Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl Double Pack

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 120 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 120
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 120
  3. Negative: 43 out of 120
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  1. HiimKai
    Dec 5, 2021
    9
    I was excited to play this game after playing the original 15 years ago as a kid. For me, it did live up to the hype as it the remake was faithful to the original. The story and music is still the best in the series in my opinion. Being able to enjoy it again on the latest gen of a handheld nintendo device is awesome.

    Im currently enjoying the postgame content with the addition of    I was excited to play this game after playing the original 15 years ago as a kid. For me, it did live up to the hype as it the remake was faithful to the original. The story and music is still the best in the series in my opinion. Being able to enjoy it again on the latest gen of a handheld nintendo device is awesome.

    Im currently enjoying the postgame content with the addition of Ramanas Park and the competitive rematches with gym leaders and the Pokemon league. I also enjoyed the countless hours in the Grand Underground with the mining and hunting for National Dex pokemon. I can’t really complain about the missing content of Platinum because I never got the chance to play it. I supposed the only downside is the Pokemon series continues to have little animation variance in battles and voice acting, which isn’t a big deal to me but it would be nice to have. Overall, I enjoyed the game and the nostalgia factor, this game can be enjoyed by newcomers and old-time fans alike.    … Expand
  2. CasualG1
    Nov 22, 2021
    9
    Many detractors out there unfairly criticize this game, but really and after many hours of play, I conclude that it is a faithful remake that maintains all the essence of its original games.
  3. Skwunjo
    Nov 23, 2021
    10
    This game gets a 10/10 for being a faithful remake with some of the best in-battle graphics Pokemon has to offer. It's very faithful to the original games with major quality of life improvements. Underground has been overhauled but my only complaint is secret bases have no furniture now. It is clear that ILCA put time and effort into this game, and it's impressive as it's their first bigThis game gets a 10/10 for being a faithful remake with some of the best in-battle graphics Pokemon has to offer. It's very faithful to the original games with major quality of life improvements. Underground has been overhauled but my only complaint is secret bases have no furniture now. It is clear that ILCA put time and effort into this game, and it's impressive as it's their first big game project as they've only helped with games on the side. The music is extremely good. If someone says the game is buggy, it's because they pirated the game and weren't able to get the update. Ignore the 0ratings for they're review bombing this game and have severe cases of autism. You'll see that they mostly have the two sinnoh remakes as the only game they're scoring sometimes next to Persona or SMTV getting a 10/10. This is due to an extreme case of mental illness and they've ruined the entire SMT franchise as a whole so just ignore them.… Expand
  4. PixelatedOdyssy
    Dec 7, 2021
    9
    I love this game, I grew up playing the original on the DS and this hits the nostalgia hard. Putting that aside, these are still good games.
    Are they perfect? no
    Are they fun and true to the original? yes the good: I feel like most of the people giving bad reviews expected as drastic of a change as we saw with sword and shield, which this game was never supposed to be. It has tons of    I love this game, I grew up playing the original on the DS and this hits the nostalgia hard. Putting that aside, these are still good games.
    Are they perfect? no
    Are they fun and true to the original? yes

    the good: I feel like most of the people giving bad reviews expected as drastic of a change as we saw with sword and shield, which this game was never supposed to be. It has tons of extra pre and post game content, quality of life changes, and everything you loved from the originals. This game was not marketed as or meant to be something more than a remake that's faithful to the original. There are new legendries, extra battles, easier shiny hunting, the new XP sharing system, and the game is more challenging than the originals at a lot of points. Basically if you like pokemon or liked the original games you will like this game.

    the bad: the price, $60 or $120 for both, is steep. I think $30 would be a much more fair price for one game. There were people who experienced soft locks and bugs, I was not one of those people. Since the 1.1.2 patch, all of those issues have been fixed. I know a lot of people wish they could turn off the new leveling system, I think that should be an option as well, but I also don't mind the XP sharing system. They added a penalty for time skips, so if you change your clock time manually then all timed events (trees, berries, timed pokemon, etc) will freeze for 24 hours. I hate this penalty, as they kept in the annoying timed events like trees taking six hour to find pokemon and berries taking hours of time to grow; they should've found a middle ground. They kept the original battle tower and shop, I think this is bad because the grind to level up pokemon post game takes a long time - I like how easy it was in sword to get XP or rare candies to level up and try new teams, this is a quality of life thing that should've been added. I also think they should've kept the sword and shield shiny hunting and IV hunting methods, the new additions are good, but not preferred imo.

    the mixed: some people complain that there are glitches you can exploit to duplicate pokemon and items, I personally think these are fun and since they only effect your offline play that they do not hinder the game or other people at all. There are also glitches that let you get timed event pokemon early, since this only effects offline play, I don't see it as an issue and it lets you play the game at your own pace. The post game grind feels like its too much, in order to get legendries you need to do a lot of tedious farming, this could've been optimized better.

    Overall. the games are what they were marketed to be, a new coat of paint with a few quality of life features added. This game is far better, especially after the patch, (although its annoying they didn't fix the issues beforehand) than the user score suggests. Its worth playing.    … Expand
  5. GenkiYokota
    Jan 27, 2022
    10
    Unlike ORAZ, this remake has a more reliable and conservative approach.
    Which is not all bad, in fact, it makes the game more nostalgic.
  6. I_Trust_In_GF
    Jan 29, 2022
    10
    Remakes of the highest quality, it evokes nostalgia for a two game that was part of my childhood on the NDS.
  7. Cimmo72
    Mar 14, 2022
    8
    Remake done very well, faithful to the original games. I had a lot of fun exploring the Sinnoh region after years