I hate how every pokemon game discussion is about their dogshit graphics, animations, and designs and ignore how shitty the substance of the game has gotten. Their map, dungeon, region designs have fallen off a cliff. The presentation of the gameplay is still fucking gba tier *sandstorm rages*. The only thing that has really improved is some interface streamlining and maybe qol stuff, but even then some of the qol feels like it has taken a giant chunk of the game out of the game. You don't even have to make decisions about parties or what pokemon to raise anymore and things around it have barely changed to account for that. The series is the epitome of underwhelming