Fun with friends but so are most games. Just way too much grinding. I liked building for a while but I can only tolerate tree cutting and infinite enemies for so long. Only "beat" it because one of my friends was willing to do all the tedious material grinding.

the pokemon magic is unavoidable, but i don't think i've ever played something so anodyne in every aspect of its world. flies by on the first playthrough but spend a second longer in this game and it will start to chip away at your soul, making you question your own sanity and whether pokemon was ever good

This is a masterpiece. One of my favorite titles growing up, and people still play it to a competitive level, 20 years later.

This speaks volumes on the sheer quality built into it.