Oh my fucking god so many idiots complaining even about THIS. IT'S AN ALPHA 0.1, FOR FUCK'S SAKE! Could you guys not judge like this a game in its FIRST alpha state!?
I would agree with your sentiment if not for the developer telling people to basically get fucked instead of admitting that yeah it's early in development and has rough edges, so the judgement is on dev behaviour more so than the game itself. Not exactly inspiring is it?
I feel like with the dumpster fire that is Scarlet&Violet people are really down bad for any pokemon game substitute without considering if it's worth the time.
The game is CBT in it's current form and stop denying it, sure you can grind and shit but is the time needed to sink into it worth the payout? I myself would want a more challenging game and I don't mind grinding a bit but I draw the line when the game doesn't respect my time or isn't fun to begin with. So far that difficulty feels like padding for lack of content since again early alpha version. This is artificial difficulty make no mistake, it doesn't need to be a
walk in the park but perhaps it shouldn't be
a punishment to play it either