>>41075981LGPE are really a love it or hate it deal
People that love Battling the most and exploring don't get their money's worth (no items/abilities, Eevee breaks the game in half, It's just Kanto with no new areas)
People that just want a simple RPG, or just want to play with a specific set of Pokemon DO get plenty of mileage out of the game (location and appearance rate of the mons are adjusted, almost everyone's rematchable, master trainers)
I think if the games had been 40-50 bucks it wouldn't have been so controversial in the first place