>>43093379The winter tileset was just kind of drab and boring and I'm also just not into Unova's grit that much, I play these games as an escape from that kind of shit I'm already getting a much better bit of in pretty much everything else I like.
>minus Golisopod and to a lesser extent AraquanidThese are great, I was surprised at how much of the bug shit in that dex I liked as well, especially since I'm usually the kind of retard that goes for the cute looking furbait/petmon shit.
>Are you sure that's a change for the better?Honestly, yeah. It can help prolong development/support cycles, reduce pointless extra workload that would come with shipping an entirely new game instead of just downloadable content, and it gives Game Freak less of an excuse to pay-gate basic QoL shit typical of third versions that can just as easily be delivered with a patch. Plus you can enjoy the games sooner without worrying about having to play them all over again just to experience minor content updates/changes, or if you wait you can just pick up a used copy for $20 in a year and then pick up the pass and it still ends up being cheaper.