>>55538874>Focus on gyms...Yes this was good, the trial thing was improved in SV but was good to go back to gyms
>multiple rivals with multiple goals aspirations and character development, making the final battles engagingNo. Just no. None of the characters were well written or interesting just tropes and boring characterization. I clearly played a different game.
>Legendary pokemonBad designs shoe horned in at the end of the game. Not interesting even with all the forced law being shoved down your throat about them. WTF do the dogs even do Lugia is the Guardian of the sea and Ho-Oh is some weird god thing that can resurrect pokemon. Zamezenta and Zacian are just strong or some thing like that.
>Best online system in seriesObviously didn't play gen 6 with the PSS. That was fantastic, not easily mimicable without a touchscreen though.
>Great new pokemonThey were fine nothing super great.
>Great trainer customizationIt was about the same as USUM, still good and it was a huge plus for the game.
Basically the Game has huge flaws and some good stuff but not really the stuff you mentioned.