Haven't been seeing any disaster reports about the game, so decided to try out the Pokemams yesterday. Turned off auto-saving although am not sure if that really even matters Played for a couple of hours:
-The game looks and runs just fine. Actually appeared to run smoother than in preview videos. It's not a visual masterpiece or anything, but it's colorful and the world looks "alive." Character animations in battles are also just fine. Definitely seems like some of the stuff put up pre-release was legit bullshit.
-Pop-in character models are dumb, but don't affect the gameplay. Hasn't happened to me during battles.
-The lack of any kind of voice acting is weird. Just seems like it should be there in major story cut scenes if nothing else.
-Absurd hand-holding to start off, but I can forgive it since this is aimed at a younger crowd. Also am a Pokemon n00b so it's OK with me.
This is the first time I've tried playing a Pokemon game since the original in 1998, so I can't comment on what's missing or changed from previous releases. It feels like "babby's first RPG" in some ways, but I guess maybe that's just Pokemon for you or it's going to get more complex with more progression.
Also this is just a mindless, irrelevant nitpick, but it's kind of funny how your character is depicted as clueless and not knowing anything about Pokemon stuff, when in the game world it's clearly a massive part of everyone's lives.
And my Roku players are just fine.
6 hours in still haven't battled the first gym. I'm pretty sure I'm a little over leveled thanks to dicking around the wild area. Tomorrow. Making my way to the gym. Had to put my main dude in the pokebox cause he was about to turn level 20 and Pokémon won't listen to me at my current badge state yet it seems.
What does this mean? They don't respond in battles after a certain point?
Also does anyone know how the gift system works? Can I check daily for stuff? Got a Meowth yesterday- hey, I recognize that guy!