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When did things all go so wrong? I finally got around to playing ORAS, for instance, and so far I haven't been very impressed. One thing that really bugs me is how the original game had smooth continuous transitions between routes, towns, etc while ORAS does not. The ends of routes are treated as doorways even though there isn't a doorway. It's even true on stuff like slateport beach vs slateport city. They even just have a fade-to-white transition when you take the the old sailor's boat rather than actually showing you what you're transitioning past.
I was also hoping they'd add more to the pitiful "cities" of Hoenn, which they didn't. And the gym leaders are somehow even easier than in R/S, with pokemon being lower level than before. They could've AT LEAST added the emerald additions to the gym battles. And don't even get me dumbing down stuff like Granite Cave. Used to be a nice little dungeon to crawl through. Now it's literally an entrance and the room with Steven. Oh sure, I guess you can apparently come back later with the mach bike to access more, but come on now.
Why? FRLG and HGSS were fucking fantastic remakes. Only upside to ORAS seems to be animated battles and physical/special split and that's it.
