>>53936870It introduced some of my absolute favorite mons like Snivy, Serperior, Hydreigon, etc
But good God
THE GRINDING
WHY
THAT IS BAD GAME DESIGN IN ANY GAME TO HAVE REQUIRED EXCESSIVE GRIND LIKE THIS
Also the story is pretty good as far as Pokemon goes, and the map design is fairly good for Pokemon imo.
I also really like how HMs, while present, are not constantly shoe-horned as a puzzle mechanic. I did not like that at all about the older gens, even if its a neat mechanic I don't want to stumble through a cave or have a slot filled with a shitmon HM slave for a shitty move, constantly.
But yeah my biggest gripe with this game is the level scaling requiring excessive grind, which you can tell is entirely intentional with how they have Audino phenomena set up. There are even memes about this.
