It has a nice ring to it.
I have not finished the game yet since my team is still currently underneath Amaria's gym. We didn't nuzlocke Reborn blind since people seem to think that was a bad idea. But we have about 177 hours in. No spoilers please. I have many MANY thoughts on this game but my overall conclusion is Reborn fills a hole in my heart that was empty ever since I quit World of Tanks 3 years ago. But the game does have some huge flaws and it could be so much better with a little bit of tweaking.
I have plenty of complaints but these are my big ones.
1. There needs to be a non-emo/edgy avatar. Despite the diversity of gender and race they all look the exact same/same art style.
2. The story completely stops and goes in a totally different direction for several hours twice. The first time this happens is after Shade's gym when you have to fight kiki and Aya before returning and saving the children which completely destroys the momentum and tension. The second time is when Amaria and Titania jump off the waterfall in a literal cliffhanger and you have to fight Charlotte and Terra before returning. I had completely forgotten what why we were even supposed to get waterfall in the first place by the time I got through Terra's super fun house of doom. I spent a few days side questing in the ice mountains before I figured out that I had to go down THAT waterfall.
3. The gym leaders after the restoration are very high level. But that means it takes forever to train up new mons, especially when the event mons you get are so low level. Does ralts really need to be level 10? Does Beldum really need to be level 1?
4. The gym field effects should not be optional. They are required to advance the game. The second gym's field effect side quest is particularly ludicrous because you have to talk to an NPC from a certain direction to trigger the sidequest.
5. The game's movement speed slows down a lot in certain places. Apophyll academy and Tourmaline desert are two big examples. Please do not artificially slow the game down. Some of us are on potato laptops and the game is always kinda slow.
minor gripe: Please make Tentacruel available earlier! I love it but it has no business being so late in the game for how mediocre it is.
The comedy in this game is on point though. My favorites are
Taka "This is fine."
Obsidia ward Pokemon center NPC "Noobs."
"This NPC will now self destruct."
"Feels bad man"
"And then everything changed when the Magma gang attacked."
Fern and Terra's entire characters. They were both hilarious.
My biggest worry is that this game will get too popular because there are so many popular youtuber's doing series and then Nintendo will notice and take it down. Please keep this on the low key and don't spread it.
I like anime but I am still a huge normie. I only saw 2 anime this year. I just don't have time for it between Warzone, my other hobbies, work, and school.
