>>37488635LGPE isn't open in a proper sense, it's open in the sense that "I can break all progression and go to this place way before I'm meant to, and I'll have to struggle the whole way because all the mandatory trainers will kick my underleveled ass, forcing me to grind in order to survive, and then when I come back to the Gyms I skipped I'll completely fucking curbstomp them because of my extreme level advantage".