I have been the absolute worst at playing new things lately. Well...new old things. I borrowed "Pokemon: Omega Ruby" from a friend and was therefore in kind of a hurry to finish it. However, I was more in a hurry to finish it because I was bored to death of the sameness of it all. I've only played a handful of Pokemon games, and I'm fairly certain die-hards are expecting not much deviation from the formula, so I very well may be in the minority to be annoyed by it.
You're a kid heading off to become a Pokemon trainer. Everybody thinks that's normal. Bye, possibly forever, kid. You have a friend that's a half step behind you and will battle you every time you complete some milestone. There's a group of adults with stupid plans that you have to foil. This time it's Team Magma. They want to awaken an ancient Pokemon. It's a bad idea. Everybody knows it. They'll figure it out after being beaten by a kid 42 times. Beat all the gyms. Go to the Pokemon League. Beat 5 people. Win. Roll credits.
The new bits, from the games I've played, were the ability to pick berries and plant berries, and the existence of secret hideout locations that were everywhere. I wasn't into that, so it didn't add a ton. They also added Pokemon-style beauty pageants you could participate in. I was also not into this. Everything else seemed very much standard, and after a while, it started to feel like homework.
I probably won't be playing anymore Pokemon games in the future, but if you're into replaying the same base storyline over and over, Omega Ruby is probably still your jam.
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