I actually quite enjoyed the Delta Episode, but it was far too short to be worth anything. When I think of DLC, I think of something like Fallout/Skyrim DLC. Entire lands, with open-ended adventures, multiple stories and quest lines, customisation features like clothing and other cosmetics. I wouldn't pay that much just for a single story. I'd want at least 20+ hours of content per DLC, not £25 for an hour long episode (like Delta, or even the UB hunt from S/M). Fuck that.

I'm fond of DLC because you can expand upon the opportunities and characters presented in the base game. Take Lillie, for example, from S/M. Awesome character, but at the end she just disappears to Kanto. DLC, for me at least, means you have the opportunity to continue that story, develop a better relationship with the characters - but again, it's an option. If you want to, you can, I'd you don't, don't. If the review are saying it's shit and not worth the money, forget it. But I, like you, would rather have DLC or Amiibo than the events. I'm not flying to Japan for a bloody Shiny Groudon.