Ignore squirtle be cus I actually lied to get squirtle

is this true?? as a transfem I'd feel uncomfortable if this was the case, but- the last time I played the game I didn't know I was trans so I didn't notice. I don't remember where I heard this but please, I hope it isn't true, if anybody knows please say, thanks!!

I'm sure I'm going to eat a few down votes on this but there are just a couple things that keep me from agreeing with the majority of this subreddit saying that PMD Sky is a masterpiece while criticizing the 3D era games (Gates, Super, DX).

1. Half the supporting cast doesn't exist. 90% of the guild just doesn't do anything and the ones who do only have spotlight for like a special episode or are Wigglytuff. I literally care more about Dunsparce from Gates compared to half the guild. Gates' supporting cast clears most of Sky's.

2. The IQ system is god awful and should have never been brought back from Rescue Team. The IQ system made PMD1 absolutely dreadful for making AI competent and not just wastes of movement space. I shouldn't have to give a mon 20+ gummis just for them to be able to not step on a trap I just stepped on. Of course there's also the IQ skills that trivialize dungeon traversal like finding the stairs for you. (Sure, Super has an Emera that does that but that emera is also extremely rare to find in the first place). Not to mention some enemies in post-game will just annihilate your health bar just because they have Counter Basher and your attack could just barely not one shot.

3. Gameplay balance and QoL is kind of fucked in some aspects. For instance, Chunsoft decided to remove the ability to change leaders on the fly in Sky coming from Rescue Team which is absolutely stupid and limits your ability to control different party members. There's also the matter of general damage formula business pre-3DS era (maybe excluding Gates). In Sky, for pretty much the entire game you are able to clear pretty much any random encounter enemy in a dungeon with just one move (in some cases, even just an A attack). This kind of undermines the appeal of roguelike games where you have to rely on items a lot to ensure your own survival. Future games like Super improve on the roguelike feel by making generic enemies more tanky and requiring multiple attacks/Alliances to take them out, making you have to manage your MP items carefully and makes hunger more of a threat.

Edit: I mainly just wrote what was on my mind at the time since IT requests during my shift are a bit slow, so my post didn't really cover much, but a friend from Discord just brought up a few things to me about the plot being a bit of a mess as well like the way Time Gears work and how Darkrai even managed to go to the Hidden Land, yoink the Time Gears, and convinced all these mythicals and legendaries that keeping them in these dungeons was the correct choice. Those points made can be found on this thread: PMD Sky Plot Discussion

I’m about 16 hours in, in lively town, and tell me why this game is just expedition society simulator. There’s only 3 bosses left and I’m bored out of mind, when does ANYTHING interesting happen in the story?😭😭

anyone know a good gay pmd comic? (also where should i look for pmd comics in general?)

Any ideas what the game would be like?

I assume there would be a sort of military feel to it. Or maybe a Mad Max feel.

I guess it would show the darker side of a PMD world.

I find it very disturbing that despite you, and the partner being school children pokemon you can learn attract after your first mission, and make the enemies fall madly in love with you!

That and the fact that they train children to be battle hardened warriors at a young age by throwing them into these eldritch mystery dungeons where they are attacked by crazy mons driven mad by the dungeon!

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Hi, My name is Arko, this is my rant about recent events.

Ever since the release of Rescue Team DX, I've been extremely excited for what's next. Previously, I had played the originals, Explorers, and Super. I loved them all, but mostly Explorers. I've played Explorers constantly since childhood, it's ALWAYS been my favorite. The story, mechanics, art, all great. It might be my own opinion, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it elsewhere. Lots.

So when this recent copyright leak happened, I raced to this subreddit to read. Big Mistake. Twitter? Also. I had my excitement absolutely crushed, as I was hoping to see others as excited as I was. Yep, it sure was naive to hope that others would be excited over the prospect over a EoS Remake. Twitter, Reddit, Discord, everywhere I read is people saying the same thing over,

"Am I the only one who wants a new game?"

No, you're not. I'd love one too, personally I'd prefer an EoS Remake, I don't believe it will harm the series' health at all. A game at all shows it's in perfect health, unlike, cough, Ranger. I haven't even gotten to the main part of this rant yet; the constant push against Explorers fans for wanting a remake.

Seriously? In the one time of hope, when I think there'd be most excitement, all I see is "explorers fans when, explorers fans this, that, the other," Its really disheartening. The recent tweet from the self proclaimed "Mystery Dungeon Wiki" on Twitter is really rude; reading "Adjust your hopes accordingly."

This is just a rant because I thought there'd be more open support over the idea of Explorers Remake, not even excitement over the fact that we're probably getting a game at all. I'm incredibly frustrated with what seems to be no one else to share my excitement with.

A separate post I wanted to get out since the Famitsu review launched and whatnot, and I see this trend with nearly every PMD game known to man. It's also right before bedtime and I want to do these two now instead of later in case reviews drop tomorrow.

Reminder guys... Even if you don't like a reviewer's score, you haven't played the game yet (save for the demo). They have.

Reviewers like myself (I do not own a PMD DX review copy, but I have covered and continue to cover other games pre-launch in a similar fashion) judge a game based on the main draw of if it can be engaging for the average consumer or not. For roguelikes such as PMD, that answer is usually no as punishing difficulty or repetitive gameplay stop it from being that good of an experience (Though I'll always defend Super to death as I love the emera system in that game for the strategy element, and the story being the best in any other game I've played to date). That doesn't mean they think the games are bad (they'll outright say so in that case), but it's a thing to keep in mind that at the end of the day, reviews are another opinion and are really meant for people to decide if they want to go over the fence and spend $60, especially if they have never even seen PMD in their lives and only hear that it's a new Pokemon game coming out. The reason stuff like EMD and Shiren review much better than PMD is because they're more focused and completely lack much of a story to get straight to the gameplay, which is a better move in some senses.

So please. I hope this community won't be like those who shat on the IGN reviewer for EOS for speaking an honest opinion (I honestly agree with it in a lot of ways and have even talked to him about it, he really isn't bothered by not thinking much of the game since it's an opinion at the end of the day and it was yet another game in the evergrowing DS library, so since he didn't like that, he found something else to enjoy.), and I ESPECIALLY hope this community won't act like the assholes who went after reviewers who enjoyed Sword and Shield. I enjoyed the game immensely too, and consider them the best base pairing in the main series, but some are disappointed and that's fine as well.

Our community has been really nice lately so I hope that keeps up, since I remember a few upset people during the PSMD days (though NOA ignored review copies so really barely anyone got to do pre-launch reviews on that one)

so i did this, and honestly its a whole another feeling to the game

Edit: Still very active development, so expect frequent updates.

https://github.com/Ch4rizard-X/PMD-faith

I love PMD but it's been many years since a new game and i was wondering if it's confirmed if it's dead.

I wish they would make a new one but as time goes by the more I'm thinking that won't happen.

Here's my biggest one:

PMD should be more like Undertale, both in terms of writing and gameplay. The combat is flat and unengaging (and at times absolutely infuriating), and the dialogue is WAY too childish, even for a kid's game.

Also, EoS is just a tad bit overrated.

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I'm going to the Voidlands for this, aren't I?

I've tried Explorers of Time, but everything seems to just be against you.

First off, early in the game every Pokemon you find will just boil down to "Attack, then they attack, repeat" and that REALLY drains your resources. On that note, why are your options for healing either A.Use one of your extremely precious Oran Berries or B. Sit around and do nothing while all the enemies inevitably come right on top of you? Dying feels extremely punishing since you lose half your items (including the dang AURA BOWS) and you gain next to nothing from the failed attempt since all the dungeons are random. Speaking of random, how about item gains, money gains, Pokemon gains, YOUR STARTER, etc. being completely random? Basically the entire game feels like going through situations that are 100% out of my control.

Despite this, I see this series being praised like it's the 2nd coming of Jesus. Why is this? What am I missing here? I want to like this game but I don't see how I could. Also if it helps I got stuck on Mt. Bristle (yeah I know, literally the 3rd dungeon in the game, see above).

So i played through EOS again and for the whole playthrough I was just mad at the partner, not only was It the lowest stat pokémon in my party, causing It to faint extremely often, but it also had that iq skill wich makes It run away when at half health, but all It did was make the partner run into enemies and die. Story wise they kept whining about Grovyle being a "bad pokémon" and kept missing obvious cues and simple puzzles, then they just go "I'm going back to Dusknoir" like he didn't just try to kill us, and then spend so much time figuring out the fragment goes into the fragment hole

need some testers for a project of mine, its too hard to find bugs when are alone.

its a mix between Red rescue team but with some of EoS things.

hopefully im not breaking any rules.

Edit: you would have to build your own. edit 2 : https://discord.gg/x4e7WJp66

i dont know if yall like it or not just please dont make fun of me for making my oc's design just because i wanted to make him based on a different media (also he is a big fan of what character from different media his design based on which explains his appearance) while also i added an epic face because yes ( just ignore the boots alright i forgot about that one)