Monochrome_Complex

I like Sigmund because of what he adds to the world. Like yeah he's a monster, but the fact we have a completely despicable character who isn't a team admin/leader and is a selfish morally defunct doctor who uses pokemon for some messed up therapy makes him quite notable. He's not as cartoonishly evil as the typical pokemon villain, just a real asshole and sort of believable in how he operates. Plus imagine how terrfiying it is as a kid seeing red eyed scowling grunting electivire snaring you with its tentacles and delivering near lethal amounts of voltage through your body on a daily basis in the form of therapy. It's not only traumatizing, but told that it's being done because there's something mentally wrong with you. That could really screw up a person. Sigmund is disturbing, deplorable, and yet somewhat awesome. Terra Idk, she kind of comes off as a Tina from Borderlands 2 knockoff. It's kind of funny how her dialogue is written like middle school txtspk but she's a bit annoying from little I've seen of her. Blake who I believe is Cal's brother + the guy that kills Amaria(according to shade's gym) seems like a scumbag too, although Cal lost a lot of respect for me during "that scene." Corey is my least favorite leader so far. What an asshole.

I haven't fought Terra/Samson/Charlotte yet but Charlotte sounds like the Shade of late-game in how much trouble she's giving. I think Serra is difficult if you get unlucky and frozen or just can't hit Froslass but she's one of the only 4 leaders I beat first attempt. It's key to have a SE Special attacker or one who can at least deliver big hurt and last against avalugg + Cloyster. I had infernape and Magnezone so she wasn't too bad but I still lost nearly all my pokemon lol. Hardest part about luna is figuring out the nicknames. Like how does humpty dumpty make a good nickname for Malamar? He kind of messed me up since I lost my accelgor on a switch in to psycho cut. But I felt she's one of the easiest since you have a lot of options for a good fighting type by then(which wrecks Tyranitar/Bisharp), Honchkrow is fairly slow, Malamar is crippled by bug, sableye is sableye and Umbreon isn't exactly a powerhouse although his level jacking makes him the biggest threat. She's one of the easier gym leaders I think. I didn't know Noel's cincinno had king's rock. That is hilarious.

I'm not so good at these kinds of things, so bear with me Anyway I'm Monochome_Complex but M_C or MC for short is good. I just downloaded Reborn last week after hearing about it ever for the first time and can I say that it's been one of the most impressive fangames I've ever played? In fact alongside Streets of Rage Remake(which for fans of the original trilogy is a must-play) it probably is the best. But before I gush on about it, I'll start by sharing my history with the pokemon franchise itself. Feel free to skip to the last 2 paragraphs if I ramble too much. I was around since pokemon had first hit, back when it was only 150, not even Mew was well known and Mewtwo was only in the game(which i thought was a girl at first). I recall being intimidated by it at first because the News was going off how bad it was with its Porygon seizures and dogfighting violence and pokesatans whatnot. In fact I saw it on TV one saturday morning and started watching it(the doctor episode) and thought Arbok was like the coolest thing ever, like holy crap a giant purple cobra? Then this pikachu just wrecked this guy with lightning, so he's awesome too apparently? Yeah from then one I was hooked, but the bad publicity made me afraid of being caught watching it by my parents. Of course they found out eventually I liked it but it was no big deal since my cousins watched it too. In fact they used to get me a lot of pokemon stuff I liked, I even had poliwhirl socks lol. Gen 1-folk can testify with the insanity pokemon had at its peak of popularity, like you'd have pokemon cards banned, tears over stolen games, kids getting into fights or expelled because they unplugged the link cable when the trade didn't finish lol. Then the rumors with Charcoal/pokegods/Mewthree/Venustoise/Pikablu. The world is something else without the internet. I played red version over my friends house a bit but silver was the first game I actually owned(totodile FTW). Played that thing to death, and later on Crystal. I ended up giving silver away(1 elemental stone for each type was such a bad design decision). Gen 3 I reached middle school and honestly missed out the entire gen, although my friend still had it so I kept up to date with it. Gen 4 I got back into the series and found it better than ever with Dialga and Garchomp blowing my mind when I first saw them. Even if it seems kind of beta-ish now Diamond remains one of my favorite mainline games. Soulsilver I skipped until much later and while it's not my favorite, it's still solid. Now once the unova hype hit and unova games were on their way, I went back on Emulator to play gen 3, mainly Leafgreen and Emerald. Now leafgreen honestly was disappointing and is probably my least favorite post Johto mainline game. Emerald on the other hand was AWESOME. Battle frontier was sick, the single player was probably the hardest up till that point(started with Blaziken), and the soundtrack was great. Of course going back to the old attack split sucked a bit(how is ghost not special? how is biting not physical?) but I still loved it and it remains one of my favorites. 5th Gen is the high point of the franchise for me, I just loved every bit of it. The soundtrack and way the channels were implemented were incredible, animated sprites added some much needed flair to battles, the world feeling more fleshed out, a neat region, and a plethora of cool if somewhat quirky new pokemon, and the best villain/rival(if you consider N a rival) to date. BW2 I intially wasn't as fond of until postgame where it just turns up the awesome with the ball-crushingly difficult yet addictive PWT. I also liked the new battle styles and how BW2 implemented them better. X/Y ahhh well it's one of my favorite 3DS games, but admittedly kind of disappointing in a lot of ways while also very impressive in others. To keep it short it didn't quite wow me as much as previous gens but definitely has some merit and made some changes to the series for the better, though I'm not crazy about megas. I actually like the lack of megas in Reborn so far but I understand their implementation when it happens. ORAS I had more fun with, but the lack of challenge hampers it. It's probably the easiest single player in pokemon yet. That said it's actually my favorite remake. That ended up a lot longer than expected but Reborn sucked me in right from the start even if the "SHIT HAPPENS, WHATCHA GONNA DO?" line threw me off a bit and had me laughing though. That right there told me this wasn't any ordinary pokemon fangame. It's a great line since it sort of embodies the game in a way. "Whatcha gonna do" is GET GOOD and if that doesn't work then GET GOODER. Actually for all the frustration this game gives me, it gives me a lot of laughs as well and feels rewarding to play through Reborn itself is a fantastic darker take on pokemon's world with its oppressive atmosphere, dystopian aesthetic and lovely cast of characters who are probably my favorite part of the game. The cast oozes personality and coolness, or in Fern's case, pure douchebaggery of the highest level. Oh yes and the field system which adds an entirely new level of strategy to battling. Initially it comes off as frustrating since you don't understand it and are getting whomped because now your attack that should be SE just got nullified or weakened, but by understanding it it's like you're unlocking this new level of depth and tools at YOUR disposal to the game, I love it. So far I'm 9 badges in so I feel kind of sad knowing I'm kind of getting towards the current end but that's what the episode format is for after all. Looking at older vids though it seems like the game has changed somewhat over time huh? The graphics seemed different. Is there a place to see like how each episode changed the game? Kind of interested in that. You guys put a lot of work into this thing and it shows greatly, really appreciating it and thanks!