>>41912621>Unova was a linear shitfest>Alola was alrightI like both BW and SM, but I don’t understand this at all.
Sure, BW1’s region design was a straight line, but there were a lot of little side areas to explore, at least one per badge. Hell, when you get Surf, you have several new dungeons and routes you can go to that aren’t required at all. I wouldn’t call BW2 a straight line at al and think are fairly similar in linearity to Platinum, but they do still have some choices that really bother me; why do I have to use the Marine Tube to get to Humilau when I can just Surf there?
Alola, on the other hand, literally barricaded off extra areas until you finished specific trials. They could have just let you explore the islands and do trials as you come across them, but for some reason they had to enforce a specific order.
