>>45454177You must be new here if you don't recognize pic related from its time in circulation. It was a response to genwunners being cancer at the time and there are many valid points on it.
Gen I was still a great set of games for its time, but it's no exaggeration to say it was fucking broken. Some basic mechanics outright didn't function as intended for fuck's sake. Whether it's "unplayable" or not is up to personal tastes, though. I myself find them unplayable, but not for the lack of QoL or refinements, but simply because I played through them so much as a child that the games just put me to sleep now. I've thoroughly experienced everything Kanto has to offer, plain and simple.