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Recommend pirating because even used copies are pretty expensive.
It's pretty alright. I don't know what aspects of a Pokemon game you value more but:
>insane selection of regional Pokemon, almost feels like a ROMhack
>region can be comfy
>fairly pretty game, gorgeous at times
>Shauna
>Amie, PSS, and Super Training all nice additions, PSS is still active too
>fucking excellent postgame story imo
It has many faults too
>Rivals aren't very interesting and constantly dicksuck you
>pacing issues with Gyms
>certain areas are blantantly unfinished
>Team Flare and Lysandre need more fleshing out, and their dungeon only has a single floor really
>Kanto dickriding very obvious at first, but goes away after the first third of the game
>very few new/unique legendaries
Overall I think it's a decent game, not the worst anymore. Give it a try if you want.