>>49968152>or think older games were challengingAll Pokemon games are easy, but XY in particular are so easy that even if you restrict yourself (no healing items, no overleveling, set mode, nuzlocking, etc) they still offer absolutely no challenge. I mean fuck, Diantha and the final rival fight are the only battles in the entire game with more than 4 Pokemon, even Lysandre doesn't have a full team.
It's not a new game issue either. ORAS, SM, SS, and especially USUM can still be challenging with restrictions. XY is just effortless.
>had good writingThe gen 4/5/7/8 games were at least fun and somewhat interesting and the 1-3 games were so story light that it doesn't really matter because you can easily ignore everything. XY again is just particularly bad in this department and don't even manage to have any memorable characters.
