>>41354613And does so badly.
Gen 1 and 2 actually had shit to do and explore and the option to do most anything in any order because they were more realistically sized even with the tech limitations.
Sword and Shield has hallways sized for two people to walk down at once save the empty shit zoomer open world area which is a mess in almost every way.
It's no surprise Nintendo has turned around and started advertising DQXIS again instead. That isn't perfect (overworld encounters are shit and there could be even more fucking freedom than there was) but it is good RPG world/level design which IS like what Pokémon used to do in Gen 1 and 2.
