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Even though Gates has some great things going for it, I can definitely see why not a lot of people would actually want to play through the game. The earlygame is absolute garbage.
Even if you disregard the lack of mon variety, one of the biggest flaws the game has is only being able to do one mission at a time. Doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but then you remember that the games have a mission quota you need to fill in order to advance the plot. In RT and Explorers, you can just take a lot of missions that take place in the same dungeon, and not only rack up rewards but go through the game faster. Here, everything takes about a week in-game to push things forward.
Right now, I'm at the point where Umbreon gets introduced. Plot-wise I still think the game's worth checking out, at least.