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>People ITT unironically using the water routes as a reason as to why hoenns shit
First of all, the water routes don’t detract from the amazing land routes and all the shit you do on the land. Second off, the water routes are implemented perfectly in such a way that even those who aren’t a fan of them can still enjoy the game. You’re literally never forced to explore them, you can skip all the ones except for 124-128 outright, and in the case of 124-128 you barely have to explore them. Like people bitch and moan about how after lilycove is a slog because of the water routes but it’s literally a straight shot to you’re next destination: mossdeep. And then after mossdeep you get dive, which, on the water routes that you have to tread, allows you to just bypass the surface completely and instead take an underwater path, so even after exploring very little of the water the game already allows you to switch it up to keep it from getting monotonous. The fact that people unironically bitch about this section of the game being tedious when the game has a built in solution to the tedium blows my fucking mind.
