>>23532063I heavily dislike Gen 5, and it's not about the Pokemon. I disliked the motif, which felt sterile to me. Gen 4 was warm and cozy, from the menus to the overworld to the NPC sprites, while Gen 5 felt like the complete opposite. I disliked the sprites, which looked poorly done/animated to me. The menus had some kind of cyber theme, which I saw as sharp and unfeeling. More effort towards a more 3D-oriented overworld made things feel jagged. Funny thing is that Alder is my favorite champion, but he got the TOTAL shaft in the story. There weren't any legendaries that I found appealing. The starters missed the mark for me. The Pokemon I DID like either ended up weak as shit (Simisage, Carracosta) or prohibitively hard to obtain (Braviary).
I'm sure that plenty of people find the games great, but I'm not one of them, and I'm not going to apologize for it either. We all have different tastes and different favorite games, which is something that Gen V fans REALLY need to learn. It's getting obnoxious.
