>>36276518XY to me are the most unfinished games in the franchise, and it really pisses me off that we didn't get a 3rd version. DP were extremely flawed, but the story and content felt fine, it was just basically everything else that had issues.
That said XY had some great things about it.
First was the QOL features. Long term they wont feel all that important, but when the game came out they made so many aspects much more fun. Breeding especially because viable for me for the first time, I've legit got 4 and 5 IV mons from the friend park and breeding.
Although in game graphics are a bit of a gripe for me. I find the overwork graphics the worst in the series, and also really hated the battle graphics too. The region does otherwise feel beautiful. There are some stunning themes in the region. In particular the ones that stand out were the coastal areas, the spooky swamp, that goddamned fall area holy shit, and the snow areas (favorite snow areas in the franchise for me).
Last was the soundtrack. Amazing soundtrack. Some really great tunes for me. I really like the Team Magma theme that plays when going into the Pokeball factory. That fall route also was great.
If nothing else, I look forward to a remake someday, as the region has some beautiful areas and I can only imagine what they would look like in 3D (although botw does have some areas that remind me of areas in this game.
