>>48038604>>linear region overall, but the individual routes tend to have lots of nooks and crannies to explore, dungeons still fairly substantialsame thing with gen 6
> >implements stupid "Gym Leaders all have three Pokemon" rule, but the level curve is still fine (BW2 make up for this with a great post-game)not true, lucky egg and curved exp makes it insanely easy to overlevel multiple pokemon
> and they don't literally hold your hand at all timessame thing with gen 6 and gen 6’s story is less intrusive than gen 5’s
> >friendly rivals, but Cheren still provides some sense of competitionso does calem/serena
The problems either started with gen 5 or the problems never started. Stop trying to have double standards and move the blame to gen 6 just because of your nostalgia bias.
