One of my favorite games. That said, I can't give it a perfect score as I think the end-game difficulty is more RNG based than the Binding of Isaac. The dungeons before they start resetting your progress are all great though.
Additionally I think certain additions this game adds - particularly in a sidequest about Grovyle - actually take away from the game's extremely strong narrative. But I like to just take that as a "What if". It doesn't ruin the QoL it adds over Time/Darkness so yeah, play this masterpiece already.

This game is probably the most overrated piece of Pokemon media, at least considering the opinions of the Pokemon community. The game is not bad, mind you. Far from it. But the story drags at many points, and the decision to separate major character stories into optional mini-episodes was not a good decision. I loved the story up until the confrontation with Primal Dialga, but after that, it just dragged for no good reason. The Shaymin plot unapologetic filler, and the Darkrai plot felt like a forced anime twist.

The gameplay suffers from the same problems as Rescue Team, but the dungeons do at the very least feel more interesting in their environments to help break up the monotony. Grinding up guild points still sucks shit, and its not enjoyable watching the same MUNCH MUNCH GULP GULP cutscene after every single in-game day. The main saving grace is the gorgeous OST. For the type of game this is, it sets up scenes and strikes an emotional core when it needs to.

Explorers was an attempt at writing a more mature story, but it drags its feet at many points. Mystery Dungeon games are not my thing whatsoever.