Board 8 > how are black/white and soul silver

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ideally i would like someone who doesn't buy and play every single new pokemon game to respond

i'm aware that the general formula is still the same but that didn't stop the terrible dragon quest 2 from turning into the great dq8 and dq9. do the improvements to pokemon since blue/silver make it worth buying one of the newest games? if so, which game? what are some of the improvements?

B/W best pokemon game yet

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note the first line. of course the newest one is the best game yet. that doesn't necessarily mean it's worth playing!

it's worth playing

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I don't think it was the best one yet!

I mean, how much do you enjoy the Pokemon formula? It hasn't changed (as you said) and none of the improvements are #gamechangers if you weren't a huge fan in the first place.

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i dunno, i haven't played a main line pokemon game in a decade. that's why i gave the dragon quest example. going by dq2 i would say i hate the dq formula but then there's dq8 which rocked.

is there an actual story beyond 'get all the badges' yet? post-game?

you saying you don't think it was the best one yet is pretty worrying though so that alone might decide it

Black/White is a bit more story-heavy than the rest of them, but it just all feel so same-y, it's hard to get into. I guess if you've been so far removed from the series you might be able to enjoy it more. For what it's worth, I think Platinum is the best.

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Platinum would be the best if it wasnt for the actual pokemon in it.

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i doubt i care about the actual pokemon in it

though no genocide insect is fairly disappointing

Then again, not a single Pokemon game has the genocide insect yet.

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It's easier to get into the groove when you haven't gone near the series in a long time. I played Emerald after five years of not touching the games and it was an absolute blast. Two years later and Diamond/Pearl didn't do as much for me.

Black/White are pretty damn good though. My favorites, most likely. HG/SS are good for a nostalgia rush if you played (and loved) Gold and Silver, but as games themselves they're pretty average.

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I'd suggest Black/White since it's the first one to actually try to do something a bit less same-y and nostalgia reliant plot and pokemon-wise. I don't know about best yet, but that I could appreciate.

Mechanics and gameplay don't change much, but that shouldn't bother you especially if you haven't played pokemon in a good while.

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Yeah, Black/White is surprisingly refreshing in some ways.

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Yeah there aren't many changes to the battle system but it's fundamentally very good, requiring very few tweaks.

Regardless, BW > plat > HGSS > dpp of the recent games. BW does some entirely new things, has the best story, and the best set of Pokemon; the individual Pokemon are better than RBY's imo.

Plat is just a very polished, excellent game, and HGSS is great too - it just suffers from some of the basic flaws GS had. It does a lot to arrest some of them, though.

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Now guys if I may ask: is Platinum really that good and worth playing IF I have played Diamond and thought it was kind of disappointing/meh?

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Platinum is probably the best Pokemon game, yeah.

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i think black and white are super-underwhelming if you're not into competitive battling and breeding and all that jazz

platinum is probably the best game

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Pokemon games are more enjoyable the longer it's been since you last played them.

And all of the main series games are great. None of them really stick out as better than the rest though.