>>50851975I used to hate XY for introducing megas, the Exp share, and starting the trend of introducing basically no new Pokémon and diluting them in a sea of old Pokémon, as well as other annoying aspects like the kanto + lucario pandering. But recently I’ve really come around to it, I hate all those things still but everything else is actually pretty great, primarily the route/area design, the graphics, and the
non battle music are fucking superb, and the roller skates + ride mons + the sheer variety of biomes change up the pace frequently enough that the game is surprisingly fun to play on a moment to moment basis, it really feels like an adventure and doesn’t hold your hand TOO tightly. Even stuff like story being shitty doesn’t bother me too much because frankly speaking, that’s the norm, gen 5 and 7 were outliers.
6/10 game it’s awesome if you’re in the mood for it and can look past the admittedly major flaws.