As for the tearing (I'm assuming that's the vertical cut you noticed), I didn't notice any. I did however notice that some places seem to have slowdowns in the overworld. That still goes at 30fps like in gen IV. I do love that battles and other 2D menu stuff is 60fps though, back to what made gen 3 RSE fast and awesome.

Anyway, I'd still say that the back sprites and the slowdowns in certain points of the map are nothing but small gripes that don't really affect my enjoyment for the game, and I'm still hyped up even after 100 hours of gameplay, so that must mean something.