>>49556062>X/Y was the much needed fresh of breath air that really saved the franchise from the disaster that was Unova.No. It was a step down from Unova in every way that still at least tried to go off of the design philosophies Gen 5 embodied, but again, to a shittier extent.
History will still regard it as the last of the old style games, though. It has the complete national dex, HMs, gyms as they were, side routes and optional areas, dungeons, complete fishing and bike mechanics, every battle format up until that point, and Masuda as the director which is both good and bad for a plethora of reasons.
It was as much the end of an era as it was the beginning of a new one-- it just took until Legends Arceus for that to manifest itself.
