What has Ocarina of Time got to do with anything? Its a great game. But it has flaws - water temple = way to hard, anyone? Oh, did I just insult something people love? No, I gave an opinion based on my own experiences. I love the game - it is my favourite Zelda game. I happen to think though, that Twilight Princess is a better game.
Same with GSC. I loved playing them, but I think DP are better games. I love GSC mainly because I was younger when I played them. I had a sense of awe about them - they were cool and exciting. Also, I didn't know all of the new pokemon, or where to catch them. I had to figure out some surprises for myself. BUT, I still knew that they were way too easy. I spent three weeks training my league pokemon to lv 55 because I had so much trouble with Blue's league. But, I tore through the GSC league like no tomorrow. I was so disappointed. I thought that they might have been harder than before - more of a challenge. They were not challenging at all. Neither were the Kanto gyms. Kanto may have made the game longer, but by no means did it make it more enjoyable, unless you enjoy learning about the lives of data three years later. I thought the radio was annoying. I don't care about the music since I play with sound off and anybody who loves the games for their music...well, there is a lot better music availible to you. Play with your favourite CD running in the background.
The story line wasn't exciting. My friends and I used to laugh that the biggest threat anybody faced was a slowpoke. Team Rocket is, was and always will be a joke. This is reinforced by the anime (True anime =/= games, but the influence can't be ignored). And who actually enjoyed chasing the legednary dogs around for hours trying to catch them? Honestly? I much prefered the puzzles you had to face to get the birds, or the Braille of RS.
Sudowoodo blocking a path? We've had snorlax, so thanks but no. Gimmick pokemon, no thanks we've already got eevee and ditto. Oh, ok...we'll take smeargle, delibird, and unown. Baby pokemon. Well, they're cute...but what's the point? Besides Wynaut, which baby pokemon has given the line something worthwile? We'd still love breeding without them.
Fact is Johto is so small and cramped that the whole region could fit inside Twinleaf Town. Pokemon from GSC are cute, but competitively uninteresting, mostly. The ones who are competitive (Blissey, TTar, Skarmory) are so strong that they eclipse everything else. Whether a generation of pokemon is good depends on whatyour into. Most people have favourites in all generations. New additions? ...And? A game without improvments in pointless. The innovations didn't change the core of the games, they added to it. Night was stupid because you could hardly see and some of us couldn't afford to buy the light. The only feature I miss from GSC was money storing, but even that was fairly mundane. Now we have pickup and it's free.
Fact is that GSC is no more perfect than anyother pokemon game. I chalenge anybody to replay them through right after playing DP and tell me that they're more fun, more difficult or whatever else you believe.
And Dragon, nobody has a problem with your beliefs, more power to you. However, I think when Expert and others challenge you, they are asking for reasons, examples, evidence, facts, and so on more than empassioned language and lists of what you consider the best parts of GSC. Listing a dozen things as 'the best' is not saying 'how' things are better.
Cheers.
