By Dane Black Jaxon DeCoursey, showing off his love of the game. Pokemon is the number one franchise in the world and they just released a new game, Pokemon Legends Arceus. Fans are finding that the more recent Pokemon games have been incredibly lacking and I am glad that this game changes the formula.
Pokemon has always had a standard formula that hasn’t changed much since 1996: it's always been battle trainers, catch Pokemon and become the champion of the region. This new game does away with becoming the champion and focuses more on catching the Pokemon and filling out a large encyclopedia of Pokemon called the Pokedex. The game changed the catching mechanics from being turn-based to being closer to that of a third person shooter. It’s way more interactive and engaging than the old formula. They also changed to combat in the game. It’s more dynamic and real time rather than turn based. They added new mechanics to it, one of the improvements being the new speed mechanic; a player could go two maybe three turns before the opponent attacks. Jaxon DeCoursey, a long time fan of Pokemon believes “This is the best Pokemon game of all time. It has one of the best stories.” Hayden Howell however has a very different opinion. ”The older games were just more interesting. The world is just too empty. It’s just a Pokemon game, their stories are never good.” Hayden may have a point that most Pokemon game stories are bland and not as expansive as other games. For gameplay Hayden stated that he generally likes what he calls the “slog of the older games”. He finds the new mechanics to be “innovative but not what the series should go with.” Jaxon on the other hand loves the flow of gameplay. The story is pretty average but more interesting than the last two games. The story starts in the land of Hisui, a strange portal has opened and it has caused sacred Pokemon to become enraged and start attacking the people. The player's purpose is to fill out the Pokedex and calm the enraged beasts. It’s interesting how two people who have been long-time fans of Pokemon have very different opinions. Jaxon says that everyone should play this game and this is how Pokemon should be from now on, while Hayden says that this should be a one time experiment and everything should go back to the way it was from the beginning. I agree with Jaxon, the new game is making great strides to change the formula. This is what I hope the new standard for Pokemon will be. I give this game a rating of five-out-of-five.
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