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pridepoisoned · 2 years

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[ooc. Long time no blog! I finally got the opportunity to finish Legends Arceus over this past weekend, and here are some of my thoughts (on the game and what it means for my RP.) Spoilers ahoy, obviously!]

The game

This.

Seriously, I can’t put this game down. In my opinion, this is best Pokemon game in a LONG time simply because of how fresh it is and how many things have changed within the formula. It’s Pokemon Breath of the Wild, but BOTW is a fantastic game so I FULLY support this new direction for the series. I honestly can’t see myself going back to the “way things were.” Everything is so streamlined here and it’s something I really appreciate as a massive Pokefan (they started the text speed on “fast,” people! They’re listening!)

Even the plot was surprisingly compelling, with a twist that I (somehow) didn’t see coming. Seriously, I don’t know how I avoided that spoiler with everything that’s been happening here. I could talk more about how I felt about Giratina’s portrayal but eh. This is getting long already.

My few gripes with the game concern how wide open some areas were--some places felt really, really empty and I found the thorough research tasks to be a little repetitive. I don’t care so much about the graphics, and I think it’s pretty commendable that Game Freak was able to do all of this given the now yearly expectation for a mainline title or remake. Seriously well done--in the future, I hope that they can expand and polish the visuals surrounding the innovative core mechanics of this game.

My friends all laughed at me for getting hyped as this game’s release grew closer and closer...but lately they’ve all been playing it nonstop. Who’s laughing now, eh?

RPing

Because of Legends, I haven’t been here or on many of my blogs as much recently. I hate to admit this because I know it sounds kind of petty, but here’s my other gripe: I cannot believe how neither Barry nor Jupiter (the two Sinnohan muses I play) received any attention in the game, not even a cameo!! I mean, Melli could maybe be considered Jupiter’s “ancestral double,” but I dunno. I know it’s not a big deal, but Mars, Saturn and Charon got theirs--where the heck is Jup? And don’t get me started on this game’s inexcusable Barry deficiency. He better be in some DLC. Please.

So, yeah, with those two characters being excluded, I don’t feel especially compelled to give them ancestor verses right now (since their status might change in the future) and I don’t think my future-minded portrayals of Jup or Eris would fit very well in a Hisuian world anyways, but maybe I could change my mind if I think of the right angle.

Understandably, the dash is filled with overwhelming amounts of Hisuian muse/content as of late (which I fully support, we got good food with these games and I love reading everyone’s verses, new canon characters and OCs!!) I also want to try writing some PLA stuff and I want to interact with the Hisuian characters on my dash (now that I can), I’m just having such difficulty imagining Jup fitting into Hisui, which is tragic because her MODERN muse is still fresh on my mind. ><

If anyone is getting an informal PLA verse, it’ll be Barry, no ancestor. Just Barry, falling out of a portal like Ingo, with similar memory loss symptoms. Until he gets the rep he deserves, I want to play Barry just trying his goddamn best to brighten up a brave new world. I will always get behind that idea. He’s coming.

#ooc #pla spoilers #long post #('who asked' inc)#(whew!! good game is good...save for the two major omissions!!)#(also if this ramble sounds bitter in ANY way it is not supposed to be!)#(i just needed to type this out to figure out a future direction for my muses!)#tbd

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