>>39341566>but the visual charm of the series is still thereCertainly not in the environments. And so far the only character designs that've really stood out to me are the ghost kid, the fighting type gym leader, and the secretary. And Milo but mostly because he's weird and less because it looks good.
>The Pokemon designs are fineI don't hate them as much as I hated most of gen 7's designs, I'll give it that, but again, none have really stood out as particularly unique or interesting. Also the box legendaries look like complete garbage.
>Wild Area has promiseI agree with that too, but it looks so fucking empty and barely any effort went into putting the pokemon into it in a way that feels natural, they just sorta pop into existence when you get close. I know this isn't an entirely fair comparison, but compare it to Breath of the Wild where you can see enemies camping out in the distance. Obviously I don't expect the same level of quality (not that I even think BotW is good), but having NPCs remain throughout the area whether you're there or not rather than spawning when you're in proximity feels like a key feature to an "open world".
