Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock - that’s the simple formula Pokemon was built upon back in 1996 when Pokemon Red & Blue came out. Instead of papജer, it’s Water-type beating Rock-type, and Fire-type, and Grou- look, I know you know the Pokemon type matchups better than you know your own neighbourhood at this stage. We all do. The system has its complexities, with double weaknesses here and dual-typing there, but it’s all a version of Rock, Pꦺaper, Scissors where each type eventually cancels another one out.
That’s why I was so confused - although I didn’t hurt myself in my confusion - when I booted up 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Unite and my Charizard got its arse handed to it by a Venasaur. For the 20+ years I’ve played Pokemon, the most fundamental part of the game has always been type matchups. Now, I have to throw all I&rs꧃quo;ve learned out the window and just charge in - head first, eyes closed, can’t lose.
Pokemon Unite is a new Pokemon MOBA that has taken many of us here at TheGamer by storm. For people who have played MOBAs and love Pokemon, it’s a dream come true. For me - someone who has never played a game of League of Legends or Dota in my life - 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it’s a nice entry point into the genre. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:It’s not quite a Pokemon game in the traditional sense, but it’s still a lot of fun. At the very least, 16💧8澳洲幸运5෴开奖网:it’s a great innovation in Pokemon that has shown just how differen𝓡t games in the s♚eries can be.
All that being said, playing Pokemon Unite without taking typing into consideration feels like someone𒈔 telling me we can all suddenly breathe underwater. Like death and taxes, it was a certainty that Flying-type Pokemon beat Grass-type Pokemon, but now my Ivysaur can take out a Fletchinder easy peasy. It ain’t right. It’s not natural. It’s an affrಌont to Arceus.
I’ve only had one two-hour session with Unite, but I can already feel my brain rewiring itself, unlearning what I’ve spent a lifetime having hardcoded into me. Sure, I was also an idiot when I played Pokemon as▨ a kid, who wasn't? But now that I know about Tanks, Sweepers, and Stallers, I’m a true Pokemon Professor. At least, I was until I started Unite. Now, I’m back to square one. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:What the hell is a Defender? I𒀰t’s a Tank, right? It&rs𝔉quo;s not? Well, then.
I feel like Bambi, stumbling about the arena, not really knowing where to go or what to do. Playing as Charizard, I instinctively retreat from a fast approaching Greninja, only to remember a few seconds later that it’s fine,🍨 I can just go and shoot hot fire at that dumb frog because the world I once knew is gone. Now all that’s left is chaos as I try to understand what “I’m botting mid” means.
Despite my confusion and the fact I spent most of the two hours I played running about screaming, I had fun with Pokemon Unite. It seems like a solid entry point into the MOBA genre, and still retains enough of Pokemon’s charm to satisfy a lifelong Pokemon fan such as myself. I’m just worried that the next time I play a mainline game I’m going to do something stupid, like sending a Wigglytu𝔍ff out against a Machamp.