Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

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User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 317 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 244 out of 317
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 317
  3. Negative: 38 out of 317
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  1. GenkiYokota
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    Horrendous remasters and a terrible job on the visual representation.
    The original games were better at everything.
  2. KastusDiea
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Very sad, not playable without friends (as a casual gamer it’s sometimes hard to win a dungeon)
    Always the same gameplay, nearly no variation.
  3. xaurax
    Mar 7, 2020
    2
    No me ha gustado nada. Más de lo mismo. A vender cuánto antes. Me reservo el dinero para otros juegos
  4. skitty
    Mar 20, 2023
    3
    Short, boring, easy and annoying.
    Finally do some new age pokemon games, not retro GBA remakes.
  5. Nudie
    Aug 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Big fan of the mystery dungeon series and have been playing it since GBA days! This game however is hard to play, reason being is that the frames for whatever reason are extremely delayed and there is noticible lag when opening tour inventory, which I thought could be my television but was not when I brought in a much faster monitor (same issues). The graphics could of also been better, as I feel as though it was a similar issue that Pokémon Sword/Shield has with lazy graphical design game looks like it’s a 3ds game ported over to the switch). It also has some annoying aspects such as the the lack of evolution until endgame. I feel as though the game has lost its charm by trying to go onto the switch without an effort of innovation. I would avoid this and wait until Pokémon company starts to acknowledge that they’re fan base is noticing all the shortcuts.… Expand
  6. Approximat
    Mar 7, 2020
    1
    I was very happy about the game.
    The game play is really inconsistent. On the one hand you have the typical Dungeon Crawler including Rogue Like (if you die you lose your inventory + money), but then you have so many support features like the automatic running through the dungeons, the automatic execution of the strongest attack against the opponent and the team size of up to 8 Pokemon,    I was very happy about the game.
    The game play is really inconsistent. On the one hand you have the typical Dungeon Crawler including Rogue Like (if you die you lose your inventory + money), but then you have so many support features like the automatic running through the dungeons, the automatic execution of the strongest attack against the opponent and the team size of up to 8 Pokemon, so every opponent is easy to defeat.
    That would still be okay, but the game runs so slow (input lag, general lags, ...) on the console in handheld mode, that's not cool.    … Expand
  7. Royo
    Mar 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's sad to say that all my excitement for this games was seemingly met with distaste...
    Though the game focuses on the nostalgia of the original game, the reasons why the original game stuck with me so much are not fully present in this one, causing the remake to to the original an injustice in my opinion. An example of this would be friend areas. They no longer have explore-able friend areas as before where the Pokemon you recruited are free to move around as are you. Instead, you have a picture with a pixelated Pokemon which you can click on.... I find that to be a poor attempt on a switch considering they could manage it on a gameboy...
    The game story feels rushed, the controls are not as smooth, they got rid of the normal attack without use of PP, corridors can get quite frustrating not being able to switch places with your team-mate and lets not discuss the situation hunger...
    Being that this game got boring after completion in the original due to the repetitive mechanics, for this remake to have no extra content and having its better components taken from it, the game kind of digs its own grave.
    My point is that developers could have done one of 2 things, Kept every aspect the same as the original and then tweaked the annoying mechanics of the original to make the fans of the original happy, which they kind of did but also didn't, we will get to that later or they could have revamped the game, kept the story the same but added more to it, post story, and made the situation less repetitive, the artwork I'll praise, its good.

    But no, they chose option 3 because they wanted to put even more people off the mystery dungeon series. They kept most things the same, tweaked mechanics but for some reason got rid of aspects that made the game unique, the reason why people liked this game, if they truly made this for fans to experience nostalgia, then they would not have done that, but they did...    … Expand
  8. teylamade
    Oct 7, 2020
    3
    I am a big fan of the main Pokemon games and unfortunately I cannot recommend this one. The graphics are nice but they game is extremely slow, dull and monotonous. I also loved the old PS1 Digimon games that were similar to this but those at least had a more fleshed out battle system.
  9. Raxior
    Oct 5, 2022
    0
    Significantly worse than the original took away any value of visiting friend areas, made it so all you party memebers waste your throwables without your consent, the only tjing of value added was mega evolutions and it was not worth the price we paid

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
  1. RPG Fan
    Aug 8, 2022
    84
    All told, even with the quirky middling difficulty making this one hard to write home about, I still think Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a fun game to play through. The postgame can be somewhat monotonous, but the main story keeps things going. Seriously, the plot is simple, but the dialogue between all of these Pokémon makes for a great experience. The mix of mature themes — life and death, protection and abandonment — with the childlike wonder of all things Pokémon keep the mind focused on the purpose of the quest, even when the quest itself is a heavy strain (or a simple frolic) for some players. If you’ve yet to try Mystery Dungeon games but want a better understanding, this might be a great starting place! If you’ve played other Pokémon Mystery Dungeon entries and appreciated their balance of challenge and storytelling, you’re likely to enjoy this remake of the one that started it all.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 1, 2020
    80
    I'm reticent to recommend this experience to anyone who hasn't already explored a few other Mystery Dungeons in the past. [Issue #46 – May/June 2020, p. 64]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Apr 19, 2020
    70
    Rescue Team DX may be a remake, but it does not improve the original formula in almost any way. While the graphics and HUD had an obvious overhaul, the game is a repetitive yet somewhat charming and conflicted experience, that offers quality at the expense of some pretty weird and lazy solutions. Yet if you are a fan, you should not miss this one.
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