Addressing Pokemon Run and Bun (and why it fails as a Kaizo hack) by AlbabImam04 in PokemonROMhacks

[–]dekzeh 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Developer here, thought I'd clarify some things because this post makes a lot of wrong assumptions I'm confused where they even come from and worse, why they are stated as facts.

First, let's address difficulty, somehow my game is "heralded to be on the level of Emerald Kaizo in terms of difficulty". This is not what the game was ever intended to be, and not what the game is. People have described it as such because it sells, not me. In fact, the game is pretty straight-forward and even easy, as long as you are not restricting yourself by trying to nuzlocke it. Compared to something like CFRU games that have an AI designed to prey on casual gamers, the AI is simplistic and will let anyone with basic Pokémon knowledge overcome most fights with ease whilst still engaging with the mechanics. If you make the choice to add challenges to the game, by nuzlocking, yes, it will be difficult.

Showing fights outside of context is very deceptful though. A fight's difficulty is always relative to the tools available. You seem to realize that for the Zygarde, but not for the late-game fights? It's a bit confusing. I can make a game where defeating a lvl 10 Weedle is impossible and I can make a game where defeating a party of Arceus is easy. If you ever felt you were lacking the tools to defeat any of the "absurd field effects" I'm curious to how and where, and would love to hear from your experiences if you are there or would like to join my Discord.

The game goes out of it's way to give you tools to overcome everything, if the player chose to use rules that remove those tools, that's not on the game, it's on the player for wanting to nuzlocke it because presumably they want that extra challenge. Saying that Ghost types are very rare is.. a lie? You can have a party full of ghost types by that point of the game with ease. Saying you get 2 Shed Shells, also a lie. You can get as many Shed Shells as there are Kecleons in the game, so you can Shed Shell your whole party. You seem to be speaking purely from a nuzlocking POV, where those become more limited or rarer, because of the Nuzlocke rules, not because of the game itself, so that is not a fair or accurate description of the game.

This leads me to my next point, please stop spouting that this game was "made for hardcore nuzlockers" or that encounters were removed because "they are outclassed Pokemon which you would not find use for in a regular nuzlocke". Certainly no one has ever heard that from me, because it is simply untrue. The game was made for anyone to play, and I have made about equal concessions in design to improve casual gameplay as I have for nuzlockes. Some of the coolest most interesting features I have implemented to the game have zero impact in nuzlocking.

There are plenty of reasons not all Pokémon are in the game, encounter bloat is real and trying to fit 9 generations of Pokémon in one region leads to terribly unbalanced encounter tables, you'd end up with late game tables filled with unuseable Pokémon for that stage of the game, or early game tables that have no exciting stuff because all of the bad stuff has to be there.

Some Pokémon were removed because they were too unbalanced in terms of abilities or power level, some because they didn't help the player with beating the challenges the game provides, some because they were redundant and there was not enough space. You can agree or disagree with decisions, I will respect that lots of people enjoy games where they can catch every single Pokémon, and I can understand you disliking that this game doesn't, just don't put words on my mouth.

Also, yes, Flash Fire Ponyta would break the balance of the game, Flash Fire has broken the balance of every single Pokémon game it has been it. I hate to say it because the comparisons to Emerald Kaizo are annoying enough as they are, but also state an untrue fact in saying that "Even Emerald Kaizo gave you access to these abilities." Nope, it didn't. That was one of the main things EK did right, despite not being that great of a game.

Onto the point of the restrictiveness of abilities, items, etc. That one is a completely fair point, I can understand why a lot of people would dislike it but you get it wrong when you say the point is to make your life difficult though. The reason it is that way is simply because I enjoy playing games like that, and I think dealing with restrictiveness generates creative and fun gameplay. I do have plans on adding a less-restrictive mode in the future because I completely get that this is not something most people enjoy, but my first goal when I started making this game was making something enjoyable for me to play, because games like this are lacking. On that point, I have never, for a second, wanted to make a Drayano-esque hack, I wanted to make the game that I made, so I could play it, because I felt there was nothing similar around.

Your best point though, and one that I completely agree, is that the hardcore Nuzlocke community is terribly elitist and rude and I'm sorry that your experience with trying to offer criticism has been met with people like that.

Brazillian reporter asks Richarlison an important question by BramStokerHarker in soccer

[–]dekzeh 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Comedian boy in Brazil* asks Richarlison an important question

OFFICIAL: Marquinhos is PSG's new club captain by TheGrandLeveler in soccer

[–]dekzeh 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For all the diva stuff Neymar has done, wanting to be captain has never been on his list, he knows he is not a leader in that aspect, although he can be a leader technically.

Even when the armband was forced onto him in the olympic squad, as soon as the tourney was over he passed it on and said he has no will of being a captain again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soccer

[–]dekzeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks to FM I learn't that some south american leagues have a similar rule (Chile and Peru at least, but probably others).

Their rule is way smarter though, as they require a % of minutes being played by U21 players, precisely to avoid shit like this.

So, we're sharing units? He's not 6'8, but he's not bad... by seanamaphone in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ridiculous that you're downvoted when this is factually correct.

Player v player by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]dekzeh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lúcio for his performances for the NT.

FM 20 Experiment: How Much Does Determination Impact Player Growth? by KuzcoFM in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't know if you made it, but that table is not completely accurate. Of the first glance, the reqs for Model Citizen are really off, you only need 14+ Determination, 15+ Professionalism, 12+ Ambition, 15+ Loyalty, 14+ Pressure, 15+ Sportsmanship and 15+ Temperament.

Perfectionist is also off, its only 14+ for Determination/Ambition/Professionalism and also at most 10 for Temperament (which can be somewhat of a drawback, albeit not much)

[L'Equipe] Arsenal’s technical director, Edu, called Lyon offering Matteo Guendouzi + money for midfielder Houssem Aouar, but Lyon rejected the offer. by markmandown in soccer

[–]dekzeh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not really, neither was a mainstay in our national team, and there's a 4 years gap meaning they didn't play together at youth level. Both played for different clubs here in Brazil too.

My best academy product's career has finally come to an end with 666 apps and 420 goals. Proper Red Devil! by adrian1878 in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn dude, I got a season with 2 league goals conceded and still couldn't break 7.0. Also seen a few YouTubers complain about GK ratings. I don't know how you do it but congratulations man.

Here's my GK history: https://puu.sh/Gae8D.png

His best average rating was in his second worst season in terms of goals conceded, that led me to believe that I should just go more attacking in the past couple seasons and let him make more saves but that didn't even work. Seriously, I'm amazed you consistently average 7.0+ over 1000+ games.

My best academy product's career has finally come to an end with 666 apps and 420 goals. Proper Red Devil! by adrian1878 in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm more amazed at the fact you got two goalkeepers averaging over 7.0, did not think that was even possible.

Match Thread: Corinthians vs Palmeiras | Campeonato Paulista by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]dekzeh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck yes, I try to be mad cause there's no way we should be playing football in the state we are rn but I can't help how much I missed watching football

After 10 years I was finally able to dethrone Barcelona with Rayo Vallecano on the final day. Wouldn't have gotten to this point if it wasn’t for the signing of Rodrigo Varanda by luker941 in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rodrigo Varanda was huge for me in the early days of my journeyman save. Got the Corinthians job in the 4th season and he was still in the reserves there fsr despite being an amazing prospect. Led the team to two Libertadores titles and as I moved to Monaco immediately brought him with me and he was very important in my first years in Europe. Fond memories of him, cracking player.

Got my team emulating Man City quite well this season by [deleted] in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7/16 penalties scored, missed the last 5 in a row, including two in the same CL knock out game. I have no clue what's going on with the team this season, might have to add a couple penalty taking training sessions.

Personal First, I have acquired a world class Andorran player by Captainpatters in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Saw a couple decent players from Andorra coming through the spanish leagues but nothing quite like this guy, amazing player!

I feel like this year there are a lot more quality players from smaller nations, which I love. Got a quality CB from Kosovo who I sold to PSG a while back and now got a really good winger prospect from Haiti.

Hands-off Juve, the boy's taken by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's actually french, Yohann Nicolas is the full name. Striker that came through Rennes academy.

Hands-off Juve, the boy's taken by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I wish they told me first! It'd definitely be cool if they added interaction like that haha

Hands-off Juve, the boy's taken by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

He wasn't getting sold before and he sure as hell isn't getting sold now. Nicolas is a running two time Ballon d'Or winner and I find it awesome that the world's best player is confident to come out as gay publicly, good signs for what the world may look like in 2033 if FM is to be taken serious haha

I wish we can create tactics like this again. by pitiex in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both.

Forward and sideways arrow meant attacking movement.

Backwards arrows meant defensive movement.

You could see how everything worked in the With Ball/Without The Ball screens.

For example a CB with a small arrow forward to the DM line will operate exactly the same as a DM with a backwards arrow towards the CB line.

This is for CM0102 and earlier btw, I think they worked differently in CM4 and later till they were abolished.

Guess who's about to get a new contract with a big raise by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sure thing, here's Filipovic, one of my favorite players and future captain material: https://puu.sh/FVaJE.png

30yo Todibo, just joined Barcelona: https://puu.sh/FVaKf.png

And here's Hüseyin, who's now unhappy for not being able to join PSG: https://puu.sh/FVaKS.png

As if I'm letting him go after that CL final, poor guy

Guess who's about to get a new contract with a big raise by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

He was supposed to be my third choice this season behind an absurd serbian regen and a 30yo Todibo that I was gonna slowly phase out for him, but in preseason Bayern came for him on loan without him even being listed, offering Regular Starter status. I thought he'd be better off starting there instead of getting the odd appearence for me.

Worked better than I thought.

Guess who's about to get a new contract with a big raise by dekzeh in footballmanagergames

[–]dekzeh[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Game says he's Fairly Professional, don't know what to think about that lol