Face it, there you gather unrecognisable blobs by walking every hex of the map, doing countless random encounters, and they say there's a story too.
But what if I say you can play such game from the abandonedware library, with way better graphic, immensly recognisable stuffs, and with a clear start-to-finish setup?
So let's play Cobra Mission! See? there's even a pun in the title!
Sure, there's the problem of hardware-made noises, so it's laud bleeps,which can't be silenced by a headphone, but hey, pokemon still costs top$$$, while this one is FREE for the moment, and even if like GoG would collect it, would still be mega cheaper.
Otherwise, it's practicaly the exact same experience. Aside that your characters don't implant CDs to their head.