I agree that the difficulty is better than last gen , but I wouldn ' t call it fantastic in the slightest . As I said , I have to limit the features that I use in the game to not overlevel . I don ' t know I guess I ' m just having a different experience . I have to go out of my way to avoid some trainers , and run away from wild pokemon in order to keep the game challenging and stay slightly underleveled . Clearly people are having different experiences based on their playstyle , but I ' m finding that I have to forecefully not play the game to it ' s fullest else it will just be too easy . However , I would say , if the games were well designed , one ' s playstyle wouldn ' t drastically affect the difficulty of the game .