>>58411680Gameplay 9/10. It's really responsive, and I just love the feeling or mass ambushing and one shotting mons during the royale. The Rogue megas were kind of challenging, if you didn't farm for 3 different mega stones.
Map design is a 3/10, only redeemable part is that the rooftops are a pretty comfy aesthetic and I like some of the parkour/gliding "puzzles". It's very samey otherwise, and the textures are visibly low quality in some places.
Characters, design-wise, are pretty good. characterization-wise, better than SV, slightly worse than sun and moon (mainly because the game is shorter, I feel and it's more padded with gameplay).
Story is short, didn't need to be much, has a couple minor plot-twists but very pokemon-esque, as in the stakes get introduced very late and can feel sudden (introducing "new team flare" for example).
Pokemon megas are pretty bad, only like 1-2 resonated with me (chandelure and hawlucha, granted they didn't improve much on the design).
I had fun, but mainly the gameplay.
