>>52618643There's nowhere to go explore, you're just walking down the main roads, which offer very little choice in even what path you take, and take up such a big amount of the island's total area that the whole region just feels tiny and squished together. Even Kalos at least has a good sense of scale
>>52618709The thing about Pokemon is that almost none of the series truly move the gameplay forward in a way that isn't just QOL and/or is dropped later, so superficial features are most of what there is to compare. The best thing about XY was online, and that doesn't matter anymore because everyone's moved on and we can't go back. So all that's left is the single player, in which XY's exp share is broken (though I do appreciate that it's optional), the region lacks cohesion, the Lumiose power outage stifles player choice, and if I wanted a large Pokedex, I would just go play SWSH or SV since they make collecting Pokemon much more fun. I want to use Kalos mons, of which there are few.