Of the heels of pokemon legends arceus this game is good but not amazing pre dlc the game was in my opinion at it worst the game had major issues with frame rate 1 of the 4 storys didn't interest me that being victory Road and arvens didn't interest me till mobostiff was added I feel star fall street was a great attempt with a good story and great characters and a good ending the final story was amazing and area zero saved the game from being worse the new pokemon introduced were fun I like most of them but paldea felt kind of bland compared to hisui the base game is a 6 or a 7 out of 10.
DLC 1 the teal mask fixed alot of my problems with the story and characters kieran and Carmine are fun and interesting characters and perrin is my favourite addition as her story was calmer and sweet but kitakami feels just as if not more empty than paldea and very samey the best area is the timeless woods but that mainly cause its a massive reference to eterna forest from hisui I think the teal mask is a solid 7.5 out of 10. Lastly is DLC 2 the indigo disk the blueberry academy stuff was fun yet boring the new characters don't get much development I thought Lacey was going more important and have a bigger role in the story, amarys was a boring filler character with a interesting charater and design but Crispin was nothing zero character bland and boring but Drayton was the most developed of the four still underdeveloped but more developed than the others and has interesting personality Carmine is underutilised till the area zero stuff and only kieran has significant character changes during the main second DLC the area zero stuff was cool and I love the area and the final battle against terapagos was fun I am glad the terarium was a lot less empty the quest while simple were a good addition and I love all the post game content added I think this dlc gets a 6 out out of 10.