through Y was a fun side thing when I wasn’t doing something else.
The Gen 6 characters are really fun, no contest there