>>59024992SM is a really mixed bag, where they improved some areas and dropped the ball in others. Ohmori was still figuring out what he wanted the game to be.
Like the graphics are fully scaled up, but Alola has less actual detail in its world design than Kalos did. Lots of random empty construction zones for a "Gym Builder" storyline that never reached made into development. Victory Road is also "in development", per the story and there's fewer trainers and puzzles. It makes the game feel somehow smaller than what they tried in XY's towns and cave systems. There's nothing like Lumiose City or the Mirror Cave.
It does have the respectable Totem Bosses though, which were a nice change of pace from Gym Battles. Some of the smartest Pokemon boss design.
