But it's not. Same core mechanics will stay. The only things changed up is in Let's Go.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019
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It's pretty clear they're not going to do any huge innovation to the formula while people are still actively buying the game in droves. Any evolution to the series would mean all future games would require that extra bit of work as well. It would become an expectation. Those expectations would cost time and money and likely do little to increase their already substantial sales. It's just bad business for them to innovate at the moment.
Sucks for me and some others who were hoping for something fresh, but there's still plenty of hype in this thread and I have no doubt this game will do well and be loved by many. Not a bad thing, but I guess the series just isn't for me anymore.
Sucks for me and some others who were hoping for something fresh, but there's still plenty of hype in this thread and I have no doubt this game will do well and be loved by many. Not a bad thing, but I guess the series just isn't for me anymore.
This is... a little different. Some of it looks good, but I may need more time to process this before deciding whether to get this or not.
Does red brick, steam engines, and big ben shout medieval England to you?
Based on the whole mountainous snowy area in the north and nothing to the west it looks like England and Scotland but no Wales.
Looks badass! None of that weird stuff from Lets Go. Growing up with Red and Blue. This is how I imagined Pokemon to be in the 90s. Even random encounters and gyms are back!
Been playing since 1998 and I want overworld Pokémon back permanently. There's still a surprise element when a Pokémon shows up on the overworld, and it adds to the realism. They already have Pokémon animations programmed. I struggle to see why they didn't implement this after LGPE.
Yeah, awful map design this gen, really hate how it looks like.
This kinda looks a bit lame to me. I don't know. From looks alone, it's a bit disappointing. Like they're going back to basics after reinventing the formula for Sun and Moon. Hopefully they aren't once we get more info.
The world looks great... but that's it. I hope I can walk everywhere in that farming valley than being held back by gates.
Everything else felt regressive. Fine, I'll deal with wild battles again, it's not like my time is not valuable or anything, but not even showing wild pokemon on the field is kinda ridiculous.
Looks like I'll be untraditional with this traditional game by
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Everything else felt regressive. Fine, I'll deal with wild battles again, it's not like my time is not valuable or anything, but not even showing wild pokemon on the field is kinda ridiculous.
Looks like I'll be untraditional with this traditional game by
injecting my battle ready mons this go-round
Random encounters are just so 90er gaming, based on former technical limitations. Most game series good rid of random encounters, its just an annoyance.
It does kinda look like that with some branching paths, even the train line basically goes from south to north . . .
That mine they showed sure looked like it was pretty much a straight path.
No ones asking for BotW but with Pokemons. People are asking for a major shakeup like BotW was for Zelda
Man, some of you guys hate BotW so much, you see red as soon as you see the words
Its called PLAYING the game and reflecting AFTER about what works and what doesnt
Who gives a shit about pre launch hot takes
Why not read what people are saying RIGHT NOW
I'm gonna buy this for sure, but I can't help but feel disappointed by how safe these games are looking. Still route-based, not behind-your-character third person camera, random encounters *yawn*
The region looks good tho with a lot of personality. Since this looks like Pokemon's England equivalent, I'd really like to see the lore of this region tied to Kalos.
The region looks good tho with a lot of personality. Since this looks like Pokemon's England equivalent, I'd really like to see the lore of this region tied to Kalos.
Alot of people valued the change in LGPE in this regard though and wished it to be one of the few things they would keep.
Plz tell me I'm looking at this map wrong and it's not such a simple "go up" to progress
The removal of random battles was the best part of let's go...
I think it looks great, personally.
Also, I'm not convinced there isn't some sort of camera control. Some of those shots looked sort of free-camera. Could have been some developer mode, though.
Either way, I'm all in!
Also, I'm not convinced there isn't some sort of camera control. Some of those shots looked sort of free-camera. Could have been some developer mode, though.
Either way, I'm all in!
This seems... fine.
The art design is great, no complaints there. Otherwise it just looks like another one of these. Will still be good but it's hard to not be a bit disappointed. I've a hard time imagining I'll like this as much as Let's Go but we'll see. Hopefully something yet to be revealed really wows me.
The art design is great, no complaints there. Otherwise it just looks like another one of these. Will still be good but it's hard to not be a bit disappointed. I've a hard time imagining I'll like this as much as Let's Go but we'll see. Hopefully something yet to be revealed really wows me.
The more I think about this reveal, the more underwhelming it feels. It truly looks like SM in HD. Same cheap-looking trees and bushes, same ugly backgrounds, everything is the same. Even the battles look like they could have taken place on the latest 3DS titles. I can't recall two other gens looking this similar, especially in different platforms. I'm really worried these new games will double down on the amount of cutscenes and the frequency with which control is taken away from the player, which I hated in the previous games.
Also, is it really that hard to let the right stick control the camera? Other games have been doing that for decades, so I know it's not impossible.
Also, is it really that hard to let the right stick control the camera? Other games have been doing that for decades, so I know it's not impossible.
I grew up with Pokemon and if nothing else I can say that graphically, we have arrived. The art style and graphics are a huge upgrade from Sun and Moon. The footage shown is night and day difference, anyone who says different is trolling.
The title: Sword and Shield isn't doing it for me, but meh.
The title: Sword and Shield isn't doing it for me, but meh.
lol bring on the hot takes!
Game looks... alright. Was expecting more of a re-invention. This just looks like a larger scale X/Y.
People only care about graphics if they're behind the back I guess. The art direction in this is really good. It's lovely.
I, too, enjoy comparing screengrabs from compressed youtube videos from yet to released games against direct feed screen grabs from a fully released console game.Okay besides the fact that's hardly a big upgrade, let's consider the 3DS hardware.
And then consider the Switch hardware.
And then consider we already have this:
and then you see this for what is arguably an equally successful and big franchise:
And finally consider how many assets GameFreak already have pre-made for this game for years.
That's gonna be a yikes from me, chief.
Not saying you are wrong. Just that this is a shitty comparison.
I think the most exciting thing about this is the anime will now become A SOCCER SPORTS ANIME
It's actually flabbergasting. Not even Arceus can save these misguided fools.
Hoping this is true if only for Flygon finally getting somethingREAL LEAKS FROM 4CHAN?
They did it dirty in Gen VI not giving it a Mega
Reigon:
Why are there snowy mountains right next to London though?
Japan, the US, France, and now (part of) the UK. Game Freak seem to just be going down the list of what I assume are their largest markets.
Okay besides the fact that's hardly a big upgrade, let's consider the 3DS hardware.
And then consider the Switch hardware.
And then consider we already have this:
and then you see this for what is arguably an equally successful and big franchise:
And finally consider how many assets GameFreak already have pre-made for this game for years.
That's gonna be a yikes from me, chief.
We really comparing a shrunken down direct feed image to a youtube live stream screenshot?
I'm not saying it ranks as the best looking games on the Switch, but even from your comparison Odyssey doesn't look overwhelmingly better. This is coming from a person who has shat on Gamefreak's technical competency for months (look at pretty much all my posts on them on this board). It doesn't simply look like an HD upres of USUM, which I had feared, and it's art style is more cartoony than Mario's anyway
My god, the whining here is unbearable.
The graphics are pretty good, way better realized than Town, which is more or less what I was expecting. If they actually put an effort on the world building, expansiveness and amount of content in this game, it has everything to be great.
Don't think for a second I don't have my complaints about the franchise, I straight up didn't like XY and though SM weren't exactly great, but this looks like GF is listening and getting back on rails. But they are never going to do something other than a Pokémon game, which is what some of y'all seemed to be expecting. Get real and let fans enjoy what they like.
Also, all of the starters look great, but Sobble is a perfect little angel and I will protect it at all costs.
The graphics are pretty good, way better realized than Town, which is more or less what I was expecting. If they actually put an effort on the world building, expansiveness and amount of content in this game, it has everything to be great.
Don't think for a second I don't have my complaints about the franchise, I straight up didn't like XY and though SM weren't exactly great, but this looks like GF is listening and getting back on rails. But they are never going to do something other than a Pokémon game, which is what some of y'all seemed to be expecting. Get real and let fans enjoy what they like.
Also, all of the starters look great, but Sobble is a perfect little angel and I will protect it at all costs.
I mean, there's clear places where it branches off to the sides, and it'll probably never be perceived as simply as "go up" thanks to camera angles.
