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Just finished the main story, along with most of the side quests. I think I enjoyed my time with Arceus more. Which is a little disappointing because I like the city setting and the real time battling. My problem was that Arceus gave you big areas to keep on the lookout for new Pokemon while Z-A had you bouncing back and forth between the same spots and depending on what you've caught & leveled a new wild area might barely provide anything new. So Z-A's gameplay loop took less time to start feeling redundant.
That being said I really grew to like this game's characters and how they join you for fights. I'm looking forward to whatever the next Legends game is and would like to zip through the story again with a new team in the near future.