How do game freak get away with releasing an early access game? It's as bare bones as possible. Crafting anything outside of balls is a waste of time. Pokemon have two reactions to seeing you. The stealth mechanics are worthless and there's nothing to do in the open world but collect useless items. No fishing, no shaking trees to get pokemon to come down that ran from you, no herding pokemon so you can catch a faster one.. you can't even craft better armour to survive stronger pokemon attacks or be better equipped to deal with environmental hazards. The most basic open world crafting mechanic.

I hope fans take the concept and make a real game out of it. The potential for an open world monster catching game is great. Game freak are garbage.