>>30518386>The Pokemon are shit, and there's not nearly enough of themThey don't feel so terrible ingame at least. As far as multiplayer goes you'd be right though
>the music is half-assedYou could not be any more wrong. These games have my second favorite OST out of mainline Pokemon.
>the hand-holding is on a whole new level of terribleOkay I can agree on this. Fuck all these free heals flying left, right and a new imaginary direction
>the cutscenes are ridiculousThey got better after island 1
>the encounter rates are insaneThey were flawed, but not horrible
>the genwun pandering is way too muchI'm still mad Alola Forms were locked to genwun but I was expecting it to feel more intrusive like XY but it actually didn't. I was mildly impressed when Diglett's Tunnel didn't feel like a complete Diglett's Cave rehash.
>the characters are all forgettableThis gen has had plenty of my favorite characters in the series all in one package
>and team skull is just straight up stupidNah they were an alright comedy relief for me
Sorry OP, but as flawed as these games can be they fixed a metric ton of issues I had with XY so they're still alright with me. I can at the very least agree they deserve a tune-up though.
