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Also, hot take, I actually think the level scaling of HGSS is a great thing. Mainly because it allows if not damn near forces you to actually explore different areas of the game you never knew existed along with the fact that the low level curve is made up for due to the fact that you can do the 5th, 6th, and 7th gym in any order you want without being punished by a damn near impossible difficulty level spike, on top of the fact that you have easy access to the daycare if you hate grinding, and you have a shit ton more opportunities to use Pokemon you would never consider using. Unlike in SV where you get punished, decimated, shitted on, and slammed into the ground for the plants to grow over your carcass simply for doing one gym out of order, or having well over half of the catchable Pokemon refuse to listen to you until a certain point in the game, taking away all the benefits from an open world experience. Like no seriously, who the fuck at game freak said.
>"Heh, let's make the game open world, but punish the player for doing things you do in an open world game."
Yeah, I know HGSS wasn't open world and occasionally had it's limits and tediousness in it's own right, but at least I can catch really cool Pokemon I never thought possible before the 8th gym, and had plenty of work arounds.
