vesperbell

Singles for 12 consecutive months is a pretty hefty commitment, though if they've already got an album's worth of material I guess it helps retain people's attention over a longer period of time with regular releases. Song previews sound relatively interesting!

I wish I could get past the production of TIW, because there's some great songs on there and after seeing some of them live I really want to enjoy them recorded too - there's just a weird feeling of constantly being pushed up against a wall when I'm listening to it, and compared to the mixing/production of previous albums it was a disappointment. It feels quite claustrophobic in a way, so if that's what they were going for they nailed it, it's just not for me. Though I did revisit it a month or two back and it didn't bother me so much, so there's hope! Hoping they maybe pull an UROBOROS ver.2 on it in five years so I can hear someone else's take. Actually, the person who mixed the original version of UROBOROS re-working it would probably be a good shout, the balance they had on that original version would work really well for the songs on TIW.

The lack of the full dex isn't really affecting my gameplay to be honest? Admittedly though, I've always been a casual Pokemon player and never really stuck around post-game, or got involved in competitive battling. So I can understand why people are frustrated, but the game has a lot of charm! Would be nice if they hadn't reused some of the graphic assets from previous games as there are parts that look a little disjointed - new areas look lovely, but some of the wild area looks a bit awkward because it looks like there's some reused tree/foliage assets. New Pokemon designs are cute though, and so far I'm liking the characters and the story. I'm also loving all the little nods to Britain, and the dialogue localisation choices are hilarious.