>>58268036>Gen 3>When they were actively still putting post-game content and fun optional shit in the games that wasn't just raids to facilitate a damn-near always online shitfest that also hinges on buying DLC later down the line.That'd actually be the second the games went fully 3D. They clearly have similar levels of passion to what they used to show in the old games but so many good ideas and concepts end up either only being implemented in a borderline vestigial form compared to how they were in design documents or are outright abandoned on the cutting room floor.
South Kalos, Post-Game Gyms after becoming the First Alola Champion, the 3DS games should have been great.
Then to top it all off, the Switch era happened and Game Freak clearly weren't ready for actual HD or Open World game development as every game since then has practically been a beta test for one to come after.
Let's Go was the beta test for HD graphics, SwSh was a beta test for open areas, Legends Arceus was refining that and SV was a first try at an open world, now PLZA is a test for a new battle system.
By the time these fuckers have figured out how to actually make HD games they'll still be a good decade behind the rest of the industry.
