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Peanut · 08-06-2006, 07:18 PM

The first game was fun because it was an original concept. The fighting system has never been overly entertaining. I really can't think of an RPG outside of Paper Mario and Knights of the Old Republic that has a truly entertaining turn-based fighting system. And this is where Pokemon shows what it truly was. A decent turn-based RPG with collecting elements that made the game.

Now that the novelty of "catchin' em' all" and leveling in the grass for hours to evolve your Pokemon has worn off; it has left us with very little to come back for.

I honestly don't think there's much they can do to bring Pokemon back from the level of gaming mediocrity where it now resides. Like all RPG's with a traditional turn-based battle system, the fun wears out pretty fast, and that's when people are playing for story. Would Final Fantasy be anywhere if the gameplay was the exact same, but the story was lackluster? Hardly. Pokemon has fallen into this trap, but doesn't have the story to fall back on.

Much like the Grand Theft Auto series, the 4th installment in the franchise is a big one. They have to try and prove to people that they can do more than flesh out some of the smallers ideas. They have to prove that we aren't playing the same game for the 4th time. I honestly don't think outside of putting the series into 3D and creating an open-ended world that Pokemon can improve. It almost seems like Nintendo is trying to get blood from a stone here.

08-06-2006, 07:18 PM	#4
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	The first game was fun because it was an original concept. The fighting system has never been overly entertaining. I really can't think of an RPG outside of Paper Mario and Knights of the Old Republic that has a truly entertaining turn-based fighting system. And this is where Pokemon shows what it truly was. A decent turn-based RPG with collecting elements that made the game. Now that the novelty of "catchin' em' all" and leveling in the grass for hours to evolve your Pokemon has worn off; it has left us with very little to come back for. I honestly don't think there's much they can do to bring Pokemon back from the level of gaming mediocrity where it now resides. Like all RPG's with a traditional turn-based battle system, the fun wears out pretty fast, and that's when people are playing for story. Would Final Fantasy be anywhere if the gameplay was the exact same, but the story was lackluster? Hardly. Pokemon has fallen into this trap, but doesn't have the story to fall back on. Much like the Grand Theft Auto series, the 4th installment in the franchise is a big one. They have to try and prove to people that they can do more than flesh out some of the smallers ideas. They have to prove that we aren't playing the same game for the 4th time. I honestly don't think outside of putting the series into 3D and creating an open-ended world that Pokemon can improve. It almost seems like Nintendo is trying to get blood from a stone here.