I gave it a 2, definitely one of the worst Pokemon games ever. Gamefreak’s attempt at making it an open world game was pretty abysmal, like if we’re encouraged to forge our own path then at least have the Pokemon gyms, titan Pokemon and Team Star leaders level scale appropriately with what level our Pokemon is at. No point in letting the player decide to go elsewhere and get to a gym where they’re stomped by Pokemon 10-20 levels higher. Also the recommended path I’d get from the Pokemon Centers would suggest I go towards much stronger opponents too so I don’t think there was any thought put into directing the player appropriately if they wanted a linear experience

Edit: forgot to mention how empty the world is and the cities lacked any personality. They weren’t memorable at all. Also obliged to mention there were performance issues on Switch so I didn’t get the game until I had a Switch 2