after that the game becomes mind-numbingly easy, for a good while. The miltank in gym 3 and gengar in gym 4 were a challenge. All three gyms are around the same levels as well, because they have to account for you doing each one first. all the routes around this area cap out 25, with wild pokemon and trainers. You are able to do gyms 5, 6, and 7 in any order you want.

Ecruteak and Goldenrod city have been done complete justice in the remakes, the areas have a cool at atmosphere.īut after the fourth gym, it hit me like brick wall: The leveling curve in this game SUCKS.Īfter this point, the game goes 'open world' on you. Collecting gym badges and just taking in the world. I was having a fun time up until around the fourth gym.

It's one of my favourite Pokemon games now.įor the past 8-10 days I've been playing my copy of HeartGold, it's been years since I've played it, but I've always held it in high regard among Pokemon games, only second to gen 5 and Platinum. Been in a bit of Pokemon kick lately, a couple weeks ago I re-visited Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, and thought they were way better than I remembered.