>not as immersive as PLA, for instance no berries to lure Pokemon
>removed the depth of catching from PLA, no motion controls, no differently weighted Pokeballs, just lock on and you get a perfect throw
>no bike or riding Pokemon, only movement options are sprinting and a weird feeling pseudo-double jump
>can’t interact with your Pokemon outside ball
>the only non-combat activities to speak of are going to the cafe with your Pokemon to take photos, they were too lazy to even implement an animation of you and your Pokemon eating and it just cuts to black
>you can gather your Pokemon while sitting at a bench but they just stand there and it’s supposed to be used for taking pictures
>Paris but no fashion shows, music concerts, or any mini games
>wild zones are tiny and you can catch all Pokemon in one in under 4 minutes provided there aren’t any night time Pokemon
>5 different districts but they have no visual identity, entire game looks like some low quality generic assets they pulled from the unity asset store
>side quests are bottom of the barrel slop
>random NPC dialogue seems AI generated
>combat is fine but lacks depth, is clearly unrefined
>story is boring
>music is fine but overrated by GF defenders
>shiny hunting devalued further
>online multiplayer is just spamming moves over and over, no strategy to speak of
>a lot of the new megas look ass
>lack of interiors is insulting, only detailed buildings that were more than a single small room that I saw were the Hotel Z and the museum
There were so many opportunities for variety they could have added. Why not make a Pokemon Snap mini game? You literally have a camera ffs, and Yakuza Infinite Wealth showed you can do that. How about a food delivery minigame, you have to ride a gogoat around Lumious like crazy taxi? Nope, fuck you, enjoy your ugly as sin flat unity asset city with nothing to do except engage in barebones combat. Fucking hell. Scarlet and Violet on Switch 2 and PLA mog this game ruthlessly