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Yeah, this game has a stupid story, but I don't play Pokemon for the story. To be honest, Platinum has the best plotline, and it's still awful, because Pokemon does not do coherent, well-thought out plots. That's not what it's about. It's about battlin' monsters.  Anyway I really liked White 2 because of all the Pokemon available throughout, including some very cool ones early on. There are some cool new features, though I've never really bothered with them because I never really took to them. Nothing as addictive as MINING (GAME FREAK BRING BACK MINING THAT WAS COOL). The female player character is probably the only one worse than the male one. Though the male one's no great shakes either.
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I feel bad for not realizing exactly what Memory Link did and not hooking it up. Luckily a friend had finished Black 2 by the time I bought it and was able to play through on Challenge Mode. Definitely the hardest game to play through so far, and I was using a pretty good team too.
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Nov 10, 2013 07:56
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The Leper Colon V posted:B2/W2 have so much better post-game than B/W. That on its own was enough to warrant a purchase for me.
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Nov 10, 2013 08:17
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The Leper Colon V posted:B2/W2 have so much better post-game than B/W. That on its own was enough to warrant a purchase for me. Seriously, I just beat X and I'm really disappointed by how little there is after playing through Black 2 a while back.
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Nov 10, 2013 09:04
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Onean posted:For the people saying they couldn't get into B/W2 due to it being so samey compared to B/W, have you never played Emerald after Ruby or Sapphire, or Platinum after Diamond or Pearl? Well, yeah, but I was a kid when Emerald came out, and I barely remember Platinum at all. I had a lot more patience (and time) then. And tolerance for lovely plots too I guess.
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Nov 10, 2013 09:45
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Onean posted:For the people saying they couldn't get into B/W2 due to it being so samey compared to B/W, have you never played Emerald after Ruby or Sapphire, or Platinum after Diamond or Pearl? No, because why would you even get the other versions when the third versions (Crystal, Emerald, etc) are the best?. Screw the others, why would you even waste the money to buy them (this is the logic that led me to be really pissed when B2/W2 were announced because I skipped out on buying Black/White like an idiot, convinced that a Gray or something was coming...)
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Nov 10, 2013 10:18
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TwoPair posted:No, because why would you even get the other versions when the third versions (Crystal, Emerald, etc) are the best?. Screw the others, why would you even waste the money to buy them (this is the logic that led me to be really pissed when B2/W2 were announced because I skipped out on buying Black/White like an idiot, convinced that a Gray or something was coming...) To be fair, it was an entirely valid assumption to make at the time, seeing as even Red/Blue had Yellow and Gold/Silver had Crystal. I'm glad they decided to try something new, though. Edit: And to add something that actually applies to the LP, I'm curious to see what your team is going to wind up being, Choro, with the relatively large selection of monsters to choose from. Onean fucked around with this message at 10:27 on Nov 10, 2013 |
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Nov 10, 2013 10:25
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He had better find an Azurill with Huge Power. 
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Nov 10, 2013 10:47
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Onean posted:I'm glad they decided to try something new, though.  v
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Nov 10, 2013 10:50
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Onean posted:For the people saying they couldn't get into B/W2 due to it being so samey compared to B/W, have you never played Emerald after Ruby or Sapphire, or Platinum after Diamo You're missing a key bit of this: Black 2 came out way earlier than those previous sequels had. It came out the very next years, while there were on average spacing of about two years for the other "third versions". It was just too bloody soon.
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Nov 10, 2013 16:19
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Zorak posted:You're missing a key bit of this: Black 2 came out way earlier than those previous sequels had. It came out the very next years, while there were on average spacing of about two years for the other "third versions". It was just too bloody soon. I think the speed of it was hastened by the 3DS, Where as they reasonably may have waited the usual time period before releasing B2W2, the fact that the 3DS was already out and beating down doors probably hastened its production. Then again I don't know. Maybe they just finished the game quickly and decided to release it. Or maybe X/Y were nearing completion and they decided that rather than delay those games, they would release B2W2 sooner. All I really know is I had a tonne of fun with B2, And while it didn't fix all my issues with Black (Why do I still have to wait until the end of the game to get certain pokemon I like? You could have made them available earlier.) It was an addictive game. Especially one of the features that properly unlocks in the post game. So many old memories...
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Nov 10, 2013 16:34
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Onmi posted:I think the speed of it was hastened by the 3DS, Where as they reasonably may have waited the usual time period before releasing B2W2, the fact that the 3DS was already out and beating down doors probably hastened its production. Release dates have little to do with production time, really. They can generally just sit on it if they want, and often do. It's more a product of the Japanese and US release dates more closely aligning over time; the US release date of Black was substantially later than the Japanese version, but then that spacing was made quite a bit shorter the next time over as the release date pulled closer to Japan's. Which is great in a general sense, but it did make jumping into almost literally the same game after little over than a year somewhat unappealing to me anyways. But who cares I'm looking forward to seeing where this is going.
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Nov 10, 2013 16:46
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Hey, I'm one of those people who never finished White 2, so this thread is my chance to finally see where the plot ends up going. It's weird that there seem to be so many people who stopped playing halfway through, but yeah, I'd say the fact it came out so soon after B/W was a contributing factor. Anyway, yeah, this will probably be a fun LP!
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Nov 10, 2013 18:20
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Onmi posted:(Why do I still have to wait until the end of the game to get certain pokemon I like? You could have made them available earlier.) This is unavoidable apart from putting every pokemon in the first few routes some one will be pissed off they had to wait to use a favourite.
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Nov 10, 2013 18:36
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Rumda posted:This is unavoidable apart from putting every pokemon in the first few routes some one will be pissed off they had to wait to use a favourite.
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Nov 10, 2013 18:52
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Zorak posted:You're missing a key bit of this: Black 2 came out way earlier than those previous sequels had. It came out the very next years, while there were on average spacing of about two years for the other "third versions". It was just too bloody soon. Ah, good point. Forgot about that.
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Nov 10, 2013 19:19
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I've completely forgotten the plot of BW2, so I'm excited for it to get the LP treatment. I really like this game because of its variety of pokemon and, if you feel like logging in the hours to make it possible, you can level new teams absurdly fast.
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Nov 10, 2013 22:36
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Saturday Mornings posted:I've completely forgotten the plot of BW2 Get badges, foil badguy plot, beat champion. You've forgotten it because it was boring.
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Nov 10, 2013 22:47
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Huh, I got White version, but never enjoyed it enough to finish the game, and skipped out on BW2 as a result. Hearing you guys all talk about how awesome the post-game is makes me regret that a little now. I'm loving X and Y though, although I can see where the complaints of not a lot to do after beat the Elite Four/Champion come from.
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Nov 10, 2013 22:57
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Oh man, How I loved this game. I have about 600+ Hours clocked on it, all from the postgame really. I have to admit, compared to BW2 X and Y really don't have much of a postgame. It seems I'm spending more time EV training my Pokemon, than really doing anything else, since there isn't that much postgame content.
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Nov 10, 2013 23:27
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Haifisch posted:Wi-fi trading has made this a lot better than it's been in the past, since you can just get someone to trade you a mon early. Although you'll still suffer from some Pokemon being balanced to being caught super late, with them either being way too strong early on or taking way too long to evolve. I don't know if this has been covered in another thread but traded pokémon actually gain more experience than a trainers original pokémon. If you trade a pokémon locally you get 1.5 time the experience and if it's an international pokémon then you get 1.7 times the experience for each battle. Which would result in the pokémon evolving faster than your other pokémon of the same type. Although, Axew taking till level 38 to evolve is a bit much.
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Blue Ghost posted:I don't know if this has been covered in another thread but traded pokémon actually gain more experience than a trainers original pokémon. If you trade a pokémon locally you get 1.5 time the experience and if it's an international pokémon then you get 1.7 times the experience for each battle. Which would result in the pokémon evolving faster than your other pokémon of the same type. Larvesta doesn't do it until 59, and Deino's evolutions are 50 and 64. I just want to use a fire bug 
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TwoPair posted:No, because why would you even get the other versions when the third versions (Crystal, Emerald, etc) are the best?. Screw the others, why would you even waste the money to buy them (this is the logic that led me to be really pissed when B2/W2 were announced because I skipped out on buying Black/White like an idiot, convinced that a Gray or something was coming...) You should have known there wouldn't be a gray because nothing in the history of Pokemon has ever flirted with a gray area. Prism posted:Larvesta doesn't do it until 59, and Deino's evolutions are 50 and 64. You and me both, bruddah. I went bugcatcher in Black and was piiiiiisssed at how long that took.
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Blue Ghost posted:I don't know if this has been covered in another thread but traded pokémon actually gain more experience than a trainers original pokémon. If you trade a pokémon locally you get 1.5 time the experience and if it's an international pokémon then you get 1.7 times the experience for each battle. Which would result in the pokémon evolving faster than your other pokémon of the same type. The faster EXP gain just makes them reach the "You don't have enough badges to train me" bullshit faster.
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Eifert Posting posted:You should have known there wouldn't be a gray because nothing in the history of Pokemon has ever flirted with a gray area. Well, Black 1/White 1 did, but since he didn't play it, he wouldn't know 
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I'd consider a lot the pokédex entries for the ghost pokémon through the various games to be well rooted in the grey area.
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My biggest issue, I think, was with the Gyms and how they were handled. I mean, I appreciate what they were trying to do; Gym Leaders are people who have lives and hobbies outside of their Gyms. I get that. But, it kinda took away from the fact that the Gym is supposed to be a building for trainers to go train and for Poke-League business to go down in. I mean, the 2nd Gym is the basement of a lovely bar/club, and Clay's gym is his strip-mining operation. I dunno, maybe it's me and I just hate fun, I just wasn't a real fan of the Unova gyms
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the_steve posted:My biggest issue, I think, was with the Gyms and how they were handled. Hunh, I'm the opposite. I liked the gyms functioning as a secondary facility as well, made them more interesting design-wise; the standardized look with randomized generic puzzles was getting a little dull.
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I was rather pleased that the Gym Leaders actually got to do things other than stand in their gym all day doing nothing, it made the game-world feel more alive, especially since they were involved in the plot for once as well.
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I'm working on an update let's just relax on the whole talking about the whole game thing for a lil'. We will definitely get to all of that.
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Can I ask what the normal names were supposed to be for the characters in this game? Vinny, Hugh and the one chick with the cinnamon bun hair swirls.
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Nov 12, 2013 15:36
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The boy PC is Nate, the girl PC is Rosa, and Hugh is Hugh.
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Red Metal posted:The boy PC is Nate, the girl PC is Rosa, and Hugh is Hugh. Thanks man. I can't wait to see what the big bad organization is this time. And if they're less of a threat than Team Plasma was.
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This is purely speculation, but I figure it'll be still Team Plasma, just really disorganized without their leaders. Kinda like Team Rocket in Gold/Silver/Crystal after they lost Giovanni in Gen 1.
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RareAcumen posted:Thanks man. I can't wait to see what the big bad organization is this time. And if they're less of a threat than Team Plasma was. If this story's as bad as everyone keeps saying it is, it's probably gonna involve something stupid like pirate-ninjas. Scorched Spitz fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Nov 12, 2013 |
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What they did with the plot was pretty cool, just fumbled. It's not that the plot is bad, it's more that it's... not there at all. Like, a couple decent ideas pop up, but they never really do anything with them. Edit Except Hugh. gently caress Hugh. Manatee Cannon posted:I gotta say though, I really dislike the male main character design. Look at that stupid hair! Just look at it! girl dick energy fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Nov 12, 2013 |
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I liked B2W2 more than I did the originals, definitely in part because of it doing something so out of the ordinary for the series. Unless you count GSC as straight sequels to RBY, which you certainly could. It being samey doesn't make sense to me because they all are. Even XY still sport some game design straight out of 1998. I'll take the changes I can get. The plot has always been dumb in these games so it doesn't matter. I hope the inevitable rerelease of XY is more like this and less like previous generations. I gotta say though, I really dislike the male main character design. Look at that stupid hair! Just look at it! Manatee Cannon fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Nov 12, 2013 |
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TwoPair posted:This is purely speculation, but I figure it'll be still Team Plasma, just really disorganized without their leaders. Kinda like Team Rocket in Gold/Silver/Crystal after they lost Giovanni in Gen 1. spoilaz (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Mr. History posted:Major Story Spoilers.
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 #02. The Friendly Fire-Haired Man   Bianca, this really isn't necessary.  Bianca. Bianca my mom works at one of these.  Bianca, my mom is literally a nurse you don't have to—  I— Bianca, yes. Please. Explain PCs to me.  "I'm not sure how it works but Pokémon go inside of it and I'm not sure how."    Yeah, ok, sure. Whatever.    Reading into Bianca's statement more. Choosing to not like it more.   — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Choro Notes: This occurs after the encounter with N in Chargestone Cave.  Music: Pokémon Black - Unwavering Emotions        and they will be hurt . . . "    made them battle."   is how the world worked?"        and become the hero!"                — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —   . . . ?      Yeah, funny thing about that. I might have given Snivy to a family on their way to Pennsylvania.    I can run without shoes!   MOM. STOP.  I really wasn't kidding!       Nnghhh . . .  Can I just go on my wonderful journey yet?    —"SNIVY'S ALREADY GONE, MOM.     "Crap, you should've just said so. Jeez. I nearly poo poo out my drat heart."      Music: Unova Route 19  Alright, show me this so I can just wander off.     "Can't mess this up. Not again. C=<"  " . . . close enough."      Nope! Got it! Beat em up. Throw ball.  Sorta right.   I am not sure I want to meet lots. Especially he— Oop.   Choro Notes: Mawile is a steel-type monster. It also has Intimidate which lowers the opponents attacks one stage upon entering the field. They're little jerks.  Yeah, I don't really want a gopher, soooo . . .    Hahahaha, no.  Yep, gonna stick to my guns.  Music: Pokémon Black - Champion Alder Ah, th-the former champion? Why the hell are you out here?   Ah, right you're a bit of a nutjob.   Uh, Vinny.   I didn't say that last part!      "In fact, I'm pretty sure I have a book you really need to read."   Sweet loving hell what just happened?
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