Go play the Pokémon games you played as a kid today and tell me they aren’t on rails and have boring dialogue. The games haven’t changed much, you’ve just grown up.
To be clear, I still like the old Pokémon games. I wasn’t trying to say they were bad, per se. I’m actually replaying Y right now with my partner, though of course I wouldn’t really call that an old one.
I think that it’s less that the dialog is more interesting and that it’s less in your face. It’s much easier to mash A and not pay attention to textboxes than it is to sit through a scripted cutscene of banal drivel.
Go play the Pokémon games you played as a kid today and tell me they aren’t on rails and have boring dialogue. The games haven’t changed much, you’ve just grown up.
I’m not saying they were perfect, but it’s definitely a bigger problem now.
I have replayed the older ones a few times, but can’t get through the new games.
Agree to disagree, I suppose. I have my own issues with the newer games but the dialogue and plot rails aren’t new, imho.
Red and blue hold up to me but I’m old and nostalgic
To be clear, I still like the old Pokémon games. I wasn’t trying to say they were bad, per se. I’m actually replaying Y right now with my partner, though of course I wouldn’t really call that an old one.
Oh I super didn’t downvote you, but I have a huge connection to old Pokémon games. I hated sword and shield and scarlet/Violet thoug.
SMOON was my last favorite games.
I think that it’s less that the dialog is more interesting and that it’s less in your face. It’s much easier to mash A and not pay attention to textboxes than it is to sit through a scripted cutscene of banal drivel.