>>46807715Both Unova and Kalos only required 1 HM.
They're the perfect example of agency, not just in spite of but BECAUSE they're also entirely linear.
There isn't a single instance of anything like this in Alola or Galar. Just because you don't play the games and see the blatant dissimilarities doesn't mean they don't exist.
Playing the games would help. LGPE in particular doesn't have HMs at all but is the perfect example of player agency since everything is up to the player, again, in spite of roadblocks.