Pretty substantial upgrade when it comes to the wild area freedom and exploration, but the general lack of time spent around big towns and striking aesthetics like that i believe hurts the atmosphere a good bit.

The new battling system was fun if slightly mental with how quickly everything died. The fights with the big pokémon and Arceus were a lot of fun.

Shoutout to Volo for being the first boss since Ultra Necrozma to pack up a fuckton of players. And being related to Cynthia.