The first Pokémon game I was ever disappointed with. This isn't a unique opinion but everything started going downhill from X & Y. This marked a turn in the series where the games got progressively more hand-holdy, which is insane considering Pokémon was already "Baby's First JRPG." Mega Evolution began this trend of gimmick forms replacing new Pokémon, with Kalos only introducing 72 new Pokémon.

The story and characters were very underwhelming. The manga adaptation is pretty good from what I've read.