>>41520483>How did they end up so bad, there has to be a reason?I believe there are a number of factors at play:
>Ohmori directingThis was never going to end well. Some would argue the best he directed was ORAS, which is a remake, and not even the best remake. It also included the shitty Delta Episode.
>It was their first proper home console projectLGPE released first, but SWSH started development a year before those. So I believe part of it can be blamed on their inexperience with the hardware.
>TPC and deadlinesSpeaks for itself really, if the games had another year they would have been better. But it's not possible.
>Design philosophy since gen 6We know they target mobile brainlets and they probably made SWSH even more straight forward due to people's complaints about cutscenes in SM. Every town in the game houses a gym and the routes are some of the shortest and most linear yet, despite there being a mere 10 of them this time.
They really wanted people to be able to beat the game, and fast.
My prediction is that gen 9 will be more of the same, but with better graphics and story. No other improvements.