I played my first Pokemon game and, meh.

I’m definitely not posting here to look down on anyone. If Pokemon is your thing, more power to you! Play the games that you love!

I just put in many, many hours into crystal and I finished feeling left underwhelmed. At many times, the game felt like a grind. Moving from to place to place often got annoying more than anything. Once some of the advanced transportation options open up, things improve somewhat. But traveling through water or caves you often couldn’t make it a few spaces without running into another wild Pokemon. Leveling up the various Pokemon types to finish the end of the game seemed more like a job than anything else. I’m sure some of my pain was due to my first play through and not optimizing my team and their upgrade sequences.

I know the series is beloved by many, but I think the Pokemon series just isn’t for me.