>>45476413Compare this to unova, where it's essentially a curved corridor. The only moment you go back to a previous area is in the case of the relic castle, and then nacrene city for the dragon stone. I don't feel like i'm exploring this country, i feel like i'm being guided on a tour of the region for the most part. This isn't to say that the region looks bad because comparatively to other pokemon games it looks excellent, but if you take away the exploration aspect of it then you've lost me.
