>>58158527>>58164796>SM vague loreYou mean *mystery and buildup*, something Game Freak hasn’t managed since? The UBs were actual horror-adjacent entities and gave Alola a sense of danger. Compare that to SV’s "AI professor talks at you for 30 minutes" and Area Zero ending that spoonfeeds you everything. But sure, pretend "vague" = "bad" when you just didn’t get it
>Lillie annoying, escort questYeah, god forbid a character shows growth from timid to assertive across the story. Meanwhile Nemona is just a battle spam machine with the depth of wet cardboard. Enjoy your "friendship" with Arven, aka cooking sidequest boy
>Rushed endingAlola had more *pacing* than the jank slideshow that was SV’s cutscenes. Guzma, Lusamine, Nihilego, UBs that’s more thematic weight than "AI mom/dad dies to their own hubris because lol drama"
>Ultra Space is a cave hallwayAnd Area Zero is… also a cave hallway. Cope harder. At least Ultra Space wasn’t a stuttery ps2 tech demo with pokemon clipping through the floor
>Lusamine not evilShe literally endangered her child, warped her worldview with obsession, and became one of the darkest "villains" Pokémon has ever done. You don’t have to be *murdered by a robot clone* to have stakes. Projection much?
>SV well crafted mysteryLmao. It’s "walk to research station, hear 2 lines of exposition, repeat x4" This is not literature. The "mystery" is spoonfed while the frame rate tanks.
>Arven proper characterArven is literally "doggo needs healing: the sidequest" Congrats, you liked the only storyline written above high school fanfic tier. Cope
>Ending ties three storylinesNo, it railroads them. Penny and Nemona exist to quip and vanish. Don’t pretend that’s peak writing
>Huge lategame areaYeah, a giant empty crater that looks like Unity Asset Store cliffs. Immersion shattered by pop-in every two steps
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