Fee said:
Leaf_Ranger said:
I don't know how much blame can we put on GameFreak's shoulders. The guys have been making games whose evolution, I think, in terms of gameplay (when it comes to moving the character, mapping the world...) wasn't that much. Although I think that the landing after surfing is rushed and goofy and that the sand tiles don't blend, there are always going to be errors. Perhaps the jump into 3D was simply too much.
Just look at Kalos' "cities": they are not ambitious in terms of size or height and that might be because of 3D and because GF couldn't make or even think to take, for example, a city of the size of Goldenrod and put it in 3D. I know there's Lumiose City but even this one has mostly small buildings. Looking at the Kalos' map artwork, I would guess that most places are towns rather than cities.
All of the blame can be put on their shoulders they're the ones making the game. Even more so because part of the reason they don't move forward is terrible excuses like "forming a bond between Pokémon". Why can't they get rid of HM's? "They help form a bond between trainer and Pokémon" Why can't we make more than one file? "We feel that if you could make a separate adventure you wouldn't be as attached to the Pokémon and people you met on the first adventure." I love their games but I freaking hate their philosophy(to be fair I don't have actual interviews backing those quotes up). They could have added a lot of new features a long time ago but they choose to go slowly and stick to their old ways. Anyway all the buildings in Lumiose seem to be towering pretty high. Maybe it's not New York scale but they're still pretty big/tall not that that has anything to do with it.
Yeah the first 3D Zelda is hailed by many as the best game of all time and the first 3D Mario is still considered a great game as well. Furthermore that was like 15 years ago? Gamefreak could have been learning from all the 3D games that have come out since then.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man Garbodorable said they want it to look as good as Animal Crossing, a 3DS game, or at least Super Mario 64, a Nintendo 64 game. None of the improvements mentioned by anyone here require anything close to PC level graphics.
I was talking more about world design not about specific game elements (like the fact that in Gen.I you couldn't stand behind a building because they really were kinda like blocks, then the games evolved into having some kind of 2D where you could pass behind them and even stand bellow some object (like the tent prize by that guy near Slateport with all the mazes) and in Gen IV we got to see some evolution namely with Giratina's realm).
The buildings in Lumiose may be high, but like you've said they're not as high as others cities and around Kalos we don't see anything like Lumiose being replicated, instead we have all these towns (they may be cities in name but judging by their artwork they seem more like towns (I know Cherrygrove is a city despite having few and small buildings...it should be a town like Oldale)) that seem small. And back to Lumiose, judging by the trailers, it won't be a very lively place, at least in terms of habitants because the streets seem almost empty. You might say that that was already the case in some places in every generation, but back then the overall space or camera view would allow us to see more. With X/Y the camera is pretty much focused on the character and there's less visible space around (in case I'm not being clear, I'm talking about the screen's limits and the portion of world that it "captures" without having to move the character).
About the things you've raised like the different save files, I must say that this feature doesn't bug me. Back in Gen. I I found it odd, because it the only game that I play with that. While not bugging me, I understand your concern and already had some times in which I would like that there was the possibility to create another save file, namely to replay the story element of the game without having to trade all Pokémon or losing/deleting them. I was thinking that maybe they do that also because of the trade system, but then I remembered that even if you could create 3 save files, one with a different starter you would still need to trade to obtain the version exclusives and to complete the Pkdex so that argument isn't logical. Oh, about what you said regarding GF opinion and the lack of a video or something, I remember that was kind of the answer given by the time of E3 roundtable so there's no need for you to back it up.
HM's...add TM's. I've always hated that I would have to hunt for these. HM's I can accept because they are what keeps you from advancing in the game and skipping the scripted story but TM's!? -_- I can't really think of any measure or option that could replace this...I admit that I never have given much thought to this. Maybe create a place with all the TM's?...
You're right when you say that they are taking baby steps. For example, I've been wanting a customization option, even if it were somewhat simple, since Gen.III, and we're only getting it now (and still to see how wide will it be!), in the 6th gen and many games after.
Yeah, they could look to other games but...sometimes it's like game creators look when they intend to mimick every single aspect of a game, making a clone one and when they should look for inspiration or comparison to make a better game and learn with other's past mistakes, they don't do it.
Artemis said:
Cartoons/Anime being "serious" is very dependent on the type of show and the age group it's aimed at. The Pokémon anime definitely does not fall into any serious category, despite people wishing it would. It's aimed at a younger audience, is very repetitive, and filled with filler. That doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable for some people, though.
While I agree with you, I still must ask: what sense is there in aiming a anime that follows the success of a game?
So, based on that, why not make the anime targeted at those that began following Pokémon at the turn of the century instead of trying to bring new fans to the series, namely the games, with the anime!? From what I've always heard, Pokémon is most successful in the game field than in the anime, unlike Digimon which has better audience with the anime rather thatn the games.
I think the games even appeal more to older people (adolescents/young aduts) than children so why can't we have something targeted at us?
