Bold=worst gens
nope
they had interesting regions and interesting plotlines
johto and kanto are boring, sinnoh and unova are traversable without getting bored because there is stuff to see.
5 was ok.
4 is boring, and unoriginal, I didn't like it at all. Other than HG/SS I can barely replay it.
I think it's the other way around. HGSS is boring, I could never finish it all the way through, and of course isn't original cos remake. five is ok but it does need a lot of work because it was too short and needed more content, though it had more than kanto and johto which had like no content at all. but they get away with it because they were the original regions and were just focussing on basic gameplay and not on boosting the games to include more. but they've taken a step up these days with hoenn and sinnoh and unova being places that look nice and have things to do.
I think people get clouded by nostalgia and say that the new ones suck and the old ones are good but when you forget about the nostalgia and actually look at content alone, you'll see more gets added every time. and a gen 3 remake has a 50/50 chance of making gen 5 the best ever because it would epitomise content.