>>42323202I beat it. Personally I rank it with the Ruby/Sapphire remakes and Sun/Moon (not Ultra) among the dullest and most meh of the last decade. Among things I disliked: no easy means to train stats, poor grinding along routes, questionable level curve between gyms (why is the second gym leader higher than everyone else in level?!?), and bland characters in general. Not that great a game.
Also, it seriously has a $30 paywall in JRPG that lasts under 10 hours that walls off the legendaries on top of requiring a yearly subscription to do ANYTHING online and separate subscriptions to transfer pokemon between games? I can't in any good conscience recommend it.