>>45579935Every single Pokemon game has arbitrary roadblocks, some of them just require HMs or key items instead of just a random flag. I'd say from best to worst is key item(especially if it leads to a new Pokemon), random flag, HM. BW eliminated all but one HM roadblock (as an HM tutorial), but it sadly eliminated basically every Pokemon roadblock (but to be fair I don't remember Gen 4 allowing you to catch those Psyduck so I'm going to blame Gen 4 for streamlining fun out of the equation).
>>45581062It's harder to think of a game that doesn't have an arbitrary roadblock to progress. Even BotW, the big dick open world game, neither allows you to leave the Great Plateau before completing the tutorial, nor allows you to enter the Divine Beasts without triggering a bunch of shit. It's all dancing for no reason, at the end of the day.
