>>53191888>ORAS did every single thing betterI disagree.
ORAS has the same issue of simplifying the game's story and battles, much to everyone's dismay.
The post-game is considerably scaled back from Emerald (and other past remakes), and frankly less compelling than the Looker Bureau on a narrative level.
Mega Rayquaza is sort of cool? But it destroyed the competitive scene and trivializes your fight against Zinnia in-game.
They tried to stuff XY features into the world, like MALLVILLE city and the Copy/Paste Battle Maison instead of the Frontier. But those things that at least fit into XY's France inspired setting. It feels lazily slapped into Hoenn.
Mega Stones were significantly better integrated into Kalos world. They're a product of AZ's war, which is why they were only discovered locally. You explore the region a second time and find them when the sundial lights up in Anistar City as an important sidequest unique to that game's local history.
The DexNav is a cool addition, and the post-game rematches are tougher. But like. Everything else is just worse RSE, and less coherent than Kalos.
