01-15-2013, 05:31 AM
I'm in the boat of saying Gen 1's simplicity made it shine. Even Gen 2 pushes this a bit, and I get that there's only so much you can do, there's only so many things to make, so many names, get with the times of removed limits, etc.
But that doesn't make them any better, it just makes them have an valid excuse.
Gen 1 was good because it had 150, which is a big number. Now it's over 600, which is a retardedly huge number that nobody could comprehend. It was a possible to remember all 150 original pokemon names, even Gen 2 was slightly more possible. But you quadruple the number of original Pokemon and you're dealing with insane numbers. I can't give out 600 names for food dishes, nevermind Pokémon names.
I just miss simplicity in design. No fucking beauty contests, no film set bullshit, no thousand evil Pokémon teams, just fucking Team Rocket, a single enemy force, and you. And maybe fucking Gary every so often.
Not you, your 2 best friends, a rival, 3 evil companies, hollywood, sexy outfits, cleaning your badges, calling your mum for help, going online to search a big empty underground cave...
This is why I miss the old Gameboy generation and have no interest in most of the classic games that are still making sequels today.
But that doesn't make them any better, it just makes them have an valid excuse.
Gen 1 was good because it had 150, which is a big number. Now it's over 600, which is a retardedly huge number that nobody could comprehend. It was a possible to remember all 150 original pokemon names, even Gen 2 was slightly more possible. But you quadruple the number of original Pokemon and you're dealing with insane numbers. I can't give out 600 names for food dishes, nevermind Pokémon names.
I just miss simplicity in design. No fucking beauty contests, no film set bullshit, no thousand evil Pokémon teams, just fucking Team Rocket, a single enemy force, and you. And maybe fucking Gary every so often.
Not you, your 2 best friends, a rival, 3 evil companies, hollywood, sexy outfits, cleaning your badges, calling your mum for help, going online to search a big empty underground cave...
This is why I miss the old Gameboy generation and have no interest in most of the classic games that are still making sequels today.