I've been enjoying the hell out of this game in bursts. Gearen City is friggen fun and I started out with Rowlet. Been a mainstay so far and I'm at the 2nd gym now. I've been playing on intense and it's a uphill battle. It felt like I was in the 1st chapter for quite a while but that's because I'm new. My pace has picked up. I experimented quite a bit. I can't remember my team for the 1st gym but it took several attempts before i beat it. If anything that has kicked my ass and make me question to lower the difficulty is the battle in the hotel near the top, and that mad scientist who loved one shotting anything and everything I put in. I really enjoy the AI kicking my ass and maybe forcing me to rethink my strategy or team comp, usually lose couple times. Learn my opponent, then proceed to go grind a better comp to try again. I should probably use items more but I don't as I'm stingy with money, or maybe that's because the game made me be stingy at the start. And BIG Yikes on that Blue building, amusing but DAMN lol.