Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee!

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  1. diamond00
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Eh, I really tried to give this game a chance but... it's like they decided to make cuteness the central theme but disregard every other aspect of gameplay. Resources were allocated into customization, petting your eevee riding your pokemon, making sure you get to have a comfortable time overall. But comfort is like a spice you add to a dish, you can't expect to to singlehandendly redeemEh, I really tried to give this game a chance but... it's like they decided to make cuteness the central theme but disregard every other aspect of gameplay. Resources were allocated into customization, petting your eevee riding your pokemon, making sure you get to have a comfortable time overall. But comfort is like a spice you add to a dish, you can't expect to to singlehandendly redeem every single bad decision. The gameplay and mechanics aspect was sadly neglected so you end up having a ridicolously easy game, boring and unengaging catch mechanics, a painfully dulled battle and EV system and all of this takes place in the same ol' kanto we all already know by memory by now. Sure, it might be fun for new players but so is every single other pokemon game, simpler mechanics don't end up mattering much when pokemon is already simple and approachable by design, and those games offer a lot more than lgpe does. Overall it's not a bad game per se, just lacking and a bit of a letdown because you know gamefreak is capable of much more. Might not be the best thing the series needs right now either.… Expand
  2. Mikess
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is the worst game of pokémon, with only 153 pokémon, without abilities, without battles vs Wild Pokémon
  3. Iaksok
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    A step backwards in more than one way Let's Go fails to have more content than a previous remake that came out 15 years ago. Far too easy, needlessly streamlined, core elements of battling removed, core catching mechanics exchanged for a mobile game's mechanics, subpar graphics compared to other big titles like Odyssey and BotW, and you can't really catch them all unless you buy theA step backwards in more than one way Let's Go fails to have more content than a previous remake that came out 15 years ago. Far too easy, needlessly streamlined, core elements of battling removed, core catching mechanics exchanged for a mobile game's mechanics, subpar graphics compared to other big titles like Odyssey and BotW, and you can't really catch them all unless you buy the accessory they paywalled mew to. Lazy and mediocre games that could spell the end of the franchise actually caring about its games if enabled.… Expand
  4. RaidRaptor
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    battle animations ripped straight from s/m
    grid based movement again after they just got rid of it
    $60 switch game when fire red/leaf green has more content and you can get it for $20
    obsessive hand holding and "friendly" rival who won't have any sustenance whatsoever.
    no abilities
    no held items
    paywall to get mew with the pokeball plus
  5. the_critique
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Absolutely terrible game. Pokemon has been going down in quality since X/Y, but this is a new low. Not recommending it.
  6. MrReviewerMan
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Don't be fooled, Pokemon Let's Go! is not the love letter written to you by Game Freak in hopes of reigniting your passion for Pokemon as it were back during Poke'mania nor does it introduce Pokemon in a reasonable way to newcomers from the Pokemon Go mobile generation. Quite honestly, it's a game with an identity crisis on what it wants to be and when you boot up the game to choose yourDon't be fooled, Pokemon Let's Go! is not the love letter written to you by Game Freak in hopes of reigniting your passion for Pokemon as it were back during Poke'mania nor does it introduce Pokemon in a reasonable way to newcomers from the Pokemon Go mobile generation. Quite honestly, it's a game with an identity crisis on what it wants to be and when you boot up the game to choose your language for the first time and you're met with the message "If you're not sure what to do, ask an adult to help you choose a language", then it makes itself quite known that this is a game for actual children. No, not children like you and I were back when Red/Blue/Yellow came out and the game never so much as offered its hand to us, forcing us to trudge our own adventure in the muck and mire - no this game is made for a group much younger than that. This is made for the 4-year olds who play Pokemon Go on their parent's smartphones and that notion quite clearly carries the theme throughout the entire game. The constant tutorials, reminders, hand-holding and over simplification of the game is downright insulting. And to the people who say "Well this game is not for you, it's for the kids!" Well, you're wrong on both accounts. Number one, it's wrong because adults are quite enthusiastic to play this game themselves. I can't tell you how many reddit posts I've read that have 25-40 year old men talking about their excitement and wonder for this game like a pair of shiny keys being jingled in front of their face. Number two, it's wrong because it even fails on a level to be a proper representation of pokemon to children because twenty-something years ago, you and I were kids at the time of pokemon coming out and was it as mindless and over-simplified as Let's Go? Absolutely not. Even if someone were to play through this game in its entirety and somehow like it, the version of the game they played is nothing like the actual pokemon games. Leveling up is way too fast aka there is no grind, pokemon battles are not random encounters, your interaction with your pokemon is near non-existent in the actual games and the list goes on and on. So when someone makes the assumption "I enjoyed Let's Go, maybe I'll enjoy X and Y or Sun and Moon" then they'll find out that the Pokemon experience they thought they were getting was nothing of the sort. It was a fabrication, a casualization of the series and that's really saying something when Pokemon is pretty darn casual to start with.

    In short, this game is really for nobody unless you're 4-5 years old and want to transition from Pokemon Go to another mobile game, just given a fresh coat of paint and the tagline "Hey adult men from 25-40, remember Kanto?". And if you are an adult seriously thinking about getting this game, just get Pokemon Fire Red for the game boy advance if you're really starving for some Gen 1 OG pokemon action.

    And "Baddy Bad"? Seriously Game Freak?    … Expand
  7. urgirlsfav
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Pokemon has always been kid friendly and especially accessible to newcomers, dumbing down the mechanics for no reason but to see how much money they can make with a low effort game shoudn't be encouraged no matter the franchise. Please don't support companies being slimy and holding back on you
  8. TheBinderGuy
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    If you looked up the phrase "By trying to please everybody, they had pleased nobody" on a quotation website it would have three things: a citation for Aesop's fables, a picture of this game, and a picture of its sister version. Let's start by getting into the knitty-gritty of of the matter...

    GAMEPLAY Gameplay is largely the same as past entries. You get a starter Pokemon, travel a    If you looked up the phrase "By trying to please everybody, they had pleased nobody" on a quotation website it would have three things: a citation for Aesop's fables, a picture of this game, and a picture of its sister version. Let's start by getting into the knitty-gritty of of the matter...

    GAMEPLAY
    Gameplay is largely the same as past entries. You get a starter Pokemon, travel a region, catch more Pokemon and raise them, battle other characters with said Pokemon, become Champion of the region, and eventually become a Pokemon Master. But unlike past games you no longer encounter Pokemon in certain areas at random you can now see the Pokemon on the overworld and interact with them in the same way you do in a similar manner to Pokemon Go, wild battles only exist in a few notable instances. Your Pokemon gain experience Some Pokemon species are not present in this version (as is the case for a vast majority of past games) and must be obtained via trading or transferring the Pokemon from Go. The original 151 Pokemon (plus Meltan and Melmetal, which must be caught in Go and transferred) are the only Pokemon present in the game. All other species, including ones that evolve from the original 151, are not obtainable at all.

    STORY
    The story is retread of the one present in Yellow (which this game and its sister version are remakes of). Once you complete it that's the end of it outside of Master Trainers (of which here are are 153, one for each Pokemon species available in the game), and battling certain Trainers after certain conditions are met.

    GRAPHICS
    One of two things that these games have above most Pokemon games, they're a step up quality-wise when compared to the 3DS entries (X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, and Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon) but it's somewhat tarnished when compared to other Switch games. One half-point for trying.

    MUSIC
    The second thing that his game gets right. The new orchestral takes on classic tunes is good, but the choices of instruments and feeling of certain tracks (Lavender Town's theme and the Pokemon Tower theme have lost a bit of their creepiness and the lack of Japanese instruments is iffy) can leave one wanting something more pleasing to the ear holes. One half-point for trying.

    PRICE
    $60 is way too hefty a price tag considering what these games offer. This problem also exacerbated when other items like the Poke Ball Plus (needed to get Mew), Pokemon GO (needed for Meltan and, if you're willing to wait a LONG time to get it due to single Candy payouts from catching Meltan at low spawn rates and 20km Buddy distances, Melmetal), and the Switch itself (if you don't have one already) are needed to truly complete the game. Bundles of containing the first and third items along with game are available, but they are limited in supply and are most certainly being scalped in the resale market like the Pokemon Go Plus was when it first came out.

    OVERALL
    Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (and Let's Go Pikachu) is an entry that feels like, and is, a bare-bones game of which only the most desperate of Pokemon players (and children) will not feel buyer's remorse over regardless of how much cash they paid to get them. If you're a Pokemon player that wants a little more meat in terms of everything else, wait for the 2019 entry and PRAY that the parties involved keep their word on saying that Go/Let's Go mechanics stay separate from these and future non-Let's Go entries.    … Expand
  9. kirsbush
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Embarrassingly small amount of content. Wow. Even the 3DS titles (only 40 bucks) has at least double the content of these (60 dollars.) Irredeemable trash.
  10. avemaria
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    THE GOOD:

    -Following pokemon -More engaging catching mechanics -Wild Pokemon in the overworld THE BAD(DY BAD) AESTHETICS: -SUBPAR GRAPHICS compared to other Nintendo Switch titles and even upscaled SM/USUM -ASSETS WILDLY RECYCLED: Pokemon and NPC overworld animations (walking pokemon animations found in the SM/USUM data), pokemon battle animations (only 153 pokemon + alola    THE GOOD:

    -Following pokemon
    -More engaging catching mechanics
    -Wild Pokemon in the overworld

    THE BAD(DY BAD)

    AESTHETICS:
    -SUBPAR GRAPHICS compared to other Nintendo Switch titles and even upscaled SM/USUM
    -ASSETS WILDLY RECYCLED: Pokemon and NPC overworld animations (walking pokemon animations found in the SM/USUM data), pokemon battle animations (only 153 pokemon + alola forms. Most of these models being at least five years old. Iconic pokemon with no polished animations, e.g. blastoise shooting water from his forehead, pikachu remaining motionless for kicking moves, etc.). Many costs were cut but no advantage was taken from that.

    OST
    BEAUTIFULLY BORING: Same old Kanto tunes, orchestra edition. Much more interesting renditions can be found in fanmade remixes on YouTube.

    GAMEPLAY
    -Motion controls get in the way when catching pokemon in handheld mode.

    -No motivation to catch pokemon other than fulfilling one gym requirement and getting one gift pokemon, as the chosen starter can easily take care of any battle in the game on its own.

    -General lack of challenge provides little rewarding. You can just mindlessly smash a and watch the game win for you.

    -Completely unbalanced AV and candy system makes most if not all the post game content superfluous, as Master Trainers have little chance to do anything to your overleveled, candy-powered pokemon.

    -Riding Pokemon feels pointless in a game with such small routes that can be traversed in seconds

    -EV's and abilities removed for the sake of simplication, but IV's and Natures have been kept. For those not familiar with these terms, EV's affect pokemon stats and can easily be earned and modified by the player in previous games. The same applies to abilities to some extent, with certain limitations for hidden abilities. On the other hand, IV's and natures both affect stats but are completely random and can't be modified in any way on an already caught pokemon in Let's Go. In short, the easily modifiable values have been removed, while the random, rigid ones have been kept. Again, for the sake of "simplification".

    -Barebones online functions despite them requiring a fee

    -Let's Go requires a pokeball plus joycon and a smartphone that can run pokemon go to be completed

    PERSONAL APPRECIATION

    With Let's Go, GameFreak intends to give newcommers to the Pokemon series a welcoming starting point. However, I believe they have failed to do so. Keeping a target audience (kids who haven't been able to play go or kids who get easily distracted by mobile games) in mind, great amounts of content have been cut out of Let's Go to make them simpler games. Next year, a new core pokemon game will be released. People who came back to pokemon in Let's Go will probably be facing again over 900 pokemon, abilities, a huge amount of new moves, new (to them) mechanics such as EV's, an online metagame, etc. If they found all those things too intimidating to get into pokemon before, they will surely do so again next year. If Let's Go is meant to be an introduction to the series for new gamers, it is certainly not a suitable one.

    From the moment Let's Go was announced, Gamefreak has labeled them as mainline games. Junichi Masuda, the director of these games, has stated in multiple occasions that he believes children too incompetent to get into the pokemon games (despite them always having been targeted at kids). The result of this is a game that constantly keeps a condescending attitude towards children, holding their hand each step of the way and keeping them from facing any sort of challenge. Pokemon Let's Go caters to kids, but it doesn't try to stimulate them in any shape or form. It doesn't try to provide challenges suitable for their age. Instead, it feels them with empty instant gratification much like fast food does. This is detrimental to any child's development, as their cognitive skills are being disregarded. Gamefreak is calling children stupid and doing their bit to keep them stupid because of that. The games are pretty and shiny and cute, yes, but as a parent, I wouldn't let my kid play something that constantly tells them they are dumb -and I believe you shouldn't either. Children are young, not stupid. They love learning, finding out how things work, making new discoveries. Let's Go offers none of that -only dull entertainment.

    The last thing to address is the games' quality. Some call them spin off, some (including gamefreak) call them mainline. Others argue about the difference between mainline and core pokemon games. The truth is, this is a Nintendo Switch game, and Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise in the world. Simply the fact that these games look like upscaled 3DS games should be enough not to give them a chance. Graphics aren't everything, yes, but in the case of Let's Go they are a clear representation of how much effort, thought and love has been placed on this product. The answer is: none.    … Expand
  11. SrSamuel
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is not that bad, if you are 10 or lower. The problem relies with GF trying to sell this game as a core game, and if this is a core game, then it's plain bad. Re-remake with rivals made even friendlier with no reason at all. The capture method is a port from GO, which will be funny for children, but after playing and capturing hundreds of Pokémon just to level up, you get prettyThis game is not that bad, if you are 10 or lower. The problem relies with GF trying to sell this game as a core game, and if this is a core game, then it's plain bad. Re-remake with rivals made even friendlier with no reason at all. The capture method is a port from GO, which will be funny for children, but after playing and capturing hundreds of Pokémon just to level up, you get pretty tired.
    Oh, yeah, and I forgot the reuse of animations, models and looks like textures too. At this point I'd prefer just to wait and emulate it on Yuzu or the other Switch emulator. Doesn't look that bad though, but the shadows are just a pixelated mess, and the animation to run just feels off, and then the fps drops.
    Well, let's take this as a beta test for the next Switch game.    … Expand
  12. 4b4ddon
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    The most expensive Pokemon game up to date with the least amount of content. Game Freak should be ashamed of trying to pull this attempt at selling a low-effort, pretty but shallow mobile game for a price of a home console game. There is no quality in this release, everything is geared toward money - a 40$ accessory that pretty much does nothing, is useless outside of this game, and isThe most expensive Pokemon game up to date with the least amount of content. Game Freak should be ashamed of trying to pull this attempt at selling a low-effort, pretty but shallow mobile game for a price of a home console game. There is no quality in this release, everything is geared toward money - a 40$ accessory that pretty much does nothing, is useless outside of this game, and is used as a disgusting paywall for Mew. The greediness is overflowing from this game.… Expand
  13. EvilMissionary
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Gotta catch em' all, except this time it's not about the monsters but gullible collectionists falling in the mew paywall scam. Sickening that a company would turn on the series' motto and philosophy just to make more money.
  14. LastOrigin21
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now) Despite an annual subscription for    Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now)
    Despite an annual subscription for online play, there are less features than the 3DS games such as wonder trade, battle spot, and the GTS
    No wild battles
    No Safari
    No games at the game corner, just text
    Animations are completely recycled from USUM, including the walking animations for Pokemon
    Blastoise shoots Hydro Pump from its forehead
    Gym Requirements force you to have an advantage over the gym
    They also made traditional nuzlocke rules impossible
    Exp share can not be turned off
    Lance uses Seadra simply because Kingdra isn’t in the game, as with the case with many bosses
    The champion has no Pokemon with 4 moves
    Red himself uses a Fire Blast Machamp without No Guard or Specs
    AVs increase stats beyond what stats normally can be and can be maxed out in every stat, making Mega Slowbro+Chansey Core nearly unbreakable
    Btw Megas don’t require items since no Pokemon can hold items
    No abilities either
    They didn’t bother making a skeleton aerodactyl for the museum
    Co op is wasted potential with it making battle 2v1s with P1’s team and no other functions
    Following Pokemon and Co-op will likely be dropped in Gen 8    … Expand
  15. ArthurClark
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    If you buy this game you're saying you're ok with paywalls, ok with saying a big **** off to competitive players, ok with removing core mechanics, ok with going to the same region over and over because blind nostalgia sells, ok with names like splishy splash and baddy bad, ok with never having actual postgame again, ok with garbage graphics when the switch is capable of much more, ok withIf you buy this game you're saying you're ok with paywalls, ok with saying a big **** off to competitive players, ok with removing core mechanics, ok with going to the same region over and over because blind nostalgia sells, ok with names like splishy splash and baddy bad, ok with never having actual postgame again, ok with garbage graphics when the switch is capable of much more, ok with the franchise dieing in spirit to become a soulless cashgrab machine.… Expand
  16. Zorn
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Terrible game, nothing of value to be found if you're a veteran player and if you're a newcomer you'll have better luck playing literally any other game of the series as they are accessible and not barren and stripped of content as let's go is. As someone who started with Kanto it pains me for my favourite region to be used as a medium for cheap nostalgia money and endless rehashes insteadTerrible game, nothing of value to be found if you're a veteran player and if you're a newcomer you'll have better luck playing literally any other game of the series as they are accessible and not barren and stripped of content as let's go is. As someone who started with Kanto it pains me for my favourite region to be used as a medium for cheap nostalgia money and endless rehashes instead of focusing on evolving the series.… Expand
  17. moonlightsonata
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Ok, first off does anybody even new to the series actually think abilities and items are overwhelming for new players? A simple concept of innate passives and equippable items present in most rpgs, something as basilar as that is somehow hard for people to grasp? When it worked just fine for over 20 years without seeing kids gouging their eyes out at how difficult the mechanics of baby'sOk, first off does anybody even new to the series actually think abilities and items are overwhelming for new players? A simple concept of innate passives and equippable items present in most rpgs, something as basilar as that is somehow hard for people to grasp? When it worked just fine for over 20 years without seeing kids gouging their eyes out at how difficult the mechanics of baby's first jrpg are? Gamefreak apparently thinks they do. Terribly out of touch and having a track record for not listening to players and removing the features they like this time they're insulting the intelligence of kids and go players alike. Masuda is a delirious hack and should resign, I'm a passionate competitive player and I fear and I quote ''let's go will become the pillar of the franchise for the next 20 years''. that would ruin the competitive scene completely, please sends a message to gamefreak to remind them not only this is unneeded but there's a noticeable competitive fanbase that loves the game as it is.… Expand
  18. Yamilord
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A major step back for the franchise, with many features stripped away from the games fans overall love. This includes the removal of such things as an actually functional Game Corner (could've at the least had voltorb flip man), and no Sevii Islands, which made FRLG beloved. This combined with somehow **** up multiplayer, and the greediness of making sure Mew is locked behind a paywallA major step back for the franchise, with many features stripped away from the games fans overall love. This includes the removal of such things as an actually functional Game Corner (could've at the least had voltorb flip man), and no Sevii Islands, which made FRLG beloved. This combined with somehow **** up multiplayer, and the greediness of making sure Mew is locked behind a paywall makes it without a doubt the worst Pokémon game since Dash… Expand
  19. kalser
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    - The graphics are on par with XY/ORAS games, not even SM when it could easily be Pokken since the switch is able to handle it
    - Paid online, which said paid online removes features like wonder trade and GTS
    - $50 toy and trading are the only way to get Mew legitimately when HGSS gave players a very similar toy with the game and didn’t make it impossible to 100% the game without someone    - The graphics are on par with XY/ORAS games, not even SM when it could easily be Pokken since the switch is able to handle it
    - Paid online, which said paid online removes features like wonder trade and GTS
    - $50 toy and trading are the only way to get Mew legitimately when HGSS gave players a very similar toy with the game and didn’t make it impossible to 100% the game without someone paying extra
    - Similarly, the only way to get Gengar, Alakazam, Golem/Golem-A, and Machamp are though trading (the likes of which is harder do to previous factors and that the fact that 2 switches are required) or by playing Pokemon GO on a smart phone where you catch hundreds of Pokemon in that line or walk/drive thousands of kilometers while its on or getting lucky with encounters
    - Several animations are literally copy&pasted from SM
    - Blastoise, a flagship pokemon, still shoots hydro pump from its forehead
    - Many Pokemon just move on the axis during attack animations
    - Aerodactyl in the museum is literally just an aerodactyl model and no modifications to make it appear as a skeleton
    - Gym Requirements break traditional nuzlocke rules just so that GameFreak had a lazy way to make the game easier
    - The one of the downsides of having a Mega on a Pokemon, being the item they hold preventing you from hold other items, is now gone, and there is no downside to using most megas like Alakazam, Slowbro, Gengar, Charizard-Y, Blastoise, ect.
    - Because of how AVs work, the EVs of these games, everything is bulkier than what they were in Gen 2, likely being less balanced than Gen 2 and 3
    - Co-op makes battles 2v1s in your favor and offers nothing else in gameplay when the possibilities are infinite
    - The Champion has a Jolteon with 3 moves, 2 of which are Quick Attack and Pin Missile
    - In fact, the Champion only has 3 moves for each Pokemon
    - So do many Master Trainers
    - Some master trainers will have a flying type with a ground type move
    - Since there is a Master Trainer for every Pokemon, you will need a living dex or fight the NFE Pokemon first even though they are post game
    - Chikorita to Zeraora are all missing entirely. No transfer from the real mainline games or even GO
    - With the former, many Gen 2 and Gen 4 cross evolutions are gone
    - No Day and Night cycle what so ever
    - You can run from trainers
    - Wild Battles are now just GO like catching
    - EXP Share can’t be turned off at all
    - With how hard they deliberately made making competitive teams, the Nintendo Switch is now more likely to be hacked as no one is realisticly going to build a legitimate team
    - With how hard the games are and how many Gen 1 references there are, the games are somehow meant for little japanese kids
    - Despite what paid shills have said, Musada says he hope the future of Pokemon is more like LGPE
    - It took them 5 years to let you ride Kangaskahn, and your starter is the one in its pouch
    - Machamp doesn’t princess carry you even though it did in SM

    Baddy Bad/10    … Expand
  20. crybadge
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    I was kind of excited for the games when the first trailer dropped even though we were going back to Kanto for the millionth time, but I was really excited to see a whole lot of the newer Pokemon running around in Kanto. I'm a veteran player, I've played all of the main games many times over and most of the side games as well. I've been playing since I was a toddler (I'm 20), so I'veI was kind of excited for the games when the first trailer dropped even though we were going back to Kanto for the millionth time, but I was really excited to see a whole lot of the newer Pokemon running around in Kanto. I'm a veteran player, I've played all of the main games many times over and most of the side games as well. I've been playing since I was a toddler (I'm 20), so I've really matured with these games and have become familiar with all of the deeper mechanics as I've grown. Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee have cut out a lot of these mechanics, and I mean a lot. Anyone who has ever played a main game has experienced a wild Pokemon battle, which these games cut out. Of course, they're inspired by Pokemon Go, so I can respect that. I actually kind of enjoyed the wild Pokemon running around, and not having to use Repels anymore. However, the games also cut out abilities, held items, hundreds of moves, and every Pokemon after the original 151 except for Meltan and Melmetal. The thing I was looking forward to most, seeing new Pokemon in Kanto, was done..

    .There is also no post-game to make up for any of this, only to beat the Master Trainers, where you face off with the same Pokemon 1v1, and it's very tedious, I haven't even finished yet. They didn't even include the Sevii Islands from the first Kanto remakes, FireRed and LeafGreen. So FireRed and LeafGreen not only have hold items, abilities, all the moves, and all of the other Pokemon that were around at the time, they have a far more in-depth post-game than these games, and they were released 14 years ago! And even though you couldn't evolve some Kanto Pokemon until the post-game in FireRed and LeafGreen, they at least included every Pokemon. I'm sad that Let's Go Eevee didn't at least include the cross-generational evolutions to the Kanto Pokemon, like Golbat's evolution Crobat, Eevee's evolutions, like Espeon and Sylveon, or Electabuzz's evolution, Electivire. They also could've included some Baby Pokemon, like Pichu, Pikachu's pre-evolution, or Magby, Magmar's pre-evolution. Speaking of evolutions, your starter Eevee, classified as the "Evolution Pokemon" in the Pokedex, can't even evolve, you have to find another Eevee (it's the same Let's Go Pikachu). Only the original 151 and Meltan exist in the game, and to evolve Meltan you have to be an avid Go player too. Not to mention you have to spend, what, $50 on the Pokeball Plus to get Mew? It's really unfortunate that a Pokemon literally costs so much money, you also can't trade the one from Go or trade one from another game, you have to buy your own...I do, however, really like walking with your Pokemon, and riding them, even though there aren't as many rideable Pokemon as I thought there'd be. Mega Evolutions are really cool and I'm glad to see them back, even though some are useless or even worse because of the lack of abilities. Same for Alola Forms, Alolan Nintetales is one of my absolute favorites, and they add at least some variety to the original 151. It's also nice to see Kanto in 3D, but I feel like the graphics are subpar for the Nintendo Switch and the games are also still on the primitive grid system, like they were made for the 3DS or something.

    Overall, I think the negatives really outweigh the positives. The games are $60, they really should be just $40. FireRed and LeafGreen literally have more content and all of the Pokemon, and you could easily find a copy cheap on eBay or something, I think it's more worth it to invest in them if you want a more full Kanto experience. If you were planning on buying a Switch just for these games, don't. It's really, definitely not worth $360 for the system and the titles. If you want to play Pokemon on the Switch, wait until the 2019 new Pokemon game, no matter how bad it is, at least it'll have more content than these games. Sad to say this is the first Pokemon game I probably won't touch again.    … Expand
  21. onionsboyHD
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Kanto again but needlessly dumbed down like come the **** on it's pokemon we all beat that as kids do they really think go players and kids have learning disabilities this much casualization is downright insulting
    oh and also 50$ mew lmfao
  22. yshdmt
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Can't be played with Pro Controller. Beware. Game is too easy. Feels slow..
  23. WorriedDenizen
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    This is straight from my Let's Go Pikachu review:

    No, no, NO, NO, NO!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE!!! Where do I even begin with this? Well lets start with the biggest problem with this game, it is a full priced Switch game, for how little content there is. A Kanto rehash for $60 USD? I might as well just replay Fire Red and Leaf Green, or Heartgold and SoulSilver. Now as for the game itself,    This is straight from my Let's Go Pikachu review:

    No, no, NO, NO, NO!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!

    Where do I even begin with this? Well lets start with the biggest problem with this game, it is a full priced Switch game, for how little content there is. A Kanto rehash for $60 USD? I might as well just replay Fire Red and Leaf Green, or Heartgold and SoulSilver.
    Now as for the game itself, oh god almighty... It carries the flaws that Game Freak never bothered to fix (thanks Masuda) while TAKING OUT features.
    This game keeps the nature system while it retcons abilities, and hold items, and takes out a lot of attacks notably Dragon Dance, Giga Drain which is merged with mega drain, and rapid spin, and defog, btw for competitive players Stealth Rocks is still in the game so have fun. Oh and the EV system changed from being maxed out at 252, I can't necessarily explain it's like 200 in every stat if possible. YET THEY LEAVE IN THE IV SYSTEM, THANKS GAME FREAK.

    This game also LAGS when there are too many pokemon on the screen, ya you noticed in the trailers when they showed Co-op the FPS dropped? Well you weren't crazy, this game is HORRIBLY OPTIMIZED, while looking like the ORAS chibi models, but somehow being even **** It was bad enough when they removed Triple, and Rotation battles in Generation 7. But dear god Lets Go makes those games look like solid Pokemon games... Seriously, how many generations of taking out features, yet they can't even fix the goddamn FPS? AND implement multiple save features. No wonder why Game Freak had to go to HAL for help back in the day. ABSOLUTE INCOMPETENCE, and it really shows with this game.

    Main story is just Kanto... Again, and again... except with no Game Corner, with another friendly rival, with worse graphics than the 3ds games. Gym leaders don't even have full movesets sometimes. Seriously? An Alakazam with just Psychic and Nightshade? Wheres Shadow Ball, and Focus Blast, and some other coverage attack!??!? Also the Elite Four first match got deleveled slightly.

    Rivalwise, HE'S ANOTHER FRIEND YET AGAIN, ya know for a company that really loves Kanto so much, you would think they would actually implement a proper rival like Blue, or Silver. But no of course not just like in Generation 5-7 seriously Game Freak piss off with this trend. He heals you up, and gives you items. Oh and btw Cerulean Cave is really disappointing.

    Now a lot of people already went off on the stupid GO style of capturing, which is just stupid since it's taking out a core aspect of Pokemon since GEN 1, the capturing mechanics in GO weren't even the liked aspects of it. It was the exploration and going to different real life locations to get a rare mon. Anyhow it's braindead as hell, and there is almost no challenge with the actual capturing. Seriously Mewtwo should be kicking your ass, not a wrist-flicker fest.

    Endgame is extremely barebones, even more so than X/Y, and Sun and Moon. You rematch the gym leaders, fight the e4 again, and capture Mewtwo, and fight more elite trainers, the fight Green, and Red? Blue is already a new gym leader so I didn't count him, but that's it for content? And again this is being charged as a full priced triple-a Nintendo game???

    The animations are lazy. Look at any kick related attacks in Pokemon Stadium 1, and 2. Both games that were made during the N64 days, and compare it to say... Double Kick in Let's Go. Also Blastoise still doesn't use his cannons. Come on Game Freak you retcon the other gens and left it as strictly Gen Wun, yet you don't take the time to make the animations less **** This is even worse than in Gen 6, and 7.

    No Switch Pro Controller support, are you serious Game Freak? Just why... WHY WHY WHY.
    On a side note I forgot to mention that if you want Melmetal, have fun getting it since you have to feed Meltan 400 candies in GO. Also the Mew unlock, don't even bother spending $50 on that... Also paid online is a thing. just in other words, if you want Kanto skip these games entirely and just play Fire Red/Leaf Green, or Heartgold/Soulsilver.

    Overall the excuse "for casual players" is a stupid excuse that just doesn't work. The original Gen 1, and 2. Were for kids but they still had some degree of freedom and didn't hold your hand every step of the way. Of course Masuda is a senile out of touch incompetent idiot, and clearly doesn't see this. (Look at the guys director track record) This game is somehow more dumbed down than Sun and Moon was. That's an impressive feat. Plus they continued to take out features, yet for some reason they kept in Mega evolutions??? While taking out held items, and abilities? Again as I stated repeatedly, Generation 3, and 4, are more worth your time if you want Kanto. This is a shameless disgusting rip off of a "game" I honestly would go as far as to calling it **** Save your money for Smash Ultimate, don't blow it on this. Hell I would say this isn't even worth pirating it's just that ****    … Expand
  24. xAziDahaka
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    A sad excuse for a title coming from the world's biggest franchise, Let's go mainly focuses on dumbing down considerably an already easy series, an imbecilic and reduntant process. No reason whatsoever to touch the simple battle system that worked since the franchise was born, no need to remove wild encounters and catching to make space for more low effort spoonfeeding mechanics. NobodyA sad excuse for a title coming from the world's biggest franchise, Let's go mainly focuses on dumbing down considerably an already easy series, an imbecilic and reduntant process. No reason whatsoever to touch the simple battle system that worked since the franchise was born, no need to remove wild encounters and catching to make space for more low effort spoonfeeding mechanics. Nobody really wanted or asked for this game but here we are, going to kanto for the 12nd time experiencing the same exact story over and over again.… Expand
  25. Waluigi4Smash
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    m*bile games are ruining the videogame industry
    once games were about overcoming a challenge, now they're instant gratification simulators that basically play themselves
    and would you look at that, GO success directly caused an easier, casualized, kanto pandering, low effort cashgrab completely deviod of passion
    pokemon is a zombie series
  26. stormriderXS
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A remake with less to offer than FRLG which came out a decade and an half ago, there's no need to say much else. Vote with your vallet so we may see better games
  27. kickedUp
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    i used to have unwavering faith in the franchise, went in almost blind expecting great things from this lastest new installation. Not anymore. All that waited me was a washed out experience of a game I already played removing and worsening the mechanics of the games I fell in love with as a child. Do we actually need pokemon go catching, what was wrong with the previous method. This justi used to have unwavering faith in the franchise, went in almost blind expecting great things from this lastest new installation. Not anymore. All that waited me was a washed out experience of a game I already played removing and worsening the mechanics of the games I fell in love with as a child. Do we actually need pokemon go catching, what was wrong with the previous method. This just feels like getting rewarded for minimum effort, which is what masuda and game freak expect this game to do honestly. Bring back traditional pokemon, if anybody wanted mechanics from the mobile game they'd play the mobile game. Please reconsider gamefreak.… Expand
  28. lgalindo2
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    No content, easy and boring as hell. Not to mention it looks horrible despite being a switch game.
  29. EdgedPixie
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game clearly sacrificed its natural audience by ruining any shreds of difficulty the game had prior. Here's some gripes we all have:

    • There is no PC, so you can only have the Pokemon in your party. • Your starter cannot leave your party, so you're stuck with it for good. • The wild battle system is replaced with "Pokemon Go" ring-toss catching, so there's no fun involved there.    This game clearly sacrificed its natural audience by ruining any shreds of difficulty the game had prior. Here's some gripes we all have:

    • There is no PC, so you can only have the Pokemon in your party.
    • Your starter cannot leave your party, so you're stuck with it for good.
    • The wild battle system is replaced with "Pokemon Go" ring-toss catching, so there's no fun involved there.
    • Held items and abilities straight up don't exist, removing all competitive strategy.
    • The EXP share is forced on, so you'll be overlevelled all the time, compounding the fact that your Eevee/Pikachu is forced into your party, because they will ALWAYS be over-levelled with no option to replace or change them.
    •There are MANDATORY Level and type advantage requirements to enter gyms. Some critics say that "this doesn't remove difficulty because you only have to pass it once to enter so you can still take on the gym with whatever party you like", except to do so you need to release a beloved team member because the PC doesn't exist.
    • There are 656 Pokemon that have been cut, and the game and added only 2 both of whom are very mediocre.
    • There are absolute overkill moves like "Bouncy Bubble" and "Zippy Zap" that have high power and always crit, which is just a story- and meta-ruining set combined into one. Great.
    • The online mode is a complete failure, and has little to no value.

    Some would argue this game is a good primer or step in for children or elderly, or new fans, but I disagree, in so far as the complexity gradient between this and any actual Pokemon game (Even the originals) is almost equal to the step up without this game in the equation. Save yourself the cash and get one of the DS or 3DS titles. My recommendations would be HGSS, XY, or USUM. Please, do not support this game. It's not worth your money, nor your time.

    This game is a massive step backwards and if this is the "base or starting point" for the next 20 years to come, then this franchise might actually be over.    … Expand
  30. horohoro854
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Not sure what the hype is all about, it's a horrible game with rehashed graphics and an awful to play adventure. I really got bored with this game and will probably not buy this for my sister who is in middle school.

    Older Pokemons were kind of complex with the various systems like EV, Breeding, Random Elements, and natures. This gave us the option to use these mechanics so we could    Not sure what the hype is all about, it's a horrible game with rehashed graphics and an awful to play adventure. I really got bored with this game and will probably not buy this for my sister who is in middle school.

    Older Pokemons were kind of complex with the various systems like EV, Breeding, Random Elements, and natures. This gave us the option to use these mechanics so we could have deeper gameplay or ignore them to have a simple enjoyable experience. If you want a shallow, mindless game with no gameplay freedom whatsoever, then this game is for you.    … Expand
  31. Zekrom9
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game doesn't offer much for long-time Pokémon fans nor for grown-ups in general. It's very clear that the game was made exclusively for children, with the removal of most of the franchise's core features that have been present since the very first games, which Let's Go is ironically a remake of. The game lacks battling wild Pokémon, giving your Pokémon held items, abilities for eachThis game doesn't offer much for long-time Pokémon fans nor for grown-ups in general. It's very clear that the game was made exclusively for children, with the removal of most of the franchise's core features that have been present since the very first games, which Let's Go is ironically a remake of. The game lacks battling wild Pokémon, giving your Pokémon held items, abilities for each Pokémon species, breeding and hatching Pokémon eggs, and most disappointingly, Pokémon from other games than Pokémon Yellow. Even Eevee, one of the main Pokémon in this iteration, has lost five of its eight total evolution, and Pikachu has lost its pre-evolution Pichu. Not to mention that Mew is only obtainable by paying $50, which is simply outrageous.

    The games also lack general polish, with many animations being reused from previous games or simply not being there at all. Most Pokémon do not have animations for most of their attacks or movements, and simply freeze when prompted to execute such commands. Seeing Pokémon "jump" by simply scaling up and down the y-axis, move in a straight line while standing still, the protagonist flying over stairs, NPCs only being able to walk in straight lines and having to stop in order to turn, and the general lack of animations where one would consider them necessary ruins a lot of the immersion that the games could otherwise have had. Models clips through each other and shadows are simple textures instead of being, well, shadows. The list goes on.

    Content-wise the game also falls flat. With the removal of battling wild Pokémon and almost every feature introduced since Pokémon Gold and Silver being absent, this means that the only things the player have to spend their time on is battling trainers, of which there are a small and finite number of. Not to mention that compared to the original Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, these trainers have also been made easier to defeat, and that includes the fabled Pokémon League itself. The game also allows the player to boost their Pokémon stats in a variety of ways, so much in fact that your starter can reach the same power levels that Legendary Pokémon have. And some of these boosts are not even optional, but automatic. After beating the Pokémon League and catching the 4 Legendary Pokémon, the game basically ends. There is nothing more to do other than just fighting the remaining trainers.

    Some of the game's new additions also simply feel insulting to the player, such as moves being named Baddy Bad and Splishy Splash, which sound like actual babytalk that even children would eventually get annoyed by.

    Overall, the game is not for long-time Pokémon fans as it removes just about everything that the franchise is so beloved for, it is not for gamers in general due to the lack of polish, difficulty and the incredible hand-holding, and it is not for curious newcomers to the franchise due to the lack of content and interesting features. It is exclusively for kids who have played Pokémon Go on their mobile phones.    … Expand
  32. Muimumnut
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It really is Baby's first pokemon. From mechanics such as battling random pokemon, to the fact that motion controls are forced into things such as battles and catching pokemon. Truly a shame the gen 1 remaster had so much cut.
  33. ErmaJim
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    De verdad que es un juego terrible, no debemos apoyar la casualizacion de la franquicia.
  34. gbanshee
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    This is a horribly lazy game that has nothing going for it other than nostalgia and graphics, which aren't even all that great if you compare them to other games on Switch. Tons of content removed for no real reason other than the excuse that "it was too complicated". No pro controller support, a 40$ accessory that is pretty much USELESS, in addition to the 60$ price tag on the gameThis is a horribly lazy game that has nothing going for it other than nostalgia and graphics, which aren't even all that great if you compare them to other games on Switch. Tons of content removed for no real reason other than the excuse that "it was too complicated". No pro controller support, a 40$ accessory that is pretty much USELESS, in addition to the 60$ price tag on the game themselves. The games aren't worth even half their price.… Expand
  35. mariotpoop
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    The game basically plays itself. Even a 5 year old will find it boring. Also terrible graphics and lots of removed features.
  36. talon245
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A shallow cashgrab to the core this game appears to focus more on removing rehashing and neutering rather than trying to add. Too simplistic to appeal to veterans of the series and too needlessly patronizing and handholdy to serve as a meaningful introduction to the series for new players rather than a frustrating and superficial one, Let's Go can only be described as an unsolicitedA shallow cashgrab to the core this game appears to focus more on removing rehashing and neutering rather than trying to add. Too simplistic to appeal to veterans of the series and too needlessly patronizing and handholdy to serve as a meaningful introduction to the series for new players rather than a frustrating and superficial one, Let's Go can only be described as an unsolicited stripped down version of what already is one of the most newcomer-friendly series on the market and a walking contradiction failing to entice anybody by trying to excessively cater to only one side of the new/veteran spectrum. Abilities, Items, Wild Encounters, Traditional Catching, Breeding, and most notably any Pokemon not part of the original 151 are not present in the game and alternatives to act as a substitute are mostly not provided or do not feel substantial enough to warrant the change in the first place. Additions that weren't present in Yellow are very scarce compared to other remakes and even then they are mostly friviolities that while cutesy and cheerful they don't suffice to quell the irritation caused by the game's barren and unchanged Kanto trying to ride on the coattails of nostalgia out of rapacious greed instead of attempting to improve the experience.… Expand
  37. ellub
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Vou escrever em português mesmo: Jogo extremamente tedioso, enjoativo e feito de maneira preguiçosa. As sombras do jogo são ridículas, a mecânica que retiraram de batalhar com pokemon selvagens foi a pior escolha que já fizeram, pois ficar capturando incansáveis pokemon enjoa logo nas primeiras horas de gameplay. Apesar de mudarem alguns elementos na historia, é extremamente enjoativa poisVou escrever em português mesmo: Jogo extremamente tedioso, enjoativo e feito de maneira preguiçosa. As sombras do jogo são ridículas, a mecânica que retiraram de batalhar com pokemon selvagens foi a pior escolha que já fizeram, pois ficar capturando incansáveis pokemon enjoa logo nas primeiras horas de gameplay. Apesar de mudarem alguns elementos na historia, é extremamente enjoativa pois já joguei incontáveis vezes jogos que se passam na região de Kanto, fora que o jogo, apesar de ser para o publico infantil, está exageradamente infantilizado. Os modelos dos personagens estão em modo "chibi" que é algo ridículo de ver em um jogo para o NIntendo Switch. E o principal, O JOGO NÃO TEM TRADUÇÃO PARA O PORTUGUÊS!!

    Espero que os jogos Pokemon de 2019 sejam nada parecidos com esses Let's Go, e se forem, me recuso a comprar.    … Expand
  38. AzureThunder
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    The only new mechanics this games have are pokemon spawning in the overworld and the capture method, they are ideas that i'd like in a correct game design.
    On the other hand this games step back on a lot of other mechanics: deformed art style, day-night cycle removed, all the competitive aspects of the game have been removed (abilities, breeding, items). I don't care about the target of    The only new mechanics this games have are pokemon spawning in the overworld and the capture method, they are ideas that i'd like in a correct game design.
    On the other hand this games step back on a lot of other mechanics: deformed art style, day-night cycle removed, all the competitive aspects of the game have been removed (abilities, breeding, items). I don't care about the target of these games but in my eyes this is unacceptable and a symptom of laziness on GF's part.
    I don't want GF to hold my hand during the entire game, i want challenge. They should have made a game where competitive is accessible by more people, they should have introduced mechanics to make the training of competitive pokemon faster. i don't want to talk about pokeball plus and GO connectivity, i think they are garbage.
    I feel GF is making fun of us veterans, i can't see anything of what i love about pokemon in these games which recycle an old region, only add a few new mechanics and trashes a lot of consolidated mechanics from 20 years of franchise.
    I think I'll play Zelda BOTW since i didn't finish it, perhaps i'll start master mode (yes GF that is a good game, and i'm not talking about the open world, i am talking about the technical aspects of that game, if pokemon ever reached that level i would be the happiest man in the world. I know it will never happen but dreaming is beautiful). I'm waiting with pleasure the 2019 titles with little hope for a change compared to the last years.    … Expand
  39. Chrom1
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Unchallenging, unremarkable, and unimpressive. A step in the wrong direction overall.
  40. KratosPapaLu
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Este juego es realmente una decepción y una involución para la franquicia, lastima me dan los que lo defienden como algo "innovador" cuando esto traerá la destrucción de la saga.
  41. pokeanon
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    Good things:: You can have following pokémon. You can ride some pokémon. The master trainers

    Baddy bad things: Insultingly easy, it is press A to win. Eliminated wild battles, I dislike the GO catching method. Eliminated competitive play, the whole breeding aspect!. Eliminated 6 entire generations from the pokédex. Eliminated day and night cycle. Protagonists are too young. Rival is too    Good things:: You can have following pokémon. You can ride some pokémon. The master trainers

    Baddy bad things: Insultingly easy, it is press A to win. Eliminated wild battles, I dislike the GO catching method. Eliminated competitive play, the whole breeding aspect!. Eliminated 6 entire generations from the pokédex. Eliminated day and night cycle. Protagonists are too young. Rival is too friendly. Excessive focus on cuteness. Excessively childish names. Eliminated moves. Basically, it is a step in the wrong direction for the series, relying on nostalgia by genwunners and the success of Pokémon GO mobile. Make the games a challenge, please! At least provide difficulty options!    … Expand
  42. thvbh
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    This is the laziest, most disgusting cashgrab in Pokemon history. Tons of features removed, casualised to the limit, treating players as if they're brainless zombies, tedious grind (have fun grinding **** to level 75 for no real reward), 40$ Mew paywall, all pokemon past gen I removed other than Meltan and Melmetal, no abilities (but Mega evolutions are in, wtf), the games are made withThis is the laziest, most disgusting cashgrab in Pokemon history. Tons of features removed, casualised to the limit, treating players as if they're brainless zombies, tedious grind (have fun grinding **** to level 75 for no real reward), 40$ Mew paywall, all pokemon past gen I removed other than Meltan and Melmetal, no abilities (but Mega evolutions are in, wtf), the games are made with the assumption that players today have an attention span of 5 seconds at most. Kanto is basically copy pasted from a game TWENTY YEARS OLD, the only improvement is the new graphics, but that's the least you can expect out of a remake.
    The idea of making a new side-series to help new players get into Pokemon was great, but the execution is HORRIBLE. This is a mobile-tier game on a home console system sold for 60$, plus an accessory for another 40$ that locks you out of obtaining Mew (it's obvious why), and the game doesn't even support a pro controller? THIS is the grand entrance of Pokemon on a home console, when Mario got Odyssey and Zelda got Breath of the Wild? The framerate is of course abyssmal, but that's something we've been fed constantly since X/Y, so nothing new here. The only thing that stops this game from being a 3DS game is the resolution, and that is telling enough. If any other franchise tried to push such a **** lazy, soulless husk of a game for 60$, it would be pummeled into the ground by negative reviews, but since it's Pokemon, nostalgia blinded normies are trying to protect the game by giving 10s without even providing any legitimate praise other than "it's cute and pretty" or complainig about negative reviews. There's no point in paying at least 60$ to play through generation I AGAIN when you have Fire Red/Leaf Green or Virtual Console re-releases of Red, Blue and Yellow. I've bought almost every mainline game in the past, got tricked into buying Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (Ultra changes my ass), but this time I'm done, Game Freak will have to up their game next time if they want to have me on board.    … Expand
  43. averageVP
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Game is too easy and miss like 700+ pokemon and features from older games. Don't buy.
  44. MajesticCorgi
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    It's a cute game and the music is amazing, but I think that's all that can be said is a positive here. You cannot strip down features from a series that was already essentially baby's-first-RPG and expect it to be fun. Removing wild encounters makes training pokemon feel even more lifeless to me, perhaps because you don't even get to see your pokemon on the screen half the time anymore. ItIt's a cute game and the music is amazing, but I think that's all that can be said is a positive here. You cannot strip down features from a series that was already essentially baby's-first-RPG and expect it to be fun. Removing wild encounters makes training pokemon feel even more lifeless to me, perhaps because you don't even get to see your pokemon on the screen half the time anymore. It just feels so hollow, which is a shame because there's was a lot of potential to charm here.… Expand
  45. atlasss
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Boring droll experience, it's clearly meant to be a stopgap title until gen 8 but that doesn't mean it should be free of scrutiny and not called out for the vain cashgrab it is. Make them realize adding things is what a remake should be about, not removing everything appealing to long time players and hoping nostalgia does its job. It's advertized as a pokemon experience for everyone butBoring droll experience, it's clearly meant to be a stopgap title until gen 8 but that doesn't mean it should be free of scrutiny and not called out for the vain cashgrab it is. Make them realize adding things is what a remake should be about, not removing everything appealing to long time players and hoping nostalgia does its job. It's advertized as a pokemon experience for everyone but it's clearly a lie, trying too hard to push for one market will make them neglect the rest of players, and this is what's happening here.… Expand
  46. AlJolly
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Lazy cash grab. VERY lazy. Sad Mr. Masuda thinks $50 USD for Mew DLC is acceptable. This game is BAD. FRLG was better and it came out 14 years ago.
  47. HeyVPBros
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Way too easy, lazy content added while removing the good stuff, no cool modes or anything. Character models and overworld look awful.
  48. Pokefan1555
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Longtime Pokémon fan here. I grew up playing Pokémon blue and fondly remember battling my first Pokémon in the tall grass with squirtle by my side. A somewhat challenging elite 4 and gyms kept me clamoring to raise more and better monsters as the generations went on. Granted the games have never been incredibly challenging but rarely were they insultingly easy even for a child from 7-10.Longtime Pokémon fan here. I grew up playing Pokémon blue and fondly remember battling my first Pokémon in the tall grass with squirtle by my side. A somewhat challenging elite 4 and gyms kept me clamoring to raise more and better monsters as the generations went on. Granted the games have never been incredibly challenging but rarely were they insultingly easy even for a child from 7-10. However the new releases of LGPE have come across as a step forward on a couple of quality of life improvements but many steps backward in game design and implementation.
    Improvements such as the box storage being accessible at all times, and easier access to nature changes in the wild will not go unnoticed and actually being able to ride the larger monsters will also be a hit with Pokémon fans. That being said the game does away with classical capture mechanics such as weaken, inflict status then attempt capture for the less intriguing pokeball throw using the inescapable motion controls (yes they are required for gameplay in dock mode while the gyro is used in handheld mode).
    The novelty wears thin as you realize you must do this exact same wrist motion over and over to complete gym entrance tasks and in some cases level up a Pokémon or find a rarer breed through chaining more common breeds. As always Gamefreak misses the chance to make some of these mechanics optional (such as motion control) to please all kinds of fans in order to pander to mobile gamers who are familiar with a freemium app. Also negatives include the removal of all Pokémon from generation 2-7 and the inclusion of 151st Pokémon Mew trapped behind the purchase of a $50 joy con shaped like a pokeball.
    Sadly this game tries to deliver nothing more than a short lived nostalgia high to those who played Pokémon 20 years ago then abandoned the series quickly thereafter. Like many developers, Gamefreak has chosen the path of least resistance to make a quick buck by recreating a 20 year old game tile by tile only to add a fresh coat of paint and destroy many of the more strategic mechanics that both veterans and new comers appreciate such as hold items and Pokémon abilities. In the wake we are left with a game meant to excite old feelings of adventure and excitement only to be left with a 10-12 hour main story filled with flicking wrists at random Pokémon we don’t want to catch but have to and a story which has changed so little that we know what will happen at almost every step. I encourage people to watch playthroughs before buying this game and ending up with $60 taken from their wallets and plenty of regret for trusting a franchise that Should know better. This being said I will cautiously watch for Generation 8 news where Gamefreak will have the chance to win back some of the fans who are disappointed with this entry to the series.    … Expand
  49. Incolbum
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I went into this expecting even some semblance of a nostalgia trip because I sure as hell didn't like the concept when it was initially shown. Seven hours in and the game feels like a chore. I usually always finish pokemon games, but this time I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to keep going on with it.
  50. Shane8th
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    for a core game in the series, removing key features like wild battles, abilities and held items, on its own feels wrong and watered down to cater to the modern gaming trend to make everything so streamlined it requires no brain to play.. and that probably works for making companys money.. But for the Pokemon fan, leaves alot to be desired.. especially when you get alot of exp rewarded forfor a core game in the series, removing key features like wild battles, abilities and held items, on its own feels wrong and watered down to cater to the modern gaming trend to make everything so streamlined it requires no brain to play.. and that probably works for making companys money.. But for the Pokemon fan, leaves alot to be desired.. especially when you get alot of exp rewarded for not earning it, resulting in no need to train your Pokemon.

    Sure the Meta for battling might be different now there is no abilities, and I could of overlooked the abilities not being added because it is a remake of gen 1, which didnt have them..

    But, MEGAs are confirmed for this game, so they are very either useless or broken due to not having their abilities.. And also this is not a gen 1 mechanic.

    Overall, this game felt lifeless (even with pokemon running around), and dead.. NPCs are all static (which is fine for the earlier games..) but for a 3d RPG.. its just boring. and watered down drool for no brainer playing,.    … Expand
  51. KegMinami
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's Go is an interesting re-imagining of the Kanto region: For better and for worse.
    My first gripe is just that: It's Kanto. I've nothing against the region itself, but there's nothing really new aside from a fresh coat of paint. Sure there's master trainers, and a few rematches/extra battles, but what is there to really do after that? I found myself wondering "so... what next?" There's no post-game story arcs, no Battle Frontier, let alone Battle Maison/Tree, and the lack of a Battle Spot and the dumbing-down of competitive mechanics rules out even putting together a team to take online and battle for rank. You're limited to only the first 150 Pokemon (151 if you bought Mew for $50), along with the new Meltan line, so completing the Pokedex is a breeze. Even Fire Red and Leaf Green had the Sevii Islands to play with afterwards. But this game doesn't have much of anything. It's Kanto, and that's it.
    So what do I do now? Grind all of my Pokemon to level 100? And then what? The only thing I can think of would be to wait for DLC, but when the game itself already costs $60, I'm not looking forward to the prospect of having to pay even more money to enjoy myself further, when I hardly felt the game had offered me anything worthy of that price in the first place.
    Now, the main story itself is fine and enjoyable. It's extremely easy, but it's fine. I do like that they at least added in Alolan Forms, Mega Evolution, and at least one new Pokemon line. I like the customization options in regards to your character AND starter Pokemon, as well. I like that my Pokemon follow me, and I like that I can ride them. While people complain about the gym requirements, I had met all of them my first time entering each gym anyway. In that regard, they were a non-issue. However, I can definitely understand (and I certainly agree with) the complaints about the removal of wild battles. Some see this as a positive, but to me, it felt as though the thrill of the battle, and any real challenge catching Pokemon was just eliminated. The wild Pokemon in the game felt more like targets than actual creatures. And with no held items or abilities, trainer battles pretty much came down to who had the type advantage, and that was honestly pretty boring, since there's so much more depth than that in an actual Pokemon game. I will say that it is cool that the candy system can allow just about any Pokemon to be viable in online battles, but, again, no Battle Spot.
    Overall, I would not recommend this game to any new Pokemon trainers, and certainly not to any veterans. In my opinion, it's not a good representation of what a Pokemon game can be. Pokemon was never a difficult series of games, but there was always enough depth to keep it fun. This game throws that depth out the window and expects you to just enjoy it for its nostalgic value. To give credit where credit is due, there is some good to it, but certainly not enough content to justify a $60 price tag.    … Expand
  52. Glalie
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Pokemon Let's Go is a lazy, soulless cashgrab designed to make money off nostalgiabait and people who will buy anything with Pokemon on the box. The game itself is a barebones remake of Pokemon Yellow, with almost no additional content over those games. The remake of this game that was made before 15 years ago on the GBA has more content that this game.
    First off, there's only 153 Pokemon    Pokemon Let's Go is a lazy, soulless cashgrab designed to make money off nostalgiabait and people who will buy anything with Pokemon on the box. The game itself is a barebones remake of Pokemon Yellow, with almost no additional content over those games. The remake of this game that was made before 15 years ago on the GBA has more content that this game.
    First off, there's only 153 Pokemon in the game, leaving a good 80% of the Pokemon being missing. That lower number of Pokemon doesn't result in more quality animations though, as an example Blastoise only shoots water moves out of its head, while even Pokemon Stadium on the N64 was able to get 2 shots of water moves to come out of its cannons. The models are all reused from the 3DS games too, however one of the few redeeming features is that following Pokemon in the overworld are back, even if it's a cut asset from Pokemon Sun and Moon.
    The overworld though is a mess, the maps are just 1:1 recreations of the old Gameboy maps in a similar engine to the 3DS games with an jarring blocky artstyle, it's basically the 3DS games with a HD filter, phone games can put out better worlds than this. This puts shame to other flagship titles on the Switch like Mario Odyssey, Zelda BotW and Xenoblade 2. The world itself does not translate into the game at all. The new wild Pokemon mechanics just make the world feel very cramped on unoptimised maps.
    As for wild Pokemon battles, they're gone. You're now thrown into a minigame where all you can do is throw Pokeballs or berries like in Pokemon GO, along with forced motion controls in docked mode, with no option to use the pro controller. Trainer battles still exist, but they're removed a lot of core mechanics such as held items, abilities and most of the old moves to reduce strategy in the game.
    The difficulty is far too easy, most trainers now only have 1 or 2 underleveled Pokemon, sometimes not even with four moves, while you have a team of 6 who all gain experience after catching and battling to steamroll the opponent. You can't even turn off all 6 getting experience like in the older games for a bit of a challenge. Bosses in the gyms also have requirements such as grind up to a certain level to challenge the gym, while you easily win with overleveled Pokemon. The game always holds your hand, the starter Pokemon even learns broken moves that trivialise the game. Even the half baked 2 player option makes every fight in the game a 2 on 1 fight to make battling even more mindless.
    The above feature also tanks the framerate in playing the game. GameFreak may not be the best programmers ever going off the original Red and Blue's glitches, but this is unacceptable with effectively a 3DS game on vastly superior hardware when far more complex games like the upcoming Smash Ultimate will have 60 FPS at all times.
    The game barely adds any new features either while cutting out a load of others. For example in the Game Corner, due to gambling laws this was removed, however in older remakes like Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver, GameFreak added in a minigame outside of Japan to replace them, however here the player is just told "We're out of coins", as there's no game. Other features like Secret Bases, Pokeathlon or new areas to explore are completely absent, even the Sevii Islands which were in the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes of Red and Blue are gone.
    Online features are almost nonexistent compared to previous games, here you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to trade and battle with people not on your friend list, and it costs 20 quid a year now to play online, the player is paying for a worse experience. You can't even use the cloud save feature for these games.
    The price of the games is not worth your money either, this game is 60 quid, a good 20 over what the handheld games were in the past. A Pokeball joycon costs another 50 quid and is the only way to get Mew, this is pure greed for something which was included with Heartgold and Soulsilver in the past. There's far better value for money in buying a used copy of the originals or remakes or for 10 quid on the 3DS.
    After you're done with the bare bones campaign which holds your hand, there's almost no significant post game content which fans have been looking for since the DS games bar a couple of battles with previous characters. The postgame consists of fighting master trainers in 1 on 1 battles with the same Pokemon, this boils down to tediously grinding up every Pokemon in the game to challenge them, and to throw excess Pokemon into the mixer for candy to buff them.
    Overall, these games just aren't worth it, and no excuses like it's for kids or it's a spinoff excuse this dumpster fire. This is GameFreak doing as little as possible to make as most money as possible from people buying this for nostalgia or for people who will eat up any rubbish as long as it has Pokemon on the box. If GameFreak gets away with all these problems this is the future of the series.    … Expand
  53. Estatuahocico
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Wait, are they trying to sell a game which is literally the mobile game just merged with Kanto and only with the first 151 Pokémon? The graphics are good, but this doesn't make it a good game. I mean, I doubt anyone wanted it in the first place, but obviously it's Pokémon, so everyone will buy this even if the game had been one route like the Route 1 from Kalos. You are ruining the seriesWait, are they trying to sell a game which is literally the mobile game just merged with Kanto and only with the first 151 Pokémon? The graphics are good, but this doesn't make it a good game. I mean, I doubt anyone wanted it in the first place, but obviously it's Pokémon, so everyone will buy this even if the game had been one route like the Route 1 from Kalos. You are ruining the series buying this and making Game Freak lazier.… Expand
  54. hasman49
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Very disappointed. Thought that throwing the Pokeball was going to be a fun gimmick not the primary mechanic of the entire game. You can only level up by catching pokemon. You get some experience for battling but you get 2-3x that experience just catching 1 pokemon in a Pokemon Go style.
    The world feels more like a real pokemon world, but with primary mechanic of the game changed, it    Very disappointed. Thought that throwing the Pokeball was going to be a fun gimmick not the primary mechanic of the entire game. You can only level up by catching pokemon. You get some experience for battling but you get 2-3x that experience just catching 1 pokemon in a Pokemon Go style.
    The world feels more like a real pokemon world, but with primary mechanic of the game changed, it kills the enjoyment of the more immersive world.    … Expand
  55. JBPoke
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Obnoxiously easy. Not really meant for the nostalgic audience. This game was made for toddlers and loses all the challenge and excitement from the original games. I just want to battle Pokemon, not feed them berries. I beat the first gym using 1 Pokemon (Butterfree...Butterfree really????). I do not care about online Nintendo and I will not pay to play. How do you go from Breath of theObnoxiously easy. Not really meant for the nostalgic audience. This game was made for toddlers and loses all the challenge and excitement from the original games. I just want to battle Pokemon, not feed them berries. I beat the first gym using 1 Pokemon (Butterfree...Butterfree really????). I do not care about online Nintendo and I will not pay to play. How do you go from Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey to this?… Expand
  56. FilosoGrovile
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Pienso que es un juego que escupe sobre la integridad de la saga Pokemon y de los fans que siempre han tenido, es un intento vago de simplificar e infantilizar algo que ya desde un principio era para todo publico, vergüenza de RPG.
  57. pokemonfan12354
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I pre-ordered both versions of this game. They're so bad I'm literally shaking right now.
  58. ryan90
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    In short this game is far too easy which takes away any challenge. This may be a game for newcomers but clearly It's time for Gamefreak to have difficulty settings like most other games have for the last 30 years. Gamefreak already did this in the past with Pokemon black 2's challenge mode (although this required you to beat the game first).

    The graphics are also pulled straight out of    In short this game is far too easy which takes away any challenge. This may be a game for newcomers but clearly It's time for Gamefreak to have difficulty settings like most other games have for the last 30 years. Gamefreak already did this in the past with Pokemon black 2's challenge mode (although this required you to beat the game first).

    The graphics are also pulled straight out of pokemon go and look very generic, The pokemon sun and moon graphics would look nicer scaled up to the switch screen with the cinematic camera angles, unique art-style and varied use of lighting and the black character outlines that mimic the anime style.

    The controllers are also lacking as the game features no support for the pro controller and undocked mode you are forced to play with only one joycon due to the motion controlled catching mechanic, even though I calibrated my joycons several times pokeballs continued to throw over to the left side of the screen completely missing the pokemon requiring me to throw to the right to balance things out.

    The performance is overall a solid 30fps but strangely there is stutter that happens any time you move the character from a standing position almost like the animation is not complete and this feels very jarring.

    Overall the game falls short of many other previously released pokemon games and even newcomers might find this game boring due to how easy it is.    … Expand
  59. sneedy
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Terrible video game. Horrible graphics look like they're from a mobile phone game. Ugly character models look like funko pop figures. Supporting these games encourages more like them to be made. Truly a very awful video game.
  60. Robert95
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Way too easy, lazy content added while removing the good stuff, no cool modes or anything. Character models and overworld look awful.
  61. Dostedt
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Just a lazy cash grab from Nintendo. I'm pretty sure, with the resources, I could make a better game than this. Don't justify nintendos laziness by buying this crap. They need to know this is unacceptable.
  62. Kingler
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Let's Go has removed all interesting features and stripped the game down to it's bare minimum core mechanics. You will be bored of this game
  63. everexists
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    The Game is too easy, we don`t have any challange. The Grapichs is 10/10 but really the game is like pokemon go 2.0
  64. EikoBiko
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    I have been playing Pokémon for the last 20 years, and this game is a disgrace to the franchise. Now, don't get me wrong, this game does have entertainment value, but absolutely not worth the $110 for this game plus Mew. The months leading up to this game's release have been the most confusing times prior to anything I've ever seen revolving around a video game. The game's director,I have been playing Pokémon for the last 20 years, and this game is a disgrace to the franchise. Now, don't get me wrong, this game does have entertainment value, but absolutely not worth the $110 for this game plus Mew. The months leading up to this game's release have been the most confusing times prior to anything I've ever seen revolving around a video game. The game's director, Junichi Masuda, has made so many claims that all refute each other in terms of the target audience.

    The games take place in Kanto, so there is no reason to market this game to younger children because they don't have nostalgia for Kanto.

    Yet, he said this game was for kids that weren't able to play Pokemon GO due to not having cell phones.

    Yet, still, the only way to obtain Meltan and Mew are through playing Pokemon GO and buying a $50 peripheral respectively. Not things his claimed target audience are going to be able to do.

    He has stated that Let's Go is also intended to get younger players introduced into the more mainline games, yet on the same token, has said that younger players don't have the attention spans for complex video games like Pokemon anymore.

    These conflicting claims aside, there have been a lot of decisions in respect to the gameplay that point to a low-effort release, but I'll highlight the positive aspects first.

    - First, the removal of wild battles. This was a controversial move, but not inherently bad. I understand this change, and why it was made for these titles specifically, as the players coming over from GO are going to be most familiar with these mechanics (but I thought the target audience was kids who didn't get to play GO? Hmm...)

    - Secondly, wild encounters are no longer random, but happen in the overworld. For me, this is a welcome change, as it helps the setting feel more alive.

    - Thirdly, pokemon can follow you and allow you to ride them. Something fans have been asking about since Black and White.

    But here's where the games fall short:

    - The games only have the original 151, plus the new mythical, Meltan and Melmetal. All the other pokemon have been removed.

    - The difficulty of the game is nonexistent. Gyms have prerequisites, one of which is that you are stronger than the gym leader before you challenge it.

    - The new height system for pokemon means absolutely nothing. The models don't scale depending on how big the pokemon is, all are the same size regardless of what the game tells you.

    - Abilities, held items, several moves and eggs have been outright removed from the game.

    - EV's have been removed from the game, but the stats you CANNOT control, such as IV's, remains.

    - You play as a new character to the pokemon franchise, yet there is no customization, unlike the previous two generations as well as GO.

    - Animations and models have not improved in the 5 years since X and Y came out. Most pokemon still stand around as if they are just waiting to get hit.

    - Pokemon Amie (the petting and nurturing mini-game from the past two generations) does not exist for any pokemon besides your partner pokemon.

    While these games are intensely flawed, overall, yes, this game has entertainment value best suited for small children. I would rate this game much higher than a 0 if it were already clear that this is a game best suited for children, but the Kanto pandering of these games has muddied up who this game is really meant for. If you are a grown man reading this review, who is not satisfied with the qualities this game possesses, please, do not buy it. This game is perfectly suited for a child who would otherwise need help during the course of a normal pokemon game. If you are willing to spend $60 on a game for a child's birthday, this is not a bad way to go, but do not feel obligated to buy strictly because you are a pokemon fan. You are missing very little.    … Expand
  65. MaestroYveZz
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This game is trash, i gave it a chance but when you try to milk the cow of the go app( which was **** it makes a mediocre game that you don't even need to bother your time
  66. XionTheLastD
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Es todo lo malo que hubiera esperado que fuera, es la casualizacion de todo lo que me gusta en Pokemon, y eso es malo en todos los sentidos, ojala y para la octava generación Game Freak no tome ni un gramo de inspiración de este juego.
  67. Amiiboacid
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    This game is the epitome of GameFreak's greed. This is a $60 retail game that offers less content and worse gameplay than the 3DS games. While an HD tax is a common practice, Sun and Moon, with human proportions and gridless environment, has arguably superior graphics. While this is also marketed as a home console pokemon, the game is nearly unplayable on the TV without spending $50 for aThis game is the epitome of GameFreak's greed. This is a $60 retail game that offers less content and worse gameplay than the 3DS games. While an HD tax is a common practice, Sun and Moon, with human proportions and gridless environment, has arguably superior graphics. While this is also marketed as a home console pokemon, the game is nearly unplayable on the TV without spending $50 for a plastic ball. Any encouragement this game gets will be used by GameFreak as justification for worsening the series. Pokemon has always been for kids and has always been enjoyed by kids as the most simplistic RPG series that's not free-to-play. This game is just disrespectful for dumbing down the gameplay to what ammounts to a walking simulator with cheap, plasticy graphics. While I don't believe this game is actually worth a Zero, people have resorted to 10-bombing the score to counteract the criticism.… Expand
  68. SamanthaT
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    LGPeePee is easier than learning to use the potty! The game was made with braindead toddlers in mind, after all.

    Now make Pika Pee Splishy Splash directly into the toilet bowl! Too hard? Grab a second joy con and mommy can help you out! 2v1 the baddies like a pro!
  69. PokemonFan1991
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    The only good thing about this game is the over world, the music, and the sprites. Which is not enough to even earn a ONE for me. There is almost zero interesting mechanics, save for maybe two. Turning the game off, and throwing it into the trash. I'm also not a fan of this giant 10/10 review from people who clearly haven't played it but are upset about these negative scores. That's theThe only good thing about this game is the over world, the music, and the sprites. Which is not enough to even earn a ONE for me. There is almost zero interesting mechanics, save for maybe two. Turning the game off, and throwing it into the trash. I'm also not a fan of this giant 10/10 review from people who clearly haven't played it but are upset about these negative scores. That's the only reason I made an account to vote on this.… Expand
  70. cobyn
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    terrible controls, no option to play with pro controller. no option to disable motion controls. the throw capture mechanic is just bad. Multiplayer is akward to play. and no guide to how to use the pokeball controller
  71. cluster666
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    60 dollars for a game that removes more than what it does add. A complete travesty especially in comparison to a game like smash ultimate who tries its hardest to include as much as it can and please any kind of player, a much better developer mindset to encourage. Wake up people you're being ripped off
  72. LeVeR
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Pokemon Let's go is a disgrace to anyone who actually liked pokemon prior to this games release. No wild battles, no held items, broken online play. This is a refurbished game from 20 years ago with less content than all but a few of its predecessors. A move introduced in this game called Baddy Bad describes this game quite well. The only thing I liked about this game was the wild pokemonPokemon Let's go is a disgrace to anyone who actually liked pokemon prior to this games release. No wild battles, no held items, broken online play. This is a refurbished game from 20 years ago with less content than all but a few of its predecessors. A move introduced in this game called Baddy Bad describes this game quite well. The only thing I liked about this game was the wild pokemon in the overworld, unfortunately it is ruined by the fact that i cannot battle them. Even if the targeted audience is children, this game is a huge **** you to any longtime fans of the franchise; I hope Gamefreak does not continue down the path of Pokemon Go-like games. If you want a fun experience in Kanto I would recommend playing FireRed or LeafGreen. You will find that they have more content than these games ever will with a roster more than twice as big. Not recommended.… Expand
  73. BlizzardWyvern
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    A really disappointing rehash stripped of depth difficulty and features because of the patronizing belief that mobile gamers and kids these days are adhd ridden dumbasses who will switch game at the slightest hurdle or semblance of difficulty so gamefreak feels like this game has to spoonfeed you everything and make it an overall trivially easy experience. The people settling for this areA really disappointing rehash stripped of depth difficulty and features because of the patronizing belief that mobile gamers and kids these days are adhd ridden dumbasses who will switch game at the slightest hurdle or semblance of difficulty so gamefreak feels like this game has to spoonfeed you everything and make it an overall trivially easy experience. The people settling for this are blind complacent fanboys who don't care about the quality of what they consume either because they idolize what they like to dangerous levels and adopt ''my team must win and can do no wrong'' tribalist mentality(which ironically enough they're the same people who will try to paint you as ''afraid of change'' when it's the same exact kanto just with GO mechanics instead of series staples) or casual players uninterested in challenging and in depth experiences and just want to have a relaxing and fun time, which is perfectly fine but I feel like previous pokemon games do a perfect job of being a fun experience for everybody no matter what kind of player you are and there's no need to dumb down a series iconic for being newcomer friendly and easily accessible. this just feel like a poorly thought attempt of trying to get more casuals in the series out of the mistaken belief they have to sacrifice everything long time fans enjoyed to do so, and also a way to test how many times they can get away with selling kanto over and over again. While the games themselves do have some redeeming qualities and aren't worth a 1 (probably a 5 imo as they're not atrocious but just painfully dull and mediocre), I feel like pokemon should remain appealing to everybody and strike a balance between the various markets and that the core idea of needing to make everything easier and dumber that sparked this game into being in the first place is completely wrong and shoudn't be encouraged.… Expand
  74. ZoukLink
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    I registered an Account on Metacritic just to express how disappointed I am about the game. FRLG are much better than this remake version. I was expecting something that will amaze me with new features or details on Switch.
    I seriously do not understand why the battle is removed from encountering wild Pokemon. How do we level up Pokemon? By catching 1000 other Pokemons? Think about the    I registered an Account on Metacritic just to express how disappointed I am about the game. FRLG are much better than this remake version. I was expecting something that will amaze me with new features or details on Switch.
    I seriously do not understand why the battle is removed from encountering wild Pokemon. How do we level up Pokemon? By catching 1000 other Pokemons? Think about the cost of Pokeballs and energy to aim the circle for that Excellent throw.
    I feel I have wasted my money on this game.    … Expand
  75. feraz
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Useless game, like imagined. I prefer playing one of the 3DS game that have like the same graphic (while switch could support a way better graphic) and deeper and less childish storyline.
  76. The_Wildchild
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    To start it pretty simple, this is one of the worst games(if not the worst) in video game history of Triple-A gaming companies. It simply exist to get shady and predatory behaviour in the games and dumb it down so they can milk mindless casuals who buy into the same microtransactions like they do with games like Fifa, Madden, etc. etc. They alienated the hardcore fans on purpose becauseTo start it pretty simple, this is one of the worst games(if not the worst) in video game history of Triple-A gaming companies. It simply exist to get shady and predatory behaviour in the games and dumb it down so they can milk mindless casuals who buy into the same microtransactions like they do with games like Fifa, Madden, etc. etc. They alienated the hardcore fans on purpose because they knew that they were getting retaliation of actual fans for this greedy behaviour.

    This is Game Freaks first attempt at EA-like mechanics with putting a Pokemon (mew/Pokeball Plus) behind a 50 Dollar paywall. You might say "ha, you're not forced to buy it and you get a accessoire." while that is true, it still doesn't change the fact that you don't get all the experience without buying into it (not to mention the lack of the other 653 Pokemon. I don't have a problem with accessoire itself, after all Heartgold and Soulsilver had a similar one, the Pokewalker too, but the difference is, the Pokewalker didn't paywall anything behind it.

    Also, I'm not generally against remakes, I love FR/LG, I love HG/SS and I love OR/AS too, but the thing is, these actual remakes never(!) took anything away. They much rather added stuff, not only could I catch all(!) at the time available Pokemon in siad remakes, no, they literally added content like the Sevii-Islands in FR/LG, or the awesome modular Safari Zone in HG/SS or the new Megas in OR/AS. They never took anything away, wether it was literaly content like Pokemon, or mechanics, or whatever.

    But LGP/E only gives you the original 151(+alolan Forms and Meltan/Melmetal), it takes away wild battles, items, abilities, breeding and literally everything that was fun at the games, yet they charge you 50% more money than ever under the excuse of making it "for beginners". Pokemon IS already easy, there is no dumbinging down needed, you can beat any Pokemon maingame with any wild caught Pokemon, you don't need to CP breed, you don't need to use the abilities or items, it was all done just to milk stupid casuals. Nothing more, and nothing less.

    And companies should always get proper response when they're becoming overly greedy.    … Expand
  77. lammatt
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    they raised the price by 20

    they removed 80% of the game

    nuff said.

    (now i have to have at least 75 characters to make this review valid)
  78. Dokdo
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    This game looks like garbage compared.........
    What the hell happened??? :(
  79. Devinel
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    even considering it is a Side-Release related to Pokemon Go i think this game is just a lazy drop. For 60 Bucks there HAVE to be:

    Difficulties, no point in saying "but its for kids!!" even if everyones kids nowadays are stupid and can't understand why pikachu can't beat up onix, doesn't mean all kids have to suffer through this painful handholding. there won't be a single point in this    even considering it is a Side-Release related to Pokemon Go i think this game is just a lazy drop. For 60 Bucks there HAVE to be:

    Difficulties, no point in saying "but its for kids!!" even if everyones kids nowadays are stupid and can't understand why pikachu can't beat up onix, doesn't mean all kids have to suffer through this painful handholding. there won't be a single point in this game u could get beaten. EVEN ash in his TV series is losing some fights and has to learn. in this game you can ignore every logical step and still will have a cake walk.

    Immersion: No weather, no day cycles, no high mountains, no big landscape, this game is flat. and its boring. Just by letting pokemon run around you can't oversee the bare land, its even steril, i can't believe Nintendo let them release this game like this.

    Content: 153 Pokemon are out there. Some alola Pokemon can be traded, thats it. No other Pokemon game has this less content. Its empty. They could add them all!! just to compensate the missing abilities, moves and items. Its like this game has been made in less than 3 months. Using the first gen for a big title like this should only work if you could fight other real player, train and modify your pokemon or breed. But they removed everything.

    Graphics: i read some reviews saying this game looks so cute and ect. thats maybe true. MAYBE they planed this style, but this is no excuse for this low details. Pokemon don't move properly in fights. you got 153+x models to set up for fighting and even then Pikachu does not kick in doublekick. Blastoise isn't using its canons and so on. thats lazy. thats betrayal on your fans. there is no point in saving work when its the fans that made your bussiness this big.

    I will sell my copy to save someone else from paying full price. this game should not get the attention it got. its a lazy dropbuy, it should be found in some retail store with some big sticker begging you to pay 10 Bucks for it. DO NOT PAY FULL PRICE soon this game will be sold everywhere for a third.    … Expand
  80. OctolingRift
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now)
    Despite an annual subscription for online play, there are less features than the 3DS games such as wonder trade, battle spot, and the GTS
    No wild battles
    No Safari
    No games at the game corner, just text
    Animations are completely recycled from USUM, including the walking animations for Pokemon
    Blastoise shoots Hydro Pump from its forehead
    Gym Requirements force you to have an advantage over the gym
    They also made traditional nuzlocke rules impossible
    Exp share can not be turned off
    Lance uses **** Seadra simply because Kingdra isn’t in the game, as with the case with many bosses
    The champion has no Pokemon with 4 moves
    Red himself uses a Fire Blast Machamp without No Guard or Specs
    AVs increase stats beyond what stats normally can be and can be maxed out in every stat, making Mega Slowbro+Chansey Core nearly unbreakable
    Btw Megas don’t require items since no Pokemon can hold items
    No abilities either
    They didn’t bother making a skeleton aerodactyl for the museum
    Co op is wasted potential with it making battle 2v1s with P1’s team and no other functions    … Expand
  81. MemeBenis
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Why in the Nine Hells did Gamefreak think this was ok? An unholy blend of Pokemon Go and Pokemon RBY, with a sprinkling of casualization, if by sprinkling you mean a Dead Sea's worth of casual Salt. What kind of names are these for the new moves? Baddy Bad? Baddy **** Bad? If you're ok with these names, you're not a fan, you only got this game because it's the hot new thing, and you'llWhy in the Nine Hells did Gamefreak think this was ok? An unholy blend of Pokemon Go and Pokemon RBY, with a sprinkling of casualization, if by sprinkling you mean a Dead Sea's worth of casual Salt. What kind of names are these for the new moves? Baddy Bad? Baddy **** Bad? If you're ok with these names, you're not a fan, you only got this game because it's the hot new thing, and you'll drop it forever once the next Big Thing comes around.… Expand
  82. mauso
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Pokémon Let's Go Eevee retains absolutely nothing which made the original Pokemon Yellow a great game. The graphics are outdated (even the 3DS games look better than this), the mechanics are flawed and simplified, and the animations are laughable. Can't imagine they spent more than 3 months making this game.
  83. Tsunderin
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    The game is presented as a "remake" of gen1 supposedly for a "modern" audience, however with almost 3/4 of the features removed! Battling is dumbed down, removal of items and pokemon abiities, loss on online wifi battling. Pokemon battles are one of the HALLMARKS of a pokemon game with all the intricacies and layers of strategies. With that missing, what else is inside this "full mainlineThe game is presented as a "remake" of gen1 supposedly for a "modern" audience, however with almost 3/4 of the features removed! Battling is dumbed down, removal of items and pokemon abiities, loss on online wifi battling. Pokemon battles are one of the HALLMARKS of a pokemon game with all the intricacies and layers of strategies. With that missing, what else is inside this "full mainline game"? Answer is nothing, story is a rehash of RBY, with pandering PoGo stuff mixed inside, MIND YOU this breaks canon and continuity from the original series. The true rivalry between Red and Blue was nowhere to be seen replicated between you(the player character) and your intended rival. Battles were nothing short of atrocious, the game spoon feeds players and gives 0, absolutely ZERO challenge in the game. I could continue rambling, but I have given enough of my thoughts,
    Ending remarks: No this game is definitely one to skip and not worth any amount of investment; be it time or money.    … Expand
  84. Stygian07
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    First the pros: Its pretty, good music, has following and rideable pokemon, alot of nostalgia (if you consider that good).
    Now for the cons: They completely got rid of wild battles, No abilities, No held items, Botched the stat system, None of the other pokemons aside from the original 151 and meltan line are in the game (not to mention Mew is paywalled), didn't add anything new at all    First the pros: Its pretty, good music, has following and rideable pokemon, alot of nostalgia (if you consider that good).
    Now for the cons: They completely got rid of wild battles, No abilities, No held items, Botched the stat system, None of the other pokemons aside from the original 151 and meltan line are in the game (not to mention Mew is paywalled), didn't add anything new at all and has less content compared to remakes like FR/LG and HG/SS (40$ games on a handheld that came out years ago btw).

    Now if you're fine with Gamefreak/Nintendo saying "All the fans need to see is that it has Pokemon in the title" then by all means I guess this game is for you. If you're fine with them putting in less and less effort in every subsequent iteration of your favorite franchise then by all means throw your hard earned cash at them and see this the video games sink into mobile/casual territory. The Director himself said in an interview that "People/Kids are used to mobile games and watching games on youtube", so by his defintion, you the consumer have the attention span of an ant to even be able to enjoy fully fleshed out video games and would probably just enjoy watching beautiful scenery than actually playing the games. But enough about that.

    See the problem with the games is, its a switch game, not only that but its pokemons debut game for the console itself. Its priced at 60$ which is 20$ more than the previous games and it has less content. This is a fact. Stripping the other pokemons itself is already a huge chunk of the content out of the games. FR/LG had sevii islands in the post-game, HG/SS had the battle frontier, OR/AS had soaring, mirage islands, battle-resort, Delta episode then LGPE has well.. 1 on 1 with a bunch of trainers just re-scattered around kanto. I get it they want to lure in the Go community and the people that left the games a long time ago but at the cost of alienating your LOYAL fanbase. That a bit of a kick in the nuts. Why couldn't they find a middle ground to make the games appealing to both and then again by the way they designed this game it shouldn't even be appealing to the casual-fanbase, in truth its insulting, basically them saying that the games in its current state, a childrens game btw is too much for other people to handle so they had to dumb it down even for grown adults to enjoy? ridiculous. but hey people will probably just eat this up because its pokemon and its pretty.

    If you're a long time fan of the series and no matter how much this game looks appealing to you, just think about what this game means for the future of the series. Speak out, vote with your wallet. Maybe you won't feel the effects yet by the already announced gen 8 title, but at somepoint gamefreak is going to realize even without putting any effort into these games that they will sell, I assure you the video games will become shells of its former self. Im sure alot already feels this way with the 3DS games.    … Expand
  85. Ukkoclap
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Dumbed down pokemon game. No ranked online battling, no held items, no breeding, no safari. It's super handholding super casual mode. It's a slap in the face for the long time fans in order to satisfy a new audience which is probably made out mostly of long time fans anyways. If you care any of the things above stay away.
  86. Asbom
    Nov 18, 2018
    4
    I’m going to be 100% honest on this game. I got it cause I’m a huge fan and I do think the game and although the mechanics work very well and that the game has great textures I still don’t understand as to why they thought removing the Wild battle mechanics were a good idea, if they’d of just left the wild battle mechanics I bet you this wouldn’t of had so much backlash. Hey obviouslyI’m going to be 100% honest on this game. I got it cause I’m a huge fan and I do think the game and although the mechanics work very well and that the game has great textures I still don’t understand as to why they thought removing the Wild battle mechanics were a good idea, if they’d of just left the wild battle mechanics I bet you this wouldn’t of had so much backlash. Hey obviously don’t care about what we think or want, just try and make most money possible which seems to be Nintendo’s new way of thinking. It’s not horrible of a game, but it’s dumbed down so badly it just doesn’t deserve to have the price tag they’re asking for, but in the end Nintendo has been over charging for their garbage ports for well over 2 years now, so what else should I expect. Thanks for nothing Nintendo keep at it you’ll wind up exactly where sega is right now, a third party developer for the main family of consoles.… Expand
  87. UltimaDanteri
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Es el epítome de la codicia de GameFreak. Es un juego desechable de $60 que ofrece menos contenido y peor juego que los de 3DS. Si bien un impuesto HD es una práctica común, Sun y Moon, con proporciones humanas y un entorno sin cuadrícula, tienen gráficos mejores. Si bien esto también se comercializa como un pokemon de consola doméstica, el juego es casi imposible de jugar en la TV sinEs el epítome de la codicia de GameFreak. Es un juego desechable de $60 que ofrece menos contenido y peor juego que los de 3DS. Si bien un impuesto HD es una práctica común, Sun y Moon, con proporciones humanas y un entorno sin cuadrícula, tienen gráficos mejores. Si bien esto también se comercializa como un pokemon de consola doméstica, el juego es casi imposible de jugar en la TV sin gastar $50 en una bola de plástico. Cualquier incentivo que este juego reciba será utilizado por GameFreak como justificación para empeorar la franquicia. Pokemon siempre ha sido para los niños y siempre ha sido disfrutado por los niños como la serie de RPG más simplista que no es gratuita. Este juego es simplemente una falta de respeto por adormecer la jugabilidad de lo que se monta en un simulador andante con gráficos baratos y de plástico. Si bien no creo que este juego realmente valga un cero, la gente ha recurrido al bombardear de 10 la puntuación para contrarrestar las críticas.… Expand
  88. CraphicDesigner
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    they literally took a 360p photo of eevee and photoshopped it on a Windows XP background
  89. GaryOakPR
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    This game is a shallow remake that doesn't offer a lot different from the games it's supposed to be remaking. The new capture mechanics are flawed as well. A newbie to the Pokemon series might find enjoyment out of this, however even they'd find more substance by playing literally any other Pokemon game.
  90. AwooGirl
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    I've been skeptical ever since this was announced and frankly my opinion hasn't changed from any of the things they have shown us.

    Before I start on this I must say this game is fine for someone new to the series. THAT is one thing I think everyone can agree on. It's a very basic game and is pretty much meant to be that bridge for people that haven't jumped onto mainline Pokemon yet.    I've been skeptical ever since this was announced and frankly my opinion hasn't changed from any of the things they have shown us.

    Before I start on this I must say this game is fine for someone new to the series. THAT is one thing I think everyone can agree on. It's a very basic game and is pretty much meant to be that bridge for people that haven't jumped onto mainline Pokemon yet.
    If this game were judged on its own, it may even be worthy of a better score, however that isn't the situation this game calls for.

    Let's Go Pikachu is a watered down game that's priced $20 more than Ultra Sun despite the latter having more content and overall being a better designed experience. LGP arbitrarily removes mechanics that have been a series staple, while throwing darts on the wall to choose which mechanics to keep (such as megas). There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to what gets removed and what stays. I imagine the development team for this game didn't have much direction. At its core LGP is a 20 year old game with a new coat of paint, nothing on a deeper level has really been changed in any meaningful way. It's received the most common QOL updates that the series has progressed on but nothing has really been done to make it feel like a modern Pokemon experience. About the only remarkable new thing in LGP is the interactivity with your Pokemon and more importantly your starter of choice. This game is clearly filler to stall time for gen 8, but it also strikes a chord with those people that have a weakness for nostalgia.
    If you are very desperate for a new game regardless of quality, you might as well get this. If you are new to the series, this honestly isn't a bad choice. But if you're a veteran like me then this game really offers nothing for the $60 price tag, and I would advise against purchasing it. I for one will be giving this game to my brother and he will probably enjoy it.    … Expand
  91. danjelu
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    - motioncontrolls.
    - Locked content
    - cant do everything in the game if you are not playing in handheldmode.
    - FPS DROPS LIKE WTF!!!

    + pokemon

    cant play this game mopre than 1 hour. my hand hurts!
  92. spartakus
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Terrible game made for toddlers, this is a shame for the pokemon community. If you are over 3 years old then you should not waste time playing this, don't buy this game!
  93. JakobKyle
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    An unnecessary and absurdly silly game. It shows the mockery of Game Freak and Nintendo to the consumers, since they know that they are Muggles and will find wonderful everything that has the name "Pokémon".
  94. pm_goulart
    Jan 4, 2019
    0
    Over 20 years, Pokémon has been one of the series that make fans to enjoy new adventures. There are a lot of things that make Pokémon the huge success that it is. However, it seems that in Pokémon Let's Go everything was lost.

    1°: The addition of grass in the overworld is pointless. Pokémons can come and by and you don't even need to walk on the grass to trigger an encounter. 2°:    Over 20 years, Pokémon has been one of the series that make fans to enjoy new adventures. There are a lot of things that make Pokémon the huge success that it is. However, it seems that in Pokémon Let's Go everything was lost.

    1°: The addition of grass in the overworld is pointless. Pokémons can come and by and you don't even need to walk on the grass to trigger an encounter.

    2°: There is no Pokémon reward anymore. In order to get some Pokémons, you either have them in your team and train them until they could evolve by level up or by stone effect or you could spend some time searching around until you could find a very rare final evolution of such Pokémon. Now it is pointless as when you walk into the Mt. Moon and you just need to wait until a Clefable spawn or having a Beedrill spawning by your side at Veridian Forest.

    3°: I get the 150 ones... But how could they exclude the whole bunch of evolutions and pre evolutions of Kantonian Pokémons found in generations ahead? It is another pointless thing for me. The game simply ignored all the evolutions of pokémons. Instead, they added Alolan forms and Mega forms. This was a great opportunity to have a Kanto updated pokedex with their 184 Pokémons.

    4°: Pokémon appearing in the wild is very cool, but it causes a lag in the game. There are moments when the frame rate drops drastically and this is due the appearing of the pokémons in the overworld by the lure effect.

    5°: The controls were terribly planned. They could let people play in the TV by the use of both joycons or pro controller. However, they force you to choose either traditional way [handheld] or with movement controls. In addition, it is disturbing because in every game, the movement control is in the left hand and the options is in the right hand. Now they force you to choose either playing with right hand or left hand. They could leave the option of playing with both joycons as if it were on handheld mode.

    6°: The pokeball plus. It is bad having access to one of the pokémons by just buying a peripheral. But the problem is because this peripheral can't be used in any other game.

    7°: The game is repetitive and does not have the replay fact. By the middle of the game, you get tired of so much battles and the lack of a catching story. You play just for playing... This could have been improved in this remake. Yet, everything was made poorly if you compare with the yellow version.

    8°: The game is simply easier and difficultly pokémon would have achieved its huge success if it was like this at the begginning. The game turned back to everything that make it great. The playing mode in the game should have come in a "easy mode" where players could choose to play in a easy one or in a traditional one.

    9°: Battles with friends is fun, but again pointless as the surprise factor and training factor don't interfere anymore. Battles were a complicated fact in pokémon core series as it demands a lot of time and lots of combinations to make everything perfect for a battle.

    10°: Why removing the buying factor? What is the point of having pokéballs all the time? You can find a pack of 5 in the overworld, you can earn as reward and you can buy them for just 100$. It is like having infinite pokeballs.

    11° The menu is another thing... It was not well planned. Differently from previous versions, you don't have a particular selection of itens you can quickly use by pressing a single button [Y in the most cases]. Due to this you have to run through the menu to get simple and necessary things such as the map access and get off of a flying Pokémon.

    I could go on and on... But I won't... The game change bad aspects of previous ones... But what we want is not make change everything and erased all the concepts, instead we want things to build up. In this past 20 years, we have seen how pokémon storage have been changed, for instance... This updates does not change the game, but make improvements which are well accepted... What Pokémon Let's Go did was basically ignore all the things the series have been loyal for over 20 years.    … Expand
  95. Taugenichts13
    Feb 12, 2019
    0
    I really tried to love the game since i am a sucker for pokemon in general and first gen in particular, but Pokemon lets go, really let me down. Everything is dumbed down to the absolute minimum.
    I was in a fight with my bulbasaur against a random trainer, who was using diglette.
    His diglette was using Fissure, but my Bulbasaur lived with 1 HP with the caption "Bulbasaur toughened up, so    I really tried to love the game since i am a sucker for pokemon in general and first gen in particular, but Pokemon lets go, really let me down. Everything is dumbed down to the absolute minimum.
    I was in a fight with my bulbasaur against a random trainer, who was using diglette.
    His diglette was using Fissure, but my Bulbasaur lived with 1 HP with the caption "Bulbasaur toughened up, so you would be not sad".    … Expand
  96. Nowl
    Jul 18, 2019
    0
    Pokemon Let's Go Casual. Pokemon has been getting easier and easier over time and this is the pinnacle. Catching wild Pokemon isnt even a challenge anymore. No need to weaken your target, just spam balls with amazing motion control... Want to evade wild pokemon to have a challenge in gyms? Nope, you NEED to fullfill certain requirements to enter a gym, aka to have a totally easy time andPokemon Let's Go Casual. Pokemon has been getting easier and easier over time and this is the pinnacle. Catching wild Pokemon isnt even a challenge anymore. No need to weaken your target, just spam balls with amazing motion control... Want to evade wild pokemon to have a challenge in gyms? Nope, you NEED to fullfill certain requirements to enter a gym, aka to have a totally easy time and no challenge. Stay away from this.… Expand
  97. Kratosine
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Masuda ha delirado al hacer este juego, quien pensaría que seria buena idea hacer una versión tan casualizada y despojarla de todo lo que lo hacia un buen juego de Pokemon, es simplemente decepcionante en todos los ámbitos, lo único rescatable es la música y los gráficos, pero todo lo demás esta mal.
  98. F00berChu
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    I've been impressed by how unenjoyable this game is : the soundtrack is abysmal, the game has ugly visuals, these interesting random battles aren't there anymore. It's ugly, it's depressing, it's boring!

    Pokémon at its worst!
  99. Danik882010
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    I like the graphics and the game is nastalgic but I don't like this game because it's too basic and easy. I think this game was made for children as the target demographic and it doesn't work for me as an adult. I also don't like the capture Pokemon system because it feels too receptive and shallow.
  100. zeldaafan
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Terrible graphics, laughable animation and non-existent difficulty. A total cash grab by Gamefreak.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 78 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 62 out of 78
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 78
  1. GameGrin
    Aug 27, 2019
    75
    Overall, I did have a blast playing Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee. I did like visiting all the cities of the original Pokémon games again and seeing all the original Pokémon. However, I really did not like how they changed how you capture Pokémon and I did not like the setup of the Pokémon boxes. For those who want to play this game for nostalgia reasons, I would recommend waiting until a sale comes out before purchasing. For newcomers to Pokémon, this is a really good introduction into the world of Kanto.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Feb 26, 2019
    85
    If you've got a kid in your life who's never played Pokémon before? Buy this game immediately. [Issue #37 – January/February 2019, p. 67]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 8, 2019
    78
    It’s hard to make sense of the game that’s basically a Switch port of iOS/Android remake of Pokemon Red/Green. Is it a step forward, step backward – or maybe just a shameless cash-in? Turns out, it’s a great remake – the world looks exactly as we imagined it back when we were staring at black and white pixels of original Red/Green. [Issue#235, p.44]
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