Pokemon Legends: Arceus

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  1. Hbrass23
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    Between textures running at 240p, horrible white artifact pop-up whenever the game gets dark, bad draw distances and pop up, and distant pokemon often running at 2fps, this game is visually embarrassing. The battles aren't cooler or different. You can just move your character during them which is purely cosmetic. Sometimes you get 1v2 or 1v3 battles, even against trainers but you cantBetween textures running at 240p, horrible white artifact pop-up whenever the game gets dark, bad draw distances and pop up, and distant pokemon often running at 2fps, this game is visually embarrassing. The battles aren't cooler or different. You can just move your character during them which is purely cosmetic. Sometimes you get 1v2 or 1v3 battles, even against trainers but you cant send out another mon and theytook out aoe attacks. This feels like a f2p mmo from the early 2000s minus all of the other people.… Expand
  2. Keybol60
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    If you like catching pokemons, This os your game, but if you like fighting, just don’t buy this game.
  3. Bondi
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    Si saliera 20 dólares estaría bien, pero vos estás cobrando un juego a 60 dólares con unas visuales que me dan dolor de ojos literal, una gran basura.
  4. EmoBubbleGum
    Feb 3, 2022
    2
    Graphics are awful. There is no excuse for having graphics/player animations worse than windwaker, a gamecube game (it's close, but far away things look far far worse in pokemon legends).

    Can't battle friends. This on it's own is insane. Removed hold items and abilities from pokemon. Absolutely dumbed down system. Getting rid of IVs is fine, but this is rediculous. People's    Graphics are awful. There is no excuse for having graphics/player animations worse than windwaker, a gamecube game (it's close, but far away things look far far worse in pokemon legends).

    Can't battle friends. This on it's own is insane.

    Removed hold items and abilities from pokemon. Absolutely dumbed down system. Getting rid of IVs is fine, but this is rediculous.

    People's standards for pokemon games are way too low. I don't know how you can play the game and see grass and trees not display from 30 feet away, generally look worse than gamecube-wii games, also just popping into existence when you get close, and flying animations of pokemon going at 2fps off in the distance, while looking at your character run like they pooped themselves and say it's acceptable. Remember that breath of the wild was MADE FOR THE WII U, and think of how that looks...

    I'm sure part of it is them using the ancient engine they used for pokemon x/y and sun/moon on the 3DS, but they still have responsibility for making the choice to use an abysmal in-house engine.    … Expand
  5. Calabasaloka
    Apr 22, 2022
    0
    Última review que hago sobre pokémon, o que hago, en general. Bueno, ni review voy a hacer, que pereza. Probablemente me crearé cuenta de backloggd, que es el tipo de web que estaba buscando. No perdáis tiempo en mediocridades como pokémon, ni en metacritic. Chao.
  6. Boticario
    Feb 2, 2022
    3
    Quitando los gráficos penosos o las buenas mecánicas de cazar, es el juego de Pokémon más aburrido y simple que he jugado.
  7. lalahand
    Jun 27, 2022
    1
    It has improvements compared to SwSh, but overall still a boring game. Map is very empty. Zero fun for exploring the map. This game ask you to repeatedly catch Pokémon, which is no fine and tiring.
  8. Asorules
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    El juego es una maravilla. Al final te acabas perdiendo por los diversos mapas capturando sin parar y recogiendo objetos, haciendo misiones... Me parece que ha sido muy acertada la manera de evoluciona la saga que ha elegido Game Freak.

    Lo malo, lo que ya sabe todo el mundo, el apartado gráfico no aprueba ni de lejos y no me quito la sensación de que estoy jugando algo que tiene muchas    El juego es una maravilla. Al final te acabas perdiendo por los diversos mapas capturando sin parar y recogiendo objetos, haciendo misiones... Me parece que ha sido muy acertada la manera de evoluciona la saga que ha elegido Game Freak.

    Lo malo, lo que ya sabe todo el mundo, el apartado gráfico no aprueba ni de lejos y no me quito la sensación de que estoy jugando algo que tiene muchas posibilidades pero que no se acaban de explotar.

    Si para la siguiente entrega arreglan estas cositas... tendrán mi diez.    … Expand
  9. tomh3115
    Feb 2, 2022
    3
    It would be a pretty solid Nintendo Gamecube game. As a Nintendo Switch game, it's offensive to the fans
  10. LegionzGaming
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    worst pokemon game ive ever played. its a catching simulator with barely any battles, **** graphics, horrible fps issues and rendering of assets in the game from barely 10 feet away from me. I've seen playstation 2 games with better graphics and hardware is not the problem, look at BotW and Xenoblade and Monster Hunter on the switch WAY better and on the same system. Lazy devs milking theworst pokemon game ive ever played. its a catching simulator with barely any battles, **** graphics, horrible fps issues and rendering of assets in the game from barely 10 feet away from me. I've seen playstation 2 games with better graphics and hardware is not the problem, look at BotW and Xenoblade and Monster Hunter on the switch WAY better and on the same system. Lazy devs milking the pokemon name for money. They dont even have online pokemon battles or barely any battling in the game at all to be frank.… Expand
  11. pepe69
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Bad graphics, bad game play, the game is unfinished and needs so much polishing. We are talking about game freak and Pokemon, the state at which this game has been released is just unacceptable.
  12. LaGeaR
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    A game that should have looked like this at least 10 years ago. Consider how much money GameFreak is making from the franchise and end up giving the fan such a bad game. The animations have once again been taken over from the 3ds game Ultra Moon and Sword. You work through checklists and have very few trainer fights. If it was an indie game it would get a 7 out of 10 but this is one ofA game that should have looked like this at least 10 years ago. Consider how much money GameFreak is making from the franchise and end up giving the fan such a bad game. The animations have once again been taken over from the 3ds game Ultra Moon and Sword. You work through checklists and have very few trainer fights. If it was an indie game it would get a 7 out of 10 but this is one of the biggest franchises in the world!… Expand
  13. Miguelanhe
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Es una beta que venden por 60 euros.
    La gente se excusa diciendo que los gráficos no lo son todo y menos en Pokémon, pero esos gráficos no es que sean malos, son una basura. El juego es muy repetitivo, no hay vida en el mundo, los personajes son piedras que no se mueven.
    Lo que digo una beta que venden cómo un buen juego.
  14. JonnyDante
    Feb 2, 2022
    2
    Okay Pokemon offers a slightly different gameplay. Which in itself might appeal to one or the other. However, the game is overrated in my opinion. Technically, it's not just a dress coat, it also looks ugly. Any 20 year old GameCube game looks better. Indi games on Steam without a lot of budget have a much better technique. There is not just one billion dollar company behind the game here,Okay Pokemon offers a slightly different gameplay. Which in itself might appeal to one or the other. However, the game is overrated in my opinion. Technically, it's not just a dress coat, it also looks ugly. Any 20 year old GameCube game looks better. Indi games on Steam without a lot of budget have a much better technique. There is not just one billion dollar company behind the game here, but two. So I can't rate it well. For 60 euros I expect quality in every respect.

    Okay Pokemon bietet ein etwas anderes Gameplay an. Was an sich vllt dem einem oder anderen auch gefallen mag. Allerdings wird das Spiel meiner Meinung nach viel zu hoch angepriesen. Es ist Technisch nicht nur ein Frack sondern sioeht dazu auch noch hässlich aus. Jedes 20 Jahres altes GameCube Spiel sieht besser aus. Indi Spiele auf Steam ohne viel Budget, haben eine viel bessere technik. Hier Steckt nicht nur ein Millardenschweres Unternhmen hinter dem Spiel, sondern gleich zwei. Daher kann ich es nicht gut bewerten. Für 60 euro erwarte ich Qualität in jederlei hinsicht.    … Expand
  15. Fer1678
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Legends Arceus is a pretty disappointing game.
    The game has solid mechanics, but they have a lot of problems, and it's pretty likely they'll be forgotten for next games.
    It's unacceptable how the game actually limits the player in simple things like swiming, which is a human capability, I get that being helped by Pokémon for every simple task is something that comes all the way from 1st    Legends Arceus is a pretty disappointing game.
    The game has solid mechanics, but they have a lot of problems, and it's pretty likely they'll be forgotten for next games.
    It's unacceptable how the game actually limits the player in simple things like swiming, which is a human capability, I get that being helped by Pokémon for every simple task is something that comes all the way from 1st gen Pokémon games, but this game seemed like the perfect opportunity to change that, making the player interact in more ways with world the player is in, making exploration and catching Pokémon more enjoyable.
    My next point, the Pokémon battles are the same. Trailers hyped a lot of people by showing new refreshing battle mechanics, making it look like it was going to be more than just moving the stick and pressing the A button ... That before seing the reality. Once again, you are limited to a pretty repetitive turn based combat, and once again, I can see why people actually defend this because that is something that... Well, has been in Pokémon games since the very beginning, but I think I can speak for a lot of players when I say I would have liked to see and play with a different battle style.
    Graphic-wise this is mediocre. I can't see why people actually say it doesn't matter or actually say it is Nintendo's hardware fault, just take a look at BOTW, or some pretty heavy ports like Doom, Doom Eternal, The Witcher 3. Seeing forests with the bare minimung account of trees is disappointing, and it affects immersion. Some areas look plain, with almost no Pokémon to be seen until they pop out of nowhere. And no, I don't say this game needed Ray-Tracing or 4K textures, but as I said, just taking BOTW, that game looks much more solid in graphics.
    Once again, Gamefreak reuses 3Ds' Pokémon models, those that have come all the way from XY, and now they can't justify it AGAIN saying they wanted to make Pokémon look "better", because they are lacking animations in the world asides from walking, swimming or moving the 3D model with no additional animations from the ground to a tree... That until the Pokémon disappears. This game has less Pokémon than Sword / Shield, and that is shameful.
    This was the perfect game to add voice acting, and I can't see why they can't do it, it could save immersion, make the game more enjoyable and actually help convey the emotions of the characters, but once again, they didn't, making the game feel plain, literally wasting somewhat of a decent story the game is trying to tell. A lot of games, even f2p games have high quality voice acting.
    Nintendo Switch has shown to be capable of more than this stuttery mess. And I can't believe this game took ALL of Gamefreak's attention, making BDSP as bad as they are. These two recent Pokémon games have made me see that anual releases may not be the way to go if we want to see decent quality again in Pokémon games.    … Expand
  16. DrPotemY
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Me considero fanático de la sexta generación hacia atras, y debo decir que a pesar de que la saga siempre haya sabido como mantener la mala calidad, este juego ha sido un paso en la dirección incorrecta. El mapa de Husui va a 3 fps y es extenso como una hoja gigante de papel blanco.
  17. Trui
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Es feo, pero feísimo. Repetitivo hasta lo absurdo, el juego te trata como si tuvieses 4 años. Las peleas de bosses son lo más aburrido que he visto en la vida.
  18. Jonnynk
    Feb 1, 2022
    4
    Long and boring tutorial. Poor plot and characters. 2013 graphics and framerate.
    There is only a good thing about the game, it is a Pokemon game.
  19. Timberx2
    Feb 1, 2022
    3
    This game has about an hour of tutorials (if you scream through them), a ton of time of useless dialogue, and the worst offense of all - MMO mechanics. Use a move X times, catch this pokemon Y times, kill this pokemon Z times. You HAVE to do this to progress in the game. If you buy this game, understand that it's a money wasting timesink with some cool mechanics sprinkled in to remind youThis game has about an hour of tutorials (if you scream through them), a ton of time of useless dialogue, and the worst offense of all - MMO mechanics. Use a move X times, catch this pokemon Y times, kill this pokemon Z times. You HAVE to do this to progress in the game. If you buy this game, understand that it's a money wasting timesink with some cool mechanics sprinkled in to remind you of what could've been.… Expand
  20. Kasukisan
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Es una basura de 60 dólares. Nintendo pública lo que sea y aún fanbase la recibe con brazos abiertos.
  21. PokemonSucks
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    This time Game Freak decided to laugh on the face of everyone, just like every other time, but with an extra of 'selling smoke'.
    We all have seen the poor graphics and all the mechanical problems of the game, but I've never expected that they would not even use a single braincell to think about world design.
    The town is completely blocky, undetailed and ugly, simple to the spine. The    This time Game Freak decided to laugh on the face of everyone, just like every other time, but with an extra of 'selling smoke'.
    We all have seen the poor graphics and all the mechanical problems of the game, but I've never expected that they would not even use a single braincell to think about world design.
    The town is completely blocky, undetailed and ugly, simple to the spine. The world is absolute emptiness, there's nothing to do besides the main mechanic of the game, throwing balls. An entire premise of an hostile world and how humans started to get along with pokemon thrown onto the ground and spit on because of lazyness. I can't believe how its worldbuilding makes absolute nonsense while being so basic and poor. Inside the little thing they did, they did wrong. It's formidable.
    I don't give it a 0 because the HUD is fine and captures in real time, aswell being able to move while being in battle are fun and a good integration in Pokémon games. But even this is totally wasted because leaving the mechanic there and not exploring it further. It becomes repetitive and just a scourge.

    Oh, I just remembered the linear caves and the white pixels on dark areas. Maybe I should give it a 0.    … Expand
  22. Phuz
    Jul 24, 2022
    0
    Well lets start with the village. The music, I could literally haul myself out of bed, boot up my PC and knock up a better song in around 30 minutes. And that is on the generous side. The village song is repetetive, not good to listen to and made of about two sounds. Who did you commission for the music? Fisher Price?

    Next the characters, all of them. Dislikeable, annoying and    Well lets start with the village. The music, I could literally haul myself out of bed, boot up my PC and knock up a better song in around 30 minutes. And that is on the generous side. The village song is repetetive, not good to listen to and made of about two sounds. Who did you commission for the music? Fisher Price?

    Next the characters, all of them. Dislikeable, annoying and completely void of personality.

    The visuals I don't care. They're not great but visuals don't make, or break for me. The gameplay loop. I just didn't enjoy it. As with Pokemon Sword this is the same, in that it is very difficult to get in to whilst playing Cybersleuth. I'm not a huge monster collecting fan but it does fascinate me and Digimon is great. Pokemon has just been dire. I mean 2x £40 games and they're **** So just as with Pokemon Sword I am yet again going to lose money trading in some half baked game. I have so many eshop games, some as low as 99p that are better than this.

    I love the music from the old Pokemon games and started playing the new games for that reason. What do I find though, the energetic music replaced with some washed out crap version and on this occasion just crap music.

    If you want to collect monsters and are older than 6 then just but Digimon Cybersleuth/Hackers Memory. Half the price and twice the enjoyment.

    Again I'm going to have to drive when I'm ill, to lose money exchanging a piece of **** game.

    Metacritic really needs minus scores in the system because all this junk has done is cost me time and money and caused boredom.

    At least Digimon Survive will be out soon.    … Expand
  23. danuffo
    Jan 31, 2022
    2
    NO TIENE TRADUCCIÓN EN ESPAÑOL DE MÉXICO.

    Por eso le doy esa calificación, por la indiferencia de Pokemon Company al país que le ha dado popularidad al idioma español, y en su lugar contrata traductores que adornan el texto con demasiadas expresiones de la calle (de España) que nadie entiende e incluso algunas palabras que contiene son consideradas vulgares para los niños de este país.
  24. Aaronzamuel
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Las primeras 4 horas son un tutorial lleno de texto explicándole mecánicas BÁSICAS que cualquier persona aunque tenga problemas motores serios podría descubrir y ejecutar por si mismos.… Expand
  25. Pazos64
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Malo como pegarle a tu madre y feo como una blasfemia, 4 cosas; Un mundo vacío, un desperdicio de mecánicas, ausencia de carisma en sus personajes y un apartado artístico pobre.
  26. jld89
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    This game is good on paper, as most people say. But the graphics are really lackluster. I am not asking cutting edge graphics and ultra realism no. Breath of the Wild managed to have a beautiful world without getting ultra realism.

    The game is repetitive and sometimes just falls flat. There are too many dialogues without end and sometimes there are no sounds in the game! There are no    This game is good on paper, as most people say. But the graphics are really lackluster. I am not asking cutting edge graphics and ultra realism no. Breath of the Wild managed to have a beautiful world without getting ultra realism.

    The game is repetitive and sometimes just falls flat. There are too many dialogues without end and sometimes there are no sounds in the game! There are no special sound effects for birds or the wind etc... I mean there are some, but they are so rare that it doesn't feel like a world. It feels like a draft videogame. This is a fake openworld with only a few regions. The NPCs feel cloned, there are no voiceovers, the music lacks variety. I was expecting more from a franchise that has had billions from games where they have only done minor changes.

    The changes in Arceus are welcome for the most part, but they NEED to be fleshed out, to be more detailed and finished !!! It's just a good first draft, not a finished game, specially for 60€.    … Expand
  27. Secr3tt
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    This is the best Pokemon game i have ever played.

    My first pokemon game was Red And Blue and see the evolution is amazing!
  28. AlexLogan2001
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Only good thing about this game is the new mechanics for catching Pokémon. .The world is large but completely empty so there is no reward or satisfaction from exploring it
    . The new battle system makes any Pokémon that doesn't have a high speed stat worthless
    . The gameplay is extremely repetitive and tedious, requiring you to grind the same task up to 25 times
  29. Sticker_Chat
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    It's catastrophic. Graphism is ugly. The gameplay is very boring. The fights are not interesting, it's only throwing a bag of dust on the Pokemon for ten minutes. Really, it's a scam, if this game was not a pokemon game, the rating have been at 50 or less.
  30. Blipjan
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    El juego definitivamente no es un 0, pero lo hago para nivelar los ridículos 10 y falsificaciones de cuentas de youtubers famosos.
    De igual modo, es decepcionante como una de las compañías más poderosas del mundo no puede dar un producto de calidad a sus fans.
    "Es que es un juego para niños" NO IMPORTA. Si se ponen a dar esas excusas y justificaciones, juegos como Mario odissey, Mario    El juego definitivamente no es un 0, pero lo hago para nivelar los ridículos 10 y falsificaciones de cuentas de youtubers famosos.
    De igual modo, es decepcionante como una de las compañías más poderosas del mundo no puede dar un producto de calidad a sus fans.
    "Es que es un juego para niños" NO IMPORTA. Si se ponen a dar esas excusas y justificaciones, juegos como Mario odissey, Mario kart, animal crossing tendrían una calidad tan deplorable como la de este juego.    … Expand
  31. 2bitplayss
    Feb 2, 2022
    4
    as yall already know the graphics are really bad like a unity terrain tutorials look better
    its not really open world and you know that is not the worst problem
    so you have like 5 smaller areas with a hub world but they somehow made this 5 smaller areas really empty and bland battle system is boring cathing pokemon is not the worst thing ever but it gets old after a while couldnt    as yall already know the graphics are really bad like a unity terrain tutorials look better
    its not really open world and you know that is not the worst problem
    so you have like 5 smaller areas with a hub world but they somehow made this 5 smaller areas really empty and bland
    battle system is boring

    cathing pokemon is not the worst thing ever but it gets old after a while

    couldnt get more than 13 hours in before geting really bored
    and if u like it thats fine but il take a break from all the crappy games that have come out the past 9 years    … Expand
  32. ISaacT
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Es un gran juego y un paso gigante a la franquicia de pokemon implementando nuevas funciones y mejoras nunca antes vistas en la saga es una maravilla tanto en el aspecto tecnico como grafico.
  33. XopZ
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    It doesn't have SQUIRTLE, how can a POKEMON game be launched without simply having the best pokemon in the game. This is disrespectful.
  34. TimNotSam
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    It's pretty crazy what Pokemon can get away with. They've switched up the formula which imo is definitely for the best. However, it has been done poorly. It looks like it is still in development and made by a small company with little income. The graphics look so crap. There are so few NPCs. Pokemon just sit idling as if theyre not actually part of the surrounding, but just artificiallyIt's pretty crazy what Pokemon can get away with. They've switched up the formula which imo is definitely for the best. However, it has been done poorly. It looks like it is still in development and made by a small company with little income. The graphics look so crap. There are so few NPCs. Pokemon just sit idling as if theyre not actually part of the surrounding, but just artificially placed there. The gameplay loo… Expand
  35. Crownxwhite25
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Juego Mediocre, No solo son los malos graficas y su mal diseño artístico, es un juego hecho sin amor
  36. Backe
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    Si tienes 3 años de edad mental está guay, supongo. Si tienes criterio y algo de amor propio, jugarás a cualquier otra cosa
  37. criticexpert
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    un juego muy pobre, tutorial innecesariamente largo para explicarte 2 mecánicas, el juego se ve bastante feo en general, opciones a elegir en conversaciones donde si eliges 1 no pasa nada y te obligan a elegir la otra, la gente esperaba un buen juego y se encontró con esta bazofia.
  38. Austinhunter406
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plays like a over price mobile game, not very many pokemon and less battles. Even Sword and shield is better all they did was recycle old pokemon into a game we're ur supposed to research them like there something new. The game is significantly shorter then any of the other pokemon games.… Expand
  39. oscarmenjivar
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    A 6 but 0 to balance the people giving ten, Game is the best direction for pokemon i believe but need some polish work to do in the future.
  40. Fayble_1887
    Jan 31, 2022
    2
    Don't know where all the good reviews come from ... are the expectations already this low ?

    Gameplay: So first off: the first hours of the game are great. New Experiences, nice ideas and the whole setting is great. But: after the first hours this game is just a grind. Everything is repetitive and it gets boring. World: the world is just boring, no mysteries & nothing to really    Don't know where all the good reviews come from ... are the expectations already this low ?

    Gameplay:
    So first off: the first hours of the game are great. New Experiences, nice ideas and the whole setting is great.
    But: after the first hours this game is just a grind. Everything is repetitive and it gets boring.

    World: the world is just boring, no mysteries & nothing to really explore. Besides this the graphics are awful. The citys are all just copy and paste and the pokemon in the world are acting like robots.

    Also is the game on the technical level like a N64 game (bad animations, bad rendering, ....)

    So lets sum it up: Pokemon is finally progressing but not nearly enough. This game would be okay for like 30$ but not as a full price title. Of course some players will have fun with the game and they like to just grind the same things over and over again but this game is far away from being good. We shouldn't forget that this is not an Indie-Game (even if it looks like one) - this game is from GameFreak and its one of the most profitable franchises of the industry. So i just recommend everyone to wait for a massive price drop.

    Have fun & stay safe !    … Expand
  41. SnoLight
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Im not gonna lie this Pokémon game looks really bad the graphics are horrible, But i over looked all of that because this is the most fun iv had playing a Pokémon game in a while. This is a amazing step in the right direction and the story is pretty interesting so far its something different, im no longer a 10 yr old going on the same journey im a teenager who is in a new world. Is it theIm not gonna lie this Pokémon game looks really bad the graphics are horrible, But i over looked all of that because this is the most fun iv had playing a Pokémon game in a while. This is a amazing step in the right direction and the story is pretty interesting so far its something different, im no longer a 10 yr old going on the same journey im a teenager who is in a new world. Is it the best story? no but then again i wasn't expecting naughty dog story telling levels i honestly wasn't even expecting to be into the story at all. The last Pokémon games i followed the story with were x and y and black and white 1&2. look at the reviews for a few past Pokémon games (sword and shield brilliant diamond and shining pearl) this has been the best reviewed Pokémon game in a long time. There are plenty of new surprises in this game and i wont spoil anything. if you don't care about graphics at all then this Pokémon game is for you other than the weak weak weak graphics this Pokémon game is a easy 7.5. we need to stop trying to make excuses for game freak this company makes too much money to put out games that look like a launch ps3 game if breath of the wild, Splatoon 2, Mario odyssey, Metroid, new Pokémon snap and pokken can look amazing on switch so can future Pokémon games. Maybe we don't need a new Pokémon game every year, I would be cool waiting a while for another game if it means a more polished better looking experience. also telling me game freak isnt good with making 3-D games isnt a excuse. hire talent that is good at making 3-D games, pokemon is a billion dollar IP. Other than my gripes with the graphics its a fun Pokémon game the most fun iv had in years from a pokemon game. finding new things and seeing new evolutions for is exciting.… Expand
  42. NakedSamusAran
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Huge Pokemon Fan here.

    In my opinion this game is one of the worst Pokemon games of all time.
    I like the fact that they finally tried out something new, but Game Freak has failed.
    The music is lame and boring.
    The graphics are from 2004 (Botw is from 2015 and looks thousand times better).
    The world is empty and very generic, some places are just copy-pasted.
  43. Killuina
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Despite having good ideas and being the first innovative pokemon game in the last 10 years, its graphics is the least of its problems.

    This game is an insult to the player, it treats u af if u had 3 years old, the dialogues are pathetic, and despite having a very simple and very easy to understand, it has more that 3h of tutorials, without letting u explore the world or do anything    Despite having good ideas and being the first innovative pokemon game in the last 10 years, its graphics is the least of its problems.

    This game is an insult to the player, it treats u af if u had 3 years old, the dialogues are pathetic, and despite having a very simple and very easy to understand, it has more that 3h of tutorials, without letting u explore the world or do anything freely.

    I just hope next pokemon games will do something at least acceptable with the core ideas of this game.    … Expand
  44. MikeGold
    Jan 31, 2022
    4
    While the story and new mechanics are truly amazing and mark a great progress in this old franchise, everything is let down by the terrible engine in the game which brings everything down. The amount of details is terribly low, framerates are well below acceptable, resolution is low and the game even in docked mode looks and plays really bad. The world is simply empty and still theWhile the story and new mechanics are truly amazing and mark a great progress in this old franchise, everything is let down by the terrible engine in the game which brings everything down. The amount of details is terribly low, framerates are well below acceptable, resolution is low and the game even in docked mode looks and plays really bad. The world is simply empty and still the framerate dips quite often. It is really sad, because the new story, mechanics and the whole idea for the game is great. We can't even blame Switch for this state of the game. We had the games like BOTW or Xenoblade that had a really well made open world. It's a major disappointment considering that the Pokemon games are always sell like crazy.… Expand
  45. Bottons
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Technically a ps2 game, also a flat world that doesn’t have a soul, Pokémon are png that walk completely random and also doesn’t interact with them. They are in strage habitats like Hauter in the snow habitat or other stupid things. Probably Game Freak should get helped because this game is completely garbage.
  46. grodes
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    a game made without love, the gameplay is fun sometimes, technically is a shame, it is not even "low graphics", is a game badly done with poor technical decisions
  47. majr
    Jan 31, 2022
    4
    After completing the game and spending about 25 hours in it, I sadly have to say it is a hard pass on a reply. I wanted to like it....I tried to like it....but the only reason I even beat it at the end was to say I did. A lot of small things overall irritated thought out my time playing this game, that will be excused cause it is not as buggie as other "AAA" titles. I will give it all theAfter completing the game and spending about 25 hours in it, I sadly have to say it is a hard pass on a reply. I wanted to like it....I tried to like it....but the only reason I even beat it at the end was to say I did. A lot of small things overall irritated thought out my time playing this game, that will be excused cause it is not as buggie as other "AAA" titles. I will give it all the credit in the world for being playable, but it's sad were in a age where that is a thing.… Expand
  48. DenBriecht
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    The ingredients are there but combined in an incredibly lazy, low-effort way. Optimistic that they will continue to try new things, but this misses the mark ik polish, story and variation in gameplay.
  49. GraduateBard97
    Jan 31, 2022
    2
    I honestly really disliked legends of Arceus, and I think i'm just done with mainline Pokémon for a while. Aside from the technical issues that we all knew would be coming, the game just isn't fun. The catching got really boring for me after a while. The weaker mons just went in and it felt like a chore to battle everything else. At some point it felt like "why am I just fighting theseI honestly really disliked legends of Arceus, and I think i'm just done with mainline Pokémon for a while. Aside from the technical issues that we all knew would be coming, the game just isn't fun. The catching got really boring for me after a while. The weaker mons just went in and it felt like a chore to battle everything else. At some point it felt like "why am I just fighting these Pokémon, there's no reason my ultra or great balls shouldn't just be able to deal with this", which left me wondering why i was bothering to even engage in the dex.

    The game is also horribly unbalanced. With your ability to catch alpha Pokémon, if you catch one then you basically sweep till the next power up, then you sweep again. Rinse and repeat. The alpha Pokémon are so far ahead of everybody and everyone else it makes the game a massive breeze. Sure you can self inflict rules to not catch them, but honestly, it shouldn't have even been an option. The mons offer good enough rewards defeating them, they should have been uncatchable mini bosses.
    The pokedex honestly feels like padding. I'm glad its more involved, don't get me wrong, its an improvement, but the option to go further than research level 10 is nothing more than an excuse to get you to play the game more, it doesn't offer anything substantial and nothing you can't get going well below research level 10 on every Pokémon in a given zone. Now instead of simply completing the dex, the player for true completion must watch a magicarp use splash 100 times, watch the tackle, ember, fire wheel, and almost every other move's animation dozens if not hundreds of times. You must catch every Pokémon a minimum of 15-25 times, for many more because you need to catch them while they're unaware of you, watch Pokémon eat food who knows how many times, beat Pokémon with a certain type of move a ton of times (which adds to the problem of seeing repeated animations) and this is far worse than other Pokémon games because you can't disable battle animations, and its required to beat the game.

    The world is probably the worst part of the game. I'm not talking about the look (although I also dislike the art style), but the actual play world is just bad. Its so empty. There is nothing to do in each zone other than catch Pokémon. Nothing to look at other than Mt. Coronet, nothing in the world to interact with that's fun. There should be more to do than resource gather or catch, I want to have fun things to do while I'm engaging in the main game. It feels like a parred down version of what it could and honestly should be. Every zone feels the same. While yes, one zone is swampy, another is cold, and one is the sea, they feel the same to explore. The only reason I remember differences between the zones is because Its so fresh in my mind. In a few months its going to all blend together. If I recall correctly, there was a pathway in the first zone that went up and to the left (might have been the 3rd), and that reappeared in the snowy zone. Not a pathway going up and to the left, the exact same pathway. It had the same side, same slope, same geometry, same everything.
    The art also looks bad. I don't mean graphically, I don't care how it looks graphically, I mean the art style. The game is bland, boring, and really uninspired. Its clear they were trying for ancient Japanese art, but it doesn't translate to the game at all. Compared to other games on the swtich with more inventive art styles, and other Pokémon games like unite or xd tournament, the game just feels like a smear of brown with some green and blue mixed in. The fan made stuff looks better than the actual game. I honestly think it should have looked like the end of the reveal trailer, that would have been fantastic.

    The characters are all also super bland. Its the same issue with the zones, in a few months, they're going to blend together again. I'm not expecting a story or characters in Pokémon akin to xenoblade, but I am expecting something more, especially since this Pokémon game is the most story and character driven game since gen 5. I can honestly say I will remember gen 6 characters better than these ones, and its because they had distinctive designs.

    The game did improve on the PC (mass release), moves, seeing the true size of Pokémon on the overworld, and evolutions, I think all of those should stay. I like those.
    I also enjoyed the boss fights. The main draw for me was interacting with Pokémon in the overworld, and they were a fun way of doing that while also showing the destructive might of Pokémon, and showing how truly dangerous they were.

    The final thing I really enjoyed was the time the game was set in, learning about Pokémon with everyone else, and watching as people are afraid because of how little they understand about Pokémon is a really fun thing to experience, I just wish the rest of the game was as good as that.    … Expand
  50. C_Digital
    Jan 31, 2022
    4
    If we are honest in the graphic section it leaves a lot to be desired and is even boring and cancine at times, the Pokémon Legends arceus I understand that it seems very good because of the new fighting mechanics, however they continue to drag certain problems from the sword and shield series I do not deny that the game is fun or that we are facing a great game created by Game freak,If we are honest in the graphic section it leaves a lot to be desired and is even boring and cancine at times, the Pokémon Legends arceus I understand that it seems very good because of the new fighting mechanics, however they continue to drag certain problems from the sword and shield series I do not deny that the game is fun or that we are facing a great game created by Game freak, however I could notice how this game was not made with the love and affection that accompanied the Pokémon games… Expand
  51. Nestrooo
    May 5, 2022
    0
    the best pokemon game period. It may not be the best representation of the series, but it's sooo good. the catching mechanics are very refreshing, the action focused boss battles are a unique take on the formula of the franchise, the story is actually interesting and the characters are straight up drippin. i also really like when the funny animals go swoosh.
  52. gelida
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Gamefreak sembra non essere capce di fare giochi 3D, dovrebbe chiedere aiuto e affidare il lavoro grafico a un azienda che lo sa fare.
    Sulla grafica ci posso passare anche sopra, ma durante il giorno stare in un mondo tinto di rossastro/viola è un pugno in un occhio.
  53. Jonas-san
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Je donne un point pour le renouveau de la série, qui arrive enfin à évoluer dans le bon sens.
    Tout le reste est négatif, on a la une bêta : Difficulté toujours ridicule, techniquement a la ramasse, monde vide, scénario gaga, pokédex peu généreux, pas beaucoup de choses à faire au final.
    En espérant que le prochain pokémon Legends soit plus travaillé.
  54. Gouken128
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Too big for gamefreak. There are some good ideas here and there but very poorly executed. Graphics destroy and limit the whole experience.
    A disaster. A beta version of what it should be.
  55. Chrizzle
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first 3 hours have been awesome, but the exact same procedure in ugly environments, which are repeated in the next 4 areas is the worst. The story is bad, as well as the gameplay or the animations of the figures. Actually, its pokemon stadium with better graphics. A shame for this game studio.… Expand
  56. Masrani
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    Also sry, ja Pokemon macht mal was neues aber dennoch ist das Spiel nicht fertig. Ich erwarte von einer Millionen Franchise Marke wie Pokemon mehr als nur eine mehr schlecht als rechte Kopie von Monster Hunter Rise Elementen. Das Spiel hat eine Unterirdische Grafik und selbst für die Leistungsschwache Switch ist das nicht ok, siehe MH, BotW, Xenoblade chronicle etc. Ich verstehe auch nichtAlso sry, ja Pokemon macht mal was neues aber dennoch ist das Spiel nicht fertig. Ich erwarte von einer Millionen Franchise Marke wie Pokemon mehr als nur eine mehr schlecht als rechte Kopie von Monster Hunter Rise Elementen. Das Spiel hat eine Unterirdische Grafik und selbst für die Leistungsschwache Switch ist das nicht ok, siehe MH, BotW, Xenoblade chronicle etc. Ich verstehe auch nicht wie der Gameplayloop Spass macht, denn es besteht eigentlich nur aus Rollen und Ball werfen + manchmal etwas Kämpfen auf nem sehr einfachen Schwierigkeitsgrad. Dieses Pokemon hat einfach alles Wegrazionalisiert, was Pokemon ausmacht. Es gibt kein PVP, nur eine Handvoll Trainer kämpfen, keine Ligen oder wirklichen Challenges, keinen richtigen Plot (hatte Pokemon nie aber man hier ist die Story echt flach) usw. Die Gelbcolorierten Boss Pokemon muss man auch nicht bekämpfen, es reicht zu Rollen und dem Vieh ein Säckchen an die Birne zu werfen dabei wirkt es nicht sehr fordernd.
    Das Spiel bietet eigentlich nichts ausser Grind, da du x-mal dieses Pokemon fangen musst, x-Beeren geben sollst und x-mal dieses Pokemon Person A-Z zeigen sollst. Die hohen Wertungen, kann ich nur verstehen, wenn sie von Casual Spielern kommen, welche leider ausser den Mobilegames keine wirkliche Gaming Erfahrung besitzen. Ich sage nicht das Spiel kann einem nicht Spass machen aber für mich jedenfalls ist dieser ewige Grind und die Wiederholenden Aufgaben mit der minimalistischen Grafik und der etwa 20h beschäftigungs Foltertherapie nichts.

    Positiv: - Was neues probiert

    Negativ: - Freche MH Rise Kopie von Mechaniken (Map mit Biomen, Quest Dorf, crafting, etc) in viel schlechter
    - Unterirdische Grafik
    - Wiederholender langweiliger Loop und Grind
    - keine Voice Ausgabe in 2022 (Das wäre doch mal ein Fortschritt)
    - Nur etwas mehr als 200 Pokemon
    - Keine guten Funktionen aus älteren Teilen übernommen (Mega Entwicklung, Schwierigkeitsgrad, Pvp etc)
    - Reduktion der Attackenmovesets auf ein Mimimum
    - Kein Multiplayer
    - Framerate einbrüche aus der Höhle
    - Wird sich verkaufen wie heisse Schokolade weil halt Pokemon drauf steht

    Fazit: Hiesse dieses Spiel nicht Pokemon, dann würde es wohl als schlechter Monster Hunter Rise Wannabe Klon abgestempelt werden. Nostalgie ist echt ein Grausamer „ich Aktzeptiere alles Faktor“.    … Expand
  57. JanterX
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    Absolute garbage, how anyone can rate this higher than a 5 is beyond me, I was already bored after the first 4 hours and never wanted to play it again. I am a pretty decent pokemon fan but this game is so empty and dead and looks like im playing and unfinished PS2 game. Literally no thought was put into the art direction, its as if all they did was raise the terrain in random areas andAbsolute garbage, how anyone can rate this higher than a 5 is beyond me, I was already bored after the first 4 hours and never wanted to play it again. I am a pretty decent pokemon fan but this game is so empty and dead and looks like im playing and unfinished PS2 game. Literally no thought was put into the art direction, its as if all they did was raise the terrain in random areas and splattered on some copy and paste trees and called it a day. The gameplay it fun at least, and its finally something new and fresh and I believe that they can build upon this and make a better game in the future, but this aint it chief.… Expand
  58. Escueroi
    Jan 31, 2022
    4
    La verdad la idea es buena, el cambio es algo que rescatar en la jugabilidad para tener en cuenta en futuras entregas, no obstante carece de mucho apartado gráfico, visual, se nota que fue hecho con cero cariño, en muchos pasajes del juego hay escenarios muy cutre, ni hablar del delineado en los personajes en partes oscuras, es un chiste mal contado. No representa un modelo artístico,La verdad la idea es buena, el cambio es algo que rescatar en la jugabilidad para tener en cuenta en futuras entregas, no obstante carece de mucho apartado gráfico, visual, se nota que fue hecho con cero cariño, en muchos pasajes del juego hay escenarios muy cutre, ni hablar del delineado en los personajes en partes oscuras, es un chiste mal contado. No representa un modelo artístico, representa la mediocridad de las desarrolladores para hacer un juego que no tuvo el suficiente tiempo de desarrollo para salir en condiciones decentes. La historia pues.... Cómo siempre deja mucho que desear. Y la cantidad de texto que tiene el juego es una completa locura, tanto que llega a aburrir… Expand
  59. eltabaco
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Cosas que me gustarían A MI en un Pokemon de nueva generación:
    - Empieza como el Arceus pero nadie te viene a llevar de la mano durante 4h.
    - La nueva pokedex es mucho más interesante pero incluso la llevaría más lejos, me gustaría tener que estudiar a los pokemons de verdad. cosas malas de este pokemon: este juego reduce los frames de animaciones de pokemons a pocos metros para que    Cosas que me gustarían A MI en un Pokemon de nueva generación:
    - Empieza como el Arceus pero nadie te viene a llevar de la mano durante 4h.
    - La nueva pokedex es mucho más interesante pero incluso la llevaría más lejos, me gustaría tener que estudiar a los pokemons de verdad.

    cosas malas de este pokemon: este juego reduce los frames de animaciones de pokemons a pocos metros para que no explote el juego. Que en la charla con la jefa esa el Abra tiene la animación de la cola a la mitad de frames y está a 3m de ti.
    Poco se habla del tutorial de 2 horas que tiene el Pokemon Arceus para cuatro mecánicas que tiene el juego.
    Perder horas volando por el más vacio esperando que un shiny aparezca a los dos metros de distancia de visión es horrible, en comparación a los juegos clasicos me parece muy completo con sus fallos obviamente, el tema de la Pokedex me gusta mucho, siempre hablo de mi gusto personal y no defiendo a gamefreak.    … Expand
  60. Nikoflecha98
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    This game looks like a beta. It is not finished. The technical section is a disaster, it has bugs, it is very flat and the textures are not attractive at all.

    For all the money and support the company receives, it's a game made with very little desire. The new mechanics aren't much, and the combat lacks any appeal. We need the company to get its act together or this saga will go to    This game looks like a beta. It is not finished. The technical section is a disaster, it has bugs, it is very flat and the textures are not attractive at all.

    For all the money and support the company receives, it's a game made with very little desire. The new mechanics aren't much, and the combat lacks any appeal.

    We need the company to get its act together or this saga will go to waste. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  61. Hecamii
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    A 7 but 0 to balance with people giving it 10.
    Fun game but boring after a few hours, bad graphics and boring music
  62. QuestionSleep
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El diseño del mapa es pésimo, sin zonas que se diferencien unas de otras y eso hace que te pierdas porque todo se ve igual, para orientarte debes abrir el mapa porque no hay minimapa.

    Los gráficos son feos aunque es raro porque en contadas ocasiones no se ve tan mal. La distancia de dibujado esta vez mejoró para los pokémon y ya no hacen popping a los 5 metros como en SwSh pero hace que los objetos a la distancia se vean como cartones.
    La historia es igual de simple que cualquier otro juego de pokémon.

    Spoiler:
    Solo hay un pueblo.
    Solo hay 180 moves y no hay habilidades.
    Los diseños nuevos de palkia, dialga y el nuevo djin del trio de las nubes son horribles.    … Expand
  63. Lukas10
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Good idea for a game but horrible execution. Game is just boring for the most part and story make no sense.
  64. IsRoyo
    Jan 31, 2022
    3
    Es una vergüenza que una de las franquicias que más dinero genera trate con tan poco respeto a sus fans como para cobrar 60 euros por una versión alpha de un sistema de captura. La única razón por la que es entretenido, que lo es, es por ser Pokémon.
  65. Northon720
    Jan 31, 2022
    4
    Pokémon es la saga más famosa que conocemos, nadie que esté mínimamente metido en el mundillo lo podría negar, el problema es que los que hacen el videojuego también lo saben y aplican la ley del mínimo esfuerzo en cada juego desde hace unos cuantos ya, pero es que en este es una pasada de rosca monstruosa, me explico.

    Vamos a pasar este tema rapidito porque es el que más destaca a    Pokémon es la saga más famosa que conocemos, nadie que esté mínimamente metido en el mundillo lo podría negar, el problema es que los que hacen el videojuego también lo saben y aplican la ley del mínimo esfuerzo en cada juego desde hace unos cuantos ya, pero es que en este es una pasada de rosca monstruosa, me explico.

    Vamos a pasar este tema rapidito porque es el que más destaca a simple vista, pero no es ni de lejos el mayor de los problemas, los gráficos y la dirección artísitca, los pongo juntos por el simple hecho de que mi opinión sobre los 2 es la misma, lamentable, las texturas están sacadas de un juego de ps2 (y de los mediocres), aun por encima el juego es horrendo visualmente, no es ni bonito de ver, tiene una paleta de colores horrenda, lo único que es decente es el cielo, que está bien, FIN.

    El mundo, Jesús bendito menudo insulto, "mundo abierto" pero que va, llegas al pueblo, que viene siendo el "hub" entre misiones e investigaciones, llegas a la puerta y, sorpresa! Te sale una pantalla la cual seleccionas a la zona de capturar que quieres ir, a lo Monster Hunter, pasémoslo por alto, porque claro, vamos a explorar al menos una zona con detalle e interés, bien, la primera zona es una pradera y puedo contarte lo que encontrarás, 3 tipos de árbol diferentes, montañas que delimitan la zona, una textura de suelo PLANA, mineral al cual le tiras un pokémon y lo recoge, lo mismo con los arboles que dan bayas, rocas de adorno (iguales) y por supuesto los Pokémons, tiene un interés nulo, no hay secretos, no hay zonas que llamen la atención, la distancia de dibujado es ínfima, es que es una cosa que de verdad, lo ves, y jamás dirías que está hecho por una compañia millonaria a todos los niveles, es una falta de respeto a los fans alucinante.

    (Para los que ponen de excusa "es que es la Nintendo Switch que es una patata y los gráficos pues cojean", claro, es que el Monster Hunter Rise o el Zelda salieron para PC y por eso parece que están 2 generaciones por encima, tanto por gráficos, como esfuerzo en hacer un mundo interesante que explorar, este pokémon esta más cerca de un pokemon snap con una mínima historia y quitando los raíles que de cualquier otra cosa.

    Ya he opinado sobre la saga en su momento, y tengo que reconocer que la idea de este juego me gusta, capturar los pokemons de forma más "salvaje" explorar el mundo si este fuera interesante, y los combates iniciándolos sacando tu pokemon al mundo directamente, fluye, pero es que es tenemos que exigir mucho más a una franquicia gigantesca, me encantaría que siguiera por esta línea, esta idea de juego, el problema es que el siguiente será otra aberración porque saben que venderán una locura haciendo lo mínimo posible por los fans que se hartan a soltar 10 y 9 solo por ser Pokémon, a otra compañia no le permitiríamos esto y lo sabemos.

    CONCLUSIÓN:
    Si mañana me dijeran que el juego lo han hecho un estudio desconocido que se dedica a portear juegos de móvil me lo creería sin dudarlo, parece un early access en una versión muy muy temprana, pero no, es la franquicia más grande del mundo riéndose en tu cara.    … Expand
  66. Stormsurfer
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    looks like most reviewers only played the game for 3-4 hours, otherwise i cant explain myself all these good ratings
    game looks like trash and after a relatively short time everything just repeats
  67. square1
    Jan 31, 2022
    2
    It is just a disrespect to players to deal with such an outdated graphics, if GF doesn't know how to develop a 3D game they should stick to 2D.
    The game itself could be a nice spin-off from the main series more focused on the grinding and "lore", the main problem with it is that the open-map world feels empty, you can't interact with anything but the small number of pokemon you find along    It is just a disrespect to players to deal with such an outdated graphics, if GF doesn't know how to develop a 3D game they should stick to 2D.
    The game itself could be a nice spin-off from the main series more focused on the grinding and "lore", the main problem with it is that the open-map world feels empty, you can't interact with anything but the small number of pokemon you find along the way. Overall it kills the immersion and make you feel bored pretty soon.    … Expand
  68. Dom007
    Jan 30, 2022
    4
    Man the graphics in this game are bad. Looks like a ps2 game. The gameplay is not fun.
  69. GutiOut
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Sounds good. It has the worst graphical quality of the last decade, an empty world with "new" mechanics that add absolutely nothing. In short, the IP that generates the most money in the industry laughing in your face, once again.
  70. Jaumecen
    Jan 29, 2022
    3
    Bare bones of a game, decent gameplay mechanics but surrounded by ugly graphics and a bland story, could be far better, and any fan that settles for this it's not helping the franchaise.

    Yes, praise the good things of the game, the new things that they've tried with the capture mechanics, the combat, etc, BUT PLEASE, say the truth, it's an average game at most when you see the full    Bare bones of a game, decent gameplay mechanics but surrounded by ugly graphics and a bland story, could be far better, and any fan that settles for this it's not helping the franchaise.

    Yes, praise the good things of the game, the new things that they've tried with the capture mechanics, the combat, etc, BUT PLEASE, say the truth, it's an average game at most when you see the full picture. Let's not make a battle of 0's and 10's, we can argue about giving the game from a 3 to a 5.5/6 rating, but anything else it's just unfounded hate or fanboyism.    … Expand
  71. Ulvson
    Jan 30, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Demasiado Fan Boy, se conforman cada vez con menos, así sólo seguirán fomentando los malos juegos de Pokémon.… Expand
  72. Fo_Que_Rico
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Esto es una vergüenza , este juego se nota que no lo han terminado, le falta por pulirlo , esto es un bochorno de juego
  73. igor_velikiy
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Spend at least a cent on development. The game is sold in huge numbers, you can afford it.
  74. lucasbraz133
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    People should really stop buying/supporting the Pokémon game series. It's disgusting that they throw at us new games with the exact same flaws the previous ones had and the poorest imaginable quality regarding graphics, designs and story.
  75. TheTurtule
    Jan 29, 2022
    4
    alors que dire du jeu, il n est pas mauvais mais il aurai pue être clairement mieux! on ce sent très vite dans un espece d'espace vert simulator ou un no man sky a ces début du vide du vide et rien que du vide zero dresseur a part dans le scenario avec de la cinématiques a ne plus en finir juste pour comblé le manque de contenue voila le jeu ne mérite pas une sale note mais ce n estalors que dire du jeu, il n est pas mauvais mais il aurai pue être clairement mieux! on ce sent très vite dans un espece d'espace vert simulator ou un no man sky a ces début du vide du vide et rien que du vide zero dresseur a part dans le scenario avec de la cinématiques a ne plus en finir juste pour comblé le manque de contenue voila le jeu ne mérite pas une sale note mais ce n est clairement pas le jeu Pokémon révolutionnaire tant attendu espérons que ce jeu soit juste une phase test pour faire patienté et que la 9G sera a la hauteur de nos attente avec ce gameplay… Expand
  76. Nezziak
    Jan 30, 2022
    1
    One Point for the Try

    As we know Pokémon, the game is full of handholding at the beginning, who thought that sun and moon has a long tutorial, hasn't played this, after an Hour you can finally play without getting interrupted by every 5 seconds. Then you encounter the endless loop of Gameplay, which is catching, catching , catching.. do these and with luck it was the right exemplary you    One Point for the Try

    As we know Pokémon, the game is full of handholding at the beginning, who thought that sun and moon has a long tutorial, hasn't played this, after an Hour you can finally play without getting interrupted by every 5 seconds. Then you encounter the endless loop of Gameplay, which is catching, catching , catching.. do these and with luck it was the right exemplary you needed and you can continue to the next area of the game. It's a drawing after numbers, and you walk from one marker to the next. If that's fun for you, cool. We not talking about the graphics even, that deserved a 0. So yeah, story sucks as it making no sense, they got electric lights and phones even tho it plays hundreds of years ago,the plot is stupid, the gameplay is boring, and the graphics is worse than a 2005 game. There you got your Game. I'll never buy anything from Gamefreak again.    … Expand
  77. BuffMantis
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    Low effort slop from the highest grossing franchise in the world. Plays and looks like a unity asset flip
  78. WhiteRaven95
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    after a few hours the same man again and again feels like a bad mobile phone game it's not the full price
  79. Relfuun
    Jan 30, 2022
    3
    作为一个新的旁支系列，无论是类比主系列作品，还是横向比较其他RPG，都过于缺乏游戏性，为了机械重复的开放世界投入了大部分资源，却失去了RPG的灵魂。
  80. Gelider
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Un juego mediocre y repetitivo… está fatal hecho y sin cariño . Me parece lamentable!!!
  81. elrox
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Legends Arceus no llega a llamarse Pokemon y no lo llega a publicar Nintendo y absolutamente todo el mundo lo estaría poniendo a parir y las notas estarían por debajo del 5. Nadie lo estaría jugando si este mismo juego se llamara Monster Legends Arkeos.

    Es un juego FEO y la paleta de colores es deprimente. He jugado juegos como Genshin Impact que es precioso y el mundo si que se    Pokemon Legends Arceus no llega a llamarse Pokemon y no lo llega a publicar Nintendo y absolutamente todo el mundo lo estaría poniendo a parir y las notas estarían por debajo del 5. Nadie lo estaría jugando si este mismo juego se llamara Monster Legends Arkeos.

    Es un juego FEO y la paleta de colores es deprimente. He jugado juegos como Genshin Impact que es precioso y el mundo si que se siente vivo. Y quien diga lo mismo de Arceus es que no ha jugado juegos de mundo abierto en su vida o no conoce juegos fuera de Nintendo.

    Me da muchísima pena que Pokemon esté llegando a estos niveles de mediocridad gracias a un estudio como Game Freak y gracias a los fanboys que se conforman con cualquier mierda. Y si, la switch tiene suficiente potencia para mover DOOM Eternal, no me jodas. Hay que recordar que es un juego AAA y que se vende por 60 eurazos. No es un juego indie, Game Freak no es un estudio de 5 personas sino de 200 y que menos que exigir un mínimo de mimo que desde luego no se ve por ningún lado.

    La jugabilidad es tan penosa que el personaje no puede ni saltar. El gameplay es insulso y repetitivo a mas no poder. Las misiones típicas de un juego de hace 10 años. Y la personalización del personaje deja mucho que desear. Si algún fan de Pokemon se conforma con eso, tiene mas de hater que de fan, porque no le está haciendo ningún favor. Llevo toda mi vida imaginando un Pokemon con los gráficos de Genshin y siendo MMO o multi como minimo, pero con esta gente es imposible que eso llegue a pasar.

    Menos mal que está TEMTEM, que eso sí es un juego indie y se folla a Pokemon en absolutamente todos los aspectos. Pero claro, no se llama Pokemon y no es de Nintendo. Eso es todo.    … Expand
  82. Rockomon
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    ... What a ugly and repetitive game. Sorry ...the worst game "open world" with graphics from n64 or mobil game.
  83. sarapastra
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    They copied same house seven times for main village of the game not even changing rotation at this point single game developer can make a better game. They are just lazy and they know pokemon bias people gonna buy their game anyway.
  84. Nobilis1984
    Jan 30, 2022
    4
    A nice Pokemon game. Is wonderful for milking the brand.
    After all, it looks good, but purely in terms of gameplay, it's all scheme F. Nintendo releases a Pokemon game without really thinking about it. You don't have to be creative anymore because it will be bought anyway.
  85. laloting
    Jan 30, 2022
    1
    es increíble que pusieran este juego a la venta con la baja calidad que tiene tanto en lo visual como en el gameplay, es obvio que lo único que quisieron hacer con este juego es aprovecharse de los fans (increíblemente ciegos) de pokemon
  86. PkmnFan
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Absolutely embarrassing. Both technically and on gameplay level, there may absolutely be some player who can like it, but if this game didn't have the name "Pokemon" it would be blasted away with a lot of 4-5.
  87. OnlyOneHere
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    I'm shocked that the developers didn't continue the Pokemon tradition by cutting the game in half and selling it separately, in a pathetic attempt at making players pay more than $60. I am also surprised that even at their most generous moments, the developers still manage to be more greedy than some of the most greediest developers in the video game industry. The greedy developers areI'm shocked that the developers didn't continue the Pokemon tradition by cutting the game in half and selling it separately, in a pathetic attempt at making players pay more than $60. I am also surprised that even at their most generous moments, the developers still manage to be more greedy than some of the most greediest developers in the video game industry. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a game that looks like it was made for mobiles. It doesn't even have the AAA quality to justify the $60 price tag. The graphics are a joke. The textures are garbage. When I look at some of the rock textures, it literally looks like it was ported from a Game Cube game. That is embarrassing for a 2022 $60 game.

    The animations are garbage. The running animations are cringeworthy. The rain effects look laughable. There is nothing to do in the open world. Just an empty world full of plants, rocks and empty hills. That is so boring to explore. For goodness sake, why doesn't this video game series still have any voice acting? Unbelievable that there are still $60 games with no voice acting in 2022. The developers are too cheap to pay for voice actors. This outrageous greed makes EA and Rockstar look like saints in comparison. At least they put voice acting in their $60 games. Speaking of voice acting, the voice acting of the animals sound like they were done by the developers themselves, in a pathetic attempt at keeping the budget low for this game. The physics are beyond horrible, especially the water physics. The story is trash. The combat is boring and repetitive. When I pay $60, I expect a combat system with depth and detail. All the developers did in this game is put pretty lights during every move, to give players the illusion that the game is fun. None of that is fun for me. The soundtrack is terrible.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the story, there is not a reason to touch this game again. Charging $60 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. All you can do is trade Pokemon with your friends. The developers were too cheap and lazy to allow us to have Pokemon battles with our friends. I don't recommend this game at all, unless you want to support laziness. If you ever wondered what it would be like for a cheapskate to develop a game, here it is.    … Expand
  88. VDSmoke
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    Game looks/plays like **** Nintendo can do better than this. Theyre asking full price after all.
  89. rikgmr
    Feb 1, 2022
    3
    the score above 7 are pure fanboy, the textures are terrible, the tutorial is very long, you have to be 2 meters from a pokemon to see why, if not it doesn't load, the sound is broken, you can beat the game without fighting, except for 4 fights. you can beat pokemons that take 20 levels out of you effortlessly...the intention was good, but they have made a low budget Breath of the wildthe score above 7 are pure fanboy, the textures are terrible, the tutorial is very long, you have to be 2 meters from a pokemon to see why, if not it doesn't load, the sound is broken, you can beat the game without fighting, except for 4 fights. you can beat pokemons that take 20 levels out of you effortlessly...the intention was good, but they have made a low budget Breath of the wild impact, sad on the part of nintendo… Expand
  90. manujm23
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    es el peor pokemon que he visto en mi vida y los graficos son lo peor que he visto en toda la historia de los videojuegos, no lo compreis, es un insulto para los fans de pokemon
  91. KastusDiea
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    Grind, grind grind grind……
    Boring quests, bad Graphics, very bad animations, I hope GameFreak sees this Game as a mistake….
  92. BlueforceBV
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    A basic and worse copy of attack on Titan mixed with Monster Hunters.

    Game should be free to Play with these graphics and this story telling.

    It's monster hunters but it cost 60 euro, and is way less fun, worse graphics and no entertaining mechanics.
    Please save your money and go download a fan made version of pokemon, those actually have some story and fun to it
  93. Brenuin4
    Jan 30, 2022
    3
    Quick and easy review:

    - The story is not bad at all.

    - Empty and lifeless world.

    - Bad physics, textures and framerate.

    - Rough controls.

    - Terrible typography.

    - The worst open world in an AAA.

    - You have to be a hardcore fan to like it.
  94. Frank-byert
    Jan 29, 2022
    4
    Un buen intento por innovar en la saga , sin embargo es extremadamente decepcionante que game freak (compañia billonaria) no pueda manejar una buena dirección de arte.
  95. gabrields2000
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    I think it is safe to say that the Pokemon games Fan base has become a cult of sorts at this point.
    Realising a game in this state and getting praise by it is downright disgusting. Dont get scammed for this game , this is a beta test for what could be somenthing way more polished.
    Dont get surprised if it takes another 10 years for something actually worth while to get release ...    I think it is safe to say that the Pokemon games Fan base has become a cult of sorts at this point.
    Realising a game in this state and getting praise by it is downright disgusting. Dont get scammed for this game , this is a beta test for what could be somenthing way more polished.

    Dont get surprised if it takes another 10 years for something actually worth while to get release ... thant you pokemon fan base.    … Expand
  96. Mylords
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Los graficos penosos, juego de dinamica muy lenta en el sentido que demasiado texto para poca jugabilidad. Y para mi opinion ha perdido la esencia de pokemon. Me esperaba un mundo pokemon como los demas juegos pero en mundo abierto y mas actual. No que siempre quieren empezar en llevarnos a epocas antiguas cuando lo que queremos es algo moderno. Bueno para mi ha sido una decepcion.
  97. pikatsu
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    the same disappointment as every year, very low quality and ugly graphics, repetitive gameplay the same as always
  98. KrillerBomb
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    The very worst Pokemon game ever made, absolutely rubbish graphics and soulless gameplay, same thing over and over.
  99. Imjota
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    El problema principal no es solo que tanto gráficamente como artísticamente sea malo, además de eso es un juego con bugs, que llega a duras penas a los 20 pfs y que realmente parece inacabado. Si se tratase de un early access y no costase 60 euros podría estar bien ya que tiene buenas ideas pero mal ejecutadas.
  100. SecondClassClow
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    It feels like a step in the right direction, and I appreciate the idea to change the formula up, but my god what a disaster of a rushed game. Repetetive mediorce gameplay, embarassing visuals, with no saving grace. All the positive reviews have to be paid off, no one in their right mind could possibly enjoy this game. It feels like a tech demo from 2003. It's NOT a complete game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 118
  3. Negative: 0 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    80
    Definitely not a bad game. It handles its mechanics perfectly, and as long as it doesn't try to talk at you, you'll enjoy it. It's the first step on the road to new games with Pokémon on the cover, and the good sales could be the main reason to continue similar work and experimentation. [Issue#317]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    85
    Acreus came out just a few months after Diamond & Pearl remake. Isn’t that too soon? Actually, no. Pokémon Legends: Arceus is the most innovative, revolutionary, and maybe simply the best Pokémon game of the last decade. [Issue#259, p.48]
  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 13, 2022
    90
    This really does feel like a big step forward for a series that famously plays things safe, and I'm excited to see where the franchise will go next! [Issue #58 – March/April 2022, p. 72]
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