These are probably the best Pokemon games GF has made. The only argument otherwise is performance-based — which is a real problem, but, in the end, kinda just pales in comparison to how good these games are. Otherwise, the open world, the soundtrack, the way the story actually tries to do something climactic in its final act: Scarlet and Violet are masterpieces in the series held back only by bugs and an permanently chugging framerate.