Overal rankings. Asthetics, layout, towns, everything that makes up a region. Based on most up to date incarnations.
Johto and Unova pretty much do most things right.
The hardest one for me to place was Sinnoh. It could have gone in both Good and Shit. One one hand, tedious, slow and HM heavy, on the other hand, really nice atmosphere and ok route design. But the unmemorable towns and meh asthetics (lime green grass and chocolate mountain tiles) made it Okay. God tier music though.
Hoenn's water routes are fucking shit, but it has decent towns.
Kalos is shit.
Playing FireRed now so I'll have an opinion on Sevii Islands soon enough
Sinnoh and Johto have the best regions because one is fucking huge and the other has the national park.
>>26674768
>Inb4 assblasted sinnohfetuses
>>26674834
>being a kalosperm
>>26674768
I agree on Johto but I never liked Unova. It feels like such a mess to me, especially the totally random desert.
Hoenn's desert being near Route 113 and Mount Pyre felt a little more natural. Unova's just feels like there's a desert for the sake of their being a desert.
>>26674834
>implying anyone likes Kalos
>Not Unova
>>26674846
>Anyone liking kalos
prefer a good region like Unova
>>26674855
>desert on an island
>Next to a volcano (they have the best soil)
>natural
>Kanto
>Sinnoh
>Johto
>Hoenn
>Unova
>Kalos
Don't hate any one in particular, but here my ranking
>>26674855
I don't think the desert is that random. I don't see it as a desert between two cities, but an oasis in the middle of the desert growing into Castelia City.
>>26674768
Love every game except 6th gen. Still had fun with them though.
>>26674791
Super comfy art direction, music and stuff to do. I love gen 2 and gen 4.
>>26674910
Kanto twice?
Other than that, acceptable list. I can dig Sinnoh being higher even if I don't agree.
>>26674889
I just don't see how Kanto could ever be higher than third or fourth honestly.
Johto > Sinnoh > Unova > Kanto > Hoenn
never played Kalos
>>26674768
>God tier: Sinnoh
>Great tier: Johto
>Good tier: Hoenn/ Kalos
>Okay tier: Unova
>Shit tier: Kanto
>no one putting Alola in the haven't been tier
I'm not angry, just disappointed.
>God Tier
Unova, Johto
>Okay tier
Hoenn
>Shit tier
Kanto, Sinnoh and kalos
>>26674967
Fuck, I didn't because there wasn't an in game map, but I forgot we got one in the trailer.
>>26674947
I just saw the "Kanto HGSS" thing
>>26674947
It was the hg/ss version of it. I added a little note.
>>26674846
>Genwunners
>Johtoddlers
>Hoennbabbies
>Sinnohfetuses
>Unovabortions
>Kalosperm
What do we call the Alolafags?
>>26674987
Alolautismos
>>26674768
God Tier: Sinnoh
Great Tier: Kanto, Hoenn
Okay Tier: Johto, Kalos
Shit Tier: Unova
>>26674768
Hoenn and Johto switch places, Kalos and Sinnoh switch places.
>>26674768
>unova
>god tier
>despite unova being a circle
>>26674768
This is pretty good, just bump up sinnoh to good tier.
>>26675023
>the shape of a region means it's shit
>>26674987
alolamoeba
>>26675023
>that alone makes it bad
I ranked them based on more, like music, memorable towns and interesting landmarks. Skyarrow Bridge man
>>26674768
>linear ass unova
>EVER BEING THAT HIGH UP
>>26674768
Unova is awful, put it in the trash where it belongs.
Other than that you're good.
>>26674768
>Kalos 3 tier pokedex made it sound big
>it's not
It also fucking keeps going back to Lumiose which is cut off early in the game but is empty anyway. There's also next to nothing in it's places of interest. It only really picks up after the 5th gym, and then you get to the Pokemon League.
Sinnoh should be top tier too, nice early game. I like the mountain. Best early game, okay mid game. Wish there was more stuff in between that one Ice gym city, it seemed so isolated.
Hoenn is all right, early game routes are comfy. Late game goes fast, and with good reason. But Sootopolis is awesome, so is Pacifidlog.
Unova has a nice mid-late game map but shitty early game with empty bridge and towns. Pinwheel forest is nice. It probably has my favorite desert part of any game, I wish there was more. The routes between gym 5 and 7 are neat, Iccirrus city is such an empty letdown after getting through the mountain.
I like Johto's early routes but it gets overshadowed by Kanto. Mid-game routes are small, you can go through Ecruteak, Cianwood, and Olivine in quick succession, because there's nothing much to do in between getting the gym badges. Mahogany Town, the ice cave, and Blackthorn City are my favorite towns/paths and go almost too fast.
Kanto is pretty small but it's not empty and not a circle like some other regions. I like Diglett path. Sevii Islands are a great expansion that doesn't harsh up the original region.
>>26675064
>>26675067
Fuck off.
>>26674997
I wouldn't call Unova shit, but this is my ranking too.
>>26675046
I like it.
>>26675076
Point A to Point B isn't fun and that's what unova is. It was slightly fixed in the sequels but not by much.
>>26675068
And also
>Middle of Unova cucked by wifi shit that doesn't work anymore
It could have been a cool forest region but it's shit.
>>26675064
>>26675108
>linear
everyone forgot the part where you back track to the relic castle.
>>26675051
I don't get why people like Skyarrow Bridge so much. It is honestly just boring IMO. It is just running in a straight line and it takes like 5 minutes to cross.
>>26675114
Ooh backtracking one time through the most boring part of the game! So fun!
>>26675120
Because it was something unique to the region?
>people just coming in to shit on Unova
>never bother contributing to the thread with an actual image, or at the bare minimum, their rankings for every region
Reminder not to respond to shitposters.
>>26675114
>backtracking
>#2 complaint of Hoenn
>removed in ORAS
Isn't this good?
>>26675137
that wasn't the point.
everyone calls unova linear and forgets about that part
and yet sinnoh is boring as shit cause you never feel like your going somewhere new
>>26675137
So do you want backtracking or not? Make up your fucking mind.
The Orange Islands in FireRed/LeafGreen were a fucking waste. It could have been a cool post game area, but no, it was "different region Pokemon with no new added content."
>>26675138
Unique doesn't necessarily mean good
>>26675068
I never noticed, but I agree on Johto's middle routes being too small. My only gripe with HGSS was not making them longer.
And fuck Lumiose
>>26675110
Jesus it takes up SO MUCH DAMN SPACE
>>26675120
When I played BW for the first time and came to here it felt like "This is Gen V"
It was the hypest shit man.
>>26675138
So? Just because it's unique doesn't mean it's good. It's boring and pointless.
>>26675166
>>26675176
better than going through grass route #2376865, like in other regions.
>>26675166
I want not boring backtracking and making it worthwhile.
>>26675197
None of the gens did backtracking well.
>>26675017
Kalos is far more tedious than Sinnoh.
>>26674994
Opelucid City and Black City are that bad? I agree with both Johtos being godntier though.
>>26675176
>boring
>with that gos tier music
>>26675220
I'd take tedious over bad music and no where to go anyday
>>26675234
>bad music
Boy, this thread is filled to the brim with retards.
>>26675234
>Sinnoh
>Bad music
I though I was the only one.
>>26675197
I think the only place that did this well was Johto going into Kanto, Sinnoh and Hoenn's was garbage
>>26675212
That doesn't make Unova's shit use of it any better.
Just because Gen 6 was shit doesn't mean you have to go back and fellate everything about Gen 5. It did plenty wrong.
>>26675245
>>26675242
>>26675234(me)
I'm calling X and Y having no where to and having bad music. I read the post in reverse sorry
>>26675197
>you need an HM
>a fatass is blocking your path
>we're dancing
>you're not cool enough to go through here
The game has a set path, 1-8 gyms. There is no open world. Some games just have less to do between gyms than others.
>>26675258
But did we say it was good backtracking?
No.
>>26675258
I liked gen 5 since I played it, but even then, your whole complaint with unova was that it was linear, and i brought up that it wasn't as linear as you thought, now all of the sudden you're saying it doesn't matter?
Fucking hell, I hate summer
>>26675287
But that doesn't make "well everyone else did it wrong too" a valid point. It's just deflecting to the other Gens when the Gen we're discussing is 5.
1 gym----2 gym good
the rest shit
I like that my thread spawned this shit
>>26675085
>>26675276
>>26675258
>None of the gen did backtracking well
To
>Just because gen 6 is shit doesn't mean you can praise gen 5
I feel like I missed something here. Or you're just baiting like a faggot
>>26675338
Technically, but it's more like the bored shitposters that commented in your thread spawned it.
I also hated the fucking animal riding paths. Route 17 is ridiculously long on that map, what the fuck.
>>26675310
Route 15 and 16 were also nice
>>26675348
Those places sucked hard too. Funilly enough, it was promoted hard but it was one of the most tedious places.
Also, desert route
>>26675064
>>linear ass unova
idk why people complain so much about linearity in Unova. Most of the games so far are linear too and isn't a simple backtracking do Viridian change this. Also, there was a time that all the backtracking was what made Sinnoh a bad region.
>>26675348
Mean the distance between gyms.
>>26675025
Not out of the question desu
>>26675212
I think gen 4 did it pretty well
>>26675025
>sinnoh
>good
>>26675512
Yeah more like Sinnoh God tier
>>26674987
>kalosperm
>not xygotes
>>26675520
>Sinnoh, the region where your in a cave half the time, never going anywhere new because your always backtracking, getting stuck on environmental shit that never needed to be there, and it's all slow as shit.
Sinnoh is shit, anon.
>>26675572
How do trainers travel around a region so darn hard man. I don't I think anyone leaves their towns
>>26674947
Honestly, I think it's the best designed. Each new town is unique and memorable, each had it's own theme (style-wise), and each had a purpose. There was no oldale or accumula town that wasn't anything other than a rest stop. Closest was Lavender town, but it had pokemon tower. It had great pacing, multiple possible routes for exploration, and side areas that felt worth it to check out. Every inch of it was used economically and it was chock full of character.
Sinnoh takes number 2 because it was so comfy. It felt more like a leisurely walk through a park than an epic adventure, until you got to the snow routes and wow. It had a lot of presence and had one of the best developed worlds.
Johto comes in at three because it's like a streamlined Kanto. Everything is more packed together, and the pacing is bad, but that's cool because it's detailed and comfy.
Hoenn is fourth because while I like it, it's not as memorable as the three above. It had some good routes, unique at the time, but it just never stood out for me, save shoal cave and route 119. Not bad, just nothing special.
Unova is fifth, prefaced by the fact that I love these games. It's got tons of character, but the linearity gets to me, and the way that half of the region is just like "Oh yeah now you're the champion you can go do all of that now" is kinda blah. I wish a more in depth postgame storyline had led me through it instead. Bw2 added areas and tried to fix the linearity, but it still followed a pretty solid line that always felt like I was retracing old ground.
And last is Kalos, just because it's nice and pleasant, but it's not very special. Very flat routes, not a lot of exploration, and only one post game area make it the bottom of my list, even though the games are fun and perfect for someone like me, who completes the pokedex on every run.
>>26674768
>>26676195
>>26676220
These two seem to be the most accurate.
>>26675220
>Opelucid City and Black City are that bad?
I wouldn't say they're bad, I'm mostly just exaggerating, but I do vastly prefer White's exclusive areas over Black's.
>>26676195
>>26676220
>unova that low
bad taste.
Kanto would be okay to me. It's basic, but has lots of neat little things, and is not bad.
Johto is really comfy, and has a very nice design, with memorable locations. Nothing really forgettable. If put it in Good Tier or God Tier.
Hoenn bored me, and had useless towns like Oldale and Pacifadlog (?), and too much water, of course. It had nice towns, but a weird atmosphere. I'd put it between shit and okay.
Gen 4 was amazing. Lots of amazing locations, and nothing too forgettable. All the landmarks were nice, and only some locations were bad (HM heavy). Definately God Tier for me.
Unova is an overall amazing region. The original layout was great. It really felt like a big adventure. Cafes, bridges, forests (that weren't just a grassy field with trees), cities, caves, and so much more. BW2 brought great towns, too. Best region. God Tier, easily.
Kalos was so boring and had so many forgettable towns. The boring locations like Parfum Palace and gimmicky locations ruined the supposed "beautiful" region. The colors were plain. Easily shit tier.
>>26676195
patrician taste
>>26676561
Perfect taste.
on the bright side the new region looks pretty top tier.
>>26676561
Basically my taste, but Sinnoh was shit.
>>26676324
Ive only owned Black and Black 2 so those areas I dont even think about.
>>26676195
I'm more annoyed at Hoenn's placement than Sinnoh desu, even though I had Sinnoh much lower. The water mane. I also assume you're counting Kanto and Johto together? Because nah.
>>26675901
You're right in that a lot of the newer games end up with wasted towns. Odale or Aquacorde are indeed shit. But Accumula Town gets a pass for having the best town music in the franchise.
I dont care about linearity because the locations were still all great, so that's why Unova is high for me.
I suppose I understand that reasoning. It was not spaced out and made larger just because.
>>26676561
Good taste, but I'd say Hoenn, Sinnoh and Kalos have the most forgettable towns. Sinnoh has great non town locations but Eterna, Floaroma, Celestic and whatever the town with the ruins is werent that memorable.
I dont even remember most of the Kalos names.
>>26674994
>Sevii Islands are god tier
My nigga.
>>26678386
Underrated
>>26674923
Best list.
>>26674768
>Unova that high when linear as fuck
>Kanto as shit when OP hasn't even played FRLG
Would place Sinnoh is God tier but OP at least has some decent reasoning for his view. Even if most of his complains are "I don't like doing things in the overworld" .
>>26674910
>HGSS Kanto over original Kanto
this has to be bait
>>26674768
I would, but you already did mine. Mostly. Move Johto down a peg, Sinnoh down a peg, and Kalos and Kanto up a peg each.
>>26679687
Well I mean, I'm currently far in playing it. I dunno if my mind will change by the time I'm done. Plus I played HGSS and its not like FRLG gives it more places, since those all go to the Sevii Islands.
Unova is a line, but a well crafted line
>>26674855
Why would a volcano being near a desert make sense to you, that doesn't happen much irl
>>26674768
> Jhoto
> Small bland region with some Japanese-style buildings in a couple of cities
> So much of a backwater it dosen't even have it's own Elite Four
> No trainer has pokemon even at Lv 50
>>26674883
>What are prevailing winds
It's like you know nothing about Fallarbor Town.
>>26680551
>no trainers at level 50
Dude, fucking Youngster Joey has a level 50 Pokemon.
Rematches man.
>>26674987
Alohabortions
>>26679694
Differing opinions doesn't mean i'm trying to fuck with you.
>>26675023
>a circle where in the first games only half was explorable before the postgame
>in the sequels they still take you a different route around the region than you did in the originals and the circle still wasn't complete until postgame.
Face it, the only way we're beating Unova in terms of content is if we get a region split in half between the versions, where before or after the first gym your path diverges based on the game you're playing, and the other half is postgame.
And it'd still probably be a circle.
>>26676345
>If you don't agree with me,then you have a bad taste.
Boi,pls.
>>26680551
Also the region with a National Park, a Lake that fills with water due to rain, snowy peaks, a city built into a mountain and
>>26680800
Sheet,forgot to post a pic.
>>26680806
Well I didn't finish my sentence, but the point is, Johto isn't bland just because its coherent
>>26680655
How can you prefer it?
It's the same thing but with less content.
>>26680810
>>26680830
Wait, did you stop playing GCS/HGSS after beating Johto?
>>26680810
Not that I don't believe these tastes exist, but I'm having a hard time believing this isn't bait.
>>26680842
He's got the Johto-Kanto combo on the Good Tier level, it's just a solo-Kanto game that he hasn't played.
>>26680842
I haven't played HGSS at all. I played through Silver, including Kanto, but that wasn't an option and I couldn't be fucked to make one.
>>26680859
No, it says "HGSS" in the corner.
>>26674997
>Kanto above Johto
Fuck you.
>>26680810
>Kalos God
>Johto Shit
>>26680826
Not him but maybe the HGSS aesthetics? It did give the Kanto towns more personality.
Also, some people love the smaller, more melancholy Kanto. Where there's a bunch of cave collapses and everyone is taking about the past
