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I_Abibde posted...

I attempted Pocket Mortys, but I was not feeling it. If I want to play Pokmon, I have plenty of real Pokmon games on hand to scratch that itch.

Yeah, it's really not a Pokemon replacement. It's more of its own thing. And I like the concept and everything, but the gameplay is so unbelievably slow. Doubly so since each trainer you run into has a full team. Within the context of Pokemon, I was always somewhat bugged by the fact that random trainers who challenged you almost never had a full team, but PM kinda shows why it's a sucky idea.

In general, it's a pretty neat parody that fits the feel of the R&M universe. However, the creators were more focused on creating a parody and having fun with the concept than they were with making a great game (although it's a mobile title with a RWT component so... par for the course?)

The simplistic rock-paper-scissors typing is a humorous jab at Pokemon's type effectiveness system, but it's also a stark reminder why the Pokemon games have so many types because (other than the default Morty) there really many "normal"/neutral Mortys so the odds of a neutral matchup are kinda low and some fights involve the player & NPC repeatedly switching Mortys.

A lot of the dialog pokes fun at the shorts-loving NPCs as well as some of the mundane introductions in RBY, but they kinda overuse certain trainers all with the same dialogue (often ones who don't speak English) which quickly kills a lot of the fun.

Then there's the general balance issue where your opponents are all roughly the same strength as you so, when you're fighting trainer after trainer, you can get KO'd a lot because you'll *always* need healing between battles. And, among other inconveniences, I don't think you can just leave a dimension before beating its Rick so sometimes you're stuck having to lose to return to the citadel.

....and, on a somewhat related note, I'm kinda tempted to contribute a review to Gamefaqs for the first time in years.
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