>>48729478>linear region that doesn't even use the tropical theme to its advantageHow could they have used it to their advantage?
>absurd roadblocksThat exist in every single fucking Pokémon games to date?
>drops Megas in favour of a new gimmick instead of fleshing them outI do agree that Z moves were a pointless addition but not introducing more Megas was a great choice. Fuck that shitty gimmick, and every thing that followed it. But if you were a really brainless tard that liked Megas, at least you could actually still use it in the game so you still got no room to complain
>double dipping on the fucking third versionAnd what's the issue? It's better than shit like the DLCs
>on top of double dipping there's barely any new content worth it in the postgame. another catchathon like the past gen and a 3 hour boss rush? who the fuck caresExcept said boss rush also adds more to the multiverse shit that was only teased in ORAS and also give genuinely fun interactions between the villains. It's nostalgiabait done right. Also the catchathon you mention at least offers more than in the previous game, because you also get increased shiny odds for normal Pokémon there and get to visit cool locations for the UBs. It's not the Battle Frontier or PWT, but so far it's the next best thing when it comes to Pokémon postgame
>dropped the national dex, not the most important thing but showed how little effort GF wanted to put into anything that wouldn't make them profitThis is a non issue because to make up for that, all the 400 something Pokémon in the regional Dex actually get brand new Dex entries in god knows how long
>absurdly handholding just to try and get you to invest in a story worse than a fucking kingdom hearts gameIt's very handholdy but the story is one of the better ones in the franchise. Not a high bar but still
