>>42616397D/P were like 4/10 at most
Pt was 10/10
B/W were 7/10
B2/W2 were 10/10
Sinnoh is a great region, but all of D/P's flaws held it back awfully. And then Platinum fixes everything while adding more good shit to make it a perfect game.
Unova was linear as fuck indeed (an issue they tried to mask in 2 by changing the shape of the line), but in this case the games themselves were so good and had so many great features that they account for it, while the 2s added so many more great features that they offset the linearity. I'm with you on the constant cutscenes, but I completely disagree on the music as it was basically a huge homage to the entire series and it had this masterpiece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUY5KjHwczY