>>31572689These are the worst games yet. The story writing is bad, full of missed opportunities and doesn't make sense, while also being extremely prevalent and choking the player with cutscenes and railroading.
Alola is small and boring, no locations there are fun to explore or memorable. It's so barebones. "level design" can barely be applied to this game because of how streamlined and insubstantial the routes and caves are. I sure wish there were more places like Shoal Cave, Dark Cave or Chargestone Cave here. Then there's also bullshit like the Exeggutor Express or Mt. Lanakila's elevators robbing the player of exploration and content.
I'm sure most people know about the details of this by now but everything related to online play and breeding/raising competitive Pokémon is a downgrade from ORAS. No hordes, no egg loop (the box is shit because it can damage your circle pad if you're trying to be efficient), no move tutors, the IV Judge is now far away from the daycare again, no PSS and probably more I'm forgetting.
On the bright side I see the Poké Ride which is a good replacement for HMs albeit still far from perfect. I also like the Poké Pelago a lot, offers some great features while lorewise making it seem not cruel to store Pokémon in boxes.
Overall I guess I'd give them a 3/10 if I had to rate them.
