What are G5's flaws?

[Landi 597]

As many have already mentioned before, one of this generation's biggest flaws has been its connection to G4. If it had actually been executed well, I think the concept of the two generations being linked wouldn't have been that bad. Unfortunately, the writers of G5 have really failed at this so far. There are numerous inconsistencies in lore between G4 and G5, and especially when it comes to how magic works. In fact, as recently as the Winter Wishday special G4s concept of weather magic has been ignored (with unicorns somehow being able to cast weather spells). Add all of those inconsistencies to the terrible excuse for how Equestria got to be the way it is in G5, and the tie in with G4 seems like I really bad idea. 

Some other issues I have with G5 are: The show feels much more childish than G4 did, the inconsistent storytelling across multiple platforms, the way the unity crystals work, and the main characters themselves just not being as interesting.