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I remember getting to play Pokemon Diamond when it first came out (through the utter sorcery of having a friend rich enough to own a Nintendo DS), and feeling an immediate disconnection from the plot, setting and characters in a way that felt utterly foreign to me at the time.
Game looked awesome and played just as well as everything that came before it, but the more I explored its world, the more I felt like I shouldn't be there at all.
I guess I could blame my sudden disinterest on being 16 and not wanting to admit that I still watched/played a so-called "kid's game" at a time when image and peer perception mattered the most. I could also say that my (downright nightmarish) misadventures while trying to emulate Pokemon Ruby just a few months earlier had numbed me to the point of not caring about the whole thing anymore (and having your computer reliably crash on 2D doors would do that to you), but I'm not sure I buy my own excuses -- I was enjoying a lot of similar things at the time and not caring that much about what everyone else thought about it, but this feeling never quite left and remains the chief reason why I haven't played anything newer than Black & White 2 (because my friend got that one as well), despite this series being responsible for creating some of my fondest memories and introducing me to some of my best friends.
What about you? Is this something that you have experienced yourself or am I just a freak for even feeling this way?
Game looked awesome and played just as well as everything that came before it, but the more I explored its world, the more I felt like I shouldn't be there at all.
I guess I could blame my sudden disinterest on being 16 and not wanting to admit that I still watched/played a so-called "kid's game" at a time when image and peer perception mattered the most. I could also say that my (downright nightmarish) misadventures while trying to emulate Pokemon Ruby just a few months earlier had numbed me to the point of not caring about the whole thing anymore (and having your computer reliably crash on 2D doors would do that to you), but I'm not sure I buy my own excuses -- I was enjoying a lot of similar things at the time and not caring that much about what everyone else thought about it, but this feeling never quite left and remains the chief reason why I haven't played anything newer than Black & White 2 (because my friend got that one as well), despite this series being responsible for creating some of my fondest memories and introducing me to some of my best friends.
What about you? Is this something that you have experienced yourself or am I just a freak for even feeling this way?