Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia

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User Score
4.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 12 out of 23
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  1. Nelia
    Nov 5, 2020
    0
    Utterly atrocious. More expensive than Hades and looks and plays like a mobile game. The core gameplay is just running around collecting tiles and throwing them with a single button press, the colliders being so bad they have difficulty registering the player. The graphics are decent on the models of the bakugan, but everything about the players and the animations of the bakugan areUtterly atrocious. More expensive than Hades and looks and plays like a mobile game. The core gameplay is just running around collecting tiles and throwing them with a single button press, the colliders being so bad they have difficulty registering the player. The graphics are decent on the models of the bakugan, but everything about the players and the animations of the bakugan are horrendous and have barely anything to do with their attacks. The movement of the player is so floaty that he just glides across the count while kicking his legs. The particles are a ps2 era line of colour where you can clearly see the origin point floating in front of the bakugan. Not only do they look terrible, but they also cause slowdown. I'm glad I got a physical copy of this, so I can pawn it off to some poor unsuspecting person expecting a good game. And I'll price it exactly 1 cent less than Hades.

    I'll also mention that the teambuilding is just shoving predefined moves into slots of bakugan of the corresponding attribute. Truly thriilling. and the most progression you'll get is buying mechanics that make the game less tedious. I suppose one can be at least glad that this game wasn't made by ubisoft or they'd be paid dlc.

    Also they use anime screenshots for dan kuso and others and you can see the jpg compression on the images I cried of laughter the first time I saw it.    … Expand
  2. Kakadu
    Nov 6, 2020
    0
    Tedious, bland, basic, uninspired, repetitive and totally lazy. Terrible character models and animations, bad dialogue and grindy, boring and annoying battles with absolutely horrendous voice acting for the monsters. The entire concept of the game with the giant monster battles is illogical and dumb.

    This game looks like nobody ever during development had any interest whatsoever in    Tedious, bland, basic, uninspired, repetitive and totally lazy. Terrible character models and animations, bad dialogue and grindy, boring and annoying battles with absolutely horrendous voice acting for the monsters. The entire concept of the game with the giant monster battles is illogical and dumb.

    This game looks like nobody ever during development had any interest whatsoever in creating an original, compelling and in any way interesting or enjoyable game. It's Bad and even 5$ would be to much asked, since it a waste of time and a literal pain to have to grind through these obnoxious and overly long battles. Don't waste your time and hard earned cash on this, it's not worth it.    … Expand
  3. studentGamer
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    That the one person who blamed all the hate on a nintendo treehouse everyone already forgot about had to update their score from 8 to 10 to prevent the game from sliding down further says a lot about the quality of this cashgrab..

    They have the audacity to charge 50 euros in Germany for a game that looks and plays like a mobile game. I had 3d games that looked and played better on my    That the one person who blamed all the hate on a nintendo treehouse everyone already forgot about had to update their score from 8 to 10 to prevent the game from sliding down further says a lot about the quality of this cashgrab..

    They have the audacity to charge 50 euros in Germany for a game that looks and plays like a mobile game. I had 3d games that looked and played better on my samsung s2 more than half a decade ago. This is a 2020 switch game and it can't even use a single stream of particles without chocking.

    The gameplay itself is questionable. Moves are just copy pasted between elements. The elements themselves don't really stand out from each other with a few exceptions. In older games the gate cards etc. actually gave different boosts to different elements, but since this is dumbed down to the level of a kindgarden nothing like that matters anymore.

    Its essentially just a kaiju battle simulator with bad graphics, bad performance, bad effects, and the core gameplay loop walking around a barren world, looking at visibly compressed jpegs and freeze frames of dated models and running around attempting to colide with the flimsy colliders of disks lying on the ground.

    Does the game have redeeming qualities? you get access to plenty of bakugan but that's not really groundbreaking. Otherwise I truly cannot think of any.

    I also find it rather amusing that the ingame cutscenes are figurative slideshows due to the fps drop, but the out of combat cutscenes are mostly literal slideshows.    … Expand
  4. Gadgett
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    This game is hot garbage compared to its predecessor, "Bakugan: Battle Brawlers." All of the charms are taken away in the gameplay and stripped down to nothing; it's not engaging at all. The game is a huge drop from the complexity of "Battle Brawlers," dubbing this game bland. There's not even any voice acting, unlike "Battle Brawlers." All in all, a huge letdown.
  5. Bakuganfan69420
    Jan 13, 2021
    6
    Woweewowowow! This game is a good thyme! Did you catch all the great references in the game?? LOTR, LOTR, and yes, more LOTR! What a quality meme game! It literally saved the mawwiage of my good pals GatorDski and Handsoap100! They were struggling with some life issues, but Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia showed them de way. However, the game could definitely use more polishing, as thereWoweewowowow! This game is a good thyme! Did you catch all the great references in the game?? LOTR, LOTR, and yes, more LOTR! What a quality meme game! It literally saved the mawwiage of my good pals GatorDski and Handsoap100! They were struggling with some life issues, but Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia showed them de way. However, the game could definitely use more polishing, as there were plenty of bugs, and non responsive NPCs. Nevertheless, as a hard and true Bakugan fan, (and i have been over the past 10ish years, just ask my friends), I still enjoyed myself, and I would barely recommend it to any of you life long Brawlers out there! They really made a mediocre game here! 6/10, why does no one else play this online?? :(… Expand
  6. Dagon15
    Nov 5, 2020
    10
    There are so many lies about this game, it is devolved into bullying due to the fallout from the Nintendo Treehouse situation.

    The game isn't ground breaking, but it is good at what it's supposed to be. I have been wanting an RPG on switch after Fire Emblem and Pokemon so I tried this out. I am about 10 hours into the game now and the combat is much more fun than people are giving    There are so many lies about this game, it is devolved into bullying due to the fallout from the Nintendo Treehouse situation.

    The game isn't ground breaking, but it is good at what it's supposed to be. I have been wanting an RPG on switch after Fire Emblem and Pokemon so I tried this out. I am about 10 hours into the game now and the combat is much more fun than people are giving credit. You do not simply pick tiles up off the ground. You have a team of three Bakugan, and each one has 4 abilities that you can use. There are hundreds of abilities you can interchange, making the battle system fun and similar to a traditional RPG. Picking up the tiles is just to give mana to your Bakugan so they can perform the abilities, it is identical to how the tv show works which is probably why they did that.

    The environments look good on the switch, they are colorful and the sound design is appropriate and lowkey. The game has been very comfy to play while watching TV. The quest system is fun, though it's mostly going from place to place, there are some gather quests which take you around the world and I enjoyed that. The writing is fine, has some quirky dialogue that made me laugh at times, it feels like an episode of the show which is intended for a younger audience.

    The loading can get a little annoying, but you spend a good amount of time in each zone so that isn't the worst. Sometimes there is slowdown, but it hasn't affected a battle yet so I wouldnt say it's a giant flaw.

    The game is not as unbearable or atrocious as some of the bullying reviews would have you think. 1/10? 0/10? This is just mean, and comes from a place of hate.    … Expand
  7. ValkyriaDG
    Nov 7, 2020
    8
    es un juego muy entretenido. Las primeras horas de juego pueden volverse monótonas, pero luego se pone mucho mejor.
  8. poopshi-t
    Apr 4, 2021
    8
    Look it's fun if you liked the the 2nd gen of Wii games for bakugan but if you don't have nostalgia for the older tie in games. If not then it's a 5/10 on sale 3/10 for full price why did they have to make the devs sell it for 60 dollars Jesus. I am very biased that is why the score is so high
  9. ShadowRose
    Jan 13, 2022
    2
    This game I could of seen potential as it could have been its own thing but no because the developers did not put enough time or effort to polish the game and the game play and story is lackluster the only thing I liked was the Ultima dragoniod that came with the deluxe version exclusively if they polish it and if they added more to the gameplay it would be ok.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 22
  3. Negative: 6 out of 22
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 17, 2021
    90
    If you've got a young gamer in your life, show them the Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia trailer video, then sit back and watch their reaction. [Issue #51 – March/April 2021, p. 72]
  2. Power Unlimited
    Nov 22, 2020
    45
    In addition to its beautiful appearance, this game is repetitive in all areas.
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  3. Hobby Consolas
    Nov 20, 2020
    70
    Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia is not the best "Pokémon-type" game. Indeed, it feels a little bit limited, simple and repetitive, with combats that tends to be long than in other games... But its "bite sized" orientation, with gameplay elements more condensed, make it ideal for the little ones in the house that dream of becoming a trainer.
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