Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
I can't play the new Pokemon yet because I'm criminally behind in Pokemon games. The last gen I played was 3rd gen and I didn't finish it.
You are missing out.

4th Gen is far superior to 3rd. Sinnoh is an amazing locale, and the games are a blast to play (especially Platinum). Plus it has Cynthia, easily the best NPC in the series (though some people will debate me on that with Gen V's N).

5th Gen made some truly brilliant changes that just polish the whole experience. While a lot of the Pokémon (especially the early ones) are silly looking, if you can get past that, it is easily one of the most well-executed entries of the series. Even if there's not enough Cynthia (she's there, but only as a minor character in post-game).

I'm really excited for Gen 6th, because I'm hoping they'll make the same sort of refinements that Gen 5 made. After playing Pokémon games for so long, you get used to some of the things before they change, and then you find yourself asking "what took that so long to implement". While Gen 5 is a grand masterpiece of refined mechanics compared to the rest of the series, there are still things they could take farther.



Also, Rune Factory 4 is very fun and well worth getting. I'm not quite sure if it's as good as RF3, but that's mostly because I'm still very early on and getting the hang of the new systems.