There's nothing really surprising here. The difficulty is non-existent and the plot is very predictable... which is completely fine, because this game has never claimed to be anything other than that. This game is clearly marketed to a younger audience and it caters to that demographic. As a big Pokemon fan, I knew I was going to play it anyway just to experience the breadth of what the Pokemon Company comes up with, but this game is clearly not one I'd recommend to non-Pokemon fans over the age of, probably, 13. It's very much a paint-by-numbers, go through the motions experience that should be experienced by die-hard Pokemon fans and younger audiences.