>>44353654I don't have as much of a problem with the evil team part, since pic related showed it can be done well if you fully commit to it. The problem is that Game Freak has kept the series in such a rut that most of the playerbase can't imagine anything else.
>>44353683The problem with Sun and Moon was that it was half-assed. They tried to maintain the generic self-insert going on "muh pokemon journey" and consequently pushed the character drama to the sidelines. If the story had been written so that Lillie or Gladion was the playable character the story would've worked much better.
>>44353728Alternatively, they could keep the same gameplay throughout but make plot differences between versions actually meaningful. Have one version that fully commits to the gym challenge, have another that's solely focused on the baddies of the week, and then maybe a third version that combines both into the standard formula for the "I hate change" autists. They would never actually do it because that would involve doing more work and taking risks, but it would be a great way to gauge what the playerbase truly wants in a Pokemon game and determine what direction to take the series going forward.
