>>38880424Absolute garbage. Game Freak is ruining the Pokemon franchise. Six hours in and I'm still being held by the hand the entire time. Cutscenes are trash, characters are poorly written, the new "call for help" mechanic will drive you up the **** wall.
Galar feels like a set of stages rather than a full map, and there is very little exploration. Daycare doesn't level Pokémon anymore (what the **** No Acro bike, fishing is a joke in that you have to use it in certain locations rather than anywhere with water. Rotom serves no purpose other than to deliver stupid dialog. Still can't search by Pokémon people want on the GTS. Framerate drops to 12FPS when more than 2 Pokémon are on screen and no TMs)No more Pokémon by routes, if you want to find a specific mon you must find the exact patch of grass it spawns in, good luck with the god awful map. Roadblocks solely consist of "Oops there's a thing here, go do the current quest and come back." with absolutely no imagination. No trainer refresh or registering. Post Battle status effects have no consequence, as you can go into the Pokémon Camping and instantly remove them. Megas and Z-Moves have been replaced with the Dynamax and Gigantamax gimmick, why not have all Three?
Half the dex consists of Gen 2 Pokémon, barely any from other generations. No native Bank integration. And of course Game Freak is following the tradition of removing players' favourite gameplay elements from previous gens(follower Pokémon, competitions, secret bases, triple battles, sky battles, pokeball customization, and the list goes on).
The only positives to Sword and Shield are the lack of HMs, the fact they brought back trainer customization, and the slightly upgraded graphics (better animations and textures, albeit at the cost of framerate
