>>22606476The 'flaws' mostly stem from the simple fact of it not living up to its name
i can already hear the cries of "it's not and Emerald remake!", but that's not really the point. FireRed and LeafGreen didn't include many of Yellow's changes, but they still had a vast amount more content and things to do than any single first gen game. HeartGold and SoulSilver didn't incorporate every change from Crystal, but they did still have significantly more content than either Gold, Silver or Crystal.
OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire as a single-player campaign (plus post-game) manage to trim down the RSE adventure with fast-travel up the ass, whilst also not providing as much content as HeartGold, SoulSilver or Emerald.
That's why people think it sucks - it's all comparative. Like how Twilight Princess isn't a bad game, but it's a pretty bad game in comparison to gems like Wind Waker and Majora's
