- I respect the idea behind Starfall Street, but it really falls flat because we're only told, and not shown, the despicable bullying. It doesn't help that the Team Star raids have relatively shallow gameplay mechanics. However, the sharply dressed leaders did put up a decent fight. Clavell was also hilarious, and he introduced me to Quaxly's bombastic final evo, so that was fun.
- I feel like the Herba Mystica quests could have been bigger in scope, but overall I enjoyed their respective trials. Always thought Pokemon should have more scenarios where you're actually chasing down those beasts, like a true tracker. Taking on the giant Great Tusk (weirdly not a Donphan evo based on the dex?) was one of the more epic moments in the game. These questlines also have the best rewards-- more abilities for exploration! Arven's story is a bit basic, but hey, I wanted his poor doggo to get better, too. Speaking of his story, it does end on a cliffhanger, and apparently I have to get the allegiance of a certain Champion-ranked trainer before I can continue...
- Might be the Pokemon veteran in me speaking, but I still enjoyed the gyms the most. Yeah, only half the gym challenges were actually somewhat interesting (my favorite of course being chasing after Kofu in Port Marinada), but I like the variety of things you have to do. The Gym Leaders were cool, definitely a step up from SwSh, and I already liked the Leaders there. Nemona's battle craziness is also very endearing. As for the difficulty of those fights, I still think the gym leaders should have had level scaling. But I also don't mind the erratic difficulty spikes and dips haha.
- Related note to the gym path: I kinda hoped there wouldn't be an Elite Four and that we'd get a SwSh style tourney again, and the League battle in this series was... kind of dull, to be honest. It even starts with a boringly boring job interview. Yawn. I do have to ask though: is the third member of the Elite Four always Larry or is it based on whoever you picked as the toughest Gym match?