DP and maybe Pt is the worst Pokemon gen.

This game is so awful even comparing to the same gen (HGSS). Everything is somehow slower, the main plot feels insanely short, the side missions are just “umm show me a pokemon and get three (3) random useless balls you can buy 150 of easily,” the safari zone is mid, and the selection sucks. Feels like half the stuff in the new gen are cross evolutions which aren't even available before post game or without trading. Also where the frick are the fire types? Got forbid I want the water starter and have zero good options for a fire line. Ponyta sucks, all my homies hate Ponyta because it's useless. Meanwhile there's 1,000,000 water options, why? Because frick you.

Don't get me started on the extreme autism additions that everyone hates. Guess I'm not getting Spiritomb because I didn't buy two copies of the game to play multiplayer with, and frick poffins, no Milotic either unless I decide to say frick it and use the event one, but then what's the point? Meanwhile you can get a Garchomp easy as pie, so why even pretend like this is to hold powerlevels down.

Also holy shit, comparing the Pokegear in HGSS to the pile of shit the Poketech thing is makes this came look intentionally bad. It makes no sense how awful that thing is. Makes me think I should play XY before ORAS in case there's anything as shitty a downgrade going back a game.

At least you can pretty easily get shinies in the non-existent postgame.