There's a decent amount of cool ideas that I do like here (Pokemon being treated like a sport, some of the battle music, and trainer customization are some of the best highlights for me) but a lot of other ideas don't really get the time they need to be fleshed out. It just doesn't work and/or I didn't vibe with it.

Also knowing that this game is geared to you playing multiplayer sucks because a lot of good shit is either locked to doing raids and/or getting watts from raid dens. Also doesn't help that if you play by yourself you have to deal with bad NPC partners, which means trying to get 3 other people together, which I'll be real who is playing dynamax raids in current year. Biggest offender here is TRs since it's 2k-8k watts for one (depends on what move you're going for) otherwise you have to deal with the shitty TM list (Beat Up, Rock Blast, Scary Face, Icicle Spear, Mud Shot, Fire Spin, and Whirlpool just to name a few moves). Also doesn't help that the League Staff rotate their TRs daily, so it makes it more of a pain to get one when I was looking for one to get.

All in all, inoffensive at best, didn't like it at worst. Crazy how these games gave me a new appreciation for weaker entries like X/Y (those games are still not that good and have lots of missed potential imo).