Sophisticated PC gamers: “Graphics aren’t that important. The surge of indie games has shown that fun gameplay is really the only important factor. If big companies really cared, they would spend more time making sure their game was enjoyable to play rather than worrying about dumb things like hair physics and background animations.”
Also sophisticated PC gamers: “OMG the new Pokemon game looks like CRAP! Why would anyone bother to play such an ugly game that looks like it came out 10 years ago?!”
Because Pokemon could do way better, the whole point of the games going off the 3ds was supposed to be that they wouldn’t be held back by the hardware. No, graphics are not all that matter. But am I wrong for expecting games made by a “AAA” company with infinitely more budget and manpower to look like a finished game? Compared to other games released on the same hardware like breath of the wild, Pokemon games look like tech demo leaks. Maybe they need to go back to 2d sprites? I don’t know, but looking at how they never skip a beat taking down a fan game or rom hack tells me they themselves know their games are ass and they need to get rid of any competition.
Probably since many indie titles with much more limited budgets and smaller teams run circles around Pokémon graphics and gameplay nowadays.
Although I can’t personally confirm for sure since the last title I bought was sun/moon and reviews seem to indicate not much has changed (considering all the options available to gamers).
Sophisticated PC gamers: “Graphics aren’t that important. The surge of indie games has shown that fun gameplay is really the only important factor. If big companies really cared, they would spend more time making sure their game was enjoyable to play rather than worrying about dumb things like hair physics and background animations.”
Also sophisticated PC gamers: “OMG the new Pokemon game looks like CRAP! Why would anyone bother to play such an ugly game that looks like it came out 10 years ago?!”
There’s a difference between not needing good graphics and clearly not giving a shit about their graphics for decades at a time.
Because Pokemon could do way better, the whole point of the games going off the 3ds was supposed to be that they wouldn’t be held back by the hardware. No, graphics are not all that matter. But am I wrong for expecting games made by a “AAA” company with infinitely more budget and manpower to look like a finished game? Compared to other games released on the same hardware like breath of the wild, Pokemon games look like tech demo leaks. Maybe they need to go back to 2d sprites? I don’t know, but looking at how they never skip a beat taking down a fan game or rom hack tells me they themselves know their games are ass and they need to get rid of any competition.
Probably since many indie titles with much more limited budgets and smaller teams run circles around Pokémon graphics and gameplay nowadays.
Although I can’t personally confirm for sure since the last title I bought was sun/moon and reviews seem to indicate not much has changed (considering all the options available to gamers).