Ex and Why general thread.

[Tellis]

Ok but can we all agree that the characters personalities in this game are super flat compared to Black and White? I mean Hugh was kind of boring and bit of a dope but at least he had SOMETHING to his character (his motivation to get back his little sister's Purrloin) instead of the spread-too-thin buddies you have in X/Y. Shauna is the only one with anything really that interesting about her (her whole thing about creating memories and the fireworks scene was cute but that's about it, though). Trevor and Tierno never do anything beyond just sort of repeating their single character trait (Pokedex and Dancing guy) and Calem/Serena are barebones "hey let's fight because hey we're rivals, I guess".

And I better not catch you talkin' shit about Bianca and Cheren, they're like the most well-executed of the friend rivals, imo. Bianca's dealing with the fact that "hey maybe I don't want to be a trainer... what then?" and Cheren's questioning of his goals "what does it actually mean to be strong?" (whereas Calem/Serena stop at the "i wanna be stronger than you" stage of character development) are really great.

Also, Black and White had a ton of little glimpses and peeks into the lives of the Gym Leaders (plus their towns and gyms actually said things about them as people that were beyond just surface level characteristics). X/Y had little to no such thing and it aggravated me because honestly some of them seemed pretty cool. Wolfric was the only one who ever even really into detail with why he chooses the Pokemon he does (he's also easily my favorite leader of this gen for it).

Bleh, I'm rambling and this is barely readable. Sorry I just... didn't like X/Y's writing much at all. Or I guess world-building is more accurate. I liked the nods to other regions and the little gags were good. It just didn't have as much life as Gen V or IV if you ask me...