Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
Sun & Moon were very good story-wise. I don't know about the "Ultra" updated versions, there wasn't enough new content in those for me to bother with them.

Sword & Shield were mid at best.

Legends: Arceus greatly shakes up the formula. Its story is nothing special, but I greatly enjoyed it all the same - much more than I have any Pokémon game since... what, Black & White? Fortunately it looks like Scarlet & Violet are taking a page from this one...

Not interested in the Gen 4 remakes. They take steps backwards, unlike the other remake games that kept the modern feel but applied it to older regions.
I think that's the thing, until gen 5 pkmn has never been trying to have "important" stories and characters, now gen 5 was good but it felt more of a fluke because basically everything afterwards was very bland and one dimensional. I just wanna go catch monster and become champion without incessantly getting interrupted by NPCs, and I want the freedom to explore at my own pace, maybe take shortcuts, have plenty of optional side zones. Gen 1 to 4 had a good balance of that and tbh while I don't remember how it was in gen 5 I found it enjoyable but there were clear signs of the "beginning of the end" there.

Now the characters have no depth whatsoever and Hau and Hop are some of the most unbearable characters I've ever had the displeasure of having in a video games.

Well here is to hoping gen 9 will move away from being constricted by NPCs and hallways... At least the hallway part is going away for sure.