>>56019621I take the empirical approach. Games with dexcut (SwSh, Arceus, SV) are significantly better than certain games without it (DPPt, BW/2) so ultimately while the dexcut is a bitter pill to swallow it does not make a game inherently worse than one with the full dex.
Our youth who grew up with Sinnoh and Unova don't like to hear it, but it is true.