>>46161153I mean, gen 3 games have many flaws like all games, but its still hard to call it worse than gen 8, and gen 6 has some good things such as a big pool of pokemon, swsh has slightly less i'd say. XY story is bad, but swsh is worse. The exp share removal is a big fault, but XY also has cons like hms and baby-level gyms. Gen 7 is strictly better than 6&8 in most things, but it has a really bad replayability because of the cutscenes. objectively speaking, you'd have to acknowledge which aspects are more important depending on each player, and which are more consistent with every player. Besides graphics and visuals, for every +18 adult poster, one of these should apply or be close:
(2≃3≃5≃6) > (4≃7≃8) (replayability oriented)
(4≃5≃7) > (2) > (3≃6≃8) (story/lore oriented)
(2≃4≃5≃7) > (3) > (6) > (8) (difficulty oriented)
(2) > (3≃4≃5≃7) > (6) > (8) (overall ammount of content)
With Gen 1 being always the worst (except for replayability) due to broken mechanics and lack of polishment in game design, AIs, movepools, etc. But that is excused because its the first game. Gens 2 to 7 each have some unique set of pros and cons that stand out from the rest.
