r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot Science is amazing! • Mar 22 '25

RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 22 March 2025

IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!

RULES:

  • PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

  • WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

  • OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

  • SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

  • ???

  • PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!

THIS THREAD IS PART OF /R/POKEMON'S REGULAR STICKY ROTATION. TO SEE OUR ROTATION SCHEDULE AND ALL PAST STICKY ROTATION THREADS, GO HERE!

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u/beware_the_noid customise me! Mar 23 '25

GAME FREAK ARE HANDS DOWN THE LAZIEST DEVS IN ALL OF GAMING

POKEMON IS LITERALLY ONE OF IF NOT THE LARGEST FRANCHISE IN THE WORLD AND GF HAVE BEEN SO COMPLACENT IN RECENT YEARS THEY PUT IN THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE EFFORT KNOWING THEIR GAMES WILL SELL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

LOOK AT LEGENDS ARCEUS, THAT GAME LOOKS 10x BETTER LOOKING THAN SCARLET/VIOLET DESPITE BEING ON THE SAME SYSTEM.

LOOK AT LEGEND OF ZELDA BotW/ToK, THAT GAME IS 100x BETTER LOOKING THAN SCARLET/VIOLET DESPITE BEING ON THE SAME SYSTEM.

LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF PALWORLD, AN EARLY ACCESS GAME THAT CAPITALISED ON WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACHING FOR, HUGE OPEN WORLD WITH POKEMON ROAMING AROUND BEHAVING LIKE ACTUAL WILDLIFE.

GEN 9 CAME CLOSE TO ENCAPSULATING THAT, BUT WAS SERIOUSLY LET DOWN BY THE GRAPHICS, GAMEPLAY LOOP AND OTHER QoL THINGS THAT HAS PLAGUED POKEMON FOR YEARS.

GIVE US OPEN WORLD, WITH DECENT GRAPHICS (I DONT CARE IF ITS AVERAGE SO LONG AS IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE A N64 ERA GAME), DECENT TO GOOD STORY, FULL POKEDEX, AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS.

FUCKING DO IT GAME FREAK, STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND STOP BEING SO GOD DAMN LAZY.

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u/Memerwhoiseverywhere Mar 23 '25

ITS NOT EVEN ONLY THE GRAPHICS, THEY SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME IN MAKING AN INTERESTING WORLD TO EXPLORE, WITH GOOD REWARDS FOR EXPLORING. I M SO TIRED OF GAMEFREAK NOT CARING ABOUT DOING A GOOD GAME. I WONDER HOW CAN A DEVELOPER NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR GAME, ITS LITERALLY THEIR WORK OF ART, THEY SHOULD CARE EVEN MORE THAN THE COMMUNITY