>>30476969Yeah man, I reorganized all my boxes yesterday and cycled through the region to jog my memory. The chibi style got really dated really fast, it's amazing to think XY only came out 3 years ago too.
It's amazing, I remember spending 50+ hours taking my time with Y when it came out, I preordered it (got that cool Poke Ball 3DS cart case too) and was beyond hyped for it. While I still love nigh on all of the Pokemon designs for Gen VI and still believe that PSS is one of the best things to ever happen to the franchise, I remember absolutely NOTHING about the game.
I don't know if it's just me, but what I'm getting here (exaggerations notwithstanding) is that XY are very forgettable games that didn't age well. The ((((story)))) was a drastic step down from BW/BW2's overarching epic and the transition to 3D wasn't as smooth as it could have been; I blame Game Freak taking 3 years to release a main series game on the 3DS yet starting development relatively late, XY had a bunch of solid concepts and features that only required more finesse.
Compared to Gen V and SM, the soundtrack was also pretty lackluster. I can kinda recall the gym theme, the cover legendary theme and a few of the route themes, but that's pretty telling. I haven't played BW2 or DPPt in a good few years, but their soundtracks still hold up in my memory today.
tl;dr XY are forgettable games that didn't age well, they're neither good nor bad games
