@Conekiller:
To hell with White forest and its vast emptiness >_>
Black City is empty too. You have to trade over with the other game through the entra link thing to fill it out.
Its a shame, both of the last two cities are basically… totally empty. Very anti-climactic that way.
@Dryish:
I played through the story in four days and I felt kinda disappointed, to be honest.
Well then you should have played through in four weeks instead. Taken your time and just messed around with your critters some.
But yes, the post game is always like that for me too. This one throws some higher level monsters at you, but its like "well, I beat the elite four, so… I'm done."
In addition, I felt that unlike some of the earlier games, my white didn't provide much challenge.
Thats a case where experience of playing previous games comes in. Sheerly having a clue about typing advantages, and knowing in advance to balance your team, make a huuuuge difference. "Oh, I'm at the dragon gym? Guess I better find an ice attack, or an ice monster."
Instead of going "I like electric monsters, I'll make a whole team of them!"
Everyone I know whose played the franchise before is finding it easy. But I know a couple people where this is their first and they're taking longer and having a harder time with it.
Its definitely easier than past games in that they don't force you to have a HM slave at any point, and almost all the longer routes have a doctor half way through to heal you up. Plus the TWO experience shares and lucky egg, and the rejiggered exp gaining system… Its definitely kinder than its predecessors in those regards.