>>41828604I have massive autism and I'm going to blog my response to some of these criticisms:
>Broken exp system not optionalI think the level scaling is fine, it's still a piss off that the exp system isn't optional though.
>Linear and smallest region in the franchiseI'm fine with linear regions, and would be fine with a small one, if there was a fuck ton to do. Look at a game like Yakuza 0, the map is relatively small, but there is a shit ton to do so it feels like a complete game.
>10 routes, less than any other gameGameFreak could have made up for the lack of routes by introducing multiple wild areas.
>Wild area is an empty laggy multiplayer lobbyThe online system as a whole is a fucking mess, the "stamp" system is one of the worst implementations of an online system I have ever seen in any game in recent memory.
>Pay multiplayer and pay Home separately or they'll delete your old pokémonI don't think they'll delete your old Pokemon unless they have announced that Pokemon bank is being discontinued and everything is being deleted.
>No elite 4I don't see this as inherently a bad thing, mixing things up from the 8 badgets/ Elite 4 formula framework can work, and give us games like Colosseum and Gale of Darkness
>Graphics barely improvedOn one hand, I don't mind these games not being graphical powerhouses, on the other, if they are skimping on graphics they shouldn't be making compromises in other areas of the games
>Same animations except a few specific attacksThe animation copying extends beyond attacks, even overworld NPCs are using old ass animations from the 3DS era of games.
>Worst pokémon designs in the franchiseAs a whole I actually think the Pokemon designs for these new games are solid, but there are absolute dogshit designs thrown in the mix (Mr.Rime, almost all the starters final evos)
>Buggy game can crash other devices in the wireless networkI don't see how this could ever happen. Ever.
