Just started playing this, I just got to the first town with the first gym and am doing some sidequests, it's been fun so far! My team so far is sandile - zubat - poliwag - cottonee, I wiped at the lycanroc quest battle unfortunately xD
Edit: the characters have been a pleasant surprise btw, I think it's pretty impressive that they manage to be over the top without being annoying? I feel like that's harder than it looks like to pull off.
Edit2: also if anyone can tell me what electric types are available to catch, are joltik, togedemaru, or electric oricorio available? Otherwise I'll just stick to mareep