I've played both Diamond and Brilliant Diamond. To be honest, I don't get where the hate is coming from for BD. It's got a ton of quality-of-life changes compared to Diamond. If you had the choice between the two, I would certainly recommend BD, especially if you're used to the the QoL from the newer Pokemon games. Whether or not BD is worth the money is a separate question entirely... but at least that can be solved by consulting some online "vendors," if you catch my drift
As for S/M and US/UM, what I've heard is that S/M has a more coherent story. US/UM apparently chose to abandon the story near the end and shoehorn in an incoherent ending, with the intention of using the new ending to build up a stronger post-story game. The choice boils down to whether you care about the story more or whether you care about the post-game content more
Well either way I’ll play on the steam deck, so not needing to switch between screens in a plus for brilliant diamonds.
In regards to s/m and us/um. What if I just want to beat the elite four which would you recommend? I’m not sure I care about the store or the post game content. I’m not even sure what post game content is, so maybe I’d care, but probably not.
I've played both Diamond and Brilliant Diamond. To be honest, I don't get where the hate is coming from for BD. It's got a ton of quality-of-life changes compared to Diamond. If you had the choice between the two, I would certainly recommend BD, especially if you're used to the the QoL from the newer Pokemon games. Whether or not BD is worth the money is a separate question entirely... but at least that can be solved by consulting some online "vendors," if you catch my drift
As for S/M and US/UM, what I've heard is that S/M has a more coherent story. US/UM apparently chose to abandon the story near the end and shoehorn in an incoherent ending, with the intention of using the new ending to build up a stronger post-story game. The choice boils down to whether you care about the story more or whether you care about the post-game content more
Well either way I’ll play on the steam deck, so not needing to switch between screens in a plus for brilliant diamonds.
In regards to s/m and us/um. What if I just want to beat the elite four which would you recommend? I’m not sure I care about the store or the post game content. I’m not even sure what post game content is, so maybe I’d care, but probably not.