Pokemon Legends: Arceus

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  1. NickDark
    Feb 21, 2022
    2
    The game might be great but these graphics make me puke. Mario 64 looks more pleasing in my eyes. It's like a beta fan made game made by 1 person.
  2. leiru
    Jan 29, 2022
    2
    Repetitive mechanics, empty scenarios giving the feeling of a dead space, short draw distance provoking popping and poor graphics that will undermine the overall experience. I cant beleive one of the most profitable IPs ever is not able to pull off a mechanics revamp and move to 3D. Time to say goodbye to GameFreak.
  3. ladycalista
    Jan 29, 2022
    2
    Just retched. The battle system is the worst since the early generations and nothing is explained at all. Wild Pokemon that are 15 levels lower than my party will randomly take turn after turn after turn and kill me before I get to act during a battle. The crafting mechanics are bad, the areas are too big without convenient traversal, the Pokedex filling is really boring and assumes you'llJust retched. The battle system is the worst since the early generations and nothing is explained at all. Wild Pokemon that are 15 levels lower than my party will randomly take turn after turn after turn and kill me before I get to act during a battle. The crafting mechanics are bad, the areas are too big without convenient traversal, the Pokedex filling is really boring and assumes you'll catch the same Pokemon again and again and again. I don't want to catch the same Pokemon again, I want to catch new ones, but I'm stuck seeing the same 4-5 Pokemon over and over as I throw Pokeballs at bidoofs trying to fill up a meter.
    Just play the mainline generation 8 games instead if you want a Pokemon experience on the Switch, those are much better.    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. BuffMantis
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    Low effort slop from the highest grossing franchise in the world. Plays and looks like a unity asset flip
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. lucagerevini
    Feb 2, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A livello tecnico credo sia una delle truffe più grosse dai tempi di Cyberpunk. Texture che non si caricano pur essendo ad una qualità infima.
    Frame rate che passa magicamente dai 20 fps ai 5 quando vuole.
    Gameplay ripetitivo, contenuti inesistenti, menù ideati da chi non sa cosa voglia dire fare un menu.
    Ti tiene incollato perché infondo ci si può anche divertire ma non è possibile nel 2022, sulla console che ha fatto girare BOTW ormai anni fa, avere un livello tecnico così infimo.
    Spero si sveglino perché se no siamo messi davvero male…
    Pokemon così non va bene.    … Expand
  11. kchewz_official
    Feb 9, 2022
    2
    Lack of polish and horrible graphics don't make up for a few minor gimmicks. The game is still years behind.
  12. Jinouga
    Feb 4, 2022
    2
    The absolute minimum. A review.

    With Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Gamefreak has created a game, that is on the one hand loved and praised to heavens and on the other hand, objektively critisesed to bare bones. But how is this even possible? Wouldn't a really good game be critisesed only by haters without any foundational and objektive reasoning? Pokemon Legends: Arceus tries to be and is    The absolute minimum. A review.

    With Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Gamefreak has created a game, that is on the one hand loved and praised to heavens and on the other hand, objektively critisesed to bare bones. But how is this even possible? Wouldn't a really good game be critisesed only by haters without any foundational and objektive reasoning?

    Pokemon Legends: Arceus tries to be and is very different from your classic Pokemon game. The changes in gameplay are refreshing and it's clear, that Gamefreak finally pushes Pokemon to new grounds. The gameplay is very different and very pleasing. You can through a Pokeball to a Pokemon and catch it WHILE you are already on your way to a tree with fruits on it. And you trough a ball to the tree and your Pokemon collects the fruits. Then you have different maps where you go to do quests, like in the Monster Hunter games. This concept on it's own is very nice and can be quite adicting.
    The story is also quite interesting. You get to know the beginning of the Sinnoh area, where only settlers exist and cities are yet to build.
    However, this where the negatives come in...

    1. Grafics/Artstyle/Tech: High and grafics are by all means no necessity. But what Gamefreak delivered here, is a disgrace. A punch into the gamers face and eyes. The world is empty, there literally are 3-4 types of different tree designes that where just copy pasted like in a map editor. The textures are muddy, low res, edgy, polygonal. Some designes unironically look like they copied them from an N64 game (trees). Look at the god damn lava! Like they didn't allow the designers, to give it texture and make it look like actual lava and not pumpkin soup.
    60 FPS are also no requirement for a game. But somewhat stable 30 FPS like in breath of the wild, Xenoblade Chronicles games or Monster Hunter Rise should be the expectable. ESPECIALLY from a BILLION Dollar company, that owns the biggest and most successfull franchise of all time. The framerate constantly is below 30 and in some areas the lags are maddening... Breath of the wild on the WiiU was smooth as **** in comparison. It baffles my mind how reviews credit the game to be "technically faultless".

    2. Pokemon and Charcters: From a game, that want's you to explore a world full of animals (Pokemon), that want's you to study them and build the pokedex, you could expect, that they interact with each other or have some kind of behaviour. But no. Nothing. The Pokemon just stand there and go from point A to point B, without a reason. The don't yawn, scratch their ears, scream at ech other, play around, eat grass/fruits/insects, smell etc. There is no Evoli cuddling with another, or Starly building a nest. They are lifeless creatures. They could very well scarecrows that are mechanically moved between point A and B.
    The Characters in this game have like no gestures. The head looks like a robot when the look from one person to another, eyes don't seem to moved at all apart from the eyelids. And in centuries of RPG developement, earning billions and billions of USD, Pokemon has still no voice acting (s if they wouldn't have an Anime where they could borrow actors from. FOR THEIR OWN FRANCHSIE).
    Also... why the hell can't we fly UPWARDS?

    3. Quests and Progression: The quests... repetitive, boring and uninspired. It's like Gamefreak thought of a way to artificially increase the length of the game. They send you from point A to point B to talk to someone, just to be sent back to point A. And this feels like, they want you to spend time with walking around between speechbubbles, because they just haven't thought of enough content.

    All in all, the game is obviously rushed and needed at least a year if not two, to really be worth a full prized AAA game, from probably the most wealthy gaming company in the world. Every other independent devstudio could have done game that looks appealing to the eye, implement animations to pokemon and characters, think of actual quests and a better way to fill the pokedex (kill or catch 25 of this pokemon to get the pokedexentry). This game, didn't even try to be good to make money, because the pokemon company knew from the very beginning, that it will print them millions and millions of lovely, fresh and green USD. They didn't even try to hide tha fact, that they didn't spend much money on the development, with good visuals, like EA does.

    Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the result of a company who only want's our money, because they already have built up their reputation with the first 6 generations of Pokemon games, the anime and merchandise. They know that they only have to do one thing, to be able to make more money with Pokemon TM : The absolute minimum (and even less than that).    … Expand
  13. Dangusse
    Nov 14, 2022
    2
    completely rushed. it has some cool aspects to it, especially if you want to use it for shiny hunting, but the boss battles are all terrible, the ride pokemon function worse than 20+ year old games, and the graphics are become laughably bad, down to 1fps 2d sprites at like 30 yards away. the game is extremely imbalanced and has extremely clunky mechanics and slow/boring quests that againcompletely rushed. it has some cool aspects to it, especially if you want to use it for shiny hunting, but the boss battles are all terrible, the ride pokemon function worse than 20+ year old games, and the graphics are become laughably bad, down to 1fps 2d sprites at like 30 yards away. the game is extremely imbalanced and has extremely clunky mechanics and slow/boring quests that again are worse than games from when i was a sperm cell. this is not pokemon botw, it's a cash grab. it's shameful how small and empty the settlements are, as well as general move speed while walking being weird and uncomfortable - i have to click the left stick at all times in order to move faster than a snail? i have to constantly switch ride pokemon every 2 seconds, and if you use the braviary you are more than likely to instantly die on your first try because of how unacceptably bad the controls and it's movement are.

    i can't stress enough that this game has potential, but it barely feels like pokemon. i dont even look at what pokemon im using because the battles are all 1hkos that last 2 seconds, and this plus the extremely broken jet balls made it far too easy to get to max level very fast. critics are lying, fans who say it's good are either highly impressionable or have not made it far enough into the game to see how much of a leaky bucket the mid to late game experience is. also, almost all of the new pokemon variants appear to be trash in combat and many of them have very underwhelming design and backstory.    … Expand
  14. Lov3Glov3
    Jul 19, 2022
    2
    I honestly don't understand this game. The point of the original games was to go on an adventure, battling other trainers, collect badges and catch all sorts of different pokemon. Now, you're basically confined to one area, battling rarely happens (it's honestly a second thought), and now you are catching multiple types of the same pokemon. It's almost like the developers looked at PokemonI honestly don't understand this game. The point of the original games was to go on an adventure, battling other trainers, collect badges and catch all sorts of different pokemon. Now, you're basically confined to one area, battling rarely happens (it's honestly a second thought), and now you are catching multiple types of the same pokemon. It's almost like the developers looked at Pokemon GO and thought, "we can make a AAA title for this, minus the bonus of going outside and interacting with others." I honestly don't understand how this is making pokemon fans happy.… Expand
  15. klambert
    Jun 12, 2022
    2
    This game had the potential to be so great. Alpha pokemon, the catching system for land-based pokemon, cyndaquil do be quillin'.

    Unfortunately, that's about where the good stops. The game looks absolutely terrible for an open world game. Damage is whack. Wild pokemon 40 levels below your alpha pokemon will wipe it in 2 1x effective hits. A wild alpha will wipe your entire party,    This game had the potential to be so great. Alpha pokemon, the catching system for land-based pokemon, cyndaquil do be quillin'.

    Unfortunately, that's about where the good stops.

    The game looks absolutely terrible for an open world game.

    Damage is whack.
    Wild pokemon 40 levels below your alpha pokemon will wipe it in 2 1x effective hits.
    A wild alpha will wipe your entire party, 20 levels above it, with one move.

    The maps load/render distance is terrible. They know the hardware of the system they made, do they not?

    Catching pokemon in water is hot garbage.

    Forced exp share is an ass idea that gives waaaaay too much xp, and yet, somehow, you're still *constantly* leveling random pokemon that nobody wants to use for no apparent reason to fill the pokedex information of pokemon you've already caught.

    The story is kind of meh, even for pokemon games.

    The "boss fights" are bad in every aspect, either being absurdly easy or zoning you in a corner for 2 straight minutes for literally no reason.
    All of this, and the game is still about a 7.9.

    So let's talk about the **** satchel.

    For absolutely no reason whatsoever, GameFreak limits your base inventory capacity to about 1/4 of the amount of berries in the game. The only way to get more is from satchel merchant, the single stupidest idea in the history of gaming. By the time you're spending 40k$ on a single inventory space expansion, you still can't hold every berry in the game. This continues, slowly increasing every purchase, up to a million. Why a million? Who knows. Will you ever have a million? No, likely not. Will satchel merchant ever have a million? Oh yes, he'll take it from you so you can hold more berries. Then, you lose items on fainting, and you can faint to a stream out of combat, for no reason other than shoehorning NSO where it doesn't belong.

    Now we're at a 2.5

    They also limit your starting pokemon storage space, despite insisting you catch every pokemon 17 times, though this does eventually start to expand on its own.

    They could have made this game so great. They improved a fair bit, then threw everything out with the baby and the bathwater to shoehorn in nonsensical garbage mechanics just because they could, and certainly not because they should.    … Expand
  16. Unkn0wn_Dev
    Aug 16, 2022
    2
    una porquería jugablemente, visualmente, narrativamente. El mundo está vacio y muerto, parece un apocalipsis, esta lleno de bugs, sus graficos son lamentables y el gameplay es aburrido. se nota que no le han puesto cariño ni empeño, hasta Pokemon espada y escudo (que tambien apestan) son mejores que esta cosa. no lo compren bajo ningún concepto. terrible
  17. Riverseagle
    Sep 19, 2022
    2
    This game is fun at it's core. I greatly enjoy running around the world and catching Pokemon.

    That being said, the fun core gameplay is presented in a horrendous low effort package of terrible environment work, awful lighting, hideously blurry and often muddy textures. Barebones animations , one dimensional characters that lack all substance and a story so lazily written it borderline    This game is fun at it's core. I greatly enjoy running around the world and catching Pokemon.

    That being said, the fun core gameplay is presented in a horrendous low effort package of terrible environment work, awful lighting, hideously blurry and often muddy textures. Barebones animations , one dimensional characters that lack all substance and a story so lazily written it borderline makes no sense.

    Pokemon Legends Arceus looks worse than PS2 games from 2004. While graphics don't make or break a game, it is hard to enjoy playing a game when it's hard to look at it. At it's core I don't even mind if a game doesn't look great. My favourite game of all time is a Gamecube port of a Dreamcast game. But Pokemon Legends Arceus, a triple A release from a studio like Nintendo being priced upwards of $90 in some regions, has no right looking and running as poorly as it does. It reeks of a low effort game rushed through to release.

    Some people will argue that it only looks bad because it is on the Switch. This is simply untrue. Beautiful games exist on the Switch. Just look at games like New Pokemon Snap, Breath of the Wild (the game this game tries to emulate), Monster Hunter Rise, Splatoon 3 and more.

    The Nintendo Switch's is not to blame for PLA looking and running as bad as it does.

    Game Freak not putting any effort into it is what's to blame and it's just disappointing.    … Expand
  18. Elwoodwrap
    Dec 15, 2022
    2
    I gave this game a solid 15 hours before giving up from boredom. I just found the story to be boring and was not a fan of the controls or lay out. I like that Pokémon tried something new, but this did not do it for me.
  19. ScreenS
    Jun 5, 2023
    2
    If you want a great story in the Pokémon world, play anything else

    If you want rewarding gameplay and a fun loop, play anything else If you are a completionist, play anything else If you are competitively focused there’s no multiplayer, if you’re a solo player it’s still the worst main series game as there’s nothing to do beyond catching 50 of each Pokémon. A total waste of time and    If you want a great story in the Pokémon world, play anything else

    If you want rewarding gameplay and a fun loop, play anything else

    If you are a completionist, play anything else

    If you are competitively focused there’s no multiplayer, if you’re a solo player it’s still the worst main series game as there’s nothing to do beyond catching 50 of each Pokémon.

    A total waste of time and resources that tried to appeal to nobody and succeeded.    … Expand
  20. Dranakar
    Jan 30, 2022
    1
    This game is such a let-down, so much so that I submit my first review to metacritic.
    I will say, I've loved pokemon since red/blue and even though this is a step in the right direction I am not going to congratulate them for innovating 15 years too late.
    TLDR: Grindy, not great-looking, handholdy fetch quest that is detached from the idea of you caring for the pokemon you catch - the    This game is such a let-down, so much so that I submit my first review to metacritic.
    I will say, I've loved pokemon since red/blue and even though this is a step in the right direction I am not going to congratulate them for innovating 15 years too late.

    TLDR: Grindy, not great-looking, handholdy fetch quest that is detached from the idea of you caring for the pokemon you catch - the game.

    I'll assume the game starts at a score of 10 and we can see how it progresses shall we?

    Firstly the game puts you on rails for 2 HOURS in an unskippable tutorial that starts and stops every 5 second to do another cutscene. And you can't turn off the waypoint marker, cause you know, who likes exploration and figuring things out? (-2 points)

    The grind is unbelievable and it requires you to grind to grind endlessly to progress between areas - so an arbitrary grind-gate instead of a challenge you have to overcome. If that wasn't bad enough they've somehow gotten the idea that catching 1000 identical pokemon is exciting and wholesome, it's not and never will be. (-3 points)

    Boss battles are all the same, using some weird TPS system where you throw bags at them, and have to dodge just at the right time, so now we're skipping pokemon battles entirely? (-1 point)

    Dialogues have non-options until you choose the "right" option. If there is only 1 option don't pretend like I have 2 (-1 point)

    The world feels and looks plastic-like. This is an nintendo-only developer that has access to reach out to BOTW team, there is no excuse to look this shoddy. Furthermore traversal in the environment is quickly eliminated with uncontextual fast-travel and a steed that rides the entire map where-ever you are in < 1min. ( -1 point)

    Everything you do in the game is a fetch quest, which as per my last point is trivialized. (-1 points)

    And don't get me started on what a disgrace this was for the pokemon music.    … Expand
  21. Gelider
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Un juego mediocre y repetitivo… está fatal hecho y sin cariño . Me parece lamentable!!!
  22. Kasukisan
    Jan 31, 2022
    1
    Es una basura de 60 dólares. Nintendo pública lo que sea y aún fanbase la recibe con brazos abiertos.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. Kroztty
    Jan 30, 2022
    1
    Por 60 dólares es un timo, no da ni para una beta, diria que lo pillen en rebajas pero es Nintendo, esas cosas no pasan aquí.
    De mal en peor, Gamefreak supera su nivel de ineptitud con cada entrega de la saga, para comenzar
    tienes un tutorial forzado el cual es absurdamente largo, gráficos y arte al nivel de un Indie de baja calidad y una jugabilidad no aprovechada. Las criticas    Por 60 dólares es un timo, no da ni para una beta, diria que lo pillen en rebajas pero es Nintendo, esas cosas no pasan aquí.
    De mal en peor, Gamefreak supera su nivel de ineptitud con cada entrega de la saga, para comenzar
    tienes un tutorial forzado el cual es absurdamente largo, gráficos y arte al nivel de un Indie de baja calidad y una jugabilidad no aprovechada.
    Las criticas positivas en su mayoría son de fanboys de Nintendo en general, argumentando que es un "pequeño paso" y llevan diciendo eso desde que la saga abandono el 2D.    … Expand
  28. PHE_AT_SL
    Feb 7, 2022
    1
    Legends Arceus is just incredibly ugly. In addition, so much is not ideally thought through and is boring and repetitive. I just don't know how an "established" company like GameFreak has so little attention to detail. I just miss it in too many places. No.. Without me.
  29. BlackWhis
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Frechheit so was raus zu bringen.
    Schlechte Grafik, langweilige quest. Durch und durch schlecht.
  30. edu8
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    Vergonzoso acabado técnico. Texturas muy pobres. Mecánicas aburridas, repetitivo.
  31. lpsoldier
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    This is a rough draft of what could be the future of the best game in the series. Exciting for the first couple of hours but after that it just starts to get repetitive and the dull and empty environment only hurts it further. The problem is that the main objective is to catch Pokémon over and over and over again. The same Pokémon we’ve been catching for the past two decades with someThis is a rough draft of what could be the future of the best game in the series. Exciting for the first couple of hours but after that it just starts to get repetitive and the dull and empty environment only hurts it further. The problem is that the main objective is to catch Pokémon over and over and over again. The same Pokémon we’ve been catching for the past two decades with some slight variations, there’s barely anything new-new. This time you’re forced to do this because you must complete the Pokédex. Pokémon battles takes a back seat here. There is no build up in story with Pokémon gyms being absent to entice you to level up your favorite Pokémon. This game is basically Pokémon GO on steroids. Catch a bunch of Pokémon to fill up your Pokédex and that’s basically it. The story, Pokémon battles, and the over world take a massive downgrade in this half-baked-sorta-new entry that leaves too much to be desired.… Expand
  32. jjrenx
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    This is a shell of a game. For a company that makes a billion dollars a year this is unacceptable. No online battles or PVP (in 2022!), no trainers, no gyms, no elite four, no towns (just a little uninteresting village), graphics that are very mediocre at best, mostly empty biomes which lack variety and show laziness in design, side quests that give you no incentive to play them that onlyThis is a shell of a game. For a company that makes a billion dollars a year this is unacceptable. No online battles or PVP (in 2022!), no trainers, no gyms, no elite four, no towns (just a little uninteresting village), graphics that are very mediocre at best, mostly empty biomes which lack variety and show laziness in design, side quests that give you no incentive to play them that only reward you with little items like Potions or Candy which you can get without them, hardly any NPCs, very little music, hardly any expression in the character faces. What were they thinking?… Expand
  33. 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
  34. Shuradportgas
    Jan 30, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un mundo abierto mal aprovechado no hay nada que hacer, mucho espacio vacio, graficamente muy por debajo incluso para los bajos estandares de nintendo, sin detallado los entornos que en todo el mapa solo hay 4 arboles clonados por todos lados, espero mejore pero de momento es un juego no terminado a mi gusto… Expand
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. Fandralake
    Feb 2, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At its core it is a singleplayer game with creatures to tame and fight as you explore the world to ultimately complete your catalogue of creatures and unite the people in this game.

    It is an ambitious undertaking considering this is coming from a developer that has put content first over graphics and story in their previous games.
    The issue comes from the simple fact that it doesn't accomplish its own goal. It is a much wider scale game with little to do. The general gist of the game is to catch and collect all the pokemon of a region before moving on to the next to repeat it again. It becomes repetitve very quickly and stops being enjoyable after a few hours. The lack of variety in its creatures really kills the momentum the first few hours of free roaming gives you, not to mention its better by its own standards story. The npcs seem more fleshed out than evr but the series from the very beginning has had a low standard. And thats what bothers me the most, i wouldn't be laud a developer for doing the bare minimum lesser developers do every time they release a new game. They took a step in the right direction, dont get me wrong. But to veer from their own formulaic games just to give us a barebones look of what pokemon should have been when it came to console just drives the point home that the series has gone on a downward spiral for quite some time. This reeks of a demo of qhat they could be capable of if they actually tried. Im talking about voice acring, new pokemon region, actual caves and dungeons to traverse, landmarks to see and people to find and give quests this feels like a prototype to something truly great and until that comes i cannot say i like this game.    … Expand
  38. Cafou
    Feb 3, 2022
    1
    Le jeu est terriblement nul.

    La mécanique de combat est sympa mais ce jeu POKEMON est: sans dresseur à affronter, sans univers à explorer, sans histoire, sans fun, sans arènes, sans fun, sans ville, sans fun. C'est un ramassis de terrain moche le jeu est plus un clicker qu'un rpg a ce stade.
  39. CazzMiei
    Feb 14, 2022
    1
    the actual 8.3 is too much for this, my real rate is 5.9.
    nice game but orrible graphic and my aspettative about the company are higher than this result
  40. RaizSaiyan
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Gamefreak gibt sich null Mühe, denn sie wissen das sich jeder Pokémon Fan dieses Game kaufen wird egal wie Sch*isse es aussieht. Und sowas unterstütze ich nicht.
    Arceus sieht aus als hätte es ein 3 Jähriger entwickelt!
  41. Tsosmi
    Apr 8, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even with the whole A-team working on something "new", the game is still on 360p. How can it look worse than BOTW? In true GameFreak fashion, they gave 90% of 50% ofw what they could do. The map is laughably small, the "" story"" is worse than anime-level, there's a whole ton of fan service, the design of the pokemon and moves are getting worse and the ghosting is on another level. You look at a landscape with 3 pokemon maximum at a time. Wait until i drops on price, if you are still interested.… Expand
  42. MrNeedlemouse
    Nov 15, 2022
    1
    People seems like they need to lick every Pokemon game. This one is a flop. Story is boring, open zone is copy paste, only one town and bugs and glitch everywhere. It is so slow it made me sell it immediately. Graphic is the worst part.
  43. SS_Ann96
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring, repetitive and generally felt more like a proof of concept than an actual fully realised Pokémon game. Hated the battle mechanics and the boss fights. Only saving grace is the catching mechanic is fun for a while and the characters are mostly charming if a bit of a step down from SwSh.… Expand
  44. Barny
    Mar 9, 2023
    0
    Absolute trash from beginning to nowhere. If you have the courage to pass the unskippable tutorials and dialogues (I gave up at the 3 hours mark), it is a testament to your wilful desire to endure pain.
  45. 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
  46. sinetic
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    the game is made on the idea that has been made by may fans more than 10 years ago. the graphics are worse than 20yo games.
  47. Seyta
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Really disappointed about gamefreak, they make bad games since years and they doesn't care. They always do the bare minimum and never listen to players.
    The universe has nothing natural, it's too robotic, the pokemons move erratically, they wander lifeless, no ecology, no wildlife or anything. The devs just created a map and put pokemons here and there.
    And I don't even speak about the graphics.
  48. 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!
  49. 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.
  50. CzarSquid
    Feb 13, 2022
    0
    People are suckered into buying an unity asset flip game marketed as AAA game.
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. Pill91
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    Tiene unos Bugs que hace que el juego sea horrible, no sean idiotas, no compren esa porquería o basura. Y los gráficos, parecieran que lo hicieran niños japoneses de 5 años!
  55. 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.
  56. greninjaX
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    many people are acting like this is the next big step for pokemon, but it's not. this is not the next generation of pokemon, this is just some weird experimental game that adds 7 new pokemon. all of it's new mechanics will be forgotten by the time the next pokemon game comes out. but perhaps that's for the best, as the new battle and capture mechanics are not fun. on top of that, the gamemany people are acting like this is the next big step for pokemon, but it's not. this is not the next generation of pokemon, this is just some weird experimental game that adds 7 new pokemon. all of it's new mechanics will be forgotten by the time the next pokemon game comes out. but perhaps that's for the best, as the new battle and capture mechanics are not fun. on top of that, the game has an embarrassingly low amount of pokemon, even less than sword and shield. the game also somehow looks worse than sword and shield. it's like the game was made by amateurs. this game is also the reason the gen 4 remakes are so bad, as gamefreak/the pokemon company put all their resources into this while outsourcing BDSP to some no name support studio. legends arceus is a waste of everyone's time and money. skip this one.… Expand
  57. Ughduty
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    Boss battles are trash and unfair. The main difficulty here is to jump around fast enough. I don‘t like such sh.. in a strategy RPG.
  58. VDSmoke
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    Game looks/plays like **** Nintendo can do better than this. Theyre asking full price after all.
  59. cube2kids
    May 3, 2022
    0
    This game is alright for 2012 wii game. This shouldn't be acceptable in any ways. Public pressure is the only way to get nintendo to understand.
  60. 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
  61. Matthii
    Aug 11, 2022
    0
    Pokémon Arceus is a boring fetch quest game with grind mechanics that you can find in almost every mmo up to date. The uninteresting story and lifeless NPC's adds even more dullness to the game. The graphics also suck.
  62. ffp
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    This game is an absolute cash grab.
    visually mediocre (which is a compliment after the unpolished sword and shield entries), one of the worst pokemon plots i've seen and trying to compensate with some new evolutions to old and classic pokemons like quilava and rowlett.
    It's time for the Pokemon franchise to step aside the gamefreak's environment and get a dev team that makes justice to    This game is an absolute cash grab.
    visually mediocre (which is a compliment after the unpolished sword and shield entries), one of the worst pokemon plots i've seen and trying to compensate with some new evolutions to old and classic pokemons like quilava and rowlett.
    It's time for the Pokemon franchise to step aside the gamefreak's environment and get a dev team that makes justice to what the pokemon franchise could bring to us in capable hands.

    want to play an interesting and non-cashgrab monster collector jrpg ? play Shin Megami Tensei V and get a game that it's worth your money.
    if u have unlimited mommy and daddy funds and like the pokemon franchise, you do you.

    underwhelming game and disappointing entry once again, but what's new.    … Expand
  63. aleqhz
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    I'm disappointed. Barely any improvement from the two previous atrocities. The map is a barren wasteland. The game is infested with bugs. I'm done with this series. I just realised I've been playing this out of sheer nostalgia. I'd rather spend my money playing games where devs respect their fanbase.
  64. 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.
  65. miguelaceval
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Extremely disappointing, technically the worst I have seen in many years. Still, it will sell more than anyone else.
  66. 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.
  67. 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.
  68. Mabo123
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    Big piece of garbage.
    This game is terrible in so many ways. Battles are still turn based but with less complexity since many features like items pokemon could wear were removed. The graphics are absolutely terrible. The game looks like a PS2 Game. Purple shiny rocks, 2D grass sprites and the worst looking water i have ever seen. Furthermore you can literally count pixels everywhere you    Big piece of garbage.
    This game is terrible in so many ways. Battles are still turn based but with less complexity since many features like items pokemon could wear were removed. The graphics are absolutely terrible. The game looks like a PS2 Game. Purple shiny rocks, 2D grass sprites and the worst looking water i have ever seen. Furthermore you can literally count pixels everywhere you go.
    The semi-open world feels insanely empt. Accept for trees, rocks and 2D grass, there is nothing to see in almost every area.
    Quest are just comleting lists of repetetive boring stuff. "Catch 25 Bidiza", "Catch 25 bidiza from behind".
    Overall the game is what other studios would call a "pre alpha". Not worth 60 bucks..or 50, or 40.    … Expand
  69. 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
  70. miguelaceval1
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    La "nueva mecánica", un despropósito que no aporta absolutamente nada al juego y, con total seguridad, será eliminada en las siguientes entregas de la saga principal.
    Gráficos no malos, exageradamente malos, peores que cualquier otro juego que he probado en los últimos 10 años.
    Artísticamente peor que todas las entregas de Pokémon, incluyendo las que no son de la saga principal. Gestos    La "nueva mecánica", un despropósito que no aporta absolutamente nada al juego y, con total seguridad, será eliminada en las siguientes entregas de la saga principal.
    Gráficos no malos, exageradamente malos, peores que cualquier otro juego que he probado en los últimos 10 años.
    Artísticamente peor que todas las entregas de Pokémon, incluyendo las que no son de la saga principal.
    Gestos faciales, corporales inexistentes y movimiento como cualquier alpha técnica de hace 20 años, caer por un barranco es lamentable.
    No son estables los 30 fps.
    Poca variedad y contenido.
    Suena bien, pero al tener tan poca variedad se hace cansino a más no poder.

    Todo lo que se podría esperar de los que más dinero generan en la industria, un reírse en la cara de un fandom sin el más mínimo vestigio de amor propio.    … Expand
  71. xXFedericXx
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    A low quality graphics for a 2006 game. Seems to play Metin 2. rendering problem, purple spots around the world, etc...
  72. Be3nj
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Apesar de tudo é um bom jogo! A mecanica de captura te faz ficar entrertido por varias horas
  73. 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
  74. sulaco426
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    its bland, ugly and boring as hell. the worst pokemon game in history. it feels like a bad fangame
  75. Top27-
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    Uno scandaloso gioco tecnicamente di inizio 2000, gameplay semplice ma non noioso, trovo scandaloso però che un azienda che fattura miliardi e con questi numeri di vendite un prodotto del genere lo trovo inaccetabile.
  76. Christo8
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    No me vengan con los imbéciles nintenderos que es un buen juego, son solo unos lamesuelas de nintendo

    Está basura tiene mucho por mejorar además del apartado gráfico, a estas alturas ya es obvio que una switch puede ejecutar gráficos mejores Fans pendejos, empresa multimillonaria cagándola otra vez
  77. CloudXz
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    This Game is absolut bad. One of the worst Games i ever played. Graphics are Trash, the Gameplay is just Awful, the Story is a Joke and the Balance dosen't exists. Worst Game i ever played on the Switch. I hate everything about it.
  78. 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.
  79. Rockomon
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    ... What a ugly and repetitive game. Sorry ...the worst game "open world" with graphics from n64 or mobil game.
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. igor_velikiy
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Spend at least a cent on development. The game is sold in huge numbers, you can afford it.
  83. SamirMrtnz
    Feb 6, 2022
    0
    Un juego decepcionante, apartado gráfico de risa, jugabilidad la misma por turnos pero al menos ahora es un "mundo abierto", tiene excesivos diálogos que las primeras horas de juego te la pasas más hablando que explorando ese mundo abierto, y aunque la historia nunca a sido el fuerte de pokemón es increíble que hagan algo tan malo; creo que todos tenemos en mente el pokemón perfecto, yUn juego decepcionante, apartado gráfico de risa, jugabilidad la misma por turnos pero al menos ahora es un "mundo abierto", tiene excesivos diálogos que las primeras horas de juego te la pasas más hablando que explorando ese mundo abierto, y aunque la historia nunca a sido el fuerte de pokemón es increíble que hagan algo tan malo; creo que todos tenemos en mente el pokemón perfecto, y este juego quiso hacer eso, pero el resultado a quedado horroroso, por favor Gamefreak ponle ganas… Expand
  84. cucholix
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    Gamefreak shouldn’t have released a open world Pokémon until they are up to the task, now I understand why their reticent to create a full 3D explorable Pokemon world, they lack the technical experience for such job, would be better if they contract an external developer or a joint development with let’s say Monolithsoft.

    While the premise of the roaming a Pokémon world is a dream come    Gamefreak shouldn’t have released a open world Pokémon until they are up to the task, now I understand why their reticent to create a full 3D explorable Pokemon world, they lack the technical experience for such job, would be better if they contract an external developer or a joint development with let’s say Monolithsoft.

    While the premise of the roaming a Pokémon world is a dream come true, it soon turns into a nightmare, the technical shortcomings are too glaring and take you out of the experience. Gamefreak is not known for developing graphical marvels, but with game the graphical gap is too evident. Textures are one of the most poor I’ve seen on Switch (and I've played a lot Switch games), some of them are beta prototype quality, really bad, shadows are blocky at the point you can see the pixels like they would come with prerendered blobs instead and it could look better, draw distance is abysmal, you can see warping geometry a few meters from your character, on top of that the memory management is awful, not allowing keep in memory far objects that pops out nowhere, draw distance for objects, NPC, grass, trees, landscapes are all terrible, when compared to a game like Xenoblade Chronicles you will only end with a deep sadness.

    I really wanted to like this game, but technically it’s below deficient and can’t for the life of mine immerse in the game without thinking how good it would be in hands of a more capable developer.    … Expand
  85. 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….
  86. navi14
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Es una vergüenza para los videojuegos que esta cosa tenga mas de un 2, es un juego simple, fácil y si me dicen que es un juego de ps1 me lo creo.
  87. 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
  88. XBOXOfficial
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    I have played every pokemon game that exists, but I cannot support this title or gamefreak any longer. Despite being a crazy profitable franchise, GF once again hires a random 8th grader to write a not-new story full of contradictions, incorrect lore, and just awful dialogue. Despite being wildly profitable and a huge game developer, GF once again spends 0 resources or time on graphics,I have played every pokemon game that exists, but I cannot support this title or gamefreak any longer. Despite being a crazy profitable franchise, GF once again hires a random 8th grader to write a not-new story full of contradictions, incorrect lore, and just awful dialogue. Despite being wildly profitable and a huge game developer, GF once again spends 0 resources or time on graphics, piecing together a bare-bones world patched together with meshes from microsoft paint and copy-pasted features with little to no detail.

    The concept is awesome, and the potential here is really high and good, but GF themselves spend little to no effort in developing good games and instead just throw out garbage wrapped in a nice pokemon wrapping paper and people buy it up because of the franchise power. This is honestly insulting to people who play video games and offensive to sell for $60. It looks like it was made by someone who has 0 experience in coding, artwork, or story writing, and greenlit by a greedy executive just looking for a paycheck.    … Expand
  89. Cloudywolf
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    Si este juego lo hace Sony o Microsoft se llevaría un 6 en metacritic, pero como es Nintendo y su nombre es Pokémon....
  90. Lartif
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    Its soo ugly... This game somtimes look like psx 1 game... Its 2022... This game look like 1999 game... Dont buy!
  91. 0uyea
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    I've just finished the game. This is a mayor disaster that never could tolerate by a big company like Game Freak and Nintendo. A shame.
  92. CrazyMrLahey
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    Game is a awful cash grab. Imagine giving a game that drops under 15 fps often a passing grade. This game is worse looking than some N64 games.
  93. nezeeqko
    Feb 7, 2022
    0
    Gameplay is more repetitive than previous games, NPC don't even have voice acting making cutscenes and conversations boring (NPC grunts etc), wild Pokemons are just walking mindlessly with no simple routines making the game feels more lifeless (for example in Monster Hunter Stories 1 and 2 you can see monsters sleeping, eating and in Stories 1 some monsters like Velocipreys are going outGameplay is more repetitive than previous games, NPC don't even have voice acting making cutscenes and conversations boring (NPC grunts etc), wild Pokemons are just walking mindlessly with no simple routines making the game feels more lifeless (for example in Monster Hunter Stories 1 and 2 you can see monsters sleeping, eating and in Stories 1 some monsters like Velocipreys are going out hunting preys, and it was a 3DS game).

    Graphics are horrendous. In a game where 90% of the time you were walking out in the world, at least make the world looks decent (it was worse than a 3DS game). Character models are a total downgrade from Sword and Shield, like HOW? Imagine visual artists working in another game trying to make their game looks as pleasing as possible only for Pokemon re-tarts to say they work doesn't matter because "GrApIcHs ArEn'T eVeRyThInG". I don't say that Pokemon need 4K ultra-realistic visuals, all im saying is at least make it looking better than fecking Wii games.

    My biggest offender in this game is the animations. Monster Hunter Stories 2 and SMT V are proof that a monster collecting game can have good animations. Unsurprisingly, Pokemon continue it trends to make sub-par animations that feel robotic and unnatural. Just try compare MHST 2 animations to PLA.

    TLDR: In my offensive opinion, **** game made by **** developers played by nostalgia blinded fans who never play any other game than Pokemon.    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. Premier991
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    This game has inexcusable graphics. It looks like they pulled the blocky graphics from the original Roller Coaster Tycoon game. I have seen better graphics on GameCube. It looks soooooo bad! I have concluded the devolpers have no graphical talent.
  96. 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.
  97. 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.
  98. 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
  99. 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
  100. Equiixxx
    Feb 4, 2022
    0
    Imperdonable que pokemon saque un juego con cero esfuerzo. Empresas indies de 3 personas hacen juegos con mas cariño, esfuerzo y detalle que una empresa multibillonaria.
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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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