>>44145894Old games had this thing where you had multiple correct paths (shorter but with more obstacles, or less obstacles but longer), and you could find yourself in a dead-end because the right path wasn't actually obvious (there are such examples right here:
>>44145603). Those are things missing in Kalos.
Kalos is not the worst offender, but it was a step in the wrong direction. Unova was the first step in the wrong direction though.