>>55558153They were right, and the way they described the problem in the actual review, that Hoenn has too many samey water routes, too many mandatory water HM's and too many water types, was also right. It's only memed on because of the dumb "too much water" phrase in the end of review headlines.
It's especially dumb because the 4.9/10 Explorers of Sky review and the 9.3/10 SwSh "the official review was not the time or place to address criticisms of the game" review are both right there.
