I’ve finished Pokémon Sword over the weekend. The game has been pretty enjoyable for me but I’ve noticed it seems much easier than past generations I have played. I skipped on playing the past few generations so I’m not sure if it’s been a general trend toward easier and easier over the past few generations but I certainly feel that it’s been dumbed down.
I’m currently working to fill the Pokédex and am sitting just over half way so far. At the moment I’m casually working through that before I will want to work on refining a good competitive team. You really only needed one or two good Pokémon to cruise through the actual game.