>>30818813Overall I agree with this guy.
This is the first time I think I've actually given a shit about the characters in a Pokemon game. It's at the top in terms of story/characters for me.
But fuck me are there a lot of long unskippable cutscenes full of repeated use of the same 3-4 animations. Why is there a game, a portable game on top of that, in this day and age without skipable cutscenes and sudh?
A straight playthrough of the game is pretty well done, lots of creative NPCs like the Red Card trainer, but the gameplay features are a step back from XY. Like others have said SOS battles were a good idea implemented awfully. Hordes+Dexnav accomplish these same tasks much better.
They made it harder to level up in the same game where there's actually a reason to hit 100 (probably intentional, but still annoying). On the other hand, they made a great intuitive change to checking IVs.
Yep, two steps forward, one step back is the perfect description.
