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At first i didn't cared for much of the Gen 5 pokemon but then i look at them individualy, saw what they were based off and oh boy are a lot of them creative and awesome, now a bunch of Gen 5 pokemon are some of my all time favourite pokemon. And i also like Vanilluxe.Norzan has a point, that's usually what's brought up when it comes to Gen 5 (which is a shame, since Gen 5 has some of the more memorable pokemon for me). Poor Vanilluxe. Don't worry, you're still one of my favorites.
At first i didn't cared for much of the Gen 5 pokemon but then i look at them individualy, saw what they were based off and oh boy are a lot of them creative and awesome, now a bunch of Gen 5 pokemon are some of my all time favourite pokemon. And i also like Vanilluxe.Norzan has a point, that's usually what's brought up when it comes to Gen 5 (which is a shame, since Gen 5 has some of the more memorable pokemon for me). Poor Vanilluxe. Don't worry, you're still one of my favorites.
Since when?I have a new question. Why do people here hate Arceus?
I have a new question. Why do people here hate Arceus?
I can understand the hate for Gen4, but Gen5? With BW1 and BW2 combined, you get the best plot, most lengthy story, best antagonist (N), lots of things to do post-game (BW2 and its various features), a region based in New York City, various version exclusive features, and the Global Link with Dream World. I can understand hating the Gen5 ANIME, but the games were seriously epic - where is this hate coming from?
I can understand the hate for Gen4, but Gen5? With BW1 and BW2 combined, you get the best plot, most lengthy story, best antagonist (N), lots of things to do post-game (BW2 and its various features), a region based in New York City, various version exclusive features, and the Global Link with Dream World. I can understand hating the Gen5 ANIME, but the games were seriously epic - where is this hate coming from?
I actually don't think 4th gen did much wrong, but for some reason opinions on 4th gen seem to be mixed.
As for your question about why people hate 5th gen, I'll give you my opinion. First of all, many of everyone's favorite gameplay features like Vs. Seeker and Secret Bases were removed, making the gameplay feel a bit too shallow. The game mechanics added didn't really make up for it, either. There weren't any real improvements made to the gameplay this gen, Triple and Rotation battles were gimmicks and didn't really impact the game that much, Shaking Spots and Double Grass weren't really utilized in meaningful ways, seasons wasn't really used much either and the seasonal cycle was too long to have a significant impact on the game, and there was nothing else that really added anything meaningful in the games. Second, the Pokemon were too unoriginal for the "fresh start" feeling. I don't really have a problem with some of the Pokemon being based on random objects as opposed to animals (after all, that's been going on since the very beginning with stuff like Magnemite, Voltorb, and Grimer), but too many of them had a similar role and feel to older Pokemon. It's not really a "fresh start" if you simply replace Zubat with Woobat, you have to be a bit more creative than that. Third was that they really dumbed the gameplay down this gen. Gym leader and Elite 4 battles were shorter and easier, there was a ton of handholding. And the regional design. Oh my God the regional design. They removed virtually all trace of exploration from the regional design, instead making the storyline path one straight shot simply going from gym to gym from start to finish. It makes progressing through the region feel like more of a chore than an adventure. Oh, and BW2 in particular was poorly designed, they failed to adjust the distribution and accessibility of certain features (Daycare and fossil restoration, for example) to the new storyline path, resulting in some very wonky distribution.
tl;dr The "fresh start" feel was unnecessary and poorly implemented, the gameplay was too dumbed down, and there weren't any meaningful improvements to the gameplay. It felt like an overall step backwards for the series.
Gen 4 was quite linear too wasn't it?
The story plot was of best quality, imo. Personally, BW had the best plot of all pokemon games, hands down. Cyrus is practically nothing compared to N and Ghetsis in terms of story. Especially N.
If the hates are coming from people who have played the games, then okay - personal opinion. What I cannot accept is people hating on gens without even playing it because they are still around saying the 'Gen5 pokemon designs suck'. Sure, I played Gen5 and some of the pokemon designs kinda suck, but they all have great potential battle-wise.