I love the direction they took in this game! Feels truly seamless to catch pokemon and enter into battle. Love the addition of side quests as well. Charming game. The negative reviews are typical cry baby pokemon fans that look for anything they can attack. WAA graphics, waaa some quests aren't fun, waaaa waa waaa. These is a great foundation for future pokemon games and I really hope they keep it this way. Every generation of pokemon before this has followed a similar formula and I'm having a blast with this entry exploring all the things that we couldn't do before. I've played every generation of pokemon and I can say that this is one of the best in the entire series despite being rough around the edges in some areas. This is the kind of pokemon game I've wanted to experience as a kid playing the early entries.