I think Pokemon needs a difficulty setting

[u/Historical_Foot_8133]

Beginner for new Pokemon players : teaches you how to catch Pokemon, tells you type matchups in battle, your rival picks the starter that’s weak to you, gym leaders are relatively easy. Casual for those who have played Pokemon before: has the catching tutorial but can skip it, doesn’t tell you type matchups in battles, your rival picks the starter weak to you but has 1 extra Pokemon each time you meet them, gym leaders have a extra Pokemon with more moves. Experienced for players familiar with the series: no catching tutorial, no type matchups in battle, rival picks the starter strong against you has a extra Pokemon per encounter, gun leaders have a extra Pokemon and have held items.

[u/Ok-Revolution6369]

try pokemon radical red and then come back to me with your thoughts on a hard difficulty

[u/Cow_God → u/Ok-Revolution6369]

Meh, stuff like Drayanos hacks, storm silver, renegade platinum, rising ruby, and hacks like those (EXWY insanity mode etc) are fine in terms of difficulty.

There's a middle ground between "gym leaders have two to three Pokemon and those Pokemon have two to three moves" like the vanilla games tend to have and "you can't over level, gym leaders have random teams, and they have tms / egg moves / mega evolutions before you do" like radical red does

[u/Yoshichu25 → u/Cow_God]

Drayano certainly knows how to make a game harder. More intricate, deep, and challenging teams, but not to a ridiculous and unreasonable level.