>>45193511>They aren't, stop defending mediocre games.They are, and they aren't mediocre games, unless you consider every mainline game mediocre.
>but who the fucking cares the identity when they're the smallest and more linear regionsGalar is objectively the least linear region, are you retarded?
>gen 2-6 Kanto clones are much more interesting to explore.Yeah bro, going through hallways and seeing Graveler/Golbat/Machoke again is more interesting to explore than going in any direction I fucking want and finding an Avalugg swimming in the sea or an Aggron walking around in a cave or some Frosmoth flying around a snowy mountain.