I don't see the hype at all for these games. They're mediocre at their absolute best.

>absolutely terrible level curving
>ost is incredibly shitty, most songs are just loud ear grating beeps like the dragon dent and the surf theme
>the maps are extremely uninteresting and basic; gen 2 isn't comfy at all like all the johtofags say it is
>johto itself is very bland and feels more like an extension of kanto rather than its own region
>all gym leaders have incredibly dull and noncreative teams; most of them are complete pushovers
>the kanto postgame is a perfect example of a good concept with terrible execution
>feels like barely any npcs use johto pokemon
>introduced a lot of useless shitmons
>boring and awful story

The only good things gen 2 has done for the series were the day/night cycle and the breeding system. It really isn't praiseworthy for anything else it did.

>inb4 someoe posts a 6 frames gif of a gsc map that doesn't really look impressive and is only called "sOuLfUl n CoMfY" by nostalgiafags