>>37611799>Was the dialog delivery so goofy in RSE?Largely, yeah.
>Brendan can't remember the name of the cultist team that threatens to destroy the regionYep, the remakes added a lot of interaction with Brendan/May. In RSE, they never even get to use the final form of their starter.
>and your whole interaction with Flannery is her 'comedically' screaming about pointless shit and then having a learning growing moment two minutes later.That's unchanged from the originals.
>Why was I just given a Latios like that, even in a way that I couldn't refuse?Soaring.
>If this thread is right and megas aren't seen practically anywhere else in the gameThey are. Maxie, Archie, Wally, the Elite Four, Steven, Brendan/May, Zinnia, and Lisia all use them. They're much more integrated than in XY.
>>37611829>tons of obstaclesIt's one patch of ground that's cracked.
>it's not a linear pathShow me the branches, then.
>tougher to go throughYeah, it's padding. There's nothing about it that wasn't already there in RS.
>And are you saying that you're not forced to backtrack to Granite Cave IF YOU WANT TO CATCH AN ARON, A MAWILE, OR A SABLEYE, even though that IS true?No. But you were forced to backtrack in the originals, so saying ORAS 'makes you backtrack to get everything' is pointless. Your complaint is rather that it gives you more to find on your return visit, instead of having to return for one Pokemon and one tiny area.