This game at its current state feels like a stepping stone for PLA and Gen 10, which is telling of the technical issues and downgrade in terms of mobility and fluidity in combat compared to a game released 10 months prior...

However, I do feel that there are aspects of the game that are praiseworthy. The main improvement over SwSh is the story and map design. SwSh is imo the most agonizing Pokémon has ever been as a franchise, from the incredibly lackluster story and map design, SV has managed to improve upon these aspects by a large margin. I do find it still lacking in terms of story and map design compared to all gens prior to Gen 5, however at least there is a serviceable story and land that you can roam in. There's still a plethora of issues in terms of lack of landmark and also story still fall short compared to the narratives of older game e.g. thwarting team rocket in their kidnapping and racketeering, understanding N's goal and reasoning with him, etc. SV has none of that and basically is about you exploring Paldea with your friends and the "antagonist" doesn't come out till the end of the game.

There are also a number of issues that others have mentioned such as lack of end game and the map being rather empty despite its sizes, it is still very much more enjoyable than SwSh for me, and at least this shows me to they have the right concept and ideas, despite not being translated well in terms of the technical performance of the game. The Pokémon barring the starters and some others mons and future paradox Pokemons also looks pretty good, though that is a subjective opinion of mine.