>>43363798>the routes are really the same as they've been since gen 5Go back and replay gen V. Not even a unovabortion, route design was massively better. Hell, seasons made shit interesting.
>the battle tower and online both have better progression systems and reward systems than ever, not sure how that makes them worse>battle towerChallenge completely stripped away. Even ignoring the fact that you're allowed to take box legendaries in, there's literally no consequence for losing as win streaks were replaced by that shitty ranking system. It's literally casualized. Ironically makes the BP grind even worse since there's no longer gains increasing with win streak, either. No, the RNG BP item drops don't effectively mitigate this.
>onlineStill shafting those who wanna play 6v6, still the same old shitshow as it always was.
>raids are a novelty UNTIL endgame, thoughWhere they promptly become a chore.
>I really don't think each pokemon is worth 1 content, there are serious diminishing returns on over 300 and the game has much more than thatNot really? The more diverse your roster is, especially during the main game, the more versatile your playstyles can be. On the higher end, that makes for lots and lots and lots of options for those interested in doing niche or pet strategies. So many good Pokemon just left out of the game with nothing really making up for it. For instance, there's nothing in the game that really does what Dragonite can do. Especially when taking Multiscale into account.
Shit man, on the competitive side this reminds me of moves like Hidden Power being cut. What a stupid fucking idea.
