>>51262042>perspective is based on comparison since that's the only objective metric we have with little to no sample sizeYes. XY's story was good, but only great compared to the trash that came after and still garbage compared to what was before it with BW/BW2.
Writing can be not bad but still not good. That's pretty much the embodiment of XY in general. Thus, only good in retrospect by comparing with what came after.