Dumbest Pokemon game idea

[cloa513]

It starts the normal way but you get to Professor Oak and he is a jerk like all the NPCs in the game. Particular he is arrogant and says choose between these rubbish (pokemon) and tells you nothing useful ever. Because you are dumb kid, the type system changes every time you start the game. Pokemon die rather than faint its a deathlock didn't you know that! Pokemon get experience from losing hp or other pokemon to lose hp in battle. The gym layour is totally linear. You have no STAB moves and the first few gyms are at disadvantage initially at a normal level . Normal moves are mostly fighting. Everyone pokemon has tackle. NPCs also give you wrong type information and discourage friendship activiies which actually really gain you. The pokemon centre does heal you but the nurse always berates you for hurting pokemon. The field pickups are rubbish but actually useful.

 

[giradialkia]

I mean, it's an idea, and perfectly possible to make. But… is it designed to be actually fun?

The Pokemon games are traditionally easy, and people love the likes of Radical Red and other "difficulty hacks". But they tend to overlook that there's quite a bit of nuance to the battle system, and there's a balance to strike between challenge and enjoyment.

If you have no STAB moves, that's just one less calculation to do. If the type chart changes every time you boot the game, then.. nothing really matters, except for the odd time you unfortunately land on a "not affected at all" type matchup.

As far as the items and NPCs go, there's also a balance to be struck. Some colourful, or downright belligerent characters can be fun for sure, but at some point it might get old too. I couldn't play Pokemon Scale X Fang because they chose to give the protagonist dialogue, and everything they said made them insufferable.

Everything you say is actually doable, though 😄

 

[cloa513]

Lots of jokes at expense of the pokemon games. All the dumb insulting people are mostly all wrong. No STAB moves in all available pokemon at start- every pokemon has useful moves (fake moves) - splash does damage, harden has a attack drop effect.... but you get other moves by tutoring not be lleveling up. NPC will give ridiculous good trades. Your starter pokemon start at 1 and your first gym has pokemon at only level 5 just to insult how behind your pokemon are. Pokemon is not easy- its difficulty all over the place often depending bad enemy AI. No compulsory battles behind gyms and you initiate any battles and can always run. Protoganist can choose to say nice things. Is this really handleable in ROM hack?

 

[cloa513]

Is this game idea dumber than Celia's Stupid Pokemon Rom Hack?