>>36267626The generation that finally convinced me that these games will never have any ambition to improve and compete with modern RPGs and will continue to be as low-effort and by-the-numbers as possible.
USUM were the first games in the series I didn't get, and I don't plan on buying any more Pokemon games.
The thing that really drove it home was when I saw the trailer for Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3. Riding Pokemon has been a feature people have been asking for for years and the difference between how Monsters did it and how GF lazily half-assed it is just pathetic.
I'm open to Gen 8 changing my mind, but I don't expect it in the slightest.
