>>55468969>Worst explorationNot really, only the second island is fucking dreadful. There's way more to explore compared to XY and probably SS without the DLC depending on how you count the Wild Area.
>Worst "gyms"None of them are really great, yeah.
>Worst plotThat's probably DP or XY, which just redo RS without anything good about it, but riding a lion through spacetime to fix a girl's mommy issues is really lame.
>Worst charactersMaybe, SM Hau is fucking awful. USUM Hau is a really solid character though, and the other characters show up and actually do things, so XY is probably worse overall (characters either do nothing or waste your time on average).
>Worst pokemon rosterAs one of the post Gen 6 large Pokemon pools, that's really up in the air. If you're just talking about new Pokemon I dunno, comes down to taste (unless you're talking statistically, I dunno).
>Worst online/communcationMaybe, definitely up there as one of the worst though
>Worst mechanics (braindead z-moves)I think Z-moves offer more interesting decision making than megas (always mega evolve unless you're exactly Speed Boost Sharpedo) or bigmaxing (which is either done to pressure your opponent into doing it or in response to your opponent doing it).
>Kanto panderingAt least it has the reasoning of an anniversary year, and at least attempts to reference other games consistently and in your face. I do like Lillie leaving for Kanto at the end of SM specifically because it's a callback to something relevant instead of almost every other example of Kanto being referenced in the game.
>Worthless pseudo-sequel rehash games (USUM)Straight up way better than base SM, not even a contest
>Soulless artstyleI think it looks pretty good, way better in comparison to Gen 6's awful chibi attempt. The only souless part is your character's thousand yard stare (which makes one cutscene way funnier).
>300k unskippable cutscenesPLEASE, somebody mod the game to remove them
