>>42990842>slow exposition>slow exploration>slow characters>slow plot buildup>slow battles>slow overall game>slow snow and mud patches>slow HP bar>slow grinding>slow saving>game is so slow that you literally ride your bike faster than it loads causing your game to glitch and allow free access to event mythicals>rehashed plot>rehashed girl protagonist>rehashed fire starters>rehashed battle frontier>rehashed postgame in general>rehashed godmon concept>rehashed evil team>rehashed contests>rehashed Rangers>rehashed mystery dungeon >rehashed Colloseum while removing story>Sinnoh has just as much "identity" as Kalos does>terrible level curve from 7 gym to champion>one new and catchable fire type>powercreep mons>powercreep moves>powercreep lore>way too much waifubait>way too much furbait>way too much mythicals>casualization via p/s split>casualization via feebas>devolved music>zero ambition/zero endgame unlike gen 3>casualization via changing berry blending into puffins>removed berry planting mechanic>increased linearity and handholding>shit level curve where trainer pokemon jump in level around the 8th gym>wild pokemon are level 30 max, days of grinding needed to catch up>johto pokemon are barely in the game; feels more like a kanto game>some johto mons are still impossible to find in the wild>gym leaders barely use johto mons (4 out of 23 are gen 2 mons, 2 are evos of kanto mons)>champion literally only uses kanto pokemon>safari zone needs up to 130 real days to unlock certain pokemon>kanto postgame poorly thought out, rather than progressing through each town as you reach them it feels like you just run back and forth revisiting towns to slowly progress in each city a bit at a timeConclusion:Gen 4 is entirely irrelevant as it was just gen 3 with online. In fact, the series would arguably be better if we just skipped to gen 5
