>>57169858Except that those are legitimate flaws, though. The fact that you are gifted the Kanto starters takes away from the game's starters - Chesnaught, Delphox and Greninja do not get their own megaevolutions; instead, they're given to the Kanto starters.
Really, that is the biggest issue with the Kanto pandering in XY - that it ends up detracting from the game's own personality. Kalos is a region brimming with charm, but the fact that you are being constantly told “remember Kanto?” takes away from the game's setting.
That's not to say that Kanto Pokémon being in the game is bad. I personally think that XY's huge roster is one of its main draws: the games are immensely replayable, as you can have wildly different teams each time you replay the game.
As for the postgame, I don't think that people are complaining that they put content before the credits. Rather, it's that XY are bereft of side content - there's no Pokéstar Studios, there's no Pokéathlon, etc. It's strange how, in a game whose one of its core themes is beauty, and where contests played a crucial role for one of its anime's main characters, contests just aren't there.
People wanted Pokémon Z (including myself), because it could've fixed many of the game's issues. Among other things, Emerald made gym leaders more difficult, and Platinum fixed DP's tiny roster. A hypothetical Pokémon Z could've fixed XY's many issues.
>>57169863XY are noticeably easier than the previous games - especially with their new Exp All system, and the fact that Gym Leaders only use 3 Pokémon. Though the latter is also a big flaw of Gen 5, I'll give you that.
And, Pokémon has always been memed as having a very simple and bad story. XY are derided on this, because the previous entries (BW) had a more thought-out story.
>>57169891I said “deeply flawed” because I didn't want to seem like a mindless fan of the games, though it's true that I do use a lot of hyperbole, haha. Kalos is indeed extremely comfy.
