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compared to ultra moon and sun they ruined the battle tower. HOWEVER imo the vgc format is the most balanced it's ever been, and the ease with which you can change a pokemon's nature, ability and ev train etc. makes building a comp team much easier than previous gens. I transferred my shiny metagross in a heavy ball from UM and i'm having a blast online.
the pve is flawed but the comp battling is good, as is pokemon home integration and the dlc. overall i like the games a lot.
the battle tower was so good in UM tho... how could they fuck it up so badly?