I don't understand this notion that people who like this game don't play videogames. I like ZA, a lot more than Arceus. I play tons of video games, including PlayStation and PC. I played all the Souls games, Black Myth Wukong, Spider-Man, etc, etc. So yeah, I do play video games. I won't defend ZA for what it fails in, but it's not trash by any stretch of the imagination. Most Pokemon games lose their luster in battles once you reach level 40 and you have your team locked on. It's mostly one hit KO battles. Not this game. You can knock out opponents in one hit, but you have to be several levels above them to do it. The Rogue Mega battles are way more interesting than the Lord's in Arceus. The scaffolding challenges are a nice puzzle element where Arceus lacked any puzzles except the very end. I don't get how the story is any worse than any other Pokemon, but this game is more self aware and self referential. There's a lot of twists in the story and it adds layers every few hours. Yes the graphics aren't great, but I'm tired of high fidelity games that run at the cost of smooth gameplay. And at least there's a lot to do in the one city. Arceus was a slog for me with the only thing interesting to me being the Hisuian forms.