[Matrixbeast]

I talk shit on Gen 5 for one very particular reason.
I didn't have fun.

Put plain and simple, they were the first Pokemon games to just bore me as games. The plot was a complete bore and too heavy handed for it's own good, and by giving N fucking 9 hour long monologues it felt twice as long as D/P. The twist was so predictable that I actually forgot that they were trying to set one up until it was revealed.

Gen 5, as games, were fine, I guess. They're main Pokemon titles, it's hard to mess up. But, as main Pokemon titles, they were a chore and just droned on and on. I give the series props for tackling an interesting subject, but by having the main villain just be generically evil (Also, look at him) and then turning them into terrorists in the sequel just bogged down the entire story.

HGSS was a recreation of my favorite gen, but with the better changes Gen 4 brought. It also changed enough to not feel like I was just playing Gen 2 with upgraded graphics, and just a ball of fun. Could this just be rose colored glasses due to GSC being my favorites? It's possible, I'll admit.