>>56290904>bad pacingthe gap between the first and second gym is huge, making you think the game is going to be long and full of detailed side quests, but then you move on to the third badge and it's just one gym after the other
>repetitivehow many times do you fight korrina? especially weird because she's a gym leader so defeating her beforehand makes the actual gym battle seem redundant
>shillmons just handed to youkanto starter, lucario AND a lapras before the fourth gym
>bad storylysandre's motivation is very shallow, basically a poor retread of cyrus, the legendaries seem to exist out of obligation (where do they even live in the region normally?) and a ton of lore isn't expanded on at all (AZ, Eternal Floette, Malva)
>casualizationintroduced the modern EXP. Share, O Powers, affection boosts, the game practically throws experience and money at you, you have a literal entourage of friends telling you exactly where to go
>janky 3D movementthe game advertised itself as being the first game in 3D but you are still mostly locked to grid-based movement, your character awkwardly snaps into place as you move, the roller blades allow you to move using the circle pads but that sucks too
