>>36189214Hold up, here. What you wrote here is simply wrong to me.
>I think BW2 has a way better campaign because of how you move through the mapThis one is obviously my opinion but I much more prefer the beginning of BW1 (going from Nacrene, through Skyarrow Bridge, to Castelia made a much better impression on me than taking a boat from Virbank to Castelia). Later half of the game is also worse in the sequels since you just teleport to the other side of the map (from Mistralton to Lentimas) and have to backtrack a bit between Opelucid and Undella. It's uglier than originals' progression and it's not less linear really.
>all the optional areas you can exploreThis one is actually not all about opinions. There are almost no new optional areas in BW2's campaign. The only one that comes to my mind is Relic Passage. The rest was either present in the BW1 (Desert Region, Route 16 and Mistralton Cave) or is mandatory (like Castelia Sewers and Floccessy Ranch).
>BW1 is too linear. Sequels are not better in this regard. They actually use more roadblocks.