>>49920920This, even if you only do the singleplayer base Sword and Shield are middling but far from the worst in the series. The region isn't utterly bland and soulless like Kalos and it doesn't drop a cutscene on you every 5 minutes like Alola. Before the DLC they were already better than both gen 6 and 7, with the DLC they're genuinely quite good singeplayer experiences.
The only people who genuinely believe Sword and Shield to be the worst games are the handful of dexit autists who can't get over not being able to use Stantler. That's it.