re: Pokemon Sword/Shield and the Pokedex debacle

I'm not even that upset over the dex cut when looking at the rest of the problems. The game in general looks like a rushed mess. Outdated environment graphics (when a Breath of the Wild open world is a major selling point...), sloppy animation, short campaign (14 hours), linear routes, and ugly character and Pokemon designs. The biggest offender might just be the generic, anime like cliched garbage of a plot that Gamefreak has pushed since X/Y. Pokemon is at the Disney-esque stage where the main entry video games are merely a cog in the machine that allows the Pokemon company to make their fortune off merchandising. Otherwise they would stop wasting time making models for 80+ new Pokemon (gotta sell those plushies) and actually make a GOOD video game.

Reviews should be dropping in a hour or so if reports are to be believed. I'm of course expecting the major outlets to carry Gamefreak's water. We'll see.