for me it’s RE4, but this question came to me as I was demolishing a backpack battles run last night (pyromancer OP)

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    Great game: Minecraft (Inevitably end up with an inventory full of cobble at the end of each mining trip. Mods like AE2 with remotely accessed storage solutions save the day.)

    Shit game: pokemon legends arceus (the inventory is too small and upgrade costs are too high, one of the many things wrong with that wretched turd of a game)

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      pokemon legends arceus… that wretched turd of a game

      That game is a fucking travesty, because the core gameplay loop is incredible. You get to fill out a pokédex with… actual pokémon facts! Like observing them performing their signature moves!

      And it has Playstation 2 texture quality. And calling the inventory and crafting mechanics dog-brained would be an insult to dogs.

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        the core gameplay loop is incredible

        I thought it was acceptable at the start but then it rapidly became a grindy, unfun and dull slogfest for me. I’m glad that you could find enjoyment in it, though it’s not my cup of tea at all (I’d rather eat my shoes than play legends again lol)

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          I feel like a lone defender in a medieval fort here, but I loved Arcaeus and it’s my favorite Pokemon title since the Colosseum games. Pokemon needs more games that take the usual Pokemon game loop and do different things with it.

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            Pokemon needs more games that take the usual Pokemon game loop and do different things with it

            Agreed, we just have different opinions on whether legends succeeded in doing this well or not.

            Hot take but I believe that scarlet/violet and let’s go games did do different things and did them well (though scarlet/violet clearly needed more development time).

            Nobody knows what legends-za will be like but it’s a possibility that the game will fix legends arceus’s problems.