I'll want to answer some of this actually. Let's see:
But you can turn back, find a healing machine and a PC. Actually, isn't that the place where you start before the Steelix part? So you could turn around, and train your pokemons. Of course, if you don't have any extra ones, then yes, that's potentially a problem.
At the same time, I have to take note of your "Blaze Kick it to death" part. Have you tried special attacks at all during that fight? You don't even need to check stats on this case, it's just something basic that you need to think about: If physical attacks don't work, try special.
Ignoring all the strategies around that exists for defeating the Arceus, I have to point this out: You do realize that if you side with El instead of Radomus, you can lose the battle and the story continues right? I'm pretty sure that if Ame had her way, she'd make the Arceus completely undefeatable. Alas, that's not what she did. I don't expect every single player to be prepared for everything (It's something I'll point out later), but I feel the need to point out that there is another way around that fight.
If you want to defeat the Arceus however, then that's another case. You're gonna have to work for it, like most people. You're gonna need to find a strategy on this case.
And yet, a person that never played chess seriously in his life a.k.a me, was able to pass Radomus puzzle without any guides or anything.
On this case, there's nothing else I can say other than two things. One: That's a puzzle. It requires you to think, OR to look at someone that already finished the puzzle and follow that person's directions. And Two: There is a room inside the Castle that explains the chess pieces and basic chess guidelines. I'm pretty sure Radomus or one of the main characters mentions the room in their dialogue.
If you're skiping through all dialogue however, then that's not really my problem. Or the developers problem, for that matter.
The person still has the right to opinion regardless. Sure, this is more of venting than constructive posting, but we don't prohibit ranting topics here. Unless they break the rules, but then any topic that break the rules is unacceptable anyway.
You can't assume everyone will know how to beat those battles though. Most casuals will not expect those battles. Heck, even "pros" wouldn't expect over-levelled battles, since it's not exactly a theme in canon pokémon games.
I can agree that using the search feature, the OP woud find strategies to win those battles.
Then that's bad on us because it can go into the realm of disrespect. While I myself don't really appreciate rant topics, making fun of the person and their abilities doesn't solve any problem. I'd rather just argue and explain the reasons why the person in question is wrong in what they are complaining about.
I second that. There is a lot of people that can help you against anything in the game, so yes. This is good advice.
The search feature is good too. Just throwing that out there.
I can agree on that. Training pokémons IS boring. However, Pokémon is an RPG game and with most RPGs, gaining levels will be boring. There's nothing much we can do here, to be honest. It's part of the game, even though it shouldn't be that bad.
Both of those scream to me that a casual player will never be able to enjoy Reborn though. I agree that you have to learn some things while playing, and learn from trial and error, but still in the end, it goes back to the same point: A casual player will never be able to enjoy the game like other players.
I must point to attention that the flavor of Reborn always been the story actually, not the difficulty. The "difficulty" is just an extra thing. The story would still be fantastic, even with gym leaders with less pokémons, or "less powerful" bosses.
On this case though, I don't know if we can ever reach a point where "It's good enough for casual, and offer enough of a challenge for experienced players", so I'll just stop here.
My only problem is how people are very quick to say "OMG this is so easy if you use this".
Of course it's easy now that you got past the challenge and know how to deal with. It's just how things work. Reborn can be very challenging the first time you play, because you don't know what to expect. I had no clue Julia would have a team of six pokémons, with an excellent coverage moves. And right now, moves to abuse the field effects.
I do worry about the "Casual player should be able to play the game too", but it will fall into what I mentioned: I don't know if there's a way to balance the game enough for casuals to enjoy, and enough for experienced players to have a challenge.
After all, this quote is in the main download page: "It's going to take more than just a Pokemon Master to tackle this challenge."
I can agree that if he searched for the pokémons he's having problems with, he'd find a bunch of solutions to it.
The problem is that everybody always mention how easy the game is AFTER you know the solution. It is completely expected that a first timer will have problems in his run, even if they have a strategy. Because RNG can be a d*ck, and make things fail because "luck lol".
And while I expect that answers won't be friendly in a "not friendly" topic, we have to remember that two wrongs don't make a right. You don't have to be rude just because someone is being rude.
P.S: I'm NOT saying YOU were rude. I'm just saying that.
To summarize this, I'll say this: Rants don't usually solve anything, but neither will sarcastic comments or comments on the OP abilities. Constructive comments it's always best for a rant like this.
As for ArcaneEli, I have to remind you that you're not the only person playing this game. A lot of other people went through the same battles, and they succeded. Really, I do suggest you poke and look around the forums first. Not only that, but a topic asking for help would've been much more well accepted. We're still a community, and you can always look for us when you're having problems in the game.
