Current Events > Finally beat Pokemon Scarlet after a year and a half

(+) Yeah! (+)

My squad was a rotating team with

Baxcalibur
Mimikyu
Quaquaval
Armarouge
Donphan
Tinkerton
Hawlucha
Breloom
Goodra
Weavile

Congrats. Does that include Area X?

I gotta beat the DLC. I haven't touched it yet

i reached a point where i kind of just shrugged and felt like i played enough

Arcanine2009 posted...

Congrats. Does that include Area X?

I gotta beat the DLC. I haven't touched it yet

Yeah the ending of Area X is pretty wild

TheHoldSteady posted...

Yeah the ending of Area X is pretty wild

I was surprised a Pokemon game went so dark, honestly. I actually enjoyed it, quite a bit.

I used Baxcalibur, too. The thing is a beast if you're patient.

I really think underneath all those technical issues it's a damn fine game

I think a remaster in ten years on better hardware would be really good

TheHoldSteady posted...

I really think underneath all those technical issues it's a damn fine game

I think a remaster in ten years on better hardware would be really good

Yeah, definitely.

Don't get me wrong, the technical issues absolutely exist, and they're frustrating, because you know the game can be so much better.

But also, despite those issues... I enjoyed the absolute fuck out of them. I legitimately think they're great games, despite it.

StealThisSheen posted...

Yeah, definitely.

Don't get me wrong, the technical issues absolutely exist, and they're frustrating, because you know the game can be so much better.

But also, despite those issues... I enjoyed the absolute fuck out of them. I legitimately think they're great games, despite it.

Scar/Vio is the first mainline Pokemon since Silver that really caught that early magic for me. It's a fucking shame it's such a technical disasterpiece cuz it could've been fucking brilliant.

Arceus came along at such an inopportune time, too, cuz it dangled all these sweet sweet treats that just got ignored.

It's called Area Zero you uncultured sticks in the mud >:(

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

Scar/Vio is the first mainline Pokemon since Silver that really caught that early magic for me. It's a fucking shame it's such a technical disasterpiece cuz it could've been fucking brilliant.

Arceus came along at such an inopportune time, too, cuz it dangled all these sweet sweet treats that just got ignored.

You're not wrong, but also, I do get why Arceus ran better. It was basically a tech demo turned into a game, and it uses "zones," whereas Scarlet/Violet are legitimately open world for the entire game. Unfortunately, it ended up being to Scarlet/Violet's detriment, from a technical standpoint, since it caused them to have a myriad of technical issues.

Man, if they fixed the performance issues, the game would be so good. That ending is real real dark. Well Area Zero ending that is.

It's not even just Area Zero. The Gym Leader story is your traditional non-offensive Pokemon story, but both the Team Star and Arven stories hit rather hard, atleast when compared to other Pokemon games.

The dlc finishes the area zero storyline so you gotta play that too

well kinda.

I still need to get the DLC, but the main game storylines were actually really good.

I think that ScarVi is a great game - there're obvious performance issues and jank, but I enjoyed the game enough to forgive them.

TomClark posted...

I still need to get the DLC, but the main game storylines were actually really good.

I think that ScarVi is a great game - there're obvious performance issues and jank, but I enjoyed the game enough to forgive them.

I'm playing the DLC as we speak, and if you like the storyline structure from the main games, it feels like you'll like the DLC. So far, atleast, anyway. There's a legitimate storyline, there, and it connects between the two DLCs. The first DLC, which could basically be played at any time, kinda ends in a "To be continued," that continues on in the second DLC, which you can only play after you beat the main game and the first DLC. And it even acknowledges a bit of a time skip, but more or less picks up where you left off, with certain characters. I'm really enjoying it.

StealThisSheen posted...

You're not wrong, but also, I do get why Arceus ran better. It was basically a tech demo turned into a game, and it uses "zones," whereas Scarlet/Violet are legitimately open world for the entire game. Unfortunately, it ended up being to Scarlet/Violet's detriment, from a technical standpoint, since it caused them to have a myriad of technical issues.

I more meant like the gameplay changes that Arceus made rather than technical, though that's not to be entirely overlooked either.

StealThisSheen posted...

I'm playing the DLC as we speak, and if you like the storyline structure from the main games, it feels like you'll like the DLC. So far, atleast, anyway. There's a legitimate storyline, there, and it connects between the two DLCs. The first DLC, which could basically be played at any time, kinda ends in a "To be continued," that continues on in the second DLC, which you can only play after you beat the main game and the first DLC. And it even acknowledges a bit of a time skip, but more or less picks up where you left off, with certain characters. I'm really enjoying it.

Sounds pretty sweet, I'll probably pick it up soon.

StealThisSheen posted...

The Gym Leader story is your traditional non-offensive Pokemon story,

That is if you ignore Yandere Nemona.

I still haven't beaten it, lol. I beat the Elite 4 but didn't do the other stories yet.