""The older games have these problems too" isn't a defense. It only demonstrates that the developers were aware of the criticisms and unabashedly ignored them."

Yes, Sun and Moon had the hallway routes and way point based progression, too. Yes towns have always felt small. Yes Pokemon have never meaningfully interacted with the overworld. Yes the supporting cast has never been strongly written.But that isn't an excuse when these things have been brought up to the developers several years in a row. Games like Skyward Sword and Mario 3D World sold very well but had heavy criticisms. And the developers who seem to sincerely love their craft paid close attention to critics to create great games like Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey.So no, saying "That's a problem with other games" isn't a helpful deflection when there's no argument for why that problem is good or even acceptable. "This was a problem in old games making it even worse that they haven't fixed it" is a much more accurate statement. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2sdAr6j