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Why is Pokémon Emerald so grindy? (kbin.earth)
submitted 2 months ago by Kraiden@kbin.earth to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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So I'm trying to replay some gen 3 pokemon. I played Saphire as a kid and I loved it. Going back now as an adult, I'm really struggling. I'm finding it incredibly grindy, and I die inside a little every time I see a long stretch of tall grass. What have I forgotten? What am I missing now that I got as a kid? Any tips?

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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I suspect you know this already, but the slow walk and slow crawl moments are actually discreet loading screens. The alternative would be always having normal fast movement but then facing black transition loading screens.

Not that I'm stoked to defend FF7R, which I think is a bad bastardization of one of the greatest games of all time, but the slow loading transitions are arguably one of the things FF7R actually does right.

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I actually didn’t know that. I guess that makes it a bit more bearable keeping that in mind.

[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, it’s an excellent way to hide loading. If you played the Tomb Raider games, crawling and worming through tight crevices as Lara was a loading screen in disguise.

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