in my view pokemon hasn't really stagnated because I don't really look at it as a single-player video game
I think of it more like a TCG with sequels acting kind of like set expansions
in that light the games actually make pretty significant advances every generation, the metagame gets thrown around pretty good with every release
if anything the problem with that is that the single player gets in the way
and I don't even mean in terms of the campaign, which is inoffensive enough
it's just all the grindy bullshit makes it way more frustrating to put a team together than it should be
on paper something like Pokemon Online seems like a perfect solution, but it's filled with obnoxious players and also something about it seems cold and impersonal
like, as much as I hate spending two hours breeding and EV training a pokemon, investing all that time into it does something to make it feel like more than just a sprite with some associated numbers
Speed, just so you know.
You're one of the people who I'd want to interview.
Because even if I don't necessarily agree with your stance on Pokemon, I think you do a really good job explaining your opinions.
Stilts if I don't get interviewed I swear to goodness
Oh, you have Pokemon opinions too?
I'll put you on the list with Speed and Dich.
Also I really need to try and get one or two interviewees I know who aren't PA members.
I don't know if you need any more, but if you do I am also interested in being interviewed
leveling your team evenly isn't a pain! you just order them by level in ascending order, then order them by who has the least amount of XP left to level up
that way you're pretty much always getting level ups and using different pokes and it's awesome
this is how I play
I go through every new area with my core team of pokebros, and then once I've done the dungeon/gym/whatever for that area
I start getting out my other 'mons and I level them all up with the trainers I avoided the first time through and the various tall grasses, capturing all the pokemons I missed.
in my view pokemon hasn't really stagnated because I don't really look at it as a single-player video game
I think of it more like a TCG with sequels acting kind of like set expansions
in that light the games actually make pretty significant advances every generation, the metagame gets thrown around pretty good with every release
if anything the problem with that is that the single player gets in the way
and I don't even mean in terms of the campaign, which is inoffensive enough
it's just all the grindy bullshit makes it way more frustrating to put a team together than it should be
on paper something like Pokemon Online seems like a perfect solution, but it's filled with obnoxious players and also something about it seems cold and impersonal
like, as much as I hate spending two hours breeding and EV training a pokemon, investing all that time into it does something to make it feel like more than just a sprite with some associated numbers
Speed, just so you know.
You're one of the people who I'd want to interview.
Because even if I don't necessarily agree with your stance on Pokemon, I think you do a really good job explaining your opinions.
Stilts if I don't get interviewed I swear to goodness
Oh, you have Pokemon opinions too?
I'll put you on the list with Speed and Dich.
Also I really need to try and get one or two interviewees I know who aren't PA members.
I don't know if you need any more, but if you do I am also interested in being interviewed
in my view pokemon hasn't really stagnated because I don't really look at it as a single-player video game
I think of it more like a TCG with sequels acting kind of like set expansions
in that light the games actually make pretty significant advances every generation, the metagame gets thrown around pretty good with every release
if anything the problem with that is that the single player gets in the way
and I don't even mean in terms of the campaign, which is inoffensive enough
it's just all the grindy bullshit makes it way more frustrating to put a team together than it should be
on paper something like Pokemon Online seems like a perfect solution, but it's filled with obnoxious players and also something about it seems cold and impersonal
like, as much as I hate spending two hours breeding and EV training a pokemon, investing all that time into it does something to make it feel like more than just a sprite with some associated numbers
Speed, just so you know.
You're one of the people who I'd want to interview.
Because even if I don't necessarily agree with your stance on Pokemon, I think you do a really good job explaining your opinions.
Stilts if I don't get interviewed I swear to goodness
Oh, you have Pokemon opinions too?
I'll put you on the list with Speed and Dich.
Also I really need to try and get one or two interviewees I know who aren't PA members.
Yup and they are different from the Pokemon opinions of those two
in my view pokemon hasn't really stagnated because I don't really look at it as a single-player video game
I think of it more like a TCG with sequels acting kind of like set expansions
in that light the games actually make pretty significant advances every generation, the metagame gets thrown around pretty good with every release
if anything the problem with that is that the single player gets in the way
and I don't even mean in terms of the campaign, which is inoffensive enough
it's just all the grindy bullshit makes it way more frustrating to put a team together than it should be
on paper something like Pokemon Online seems like a perfect solution, but it's filled with obnoxious players and also something about it seems cold and impersonal
like, as much as I hate spending two hours breeding and EV training a pokemon, investing all that time into it does something to make it feel like more than just a sprite with some associated numbers
Speed, just so you know.
You're one of the people who I'd want to interview.
Because even if I don't necessarily agree with your stance on Pokemon, I think you do a really good job explaining your opinions.
Stilts if I don't get interviewed I swear to goodness
Oh, you have Pokemon opinions too?
I'll put you on the list with Speed and Dich.
Also I really need to try and get one or two interviewees I know who aren't PA members.
I don't know if you need any more, but if you do I am also interested in being interviewed
I'd be happy to.
And you as well, Anti.
But before I have a bunch of people going, "Oh, ask me, ask me," I should clarify something.
I want to do these interviews over Skype. If at all possible, I want to avoid text chat for interviews. I prefer to get quotes from people who used their voice to deliver them to me.
I mean, I've done e-mail and IM interviews before, but they've been my weakest ones. All my best interviews came from me talking to someone in person, over the phone or on Skype.
I am immediately disappointed they didn't pick a different group of generic antagonists and do a 2/too thing
also i am interested in hear your suggestions for generic horde foes they could have used? zombies have been over done, goblins are basically orcs. kobolds, ogres, and such like are already in the game.
You have to fight a horde of orc ghosts.
The ghosts of all the orcs you killed in the first game.
Alright, so the warmage now an old man tortured by the sins of the past or is he still insane in love with traps and shit and this is just a fun saturday for him?
The Warmage is an old man and is used in the same way the the Rift was used in the first game. And you are a priest trying to exorcise all of the orc ghosts before they make it to him.
But perhaps the divine power is not enough to repel the ghosts!
PERHAPS YOU MUST TURN TO NECROMANCY.
Also, Ghostbusters.
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
I don't think lovecraftian horrors lend themselves to tower defence games.
It would be like playing a game where you have to defeat the primal fear of the dark and the unknown. I don't think arrow traps are going to do that.
have you ever tried arrow traps
yeah, is good for the fear of loud noises and clowns. not so much fire, darkness, and the creeping dread of realizing that reality is just your fragile mind trying to adjust to the abject horrors of the universe.
in my view pokemon hasn't really stagnated because I don't really look at it as a single-player video game
I think of it more like a TCG with sequels acting kind of like set expansions
in that light the games actually make pretty significant advances every generation, the metagame gets thrown around pretty good with every release
if anything the problem with that is that the single player gets in the way
and I don't even mean in terms of the campaign, which is inoffensive enough
it's just all the grindy bullshit makes it way more frustrating to put a team together than it should be
on paper something like Pokemon Online seems like a perfect solution, but it's filled with obnoxious players and also something about it seems cold and impersonal
like, as much as I hate spending two hours breeding and EV training a pokemon, investing all that time into it does something to make it feel like more than just a sprite with some associated numbers
Speed, just so you know.
You're one of the people who I'd want to interview.
Because even if I don't necessarily agree with your stance on Pokemon, I think you do a really good job explaining your opinions.
Stilts if I don't get interviewed I swear to goodness
Oh, you have Pokemon opinions too?
I'll put you on the list with Speed and Dich.
Also I really need to try and get one or two interviewees I know who aren't PA members.
I don't know if you need any more, but if you do I am also interested in being interviewed
I'd be happy to.
And you as well, Anti.
But before I have a bunch of people going, "Oh, ask me, ask me," I should clarify something.
I want to do these interviews over Skype. If at all possible, I want to avoid text chat for interviews. I prefer to get quotes from people who used their voice to deliver them to me.
I mean, I've done e-mail and IM interviews before, but they've been my weakest ones. All my best interviews came from me talking to someone in person, over the phone or on Skype.
This is the only good way to do interviews so yes.
just tell me when's a good time and I'll try to be available
Great!
It'll probably take me a couple days to come up with some questions to start the interviews off and sprinkle in-between whenever there's a lull.
ALSO! I wanted to mention this at some point, so I might as well do it now.
When I was an undergrad in Arizona State's English program, I took a class titled "Video Game Theory."
The professor of that class wrote this book, which I bought after I finished the course because I thought he was a really smart dude. We talked about a lot of stuff like immersion, cinematics, narrative structures, gender theory, etc. It was a pretty fun class, and the many conversations I had with him in his office inspired the Mass Effect article I wrote for Orik's site.
So what I'm saying is, Zach's pretty cool, and if you like what's on Orik's site maybe check out his book?
i think i missed something, why is stilts doing pokeviews?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
Im positive that even with small group of people there will he almost no overlap in opinions on what Pokemon is to them.
I have a podcast now. It's about video games and anime!Find it here.
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BugBoyboy.EXE has stopped functioning.only bugs remainRegistered Userregular
i think i missed something, why is stilts doing pokeviews?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
nnnnnope
the gameplay has moved on in better directions in terms of battle mechanics and such
gen 2 remains the best in terms of aesthetic, story, aftergame content, etc.
I think a lot of people are nostalgic for Gen2 because there was such a HUGE improvement between Gen1 and Gen2, all the other improvements seem more incremental.
Also my brother managed to pry apart his copy of silver without damaging it and is trying to rig up a new battery for it, I haven't checked how that's going in a while but you guys reminded me.
I do not go to that site for video game coverage, and generally avoid their video game coverage whenever possible
part of that is because it's mostly limited to reviews, and well, most reviews on that site that aren't tv reviews are too brief to really gain anything from
i think i missed something, why is stilts doing pokeviews?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
nnnnnope
the gameplay has moved on in better directions in terms of battle mechanics and such
gen 2 remains the best in terms of aesthetic, story, aftergame content, etc.
See?
I mean people think Kanto was a big deal as a post game area but it's got no content it literally exists for nostalgia.
The post game areas in D/P /B/W bigger have more to do and don't have absurdly underleveled wild pokemon.
The story is vastly improved as well. To say G/S has a story is laughable. Team Rocket is defeated before you even get to the seventh gym. There's no lead villian just faceless mooks trying to find Giovanni
Cyrus and N are much better as leads Even Archie and Maxie have personalities beyond Durr I'm a crook.
Asthetic is strictly opinion but do you just mean art style or the level design as a whole? Because you can't seriously compare Gen two to modern titles
I have a podcast now. It's about video games and anime!Find it here.
i think i missed something, why is stilts doing pokeviews?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
nnnnnope
the gameplay has moved on in better directions in terms of battle mechanics and such
gen 2 remains the best in terms of aesthetic, story, aftergame content, etc.
See?
I mean people think Kanto was a big deal as a post game area but it's got no content it literally exists for nostalgia.
The post game areas in D/P /B/W bigger have more to do and don't have absurdly underleveled wild pokemon.
The story is vastly improved as well. To say G/S has a story is laughable. Team Rocket is defeated before you even get to the seventh gym. There's no lead villian just faceless mooks trying to find Giovanni
Cyrus and N are much better as leads Even Archie and Maxie have personalities beyond Durr I'm a crook.
Asthetic is strictly opinion but do you just mean art style or the level design as a whole? Because you can't seriously compare Gen two to modern titles
yo I'm not sure you remember what happens in Kanto or the story of G/S
Sara LynnI can handle myself.Registered Userregular
I kind of want to write something about how Zynga ruined farm related gameplay. Like how WoW is getting some interactive agriculture stuff that sounds casual and fun and everyone is all "god damn FarmVille" blah blah. What about Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing? Those were rad games.
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BugBoyboy.EXE has stopped functioning.only bugs remainRegistered Userregular
edited April 2012
when I say story, I don't mean in the strict plot sense
it's just that I feel like it does a better job of showing a trainer's journey from rookie to champion
and it absolutely has the best post game
8 more gyms+the highest level trainer in the series is a lot more than just nostalgia
the other post game content is basically a bunch of trainers and maybe a battle frontier
gen 2 is the only one to really have your character's story continue on after the e4
i think i missed something, why is stilts doing pokeviews?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
nnnnnope
the gameplay has moved on in better directions in terms of battle mechanics and such
gen 2 remains the best in terms of aesthetic, story, aftergame content, etc.
See?
I mean people think Kanto was a big deal as a post game area but it's got no content it literally exists for nostalgia.
The post game areas in D/P /B/W bigger have more to do and don't have absurdly underleveled wild pokemon.
The story is vastly improved as well. To say G/S has a story is laughable. Team Rocket is defeated before you even get to the seventh gym. There's no lead villian just faceless mooks trying to find Giovanni
Cyrus and N are much better as leads Even Archie and Maxie have personalities beyond Durr I'm a crook.
Asthetic is strictly opinion but do you just mean art style or the level design as a whole? Because you can't seriously compare Gen two to modern titles
yo I'm not sure you remember what happens in Kanto or the story of G/S
No you beat Team Rocket pretty early compared to other games. Ypu get to go to Kanto for what amounts to a victory lap then finally mount silver and a battle with Red . The remakes added some content here but in the originals its all pretty straightforward.
I have a podcast now. It's about video games and anime!Find it here.
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AntimatterDevo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered Userregular
I liked the house in post g/ s where you could fight trainers with lvl 100 stuff once per day
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I don't know if you need any more, but if you do I am also interested in being interviewed
my copy of silver still has a working battery as it never left my gameboy colour, my copy of gold however the battery died a long while ago.
This might be a reason why your brother's still works.
this is how I play
I go through every new area with my core team of pokebros, and then once I've done the dungeon/gym/whatever for that area
I start getting out my other 'mons and I level them all up with the trainers I avoided the first time through and the various tall grasses, capturing all the pokemons I missed.
my brother bought a used copy of gold like four or five years back
I bought mine nearly at release date and it died a year or two after my bro got his game
I, too, can talk about pokemon
Steam
haven't tried it in years, though
Steam
Yup and they are different from the Pokemon opinions of those two
Pfft don't interview T4CT from PA
Interview MIKE BLAIS from THE BROCAST
I'd be happy to.
And you as well, Anti.
But before I have a bunch of people going, "Oh, ask me, ask me," I should clarify something.
I want to do these interviews over Skype. If at all possible, I want to avoid text chat for interviews. I prefer to get quotes from people who used their voice to deliver them to me.
I mean, I've done e-mail and IM interviews before, but they've been my weakest ones. All my best interviews came from me talking to someone in person, over the phone or on Skype.
The Warmage is an old man and is used in the same way the the Rift was used in the first game. And you are a priest trying to exorcise all of the orc ghosts before they make it to him.
But perhaps the divine power is not enough to repel the ghosts!
PERHAPS YOU MUST TURN TO NECROMANCY.
Also, Ghostbusters.
just tell me when's a good time and I'll try to be available
It would be like playing a game where you have to defeat the primal fear of the dark and the unknown. I don't think arrow traps are going to do that.
have you ever tried arrow traps
yeah, is good for the fear of loud noises and clowns. not so much fire, darkness, and the creeping dread of realizing that reality is just your fragile mind trying to adjust to the abject horrors of the universe.
This is the only good way to do interviews so yes.
Great!
It'll probably take me a couple days to come up with some questions to start the interviews off and sprinkle in-between whenever there's a lull.
ALSO! I wanted to mention this at some point, so I might as well do it now.
When I was an undergrad in Arizona State's English program, I took a class titled "Video Game Theory."
The professor of that class wrote this book, which I bought after I finished the course because I thought he was a really smart dude. We talked about a lot of stuff like immersion, cinematics, narrative structures, gender theory, etc. It was a pretty fun class, and the many conversations I had with him in his office inspired the Mass Effect article I wrote for Orik's site.
So what I'm saying is, Zach's pretty cool, and if you like what's on Orik's site maybe check out his book?
Actually Pokemon is a great example of how flat out diverse gamers can be.
There are for example literally thousands of people who actually think Gold and Silver are the peak of Pokemon gameplay. I mean these people are ignoring facts for nostalgia but they exist.
Im positive that even with small group of people there will he almost no overlap in opinions on what Pokemon is to them.
nnnnnope
the gameplay has moved on in better directions in terms of battle mechanics and such
gen 2 remains the best in terms of aesthetic, story, aftergame content, etc.
Also my brother managed to pry apart his copy of silver without damaging it and is trying to rig up a new battery for it, I haven't checked how that's going in a while but you guys reminded me.
3DS: 1289-8447-4695
Well
Yo.
mainly because man if people get upset with me disliking JRPGs
even though I enjoy pokemon once every eight months or so
Stilts and I are going to have a very interesting conversation about what I think pokemon actually is
with shitty coffee and a fat waitress
I do not go to that site for video game coverage, and generally avoid their video game coverage whenever possible
part of that is because it's mostly limited to reviews, and well, most reviews on that site that aren't tv reviews are too brief to really gain anything from
See?
I mean people think Kanto was a big deal as a post game area but it's got no content it literally exists for nostalgia.
The post game areas in D/P /B/W bigger have more to do and don't have absurdly underleveled wild pokemon.
The story is vastly improved as well. To say G/S has a story is laughable. Team Rocket is defeated before you even get to the seventh gym. There's no lead villian just faceless mooks trying to find Giovanni
Cyrus and N are much better as leads Even Archie and Maxie have personalities beyond Durr I'm a crook.
Asthetic is strictly opinion but do you just mean art style or the level design as a whole? Because you can't seriously compare Gen two to modern titles
yo I'm not sure you remember what happens in Kanto or the story of G/S
it's just that I feel like it does a better job of showing a trainer's journey from rookie to champion
and it absolutely has the best post game
8 more gyms+the highest level trainer in the series is a lot more than just nostalgia
the other post game content is basically a bunch of trainers and maybe a battle frontier
gen 2 is the only one to really have your character's story continue on after the e4
No you beat Team Rocket pretty early compared to other games. Ypu get to go to Kanto for what amounts to a victory lap then finally mount silver and a battle with Red . The remakes added some content here but in the originals its all pretty straightforward.
and the addition of doctors/nurses to recharge your pokes so you could keep going
that was rad
Hrm
Probably was now that you mention it
Oh, my Swiss cheese brain
I'd buy one in less than a heartbeat for when I have kids.
also it was a meganium a ferligatr and a typhlosion and his name was CAL OH WHAT'S MY BLOOD TYPE NOPE CAN'T REMEMBER
anti, baby
I can't forget
anything
from any game or book or tv show or anything I was ever even slightly interested in
ever
ever