The only issue is that it has basically no artistic merit and is basically a tech demo that exists purely to say 'look at what you could have done with your IP' instead of doing anything interesting. It has no identity other than 'pokemon clone with guns' in the public mind and frankly, the worst mainline pokemon games absolutely style on it in terms of tone, writing, and consistency.
Shit on nintendo all you want, but if you choose to uplift the brain rot, don't be surprised when everything falls to shit.
It’s not even a ripoff of pokemon. It’s ark with creatures where a lot of them are very similar to pokemon. People keep saying it’s pokemon with guns but it’s not even close.
Thats a fault of where it's positioned in the market and the deliberate aesthetic overlap.Â
People who are capital G gamers and 'in' on the scene know that. But the average consumer doesn't. Thats not how the public consciousness works. You can try to deny it but you throw balls and cute, furry fuckers with elemental affinity. If you say that and think of anything but Pokemon, the largest and most valuable franchise on earth, you're cracked.
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u/Fearful-Cow 1d ago
small indie teams would at least innovate mechanics over a 30 year period.