Giant heaping pile of wasted potential; a very rushed game.
for any previous pokemon fan, it's still quite the enjoyable game, but world design is extremely linear (to the point that the main villain's lair is a fucking elevator - that's it) and many pokemon were cut out, limiting team-building and removing many people's favorites. I'd understand in the case of Legends: Arceus, where extra effort was applied to bring the included pokemon to life with new animations and details, providing good reason to cut many of the little guys, but this game seems to drop a large amount of them for no reason, which is such a shame. Not to mention, it cuts the Mega Evolution mechanic from the last two mainline games, greatly weakening many pokemon (both design-wise and in battle) and hurting competitive potential.