Let me just say this game is a lot of fun, however as a fan of punishing games (i.e. dark souls, bloodborne, kingdom come deliverance, and lords of the fallen), a heavy pokemon player since pokemon red and blue, and a huge rpg player the likes of d&d I have to say they all have something in common and that is fairness. Reborn has a severe lack of fair play. Every time I build a team the opponent has the exact opposite of what I build for, and if I build a team against that team (I build fore to beat bug) then low and behold I get hit with a hydro pump. Now yes I understand that covering your weakness is important, but an extremely quick way to take the joy out of a game is making someone grind team after team after team just to beat each gym. Especially when you cant rebattle trainers until well into the game. I am currently stuck on the meteor guy who follows dr sigmund two lackeys inside Charlotte, noel, and Shelly's place. And my team is
54 arcanine
53 charzard
50 meowstic
51 solrock
50 elmoga
51 scrafty
And he has a move that is super effective against every single one. And even when I blow through his team it seems like there's always some bs unlucky streak. Of all the games I've played this one has to crack the top 5 most annoyingly boring, grindy games ever. I mean if reborns team worked with the pokemon insurgance team...or learned from them then this game would be the best pokemon game ever bar none. However as it is now they've taken "difficult" to far and just said grind forever just because your opponent has the perfect move set, if they dont well throw them a Tm just so they do.
