>>32592298less focus on gameplay in favor of cutscenes. Game is a chore if you don't give a fuck about Lillie's "character development". Both are letdowns but S/M is more challenging. Still Hoenn's a more interesting region overall.
>b-but muh waterit makes sense in context to the plot, the selection of pokemon in said water is the real problem. Which they didn't fix in the remake, that's one of the many reasons why it's a letdown.