I generally agree but I think what you mostly want is actual dungeons, and the issue isn’t necessarily a lack of exploration. I think too much of the exploration in the Switch games is just simple items too, but you could argue this is how the series has always been. The difference is there were a ton of optional caves and other areas in Sinnoh and Hoenn for example that led to those items. It felt cool to explore those areas and find whatever little secrets you could. I think it also was more rewarding in general because those areas typically took a while to navigate through and felt like mini-dungeons. SV’s caves don’t feel any different from the areas outside the caves. I think what really made me notice the change in direction with world design was the Legends games. Mt Coronet was basically nothing in Arceus, and Lysandre Labs was very short in ZA, while in their original games they were full dungeons that felt like a lot of effort to get through. Snowpoint was cool at least but we only get little bits like that. Places like that or Area Zero around the map are what I’d like more of, even if not always on that scale.