>>48848564>thankfully sword and shield saved the series and made it about exploring and catching pokemon againLol no. It's the first game to completely exclude Pokemon and moves from the game. You can just hack any previous installment easily.
Swsh just dumps a lot of Pokemon into one wide open space which couldn't be more soulless. Gamefreak wanted to make a massive map by sheer size with a game restricted to just 10 routes. The faggots.
In Swsh you can't even challenge gyms without the champion's permission. How faggy is that you actually know the champion's identity the entire game, with zero mystery, and that you know him up close and personal? In Gen 5 I just travel wherever is connected to the place I'm currently in. In Swsh you have instructions from your smartphone so you don't forget where to go and you're constantly supervised by NPCs. I haven't played the game past Turffield and I don't plan to.
