How would you fix it?
Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did.
Change up the map so it's not as linear and not a fucking circle
Fix up the post game level curve, it's as bad as hgss
Shorten or remove cutscenes or add the ability to skip them.
Fix it by play a fucking better game series already holy shit this one hasn't changed in 20 years
Not having older gen mons until post-game was actually my favorite thing about this game. I get tired of seeing the same shitmons since gen 1 reappearing in every new game. If I wanted to battle with them, I'd play the fucking game they debuted in.
Just make it so you immediately challenge Alder after beating N rather than needing to do the rematches.
Probably add a fast forward dialog button.
That's it. Game's fine otherwise.
BW is great though.
It's a really good game already. It sounds like your gripes with it can be fixed by playing BW2. BW is a fine game by its self, one of the best imo
>Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did
Fuck off, just play the sequel. You're the reason why they're never going to do another fresh dex again.
Nothing, it was perfect. Go play any other game if you need your Charizard for the 13th time in a row.
yikes
>Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did.
>Change up the map so it's not as linear and not a fucking circle
Dumbass OP.
>Fix up the post game level curve, it's as bad as hgss
Other way around, HGSS should've had the pokemon leveled like BW were wild pokemon ascend higher than level 40.
>Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did.
No. Move shit around so you don't have several mons onpy available after the 7th gym and you have more before the first.
>Fix up the post game level curve, it's as bad as hgss
Not really. Making trainers overlevelled compared to the player is an easy way for them to add difficulty. The problem in HGSS is that the wild pokemon are massively underlevelled
>Shorten or remove cutscenes or add the ability to skip them.
They are barely there
>How would you fix it?
I would remove shit head genwunners like you from the genepool
Why the fuck does any criticism make you a genwunner, i fucking hate kanto.
Go fuck yourselves niggers
The only thing it needed was a region that isn't just a circle. Everything else was perfect.
>Any criticism of Gen V
>WAAAAA GO AWAY GENWUNNERS :(
Christ, Gen V fans are almost as bad as Incinefags when it comes to any negative reaction.
>Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did.
This would be a shit change, the charm of this damn game is having no old pokemon at all until postgame.
You can literally play any other pokemon game including its sequel if you want old pokemon that badly
>Change up the map so it's not as linear and not a fucking circle
It would've been nice if the center of the circle acted as sort of hubtown from which you could go in any direction kinda like hearthome but even better.
>Shorten or remove cutscenes or add the ability to skip them.
Skip button is a welcome addition although I don't think the cutscenes in this gen dragged as much as the last two gens.
To me, Gen 5 doesn't need fixing since it outdid Gen 1&2 in every conceivable way
>Most story heavy Pokemon region to date; linear design, as you say, is good design choice as it followed a crucial plot
>Main Rival is actually important to story in BW
>Mascot Legendaries actually are important to the theme of the story and not a dumb "legendary at the climax of the game before e4" gimmick; actual metaphors by how humans live
>Most Gym Leaders and Champions in a single game STILL STANDS TO THIS DAY
>Evil Team actually was a threat; The fucking balls Game Freak had to have a Castle attack a region based on NYC, followed by a FUCKING PIRATE SHIP WITH NINJA ISIS AND ICE LASERS IN THE SEQUEL (being possible metaphors for 9/11, 1775 and 2001)
>Main leader of B2W2 actually acheives his goal, making him the only villain who actually won in the end; Colress in Alola is still awesome as fuck, researching bonds and shit between trainers and pokemon
>Most Gym Leaders and Champions in a single region TO DATE; Replayable af with banger remixes
>Over 150 new Pokemon being emphasis of 1st game, while sequel still had that dominance of the home region (Johto felt like an add on with all the Kanto mons, but Unova was still top dog in the sequel)
>Actual character growth from BW to B2W2 where we see them grow up in the process of 2 years
Unova still feels like THE magnum opus for the pokemon series and feels like the "Final Games" vibe Johto pulled off, but better to me
Those are my thoughts, and yes, I have played through every region, but Unova is just the best to me
Never said you were a genwunner. Merely chose Charizard because it's popular since the one thing everybody seemed to be big babies about was not using past Pokemon. Hell I hated Gen IV so the idea of only 150 Pokemon for the first time since Kanto was a god send to me.
Ban Politoed.
Ban Ninetales.
Ban Terrakion.
Ban Excadrill.
Ban Latios.
Ban Reuniclus.
Ban Kyurem-b, jesus christ why did they unban this.
Remove the legendary centered story
Remove the railroading
Make the whole plasma thing a side quest and the League invasion thing happens once you're near the end and challenge the league again instead of intruding with the progress of the game
Remove the monkeys and make them into different animals instead of copypasting them.
Lower the fucking evolution levels Jesus Christ.
Sorry sweetie, gen 5 was trash not for muh old mons, but because it marked the start of the power creep and made competitive trash, even to this day.
>Lower the fucking evolution levels Jesus Christ.
These are only a problem in later games. They're fine within the context of their origin games.
Yep it was all gen 5, definitely not the gen that added stealth rock, shitloads of base 100+ attacks for most types, made dragons extremely overpowered, speed crept to make 100 base become slow, and had starters and the regional bird in OU, nosiree
>because it marked the start of the power creep
Gen2 started that, you underaged retard.
I'd fix it by making posts relevant to their home board.
>They're fine within the context of their origin games.
kys
Good thing I don't give two shits about comp and cared more about the possibilities 150 brand new monsters could bring.
Does it even matter what gen tipped the balance when gen 6 effectively raped competitive pokemon completely with Mega's?
>Participating in the Autismfest that is Pokemon's "Metagame"
Erase it from existence. Now 150 of the shittiest Pokemon ever produced will no longer drag down any of Pokemon's future endeavors. Spend all that dev time to make Kalos a whole lot better.
>Add older generation mons in the wild like the sequel did.
They ARE in the wild, they're just postgame. This was a really good decision, I'd just mix up the early grass a bit more. Give the gym leaders more pokemon too, they're all easier.
Outside of that BW1 are hands down the best "launch games" out of any gen.
This, Kanto is a blight on the series and it must go so Kalos and Johto can be good.
Gen 4 was the start of the power creep you total poser, or did you wipe Garchomp, suicide leads and Sandstorm teams from your memory?
>>Actual character growth from BW to B2W2 where we see them grow up in the process of 2 years
That completion of Cheren's arc is still one of the best things about B/W2.
By downloading the Blaze Black and Volt White mods.
Gen 2 was the start of the power creep you total poser, or did you wipe Rest Talk, Steel Type, Leftovers and Curse from your memory?
Garchomp and mence were banned, suicide leads became ineffectuve with the sole exception of Azelf, and only because it adapted to Machamp. Meanwhile gen 5 unbanned kyub because the council gave up on making bw balanced, due to the mess it was.
Yes. It was already raped in gen 5.
Stealth rock was necessary in order to centralize the metagame. And guess what, you nigger for brain? Centralization is good, or you get shit with too many threats like 5, 6 and 7.
Explosion teams only work against kids. Your fault.
>gen 2 meta
>more broken than gen 1
lmao nice try at a joke you underage cretin.
>Garchomp and mence were banned
Oh its a smogonfag, nevermind
Whats the point of playing competitively if you don't actually bother with the official tournaments and gametypes? Hey, at least that wasn't the most embarrassing banning ever (RIP Scolipede)
Also. Base 100 is an important speed tie, there are only few outlets faster than it, you fucking faggot, such as Azelf, who is only lead so not important, Aeridactyl who only noibs use, Jolteon, but I guess an underage like you would use it, Infernape and Gengar.
Never understood this desu. Story is always trash. Game will still be steamrolled easily, the only thing that remains is the pvp.
Noun
power creep (uncountable)
(collectible games, video games, role-playing games) The situation where updates to a game introduce more powerful units or abilities, leaving the older ones underpowered.
By definition gen 2 started power creep. It has nothing to with how broken it is, but how older stuff gets replaced by newer better stuff.
>Explosion teams only work against kids. Your fault.
What did he mean by this
>Stealth rock was necessary in order to centralize the metagame
>Centralization is good
fucking hell
Nothing in gen 2 was more powerful than the most OP shit in gen 1. Tons of shit got NERFED. Gen 2 was the nerfing gen to balance things out. Snorlax is basically the only thing that actually got stronger.
By that logic, why do you cry about bw where the "official" consensus is fuck gen 5 and yay gen 1? I could also argue that vgc 2010 is much better than any vgc that came after it, but I suppose your weak brain would prefer talking about weak npc trainers you can bully with overlevelled 'mons.
Yes, you imbecile, centralization is good, because at the end of the day you only have six slots to build a team. No, Landorus having 40% usage doesn't mean a metagame is centralized as there are LOTS of 'mons after it
>why do you cry about bw where the "official" consensus is fuck gen 5 and yay gen 1?
Are you ESL? Speak properly or fuck off.
>I could also argue that vgc 2010 is much better than any vgc that came after it
VGC2014 called, you poser.
Have you actually played on cart or at a tournament in your life? Be honest. I'll level with you, I only got competitive in gen 3
>what did he mean
Ah, you didn't even play gsc, just a random shitpost trying to make it look like you weren't a kid.
>Le ebin pachi meme
Kill yourself bandwagoner. You don't even know how or why the shitty squirrel was even used and think Sejun used it only because MUH BRO XD FUCK SMOGON KAREN FTW.
What's so hard to understand in that post? Sorry I forgot americans have on average somali tier iqs. Also lmao no @vgc 2014.
>REEEEEEEEE HOW DARE YOU PRETEND PREBANK GEN 6 WAS FUN
Sorry you missed it while you were jacking off on smogon. I bet you exclusively play singles, too.
>Snorlax
>Raikou
>Zapdos got stronger
>Bulky waters that got buffed replacing previous bulky waters that didn't
>Steel Types and Tyranitar replacing Golem and Rhydon, Thick Club Marowak becomes the hardest hitter in the tier
I did play gsc, not my fault you're unable of communicating like a normal human and use terms you don't know the meaning of.
Power Creep started in gen2 and no amount of snot nosed pointing at gen 4 or 5 will change this fact.
Remove all of the Legendary Pokemon except for the box legends, or just remove the genies.
BW was Pokemon perfected.
If you don't even know what is an explosion team, no, you haven't played gsc. Also no, what you cited is literally nothing compared to stuff like Tauros or Alakazam. Hell, gen 1 might be the one true gen to surpass 5 in shittyness.
Also, I'll let you in on a secret, the term bulky water started in gen 3, not 2, you're welcome underage.
>Whats the point of playing competitively if you don't actually bother with the official tournaments and gametypes?
Because the official ruleset is even worse and also Doubles (Hot garbage)
They fixed it perfectly.
It was called B2/W2.
>If you don't even know what is an explosion team
I know what an explosion team is, it has nothing to do with what I said though.
I corrected you on your (wrong) usage of the term and you responded with an asinine comment that had nothing to do with what I said. You might as well have said "Only shitters complain about RestTalk" Social interaction might not be your forte.
Also the term may have started in gen3 but the archetype aka a water type that's bulky predates it.
>Also no, what you cited is literally nothing compared to stuff like Tauros or Alakazam.
Of course not, because they are better than them, drop Steel types into gen 1 without any mechanic changes and they'll still eat these guys alive.
You corrected me on nothing, here let me explain this to you. Power creep is the number of 'mons and set becoming larger and larger, while also demanding much more focused solutions in order to counter them. Gen 2 had those things you said, but it removed MANY problems from Gen 1, many more than the "problems" you think Gen 2 have. If you go in bw though, you find several shit like weather wars and all the stuff you can't possibly prepare at once, Volcarona, Sd Chomp, CB Outrage users, hell something like Haxorus who would be banned in gen 4 is trash un gen 5 because it's OUTCLASSED by a power creep that appeared in that same gen, same deal with Chandelure, and let's not forget about soikes+psychic spam, cancerous thundurus when it was around, Excadrill, Latios, Terrakion, Keldeo, esp. on the rain. Actually any water types on the rain. No, the passage from gen 4 to gen 5 is a complete different dimension than what you posted about gen 1 and 2.
Finally, the term bulky water only started to pop up because water types finally had reliable recoveries (milotic and vaporeon) or were finally a very dangerous threat (Suicune), what do you want to do in GSC, growth Vaporeon? Haha. No, bulky water is a gen 3 onward term, and I'd wager gen 7 killed it.
Jesus, what a mess was gen 5, why do you disgusting zoomers have to remind me, every. single. fucking. time. with. your. fucking. Masuda. Had. A. Fucking. Backlash. And. Now. Only. Panders. To. Kantoshitters. FUCK OFF already, gen 5, 6 and 7 have the same brainless audience. FUCK YOU AND THAT PIECE OF SHIT HAUNTER THAT MADE OU SHIT. OK? I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU ENJOYING BULLYING A NPC PROGRAMMED TO BE BEATEN BY A 3 YEAR OLD KID. YOU RUINED THE ONLY GOOD ASPECT OF POKEMON, BECAUSE YOU ARE ADHD FAGGOTS THAT WANT BATTLES TO BE FAST SO YOU GET 2.000 BROKEN PIECES OF SHIT SWEEPERS.
The only thing gen2 removed was RNG over reliance on crits and status, however, the addition of items, and newer moves and mons opened a whole new can of worms that sure, it pushed the requirements to be considered good on a completely different direction but also widened the gap between good and bad. Like I said, stick Steel type in gen 1 and you'll see very few Rhydons or Golems.
Sure the creep between gen4 and 5 or gen 5 and 6 is a lot wider than the one between 1 and 2 but saying it started there is retarded and wrong.
>Finally, the term bulky water only started to pop up because water types finally had reliable recoveries (milotic and vaporeon) or were finally a very dangerous threat (Suicune), what do you want to do in GSC, growth Vaporeon?
I said the archetype, not term, again you're not reading. Vaporeon, Suicune, Cloyster albeit as a Spikes/Explosion abuser but would still pose a threat to say something like Steelix or Marowak.
Also Toxapex keeps the archetype alive and well.
>Not having older gen mons until post-game was actually my favorite thing about this game
based, i loved having to make a whole new team without being able to fall back on bad habits or having too much knowledge about which pokemon becomes broken or scales poorly.
Male npc is ugly and generic. Change that shit.
Soundtrack is forgettable and the rival theme is outright stupid/annoying.
Dex is a bit on the low quality side. Ideally they should rework some designs and typings.
On top of the dex issue, reduce the amount of clones (zubat, geodude, machop line etc).
You already mentioned linearity and the fucking circle thing, so that's good.
I'd say that's about it. BW2 improved a lot on it so if I ever feel like playing Gen 5 I default to that. It made BW irrelevant.
This, paying attention to the average pokemon fan's critique will make the game worse on average