How Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Compare to Past Games With Difficulty

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet set forth a new approach through their open-world design, letting the Paldea region be explored in a non-linear fashion. Offering up three different routes for story progression, each intertwined with Scarlet and Violet‘s supporting characters, the ways in which players could gain experience were largely left to their own devices. Though the need for Miraidon and Koraidon to travel across certain terrain types was made available through Arven’s Herba Mystica storyline, the games showed less constraint than past titles in regard to whom the player could challenge at any point in their journey.