>>46605850I'd say it's the other way around. There's plenty of little nooks to explore on some routes, though there are definitely worse ones than others, for example, the ones that you go to for a story point and then never again, such as the one just south of Cyllage city with the rhyhorn. Even then, this is mostly early game, mid-late game it opens up a lot. The cities were excellently designed too, and Kalos is still the best city we've ever gotten, on par with Castelia. It's a shame the story sucked and so did the characters, because there's quite a few genuinely good things about Kalos, especially for their first attempt into 3d. Incredible how they gave up trying right after.
