I have since finished the game.
I would say it's pretty good, story is kinda weird with strange pacing, but overall it felt satisfying enough.
I was intially dissapointed in Gates to Infinity too, but I've played it four times (yeah i love mystery dungeon too much) and I think it's pretty good for what it's worth. Would have been better if it wasn't all gen 5 pokemon but hey, whatever. Some parts of GTI really get me in the feels though. ;_; moreso than any of the other games
^^This game improved on that gen 5 problem immensely, there are 700+ pokemon
so you can "collect them all i guess"
The game is beautiful graphically, music is great, story teeters between wonderful and wtf, and the characters are pretty good.
I liked the game, but I'm playing it again at the moment to really see how much i like it.
Some people call it the best MD game, but idk about that at this time.
I did like the gameplay changes, although the pushing and passing partners thing still gives me trouble sometimes.
OH. And the difficulty is really something, much different than other games. Partners and enemies are smarter. Plus those long range attacks are wonderful for your team but really scary to go up against. It's a good challenge. I've died a fair number of times on normal missions.
I'm enjoying it to say the least. XD