Whether you extract with your pockets full of loot or get decimated by a rival player or NPC, the sting of that defeat doesn’t last long because of the amount of progression you still have netted. Just about everything you do nets you experience points toward leveling up your character.
If you are a Pokemon fan and have played just about every game in the franchise, you are going to pick this up no matter what. I find it hard to recommend this one to anybody who has barely played any Pokemon games before or if they do not own a Switch 2. Pokemon Legends: Arceus was a good first step and Legends: Z-A was another good step in the right direction. It’s still enjoyable but nothing earthshattering. Hopefully if we get a third Pokemon Legends game it will blow these last two games out of the water.