>>32899405>The experience of Pokemon games has shifted because single player is a means to an end, it's not meant the primary experienceMaybe for the small percentage of the player base who are active online but I guarantee that for 75+% of Pokemon players overall the campaign is the experience with some trading/battling with friends. If people have more options in how they go about that I don't see how that isn't a good thing.
>Making a design philosophy that the skill wall ought to be devoted not only to how much time one spends training but going around the game's world raises concerns.We've been asking for GF to bring back stuff like Challenge Mode from BW2. If there were routes you could take that entailed greater challenge, then again it just allows more freedom in how you want to reach the E4. It would also add to the replay value. If different gym routes had very different Pokemon, then it would mean you weren't stuck with the same early game Pokemon each time you wanted to start a new game.
I get your concerns but I just feel like the benefits would outweigh the costs, if GF were competent in their design.
