>>49369312the gameplay and story have always been primitive for an rpg, and they keep getting more barebones, which has always made people wonder why the games can't at least look nice with the insane amount of money they're making.
game freak then poured fuel on the fire by cutting the national dex and claiming they had to do it to improve the visuals. this made some of the fans who didn't previously care about graphics start wondering why the games STILL look like absolute garbage.
finally, like it or not, gaming is still a visual medium (outside of text adventures, which are ultra-niche for a reason). graphics aren't everything, but they do matter. when even tiny poorfag studios like falcom, gust and compile heart are putting in effort to make their games look nicer, it makes game freak look like the lazy fucks they are.
