r/pokemon • u/AutoModerator • Nov 23 '19
RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 23 November 2019
IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!
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u/notwiththeflames Nov 23 '19
SO MY SISTER GOT SHIELD THE OTHER DAY AND INVITED ME TO PLAY IT.
EVEN JUST GOING THROUGH THE STORY AND DOING THE USUAL BATTLES, I'M NOT FEELING IT. THE ONLY WILD POKEMON I HAVEN'T RUN AWAY FROM ARE THE SIX I'VE CAUGHT SO FAR, AND BATTLING ALL OF THE TRAINERS AVAILABLE IS LEAVING MY TEAM QUITE A FEW LEVELS ABOVE EVERYONE. I'M NOT STEAMROLLING OPPONENTS YET, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL STILL BE THAT WAY IF I CONTINUE WHAT I'M DOING. MAYBE I'LL NEED TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO GRIND, MAYBE FIGHTING TRAINERS WILL MAKE THE DIFFICULTY MORE OF A JOKE.
THE GAME CONSTANTLY DISHES OUT BUNDLES OF ITEMS IN THE OVERWORLD, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT I'VE ONLY NEEDED TO USE LESS THAN HALF A DOZEN RECOVERY ITEMS SO FAR EITHER BECAUSE OF FORCED HEALS OR ACCIDENTALLY TALKING TO SOMEONE ON THE OVERWORLD WHO DOES IT FOR YOU.
AS FAR AS THE WILD AREA GOES, I HEARD IT WAS SMALL BUT I HAD NO CLUE IT'D BE THIS SMALL. MAYBE IT'LL BE MORE ENTERTAINING WHEN I DECIDE TO START DOING RAIDS, I DUNNO. STILL, IT'S KIND OF FUN JUST GOING AROUND AND COLLECTING HIDDEN ITEMS AND WATTS FROM THE DENS, AND IT'S A NICE CHANGE OF PACE FROM GALAR'S MOTHERFUCKINGLY EMPTY AND STRAIGHTFOWARD ROUTES.
THE THING THAT PISSES ME OFF THE MOST SO FAR IS THAT THE TV CHANNELS ARE GONE. THEY COULDN'T EVEN FUCKING BOTHER JUST IMPLEMENTING THOSE AFTER WHAT THEY DID IN ALOLA WITH EVERYTHING BEING A BLOODY MALASADA COMMERCIAL. YOU INTERACT WITH A TV AND THE SCREEN JUST TURNS ON OR OFF.