Got this earlier today from VGP and have played it for about an hour or so and noticed no one else has put it up on here so will put a few early impressions up.
Those expecting a full blown 3D pokemon RPG may be dissapointed. It does have a story mode, it is imo damn fun too from what I've played so far, however from what I've seen, it appears the free roaming of fields, forests etc hunting for wild pokemon is no where to be seen. The game starts with you breaking into Team SNATCHUM's secret base, where you steal a machine which turns pokeballs into snag balls.
Rather than aquiring pokemon by hunting for them, you steal them from other trainers. I don't want to go too deep into it but there are pokemon with a black aura, these are the ones who have been the target so far I won't say anymore on it as it gives away a bit of the plot which I must say I've found intriguing, it is nice to see it's not just the same old start with nothing, then get pokemon, then get badges, the developers have really tried to make this different.
However sadly as I said, this has led to the loss of the open fields, so far it's just been travelling from towns and other selected areas with just cut scenes of you on a futuristic bike. The battle engine is solid, and is pretty much just the sapphire and ruby battle engines with some nice solid 3D graphics, and I do like camera shake as it pans around the battle. The graphics overall aren't stunning, they're perfectly functional though and the music ranges from what you'd expect from, to some gorgeous orchestral stuff.
All in all been good stuff so far and as soon as I get the TV back I'm gonna plough on though I must note, so far there has been no challenge in the battles at all, it's been simply keep telling your pokemon to attack, though now the scene has been set, I'm sure that'll start to change. I wudn't recommend getting the bonus disc tho, (unless u get it free) as all it has on it are 2 trailers, one for the game, one for a new DVD, and a pokemon to download to the GBA version.
Those expecting a full blown 3D pokemon RPG may be dissapointed. It does have a story mode, it is imo damn fun too from what I've played so far, however from what I've seen, it appears the free roaming of fields, forests etc hunting for wild pokemon is no where to be seen. The game starts with you breaking into Team SNATCHUM's secret base, where you steal a machine which turns pokeballs into snag balls.
Rather than aquiring pokemon by hunting for them, you steal them from other trainers. I don't want to go too deep into it but there are pokemon with a black aura, these are the ones who have been the target so far I won't say anymore on it as it gives away a bit of the plot which I must say I've found intriguing, it is nice to see it's not just the same old start with nothing, then get pokemon, then get badges, the developers have really tried to make this different.
However sadly as I said, this has led to the loss of the open fields, so far it's just been travelling from towns and other selected areas with just cut scenes of you on a futuristic bike. The battle engine is solid, and is pretty much just the sapphire and ruby battle engines with some nice solid 3D graphics, and I do like camera shake as it pans around the battle. The graphics overall aren't stunning, they're perfectly functional though and the music ranges from what you'd expect from, to some gorgeous orchestral stuff.
All in all been good stuff so far and as soon as I get the TV back I'm gonna plough on though I must note, so far there has been no challenge in the battles at all, it's been simply keep telling your pokemon to attack, though now the scene has been set, I'm sure that'll start to change. I wudn't recommend getting the bonus disc tho, (unless u get it free) as all it has on it are 2 trailers, one for the game, one for a new DVD, and a pokemon to download to the GBA version.
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