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Lack of complexity or... anything, really, on the NPCs and the world itself. Every single NPC in the game just obsesses about their Pokemon and have nothing to actually provide. Don't they have other things going on in their life? Anything that can make this game feel more... lively? And the towns themselves are so small, with so little things to do and explore, and even less NPCs to interact with in an interesting way.
Compared to other RPGs, the Pokemon world just seems kind of dead, barren, and uninteresting, you know what I mean? Especially considering the Pokemon themselves could provide so much, judging by their dex entries and the small amounts of lore that HAVE been presented.