>>42626832barebones main story and gameplay, game is artificially lengthened by the amount of catchable pokemon
you can blitz through the game with your starter and have a fully leveled team you didnt even train
the story isn't as intrusive as SM but still as poorly written
the wild area and camping are great ideas with lackluster execution(these are still the best parts of the game)
the new pokemon designs; this isn't subjective they look so jarring with every other gen except maybe gen 5
fan-favorite features removed from the game on purpose so they can be used to market future games as a sort of artificial scarcity
the games presentation looks awful for a triple A production and is extremely inconsistent with some parts looking standard and some parts looking like they came out of the ps2
battle system is archaic and shallow, over-reliant on one-shotting weaker pokemon with super effective moves
i still had fun with the game despite these issues but to pretend it's anything more than a virtual beanie-baby collector with a tacked-on game is beyond delusional
