I enjoyed Sword a whole lot, as unpopular of an opinion as that is, I'm sure. The game's setting is beautiful even if yes, the graphics are underwhelming as stated before, but the art design itself is lovely and the scenery and towns really struck a chord with me personally. Characters were all pretty likable and memorable the entire way through, and I liked the new Pokémon as well as the returning varieties. And the music is just really bloody good. That always gets me pumped to play it.

Sure, there's a lot of issues that I hope are ironed out in Gen 9, but I really think this one deserves at least a little more love than it receives.