The only reason I am giving 2 stars is because it's a new pokemon game and map. Any other brand and it would easily be a 1 star game. You can run around and catch pokemon, but gym battles and everything else that builds the story is garbage.
Game lags and freezes way too much for a $60 game on a relatively new console. So much was taken out of the game and it feels like it was released to meet a target deadline, not because it was a finished product. The map is huge which is nice, but the cities within the game are devoid of content. Each city in the game is essentially just a maze with building structures as barriers. You can't enter and explore any buildings, they are just there to fill empty space. Same thing goes for the people within the city. You can't talk to them. They are just there as filler content.
This game needs a serious patch, or needs to be completely recalled and finished.