>>53013803beautiful
the rot started with RSE, it looks so soulless compared to GSC.
GSC is so much more bright and colorful
You'd think it'd be the other way around given the technical superiority of the GBA
But it was all same-y and bland. They used the capbilities of the new hardware to make things more detailed but it lacked the bright vivid colors and simple comfiness, and the distinct feels of the different places.
In RBY (played on a GBC) and GSC you immediately know exactly where you are at a glance because of the color scheme, each city/town has its own distinct look and character and memories. RSE took the first steps in dismantling that. The towns and cities are really quite similar to each other instead of distinct. They are bland and unmemorable because they all blend into each other. They use the same drab limited color palettes. Don't even get me started on the routes. Maybe they wanted to make it more 'realisitic', but all it did was suck the soul out.
