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I didn't hate SwSh as much as many others. I actually had a lot of fun with it, overall. The biggest issue for me was the extremely uninspired route/dungeon design. It's always, always a straight path. The old games had an overhead view and you could actually explore something. The caves, especially, were these expansive dungeons with secret entrances and multiple pathways - not that they were some brilliant design, but they did the job. You could get lost there. SwSh's caves and routes are all just paths, which severely limits the exploration aspect. At most there would be a split, and you'd walk 5 seconds to grab an antidote. Basically felt on-rails. Really disappointed with that aspect of the game.

The cities and locales felt far more inspired in SwSh, though. At least you could go into people's homes. They felt more alive. You could talk to NPCs. S/V just had some boring town maps and you could only walk into shops so you could be led into a menu. Hardly any NPCs that aren't just polygons walking around and glitching out.

I also really don't like the battle screens in S/V. Without the dramatic camera angles, the battles feel so, so dull. Not to mention all the texture clipping and glitches that happen as a result of not transitioning into a battle screen. Graphically, SwSh actually looks far better than S/V, which is embarrassing. SwSh also has one of the most annoying beginnings with Hop and/or other NPCs showing up all the time. I really needed some of these people to stfu. It felt almost Dora the Explorer at times with them pointing out where to go.

I guess S/V had the better story and exploration, but I do give the edge to SwSh in some aspects. It's certainly not rendered completely obsolete or unplayable.