Well, I finished Pokemon Black Version on Sunday. I will give my criticism of the storyline in a different post, due to it containing big spoilers (you’ll only find little ones in this post).
So, Victory Road. It’s pretty cool. It utilises the movable camera, but it just feels too small. Victory Road in other games just seems bigger and better, whilst Victory Road is half inside half out, it still is pretty cool though.
Oh, and leading up to that is the Badge check. You then go through 8 different gates (red and blue styles) which are pretty cool. The Elite Four has no set order. You can tackle them in any order you please. It’s a nice touch and quite a big change.
The credits are boring. Normally something happens in the background, but all you get to do it look at the legendary Pokemon’s eye. Great fun (rolls eyes)- but the endgame music is awesome. The story takes a few twists and turns at the end, but still seems.. weird.
Game Freak has mixed a few things up. You know when your Pokemon gets poisoned, and it gets hurt as you run? You know how TMs can only be used once? You know how your lead follows you around in HG/SS? You know how (nearly) every region has a gambling place? You know how there’s this Contest Place where you move up ranks and stuff? The previous things have been changed. Your Pokemon just stays the same not in battle. TMs never go away. No lead following you around. No place to gamble. All we get is this Musical thing which consists of dressing up. Fun, I’d rather the original contest any day. Small stuff, I know. But same is good… Sometimes.
Overall, Black is an all round good game. Better than Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/Heartgold/Soulsilver… In some aspects. Not many, just a few.
My Rating
Music: 10
Gameplay: 9.5
Creativity: 9.5
Graphics: 9.5
Other: 9.5
Total: 48/50
NINJA EDIT: Need help with Pokemon Black/White? Feel free to drop me a question and I’ll be happy to help.
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