Post by Miyuki Wakahisa on Dec 12, 2015 16:11:48 GMT -5
Yes.
It was great having an Attack/Defense split, but not having a Special split.
What was even better was how crits, binding moves, stat increasing, and OHKO moves all worked.
btws, literally no check to Psychic types so Alakazam broke the game.
>yfw a Pokemon you can catch before the second gym was the second strongest pokemon in the game because: >>Super Fast, so it got crits all the time >>Had no weakness because there were no bug/ghost type moves worth mentioning >>Gengar, the only real "counter" to Alakazam couldn't touch it because the only ghost moves were Lick (base power of 2) and Night Shade (damage based off your level) >>Had one of the most versatile movepools >>Had the potential to be fully evolved before your starter even got it's second stage
>yfw even the first strongest pokemon (mewtwo) had all of those same issues, but had the added benefit of massive stats (compared to other pokemon in the gen) and had access to fucking Barrier
Don't get me wrong, first gen is great--my nostalgia is so fucking strong because not only was it my first Pokemon game, but my first game in general. But I know a bad game when I see one.
Exactly. Those were all of my favorite things to exploit! Its much harder to make people rage with with just one Pokémon now- unless your playing anything goes, in which case Wonderguard Eelektross is a thing.
Post by Walter Weiß on Dec 12, 2015 16:46:28 GMT -5
The thing is, a pokemon based off X animal is cool the first time.
But not the 5th time.
The reason the later generations don't interest me on an aesthetic level is that most pokemon are just different artist drawing the pokemon version of the same fucking animal and yeah I already saw that one before thanks.
Post by Miyuki Wakahisa on Dec 12, 2015 16:51:21 GMT -5
Gen one was so good. We had things like...
Pokeball and Upside Down Pokeball (voltorb and Electrode) Sludge and Bigger Pile of Sludge (Grimer and Muk) Group of Eggs (Eggexcute) Nicki Manaj (Jynx) Pedophile (Hypno) Bird, Slightly Bigger Bird, Turkey Bird (Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot) Buttface (Magmar) Bird With Two Heads, Bird With Three Heads (Doduo, Dodrio) Half of a Brown Pillar, Three Half Brown Pillars (Diglett, Dugtrio)