>>48074572I played it. DLC was good. Main game pretty stinky.
This generation introduced both some of my favorite and absolute least favorite mons in the series.
There's a number of good things they did like the actual tournament for championships and the gym leaders actually being neat. Same breath, gyms inside were pretty fuckin dumb with clearly little effort put into some of their designs.
Region itself stank, wild area was neat in concept but not very interesting for how small it was while trying to cram so much in. Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra both alleviate that issue as giant open areas which was honestly some of the most fun I've had with Pokemon in a long time, but this was just after some of the most boring moments I've had with Pokemon in its entire history.
I think the biggest offenders go to the cave designs in the base region. Going through a cave is usually a sweet endurance run. Here it's in and out after maybe 2 or 3 battles total in a hallway. It was so fucking dumb that they named the caves just Galar Mine 1/2, like they weren't even attempting to be memorable in the slightest. Glimwood Tangle meanwhile had unique mushroom mechanics and encounters, neat design though small, considerably more effort.
The wind really comes out of the sails just climbing a single fuckin hill as the final route and then seeing Wyndon over the hill in a completely different planet of weather conditions, just throws the entire ending of the game for a real what the fuck moment.
