>>36349558Because it's boring and started the trend of turning pokemon games into melodramatic visual novels where players spend half their time mashing the A button through absurdly long dialogue.
>walk into new town>forced to talks to people for several minutes>walk into new route>forced to talk to people for several minutes>walk into new cave>forced to talk to people for several minutes>walk into a gym>forced to watch boring puzzle animations because Gamefreak thought making getting badges should be long and inconvenient>get into major battle>over already because barely anyone carries more than three challenging pokemon in their partyThe only thing gen 5 did right was permanently solved puzzles, better menu UI, and unlimited TMs. Other than that, it was big disappointment. But as
>>36350235 said, you guys don't listen and will continue to act as if these criticisms were never said.