>>33352997Story: 10/10. A good story is a must. Pokemon gameplay alone isn't, wasn't and will never be good enough to carry it for me.
Level design: 10/10. Levels should look and feel good, and they should have easy to traverse layout. Whatever you do, don't make it feel like I'm doing a chore, something earlier Pokemon games didn't quite get.
Auxiliary features: 10/10. I don't have any reason to not want this.
Visuals: 8/10. Pretty things are pretty. Every area I visit should make me interested in them by visuals alone, and for some reason, if they can't achieve that, then make me feel like I'm there by making it look good enough. And I'm counting Pokemon designs as a part of "visuals", so that raises it even further up.
Gameplay: 8/10. Obviously, gameplay is important. Pokemon gameplay is inherently fun. Sadly, in earlier games, it got really repetitive and boring. You were doing the same thing, fighting the same Pokemon, in the same environment most of the time. Thankfully, it's gotten much better over the years. The more Pokemon that were added, the less reptitive it got as you could be facing a new opponent every once in a while, plus they started adding more things like Mega Evolution to spice things up a bit. They've also removed the boring bits of gameplay, like HMs or the """"""""puzzles"""""""", keeping only the fun parts in.
Multiplayer: 1/10. I could not give a fuck if I tried. I like battling my friends, but I don't need to do so with Pokemon. If multiplayer Pokemon stopped existing, I'll battle them in some other game. Absolutely nothing of value will be lost.
Longevity. 1/10. I give exactly zero fucks about how it holds up 10 years from now. I'll have about 5 new Pokemon games to play by then. I need this game to be good NOW. I don't care what becomes of it after I'm done having fun with it.
