EnigmaticPhilosophy wrote:
I'm almost done with Platinum, and about to move on to Gen-5 soon. There's two things I really like about the series: first, the incorporation of cultural/philosophical/spiritual/mythical elements into the storylines since Gen-2, which have become increasingly profound with each installment.
The other thing I love about the series is the strategic/tactical value of the battle system. Sure, it's still unbalanced (lolstealthrock) but there's still so much depth to the system that it really forces you to consider every possibility. You can't just bumrush anymore, not unless you purposely plan out your strategy that way... a lesson which I learned the hard way back in Gen-3.
Fighting against Norman was a major wakeup call, telling me that Pokemon's game design was evolving, and I had to either catch up or get left in the dust...
Stealthrock isn't that unbalanced, just bring a rapidspinner, you need one anyway. I do think its kind of dumb that rock is neutral to rock though, it should be resistant..Armaldo should NOT take extra damage from SR.
Playing against actual people who know what they're doing is almost like poker. You've got to be really good at prediction and you can play mindgames with your opponent and vice versa.
17 Sep 2012, 4:49 pm
