>>52738760I'll do you better, I can explain precisely why PLA and SV are the only games to get us out of the hole XY put us in.
>SMDidn't improve on Gen 6 in any way. Worse engine, worse mechanics, removed dungeons, nonlinear map design, started the trend of gimmicks hit, obsessive Kanto pandering, cardboard cutout characters that people only remember because of how intrusive they were...
>USUMDidn't improve on SM at all despite being a third version split in TWO. The difficulty was better and Necrozma got some neat lore but absolutely nothing that couldn't have been DLC on the 3DS. Not to mention that the beginning of the game is somehow even slower and the STORY WORSE despite it being one of the few things people liked about SM. USUM is definitively the lowest point of the series.
>LGPEThe only game that even comes close to contending with XY. It's biggest sin is that it piggybacks off of Alola lowering the bar and going even further to gentrify the idea of Kanto and remakes in general. Even if you argue that it's about as fun as XY were (which again, isn't a high bar at fucking all) it probably only feels that way because of just how bland and forgettable Gen 7 proper was. People only like it for being a half-assed return to form.
>SWSHJust when you thought Gen 8 would be the real game they pull this bullshit. It's just a rehash of Sun and Moon but this time even more lazy, rushed, and forgettable. Take all of the Alola characters, give them some British slang, and call it a day. That's what Galar is right down to Dynamax being Z-Moves on steroids. I don't know how you could ever defend SWSHit and call it better than XY. At least the other games here have a reason for people to like them if they were autistically obsessed with some inconsequential thing they did better than the first six gens. But SWSH has nothing.
