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Legends Arceus was ok despite having that Gamefreak “this feels like a game from 15 years ago” polish. I’m bummed, but not surprised, that ZA was a step backwards
I hated most new Pokémon games except Arceus, Snap and ZA. Didnt bother with SRVB and sword/shield is the absolute worse. I like za of all the new ones. Story, character and gameplay are solid. New areas open up and many ways to make it challenging.
Bought used because I hate knowing Gamefreak could give us the game all us fans deserve: voice acting, better graphics, etc. But does not.
Respect for how you bought ZA. I did the same for Sword; don’t even think I got past 4 badges.
Arceus was verrrry meh to me. Despite the physical scale, the world was so empty it felt smaller and more shallow than the original Red/Blue games.
Didn't even bother with ZA because of it.
You’re not missing out if I’m being honest. I enjoyed the shallow stealth mechanics and the unique new pokeballs that you could use in Arceus despite the sub par open world. That’s all gone now in favor of tiny zones where you can catch 5-8 pokemon with nearly no stealth options. Even when you are able to sneak up to one, many are nearly impossible to catch unless you knock them out.