>>22292354The thing I appreciate most after playing ORAS is the Pokemon distribution. By the 2nd gym, you've practically got about 50 options, whereas ORAS, you have not even half that.
Worst thing about XY for me personally is Kalos. It's so plain, so uninspired. I like the Japanese regions because I'm from the UK, so they're very unique to me, but France isn't *so* bad that Kalos has to be so basic. Most of Lumiose is generic grey buildings that are useless, and those camera angles holy fuck.
So many of the Team Flare parts were so dull aesthetically because of the lack of inspiration, eg the Lysandre Café and power plant. OO, WARP PANEL. OOO, OFFICE. They were fucking terrible, at least Magma Hideout had some kind of structure. Also Team Flare on the whole look fucking stupid and not threatening in any way whatsoever, except for the scientist guy. He was cool.
XY broke many rules though, eg battling the professor, getting a 2nd starter, customisation (which, to be frank, was terrible if you're male) and Megas. I'm glad for these, but I hope the 2nd starter isn't a Kanto one in Z or whatever.
