>>31735347Eight HMs is just as bad as five HMs because you still need two Pokémon to have everything. In DP, you can use Aerodactyl and Kabutops for complete coverage and in Platinum, you can use Tropius and Gyarados. But it doesn't change the fact that you need two Pokémon either way in every game until Sun and Moon to have all HMs.
Team Galactic boring? They were working for an insane autistic man with a God complex who wanted to end all strife by destroying and recreating the universe in his image (they didn't realize the full extent of his plans). Team Aqua and Magma were both equally retarded and I don't think anyone can defend them.
The region is one of the best designed in the entire series, being more diverse than Kanto, larger than Johto, not half water like Hoenn, and not totally railroaded like BW Unova, Kalos, and Alola.
Slowness is a thoughtless answer and it doesn't mean the game is designed bad. Saving a lot of data, the frame rate, and DP's surfing speed aside, the game design is pretty great unless you have ADD.
Lifeless characters? You mean like Flannery, Winona, Glacia, Tate, and Liza? Have you gone back and looked at their dialogue? They're very boring and never relevant past the five minutes you're in their Gym. Most Gen IV characters appear outside their Gyms and actually have personality.
