>>56408597>slow exposition>slow exploration>slow characters>slow plot buildup>slow battles>slow overall game>slow HP bar>slow grinding>slow saving>game is so slow that you literally ride your bike faster than it loads causing your game to glitch >rehashed plot>ugliest girl protagonist>rehashed fire starters>rehashed battle frontier>casualization via p/s split>devolved music>removed berry planting mechanic>increased linearity and handholding>shit level curve where trainer pokemon jump in level around the 8th gym>wild pokemon are level 30 max, days of grinding needed to catch up>johto pokemon are barely in the game; feels more like a kanto game>some johto mons are still impossible to find in the wild>gym leaders barely use johto mons (4 out of 23 are gen 2 mons, 2 are evos of kanto mons)>champion literally only uses kanto pokemon>safari zone needs up to 130 real days to unlock certain pokemon>kanto postgame poorly thought out, rather than progressing through each town as you reach them it feels like you just run back and forth revisiting towns to slowly progress in each city a bit at a timeThe most egregiously boring and overrated game in the series. The only thing protecting this awful experience is the nostaliga of gen1, 2, and 4 fags.
