X&Y feels like the beginning of a new era. Finally making the transition to full 3D, seeing the large roster of Pokemon in with polygon models is the main attraction of the 3DS games. It took awhile, but it was worth the wait. Everything else about the game is a mixed bag. There are some big quality of life additions in the improved online trading and battling, and EV training that finally makes those values visible. Unfortunately, the story is a big step down from gen 5, featuring maybe the worst writing in the series, and the post game content is scant, especially compared to the great BW2. Also the XP share is given to you too early, making it easy to overlevel your Pokemon and making an already easy game a chore to slog through if you don't turn it off. Mega evolutions are an okay gimmick, but would rather have given real evolutions to Pokemon that need a boost, rather than more forms to ones that are already popular. There's good additions here, but not quite the whole package.