it was, and only being able to recruit one of each pokemon, the totally imbalanced teams (why did u let me recruit a level 55 when my character is like level 12....) and imbalanced dungeons that necessitate the use of those level 55s lol, plus not actually being required to use your character and partner kinda bugged me too . . . there's a lot about it that I didn't like, but certain aspects of it I thought were great, which is why it gave me such mixed feelings.
and I agree