>>22660938>They are slow because you get more time to enjoy them.Except Johto is the region with the LEAST substance now. Hell, it's the shortest one too. I'd include new Kanto but that's postgame content.
Anyway, looking from an objective standpoint, so no subjective views like 'muh music and atmosphere', they were the worst because
1)It was slow in every aspect. Battles, overworld, cutscenes etc.
2)The only decent mechanic added was the physical special split. Keep in mind I said decent. Online features didn't get good until gen 5.
3)The speed "fixes" in HG/SS and Plat were extremely minor and hardly made a difference.
4)A common one, the level scaling and Johtomon distribution still weren't fixed in HG/SS
5)In Plat the save time was actually considerably longer than it was in DP
6)The pointless aesthetics both added such as: Following pokemon which had a pitiful amount of text to pull from for 400+ Pokemon and forced you to collect leaves that appeared randomly for that last trainer card upgrade, The Distortion World while it did have an interesting idea was filled with missed potential. Taking pictures of your mons again, missed potential. The Pokewalker which gave very minimal benefits for the amount of time required.
7)It gimped fan favourite features like the BF and Contests
I could go on but you're got the point now.
>inb4 you mention ORAS when no one was talking about it. 
