>>32999539most of them are valid but there a few ones that feel like personal preference and other that are more like him setting the bar too high.
>The HM replacement forces you out of your customized appearance and forces you to don ugly NERF armor.while the clothes aren't the most good looking ones it still is cool to see that they actually gave you 2 special sets of clothes for when you're riding in ground or water, and that they can be seen in battle is neat, though if you don't like it, most of the time in ground you can just get off of the mount before getting in a battle.
>you also cannot ride your own pokemon and are instead forced to use the pokemon equivalent of uber which contributes to the removal of the feeling of adventure...I couldn't see how they would make it work in any other way that isn't this one, if you had to use one of your own pokemon it would either go back to transforming into a generic blob or you would need a pokemon in a limited list of pokemon able to smash through rocks, carry you at the same time they push rocks, swim fast and break rocks, and sniff for hidden objects.
>The game gets even lazier and just leaves Z-Crystals unattended or hands you them for free instead of making you conquer a challenge for themWhile i still found weird and lame that the painting girl
was it Mina? just gave you a Z-crystal, when i finished the game i realized that i was still missing a few, going through a maze like desert for finding the psychic Z-crystal or using machamp to find a blocked path all the way back in the first island was pretty cool, also locking the eevee Z-crystal behind a post game quest was also pretty interesting.
>trials are inferior to gyms. There no puzzles. You just run back and forth until it's time for the totem battleGyms were becoming incredible generic, so i think trials were pretty much more interesting, but then again, it's personal preference.
