>>51265884I just recently played through SwSh to give it a fair shot.
>LikesSome cool characters like Marnie and Opal. I thought Team Yell was obnoxious but when you get to Spikemuth, I appreciated them just a tiny smidge more.
Some really solid designs like Corviknight, Grimsnarl, Hatterene, Sirfetch'd ect. Even mons like Eiscue grew on me a bit because of how stupid it looks.
Amazing QoL stuff that made prepping teams for online actually fun for the first time.
Raids are a really nice addition to the series. At first I thought it was just shit they did because of Pokemon Go but it's something fun to do with your friends that isn't just normal battling.
Really strong Pokemon distribution on par with X and Y.
>DislikesThe main game is fucking boring to play through. You're stopped every 5 seconds to read through some shitty dialogue in one of the worst stories so far. SM had the same pacing problem but at least the story was interesting.
The wild area has to be one of the worst open world experiences I've ever played. No point in exploring latter areas because you can't even CATCH high level Pokemon. No minimap despite one being in the beta builds, especially bad in the DLC area because it's like navigating a fucking maze. Speaking of which, navigation can be a chore sometimes. Oh what's that, an area you want to go to, but there's a ledge in the way? LOL nah you can't just jump over it, gotta go the long way around. PLA fixed most of this which made me really happy.
I've gotten over the Nat Dex stuff because HOME exists now and I only really cared about collecting. ScVi looks to be a huge step up, I'm really excited. I just hope there isn't a lot of cutscenes and interruptions.
