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The Blogwind
Deathwind was mugged by Pokemons, why is he still happy?
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This is where what respect I'd dragged up for myself on Neoseeker goes down the drain.
About two weeks ago, I got Pokemon Platinum, mostly because I really needed a new game to take the edge off of my two months summer this year (Jesus Christ I never knew sitting on my arse without a care in the world could be so damn boring) and I couldn't get hold of either Persona 3 or 4, but also because there's something about taking a cute little creature and making it into an unstoppable "killing" machine I find oddly addictive.
When I got the game, I was expecting the standard fare for the typical third installment of a generation- a few fluffed up bits here and there, a bit of a graphic tweak, but nothing major. Boy, was I wrong. It's not a whole new game, true, but the presses would definitely have been alerted and I'd have known way earlier and actually rushed to buy it instead of thinking "Oh well, it's better than sitting on my arse doing nothing all month". There's about sixty more of the things to see and or catch through the main game (which incidentally means there are far more Pokemon running around Sinnoh that I can use that I actually like now, instead of just using the things long enough to port something up that I enjoyed training in one of the GBA games.
The game is also slightly more difficult now, in the "OH DEAR GOD WHY DID YOU CHANGE LIKE THAT OH GOD WHAT DO I DO" sense , and by generally being highly unfair with anything "random", making it less "random" and more "if it would benefit me it never happens". Eventually though, I got through the main game, after countless uphill fights against overleveled Pokemon I wasn't expecting and a completely sadistic AI/RNG combination out to get me. The fact I was as horribly underleveled as I normally am in Pokemon games probably didn't help my case either. =\
That was 50 hours of my life spent, why am I still going at 70? Oh right, I'm not done yet, they brought round 2 of the Elite 4 back from Fire Red and Leaf Green, a challenge I still am not sufficiently prepared for.
On the plus side, while the whole "slightly doll up the game and rerelease it" is kind of a mugs game, the fact I've gotten 70 fairly enjoyable hours so far out of £32 is pretty good value for money you have to admit. =\
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Ranger 1
since Apr 2004 | Aug 24, 09I love the third paragraph. Welcome to the Rangeritis.-
The Deathwind since Jun 2006 | Aug 25, 09I expected this. ):
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The Deathwind
Southampton, Hampshire, England 
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