>>51496653Visuals/aesthetic:
>Graphics are pretty bad in the wild area and it feels like a unity sandbox with a clashing artstyle between the environment and the actual gameplay (berry trees, NPCs, pokemon and grass feel entirely out place compared to the overworld environment).>battles/stadiums look decent though, as do the towns>as a brit I really appreciated how most of the towns captured some essence of the united kingdom, right down to some of the small details (like the rubbish bins in Spikemuth/Circhester being exactly like the ones we have here, picrel)>the themeing of the gym challenge as an actual league with each gym being a stadium was really neat and was way better than the island challenge concept while still feeling different enough from the usual gym challenge, despite being functionally the same.New Pokemon:
>Not a ton to say about the new roster but I like most of it>Greedent and Grapploct ruin their previous evos which is something I rarely ever say, and the starters are kinda underwhelming, but otherwise the overall dex is pretty decent, and I appreciate the number of references to british history and culture.>Corviknight, Polteageist, Grimmsnarl, Dracovish and Runerigus are all great just to name a fewOverall, I have to admit I enjoyed it. I put more hours into it than I did sun and moon, and I think overall it was worth my purchase, but i'm glad I waited until after the DLC released.