I actually liked routes bros
Route design might have gone downhill lately, but it's sad to see that the future of the series is leaning in the direction of not bothering with level design at all, and just making things 'open world'

And worse, I seem to be in the minority. I see plenty of people saying Legends is a step in the right direction for them. If it's well recieved this is likely what all Pokemon games will look like in the future

Am I going insane, or is this not even lazier than what we have currently? Dropping the player in the middle of a vast environment and leaving them to wander around it surely requires even less effort on the part of the devs