>>33465952>when you're being stopped by NPCs and facing route blocks pretty much every town and route then there's a problemOld man blocking your path so you have to go back and get the Pokedex.
NPC blocking you from going forward until you beat Brock.
Obligatory sidequest to help Bill. Have to battle almost all the trainers until you get to his house.
Route blocked by a tree because you need Cut.
Route connecting Cerulean with Saffron blocked.
Vermilion Gym blocked by a tree because you need Cut.
Route connecting Vermilion with Saffron blocked.
The only way to go to Celadon is going back to Cerulean, go through Route 9, the Rock Tunnel (in which you can't see shit if you don't have Flash) Lavender Town, Route 7 and Route 8.
Route 16 blocked by a Snorlax.
Connection between Route 11, 12 and 13 blocked by a Snorlax.
You need to do an obligatory sidequest to get the Pokeflute. To get the Pokeflute you need to Sliph Scope, which you can get in the hideout of the evil team.
The list goes on and on, with Surf being the worst offender, since you can't finish the game without it.
It's exactly the same.
