>>27742209I feel I am like one of the few who actually likes XY for the reasons people have stated why they dislike it. I actually quit Pokemon after Gen 4 because shit felt stale to me but then again I never really gave much thought to teambuilding, grinding an entire team, etc until I got Pokemon Y.
Yeah, there's a lot of Gen 1 pandering and the EXP Share is broken as hell, but fuck it works for me. Team Flare is pretty mediocre in terms of designs and whatnot, but it still felt intense to go up against Lysandre knowing that the entire fate of Kalos and beyond was at stake. Post-endgame with Emma and Looker was lots of fun, and I LOVE character customization hence why I skipped ORAS after I heard it lacks character customization, then again Hoenn is not exactly my favourite region anyway.
In the end, XY has a shitload of problems but it was still a blast to play it for what it's worth and it made me rekindle my love for Pokemon. It also has the best Regional Pokemon catalog (Tyranitar, Garchomp, Kanto Starters, Skarmory, Scizor, Bisharp, Golurk), enabling me to make my competitive team (or dream team for that matter) in-game during the actual story.
Still, I really hoped Z would fix most if not all the problems that XY had but alas I suppose I'll just have to hold out re-visiting Kalos when its remake gets released in 202X or 203X.
