#but theyre neglecting like... the nature part? the part where the animal clicks in with the world. where its part of the ecosystem

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ive been playing a lot of pokemon-like games lately to search for something new to fill the void of the desire to collect creatures... so many games show so much promise but there's always something holding them back. it's usually just like one thing and i cant get too mad bc a lot of them are either extremely inexpensive or outright free. but it sucks to be playing a game thats otherwise solid only for it to suck bc like, the writing is abysmal or the gameplay loop is miserable. the most egregious thing ive encountered in a lot of these games is the lack of a robust bestiary. like thats the main reason i played pokemon and stuck with it, when prof rowan asked me to research for him i took that seriously 😭 i want to know abt the animals please for the love of god give me a description, a habitat range some fun facts. please

#strato.txt #i got spoiled to gen IV dex w/ footprints and the height and weight scale and the cry remixer and form differences.. #when they took away footprints i sobbed cried and screamed. i was like WHERE ARE THEIR LITTLE PAWS.... #maybe its cause i associated footprints w/ that guy who gives you a ribbon if your friendship is maxed out #cause he reads how much ur pokemon love you by the way they leave footprints in the sand... sigh #anyways. the scale for showing u how much pokemon weighed was cool too. how it launched dawn/lucas if the pokemon was heavy enough #i just really. REALLY want to feel like a field researcher that was always so important to me as a kid. going out and learning and growing #the villainous team is just a roadblock. and obstacle in my path to learn and see the world #i feel like gamefreak has shifted from learning as a narrative to coming of age and saving the world as a narrative. im sick of it tbh #is that what kids want these days. when i was a kid i wanted to be an astronaut and a paleontologist #so many games are getting the 'whoa cool beast' thing down. theyre the tyrannosaurus lovers. they like the cool animal and its evolution #but theyre neglecting like... the nature part? the part where the animal clicks in with the world. where its part of the ecosystem #they know that trex is cool and huge but not that it lived in a subtropical climate dominated by angiosperms. #the pokemon co and gamefreak have gone to great lengths to make pokemon feel REAL #they exist in their environments and shape them and interact with each other. many prey on each other #pokemon inhabit certain regions of the world bc thats their /ecosystem/. theyre not just randomly placed... #oh my god. i have more to say but im stopping here. im stopping