>Three years ago, new games drop
>Region is massive, lots of locations and non-mandatory routes.
>Dungeons are varied and decent
>You fill out the region map as you go, getting decent rewards for completing a section
>New Pokemon are given the spotlight for once
>You can turn off the goal markers
>Going to certain places during specific weather conditions give you unique encounters.
>Journos and normies hate it, saying "Pokemon is suffering from an identity crisis"
>All we get after is Let's Go Johto before the the gen ends
>Announcement for next gen just came out
>Looks worse than gen 8
>Journos call it a "return to form"
Casuals have killed this franchise a second time. Fuck this gay earth, I want out.