>>30851357a lot of folk were/are pissed that the gameplay shifted from fighting as POKEMON to just using items, as the game punishes you hard for taking it on the conventional way.
Furthermore, there's the shift to the emera system, which took away a lot of the fun iq skills and item effects, not to mention mega evolution, and locked them behind rng.
as for the story, it's annoyingly slow, and when it isn't slow it's railroading you. as in: "you aren't even allowed to delay the main story to grind in side or previous dungeons". not to mention the school half, which treats you like a child. yes, it's explained in world, but, surprise surprise, nobody likes being treated like a kid. then during the second half, the plot goes mach speed and hurls everything at you back to back. to say that the game has bad pacing is an understatement.
now, for the post game, there really isn't much. sure, dungeons are still randomly generated, but missions are pre-set and limited, so eventually you'll run out of stuff to do. most of the special items are just boss drops, so you'll run out of those as well.
I'm just gonna say it now: it's the worst in the series. because for all of the quality of life changes, there's ten more major flaws that ruin it. at least fucking gates to infinity has a better story, and I'll forgive that one for the bittercold shit because at least it was only the first time it did that. super couldn't even be bothered to do something new.
