>>46739882>SM looks infinitely better than XYI agree, but I don't care as much.
>better story and charactersNo. The story and characters in SM are the worst in the series on account of how annoying and intrusive they are. The actual writing isn't important, just the fact that they won't shut up and leave me alone makes them the worst.
>SM got rid of HMsNeat, but trivial.
>experimented with not having gymsTrying and failing is worse than not trying at all. The phrase "don't fix what isn't broken" applies. The trial "puzzles" are somehow even easier and less engaging than even simple gym puzzles in XY, to the point that they feel insulting.
>immersive and beautiful regionAlola is by far the worst and most disappointing region yet because of how shit the exploration is. Almost no dungeons. Just ultra hallways, battle gauntlet hallways or straight up missing dungeons where you'd expect things like the Distortion World, Team Rocket's Hideout or Victory Road to be.
>dex is one of the bestIt's one of the worst. Ugly furfag starters and UBs are some of the worst ideas to ever disgrace this franchise. Literally the only Pokémon from it that I like are Wishiwashi and Oranguru, but still those two don't come anywhere close to my favorites from across the whole series.
>The linearity and interruptions mar the game but its greatness still shines through.No it doesn't. The interruptions are such a humongous, game-ruining problem that they alone are enough to make SM the worst games. It's complete and total garbage. Even if you packed the content of HGSS+BW2 and QoL changes of SWSH into one game but gave it the story of SM, it would still be the worst game in the series. It's just that huge of a deal.
