So expectations were already low based on the dual facts of this not including any Platinum content and not even being developed by Game Freak. But - to be fair - this is an almost 1-to-1 remake. The problem is that the games they've decided to remake are just dull.
The Pokemon diversity is still terrible, the decision to go full 3D movement but not update the map is boneheaded (the amount of times I got caught on an edge due to this - urgh!), the levels are all 5-10 levels too low for this game to start being challenging. People can say it's a faithful remake all they want, but Platinum solved a lot of the originals issues, and for them to be ignored just feels strange. Coming from Legends: Arceus to this feels like stepping 15 years in the past. Games like this need to stay there.
The Pokemon diversity is still terrible, the decision to go full 3D movement but not update the map is boneheaded (the amount of times I got caught on an edge due to this - urgh!), the levels are all 5-10 levels too low for this game to start being challenging. People can say it's a faithful remake all they want, but Platinum solved a lot of the originals issues, and for them to be ignored just feels strange. Coming from Legends: Arceus to this feels like stepping 15 years in the past. Games like this need to stay there.