Awful, I’m sorry, but it’s fact. The only thing I like about it are the battle mechanics. The linear missions at the start give you little to no opportunity to start exploring and building a team. You take a turn down a road you want to go down to be met with a message telling you to turn around, meet at the hotel etc. So boring! The wild zones are lack lustre as are the buildings. I’ve given up playing after 3 hours just because I want to explore not be confined by a story. At least with Arceus you got the mission and could explore by yourself within the confines of the mission, i.e complete to move to another area. This just infuriates me. I expected it in old style Pokemon games or remakes like Let’s Go Pikchu, but after Violet and Scarlet, and Arceus I expected more. Not impressed and I’d recommend waiting for the price to drop. Also DLC ready on day 1 release why not have this in the game spend £60-80 on a game to see another aspect advertised for £25. It’s annoying. I’m not impressed in the slightest! Also I have owned every Pokemon game since gen1, this is the most disappointing release to date.