syko5150 said:
Overlord Nadrian said:
Come on, Pokémon games are among the best RPG's of all time. Sure, there's some flaws in it, but saying Pokémon's bad is just YOU being childish. If you don't like Pokémon, you don't like RPG's and you're trying to be cool (but you're NOT).
There's a major flaw in that statement saying Pokemon are among the best Role Playing Games of all time and that is there is a fairly
boring story in Pokemon.The best Role Playing Games have
great story lines that you still remember years after playing them. Pokemon is just a
grind fest and unless you plan on battling online with other people(which most people will) there is nothing to look forward to.
Story is the reason people level for hours to beat the next boss to find out what will happen next in the story.There are tons of Role Playing Games that have awful story lines that are still better then Pokemon so making a statement that Pokemon are among the best is not true.
Pokemon games only appeal to Pokemon fans where good RPGs will appeal to A LOT of people.
Now to answer the lines in bold.
1. Most Nintendo games don't have much stories to speak of. It's the replay value, variety and gameplay that people play them for.
2. Great story lines I'll remember? Such as? If you say Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest or any of that I'm not going to reply.
3. Grind fest? Not really, Pokemon is actually fairly easy with the grinding, leaving it completely up to the player.
4. Pokemon isn't played for the story. It's played for the FUN. Why can't really polished games be played for the FUN anymore? Also don't say "Pokemon isn't fun" because the latest games D/P/Platinum sold over 25 million copies combined.
5. Pokemon games only appeal to fans? Sorry, but Pokemon is Nintendo's SECOND most popular franchise, right behind the jumpman (Mario) himself in terms of sales and popularity. Plus, go to metacritic, not a single main stream Pokemon game has gotten a bad review. Plus I think Pokemon is easily the most accessible RPG out there, appeals to younger and older audience.
Whew that took a while.