One of my least favorite Pokémon games. Let's start with the positives, Area Zero was very fun and the Paradox Pokémon were an interesting idea. The game is also fun to just run around and catch Pokémon for a little while until the novelty wears off anyway. The main cast of characters is also pretty good and the soundtrack is good as well. The story is also one of the better Pokemon stories. Now that's it for the positives, now for the negatives.
This game runs like dogshit. This game also looks like dogshit. The framerate is super inconsistent and annoying. The gyms have the most God awful challenges and the gyms themselves are just the same building copy and pasted into several towns. The gym leaders are also super forgettable. The Team Star missions are repetitive and boring aside from the leader battles. The sandwich quest with Arven was easily the best of the main 3 stories and even that was just alright. The world is lifeless and not fun to travel through after a couple hours. The map is also atrocious and hard to navigate to find out where you are going. The trainer NPCs also have no life as they just kind of stand around waiting for you to challenge them.This game is such a slog to get through. This game isn't worth your time.