Platinum manages to succesfuly blend old school JRPG elements with new creative ideas!
Okay, so first things first, gameplay n platinum is great, in the deep core it is simply classic Pokemon style RPG gameplay which is great and works fine.. However platinum has also added a variety of extra gameplay elements that truley seperates it from your classic RPG or even your classic pokemon game. This game for one feels a lot more open then the other pokemon games. For instance, it feels as if the order that you collect the badges in isnt as set into concrete as it was before, I literally only had the first 2 badges when I accidentally stumbled on the 5th badge, and it feels almost as though the game adjusted the difficculty for me to be able to challenge the fifth gym leader with no trouble. (she had pokemon much weaker than before.) But another aspect of the gameplay that is really great is the variety of pokemon, there are over 400 pokemon which for any one who has been living in a box all this time they are your RPG fighters, you use them to progress through the game and you level them up just like you would a normal character. There is also a huge variety of items and side quests, plus a huge ultimately awesome multiplayer mode that is only slightly dampened by nintnedos friend codes.
Another thing that Pokemon Platinum should be prided on is its graphics. It has lush beautiful graphics, which combines the classical top down view of the pokemon games with beautiful polygonal buildings and environments that truley takes advantage of the DS's power. The attacks pokemon are all animated very well, they are quite high quality and everything just seems to fit together. The graphics are a bit of a step up from diamond and Pearl but not much that you can really tell unless you are a game conesouir (like myself)
Now it is time for me to name my few complaints with Platinum
For one, the game seems a bit too easy, it may just me getting older and having more skill at these kind of games, but at times I literally have to put the game down as I get bored with its simplicity. However this rarely happens so it is a very small complaint to say the least.
Another one of my small complaints is it really doesnt guide you through the story much. In my opinion the story feels a bit unorganized, and I literally find I am doing everything out of order, this is both good and bad abecuse it almost adds a sandboxy feel to the gameplay but it also can be a bit frustrating fighting wild pokemon that literallly pwn your dude into tomorrow. I do feel that as you get furthur ino the game it does slowly make more sense where you should go for quests and everything seems to be explained better.
Other than these small complaints Platinum is a great game for any returning pokemon veteran or for anyone new to the franchise that is looking for a great entry game to enter into it. So that is why I give it a 9/10.
EDITTED: for grammer plus I have now completed the gam so I addd a bit more to it.