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After Gen II, I took a hiatus from Pokémon. When I came back in Gen III, I was older, wiser, and eager to see what I had been missing. The insane amount of changes brought forth with Gen III revolutionized the series and added new life. I consider Gen III to be the most influential generation since Gen I. It added ''that much'' to the series. However, I hammer these points home, because on the flip-side, what Game Freak gave us in content and polish, they took away in features and flow. Gen III has a strong and loyal fanbase...and they're not going to like this section, so I'm going to add a little extra so I can hopefully explain myself, and why I feel the way I do. | After Gen II, I took a hiatus from Pokémon. When I came back in Gen III, I was older, wiser, and eager to see what I had been missing. The insane amount of changes brought forth with Gen III revolutionized the series and added new life. I consider Gen III to be the most influential generation since Gen I. It added ''that much'' to the series. However, I hammer these points home, because on the flip-side, what Game Freak gave us in content and polish, they took away in features and flow. Gen III has a strong and loyal fanbase...and they're not going to like this section, so I'm going to add a little extra so I can hopefully explain myself, and why I feel the way I do. | ||
I'm glad I played FRLG first because I didn't find Hoenn or RSE to be very engaging. Hoenn in particular I really dislike. SO MUCH SURFING. The latter half of the game was probably supposed to feel like an adventure, but I found it to be boring (yes, I feel the same way about {{zw|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker}}. Hoenn's main issue in my opinion is flow (irony?). You could go the whole game and not even go near [[Pacifidlog Town]]. And thanks to [[Mr. Briney]], right off the bat, we skip an entire ''five routes'' between [[Petalburg City]], [[Dewford Town]], and [[Slateport City]]. In my opinion, that was really unnecessary. We also had day and night get removed, which....why did they do that? | I'm glad I played FRLG first because I didn't find Hoenn or RSE to be very engaging. Hoenn in particular I really dislike. SO MUCH SURFING. The latter half of the game was probably supposed to feel like an adventure, but I found it to be boring (yes, I feel the same way about {{zw|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker}}). Hoenn's main issue in my opinion is flow (irony?). You could go the whole game and not even go near [[Pacifidlog Town]]. And thanks to [[Mr. Briney]], right off the bat, we skip an entire ''five routes'' between [[Petalburg City]], [[Dewford Town]], and [[Slateport City]]. In my opinion, that was really unnecessary. We also had day and night get removed, which....why did they do that? | ||
However, Gen III brought some interesting new Pokémon to enjoy. Some of the new Pokémon I am a huge fan of, but it goes without saying that to counter the good, there's plenty of bad. Gen III suffers from a huge problem called "gimmicks" that litter the dex (more on this later). Also, unlike previous generations, there isn't nearly as much nostalgia here for me, AND I compare some of these strongly AGAINST my nostalgia of past generations, so the hate will flow. I understand that Gen III brought a ton of new fans to the game, meaning this was their first outing | However, Gen III brought some interesting new Pokémon to enjoy. Some of the new Pokémon I am a huge fan of, but it goes without saying that to counter the good, there's plenty of bad. Gen III suffers from a huge problem called "gimmicks" that litter the dex (more on this later). Also, unlike previous generations, there isn't nearly as much nostalgia here for me, AND I compare some of these strongly AGAINST my nostalgia of past generations, so the hate will flow. I understand that Gen III brought a ton of new fans to the game, meaning this was their first outing, but sorry folks, I calls it likes I sees it. | ||
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