Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. Hades6040
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    It's a shame to say this but I would've give it an 8/10 if the visuals and performance weren't that bad. The game is fun, I like it to be honest but it just looks so bad that it takes all the enjoyment of playing it. The only thing that looks good are the charactersl and Pokémon models.

    There is no excuse for this game to look so bad, if Monolith Soft made Xenoblade Chronicles 3 look and    It's a shame to say this but I would've give it an 8/10 if the visuals and performance weren't that bad. The game is fun, I like it to be honest but it just looks so bad that it takes all the enjoyment of playing it. The only thing that looks good are the charactersl and Pokémon models.

    There is no excuse for this game to look so bad, if Monolith Soft made Xenoblade Chronicles 3 look and run so great on the Switch, then Game Freak could and should have made a better looking game
    Don't make the same mistake you all did with Sword and Shield, don't excuse this because if you do they'll just keep dropping poor quality games    … Expand
  2. Johnnybravo812
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games then solo developers.
  3. FraCesa
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Performance pessime che compromettono la qualità dell'esperienza. Non serviva fare open world se poi non si riesce a gestire
  4. AshaiTides
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game is unfinished. Awful framerates, bugs, and glitches are present in minute-to-minute gameplay. Quality-of-life features like Set mode in other Pokémon games were cut for seemingly no reason. Don't buy this game until they fix it.
  5. Xanos12
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell. You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform. They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode. The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell.
    You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform.
    They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode.
    The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic in Arceus, here they went back to old style. Auto battle is clunky, often Pokemon runs past enemies.    … Expand
  6. BryceTheEevee
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Audio: 4/10 (it's alright but not really a fan)
    Textures: 2/10 (looks like the GameCube)
    Gameplay glitches: 3/10 (they happen later on) Visual glitches: 1/10 (it's constant) Framerate: 1/10 (it's bad. Very bad.) Gameplay: 3/10 (a step back from legends Arceus) World exploration: 4/10 (often times bland) Models: 2/10 (still look dated even when updated) Animations: 1/10 ( s a n d w h i c    Audio: 4/10 (it's alright but not really a fan)
    Textures: 2/10 (looks like the GameCube)
    Gameplay glitches: 3/10 (they happen later on)
    Visual glitches: 1/10 (it's constant)
    Framerate: 1/10 (it's bad. Very bad.)
    Gameplay: 3/10 (a step back from legends Arceus)
    World exploration: 4/10 (often times bland)
    Models: 2/10 (still look dated even when updated)
    Animations: 1/10 ( s a n d w h i c h)
    Controls: 3/10 (menus)

    Overall: 24/100

    That being said, Pokemon deserves far better then this trash. I've been around sense gen 1 and watching this game came out hurts.    … Expand
  7. Copeta8
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I cannot describe how **** is to play this game full of bugs, and performance issues.

    If gamefreak don't start to at least require certain amount of quality for their games before launch this is gonna be untenable
  8. MrNeedlemouse
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    People who give more than 6 don't know a sheep about videogames. When Cyberpunk released, everywhere get mad and called it a failure. Pokemon is full of bugs and glitch, worst game of 2022 because it has empty space, bad designed pokemon and FPS drops. How can anyone play this trash?
  9. PokemonHater1
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon has been part of my life for so long and it just makes me wanna cry to see games like these.
  10. HouseOfGriffon
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    The game is barely playable on switch lite. The stuttering gets out of hand, trying to ride koraidon is a lost cause... pokemons and nocs disappear, and on top of those optimisation problems...
    It's ugly. The game feels zmpty and surface level. I am not far into the story so i can't talk about it, but there is a serious lack of depth in my opinion. The routes feel generic and bland, almost    The game is barely playable on switch lite. The stuttering gets out of hand, trying to ride koraidon is a lost cause... pokemons and nocs disappear, and on top of those optimisation problems...
    It's ugly. The game feels zmpty and surface level. I am not far into the story so i can't talk about it, but there is a serious lack of depth in my opinion. The routes feel generic and bland, almost as though they were proceduraly generated, and so bland, colorless and ugly due to poor textures. The picnic feature just doesn't give you thesame level of intolacy withyour pokemons. And now you can't go into houses. There is barely any interior places to expnore, scrapped for sure to make way for the development of open world. I looove open world, i love wandering aimlessly into samey looking scenery and bumping constantly into pokemons that i couldn't see cause of my riding pokemon's fat tail (sarcasm). And nail is the coffin are the ugly uniforms we are forced to wear. Uniforms are fine, but frol the country that popularized the schoolgirl aesthetic I expected better. We are dressed like every generic NPC. Embarassing.    … Expand
  11. Nombrerandom
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Es el juego de Pokémon con peor rendimiento en Switch y eso es mucho decir, el apartado técnicamente se cae a pedazos, un sin fin de bugs, errores visuales y un popin bestial todo te carga en la cara, el juego necesita de urgencia un parche, actualmente el juego no se lo recomiendo a nadie.
  12. catdad89
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    They used the same poor engine from Arceus. I did not have high expectations to begin with, but this is both a technical and gameplay disaster. Will return the game.
  13. Aboughtcritic
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Even without the embarrassing amount of severe technical issues this isent worth anybodys money. Its an ugly, dead openworld game without anything intriguing to see or interesting to do other than catching pokemon. No voice acting, terrible sound design and no endgame.
  14. airmaverick
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    Rose colored pokemon goggles shouldn't save the performance dumpster fire of Scarlet and Violet.

    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop. Whilst the aging switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and more expansive games that run way    Rose colored pokemon goggles shouldn't save the performance dumpster fire of Scarlet and Violet.

    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop.
    Whilst the aging switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and more expansive games that run way better than this.

    If somehow you can get past all the performance issues (I couldn't) the game play itself feels mediocre at best. A lot of the innovation introduced by Arceus is ignored here.

    Music and sound is poor with weird silences throughout and the lack of voice acting for a fully realized 3D adventure is disappointing.

    If you want to play a Pokemon game I recommend any other in the series over this. After the "fresh air" of Arceus, this game is a new stifling all time low.    … Expand
  15. Assasin9
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    A little disappointed with this game, it has all the potential to be an excellent game, but that's all... I can't ignore the low frame rate for trainers, pokemons or environmental decorations like flags, windmills, plus there's a lot of map bugs, texture bugs, among many others, it just feel like they sell an unfinished game.
  16. dr_ult
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game concept is really good! I think it is what every pokemon fan has been waiting for. However, the state in which the game was released is UNACCEPTABLE, specially for the price! I feel like I was ripped off!
  17. delgaucho35
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    If i was a developer of this game i would be ASHAMED.
    This is not a finished game.
    -Terrain glitches
    -Lighting glitches
    -Background glitches
    -Texture glitches
    The game can't run on stable 30fps despite its N64 quality level
    The pokemon models are good because they are made by Creatures Inc. and not by GF.
  18. Buurto
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Everyone giving that game more than 5/10 points is straight up lying.
    The game is the worst running game I've played in 20 years.
    No one can tell me nintendo didn't bribe someone to even legaly release this game. It has a memory leak, it's running with 20 fps or less. It crashes. The cam glitches through the ground. 10000 technical problems. It's unplayable from a technical standpoint. I    Everyone giving that game more than 5/10 points is straight up lying.
    The game is the worst running game I've played in 20 years.
    No one can tell me nintendo didn't bribe someone to even legaly release this game.
    It has a memory leak, it's running with 20 fps or less. It crashes. The cam glitches through the ground.
    10000 technical problems. It's unplayable from a technical standpoint. I don't care if it could be the best pokemon game from a gameplay or story point. A 60 dollar game from the biggest franchise in the world should not release like this. It's the first time in 20 years where I feel like playing a alpha or demo for 60 dollar. Everyone who is giving this game more than 5/10 points or saying it's fine is part of the reason why why only get **** pokemon game technical speaking    … Expand
  19. STONE_FUN
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Boring gameplay and huge technical problems makes this game probably the worst pokemon game of all time.
  20. Maskerico
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Very bad game, using people's feelings for Pokemon to make such a bad game.

    It's not even as good as Arceus in many places, with endless bugs, extremely poor optimization, and extremely unstable frame rates. I wish Nintendo could control and help them make games instead of making GF spend a lot of manpower and money making some rabbish. From the sun and the moon to the ultimate sun    Very bad game, using people's feelings for Pokemon to make such a bad game.

    It's not even as good as Arceus in many places, with endless bugs, extremely poor optimization, and extremely unstable frame rates.

    I wish Nintendo could control and help them make games instead of making GF spend a lot of manpower and money making some rabbish.
    From the sun and the moon to the ultimate sun and moon to the later sword and shield and today's scarlet and violet, I am really speechless. They're getting worse and worse.

    This looks like a scam fundraising project worth $60.    … Expand
  21. Kiyi
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Calificar a este juego es muy duro, pero lo es más tener que ver la pereza y la poca dedicación que le pusieron al crear el juego, no tienen vergüenza al ponerte este juego a 60€ y sacarlo en el estado en el que está, parece una pre alfa, no tiene buenas texturas, caidas de fps a cada rato, no hay subida de nivel exponencial de los lideres de gimnacio, los gráficos dan pena, teniendo enCalificar a este juego es muy duro, pero lo es más tener que ver la pereza y la poca dedicación que le pusieron al crear el juego, no tienen vergüenza al ponerte este juego a 60€ y sacarlo en el estado en el que está, parece una pre alfa, no tiene buenas texturas, caidas de fps a cada rato, no hay subida de nivel exponencial de los lideres de gimnacio, los gráficos dan pena, teniendo en cuenta que hay juegos como el Zelda Botw que corren con gráficos hermosos y sin caidas de fps cada segundo, hay bugs y glitches por doquier, errores en las animaciones de los personajes, animaciones de los npcs que parecen sacadas de un zoo Tycoon, la personalización de la vestimenta es pobre, te obligan a llevar entre 4 uniformes que a mi parecer solo te hacen lucir como otro npc más y un sin fin de cosas negativas que existen en este juego

    Por otro lado, también está lo positivo, que realmente solo es la historia y el modo cooperativo online, más allá de eso, solo es un producto decepcionante al cual no le han puesto ni el más minimo esfuerzo ni amor para hacerlo

    No recomiendo gastar tu tiempo y dinero en juegos como este, solo queda esperar a que saquen un parche que por lo menos arreglen el rendimiento tan pobre que tiene.    … Expand
  22. Hexagg0hz
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    game freak, PATCH THE GAME for descent FRAMERATE, GRAPHICS, TRANSITIONS … above all do your job! this game is the worst pokemon game ever! Do not buy this game you will waste your time and money, other good games are coming out for the holidays
  23. Aalves
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Unbelievably bad. I stopped playing at 10 minutes due to how slow the engine was, not to mention frame rate and graphics. It’s utterly unplayable…
  24. PootisMan-1954
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    while i think there is a good game in here but the performance issues, the fact that when you move your camera you can see the sceneario popping out and the fact that the pokemon pop up on the screen in the worst possible way makes this game the biggerst disappointment i ever had with a video game
  25. ptrack92
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    why should we be expected to alpha-test the newest game from what is the largest franchise in existence? it may be fun underneath running at 10 FPS and the myriad glitches, but this won't change until we collectively do. i'm a huge pokesimp and can't believe nintendo allowed this to go public. please vote with your wallets and don't support this shady type of business/game development!
  26. cephalopoda
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Those who chosen to give it a 10 or a 100, like some acclaimed reviewers gave it, were consumed by nostalgia. But I won't judge if you, as a player, like it. You are free to like what you want and enjoy the game as much as you want. What makes me sad is some professional critics saying they are ignoring the most problematic game in terms of performance.

    Positive points: * Arven has a    Those who chosen to give it a 10 or a 100, like some acclaimed reviewers gave it, were consumed by nostalgia. But I won't judge if you, as a player, like it. You are free to like what you want and enjoy the game as much as you want. What makes me sad is some professional critics saying they are ignoring the most problematic game in terms of performance.

    Positive points:
    * Arven has a deep story.
    * Battles are "fun".
    * Big World. Pretty big.

    Negative:
    * You can't capture pokemon without entering a fight. This is too bad when compared to Arceus.
    * Lots of poppings. You walk then BAMN, a pokemon appears right in front of you.
    * FPS drops frequently during battles.
    * Your character has Ghost type since it can cross walls and slip away from the ground. Some say it was inspired by X-men Shadowcat;
    * Miraidon animations are just... bad. I don't even have words for them.
    * Terastallize is just a bad idea to make pokemon glow and everything seem pretty;
    * Personal point: I don't like any of the last evolution of the starters. WTF happened to Quaxly?    … Expand
  27. EmEssOh
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game gives me Cyberpunk 2077 flashbacks. I'ts a technical mess. Lightning is terrible. Objects teleport.
  28. Leouilmon17
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    Demasiados problemas de rendimiento,bugs y texturas
    Ojalá lo arreglen pronto Pokemon 2077
  29. Sbardy93
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    Worst Pokémon game ever (this review comes from a person born in 1993, raised playing pokémon without interruptions from the 1st gen, until BW2, and even Alpha Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, and Moon, the last one only ''NEW'' main pokémon game I've been playing seriously after the DS era)
    I wanted to buy Violet, but then I've started to see the reviews by ''specialized critics'' here and    Worst Pokémon game ever (this review comes from a person born in 1993, raised playing pokémon without interruptions from the 1st gen, until BW2, and even Alpha Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, and Moon, the last one only ''NEW'' main pokémon game I've been playing seriously after the DS era)
    I wanted to buy Violet, but then I've started to see the reviews by ''specialized critics'' here and all over the internet, and I've thought ''mmm, maybe waiting is better''
    I've started to watch some livestreams on Twitch to see the game
    Best decision I've ever done
    Games without a soul, published in a FEW MONTHS (Pokémon Legends came out at the beginning of this year if you don't remember it) just because childish **** were impatient for the new generation
    But hey, the game will sell anyway, so why publish it in 2 years?
    The major responsibles of this disaster are exactly the consumers
    I can understand those who say ''I want to buy it because I want to touch it with my hands in order to judge them''
    But those who always say ''Even though the game will suck I will buy it because I want to see the new pokémon'' or ''because I want to have the new pokémon game in my collection just to expose it'' or ''because I don't want to miss the new generation''
    if you only care about the fu**ing monsters play Pokémon GO and Unite, I've got both of them, and they're cool
    If you only care about mere phisic possession of the game you're nothing but SLAVES
    Pokémon is dying from the beginning of the 6th gen (including the remakes of Hoenn and Sinnoh which are not bad, but so far away from Heartgold and Soulsilver), and you don't even realize it
    Well, keep attacking Pokémon BW, not my favorite games in the franchise, but of course the most underrated
    Unova games were gold compared to this
    60 EURO for THIS is just undefendable
    Of course congratulations to you TPC for being so superficial
    But at the same time congrats to you guys who don't care if buying Garbodor, motivate them to make even more Garbodor
    You're the final responsible for this disaster
    SHAMEFUL SLAVES    … Expand
  30. Pleachy
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Just a disappointment. The game was released in an alpha stage.
    There are too many graphical glitches to list in this review, fps drops, map clipping and broken animations.
    The game is still fun despite everything, which is why the review isn't a flat 0, but this is not a finished game and deserved to be rated as such.
  31. Zenata
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    Game just is a buggy mess and runs extremely poorly. Not at all indicative of what this system is capable of. It's clear this wasn't given enough time. Framerate drops, pop-in, visual bugs, etc. Any other first party Nintendo title would've been delayed in this technical state.
  32. Quria
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Good
    - Tera Raids progress much quicker than their Max Raid counterparts
    - Textures on Pokémon look much better than previous 3D installments
    - Early access to the bike equivalent
    - Much needed nerf to the Protean and Libero abilities
    - The world does not scale, making some areas naturally more dangerous
    - Early access to breeding
    - Craftable TMs is a great balance between infinite-use TMs and TRs
    - Terastallizing makes for more visually dynamic Gym Leader rosters
    - Klawf's noise

    The Bad
    - ZL-targeting rarely works as intended
    - In combat menu is painfully slow
    - The Terastallized gimmick feels incredibly unimpactful in the core game
    - Removal of Set Battle option and the ability to disable battle animations; both options present since Red and Blue
    - Reduced outfit customization
    - The Gym buildings are meaningless; they merely house NPCs to tell you where to go to do the (uninspired) challenges or face the Leader
    - Forced Always-On Experience Share leads to easy over-leveling issues for players looking for challenges
    - Gyms not scaling, despite being able to be challenged in any order, will often result in being far too over-leveled (my team was in the 30's before I found the "second" gym which capped at Lv 17)
    - Similarly to Legends: Arceus, the expansive world feels more often than not empty and unrewarding to explore
    - Roadblocks can be completely bypassed, which begs the question as to why bother putting them up in the first place
    - The freeform nature of progression suffers from a lack of meaningful trainer battles outside of quests
    - Summary screen options are dependent on whether the Pokémon is in your party for no discernable reason
    - Connecting to online play requires menu diving
    - Raids not rewarding TMs makes grinding them less appealing
    - Destination markers are inaccurate
    - Severe lack of compelling trainer battles
    - The Let’s Go mode is bad at levels where you want to use it, and irrelevant by the time it becomes possible to easily farm experience from it

    The Ugly
    - Low-poly trees plague the landscape
    - High-repetition terrain textures reek of lazy design
    - Too-close range for model pop-in; also results in models occasionally flickering in and out
    - FPS drops and lag everywhere at all times even in menus
    - The FPS drops combined with the motion blur make it excruciating to make out any detail while the camera is in motion
    - No more shop or Pokécenter interiors; everything is just a menu
    - Many strange and nonsensical animations for human NPCs
    - Lack of battle transitions do not make the actual transition time any quicker
    - Pokémon models often appear underground or underwater both in and out of water
    - Sprigatito is yet another Pokémon in the ever-growing list of cool Pokémon with too-human evolutions
    - Some funky UI-overlap and weird information when you KO something with U-Turn
    - The camera does not work under an overhang
    - Wild Pokémon charging you and then phasing out while you are in battle looks ridiculous

    This is quite easily the worst installment we have ever seen for a mainline Pokémon game. The poor writing, lack of any challenge, poor quality of most battle animations, blank slate main character, and clunky online play are all parts of Scarlet and Violet that have been the norm for this franchise for years. This foundation is not a strong starting point and desperately needs to be addressed. This is the second open world game in the franchise that feels empty and lacking in meaningful content; more time is spent driving around looking behind corners than interacting with Pokémon. At no point does any choice feel like an intentional design choice that had a clear goal in mind. The world in particular feels like it was randomly generated and places were just dropped to fill up the map. On top of an outright mediocre experience, the game itself is borderline unplayable with the worst performance I have ever seen on a console and features load times that hearken back to the early days of discs.
    All in all, these are bad games. I never thought the franchise would somehow slip even further than Sword and Shield, but Scarlet and Violet are barely playable just from the absurd and unending performance issues. Game Freak is clearly struggling with creating 3D games on the Switch and every other aspect of their product is suffering in quality resulting is an abysmal experience. The publications once again out themselves as sellouts, defending this game as “good but not great” or “one small step forward” in a clear effort to remain in the good graces of Nintendo.

    Nintendo and The Pokémon Company should be ashamed of this product.

    Gameplay: 4/10 Difficulty: 2/10 Writing: 4/10 Visuals: 2/10 Audio: 6/10 Performance: 0/10 Total: 18/60    … Expand
  33. Autoatlas
    Jul 17, 2023
    1
    The game has as much content as air has co2 in it. Lackluster city design, bad music, horrible story, uninteresting legendaries. This game is a huge failure.
  34. Maddozman555
    Jun 19, 2023
    4
    Corto de contenido, feo visualmente, con una historia aburrida y sosa, con menos de la mitad del pokédex está es uno de los peores juegos de la serie, lo único bueno de esta entrega es la nueva mecánica que le da un giro fresco al competitivo, pero no es suficiente para hacer brillar al juego
  35. Luky1996
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    Un buon finale e una decente narrazione non riescono a salvare il gioco. Ambientazioni anonime e cattivo bilanciamento. L'open world promesso è inesistente, sei costretto a esplorare alla fine del gioco per non rovinarti l'esperienza con l'overleveling. Il fatto che le main battle non abbiano livelli scalari vincola l'esplorazione. Le 3 storie non si possono affrontareliberamente in quantoUn buon finale e una decente narrazione non riescono a salvare il gioco. Ambientazioni anonime e cattivo bilanciamento. L'open world promesso è inesistente, sei costretto a esplorare alla fine del gioco per non rovinarti l'esperienza con l'overleveling. Il fatto che le main battle non abbiano livelli scalari vincola l'esplorazione. Le 3 storie non si possono affrontareliberamente in quanto i Pokémon non obbedirebbero e koraidon non otterrebbe powerup necessari ad esplorare. Prestazioni orribili… Expand
  36. Adoviron
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I made this account to warn all of you who are thinking of buying this game.
    I regret every penny I spent on it.
    It's a horrible cashgrab low quality game. Animations in some scenes are in 3-5 FPS! Gameplay and storyline is empty and without a soul. Every aspect of this game is a complete trash. Some textures are as low as in Nintendo 64 and right next to it it is mixed with hires    I made this account to warn all of you who are thinking of buying this game.
    I regret every penny I spent on it.
    It's a horrible cashgrab low quality game. Animations in some scenes are in 3-5 FPS!
    Gameplay and storyline is empty and without a soul. Every aspect of this game is a complete trash. Some textures are as low as in Nintendo 64 and right next to it it is mixed with hires texture of a tree for example. Complete chaos, empty world full of meaningless tasks.
    It's the worst game I've played on a Switch so far and i've had it for 5 years now.    … Expand
  37. TomB42
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I’ve never even played an indie with such poor performance, graphics and bugs - clearly should have been delayed to be finished. Terrible management at Gamefreak, decisions are obviously made in favour of short term gain over long term satisfied customers. A $100,000,000,000 company can’t compete with the graphics and performance? No. They knew it was broken and decided to release it likeI’ve never even played an indie with such poor performance, graphics and bugs - clearly should have been delayed to be finished. Terrible management at Gamefreak, decisions are obviously made in favour of short term gain over long term satisfied customers. A $100,000,000,000 company can’t compete with the graphics and performance? No. They knew it was broken and decided to release it like this anyway.

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    - Pop in
    - Stuttering
    - Falling through the earth
    - Camera lag
    - Everything beyond 2m away is < 5fps
    - Game breaking bugs (reset only)
    - See through “earth”
    - Stuck inside doors often
    - Would have been great if the developers were given time or resources to finish it.    … Expand
  38. Yuoto
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    DON’T BUY THE GAME THE HATER ARE RIGTH THIS TIME!

    When you start the game things look good, but the moment you arrive in the open world it’s a mess. Frame rate drop, npc walking 2 fps, camera bug, game froze at random and much more. It’s sad because the concept is good but the execution is sadly bad, terrible bad. Please if you love this franchise like me, return the game ask for a    DON’T BUY THE GAME THE HATER ARE RIGTH THIS TIME!

    When you start the game things look good, but the moment you arrive in the open world it’s a mess. Frame rate drop, npc walking 2 fps, camera bug, game froze at random and much more. It’s sad because the concept is good but the execution is sadly bad, terrible bad.

    Please if you love this franchise like me, return the game ask for a refund like i did. We deserve better, we need to respect ourself. Gamefreak and Nintendo don’t when releasing a half finishe game.    … Expand
  39. Korbi_
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    You can't go into any buildings except stupid stores and arenas.
    You can't talk to anyone.
    Arena challenges have nothing to do with pokemon. Trainers don't spot you, you have to talk to them. Constant FPS drops on there own hardware. I don't want to make sandwiches, I just want to play a pokemon game. Cities consist of an arena building and 5000 store building. Most stores are just    You can't go into any buildings except stupid stores and arenas.
    You can't talk to anyone.
    Arena challenges have nothing to do with pokemon.
    Trainers don't spot you, you have to talk to them.
    Constant FPS drops on there own hardware.
    I don't want to make sandwiches, I just want to play a pokemon game.
    Cities consist of an arena building and 5000 store building.
    Most stores are just menus you can't even go inside.    … Expand
  40. SanjiLec
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Many bugs, bad graphics, looks like pre alpha, it's not open word.
    One good thing is the new Pokedex and some new Pokemon
  41. TheIndexPlayer
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Are you interested in a nostalgic game that makes you cry?

    Well we got the game for you! Because Pokemon S/V has PS2 graphics and you wasted 60 bucks : D
  42. FreakyPhantom
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    Fun, but a buggy unfinished mess of a game, do better Gamefreak/Nintendo. I dont understand how a company so large can put out such an unfinished product?
  43. Pokemon09
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    There are so many bugs in this game. Gameplay is ok to fun but grafic bugs are destroying the expierience.
  44. Lukhian
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Inaceitável, isso ja virou o call of duty da Nintendo, se você ainda acha que esta bom, parabéns, você se deixou manipular.
  45. MarioKebab
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    This game had so much potential, graphic sucks, there are a lot of Bugs, you cannot even enter in other people’s houses and shops, it’s not a 0 because The new pokemon are cool
  46. IcyElon
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    How could a game look so bad?

    This was an open world but made it feel small because everyone wore the same outfit for the school. You can’t do an open world game but not coach someone where to go. This isn’t elden ring, if my Pokémon is level 30 and I somehow end up in a level 50 zone, I can’t just “git gud”. All character designs looked absurd. You have characters like the women brutes,    How could a game look so bad?

    This was an open world but made it feel small because everyone wore the same outfit for the school. You can’t do an open world game but not coach someone where to go. This isn’t elden ring, if my Pokémon is level 30 and I somehow end up in a level 50 zone, I can’t just “git gud”. All character designs looked absurd. You have characters like the women brutes, the weird lankey predator looking mountain guy, the rapper gym leader which just felt… racey? The mechanics were almost interesting, until you made the Pokémon into my grandmothers crystal glass collection. Leave it to game freak to cram two polar opposite great ideas, future and past, and shove into one game where nothing makes sense anymore, you can have dinosaur Pokémon on the same level as a robot, like come on. Pokémon are not unique anymore, you can find them at a later point in the game, and then they pop up more after your battle so you’re stuck into call of duty’s spawn kill situations. You couldn’t even catch any of the paradox pokemon right away or anything like everything just leaves with the question, why did I pay 100 CAD for this? Broken game and broken franchise, game freak needs nothing to do with anything.    … Expand
  47. Extincy
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    This game is not finished, I am very sad, I love pokémon, but this game is terrible. I don't recommend anyone spend their money on this, simply a disgrace to the pokemon franchise
  48. Sir_Ligma
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it,So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it, but nope, GF once again need to milk the money cow to get their annual cash injection, really is a shame as it's so close to being perfect… Expand
  49. Megelos
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Somehow its worse than Pokemon Arceus. All they need is a step in the right direction to dive their feet in mud yet again.
  50. Coreboards68
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Huge disappointment, they 100% knew this was in this state. Stop defending games like this, its the only reason why it continues.
  51. JugJohns
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Now, I’m always the kind of guy to say graphics don’t really matter as long as the game is fun. However, this game somehow goes beyond what I go by, that it’s amazing. The constant slow down just absolutely kills the pacing for the game. And it’s not a rare occurrence, this **** happens literally in the tutorial. The gameplay and music, for what it is, is fine. But my worst encounter isNow, I’m always the kind of guy to say graphics don’t really matter as long as the game is fun. However, this game somehow goes beyond what I go by, that it’s amazing. The constant slow down just absolutely kills the pacing for the game. And it’s not a rare occurrence, this **** happens literally in the tutorial. The gameplay and music, for what it is, is fine. But my worst encounter is all the glitches, and pisspoor animations. I mean, this is just absolutely disappointing to see. There’s way too many visual glitches, even on cutscenes that it makes me reconsider if this is the same franchise that’s worth over a hundred billion dollars. This could be a really decent game, if it was optimized right in the slightest. My warning is, if you own an earlier switch, DO NOT play this on handheld. It just doesn’t work. I am extremely disappointed in gamefreak. Sword and shield already set a new low, but this? This is just depressing. The Pokémon games need more time on the oven instead of being rushed. If games like Xenoblade and breath of the wild can work on switch, then Pokémon shouldn’t have any issues whatsoever.… Expand
  52. Cruncho
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Bought the game, but requested a refund from Nintendo after 30 minutes. The performance issues and bugs made the game feel bad to play. It was actually a little nauseating. This game does not feel finished.
  53. Kratt
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    The mechanics are really good, the story its a great improvement, but it feels like if the game is not finished, the only possible interaction with wild pokemon is fighting when obvioulsy feels like you can do another kind of interactions, there are many bug, the quality is really below the average for each good things there are three bad, the missing of clothes for customization of theThe mechanics are really good, the story its a great improvement, but it feels like if the game is not finished, the only possible interaction with wild pokemon is fighting when obvioulsy feels like you can do another kind of interactions, there are many bug, the quality is really below the average for each good things there are three bad, the missing of clothes for customization of the character is the worst of all, the uniform is awfull and 80% of the NPC have de same awfull school uniform even NPC who obviolusly are live more than 20 y/o using the uniform? what the hell? The part of the school is lacking deep, the schools story is lame, you only visit 3 places and thats all. Talking to NPC its a pain since most you cant but they have a pokemon at one side and even if that pokemon is far away detect the action and interacting with the pokemon its too slow.… Expand
  54. Voovooman123
    Nov 24, 2022
    3
    THE MOST PROFITABLE IP IN THE WORLD, AND GF GIVE US THIS SHXT, HELLO?
    They definitely have enough money to get it right, but they chose not to.
    Why bothered? A garbage with pokemon's name can gain money, it's how successful this IP was.
    So disapointed with the poor quality.
  55. MiguelMarquez
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    I really love Paldea Region.

    But….Poor Graphics. A lot of bugs. This game is not seriously created. Really, it’s like a alpha testing version.
  56. FlexosuarousRex
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    I love pokemon and, sadly, hate these games. There are some good Ideas here: auto battling, world sharing, multiple paths, a companion pokemon that is upgraded at certain benchmarks that open up different traversal options, and auto healing all come to mind as positive changes.

    However, the game is just not good for several reasons: the game is completely infested with immersion    I love pokemon and, sadly, hate these games. There are some good Ideas here: auto battling, world sharing, multiple paths, a companion pokemon that is upgraded at certain benchmarks that open up different traversal options, and auto healing all come to mind as positive changes.

    However, the game is just not good for several reasons: the game is completely infested with immersion breaking bugs, there isn't a point to sharing the world as there is very little multiplayer content to chew on other than raids, the game feels directionless and exploration just amounts to catching different pokemon without every truly feeling like you are discovering anything, team star... I don't understand what they are or what their goals are or why they are even a threat but all of the characters seem to not like them, the mounted controls feel very shallow and jank, absolutely horrid pop in, many assests seem to be stop animated even at close range, the gym challenges are more annoying than anything, the majority of npcs have horrible designs, trainer battles can be completely skipped, many of the new pokemon designs are either wack or lazy, and even though this is a personal issue I can't get over the hats when the pokemon terrastilize it looks so dumb... I could go on.

    TLDR: There are some good ideas but I cannot recomend this game to anyone based on its many flaws both from a design and technical standpoint.    … Expand
  57. Elkar
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This is not an acceptable product, especially when you compare it with others Nintendo games like Zelda BotW (a more than 5 years old game) or Xenoblade 3, and currently it's a broken unfinished game.
  58. Cicerone26
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Embarrassing game
    The graphic, the gameplay, the structure of the world, the story
    Bad
  59. Robo_Steve
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Embarrassingly bad performance issues. Do not support products like this or it will just keep happening.
  60. SomeGuy7000
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    It kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 yearsIt kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 years kid get their first pokemon and a week later they are the strongest on the continent and did some insane feat. The giant pokemon fights from Arceus that had unique boss mechanics are gone they are now just normal fights with big pokemon. They have also gone back to the duel game releases where there's about 5% of unique content locked away in each version, and again you cannot get all pokemon for the dex without either owning both games or trading with other people, which was very welcomed in Arceus. Then there's the performance, my god it's so bad. I would constantly have to restart my game every 30-45 minutes because my games fps would just drop to the point it would just be a slide show, which at times would give me a headache to just look at, and the game isn't exactly pushing the graphics department even for the switch.
    It's not all terrible there have been some changes and additions that I did enjoy. The new auto-battling was good and I regularly used it. The storyline for Arven was good and gave me the motivation to finish it. The world does have more buildings and structures in the open world which is a step up from arceus, but should still be improved in the future.
    Then there's the stuff that was a good idea on paper but needed to be fleshed out more. The school system could have been really cool if they made the system deeper and centered the story more around being a student, at some point, I just completely ignored ever going to the school it never mattered. I liked the idea of the school bullying storyline for the bullies was a good idea but they just didn't get enough development time for the characters, the sections for the auto-battling got boring really fast too. The idea of the great crater was cool but i wish there was more of those ancient pokemon. The last bit of the story with Arven's mom was interesting but I wish more of the game utilized and spent more time with it.
    I can tell the devs at game freak are trying to get creative with the pokemon games but they just don't have enough time and or devs to get it done. It's still a pokemon game and if you like pokemon I'm sure you're still going to enjoy it but for me, there are just too many systems that were great in previous games that got removed coupled with the absolutely horrible performance the best I can give it is a 4. Let's just hope the devs are given the resources needed to make the next pokemon game even better.    … Expand
  61. Hugo1919
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Just not s finished game. Just a money grab. Play a old game you will have more fps on your Gameboy color
  62. Spoon6ix
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Terrible looking game, a lot of pop in terrible frame rate, the game looks horrible on a graphical standpoint
  63. masterrcb
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Core gameplay is fun. but performance and visuals is not. For a Multi million franchise, GameFreak as developer is LAZY.
  64. Raxhanto
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    honestly its a shame. the game could be really good. for a main title it has lots of new features, but unfortunately its overshadowed by massive performance issues a huge amount of bugs and glitches and a really bland looking overworld. the switch is not a powerful console, but we know how good games can look despite its hardware limitations. we can only pray that in future installments,honestly its a shame. the game could be really good. for a main title it has lots of new features, but unfortunately its overshadowed by massive performance issues a huge amount of bugs and glitches and a really bland looking overworld. the switch is not a powerful console, but we know how good games can look despite its hardware limitations. we can only pray that in future installments, pokemon company will give game freak the necessary time to make sure everything works, because this half-finished product is the biggest disappointment ever in my opinion.… Expand
  65. Googa
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    A terrible wreck of a game that proves that GameFreak doesn't have to try, anymore. They can put out literal garbage, and the shills will gladly pay for that garbage!
  66. Baltzer
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    Again Game Freak shows they are LAZY and unable to create a good game. Pokemon S/V looks and feels like some amateur-made mod to another game. Looks really bad. Very bad storyline, bad co-op, and bad multiplayer. The world feels empty with a poor environment in cities and no voice in dialogues. Don't get me wrong... it is playable, but currently, should not be sold anywhere till they atAgain Game Freak shows they are LAZY and unable to create a good game. Pokemon S/V looks and feels like some amateur-made mod to another game. Looks really bad. Very bad storyline, bad co-op, and bad multiplayer. The world feels empty with a poor environment in cities and no voice in dialogues. Don't get me wrong... it is playable, but currently, should not be sold anywhere till they at least fix performance issues. Gave 3, not 0-1, because there are some good ideas like crafting TMs, finally open world... but almost every other aspect of the game is BAD. Honestly, no one should believe any review above 5/10.… Expand
  67. Bent3ndo
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Pokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP withPokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP with respect, and more importantly treat its fanbase with respect. Scarlet and Violet are no exception to this opinion. If anything, the issues presented this time around are WORSE than what people criticised with Arceus' arrival at the start of the same year.

    Game Freak are not only too small a team to be expected to deliver the content asked of them, but their release schedule is far too crammed to deliver the quality of games expected of what should be the slickest, most polished looking gaming franchise there is out there.

    The Pokemon Company need to pull their act together and provide Game Freak with the budget, team and time that these modern Pokemon titles need. Otherwise people can expect less and less quality from these bigger and bigger titles as time goes on.

    Pokemon deserves better, we deserve better.    … Expand
  68. shin777
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Just return to the 2D games, games below 60 fps should be illegal right now and this one runs below 20.
    And stop making open worlds games, they are so empty and boring, nobody likes open worlds games since 2020.
    Plus all the bugs it have
  69. Redman89
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    First the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is notFirst the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is not even to improve the deficits of the previous (Sword & Shield) and is not a match for Arceus who was a fresh sight for a open world Pokemon game.… Expand
  70. Magoo_o
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon,Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon, and released this game knowing full well that many would purchase it, knowing full well how terrible the quality was.

    Like I said I enjoyed this game. I liked the character interactions and design, music, and overall open world options available (despite them being rather inflexible). However, it must be said that a transition to the open-world genre is no excuse for the quality of this title. Quantity has been put over quality time and time again, and it's important to call such out rather than letting enjoyment override the lack of quality from a company so large and wealthy. Please do better.    … Expand
  71. MIDAS3000
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games than solo developers.
    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop. Whilst the aging Switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games than solo developers.
    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop. Whilst the aging Switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and more expansive games that run way better than this.    … Expand
  72. cpluspluscrowe
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game lag is severe and requires me to run the game at 720 and restart it every hour to mitigate the lag. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan but this game is tough to play. Shame on Game Freak for releasing such an unpolished game.
  73. GustaVoss
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's empty: it lacks interesting NPC and houses you can enter.
    I'm not even talking about the system issues here, which are, alone, absurd.
    We, as fans and gamers, need to value our money we can't let these big companies deliver something like this with full price.    … Expand
  74. xsaliva
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Bad user experience. Too many bugs and glitches. Even though the game is beautiful and fun it definitely need an update. Very very bad and full of lag
  75. cyphus6
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    disappointing in almost every way, and impressive in none. This is just another cash-grab for the new generation. Quality and content was peak at Ultra Sun/Moon, and I'd rather those graphics any day than deal with the performance and pace of this
  76. elpoff
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    I can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets onI can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets on the N64 that look better, which is absurd. Half of the npcs/pokemon run at 1 fps and look like a literal walking slideshow when they get more than 3ft away from you, and even some of them at the forefront of literal cutscenes have the same issue. Scarlet/Violet feels like a big downgrade from Arceus, but at least the gameplay in Arceus was smooth and it ran higher than 5fps. I wish GameFreak actually wanted to make great games instead of doing the BARE MINIMUM and just raking in all the cash they can from pokemon fans. I keep seeing reviews saying the story is amazing and maybe I'm just crazy, but I have no idea how they feel that way. The story is about as MEH as you could imagine, copy/paste from the previous games with a school added where you can take classes. The Terastal feature is also very meh/cringe in my opinion and to save time I just avoid it since the game already runs in slow motion most of the time. Even when the game doesn't run slow, the combat and ALL other actions are unnecessarily slow and drawn out. Throwing out a pokemon to fight takes forever and it will flash in and out as it appears before finally starting the battle. The quick battle feature, which I do like, alleviates this somewhat but I typically enjoy the battles in most pokemon games so it sucks that I can't even enjoy that this time around. In Arceus it seemed so much smoother when throwing out pokemon and pokeballs. Overall this game feels like they took Sword/Shield and made it into a really crappy sequel to save time and money. The pokemon animations are better than sword/shield at least, but it's really sad if that's one of the few positive things I can say about the game. Gonna try to enjoy the game but it just isn't anywhere near as good as it should be and I'm tired of that being the case so often with the pokemon series. Good luck and be wary of all the reviews giving this game 10/10, they are ABSOLUTELY out of their mind if they think it is even close to being that good. If they enjoy it and love the game that's totally fine, but everyone keeps trying to ignore all of these huge issues and that is why GameFreak doesn't have to care if their games are good or not. People keep saying it's getting unfairly review bombed, but in my opinion the poor reviews are completely merited. Currently it is sitting around a 2.9 user score which I think is a pretty fair rating honestly.… Expand
  77. kevingod
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I am sorry, even though I have some fun with it, I cannot justify the price point with the level quality of what you get.
    Especially knowing full well how much it would sell.
  78. TrumpFan420
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    A disgrace to the fans. The highest-grossing media franchise in history with over $100 billion in revenue, $00s of millions in profit every year for TPC and this is the best they have. This is a good pre-alpha test at best. Should have had another 2-3 years of development, more (and better skilled) programmers, and a much higher budget. Do better.
  79. MrRedNemesis
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    This game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games whenThis game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games when they can get rich with things like this. This game is an insult and every 10/10 review is another dirt shovel on the coffin of the pokemon franchise.… Expand
  80. GyovannyGandra
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    How can be possible the biggest entertainment franchise in the world make a terrible game like this?
    All the budget they have, they could`ve make an amazing game, not just this one, but last games look terrible as well. Actually indie creators make better games with away less budget them Game Freak.
    Game Freak is a shame. However the saddest thing is all **** game they do people buy and    How can be possible the biggest entertainment franchise in the world make a terrible game like this?
    All the budget they have, they could`ve make an amazing game, not just this one, but last games look terrible as well. Actually indie creators make better games with away less budget them Game Freak.
    Game Freak is a shame. However the saddest thing is all **** game they do people buy and they make loads of profits with that, cause some people are blind and defend Game Freak...    … Expand
  81. Lcromelin
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Horrible game, horrible graphics the scaling of progession makes 0 sense definitely not worth $60
  82. kaioser
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. wow what a game? they failed to deliver yet again. graphics and performance issues.… Expand
  83. Kenmei
    Dec 5, 2022
    3
    It's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the gameIt's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the game that caught me by surprise. However this game is almost unplayable due to how it runs and the sheer number of glitches and bugs the game has. Even outside of that, the changes to all the new online components in raids makes me not want to touch any sort of online component whatsoever, especially since playing those raids solo is not only very doable but very much preferred as there's not a crazy new form to find here as the Tera forms are probably the worst gameplay inclusion I've seen in these games since the Z-Moves. I really wanted to like this game and put as many hundreds of hours into it shiny hunting and raiding like I did with Sword and Shield but, now that I completed the pokedex, I can no longer find the drive to continue playing this game like I did previously. These games need a crazy amount of bug fixing and optimizing for it to run properly on outdated hardware and I really hope they focus on that before trying to release any sort of DLC that will also be ruined by the technical problem.… Expand
  84. Lucasmduarte
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I'm sorry but until they patch this game it is getting 0 from me!! Such a massive step down!! Fully messy crash grab! 120 Billion franchise!!
  85. x3rx3s
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    An incomplete, technical mess. Actually insulating that they released the game in this state. The gameplay is ok, but it's really hard to ignore all the stuttering and glitches.
  86. Anomen
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    This is not an acceptable state for a game to be released in, even less for the highest-grossing franchise of all time. There are more bugs than there is game, the enviroments look worse than those from most 1st year student projects.

    Lately, this series has become Game Freak's experiment to see what percentage of **** they are allowed serve onto the fans' plates without harming sales    This is not an acceptable state for a game to be released in, even less for the highest-grossing franchise of all time. There are more bugs than there is game, the enviroments look worse than those from most 1st year student projects.

    Lately, this series has become Game Freak's experiment to see what percentage of **** they are allowed serve onto the fans' plates without harming sales and, considering it broke the sales récord again, the answer is 100%.    … Expand
  87. maurofmferrao
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, but it's impossible!

    Game design is a massive step back from Arceus, and graphically is one of the worst games I have seen on Switch, a visual mess. Please Nintendo fix this game, it's an embarrassment...
  88. asso21
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Ever since tge first pokemon on gameboy i wished to have an open world esperience an almost 30 years later this is what we get. Shame on game freak for even thinking this game was done. Shame on nintendo for publishing it, and shame on me for buying this crap. Do yourself a favor and ask for a refund. Money is the only language these people understand
  89. Versalador
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    I did everything in my power to like the game, I even made like 15 videos explaining everything about the game...

    But you can't, you simply can't ignore how insulting the gameplay and NPC design is.
  90. Be3nj
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Pokemon urgently needs to get out of Gamefreak's hands, this game is pure trash!!
  91. jokingSammy
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    No time or effort was put into this title. Absolute hot trash. Gone are the good old days of Pokemon. Creature design is poor and as a game this doesn't even run. I've played ios games design to steal my money that play better than this. Who cares though, this game will go on and make millions, who cares about the fans?
  92. Vestherian
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are an embarrassment to the series.

    This is by far the most disappointing Pokemon game to date taking several steps back from the features and quality previous games kept increasing. I spent over 100 hours so far playing Scarlet so I made sure i wasnt going to give out a knee jerk reaction review but not much from my first impressions have changed over time.    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are an embarrassment to the series.

    This is by far the most disappointing Pokemon game to date taking several steps back from the features and quality previous games kept increasing.
    I spent over 100 hours so far playing Scarlet so I made sure i wasnt going to give out a knee jerk reaction review but not much from my first impressions have changed over time.
    Cons WAY outweight the Pros.

    Shop and Houses interiors are gone. So is chatting with 90% of NPC. No exploring and chatting with villagers.
    No forced trainer fights. I know this is a bit controversial but I do believe that forced fights are required in some scenarios to give a sense of accomplishment. I still think of the bridge with 5 trainer fights and at the end you get a gold nugget, big reward at the time, plus being able to go visit the professor.
    Stuttering, Lagging and even Crashing during the entirety of my time playing. Whether it's exploring or even mid fight!!
    The world itself is empty and soulless. It feels like they've made it open world JUST for the gimmick but didn't think at filling the world with any valuable things to do. The only things to do is catch pokemon and pick up junk off the floor.
    Most animations are missing or just lazy. There are a few fight animations that are cool and impressive, like the terastilization crystal effect. But a lot of the moves have a generic animation that feels completely unrewarding. For example a Shadow Slash; a little twirl of dust and thats it. Using items have basically no animation at all.
    Everything that's about 10 feet away from you runs at 5fps.
    Terastilization gimmick is terrible. I can see why it would be fun for competitive play but when compared to Gigas and Megas, it's LAZY. They've modeled a "Hat" for each element and that's basically the effect. Your pokemon gets a hat. Compared to the impressive and cool variances in design you get with megas and gigas, it's the worst and the most lazy gimmick to date.
    For the past few games the "Evil" groups have been becoming weird and unimaginative. In SwSh it was just a group of punks. And this game took it further and made it a high school gang. Not to mention the story around them and the boss/team designs is unimpressive. They should go back to evil groups destroying the world where your help actually mattered instead of trying to make some social commentary about school bullying.
    Clothes? They don't exist. AT ALL. You're stuck with an ugly orange pants or shorts. This when compared to SwSh's AMAZING customization, they basically got rid of the entire feature. And it's a big shame considering Scar/Vi probably has the best multiplayer system in pokemon to date.
    Gyms don't even have interiors! Nor do they have trainer battles for the most part and there aren't any puzzles either. Instead this time around they decided to add weird challenges, i.e quick time event test, or Where's waldo. Bring back the exciting, varied Gym interiors with custom music, puzzles to get to the leader and trainer fights.
    NPC and Pokemon disappear in a very inconsistent manner. As soon as they're off camera, they could disappear entirely. I cross a couple in town and turn around? They aren't there anymore, nowhere to be found. Same for pokemon, and it makes for a horrible experience.
    The new UI, especially the Battle UI is just horrendous and inconsistent. Mid fight you need to wait a minute during moves before you can see the enemy pokemon's health or how many pokemons the trainer has left.
    The AI, LITERALLY, CHEATS. And it's obvious too. If you swap a pokemon mid fight, they will instantly change their usual move they used for the past 3 turns and switch to what's needed to be super effective on your new surprise pokemon. Also affected when using Zoroark in illusion form.
    Pokedex is ugly but more important, tedious to use. Especially when trying to fill the pokedex and trying to see where they spawn. It gives you a bunch of blocks on the map but you can't put markers, it just lets you try to guess.
    The multiplayer has crashes, simple as that.
    Map zoom out doesn't let you zoom in and out where you want. It resets every time.
    Raids are confusing and also a guaranteed catch? Tera doesn't feel as impressive as Gigas.
    No Badges or much customization on your player card.
    Elite Four is in a single, lazy blue room. And the Gym leaders/Elite Four themselves are pretty badly designed too.
    During the game you get random heals, this ruins the challenge and doesn't make sense, especially when it's not mentioned in the cut scene.
    Berry Trees and farming is gone.

    All in all Scarlet doesn't even feel like a real pokemon game. It feels like a fan made game that was made in a month. It's still fun in a simple mindless, fill the pokedex way. But it's FAR from matching expectations from Pokemon. Can't even trust Pokemon, they've released it unfinished like the rest of the industry.    … Expand
  93. nosplashsl
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing… Expand
  94. jpaulmosaurietX
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No se si nintendo o la compania fue la encargada pero este juego no devio salir en estado… Expand
  95. Handgames
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    You can have a good time playing it, but sadly It's so ugly and full of bugs.
  96. Andrez1989
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    De que mierda te sirve ponerle un 2,8 , si el puto juego te va a vender 25 millones de copias , da para pensar.
  97. s0und0fdeath
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    IDK where to begin. How can a game be so ambitious yet so bad. How can you go from arceus to this. Let's begin, First and foremost the sever frame stuttering and frame drops persist through the entirety of the game. It never goes away it never gets better. The game can choke up loading assets and actually crash. Both me and my friend i have been playing alongside have had this exact issueIDK where to begin. How can a game be so ambitious yet so bad. How can you go from arceus to this. Let's begin, First and foremost the sever frame stuttering and frame drops persist through the entirety of the game. It never goes away it never gets better. The game can choke up loading assets and actually crash. Both me and my friend i have been playing alongside have had this exact issue happen. Where he had it happen 3 times in a row in the same area to the point he cant even enter the area so he just flat out avoids that whole section of the game. Menus are incredibly slow to the point it can feel as if it froze sometimes. The MASSIVE amount of visual bugs and technical bugs like falling through the floor or Pokemon walking through trees and npc's walking through battles inside the city areas. Lets talk about game design next. The game feels absolutely barren. How could you take a step backwards after arceus textures got worse than sword and shield for crying out loud. There are parts of the game that genuinely look like N64 level graphics on top of every area just feeling so bland and generic. Everything visual in the game feels like it was rushed out the door so they could work on the next thing to make them money. And its a shame because this game has plenty of good things going for it. Like the story is actually decent, the open world battling and seeing which pokemon are around to battle is cool. The new raids are cool with improvements since sword and shield.

    Overall i cant give this game even a 1 for score. Its so technically bad and choppy that it feels like it was an unfinished mess coming out from the studio. Lets just say Cyberpunk 2.0. Except we all know gamefreaks wont touch or patch the game whatsoever.    … Expand
  98. cloudstrife2812
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    gráficos horríveis, bugs eternos e principalmente NÃO TEM LINGUAGEM/LEGENDA PT-BR.
  99. HaironHeron
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The performance issues are unreal. No game should have them this badly. Mechanically the game has been made worse (roughly 15-20 seconds to switch Pokemon in battle).

    The open world needs to scaled with you rather than set in stone. Breeding is worse. The few good points really don't make up for it's shortcomings. Which are many. Sad really it's a lot of untapped potential. If you want    The performance issues are unreal. No game should have them this badly. Mechanically the game has been made worse (roughly 15-20 seconds to switch Pokemon in battle).

    The open world needs to scaled with you rather than set in stone. Breeding is worse. The few good points really don't make up for it's shortcomings. Which are many. Sad really it's a lot of untapped potential. If you want open world pokemon grab Arceus they did a much better job with it.    … Expand
  100. marcelcrc
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Vou comprar o jogo, mas é uma vergonha para uma empresa desse porte e com o tamanho do público que ela tem no Brasil, não se dar ao trabalho de colocar uma tradução para PT-BR no jogo e olha que esse jogo nem demanda dublagem, é só tradução de texto, repito, é uma vergonha e um descaso com o consumidor BR.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 56 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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