NoxObscuras posted... I remember a lot of the hate being the GF laziness. Reused models, missing pokemon, etc.
I enjoyed the game overall. The gym's were fun and varied, the Wild Area is cool and I like the Gigantamax designs. My main issue though, is how weirdly the story is done. Basically there's the whole plot line with Rose playing out in the background, that you don't get to see because the game railroads you onto the 8 gym battle plot line. You could have had more involvement, maybe battling Macro Cosmos members more, while seeing that some shady things are actually going on. Instead of it coming out of nowhere at the end. It's really poorly executed.
I'm also not a fan of how many of the game's systems are tied to the Switch's clock. Having to constantly change the date and time on my Switch, just to get things done, is really annoying.
The story was disappointing considering there is almost no build up to the
Rose antagonist scenario like you mentioned. However, if they made you fight Macro Cosmos goons too early it would have incriminated Rose too soon. Should have made a fake organization to temporarily represent them, but even that sort of plot is over done. Team Yell being the antagonist group for most of the game was a bad idea given how poor their motivation is. Lastly, even with the DLC, the end of Rose's story arc is left on a cliffhanger. This makes me think there will be a sequel game. Be glad they at least left those game clock exploits in the game and didn't patch them. Makes making money, and more importantly competitive Pokemon a hell of a lot more easy and fast than it used to be.