pizzagod13

I really liked the story so far!

The dynamic between the MC and the Dusknoir is interesting, the way they talk to each other about the past really does feel like they were once friends, who have since grown distant... I like how they talk about things in a incognito fashion too, since they don't want to bring up where they are really from. I feel like it is pretty well written, but I am a sucker for fleshing out villain characters more, so maybe I am just biased.

The MC talking and their interactions with the partner Pokemon are also interesting, they actually feel like friends, which is cool. The part where the partner hugged the MC melted my heart

It does feel like Grovyle does not appear nearly as much as they should, they got like one new cutscene of worrying about the MC and that is it. Which is a bit weird. But I guess if the story is meant to be more about the relationship of the MC and Dusknoir it makes sense. 

The gameplay was fun and challenging at times, with the enemies hitting fairly hard, with mistakes and over confidence being quite punishing. I also found the throwing items (like spikes and rocks) to be useful for the first time ever for me, but that may be because I was playing as Shinx and had no good ranged options for most of the game, since I did not get a shock wave TM (note: I am not talking about seeds, those are very clearly busted). Food and PP are never a problem since those items spawn like crazy in the dungeons, healing and reviver seeds became my main issue towards the end, but I never ended up needing them for the final stretch.

The boss fights were for the most part pretty easy, and I had little trouble with most of them, there were two that slaughtered me, but I wont go into detail because spoilers. The last couple of fights were complete jokes, because my partner Mudkip got Endeavor at LV 46(?), which pretty much just ends the fight right away, since it works on bosses, reducing their HP down to like ~100, which naturally means they die quickly. Having that move, kind of took all the tension away from the end game, might want to remove that from his LV list maybe?

The one main complaint I would have is that their is no patch to make Spinda drinks faster. Like it takes ages to use all your gummies, some other hacks like "Explorers of the Skies", significantly speeds up the drink making, which makes it a LOT less painful. Its a small thing, since emulator speed up exists, but it is something to consider, not sure how hard it would be to implement. 

I loved the story, I pretty much figured out the "twist" from the start, but it was cool to see it unfold and be proved right as the story went on. It really made me want to keep playing, which killed my sleep, but that is a sacrifice I was willing to make!

The MC being, as Zubat puts it "screwed in the head", was pretty great, it made the MC actually memorable and different then the MCs of the normal game, who are all pretty boring goody-two-shoes that trust everyone. Having a MC that is hostile, aggressive and ruthless, and also cunning/untrusting was a nice change of pace, loved the dialogue they were given as well, being silent would have not suited them at all. Honestly, made them my favorite character next to best boy Breloom.