I have to say this about pokemon...

[Super_Boom]

umegames said:

Cons: 

Way to linear 

No side / extra missions like pokemon contests, safari zone etc 

too many cut scenes 

feels to much like a loooong episode of the cartoon, pointless dialogue and pokemon "chirping" 

worst soundtrack in the series 

worst story in the series 

fishing is over simplified (only 1 kind of Rod so magikarp appear often) 

however, can only fish in dedicated places 

hardly any double battles in game, no triple battles Collapse

Of these, the only one I really had issue with was the linearity...and even that wasn't a huge deal. 

I definitely disagree with the OST and story...as those are two of the things that stand out in this game. I'm surpised you think this was worse than Ruby/Sapphire and X/Y...as I found the narratives in those games to be just terrible. i can't even remember most of the characters or any of the story in X/Y (something about a lion dude that wanted to get rid of ugly things?), and I still can't figure out what Team Magma/Aqua were trying to do. I like seeing adult characters that don't act like idiots for once, and I was suprised to see a core cast that (Hau excluded) I liked overall.

The fishing and battle complaints are probably valid...but nothing that really bothered me either.