I'm a veteran player and so far the only thing I don't like is the design of some of the pokemon other than the mechanics and overall game play is great, I was hesitant at first considering I still play gen 1 to gen 3 games and I've played all the way up to gen 6 I liked the nostalgia of the old games but, gen 8 brings a whole new factor and I'm excited to see where it goes from here.