>>57796477For all the shit Kalos gets for being easy, it's more due to the player getting way too much good shit than it is the trainers being shit, even though that's also a decent part of it, at the very least trainers won't pick their moves by random like Cynthia does in DP, or only use healing items on their ace like Red does in GSC.
>here's O-Powers, they do crazy OP bullshit, they also get stronger the more you use them>here's a EV trainer that can make your starter competitively viable before the first battle>here's the hilariously busted affection mechanic, no need to elaborate>here's an exp share the rest of the game wasn't balanced around, why can we turn it off?>here's a second starter, it's from Kanto, it also comes with its mega stone>here's a free Snorlax before the 2nd gym, you still haven't seen the evil team yet>here's a free fossil of your choosing, you can revive it pretty much instantly, pick the jaw one>here's a Luvdisc for Steelix trade, you can fish for a Luvdisc in the same city the trade is in>here's a free Lucario, and it's mega stone, you also can use mega evolution now>here's a free LaprasHoly shit, stop.
The only thing XY has a semblance of restraint on are legendaries, with there only being four of them in the game, three of those four being locked behind the postgame and one of those three being a roaming you can't cheese with a Master Ball, despite that, Xerneas and Yveltal are mandatory catches and are fuckoff strong even by the usual boxart legendary standards.
I sincerely like XY and will even replay it occasionally, but it's got a ton of issues.
