This is the most ehhhh game I’ve ever played.
I really like Galar as a region and the lore of it and this has some of the best characters and character development in the whole series, however it also has Rose who might be one of the worst villains yet and the story itself is kinda dead, tou just do the gyms with all the story happening right at the end

The routes in rbis game are so lifeless and boring it hurts, and the wild area doesn’t hit like I want it to but it’s still fun discovering random Pokémon hanging around. Overall its still Pokemon so I don’t think I’d say it’s bad, but it had a lot of missed potential with the fun characters and good lore and story on paper being bogged down by uninteresting route design and a shitty execution of the story.

I do have to say though, I love how the gyms feel so important in this game, especially the champion fight, it had such an exciting big fight feel.