>>30820478Pokemon X&Y is among my top 3 personal favourite Pokemon main games, and if to be honest Kalos is my favourite region if not for the fact of it being based off France (or a European country in general) and just being comfy to go through. Lumiose City, despite being a clusterfuck to navigate through, is still a very impressive place in terms of design and how much cafes, restaurants and other places it offers. It is one of the few cities in the Pokemon games that really gave me the impression more than 20 NPCs live in it.
To be honest, I look at Pokemon X&Y with somewhat rose-tinted glasses considering it is the generation that got me back loving Pokemon once more, but even now I can forgive it for all the faults it has. Its story, characters and overall world are pretty much underdeveloped -- feeling rather incomplete and I am convinced Pokemon Z could have mitigated those issues if Game Freak actually decided to give it a go.
Pokemon X&Y has a lot of stuff going for it, that at least for me make it very likable:
> Character customization that is better than Sun & Moon's in terms of available clothing> GOAT-tier OST including tracks such as AZ's Theme and the Bicycle music> Mega Evolutions and the way how they were presented in the story> Gen 6 mons while small in amount are great in terms of designs. Gen 5 might have Bisharp and Golurk, but I can think of more Gen 6 mons I'd add to my teams than when it comes to Gen 5> Regional Dex provides a variety of competitively viable Pokemon.> Super Training> Pokemon Amie (including the mini games)> Friend Safari> Updated Breeding mechanics> EXP Share made level grinding more enjoyable. It makes the game piss easy, but you have the option to turn it off.> Addition of the Fairy-type and nerfing Steel-types (even though Steel-types are my favourite, mind you)> While the 3D graphics are rather outdated in comparison to Sun & Moon's, it was still good at the time, and the cutscenes are rather memorable 