>>40074033pretty much this, the dex cut and the excuses gave people the awareness of how mediocre pokemon games have been since ever
personally, the last game i purchased was X/Y and it was a huge letdown
i didn't play ORAS or SM and pirated USUM only to see how empty and barren the games actually are
i don't have friends or people to play with and i suck massively at competitive, so finishing USUM left me with a "...now what..?" kind of unaccomplishment feeling