You know, for as much as I actually love these games, and don't give a shit about their slowness, it really is obvious to me as I'm playing that the games were rushed. Tilesets are incredibly bland a lot of the time, and there's just an incredibly noticeable lack of polish.
Like, the regional dex has incredibly poor balance, not only is there only 2 fire lines, but there's only 2 ice lines, 3 ghost lines (2 in diamond) 3 electric lines, one of them being fucking pachirisu, and other types like dark and steel aren't exactly common, yet types like flying, bug, and water, are ridiculously numerous. Having 150 pokemon is a regional dex is doable but they REALLY needed to be more precise about the balance considering how limited 150 is.
It's not just that tho, the map design shits the bed after the forth gym with backtracking being way more tedious and poorly thought out than before.
Anyone else feel this way?