Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. Fraxxo
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    This game is... totally worthless. Nothing works.
    Surprised this even passed the quality check, since this is clearly a pre-alpha game without any redeeming quality. Even the soundtrack, which was always good in the Pokémon franchise, is boring here.
    Seriously, I'm glad this game was gifted to me and I didn't spend a single buck on it. I tought Pokémon Legends Arceus was the starting    This game is... totally worthless. Nothing works.
    Surprised this even passed the quality check, since this is clearly a pre-alpha game without any redeeming quality. Even the soundtrack, which was always good in the Pokémon franchise, is boring here.
    Seriously, I'm glad this game was gifted to me and I didn't spend a single buck on it. I tought Pokémon Legends Arceus was the starting point for the the new era of Pokémon, but this... is just sad. Just bad. Just worthless.    … Expand
  2. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. crebilosvaldo
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game sucks i dont like it i think its smelly bad and the fos drops even more then my grades did when i got in college… Expand
  4. NazgulzLegacy
    Aug 31, 2023
    3
    Raid events are way to hard so only a few people will even be able to do it and get the rare pokemon its unfair and unfun.
  5. TTTE
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    I really wish I could say I liked this game because I do like pokemon it's just that Gamefreak's quality of work has gotten so bad that it is just not excusable anymore.
  6. Impe97
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    People that vote good have serious problem, that game its almost a scam and a ruin for pokemon, like all the pokemon switch games
  7. HyruLegend
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    Character customization is "better' when starting but only for your face.
    No clothes to buy at all.
    Should of kept the movement from Legends Arceus , rolling to dodge Pokemon attacks for example running while tossing pokeballs. I love the transition with music from field to battle. "Finally updated graphic /texture to Pokemon." But at the same time they look terrible on the field until    Character customization is "better' when starting but only for your face.
    No clothes to buy at all.

    Should of kept the movement from Legends Arceus , rolling to dodge Pokemon attacks for example running while tossing pokeballs. I love the transition with music from field to battle.

    "Finally updated graphic /texture to Pokemon." But at the same time they look terrible on the field until you get close up & the overall game doesn't look that great. But graphics are not that important but they sure help Lol Cascarafa & Artazon is my favorite towns but it's lacking anything to do, like ALL other towns!

    Can change Nicknames on the spot.

    Can remember or forget moves on the spot.

    Can skip move learning & not be prompted to teach after leveling up.

    In the Paldea Region You have to talk to the trainers, They can't tell just by making eye contact to battle. Lol

    You can make TM s

    Auto heal

    You can send Pokemon out for Auto battles & Pick up items.

    Pokemon Center gives tips where to go.
    But also I miss walking into a building Pokemon Center.

    You can go back up to a ledge or area you jumped off of.

    Gives Advice on Pokemon learning a new moves

    "First true open world Pokemon" Even though Legends Arceus already exists lol technically semi open world.

    Players Can’t Catch Pokémon Outside Of Battle In Scarlet & Violet.

    Legends Arceus had a better Catching system. LA also had a better shopping setup where you can zoom in on said products, & plenty of clothes & merch to buy! Here you buy no clothes at all. Legends Arceus also had a better map system, you can only mark one spot on here vs alot in LA. This one has no markers ! The map is not good.

    No Buildings to walk into anywhere at All, gym lobbies , copy & paste restaurants & your home doesn't cut it & the Academy though cool , still lacking. Everything is copy & pasted essentially the food shops. Doors everywhere & none to enter     … Expand
  8. Dradkol
    Aug 23, 2023
    4
    As a Pokémon fan since 1996 ( Pokémon Red first Game ), I began to disaffect myself from the saga as the games began to become increasingly immature, repetitive and therefore boring starting with Pokémon X/Y.
    The level of immaturity and qualitative degradation has reached such a point that I have been forced to stop buying Pokémon games.
    These two chapters: Pokémon scarlet and violet are    As a Pokémon fan since 1996 ( Pokémon Red first Game ), I began to disaffect myself from the saga as the games began to become increasingly immature, repetitive and therefore boring starting with Pokémon X/Y.
    The level of immaturity and qualitative degradation has reached such a point that I have been forced to stop buying Pokémon games.
    These two chapters: Pokémon scarlet and violet are horrid games, both for the level of quality (very low) and for immaturity. Avoid them like the plague.    … Expand
  9. gignokumle
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    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.
  10. Ramoscello
    Aug 16, 2023
    3
    Bad graphics, bad animation, no voice acting, lags, bad story, repetitive, bad open world, bad quest, the only decent part of this game is the lore, the rest is terrible
  11. shw079
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    I waited till now to play the game as I heard from my friends that there are already patches to fix the gameplay. I hate to say this but I really don't like my experience so far. I have been playing the games for 3 hours but am totally underwhelmed and in my opinion, the game is still far away from fixed. I have played all Pokemon main series and this is the first one that I feel offended.I waited till now to play the game as I heard from my friends that there are already patches to fix the gameplay. I hate to say this but I really don't like my experience so far. I have been playing the games for 3 hours but am totally underwhelmed and in my opinion, the game is still far away from fixed. I have played all Pokemon main series and this is the first one that I feel offended. First, the graphics is a downgrade from shield and I feel like I am playing a 3DS game on switch. Everything looks really bad (e.g. shadow, walls, houses, you name it). I don't mind graphics that much if the gameplay is smooth. However, the game also suffers from numerous performance issues. Second, the developers are being lazy. For most houses in towns, you cannot enter them as in previous games, and for most stores in towns/cities, you cannot enter them either -- you are simply shown a list of items that you can buy, and there are only very few NPCs who you can talk to. They don't even bother to design the simple dialogues. This level of laziness is unbelievable. Third, the control design is really bad. Whenever I leave some stores or finish talking to someone, I usually end up with stealth mode because of pressing B buttons. This is so stupid. Additionally, the camera rotates in a way that is so uncomfortable and makes you nauseous. I am easily addicted to games but this is the first game that I have self-control. After playing 3 hours, I am able to stop and tell myself -- ok, that is too much for today, which shows how lackluster it is. I do like the design of new Pokemons but the game was released too soon -- they should give themselves at least two more years and bring us the best game experience.… Expand
  12. Jardanes
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    After the best pokemon game ever (Pokemon Legends:Arceus), the Pokemon company releases their worst game yet. Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruins the experience of playing the game. Terastal Pokemon look stupid. The idea of bicycle legendary Pokémon is just ridiculous. The design team should go back to school and learn a few things with the Zelda BotW and TotKAfter the best pokemon game ever (Pokemon Legends:Arceus), the Pokemon company releases their worst game yet. Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruins the experience of playing the game. Terastal Pokemon look stupid. The idea of bicycle legendary Pokémon is just ridiculous. The design team should go back to school and learn a few things with the Zelda BotW and TotK teams. They charge you US$60,00 for a R$5,00 game. Huge cash grab.… Expand
  13. 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
  14. kthonik
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    The performance of this game is appalling. It's almost as if Nintendo knows anything with the Pokemon name is going to be a hit, so they don't even try. Definitely 2 steps backward from sw/sh
  15. pokeymanchild
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruin the experience of playing the game. But it's okay as it will still sell thanks to blind nostalgia and brand loyalty.
  16. 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.
  17. Swirbl
    Jul 16, 2023
    3
    You already know how people think about this game, and I'm just here to approve it. It's poorly made and so on. Please rethink it if you are planning to buy the DLC and buy yourself something useful instead... The final battle was neat, though.
  18. Hrdo
    Jul 12, 2023
    4
    Con "Pokemon Scarlatto e Violetto",Game Freak ha provato a portare una boccata d'aria fresca al franchise con la creazione del primo gioco di Pokemon Open-World.La volontà di creare un gioco del genere si riscontra già nei DLC di "Pokemon Spada e Scudo" e "Pokemon Leggende Arceus".
    Trovo che la soluzione Open-World di Pokemon come un possibile futuro della serie,come già in Leggende    Con "Pokemon Scarlatto e Violetto",Game Freak ha provato a portare una boccata d'aria fresca al franchise con la creazione del primo gioco di Pokemon Open-World.La volontà di creare un gioco del genere si riscontra già nei DLC di "Pokemon Spada e Scudo" e "Pokemon Leggende Arceus".
    Trovo che la soluzione Open-World di Pokemon come un possibile futuro della serie,come già in Leggende Arceus,trovo molto divertente girovagare per la determinata regione in "liberta".
    Passando a quello che troviamo nel gioco:
    Il mondo Pokemon non è mai stato così tanto curato negli ultimi anni...ma soltanto della teoria,la storia della regione,delle persone più influenti e dell'accademia del gioco sono curatissime e ben spiegate tra i dialoghi deli NPC e varie lezioni e libri accademici ma è accompagnato dal peggior mondo Pokemon creato al livello tecnico-grafico,graficamente al livello di Pokemon Leggende Arceus.
    Per farla breve,se stilassimo una lista dei punti positivi e negativi di Pokemon Scarlatto e Violetto otterremo:
    Punti Positivi:
    •Innovazione per il primo gioco open-world,funziona e diverte.
    •Maggiore cura delle texture,modelli e animazioni dei Pokèmon.
    •Una flora molto poco più presente e curata di LPA,ma almeno più presente.
    •Ottime spiegazioni dei personaggi,del mondo in cui ti trovi e delle varie dinamiche,spesso queste informazioni le trovi nell'accademia di riferimento che rende sensato l'esistenza di essa.
    •La Teracrystal la meccanica di questa generazione,per quanto esteticamente possa non piacere è contestualizzata bene nella regione,diverte usarla e può creare un nuovo competitivo interessante.
    •Primo gioco Pokemon con più di una storia,anche se parallele e indipendenti l'una da l'altra ma riescono ad intrecciarsi bene tra di loro.
    •Citazioni ad eventi di giochi passati che rende più reale il macro-mondo pokemon.
    •Gameplay ibrido tra Pokemon Spada e Scudo e LPA.
    •Mantentimento di alcune features di LPA e altri titoli come le cavalcature Pokemon (Presenti anche in Sole/Luna),la possibilità di cambiare le mosse del proprio pokemon a piacimento senza interruzioni o NPC di qualche tipo (Come in LPA) e la possibilità di cambiare il sopranome del pokemon dal menù pokemon (Come nei let's Go).
    •Le funzioni multigiocatore sono ok,molto meglio di Pokemon Spada e Scudo.
    •La presenza della cura automatica è un ottima aggiunta.
    •La modalità "vai a avanti" (ENG:Lets Go) è interessante e utile per farmare xp e drops dei pokemon.

    Ma ora arriviamo alla parte dolente,i punti negativi:
    •Graficamente scadente per essere un titolo tripla-A.Texture ambientali a risoluzione bassissima.
    •Il frame-rate,scarso e instabile. Il gioco spesso lagga e scatta.
    •Presenza di troppi bug,spesso solo visivi. Con la telecamera puoi attraverare i muri,le roccie e le montagne. I pokemon spesso sono conpenetrati nel pavimento o nei muri,non sempre il gioco riesce a comprendere il pavimento durante una cattura e la pokeball rimane sospesa a mezz'aria e durante "l'evoluzione dal vivo" dato se il gioco non riconosce il pavimento,dunque parte l'evoluzione standard che abbiamo visto in tutti gli altri titoli.
    •Il pokedex è uno spoiler vivente,se affronti un NPC e perdi ti registra nel Pokedex anche i pokemon che non hai visto,quando guardi il pokedex spesso si bugga e vedi i modelli di pokemon che non hai visto,la modalità "note trovate di recente" fa vedere le silhouette di vari pokemon,anche leggendari ed esclusivi (paradox compresi).
    •La modalità "stealth" è inutile,i pokemon ti vedono e ti sentono lo stesso (In LPA funzionava bene).
    •La mira spesso non funziona neache ad 1 mentro dal pokemon (Anche questa funzionava bene in LPA).
    •Si sente l'assenza di lanciare le pokeball come in LPA.
    •Personalmente i Raid li rintengo inferirori a quelli di Pokemon Spada e Scudo,il fattore tempo invece che turni è un idea stupida,ma le IA dei bot forse sono leggermente meglio.
    •Le città più piccole del normale,può essere ok,ma con 0 case interaggibili,gli shop sono menù e non stanze.
    •Spesso riesci ad attraversare alberi,cristalli dei raid e pokemon.
    •Il box lagga e non carica velocemente i modelli dei pokemon.
    •La cura automatica non riconosce le ricariche totali come items di cura e non ti permette di rianimare i pokemon.
    •Gli oggetti sembrano piazzati in maniera randomica
    •Anche se il motto di questi giochi è "esplora come vuoi",puoi farlo ma non è presente uno bilanciamento nei livelli delle palestra.Se percorri tutta la zone est di Paldea quando arriverai ad ovest con i Pokemon al lvl50 la palestra sarà al 20.
    •Extra:Primo gioco pokemon dove sento la necessità di un doppiaggio,ma manca.
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    Capisco le varie recenzioni ma non riesco a capire i voti come i 100 e gli 0,Personalmente rintengo il gioco scadente ma divertente per questo il mio voto è tra il 4 ed il 5. Preferisco dargli 4/10 per il frame rate e per i bug.    … Expand
  19. daklar808
    Jul 5, 2023
    1
    Lazy cash grab that has forever changed my opinion on pokemon games. i will never ever preorder another mainline pokemon game. It's unfinished and unpolished. Glitch fest with terrible graphics and not what i expect from a pokemon game. Unforgivable and a game changer in the wrong direction, so SAD!
  20. Daybrakgo
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    Yes I’m giving a zero. There should be no reasons why it should have released the way it did. Why does it look so bad? A big multimillion corporation that keeps serving their fanbase gruel. If your goal was to turn a life long fan away well done. You obviously don’t care anymore.
  21. yooples54
    Jun 30, 2023
    2
    I don't hate people who like this game, but it's simply not good. the graphics are great, but it's overall awful. the story of this game is so dried out ad predictable it feels like a children's picture book. there isn't much to say about it's gameplay or the environments. I wish I could like this game, but honestly it was a waste of my time and money. once again though, I do not hateI don't hate people who like this game, but it's simply not good. the graphics are great, but it's overall awful. the story of this game is so dried out ad predictable it feels like a children's picture book. there isn't much to say about it's gameplay or the environments. I wish I could like this game, but honestly it was a waste of my time and money. once again though, I do not hate anybody for liking this game.… Expand
  22. vlaadi06
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    it's gamefreak, what do you expect. don't buy any of their newer games if you're looking for a game with acceptable graphics without many bugs or glitches
  23. Jonnybravo222
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Man... Gamefreak needs to step it up big time. The world feels empty, the performance is the worst I've ever even seen. Just an absolute dumpster fire.
  24. Snowbell
    Jun 26, 2023
    4
    As a pokémon fan since the GBA era, I continue to get disappointed by the newer releases, but this seems especially bad on the Switch.
    I'll admit, I enjoyed playing this game at first. The open world felt fresh and full of potential when I started, but the first problems arose when I entered the first big "city". A city where there are no houses to enter, only a handful of shops to    As a pokémon fan since the GBA era, I continue to get disappointed by the newer releases, but this seems especially bad on the Switch.
    I'll admit, I enjoyed playing this game at first. The open world felt fresh and full of potential when I started, but the first problems arose when I entered the first big "city". A city where there are no houses to enter, only a handful of shops to "enter" and a school you can actually walk around in. This may seem like a minor thing, but it makes the world feel so much less interesting. Moving on, the story is actually pretty decent, even the rival is actually done well. Up to the league, the gameplay experience doesn't
    change much which is fine, it's still pokémon, but then we enter the "endgame".

    I say endgame, but in this game that basically means collecting a bunch of stuff and catching a couple of legendary pokémon, or breeding/training competitive pokémon. For anyone who has experienced the battle frontier, the pokémon world tournament or even the battle tower, this is by far the worst endgame out of all in this series.
    Now it seems that the upcoming DLC will give us the actual endgame content, which I don't mind too much, IF it came out this year. However, so far it seems that the 2nd DLC will contain some sort of tournament/battle tower feature, but it is planned for somewhere in 2024...

    Now the worst part, something I did not expect from a pokémon/Nintendo game, or at least not this bad: The bugs and the frame rate issues. These are unacceptable. For Nintendo to release such a big exclusive title in this state of performance is very disappointing. Even after various updates it's still bad.

    Some other minor points:
    - The pokémons spawns in the open world, especially for smaller creatures, is extremely annoying when you're going fast on your mount. You randomly run into them because they sometimes don't spawn on time
    - Still no national dex
    - Mega evolution still gone. Instead we get a weird looking alternative
    - Weak outfit customization. Sure, they use the excuse that the school uniform is mandatory, but it still feels lazy
    - The world has a lack of NPC's outside of cities, which makes it feel empty

    I can only hope. once again, that they learn from this.    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. Alcaman
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    You had 1 job , one ! deliver the product in a finished state , i guess beta testing is not important before launching games nowadays , THIS is the prime example of a company going from 0 to hero and 0 alll over again , i'm just gonna stick to what went wrong here and why a rating of 2 is very lenient , aren't you ashamed of selling an exclusive title at full price that is not workingYou had 1 job , one ! deliver the product in a finished state , i guess beta testing is not important before launching games nowadays , THIS is the prime example of a company going from 0 to hero and 0 alll over again , i'm just gonna stick to what went wrong here and why a rating of 2 is very lenient , aren't you ashamed of selling an exclusive title at full price that is not working properly ? i know it's a game for kids , but do you have to be so predatory ? there's a lot of people that will defend this YES there's new pokemon and new mechanics and a new map , but the game is so poorly optimized that we can't enjoy it ! not to mention the random crushes , random bugs.. EVEN BUGS THAT DELEVE YOUR SAVE DATA , NINTENDO! do you have any idea what it means to lose all your save data of 450+ hours ??? UNACCEPTABLE ! i can't even do my EV training at caseroya lake because the fps drops bellow 5 !!! have you try battling in water ? also why remove the shiny sound and sparks ? this game is a step back from legends Arceus , absolutely disastrous and unacceptable , do better or give the IP to a studio that can manage porting a **** 3D game on switch , take a lesson from Retro studios of what quality is !!!!… Expand
  27. AldoBaran
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    It is a game that does not even deserve the slightest consideration.

    The game environment is boring and limited.
  28. Fraafont
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Really poor game.. as a fan of the Pokemon franchise ad all of its game i was very disappointed while i playing this really bad game.
  29. JoeSnickens
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    the graphics look like dogwater and it's basically the same thing as sword and shield with a goofy ahh new mechanic (terrastilization) and some goofy new pokemon. I mean pokemon really only 2 games: mainline and legends arceus. The game sucks.
  30. Picollo86
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nintendo likes to fu you in the ass. no Quality ASSurance. its bad, just bad. like cheap toys. many bugs and glitches. just a laugh at you stupid fans.

    Really Nintendo und gamefreak are at this point just a **** machine which produces bad game after bad game.    … Expand
  31. ZoroGust
    Jun 2, 2023
    0
    Game suffered for being the first in the franchise after Pokemon Arceus. He is inferior in everything to the former. Graphically the agony of the white lines in the connections of the elements, like roof and house. In rank, from the Switch generation, it is the second worst game in the franchise, just ahead of the horrible remake of the fourth generation. It may be working now, but theGame suffered for being the first in the franchise after Pokemon Arceus. He is inferior in everything to the former. Graphically the agony of the white lines in the connections of the elements, like roof and house. In rank, from the Switch generation, it is the second worst game in the franchise, just ahead of the horrible remake of the fourth generation. It may be working now, but the franchise has to make a huge change in the games that justifies the absence of all the little creatures, since the game no longer presents the possibility of playing with all the creatures, as it was until the 3DS generations. Overall, 2 out of 10. It's almost throwing (a lot) money away.… Expand
  32. honkailoser
    May 28, 2023
    0
    bo ditemelo voi.. ........................................................................................
  33. DeadSmack
    May 17, 2023
    0
    While on paper it is a great effort, it simply don't deliver what they wanted. The bugs, the poor optimization, the emptiness of the world can't take this game to the higher grounds. It's such a shame to see my beloved franchise in this matter. Simply not good enough. GameFreak, Nintendo, Investors, someone needs to change.
  34. dbegonja18
    May 16, 2023
    1
    Very bland. Nothing like arceus. Very glitchy seems rushed. The environment is boring.
  35. Shuckle
    May 14, 2023
    4
    I love Pokemon, I’ve been playing it all my life, and I’m definitely a bit biased by that. This game is definitely going in the right direction (with the fully open world), but it’s just not executed well. No game should crash, let alone one this expensive, and this game has crashed out on me several times during normal gameplay. There’s also a LOT of bugs, some have been patched, manyI love Pokemon, I’ve been playing it all my life, and I’m definitely a bit biased by that. This game is definitely going in the right direction (with the fully open world), but it’s just not executed well. No game should crash, let alone one this expensive, and this game has crashed out on me several times during normal gameplay. There’s also a LOT of bugs, some have been patched, many have not. I love Pokemon, and I do love this game (as a Pokemon fan), but as a gamer, this is just poor execution by the developer. I’m genuinely surprised this game passed the internal QA process prior to release (how?).… Expand
  36. lucasguerra2998
    May 11, 2023
    4
    If you are the kind of person who does not care much for performance, you should read my review.

    The real problem of this game is not the performance, but the way the open world works. Although you can visit the gyms and other stuff in the order you want, their level is fixed, so if you go the "wrong" other your experience will be either very frustrating for facing level 40 pokemon    If you are the kind of person who does not care much for performance, you should read my review.

    The real problem of this game is not the performance, but the way the open world works.

    Although you can visit the gyms and other stuff in the order you want, their level is fixed, so if you go the "wrong" other your experience will be either very frustrating for facing level 40 pokemon with level 25 ones and having to spend hours grinding, or way to easy for facing level 20 pokemon with level 40 ones.

    I had a better experience after I looked the gym levels on the internet and followed that order, but that just breaks the whole open world idea, very disappointing.

    Besides taht, overall I didn't like the new generation pokemon very much, some of then are copy of old pokemon with type differences and some are just weird, there is a rosck one whith such a poor design I though it was some king of bug until I entered battle with it.

    There are some positive sides, I though the main story was the best in all the switch pokemons and now you can put your pokemon to battle alone and earn xp by himself which was a very nice addiction.

    I do not recommend you to buy this game at whole price, it is a ok experience worth something, but not the full price.    … Expand
  37. Takrayzo
    May 11, 2023
    3
    I dont know how can people give a 10 to this game. The game has almost everything fans wanted, but it came out as lazy as it could be. FIrst of, graphics. The pokemon models are great and the textures on clothes are better than the previous games. The world is awaful. ITs grafically a bloody mess. the performance is horrible... the cliping still exists. They just made a few npc models andI dont know how can people give a 10 to this game. The game has almost everything fans wanted, but it came out as lazy as it could be. FIrst of, graphics. The pokemon models are great and the textures on clothes are better than the previous games. The world is awaful. ITs grafically a bloody mess. the performance is horrible... the cliping still exists. They just made a few npc models and clone them through the world. The npcs are just standing there waiting for us to interact instead of walking around the area. you can have a guy in a suit pined to the ground in the middle of the woods. doesnt make any sense. its time to upgrade. The game should have been a lot better. a lot better. and its been 6 months and istill has bad performance..… Expand
  38. Garde_Mystik
    May 8, 2023
    0
    You would be doing the Pokémon community a favor by avoiding Scarlet/Violet and Sword/Shield. We've proven that Pokémon is profiting more off releasing extremely unpolished, lackluster games deprived of heart, soul, originality, and content, than they do off releasing remotely finished games filled with lots of original ideas/creativity, exploration, fleshed out content, and at leastYou would be doing the Pokémon community a favor by avoiding Scarlet/Violet and Sword/Shield. We've proven that Pokémon is profiting more off releasing extremely unpolished, lackluster games deprived of heart, soul, originality, and content, than they do off releasing remotely finished games filled with lots of original ideas/creativity, exploration, fleshed out content, and at least decent performance. Don't expect the series to get much if any better from here for as long as people keep defending them. I'll even go as far as to say that 3.3 is too high of a score for these games.

    I genuinely feel bad to be a Pokémon fan in this era. These games are a complete joke. At this point, the only good thing about modern day Pokémon is that old generations exist, and I say this in full belief that the 3DS games are no longer modern. This is about Gens 8-9.

    Scarlet and Violet are the first Pokemon games in which I feel Pokémon's soul has completely died.

    Pokémon went on its major downfall in overall reception starting with **Sword and Shield**. This is supported by google reviews, metacritic user reviews, and official critic reviews across the board. All of the first seven generations were made at least decently for their time. Some are great, some are okay but passable. They were all Pokémon games made well with the necessary (minimum+) content needed for their time, solid performance, solid visuals, and a solid amount of gameplay options. They all made a lot of great changes to the series in some aspects and left room for lots of interesting things to talk about. I personally think the DS era was overrated and no better than the 3DS era, since plenty of the games contained a lot of flaws contributing to the stagnation of the series and decline of its popularity at the time, but really, almost all of Gens 1-7 in Pokemon was something to look up to, but this review isn't about that.

    SwSh deprived the series very hard from what the 3DS games had to offer, which is a strong part why these games are very hated, we just don't realize it yet, but this was on top of the games having blatantly unfilled promises Gamefreak made and heavily rushed development time.

    Scarlet and Violet are a complete joke for a Pokémon game for multiple reasons outside the obvious graphical issues, bugs, and issues with exploring the overworld with too many inaccessible buildings. They no longer even have a battle facility this time, it took them months to bring back the 60 minute battle timer, there is no set mode, option to turn off battle animations, or option to toggle off EXP Share. Scarlet and Violet failed to flesh themselves out at all and couldn't even get their main appeal right, which is the open world. There is no level scaling for this open world game. These Pokémon games now even lack basic lore for what makes their mascots legendary this time. That's a first! We have to pay an extra 35 bucks to possibly find that out. In addition, the marketing for Scarlet and Violet was incredibly scandalous. Gamefreak tryharded for these games to receive as much attention as possible by giving us well-presented trailers, one of which even had voice acting, hiding the errors of their game beforehand, and they even designed a truckton of characters and Pokémon to follow some kind of trend, trope, or other familiar face recognized in media. Turo is literally gigachad, we got a Pokémon named "LeChonk", we got a Minecraft golem thing, Meowscarda is literally everything Pokémon fans asked the cat starter not to be, the legendaries are just unimaginative amalgamations of everything that seemed cool about previous box arts, shoved together into two creatures, we got a vtuber, we got NPCs who resemble actual youtubers, we have the most unimaginative mechanic ever, but an idea that was obviously going to be the hopes and dreams of your average Pokémon fan.

    I could list more examples, including how elements of the story include a fight against bullying and saving a dog from dying, more relatable situations than what Pokemon was meant to be for, but I'll just say Pokémon knew what they were doing. Gamefreak is relying on a bunch of tropes, social trends, 'wokeness', popularized faces in media, engineering the new Pokémon, characters, and trailers to look as visually appealing as they could possibly be, while even going as far as to add signs of misleading elements to the trailers like voice acting and lack of explored gameplay for the sake of creating more appeal. Doesn't matter if anything they do lacks substance, lack meaning, is sacrificing any form of structure the series have provided that had to be made for the sake of gameplay. It's now "haha this looks cool so it's good". They made everything look as glamorous as possible in order to excuse releasing a pile of garbage. An overwhelming amount of people have pre-ordered SV off this. In other words, we have been hardcore baited and are still accepting these games!    … Expand
  39. Nyespro
    May 5, 2023
    4
    Game Freak no ha sabido crear un juego óptimo de mundo abierto.

    Aunque no todo su contenido es criticable, sí que es cierto que da la impresión de que el juego no está bien adaptado para jugarlo en la Switch, y se siente como si se hubiera hecho con prisa. A diferencia del Leyendas de Arceus, esta nueva generación se siente más viva gracias a su historia, cinemáticas, y animaciones,    Game Freak no ha sabido crear un juego óptimo de mundo abierto.

    Aunque no todo su contenido es criticable, sí que es cierto que da la impresión de que el juego no está bien adaptado para jugarlo en la Switch, y se siente como si se hubiera hecho con prisa.
    A diferencia del Leyendas de Arceus, esta nueva generación se siente más viva gracias a su historia, cinemáticas, y animaciones, pero la experiencia se interrumpe por la bajísima calidad del renderizado y de los framerate.

    Es complicado sentirse cómodo al moverse por el mundo de Paldea cuando cada poco rato sientes que el juego sufre para no colapsarse tratando de reducir su rendimiento y calidad (aun teniendo en cuenta que la capacidad de la Switch es de 40fps y 720p). Y es triste que pase este tipo de problemas teniendo en cuenta que el mundo de Paldea no está tan detallado como otros juegos de la compañía.    … Expand
  40. ireinert
    May 2, 2023
    0
    the worst pokemon ever, really looks like a n64 game, game freak is sooooo lazy
  41. Okdan
    Apr 28, 2023
    0
    **** trash, better play the og diamond and pearl bro. Or if you want to play comp just play showdown.
  42. marcolr91
    Apr 25, 2023
    3
    Since Pokémon Blue and Red I always finish every each game even but this is the first time in my life I am not able to finish a Pokémon game. It is absolutely boring, horrible to watch and such a lazy job with absolutely no imaginations or creative effort. I am So disappointed…
  43. ClayLamm
    Apr 23, 2023
    0
    Unplayable, one of the worst states at launch for a AAA first-party title I've ever witnessed. I paid the total price for an unplayable game, and it's not like Nintendo has pressured GameFreak and Pokemon Company to fix any of this post-launch; instead, they just announced a $30 DLC! So, in summary, almost unplayable, still sold well, Nintendo learned nothing, the game is still borderlineUnplayable, one of the worst states at launch for a AAA first-party title I've ever witnessed. I paid the total price for an unplayable game, and it's not like Nintendo has pressured GameFreak and Pokemon Company to fix any of this post-launch; instead, they just announced a $30 DLC! So, in summary, almost unplayable, still sold well, Nintendo learned nothing, the game is still borderline broken, and DLC coming to add more broken content? Boo, go home Nintendo and don't come back until your Pokemon games run like Breath of the Wild!… Expand
  44. Castiel89
    Apr 22, 2023
    2
    Underperforming game and boring. It's a shame for Nintendo to bring such a game to there console.
  45. WarioLandFan
    Apr 17, 2023
    0
    This game is breathtakingly horrible. If you want an RPG with love and effort put into it, play Earthbound, Mother 3, Paper Mario, Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, Super Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5,This game is breathtakingly horrible. If you want an RPG with love and effort put into it, play Earthbound, Mother 3, Paper Mario, Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, Super Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5, Fallout New Vegas, Deus Ex, Mass Effect 2, Secret of Mana, and a ton more I'm forgetting. And if you desperately need to experience a Pokemon game, play Pokemon Black & White and Pokemon Black 2 & White 2, they provide entertaining gameplay and the best story in the series, and of course they actually are quality games unlike the pile of garbage called Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. The game is so bad, there's no point in even reviewing the actual gameplay, but I'll do a brief rundown anyway. It's much like the previous games, Pokemon Sword & Shield, but worse. The graphics make me want to stop playing the game, nearly every GameCube game looks better than this. And before anyone thinks "It's on the Switch they're limited by the hardware waaaah" look at other Switch games, like Super Mario Odyssey or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, nearly every minute detail in those games looks good, despite the hardware being inferior to the competitors. Now the gameplay, if I had to describe it with one word, would be "mindless". Getting experience was already easy with the overpowered exp share item that's unable to be turned off, but now with the auto battle mechanic, there's no need to even play the game to level up, just auto battle and sit back and relax. The trainers are hilariously weak, and they don't even battle you when they see you like the previous games, you have to walk up and talk to them to battle them. However. despite all my hate for these games I must admit if they had another year, Hell, a few more months of development time, they would've been much better. The quality of the series has been dipping more and more ever since they started with annual releases, and I can't blame them for doing this. Pokemon fans will buy and defend any pile of **** that their lord GameFreak puts out, so no matter how horrid the games are, they'll sell well, and it will continue until the fans actually use their brain. In conclusion, don't buy this game, it blows.… Expand
  46. dancarvalhodev
    Apr 17, 2023
    1
    Ok I’m finish pokemon scarlet and … man my rating for the game is midle for bad (4 if I use numbers) Very bad graphics and optimation, not pleasure dex, very repetitive gameplay with frequent slow down and poor narrative
    Some moments I have fun but these moment was ofuscated by big problems. In the end I never play this game once and probably I’m not buy next games if gamefreak not correct    Ok I’m finish pokemon scarlet and … man my rating for the game is midle for bad (4 if I use numbers) Very bad graphics and optimation, not pleasure dex, very repetitive gameplay with frequent slow down and poor narrative
    Some moments I have fun but these moment was ofuscated by big problems. In the end I never play this game once and probably I’m not buy next games if gamefreak not correct your gaming development On my mouth only rest a bitte taste for pay for this absurd    … Expand
  47. JH_Money
    Apr 17, 2023
    4
    I am personally a big fan of the pokemon franchise and games. Even though i had fun playing this game it just didn't feel like the game had been fully completed since the graphics aren't great and there is no guidance to the order of gyms and titan pokemon. A lot of people think that the designs of the new pokemon were very bad but i disagree to an extent as although some of these were notI am personally a big fan of the pokemon franchise and games. Even though i had fun playing this game it just didn't feel like the game had been fully completed since the graphics aren't great and there is no guidance to the order of gyms and titan pokemon. A lot of people think that the designs of the new pokemon were very bad but i disagree to an extent as although some of these were not very well designed, a lot of the pokemon were nice and uniquely designed. i think the game is worth playing but it was a little bit of a let down in my opinion.… Expand
  48. gabrieuum
    Apr 16, 2023
    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.

    If weren't the graphics and performance issues, the game would be at least an 8, though
  49. Vxxid
    Apr 13, 2023
    0
    it's just **** the worst game I've ever played. **** Game Freak. It is not even worth 9 dollars
  50. Jerem8
    Apr 11, 2023
    2
    Release such a game at this price is an insult to video games industry. Despite the good will of the story, it is impossible to rate correctly what appears to be an Alpha version...
  51. Yeahwh7
    Apr 8, 2023
    0
    This game is sooooo bad! its sooo **** boring you cant do anything in it. graphic suckso badly, you cant go into houses or explore or do anything everything feels dead. No voice acting its **** slow and the raids are a absolut laggy disaster. this game is literally so bad i,m speechless. i create extra an account to write this cause i feel scammed beyond for my 65 euros. what an absolut shame!
  52. TwistedVelocity
    Apr 5, 2023
    1
    It's is disgusting what GF has presented us with. A raw "bare minimum" is too nice for this trash product. Any Alpha in existence is better than this.
    The game is buggy and unfinished in every single area. The "Patching saves" take an eternity to come out and are not an excuse for "celebration" when patches do come out. Or should I sell you a bike that is lacking brakes, a wheel and    It's is disgusting what GF has presented us with. A raw "bare minimum" is too nice for this trash product. Any Alpha in existence is better than this.
    The game is buggy and unfinished in every single area. The "Patching saves" take an eternity to come out and are not an excuse for "celebration" when patches do come out. Or should I sell you a bike that is lacking brakes, a wheel and lighting? No? Then why is it okay for Pokemon to deliver the equivalent of that and anyone paying full price?
    The "Open World" is boring and effing stupid. No discernible landmarks aside "lag lake", no care and a crappy draw distance to boot really make me hate walking through the game. And this being the game that depends the most out of any other Pokemon-Game to have "enjoyable" movement.... nope, not this.
    The only good thing about this game is that there is a really good story in S/V. One of the 3 best stories in Pokemon and that is the only reason I don't wanna give this game a 0. Or would have stated "would give minus score if possible".

    Released full-price products are not to be judged by "potential", they are solely to be based on what they offer. Pokemon S/V offers a great story, disgustingly **** "open world" with a pathetic bad online features, a lot of love missing and the code also not being up to par. This is supposed to be combated by GF by releasing fan-favorites in the early lifespan of this game to create FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) so people buy the new games to get their faves.
    And I sincerely HATE TPC for doing this.
    The patches won't save it
    The DLC won't save it

    Because the core premise is so trash that there can't be any excuses    … Expand
  53. FluffySpartan
    Apr 5, 2023
    0
    This is an alpha... It's pretty much a cash grab. Parents should get theyr kids something better worth these money and ppl who like pkmn should get the pearl and diamond remakes instead... They at least are finished games.. Ppl should stop buying these games just because of the name on it
  54. Jian1001
    Apr 4, 2023
    0
    it's the biggest piece of d o gg s h i t

    skkkkkssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  55. ABigFatAirAtom
    Apr 3, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (im comparing this as both scarlet AND violet)
    These games suck compared to other Pokemon titles
    I get it they're good, but still suck
    They have the second worst performance of the entire franchise (second to BDSP).
    Cassoroya lake, tagtree thicket, North Province Area 2 (bamboo area). Nuff said
    Their shiny hunting is entirely outclassed by PLA and the let's go titles.
    Breeding is at its worst, the fact that you have to wait then get eggs makes it extremely daunting if you want to get shines from masuda method (eg. the starters, 7 star raid bosses, hissuian zorua).
    There are two loading screens just to open the game.
    The starters are bad (except skeledirge)
    In order to shiny hunt with even half decent odds of masuda method charmless without eggs is clear 60 in an outbreak (already 20 mins prep time) then spend several hours grinding for herba mystica then have the shiny charm, practically in order to hunt with good odds you need 2:30:00 of prep time
    compared to PLA with about 1 minute prep time if you're unlucky.
    They cut lapras, Togekiss, Metagross and Minior but kept in alomamola, luvdisc and lumineon
    You can never get into online Tera raids
    Grinding takes forever

    But there definitely are some great positives
    The story is immaculate and touching, arven made me cry.
    The graphics, despite the low framerate are the best in the series thus far.
    Iron Bundle is adorable and in my top ten favorite pokemon.
    The incredibly large pokedex (despite the cuts and dumb choices)
    The sheer amount of content
    The School teaching is incredible and the fact that jahq or whatever is name is teaches you about shinies

    I feel like the cons unfortunatly outweigh the pros
    3/10
    (PLA 10/10 tho def get that instead)    … Expand
  56. Cayalle
    Apr 2, 2023
    3
    First, the amount charged in my country is a joke, totally out of line with our reality (Brazil). Second, the tera is a terrible mechanic, totally empty and that ends with the existing typing of the pokemons, because if we use the tera as a defense we can literally ruin any strategy of another player, just see how the world was strange to follow. I believe that the tera itself is aFirst, the amount charged in my country is a joke, totally out of line with our reality (Brazil). Second, the tera is a terrible mechanic, totally empty and that ends with the existing typing of the pokemons, because if we use the tera as a defense we can literally ruin any strategy of another player, just see how the world was strange to follow. I believe that the tera itself is a mechanic that needs to be forgotten quickly so that pokemon goes back to what it was. Tera raid also has several problems with bugs and a real obligation to make the pokemon X mode so that you can win the tera raid, which leads us to the question... After all, the game is for fun or to play for a fixed mode to be able to win a super augmented fight that doesn't reflect the tera raid pokemon?! There are many things to complain about, but I believe the game is one of the worst pokemon games.… Expand
  57. 13luejay
    Apr 1, 2023
    1
    Visual wise, everything was barely polished and obviously rushed through. The switch shows its unfinished coding by choking on loading even the most basic of entities into the game. The only good brag this game could have is its character design and story potential. It's apparent that they focused primarily on these two elements in the game compared to everything else. When you beat theVisual wise, everything was barely polished and obviously rushed through. The switch shows its unfinished coding by choking on loading even the most basic of entities into the game. The only good brag this game could have is its character design and story potential. It's apparent that they focused primarily on these two elements in the game compared to everything else. When you beat the game and credits role, hundred of names are shown below character designing and story lining yet every other department is lacking even double digits worth of names… Expand
  58. Boots_Stank
    Mar 31, 2023
    1
    Will say I liked the story a little bit but thats all

    Thought I'd at least enjoy the meta but it requires so much grinding of tera raids which a lot of time include stall and **** mechanics which aren't fun when you do 20+ a day so maybe you can get the battle item you need to actually level the playing field competitively. This was an unenjoyable mess. There is nothing I would consider    Will say I liked the story a little bit but thats all

    Thought I'd at least enjoy the meta but it requires so much grinding of tera raids which a lot of time include stall and **** mechanics which aren't fun when you do 20+ a day so maybe you can get the battle item you need to actually level the playing field competitively. This was an unenjoyable mess. There is nothing I would consider fun about this game in post. It had the same feel at first of enjoying a new world and learning about the new pokemon and characters. But its quickly dashed by the "everything else" about the game.
    Graphics are so bad they pull you out of the game half the time. Like I get what they were TRYING to do but the execution was just so awful.
    A lot of the mechanics aren't old favorites or new and exciting, the Terastal phenomenon is so underwhelming that half the time I don't use it because of the massive downsides that come with locking your pokemon to a single type for a mid damage increase is often not even worth the extra few seconds of animation.
    Also tying THE legendary pokemon to your bicycle seems fun but uh, its super **** annoying when you try to use it as a pokemon because you are so conditioned to ride it and when you do it stops being a battle pokemon. I gave up on ev training it and spent the fortune on vitamins cause I couldn't train them otherwise.
    Over all even if I ignored the performance issues the game is a chore and everything feels half assed.
    Also, quit expecting everyone to have multiple friends handy. The 5 and 6 star raids have the items I need but are unbeatable without either getting INCREDIBLY lucky with randoms or the perfect stack of npcs

    My first Pokemon game was yellow, I've been in this for a long time and too see what I thought was the most stable franchise kow tow to investors to push out an unfinished game even months later was just so much of a disappointment I have no hope for the future of the Pokemon gaming franchise and game-freak itself    … Expand
  59. LucarioStan
    Mar 16, 2023
    2
    Let us start off with a quote from the official summary, shall we? "You'll be able to experience the true joy of the Pokémon seriesbattling against wild Pokémon in order to catch themnow in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy." True joy? You say? Well, how are people supposed to enjoy true joy with these "Games" when things such as constant bugs, glitches, and frame rateLet us start off with a quote from the official summary, shall we? "You'll be able to experience the true joy of the Pokémon seriesbattling against wild Pokémon in order to catch themnow in an open-world game that players of any age can enjoy." True joy? You say? Well, how are people supposed to enjoy true joy with these "Games" when things such as constant bugs, glitches, and frame rate drops ruin the overall experience while traveling from one zone to the next on your "Legendary Pokemon?" All of this is the fault of the poorly thought-out and lag-filled Paldea region. One moment you'll be adventuring through the region at a stable 30 FPS, and then the next moment 15 FPS or lower.

    The only other game I've seen do that is True Crime: New York on PS2, a game released during the sixth generation of consoles back in late 2005, almost 20 years before the launch of the Gen 9 titles. And yet Pokemon Scarlet and Violet seem to run even worse than TC:NY on a console almost three times as powerful as the PS2. It is evident from how the last main entry went (Pokemon Sword and Sheild) the next games wouldn't fare much better, but to the absolute shock of everyone, Pokemon Scarlet is not only worse than Sword and Sheild but also the single-handedly worse Pokemon title ever made—a travesty on all fronts. Released from a triple-A studio, and we get a 60-dollar game that plays and performs like an early-access Steam game at best and a PS2 Tech Demo at worst. It's obvious that Game Freak rushed this game to launch, for one reason or another. I'm both shocked and appalled that nobody at the company stood up and asked for more development time, who knows? Maybe an additional year or so of development would've made this into a decent or better title. But no, we instead get sacked with an excuse of a video game that's one of gaming's biggest letdowns, if not the biggest letdown. Apart from offering refunds for this mess of code, Game Freak's efforts are downright appalling. Imagine this, say a patch comes out for a game that you've been waiting for weeks since its launch, only for said patch to delete your save file in which you've spent hours on, that's what happened to Scarlet and Violet. Even with the positives, such as its story and somewhat "interesting" replacement for mega evolutions in the form of Terastallizing, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will go down in history as not only Pokemon's worst game, but also Nintendo's worst game as well.    … Expand
  60. Kamos_
    Mar 15, 2023
    4
    As a game it's a step forward in terms of narrative and player freedom unlike the previous games there's more to scarlet/violet than just " defeat the elite four, well done " they've attempted to build upon what Arceus started and made it an open world and added some features I personally love, such as the TM builder when you obtain a TM you can learn how to craft them, the picnic systemAs a game it's a step forward in terms of narrative and player freedom unlike the previous games there's more to scarlet/violet than just " defeat the elite four, well done " they've attempted to build upon what Arceus started and made it an open world and added some features I personally love, such as the TM builder when you obtain a TM you can learn how to craft them, the picnic system is less annoying than SWSH's as well, however, that's where the good times end.

    The game is a buggy mess and the performance is terrible and that has barely changed since launch, the game was not polished enough prior to release and was rushed out, as we know from datamining, they had work done on interiors before scrapping it, unlike previous pokemon entries you could enter houses and talk to people inside they cut back considerably on that, in fact you cannot enter the vast majority of houses.

    There is no scaling in this game which leads to trainers, gym leaders and pokemon in general being severely underlevelled if you decide to explore and catch some pokemon this leads to the game becoming extremely easy, you could argue that all pokemon games are easy but scarlet and violet take the cake on this one. The game would of been much better if some form of level scaling existed to keep pokemon, trainers and gym leaders at your level instead of punishing you for exploring, let me also remind you, this is open world and you're punished for exploring (well done Game freak).

    The recent patch introduced a new bug which can wipe your save data, currently they don't know the cause and say it will be fixed when they do however the next bug fix patch is due before the " end of april " many issues that were present at launch are still around and kicking and game freak simply does not release bug fix patches frequently enough.

    If I was to sum up the negatives into a TL:DR it would be this

    - Interiors are gone
    - There is no scaling
    - Gym leaders don't fight you in gyms (might sound a but whiny, I know)
    - Koridon's " flight " is worse than Braviary's in Arceus
    - A plethora of bugs and performance problems, still persisting.
    - Customisation isn't as great due to the forced school uniform
    - No Clefairy (God damn GF why?! - Nitpicky, I know)

    If I was to give positives

    - Open World
    - A story that is more than just " defeat the elite four + champion "
    - The TM crafting machine
    - Better Picnic
    - Sprigatito

    On the whole the game could of been so much more, it's not a 0 and it's not a 10, beware those type of reviews. In future if level scaling was added and gym leaders were actually gym leaders not fight you in a nearby park guys and more polishing before release they could have an absolute unit of a game.    … Expand
  61. Ale98
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's been 5 years in a row, yet another **** Perhaps the worst. Non-existent game. Open World empty, objects dropped at random and useless on the map, npc useless and add nothing, badly done and unexplorable cities. Unexplorable houses and shops copied and pasted over and over again. 0 experimentation, leveling handled terribly, you can start wherever you want, right or left, but once you finish one or the other part, pokemon are too strong compared to pokemon, trainers and gyms on the other side of the uncharted region. Biomes are obscene, empty, careless. There is no exploration, the caves are tunnels with textures that are all the same and applied very badly. The pokemon are only half or a little more beautiful, the others are lazy, lacking in originality. Future forms, on the other hand, are garbage. Pure garbage. The Pokemon League is done with your feet, the 4 coaches all challenge you in the same room which however resembles a public latrine with those horrible tiles that you see. Reflections are very bad, if you reflect in a crystal inside the cave, your reflection is in the wrong place. Rehearsals before gyms are dumb gimmicks. The olive roll is the most cringey and fake stuff I've ever seen. The boss battles in general are all super easy, like the rest of the game. The graphics are obscene, but as if that weren't enough, the framerate is really the straw that breaks the camel's back. A total disappointment, from a generation that really shouldn't have come out. This game, indeed this beta is an insult to the intelligence of consumers. To be kind, those who gave big votes don't objectively understand anything about video games.

    Sono 5 anni di fila, ennesima presa per il culo. Forse la peggiore. Gioco inesistente. Open World vuoto, oggetti droppati a caso e inutili sulla mappa, npc inutili e non aggiungono nulla, città fatte male e inesplorabili. Case inesplorabili e negozi copiati e incollati più e più volte. 0 sperimentazione, il leveling gestito malissimo, puoi iniziare da dove vuoi, destra o sinistra, ma una volta finita una o l'altra parte, i pokemon sono troppo forti rispetto a pokemon, allenatori e palestre dall'altra parte della regione inesplorata. I biomi sono osceni, vuoti, senza cura. Non c'è esplorazione, le caverne sono tunnel con texture tutte uguali e applicate malissimo. I pokemon sono belli solo per metà o poco più, gli altri sono pigri, privi di originalità. Le forme future invece sono spazzatura. Pura spazzatura. Le Lega Pokemon è fatta con i piedi, i 4 allenatori ti sfidano tutti nella stessa stanza che assomiglia però ad una latrina pubblica con quelle piastrelle orribili che si vedono. I riflessi sono fatti malissimo, se ti rifletti in un cristallo dentro la grotta, il tuo riflesso è nella parte sbagliata. Le prove prima delle palestre sono espedienti stupidi. La rotolata dell'oliva è la roba più cringe e farlocca che io abbia mai visto. Le boss battle in generale sono tutte strafacili, come il resto del gioco. La grafica è oscena, ma come se non bastasse, il framerate è davvero la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso. Una delusione totale, da una generazione che non doveva proprio uscire. Questo gioco, anzi questa beta è un insulto all'intelligenza dei consumatori. Per essere gentile quelli che hanno dato votoni non capiscono oggettivamente nulla di videogiochi.    … Expand
  62. NGCB
    Mar 8, 2023
    2
    Easily the worst Pokémon game, and it’s not even close. I give this game 2 points because I like the open world IDEA, and most of the new Pokémon have good designs. But after finishing the game, I felt like I’d been robbed for buying it. S/V looks and runs like a bad PS2 game, legitimately makes Arceus look like Elden Ring when you compare screenshots. I bought the game because I thought IEasily the worst Pokémon game, and it’s not even close. I give this game 2 points because I like the open world IDEA, and most of the new Pokémon have good designs. But after finishing the game, I felt like I’d been robbed for buying it. S/V looks and runs like a bad PS2 game, legitimately makes Arceus look like Elden Ring when you compare screenshots. I bought the game because I thought I could overlook this, but it’s impossible to miss because your CHARACTER’S SPEED is tied to the frame rate…which constantly dips between 10-15 FPS. So you really feel when the game is chugging along. Graphics aren’t everything, but they’re far more important to create a compelling open world to explore. It’s hard to get immersed with an open world slideshow that doesn’t even have pretty slides. It’s probably the most disappointing game I’ve ever played.… Expand
  63. Spered
    Feb 28, 2023
    4
    Pokémon Scarlet isn't such a bad video game, it deserves a 4/10 in my opinion.
    Empty world, awful cities, cute Pokémon aesthetics but nothing exceptional. This is a game full of flaws, the only thing it really succeeded in are the characters, which I genuinely liked (Clavell, Arven, Larry, Penny and Team Stars).
    For them alone, I don't feel like putting less than 4.
  64. royvaldez147
    Feb 27, 2023
    2
    Even without taking into account the bugs the game doesn't offer much in the long run. It is an expansive world, but feels surprisingly empty. Combine that with its various glaring issues and a story that is quite forgettable and you get an entry that leaves you feeling like nothing was really accomplished in the end.
  65. ZeroNoKami
    Feb 27, 2023
    0
    Literalmente un juego lleno de limitaciones, no puedes hacer nada, las teraincursiones son un refrito de las incursiones gigantomax, y para más inri, no puedes conseguir los legendarios en Shiny por un estúpido shiny lock, que no tiene ningún sentido.


    Eso ni hablar de qué no puedes pillarte de primeras un starter en shiny... Poca vergüenza es lo que tienen.
  66. Mrimaginary
    Feb 21, 2023
    2
    Most games deal in either/or. Either you can have great graphics, or you can have a huge world. Either you can have full voice acting, or you can have lots of dialogue, or a compromise with some Voice acting. On the other hand, modern Pokémon is: Neither.

    You have a technically broken game. The first truly open map is nice, but its still basic, lacking interesting exploration or    Most games deal in either/or. Either you can have great graphics, or you can have a huge world. Either you can have full voice acting, or you can have lots of dialogue, or a compromise with some Voice acting. On the other hand, modern Pokémon is: Neither.

    You have a technically broken game. The first truly open map is nice, but its still basic, lacking interesting exploration or atmosphere. Visually this looks like roblox, a free online game. You have couple of flat textures copy pasted on surfaces as if by an amateur. When you walk into major cities, like the the electric gym, it's like you are looking at the concept notes of a place. It would be cool, if it was actually finished. As it is, the flat textures look ugly everywhere, there are hardly any interiors and barely any foot traffic. Whatever NPCs that walk around look like broken automatons because of the framerate. How do you immerse the player in a bustling, high tech city setting when the visual details, frame rate utterly fail to create that atmosphere? The only thing that comes through and works well is the music. Compare this to other games, like the hubs in Splatoon that also try to convey a busting urban area - It's embarrassing by comparison. They even took away the extensive wardrobe customization

    In order to offer meager modernization in the form of 3d, open worlds, Pokemon has regressed beyond belief in almost every other regard. The flow in Legends Arceus, where battles were seamless and wouldn't chug along with each notification "X was paralysed!" Stopping everything one by one is abandoned, and again now Pokemon is excruciatingly slow, slower than before because of the performance. How do you offer such a technically basic world, lacking features, and also have it look this bad and ALSO not even run well?

    I understand Gamefreak and Pokemon Company can make a lot of money regardless. The brand is strong. But for how long? And why are they comfortable with disrespecting their own brand so much? Pikachu is like Japan's mickey mouse. The highest grossing entertainment franchise, Pokemon is like a cultural institution and a form of soft power for Japan. Following on with the Disney comparison, which is globally deeply associated with American culture, you would never see a major Disney film with poor production. They might not be good films always, often formulaic. But across the animated work, star wars and marvel, the production will be professional and high quality. It goes to show how empty and nihilistic corporate Japan is, that they do not treat their own cultural treasure of Pokémon with the same grace. Eventually the brand will be weakened by this.

    The good: The open world structure is nice, the narrative is more fun than most previous entries too. They have refreshed how professors, legendries and more fit into the Pokemon world. It's far behind other games still - Even games aimed at all ages - But there is some more thoughtful worldbuilding than previous entries. The formula works well with an open world and the 3 non-linear mission paths. It would not be hard to make this game fun and acceptable, and it would not be especially expensive or time consuming. But the technical issues and sheer sloppiness are just so distracting, it continually impedes any immersion for me. Like I said, every area feels like concept notes, not even a Beta state of the game. It literally feels like a free online game, but its full retail instead. Every step forward in terms of modernization seems to be a new low for GameFreak and Pokemon.    … Expand
  67. Guevara0032
    Feb 18, 2023
    2
    I don't want to be cruel, but I always speak the truth and Pokemon scarlet and purple are to say the least... disappointing, it's not the worst game I've ever played, but the worst games are from indie studios with a budget of 3 dollars and 50 cents.
    As good points it has the story and the music.
    As bad ... the rest
  68. Zoro_strife
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Bland, glitched, ugly, wokenes and rushed **** the worst so far, ufortanelly 20M of sold unitys
  69. Don_Rolando
    Feb 16, 2023
    3
    Technically a total disaster. A shame for one of the biggest brands in the world. @Devs: Please invest some of your money into a good graphic engine & developers. Or just ask the Zelda team for help. This is just a unplayable shame for this great brand!
    I gave 3 points because the gameplay mechanic is solid, but way to easy. Please add some difficulty settings in the future!
    Special wish:    Technically a total disaster. A shame for one of the biggest brands in the world. @Devs: Please invest some of your money into a good graphic engine & developers. Or just ask the Zelda team for help. This is just a unplayable shame for this great brand!
    I gave 3 points because the gameplay mechanic is solid, but way to easy. Please add some difficulty settings in the future!
    Special wish: Please add the pokemon voices of the tv show into the game & some voice acting! Come on, its 2023!    … Expand
  70. Meme_God
    Feb 13, 2023
    4
    This game was kind of a let down. It is sad how many glitches are in this game. The graphics look like there from the Atari 2600, I feel like this type of stuff is unjustifiable because we have multi million dollar company releasing a unfinished game (probably so they can release it before Christmas) that clearly has problems, also the gen 9 Pokémon are not that great ether. The only goodThis game was kind of a let down. It is sad how many glitches are in this game. The graphics look like there from the Atari 2600, I feel like this type of stuff is unjustifiable because we have multi million dollar company releasing a unfinished game (probably so they can release it before Christmas) that clearly has problems, also the gen 9 Pokémon are not that great ether. The only good thing about the game was the storyline. It’s embarrassing compared to some previous Pokémon games that had a bunch of effort in it. If you really want this game I recommend ether waiting until there’s a price drop, buying a pre owned version, or play an emulator of the game.… Expand
  71. mrego08
    Feb 13, 2023
    3
    A game with probably a high potencial, but it is a shame the performance. It’s embarrassing publishing a game like this in almost 2023
  72. Maelstrom9876
    Feb 10, 2023
    4
    Absolute buggy mess. Barely runs on the system it’s designed for. **** graphics as well. Looks worse than a Roblox game. Gameplay is very fun and innovative for the series and the sort is relatively good. It’s a shame they rushed the graphics and this game is a technical mess. The game often stutters and any npc or moving object that more than a few feet away from you literally drops downAbsolute buggy mess. Barely runs on the system it’s designed for. **** graphics as well. Looks worse than a Roblox game. Gameplay is very fun and innovative for the series and the sort is relatively good. It’s a shame they rushed the graphics and this game is a technical mess. The game often stutters and any npc or moving object that more than a few feet away from you literally drops down to 2 fps.… Expand
  73. BlueStarGundam
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Absolutely garbage of a game any one who says other wise has never played the game or likes mobile games and has the lowest standard in the world
  74. LMD
    Feb 7, 2023
    3
    An awful, unfinished, bare mess.

    Its open world is an interesting mechanics, but it is empty, laggy, ugly, and useless. The controls are ridiculous; who in the hell thought summoning your mount had to be on the PAUSE button? and the menus are a headache to navigate, but they look cool. The three-part story is also pretty fine in itself, it's just getting through that is bad. The new    An awful, unfinished, bare mess.

    Its open world is an interesting mechanics, but it is empty, laggy, ugly, and useless.
    The controls are ridiculous; who in the hell thought summoning your mount had to be on the PAUSE button? and the menus are a headache to navigate, but they look cool. The three-part story is also pretty fine in itself, it's just getting through that is bad. The new Pokémon, mounts included, look good despite the graphics. But the rest is ugly, waving in the ground, performs like hell. There is waaaaay less content than Breath of the Wild, and it runs worse.

    One of the worst Pokémon games for sure, and it might be where I decide to buy them only when a properly made Pokémon with care and more than a year will release. Until then, not a dime on Pokémon anymore.    … Expand
  75. kenziishy
    Feb 5, 2023
    2
    Honestly I'm just tired of the bugs and glitches. It was fun at first but it got old and when it restarts my battles or traps my characters I start to lose interest. It looks awful, plays awful and I'm sad because I had such high hopes for it. Perhaps it's time to let Pokemon go, it was a good run after all.
  76. HirschiPuffi
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Tut mir echt leid für jeden der das Spiel gekauft hat. Hab mir das Spiel ausgeliehen weil sind wir ganz ehrlich dafür sieht Gamefreak nicht einen müden Cent von mir. Alles in allem die gute alte Pokemon Formel nur das auf alles andere g*******en wurde. Wer gerne 2 Stunden Textboxen durchklickt um dann ein unglaublich verbuggtes Spielerlebnisse zu haben ist in dieser Generation ganz genauTut mir echt leid für jeden der das Spiel gekauft hat. Hab mir das Spiel ausgeliehen weil sind wir ganz ehrlich dafür sieht Gamefreak nicht einen müden Cent von mir. Alles in allem die gute alte Pokemon Formel nur das auf alles andere g*******en wurde. Wer gerne 2 Stunden Textboxen durchklickt um dann ein unglaublich verbuggtes Spielerlebnisse zu haben ist in dieser Generation ganz genau an der richtigen Stelle. Mehr gibt's dazu eigentlich nicht mehr zu sagen außer das ich hoffe das Gamefreak langsam Mal sein Fett weg bekommt und realisiert das sie jetzt endlich abliefern müssen oder bankrott gehen. Da bei deren Fangemeinde aber eh genau das Gegenteil der Fall sein wird freu ich mich schon auf den Weltrekord für die lächerlichste IP auf diesem Planeten mich haben sie jeden falls ab diesem Punkt komplett verloren.… Expand
  77. saplign
    Feb 2, 2023
    1
    everything is bad besides the catching system‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
  78. wheelsbot7
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    Hello Douglas Wreden. Hello Twitch Chat. So nice to see you here. Would you like a divorce?
  79. thinktempest
    Jan 31, 2023
    1
    In the Olive themed gym, you push around a giant olive, and there's a section where you fight a gym trainer to unlock a shortcut. The shortcut is obviously longer and slower than the regular path. In that same gym, the floor collision is accidentally placed too high, so all characters awkwardly levitate 2 inches off the ground. The game is filled with moments like these, where the devs putIn the Olive themed gym, you push around a giant olive, and there's a section where you fight a gym trainer to unlock a shortcut. The shortcut is obviously longer and slower than the regular path. In that same gym, the floor collision is accidentally placed too high, so all characters awkwardly levitate 2 inches off the ground. The game is filled with moments like these, where the devs put zero effort or thought into anything. It's such a poorly designed game from all aspects that I want to believe this game is a parody and everyone claiming to like the game are in on a joke like the Morbius fan base.

    Critics may hyper-focus on the bugs and graphics, which are valid critiques, but it distracts from this game lacking quality and care in ALL aspects. For example, the new "auto battling" feature lets you essentially skip trainer battles entirely, it's an embarrassingly broken progression system. Adding a meat ingredient sandwich in a game world that has no animals is an example of terrible world building, it seems the devs forget that adding food with meat in it implies that Pokemon are slaughtered and eaten by people. And are we going to ignore how uncreative "making sandwiches" is as a signature mechanic? Especially because the last game had a big focus on "making curry".

    This is an unquestionably a product of laziness. And if you are capable of lowering your standards to enjoy a game as poorly made as this one, the question remains why you don't play a cheaper alternative? If you have standards low enough to enjoy this game you shouldn't be shelling out 60+$ for any game.    … Expand
  80. HeheReviews
    Jan 31, 2023
    2
    There is too many stories going on and the intro is way to long, please don’t play
  81. keivan98
    Jan 31, 2023
    3
    The game was released in a shameful version. Full of bugs, glitches and other technical problems, overshadowing the scarcity of content and the emptiness of the open world
  82. Jsteven
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    El dibujado del juego es horrible, los pokekom salen por montones no hay que hacer ningun esfuerzo pars buscarlos y salen practicamente los mismos todos los dias, eñ mundo no es realmente abierto hay pantalñas de carga en ciertos lugares, el mapa es horrible no tiene una buena estructura ni curiosidades para explorsr en el mundo abierto
  83. warcraftrefund2
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Looks like an ugly GameCube game. The only good thing about this game is Nanjamo, otherwise Pokemon has completely fallen behind games like Genshin.
  84. Mogmog000
    Jan 24, 2023
    2
    Towns have little character and mini-games are boring.
    There are few attractive Pokémon.
    There are too few semi-legendary Pokémon and too few types of clothing.
  85. Down_Cast
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Plastic playdoh adventure game. Seriously, how can it look and run this bad. Never in my 30+ hours of playing this game does it ever get above 24fps. How can xenoblade and botw run 30fps but Pokémon can’t? A billion dollar company with a multibillion franchise can even optimize an engine.

    Edit: it’s been well over 2 months and not even a single patch released to even glance at the    Plastic playdoh adventure game. Seriously, how can it look and run this bad. Never in my 30+ hours of playing this game does it ever get above 24fps. How can xenoblade and botw run 30fps but Pokémon can’t? A billion dollar company with a multibillion franchise can even optimize an engine.

    Edit: it’s been well over 2 months and not even a single patch released to even glance at the performance issues.    … Expand
  86. Matsu96
    Jan 19, 2023
    1
    This game is bland and unpolished, Sword and Shield were far better in terms of performance, graphics, and general Pokemon experience. I don't think adding an open world justifies such a lacking game from a technical point of view. Nothing feels natural, nothing is coherent, Just a bad and frustrating experience overall.
  87. alexamauad
    Jan 15, 2023
    0
    sinceramente.. es el peor juego que he jugado.. decepcion total.. juego hecho mediocremente solo para vender.. mujeres musculosas.. viejos.. negros.. historia aburrida.. y en las batallas online los npc estan clonados.. ves 3 viejas iguales haciendote porras.. ridiculo.. juego pokemon desde la primera generacion.. amo pokemon.. pero esto fue una decepcion total..
  88. rsaadi28
    Jan 12, 2023
    0
    A franquia Pokémon tinha tudo para ser a melhor franquia de jogos de todos os tempos, mas infelizmente a desenvolvedora se acomodou no sucesso que o jogo já tem e os lançam completamente mal feito. O jogo parece frágil, que a qualquer momento vai dar crash, mal polido, texturas porcas, objetos que ficam piscando na tela, iluminação que aparece e desaparece, o chão do jogo ao olhar de pertoA franquia Pokémon tinha tudo para ser a melhor franquia de jogos de todos os tempos, mas infelizmente a desenvolvedora se acomodou no sucesso que o jogo já tem e os lançam completamente mal feito. O jogo parece frágil, que a qualquer momento vai dar crash, mal polido, texturas porcas, objetos que ficam piscando na tela, iluminação que aparece e desaparece, o chão do jogo ao olhar de perto é cortado e aparece tudo que está em baixo etc. È uma pena, pois esse jogo evoluindo do jeito que merecia , sendo até com esses gráficos mesmo, mas bem feito, bem otimizado e atualizado, seria com certeza o jogo ano em todos os anos. Um fato que me incomoda é que até hoje o jogo não tem falas, não tem reações naturais e não é localizado para outras línguas. Vão acabar perdendo os fãs de Pokémon, o que pode ser bom, pois ai troca de desenvolvedora, podendo ir para uma que realmente sabe fazer jogos de verdade.

    The Pokémon franchise had everything to be the best game franchise of all time, but unfortunately the developer accommodated in the success that the game already has and launch them completely poorly. The game seems fragile, that at any moment it will crash, poorly polished, dirty textures, objects that keep blinking on the screen, lighting that appears and disappears, the game floor when looking closely is cut and everything below appears etc. . It's a shame, because this game evolving the way it deserved, even with these graphics, but well done, well optimized and updated, would certainly be the game of the year in all years. One fact that bothers me is that even today the game has no lines, no natural reactions and is not localized into other languages. They'll end up losing Pokémon fans, which could be a good thing, as they change developers and go to one that really knows how to make real games.    … Expand
  89. YamiStef
    Jan 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sche*** Game. Ich dachte schon mit /SWSH oder Legenden Arceus ging es den Bach runter. Aber das??
    Benötigt keine Erklärung.    … Expand
  90. Jantarrago
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    Tremenda cagada 0/10 y zzz
    Una mierda, mapa vacío, un montón de bugs, gráficos de la Wii y bajones de fps
    Un mierda como una catedral
  91. Blaski
    Jan 9, 2023
    2
    This is the first time i feel like the Pokémon Company spit in the face of its fan base. It amazes me that there are still blind people o love this game, going far by saying it has the best graphics, best story and best mechanics. Jesus... like, even some n64 games seems to be more COMPLEX than this. I could not even play for a hour, everything is lazy. The only 2 things i see as good areThis is the first time i feel like the Pokémon Company spit in the face of its fan base. It amazes me that there are still blind people o love this game, going far by saying it has the best graphics, best story and best mechanics. Jesus... like, even some n64 games seems to be more COMPLEX than this. I could not even play for a hour, everything is lazy. The only 2 things i see as good are the new pokémon and the texture of the Pokémon and main characters. Dissapointing in every other aspect, worst thing i have played in the last 10 years.… Expand
  92. attahan
    Jan 8, 2023
    3
    The game doesn’t look better then a DS game and quite laggy, also shadow textures are trembling. I was unable to stand the game and probably wait for upcoming updates.
  93. Bkeenan
    Jan 7, 2023
    1
    I waited quite a while after release hoping for a patch for all the known issues, as of January 2023 the game is still bad. Frame rate is still awful, people and pokemon just appear right in front of you, you see through the floor with any battle on an incline, koraidon gets stuck in falling animation, object textures pop in and out etc...

    The game has crashed several times and throughout    I waited quite a while after release hoping for a patch for all the known issues, as of January 2023 the game is still bad. Frame rate is still awful, people and pokemon just appear right in front of you, you see through the floor with any battle on an incline, koraidon gets stuck in falling animation, object textures pop in and out etc...

    The game has crashed several times and throughout the entirety of the time that I've owned a switch, no other game has crashed even once for me, none. Then there's the actual game, the story is boring. I quickly skimmed through most conversations, you know what's about to happen because every part of each quest is just a repeat of the previous part. The open world is barren, the cities/ towns are basically all the same. The only thing that differs is the biome. And the Pokemon, like seriously Flamigo? Lazy isn't a strong enough word. Honestly you could have slapped a second head on it or gave it a spiky butt, hell anything, they literally just put a flamingo in, removed the n from the name and that was it. Pokemon fans deserve better than rubbish. It's clearly unfinished and unoptimized. Either the devs were lazy and didn't care or more than likely were under pressure to release it by a certain date, finished or not.    … Expand
  94. Jzx88
    Jan 7, 2023
    1
    Terrible performance, terrible textures, terrible pop-in, terrible animations and a bland empty open world lacking anything interesting. The only redeeming quality is the gameplay loop of catching, training and battling pokemon. A formula that's worked since gen 1 and apparently also the bare minimum a pokemon game needs to sell these days
  95. Frank160tr
    Jan 6, 2023
    2
    Troppo ripetitivo, ogni singola quest si svolge allo stesso modo della precedente della medesima categoria, poi un gioco pokemon con così tanti dialoghi inutili è pesante.
  96. 00Zet
    Jan 4, 2023
    1
    THIS F*CKING ONLINE
    the post game is only raid, and they **** this up so much !
    Since Nintendo still doesn't want to invest in server in facking 2023, the peer to peer is a facking nightmare. the game just freeze for no reason and doesn't let you play. Horrible when the battle has a TIMER. Sometime you can skip 3 to 5 turn before being able to access the menu Sometime the game just    THIS F*CKING ONLINE
    the post game is only raid, and they **** this up so much !
    Since Nintendo still doesn't want to invest in server in facking 2023, the peer to peer is a facking nightmare.
    the game just freeze for no reason and doesn't let you play.
    Horrible when the battle has a TIMER.
    Sometime you can skip 3 to 5 turn before being able to access the menu
    Sometime the game just randomly add HP to the boss
    On some raid we had to put the boss at 0 hp SEVEN time and it still won't facking die
    every time his HP dropped to 0, the game freeze and just put it back at 10 to 15% HP like nothing happened, and we just lost to time
    This is unacceptable for a game that sold 10 millions.
    between this and the terrible graphic, bug and everything that needed at least a YEAR of development, GameFreak just blatantly spat on the fanbase.
    with the EndGame litteraly unplayable, i don't recommend the purge that this game is at the moment.
    And I pray the gods, every gods, even the Flying Spaghetti Monster, that it will get better with the dlc.
    Otherwise, it will stay the biggest development i ever had in Pokemon.    … Expand
  97. GamefreakGoAway
    Jan 3, 2023
    0
    This is one of Gamefreaks most uninspiring games. Lagg, slow gameplay, Glitches, Team star is just an copy paste, gyms arent even inside of the gyms, people keep interupting your traveling, no fun caves towers etc, Story = mid, map design and emptyness. Im a pokemon fan but this is the worst one of the games. Gamefreak and pokemon should be ashamed! I want the old games back not the open world...
  98. queerCoded
    Jan 2, 2023
    4
    Can be fun but when the main city in your game is 95% unopenable doors and functionally identical restaurants that don't have an actual interior, just a menu, then you know the game needs longer to cook. It's interesting but every town slaps you in the face with how empty it is. It gets depressing, frustrating, and discourages exploration of the cities, which is not great in a game aboutCan be fun but when the main city in your game is 95% unopenable doors and functionally identical restaurants that don't have an actual interior, just a menu, then you know the game needs longer to cook. It's interesting but every town slaps you in the face with how empty it is. It gets depressing, frustrating, and discourages exploration of the cities, which is not great in a game about exploration. This is obviously not the only problem with the game but I think it exemplifies the problems caused by the fact that this game needed at least another year of development. The annual releases that pokemon has moved to have come with a drop in quality that has been rearing its head recently.… Expand
  99. Frashure11
    Jan 1, 2023
    2
    Raids with multiple players are completely broken and frame rate drops below 30 regularly during normal play. I try to play raids with friends and every match we can’t communicate because each of us have different things going on in our games.
  100. metajol
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Dead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an expositionDead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an exposition dump followed by 'b line towards x for y, or b line towards c for d'. As someone who loves cooking systems in games, the sandwich mechanic and food animations are a lugie in the face treated as a snowcone. People praise the bland blorbo-bait characterization in this game, forgetting that the world of pokemon is meant to have character too.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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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