Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. Barny
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    The game is unfinished: there are so many bugs that it is unbearable at times. It stutters to less than 10 fps very frequently and there is nothing that you can do about it, that's probably the biggest downside to it. That's my main problem.
  2. Eilanzer
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Game released full of bugs, MASSIVE slowdowns across the game, removed previous options in other games like exp-share and the list goes on and on...
    What i RLY don´t understand is...If they can´t or don´t want to upgrade to good graphics in 3d...Just do cell shade stuff or that semi 2d/3d they did in some games. People would be fine with that in an open world environment with more options    Game released full of bugs, MASSIVE slowdowns across the game, removed previous options in other games like exp-share and the list goes on and on...
    What i RLY don´t understand is...If they can´t or don´t want to upgrade to good graphics in 3d...Just do cell shade stuff or that semi 2d/3d they did in some games. People would be fine with that in an open world environment with more options for the player.
    Pokemon scarlet/violet is just a mediocre fast food version of the franchise, you can eat it...sure...But at what cost you let yourself pay to be **** raw with salt?    … Expand
  3. feleepe12
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Jogo muito bom, divertido, mas as falhas técnicas infelizmente prejudicam muito a imersão.
  4. Arikaen1984
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    The game itself is fun but it runs so poorly it can really ruin it for you. Slow downs, frame drops, pop in, camera clipping through the terrain or sometimes just going somewhere else and not even seeing your character. Gamefreak should honestly feel ashamed of themselves for releasing s a pokemon game that just messes up so much.
  5. TsukasaHiiragi
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    Pro's

    Open world Con's Extremely limited character customization Extremely limited clothing options Graphical lag and glitches are common Boring and empty areas Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is a serious step backwards from Shield/Shield and even Arceus, its graphically dated with severe framerate issues, graphical glitches are frequent too. Gameplay is a mixed bag with many    Pro's

    Open world

    Con's

    Extremely limited character customization
    Extremely limited clothing options
    Graphical lag and glitches are common
    Boring and empty areas

    Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is a serious step backwards from Shield/Shield and even Arceus, its graphically dated with severe framerate issues, graphical glitches are frequent too.

    Gameplay is a mixed bag with many areas being barren and empty, Nintendo removed a lot of character customization options, extremely limited clothing options in which, I'll call it now...they are probably monetization the clothes so expect 'clothing dlc' soon™    … Expand
  6. Lyudegul
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game is just broken. To the level of Cyberpunk 2077. That game was fun as well and gas a good game is you didn't mind the developing issues, but still the company apologised, removed the game from stores, refunded the money and released the game afterwards, ince they had finished it. Game Freak and The Pokemln Company should do the same and people giving it more than a 7 just becauseThe game is just broken. To the level of Cyberpunk 2077. That game was fun as well and gas a good game is you didn't mind the developing issues, but still the company apologised, removed the game from stores, refunded the money and released the game afterwards, ince they had finished it. Game Freak and The Pokemln Company should do the same and people giving it more than a 7 just because others are hating it should have a higher quality standar. Pojemon Deserves better, fthe fans deserve bettee… Expand
  7. Anomen
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    This is not an acceptable state for a game to be released in, even less for the highest-grossing franchise of all time. There are more bugs than there is game, the enviroments look worse than those from most 1st year student projects.

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

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

    Game design is a massive step back from Arceus, and graphically is one of the worst games I have seen on Switch, a visual mess. Please Nintendo fix this game, it's an embarrassment...
  9. LunarD3ATH
    Dec 6, 2022
    4
    There's no such thing as a "bad" Pokemon game, but this one still isn't great. While there are a lot of really cool improvements, none more so than the open-world gameplay expanded from PLA, this game, even after the recent patch, has HORRIBLE performance.

    The pop-in, the dropped framerate, the terrible slow loading of assets when switching camera perspectives (such as when throwing a    There's no such thing as a "bad" Pokemon game, but this one still isn't great. While there are a lot of really cool improvements, none more so than the open-world gameplay expanded from PLA, this game, even after the recent patch, has HORRIBLE performance.

    The pop-in, the dropped framerate, the terrible slow loading of assets when switching camera perspectives (such as when throwing a Poke Ball at a wild Pokemon in combat) are all jarringly bad and constant.

    I'm sure things will improve somewhat over time, as they at least want to iron out most of the performance issues, but even if they actually FOR ONCE fully fixed a Pokemon game to run well instead of just being good enough (PLA still crashes the game when shiny Giratina uses its signature move, btw; every single time), it is still UNACCEPTABLE for a game to be in this state at launch. There is no reason to have pushed this game out this soon in this state instead of just taking more time to develop it.

    Beyond the general incompetence Game Freak has shown over the years, this game release is just proof of their laziness.    … Expand
  10. SomeGuy7000
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    It kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 yearsIt kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 years kid get their first pokemon and a week later they are the strongest on the continent and did some insane feat. The giant pokemon fights from Arceus that had unique boss mechanics are gone they are now just normal fights with big pokemon. They have also gone back to the duel game releases where there's about 5% of unique content locked away in each version, and again you cannot get all pokemon for the dex without either owning both games or trading with other people, which was very welcomed in Arceus. Then there's the performance, my god it's so bad. I would constantly have to restart my game every 30-45 minutes because my games fps would just drop to the point it would just be a slide show, which at times would give me a headache to just look at, and the game isn't exactly pushing the graphics department even for the switch.
    It's not all terrible there have been some changes and additions that I did enjoy. The new auto-battling was good and I regularly used it. The storyline for Arven was good and gave me the motivation to finish it. The world does have more buildings and structures in the open world which is a step up from arceus, but should still be improved in the future.
    Then there's the stuff that was a good idea on paper but needed to be fleshed out more. The school system could have been really cool if they made the system deeper and centered the story more around being a student, at some point, I just completely ignored ever going to the school it never mattered. I liked the idea of the school bullying storyline for the bullies was a good idea but they just didn't get enough development time for the characters, the sections for the auto-battling got boring really fast too. The idea of the great crater was cool but i wish there was more of those ancient pokemon. The last bit of the story with Arven's mom was interesting but I wish more of the game utilized and spent more time with it.
    I can tell the devs at game freak are trying to get creative with the pokemon games but they just don't have enough time and or devs to get it done. It's still a pokemon game and if you like pokemon I'm sure you're still going to enjoy it but for me, there are just too many systems that were great in previous games that got removed coupled with the absolutely horrible performance the best I can give it is a 4. Let's just hope the devs are given the resources needed to make the next pokemon game even better.    … Expand
  11. LightX
    Dec 4, 2022
    4
    Finally, "Pokemon 06"
    Unfinished, Lags alot, especially in the water and the Bambo Forest Area, really low performance.
    Almost no creativity in pokemon designs "Pawmi" evolution line just gets bigger and stands up with little changes in design, Tandemaus is just ... more smaller rats; The "Wiglett / Toedscool" "Not BeiNG tHe sAMe pOKemON" doesn t stick, just say its a region variant    Finally, "Pokemon 06"
    Unfinished, Lags alot, especially in the water and the Bambo Forest Area, really low performance.
    Almost no creativity in pokemon designs "Pawmi" evolution line just gets bigger and stands up with little changes in design, Tandemaus is just ... more smaller rats;
    The "Wiglett / Toedscool" "Not BeiNG tHe sAMe pOKemON" doesn t stick, just say its a region variant
    "Scovillain" Great ideia but bad execution
    You just slaped a heart on Palafin when it evolves and the method of evolution is so... wierd and random, just make a trade/item evolution (Great Abilitie tho)
    "Flamigo" its literally a flamingo... (Gamefreak be like: Flamingo take the "N" and its sounds like flaMIGO, AMIGO in Spanish/Portuguese OMG im so funny and original)
    It could of been more original like "Flamingo, Flame+amigo Flameamigo" i dont know and make him fire, fighting type...
    Veluza just lookes likes a fish made of Metal
    Past Paradox Forms are way better than the Future ones in design, but still no original ideias just changing the base design of the pokemon and giving it really random/bad names and not being able to breed them because they are genderless just because there from the past/future.
    "Lechonk" looks great but just evoles into a bigger pig
    GameFreak just doing it on purpuse trolling Pokemon Fans giving "Dunsparce" a lame no effort/thought into a original design its again another evolution that he just gets bigger "wow" and has 2 forms for some reason
    "Maschiff" is again just a dog...
    Tauros has 3 paldean forms and only the fire type one looks good, it would be better if it only had 2 for each version... but ok the base Fighting type is just a recolor that just slaped the color black and call it a day
    And Squawkabilly another parrot pokemon that has 4 difrent "forms" colors only difrence is that the blue/green have "Sheer Force" as an Hidden Ability and the other 2 (white/yellow) have "Guts" as its Hidden Ability

    Rival Nemona, Annoying like Hop, really dum and oblivious and choses the weaker starter and she is the class president of the school and achived champion rank... yeah right
    Oh and the Eletric Gym Leader is just cringe

    Atleast the story and Arven are not bad    … Expand
  12. rhoxwen
    Dec 1, 2022
    4
    Firsti, the open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy. 3- The battle System is painfully SLOW. 4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty. 5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by    Firsti, the open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy.
    3- The battle System is painfully SLOW.
    4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty.
    5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by company with a multibillion brand behind it... and running on a console that is capable of so much more.

    not worth of your time and money, Pokémon fans deserve better Collapse    … Expand
  13. aSkorm
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    No matter how well designed the game might be, it's almost impossible to enjoy.
    I don't think I've ever seen a Switch game running so poorly.
    Releasing a game that runs at less than 60 fps in 2023 is already ridiculous but selling one that can't even reach 30 at any point and frequently dips under 20 is beyond unacceptable. This doesn’t even look good, mind you. Sword and Shield looks    No matter how well designed the game might be, it's almost impossible to enjoy.
    I don't think I've ever seen a Switch game running so poorly.
    Releasing a game that runs at less than 60 fps in 2023 is already ridiculous but selling one that can't even reach 30 at any point and frequently dips under 20 is beyond unacceptable.

    This doesn’t even look good, mind you. Sword and Shield looks much better.
    Some of the textures in this game look worse than stuff I’ve seen two decades ago.

    This needed at least one more year of development.

    A lot of the cool stuff introduced in Arceus is also missing.
    Some of the Pokemon magic is still there but, overall, it’s just a big step back on all fronts.    … Expand
  14. Cavekrieger
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s the worst Pokémon in a long time.
    The graphics are ok, but there are some bugs. This games shows that Pokémon doesn’t need an open world. It said it gives you the freedom to do what ever you’d like but that’s not true. I skipped the grass type gym because I wanted a more difficult grass type gym so I went back after 7 badges and the gym leader didn’t scale. I mean what’s the need for an open world then if you can’t even choose which Leader you fight first. And the trainer in this game are a joke. 1 Pokémon each and maximum of 3, from what I’ve seen, also not scaled. I don’t want to talk to the trainer in order to fight them that’s not how it works. The games is way to easy and the gym battles are not exciting because they don’t use potions! Give them potions!
    The titans were all dead in one hit so they weren’t even fun.
    Please get back to your roots with linear games and more difficult trainer, or at least make the effort to scale them. I mean you can collect 18 Badges, just raise the level after each Badge. You can leave the wild Pokémon as they are, but preferably not visible.
    Sad to say, but I do not recommend this game.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. Darkfruit64
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Do not understand how people are rating this a 10, despite listing it's many flaws in their reviews? Underneath the various graphical, lighting, clipping issues, poor unstable fps, lag, stutters, and animation flaws there's a lot of fun to be had. But all of the aforementioned issues really dampen the experience, this clearly is an unfinished product which unfortunately we've come toDo not understand how people are rating this a 10, despite listing it's many flaws in their reviews? Underneath the various graphical, lighting, clipping issues, poor unstable fps, lag, stutters, and animation flaws there's a lot of fun to be had. But all of the aforementioned issues really dampen the experience, this clearly is an unfinished product which unfortunately we've come to expect by now.

    Clearly there was a lot more creative vision here than we're used to seeing, but was executed horrifically. But of course since everyone eats these games up every time, they will likely never improve. Truly a shame, as with a little more development time, fine tuning and optimisation these could have been phenomenal entries.    … Expand
  17. Sir_Ligma
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it,So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it, but nope, GF once again need to milk the money cow to get their annual cash injection, really is a shame as it's so close to being perfect… Expand
  18. masterrcb
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Core gameplay is fun. but performance and visuals is not. For a Multi million franchise, GameFreak as developer is LAZY.
  19. andrerubio
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Review em PT-BR

    Como fã de longa data da série, posso dizer que me diverti por algumas horas, mas seguramente posso dizer que não recomendo. Esse foi seguramente o pior jogo da série principal de pokémon que já joguei. Falar das questões técnicas é chover no molhado, todo mundo está falando disso, e não é por menos, o jogo está desastroso tecnicamente, toda hora algum bug ou glitch    Review em PT-BR

    Como fã de longa data da série, posso dizer que me diverti por algumas horas, mas seguramente posso dizer que não recomendo. Esse foi seguramente o pior jogo da série principal de pokémon que já joguei.

    Falar das questões técnicas é chover no molhado, todo mundo está falando disso, e não é por menos, o jogo está desastroso tecnicamente, toda hora algum bug ou glitch te tira da imersão, e quando algo não está bugado, só está feio mesmo, com texturas em baixíssima qualidade, tudo isso prejudica a experiência.

    Sobre o mundo aberto, é apenas uma ilusão, o level dos pokemons selvagens e ginásios não escala junto com o seu, e existem locais que você precisa de determinadas habilidades para alcançar, ou seja, existe uma ordem recomendada de caminhos a seguir, mesmo que escondida. Eu até tentei chegar em um lugar antes da hora, e fui barrado por uma mensagem "você não pode vir aqui agora". Todo o restante é repetitivo, principalmente as batalhas contra os líderes da equipe Star, todas iguais.

    A mecânica nova é interessante, mas não acho mais legal que as anteriores, e visualmente ela é bem estranha.

    Os desafios pré ginásio são fracos, sem emoção e não são divertidos (te fazem empurrar uma azeitona gigante como se fosse algo extraordinário), senti falta daqueles ginásios temáticos, só pela arquitetura e decoração você já sabia o tipo de pokémon que seu líder usaria, senti falta dos puzzles ou desafio de outros treinadores fortes até chegar no líder.

    A liga também não tem emoção nenhuma, você praticamente conhece todos os integrantes dela antes de chegar nela, não tem uma surpresa ao enfrentar o campeão ou coisa do tipo. Não existem mais salas pra cada um da elite, você os enfrenta numa sala branca sem graça, e na minha gameplay a música travou, no clímax do jogo eu não pude ouvir a trilha sonora (muito boa por sinal), e vi que isso aconteceu com muita gente. E por decisão de algum infeliz, não é possível desafiar a liga novamente, sério, quem teve essa decisão? Sempre foi possível, por que dessa vez foi melhor remover essa feature?
    E pra piorar, depois que você vence a liga não tem mais um Hall of Fame mostrando os pokémons que você usou.

    Não existe mais uma caverna ou caminho cheio de pokémons fortes até você chegar na liga, você simplesmente entra no prédio e pronto.

    O sistema de breed está uma porcaria, quem curte ficar fazendo times perfeitos pro competitivo vai se frustrar muito.

    O ponto positivo fica por conta da trilha sonora e na ideia de alguns novos pokemons, que ficaram bem legais.

    De resto, continuo recomendo o Sword and Shield como melhor pokémon do switch, com o ambiente mais acessível pra montar um time competitivo e com visuais infinitamente melhor do que esses do Scarlet, se for pra fazer um mundo aberto assim, prefiro os lineares do Sword.    … Expand
  20. neonoafs
    Dec 4, 2022
    4
    Problemas com texturas, quase não se vê pokémons selvagens, quedas de fps, animações horríveis... E muito mais.
  21. B387pp1
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    A game so bad nintendo had to issue refunds. Gamefreak keeps getting lazier with each title and to be honest I can’t blame them. Releasing titles every few months is probably exhausting for the programmers there. If they had more time im sure the glitches and bugs could be ironed out to be every 5 minutes instead of every 5 seconds. There are PS3 games that look better than this
  22. icep
    Dec 20, 2022
    4
    The game is very buggy, laggy, glitchy, ugly, new art style is a stepdown from the old one Imo. Battles and menus are slow. Traversing some towns are painful. Pokémon look so small in the overworld and pop in and out. NPCs pop and flicker in the overworld. Terrain doesn't make any sense. Animations are somehow WORSE than sword/shield. Terastalising gimmick is just goofy and doesn't fit inThe game is very buggy, laggy, glitchy, ugly, new art style is a stepdown from the old one Imo. Battles and menus are slow. Traversing some towns are painful. Pokémon look so small in the overworld and pop in and out. NPCs pop and flicker in the overworld. Terrain doesn't make any sense. Animations are somehow WORSE than sword/shield. Terastalising gimmick is just goofy and doesn't fit in the game. Postgame is minimal. Multiplayer is a mess. The only positives I can think of was there were alot of cool new Pokémon and the music was pretty good. Honestly I can not believe I am saying this, but I even enjoyed Sword/Shield more than this with the dlc. I honestly don't think updates/dlc can even fix the game. Its just so awful to play. I feel the life force of my switch draining whenever I play the game for more than an hour. Compared to other Pokémon games, even on the same system, it feels like a 5 dollar steam game in beta. Compared to other JRPGs on the switch that have launched recently, (XBC3, CCRFF7). The game looks cheap rubbish, just to make a quick buck.… Expand
  23. Bent3ndo
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Pokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP withPokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP with respect, and more importantly treat its fanbase with respect. Scarlet and Violet are no exception to this opinion. If anything, the issues presented this time around are WORSE than what people criticised with Arceus' arrival at the start of the same year.

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

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

    Pokemon deserves better, we deserve better.    … Expand
  24. Davidq
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The game in content looks like a classic Pokémon game, despite the premise of the Overworld, and based on this premise the game looks worse than the previous ones. Some examples: ● Interaction with and between NPCs is reduced to almost 0, as the player's actions have no effect on their before and after. ● Almost non-existent side quests.

    Compared to the classic series, it has many new    The game in content looks like a classic Pokémon game, despite the premise of the Overworld, and based on this premise the game looks worse than the previous ones. Some examples: ● Interaction with and between NPCs is reduced to almost 0, as the player's actions have no effect on their before and after. ● Almost non-existent side quests.

    Compared to the classic series, it has many new features, some of which are really pleasant, for example, the pokemon-environment iteration is done quite well. The main problem of the game is the instability of the software, with numerous bugs, and the very poor graphic quality which ruins its immersiveness. I will not dwell on these problems both because they are many and because they are easily found by anyone. The real question is: why make such a game when you don't have the time, means and skills to do it? Something simpler is done, without trying to overturn everything, even if times go by quickly and the fans want something more. Obviously, any product that you go to make must be sold at a fair price and this time it didn't go like this, a real shame ....    … Expand
  25. FlexosuarousRex
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    I love pokemon and, sadly, hate these games. There are some good Ideas here: auto battling, world sharing, multiple paths, a companion pokemon that is upgraded at certain benchmarks that open up different traversal options, and auto healing all come to mind as positive changes.

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

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

    TLDR: There are some good ideas but I cannot recomend this game to anyone based on its many flaws both from a design and technical standpoint.    … Expand
  26. TheRavolta
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    This game sadly is not good at all. I like the direction the game goes to, but everything good has at least 3 bad things overshadowing it. It is also clear that Game Freak went for the open world style not because they had a good vision they wanted to execute, but because they wanted to squeeze money out of that very successful trend, especially looking to BoTW, without even realising howThis game sadly is not good at all. I like the direction the game goes to, but everything good has at least 3 bad things overshadowing it. It is also clear that Game Freak went for the open world style not because they had a good vision they wanted to execute, but because they wanted to squeeze money out of that very successful trend, especially looking to BoTW, without even realising how far they missed the mark.

    The gameplay (when it is not just a buggy mess) is pretty good. Just usual Pokemon stuff you would expect.

    The art direction is pretty interesting, and most things look a lot better designed.

    The technology of this game doesn't even compare to N64 titles. Constant graphic glitches (I am not kidding, you will constantly see some kind of graphic error). The game is in a comparable technical state as Cyberpunk 2077. NPC's, your player character, and the world around you just casually glitch out at any given time. The FPS are bad, not even cracking 30 FPS. And that is just sad if you look at what the Switch usually is capable of if you give your games enough time, which Game Freak clearly did not do.

    Graphics are as bad as a NGC game today. It is not doing the Nintendo Switch any justice, and could have been easily improved to at least 3DS or Wii U standards. If Game Freak really would try, they could easily do it, but not in 3 years.

    Animations are as robotic as they have been since X/Y. The only difference is: X/Y is 9 years old, and was the first fully 3D pokemon title. There are some exceptions though: The main characters have some good looking animations in certain cutscenes, that even feel natural.

    The sound is pretty mediocre, as it has been since OR/AS. It is not bad, but not outstanding as well.

    Overall it breaks my heart that Game Freak just does not care about the customers. They throw half backed lackluster games on the market, because the executives force them to. And I am sick of fans defending them like their own family. People would often say: "The Pokemon Company forces Game Freak to rush their games", or the classic "What else can you do on the Switch? It has not enough power", which is just mind boggling to me. Game Freak is part owner of the Pokemon Company, so clearly TPC doesn't dictate Game Freak to do anything. And for the power of the Nintendo Switch: look at BoTW, look at Xenoblade Chronicles, look at Mario Kart 8 (which originally has been released on the Wii U), and you are gonna tell me the Switch does not have enough power?! Game Freak just needs to do it right, give the games more time, but they clearly don't feel the need to do that even with nearly unlimited money, because the hardcore fan boys and girls buy it anyway and defend them with their own lives. I hope Game Freak gets a well needed wake-up call.    … Expand
  27. Excamur
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    I don't understand why they removed the good decisions of Leyends: Arceus. I WANT TO CATCH POKEMONS WITHOUT ENTER IN COMBAT. I WANT TO THROW THE POKEBALLS. Please Game Freak, do it. The transitions and this way of play is NOT good.

    The design is also HORRIBLE, I want back the anime style from Arceus and the other Pokemon games. This realistic style just doesn't fit Pokemon. And, the    I don't understand why they removed the good decisions of Leyends: Arceus. I WANT TO CATCH POKEMONS WITHOUT ENTER IN COMBAT. I WANT TO THROW THE POKEBALLS. Please Game Freak, do it. The transitions and this way of play is NOT good.

    The design is also HORRIBLE, I want back the anime style from Arceus and the other Pokemon games. This realistic style just doesn't fit Pokemon.

    And, the last thing, but not less important, the game is broken, the FPS are too bad, there are too many bugs, this is disgusting.

    I think that the game is rushed, this needs at least 6 months more of developing. I really hope that in the next game they use the good mechanics present in Arceus, the Anime style and a good performance.    … Expand
  28. Umbra30
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement - Accessibility improvement - Good soundtrack CONS: - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga) - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement
    - Accessibility improvement
    - Good soundtrack

    CONS:
    - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better
    - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga)
    - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions
    - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs and frame drops
    - The new pokémon design is ridiculous and they don't look like monsters anymore (a half motorcycle lizard? who had this idea? a 5 years old kid?)
    - The new cities are forgettable, they have no content, the houses no longer have interior, there is no reason to explore
    - Gym challenges are pathetic
    - Visual issues like texture pop in or NPCs and distant objects running at 5 FPS

    CONCLUSION:
    - Rushed game with good and bad decisions, sacrifices quality in favor of innovation    … Expand
  29. GlennDH
    Dec 8, 2022
    4
    Lovely how 'most helpful' reviews aren't helpful in the least, glorifying the game to something it's not.
    I guess it's an average pokemon game AT BEST. The bugs are awful though, sometimes straight up breaking the game and it shouldn't have come out in this state.
  30. Captaintails
    Nov 28, 2022
    4
    this game is an insult, it shows how fatal the development of this game was. it is glitched, and its pokedex is not the best, instead of buying this game with 60 dollars, better understand god of war ragnarok, this game is a jewel. This game is trash but more trash are the pokefans who defend this game
  31. Gluca004
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game would be a 9, but the technical sector suck, this game costs like GOW are you kidding me? Just take more time to do the game! Do a patch now or im not buying any pokemon game again. Please tpc and gf the story idea for this games was so cool, why you have to destroy everything all the time. Final battle was fantastic! Why cant the entire game be like it… Expand
  32. Jonragels1987
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    Very disappointed. They had so much going for them in Arceus. They took it back to the boring and basic system. Battles are just slow and underwhelming. The animation in moves are lackluster.
    Get badges, win league. Boring.
    The world is open and pretty, pokemon running around. They feel dopey and not wild as they should feel. Hope they can correct their ways in the next installment. I    Very disappointed. They had so much going for them in Arceus. They took it back to the boring and basic system. Battles are just slow and underwhelming. The animation in moves are lackluster.
    Get badges, win league. Boring.
    The world is open and pretty, pokemon running around. They feel dopey and not wild as they should feel.
    Hope they can correct their ways in the next installment.
    I tried to enjoy it, in the end, I put it down just as I have with Sword/Shield.    … Expand
  33. JugJohns
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Now, I’m always the kind of guy to say graphics don’t really matter as long as the game is fun. However, this game somehow goes beyond what I go by, that it’s amazing. The constant slow down just absolutely kills the pacing for the game. And it’s not a rare occurrence, this **** happens literally in the tutorial. The gameplay and music, for what it is, is fine. But my worst encounter isNow, I’m always the kind of guy to say graphics don’t really matter as long as the game is fun. However, this game somehow goes beyond what I go by, that it’s amazing. The constant slow down just absolutely kills the pacing for the game. And it’s not a rare occurrence, this **** happens literally in the tutorial. The gameplay and music, for what it is, is fine. But my worst encounter is all the glitches, and pisspoor animations. I mean, this is just absolutely disappointing to see. There’s way too many visual glitches, even on cutscenes that it makes me reconsider if this is the same franchise that’s worth over a hundred billion dollars. This could be a really decent game, if it was optimized right in the slightest. My warning is, if you own an earlier switch, DO NOT play this on handheld. It just doesn’t work. I am extremely disappointed in gamefreak. Sword and shield already set a new low, but this? This is just depressing. The Pokémon games need more time on the oven instead of being rushed. If games like Xenoblade and breath of the wild can work on switch, then Pokémon shouldn’t have any issues whatsoever.… Expand
  34. Hades6040
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    It's a shame to say this but I would've give it an 8/10 if the visuals and performance weren't that bad. The game is fun, I like it to be honest but it just looks so bad that it takes all the enjoyment of playing it. The only thing that looks good are the charactersl and Pokémon models.

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

    There is no excuse for this game to look so bad, if Monolith Soft made Xenoblade Chronicles 3 look and run so great on the Switch, then Game Freak could and should have made a better looking game
    Don't make the same mistake you all did with Sword and Shield, don't excuse this because if you do they'll just keep dropping poor quality games    … Expand
  35. mingo102
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    I am loving the gameplay so far, but the performance is buggy... Frame rate is highly unstable, sometimes my character will be glitching out and I even got crash in the middle of the gameplay (Rip my 4 hours of gameplay). I would enjoy the game more but the performance isn't really my cup of tea. This game is a technical mess.
  36. TommySmiths
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    When the game works it's pretty fun, exploring the open world, catching beasts, and doing the story at any order you want is great. Being able to find creative ways to tackle Pokemon stronger than you is fun and the story is actually pretty good. All things considered the game is actually fun but there is one little probem and that is...

    THE GAME IS NOT FINISHED! That's right this    When the game works it's pretty fun, exploring the open world, catching beasts, and doing the story at any order you want is great. Being able to find creative ways to tackle Pokemon stronger than you is fun and the story is actually pretty good. All things considered the game is actually fun but there is one little probem and that is...

    THE GAME IS NOT FINISHED!

    That's right this game is definetely unfinished because the performance is not bad in the well it's a Switch game bad no it's completely broken. While anyone should expect lower resoltuion and low frametates of around 25-30fps due to being an Open World game on the Switch this game is worse, much worse. Framerates dip into the single digit category here folks. Anytime you are in the open world it feels like molasses. Not only is the frame rate poor but there's slow down gallore. The game can barely run. The Switch is going at full power trying to run this unoptimize nightmare. But not only is the framerate and speed of the game faulty but there's a constant gallery of glitches and bugs. Things pop in and out worse than Sonic in Frontiers going at Mach 4 it's embarrasing. Things in the background look like bad n64 games. You will see inside walls, the ground and even inside the very people themselves. THE MENUS, THE MENUS LAG! Heck even the LOAD SCREEN LAGS! Overall because of the performance I can not recommend this game to anyone until GF fixes this.    … Expand
  37. PootisMan-1954
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    while i think there is a good game in here but the performance issues, the fact that when you move your camera you can see the sceneario popping out and the fact that the pokemon pop up on the screen in the worst possible way makes this game the biggerst disappointment i ever had with a video game
  38. Zenata
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    Game just is a buggy mess and runs extremely poorly. Not at all indicative of what this system is capable of. It's clear this wasn't given enough time. Framerate drops, pop-in, visual bugs, etc. Any other first party Nintendo title would've been delayed in this technical state.
  39. MaaniGold11
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo mal polido e queda de fps constantes no mundo aberto, falta de tempo pra ser lançado deveria ter sido adiado pra dezembro… Expand
  40. AYR
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Este juego es un paso adelante en el mundo pokemon en lo que respecta a mecánicas de juego, se hace muy entretenido pasear por las rutas y ver a los pokemons interactuando entre ellos y con el entorno; aunque algunas cosas funcionaban mejor en pokemon Arceus, como la movilidad del personaje.
    Jugar en castellano es genial por la localización y el humor del juego , pero este juego no es    Este juego es un paso adelante en el mundo pokemon en lo que respecta a mecánicas de juego, se hace muy entretenido pasear por las rutas y ver a los pokemons interactuando entre ellos y con el entorno; aunque algunas cosas funcionaban mejor en pokemon Arceus, como la movilidad del personaje.
    Jugar en castellano es genial por la localización y el humor del juego , pero este juego no es perfecto ni mucho menos.
    Es inexcusable que una empresa como Game Freak, que desarrolla juegos para la IP que más dinero recauda al año (Pokemon) traiga un juego tán mal optimizado: caidas brutales de framerate incluso en videos, tirones, bugs y glitches gráficos por doquier...
    No me importa tanto que el juego no sea bonito (porque los gráficos están bastante anticuados, no a nivel PS2 como mucha gente dice, ya que no tiene un diseño realista, es normal, pero digamos principios de la era PS3) pero aun así el juego sería disfrutable... de no ser por el pésimo rendimiento.

    Espero que GF recapacite y le de una vuelta a la saga de pokemon, al menos en cuanto a calidad se refiere, porque lo de Pokemon Scarlet es indefendible.    … Expand
  41. Xenovent
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Two steps forward with open world gameplay and the nascent concept of story paths, and three steps back on everything else. Visuals date back to older times before anti-aliasing was a thing. Performance as unoptimized as Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, and a severe lack of character personalization options. I feel bad for devs who are obviously throttled by crunch and budget into makingTwo steps forward with open world gameplay and the nascent concept of story paths, and three steps back on everything else. Visuals date back to older times before anti-aliasing was a thing. Performance as unoptimized as Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, and a severe lack of character personalization options. I feel bad for devs who are obviously throttled by crunch and budget into making games that have the seed of imagination stolen away by corporate timelines and subservience to selling plushies… Expand
  42. Jessemp
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The worst performing game ever made. A shameful chapter for the Pokemon history
  43. Kratt
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    The mechanics are really good, the story its a great improvement, but it feels like if the game is not finished, the only possible interaction with wild pokemon is fighting when obvioulsy feels like you can do another kind of interactions, there are many bug, the quality is really below the average for each good things there are three bad, the missing of clothes for customization of theThe mechanics are really good, the story its a great improvement, but it feels like if the game is not finished, the only possible interaction with wild pokemon is fighting when obvioulsy feels like you can do another kind of interactions, there are many bug, the quality is really below the average for each good things there are three bad, the missing of clothes for customization of the character is the worst of all, the uniform is awfull and 80% of the NPC have de same awfull school uniform even NPC who obviolusly are live more than 20 y/o using the uniform? what the hell? The part of the school is lacking deep, the schools story is lame, you only visit 3 places and thats all. Talking to NPC its a pain since most you cant but they have a pokemon at one side and even if that pokemon is far away detect the action and interacting with the pokemon its too slow.… Expand
  44. NoxCrimson
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    In a very embarrassing technical condition. Bad repetitive textures (e.g. mountains), lags, frame drops, NPC/objects with 5fps.
    Very boring arena trial and generally very easy level of difficulty.
    Inconsequential and soulless cities. Just a few polygon blocks with non-existent anti-aliasing. A plethora of places to eat. No clothing selection worth mentioning (so far), just socks, shoes,    In a very embarrassing technical condition. Bad repetitive textures (e.g. mountains), lags, frame drops, NPC/objects with 5fps.
    Very boring arena trial and generally very easy level of difficulty.
    Inconsequential and soulless cities. Just a few polygon blocks with non-existent anti-aliasing.
    A plethora of places to eat. No clothing selection worth mentioning (so far), just socks, shoes, useless stuff.
    No building can be entered, except for the loveless cinder block arena, the academy and, funnily enough, the barber shop (for whatever reason. A sign that more was probably planned).

    There may be some heart in the game, but no soul. You surely know the test levels in game development that developers have to test mechanics? Well, this is what Pokemon Scarlet/Violet looks like. You didn't make it further in development.

    Cyberpunk was also in a very bad state. But at least it was gradually improved. I wouldn't count on that for Pokemon though.    … Expand
  45. 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
  46. Spisie
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    I really wanna love this game but honestly it’s kinda disappointing. With every good thing they did, there’s bad things that come with it. Like for example, I like the concept of the three storylines, it gives you lots to do and I like how the mechanics around how you complete those three story lines is different and not always the usual turn based battle, but that is overshadowed by theI really wanna love this game but honestly it’s kinda disappointing. With every good thing they did, there’s bad things that come with it. Like for example, I like the concept of the three storylines, it gives you lots to do and I like how the mechanics around how you complete those three story lines is different and not always the usual turn based battle, but that is overshadowed by the fact that they said you could do it in any order but the levels don’t scale…. Then you can’t really do it in any order. Then, I liked that they added more customization for the face features and that hairs aren’t gender locked but all of that is overshadowed by the fact that we are stuck in our school uniforms. Sure they gave us different socks and backpacks and shoes but what is the point of any of it when all of it clashes with the ugly orange pants that I’m stuck wearing?? Where is the customization in that? It feels like an even bigger slap on the face because NPCs have other cool outfits and hairs on but we can’t use ANY of it??? Also, the Pokémon models are way too small. The Pokémon are arguably some of the best looking assets in the game but we can’t even SEE them bc they’re so tiny. Lastly, they advertised this big open world experience but the world is empty. They clearly made attempts to make it feel full by separating all the stores but that just made it even worse because now we have to go to a million different places just to get some ugly socks and hats and to add insult to injury, the stores are just rabbit holes?! Virtually none of the buildings in the worlds are accessible in any way and you can barely even talk to the townies now, so we don’t even get those cool tidbits of story or surprise items from them like in the old games. The world feels empty and lifeless, and not to mention UGLY. The textures are honestly laughable, a company with as much capital as gamfreak couldn’t at least find some seamless textures? You can literally see the squares of textures on the side of the cliffs, and it’s NOT a switch hardware issue, more intense games like no mans sky run just fine on switch, and have less frame rate drops than Pokémon does. Honestly gamefreak should be EMBARRASSED, the clearly released an unfinished game and they better release a BIG BIG Im sorry update with fixes, larger Pokémon models and added content, so we can actually customize the way they advertised… Expand
  47. EGCMATRIX
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The game runs poorly with frequent frame drops, lighting issues, and many bugs that need to be fixed ASAP.
  48. CosmicScarab
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are the worst running Pokemon games that have ever been released. There is horrendous pop-in, a low and inconsistent framerate, and has various hangups when doing just about anything, including entering menus or entering battle. On top of this, it somehow manages to look worse than any other Switch based Pokemon game, and even worse than Pokemon Colosseum, a gamePokemon Scarlet and Violet are the worst running Pokemon games that have ever been released. There is horrendous pop-in, a low and inconsistent framerate, and has various hangups when doing just about anything, including entering menus or entering battle. On top of this, it somehow manages to look worse than any other Switch based Pokemon game, and even worse than Pokemon Colosseum, a game on the Gamecube from nearly 20 years ago.

    The gameplay is acceptable in some places but takes several steps back in others. Customization is severely limited, and you are not able to change your clothes beyond 4 outfits. The Battle Tower and any post game facilities are gone, likely to be included in a future DLC, if at all. For some inexplicable reason set mode is gone and you are unable to change basic things such as skipping battle animations. You are advertised as being able to challenge the gyms in any order but this is very misleading, as there is no scaling on the gyms, so doing them out of order will mean you are going to either be too high of a level or too low, and never on par with the gyms.

    If a future patch fixed all the bugs and performance then the games would still only be about a 6-7, just due to the removal of features.    … Expand
  49. niraed
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Podría ser el mejor juego de pokemon de todos los tiempos y el juego con el que siempre había soñado si no fuera porque el apartado técnico y gráfico es pura basura, algo rompedor cuando salió Half Life 1 pero que ahora pues como que no.
    Es genial en jugabilidad, historia, exploración, opciones varias... pero joder, me rompe todo el juego tener que estar sufriendo con lo que veo.
  50. cmander7688
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    An embarrassing, lazy mess. I've been playing since Blue first came out and it saddens me to see that a series that started off with so much charm (and is one of the most lucrative franchises in history) has been reduced to...this. I think there might be a fun game hiding under the horrible performance and optimization, inconsistent game design choices, and uninspired, bland aesthetic ofAn embarrassing, lazy mess. I've been playing since Blue first came out and it saddens me to see that a series that started off with so much charm (and is one of the most lucrative franchises in history) has been reduced to...this. I think there might be a fun game hiding under the horrible performance and optimization, inconsistent game design choices, and uninspired, bland aesthetic of the overworld, but I'm not sticking around to find out.… Expand
  51. Unnypops
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This game is soulless. It simply feels unfinished. While playing this game the main question that pops into my mind is “…why?” They’ve just gone and removed things. They’ve removed the ability to go into houses and talk to NPC’s. This removes soul from the game as all towns are completely and utterly pointless. No more trades with random NPC’s or mini quests to deliver love letters from aThis game is soulless. It simply feels unfinished. While playing this game the main question that pops into my mind is “…why?” They’ve just gone and removed things. They’ve removed the ability to go into houses and talk to NPC’s. This removes soul from the game as all towns are completely and utterly pointless. No more trades with random NPC’s or mini quests to deliver love letters from a ghost. Add in the fact clothes shops sell really dumb stuff like helmets so it’s not like you’re using those often. I’m not sure why they’ve added 1000 sandwich shops to towns. Making sandwiches isn’t even a fun mini game. At least you could make yucky poffins and soup in previous games. On to the next point, making my character stuck in a hideous school uniform with hideous hairstyles also removes soul from the game. Game freak apparently doesn’t want girls to be girly in anyway. No long hair or skirts. The Pokémon league is complete joke in this. They actually ask “do you like Pokémon hurrr durr” before you’re allowed to battle the league. You do not feel like a champion after defeating them. This game also suffers from the over talking. Can they please just shut up when we’re battling. I’m not sure why Nemona is being praised for being a breath of fresh air. She’s the most annoying character in the game. The constant stopping me at gyms to say “yay! battling! I like battling” urgh. Can I have Silver as my rival again please. This game really would be 10x better with all the Pokémon. The open world is fun but there’s not enough in it to want to explore. As I said, towns are pointless so I don’t wanna explore those. There’s only 400 Pokémon so exploring the map to catch them doesn’t take too long. I also don’t know why people say “the stories sooo good” HOW. How is the story good? Titan Pokémon is interesting. Team star sucks so much. I hate them. Nemona sucks. The Pokémon league sucks. The TINY BLOB of good story at the end of the game does not equal the best story pokemons had in ages. Game play is fun, shiny hunting is fun.. so 4/10. Game freak really dropped the ball on this one. Their team that made Legends Arceus should’ve been in charge of Scarlet and Violet as the drop on quality between these games is quite significant. Arceus didn’t feel soulless at all.… Expand
  52. Sanyrro
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Although the content is engaging and the game doesn’t think we’re 5y old, the glitches, bugs and graphical performances are even worse than Sword and Shield. If TPC can’t cheap out on one part, they will do it on another and it shows every time. It’s the same old story, but give your developers more time, support and recourses to make the games.
  53. yourstupidmon
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Why do they just remove features for no reason? Removed outfits options, infinite tms, set mode and on top of that horrible bugs and performance. This game could've been actually good if gamefreak wasn't this incompetent.
  54. FishRepairs
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Steps forwards and steps backwards. Its alright in its current state but could be much better.
  55. timothy510
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    60+ hours of gameplay.

    Did GameFreak play even play the game themselves? Pixel glitch, break terrain is everywhere, Extremely low FPS, its 2022 and it perform worse than PS2. The improvements are actually there, like better RPG mechanism, non-linear World with fixed difficulty (this is a ok for me, like Elden Ring) , story-telling. However, the game performance is too low for us to    60+ hours of gameplay.

    Did GameFreak play even play the game themselves?
    Pixel glitch, break terrain is everywhere, Extremely low FPS, its 2022 and it perform worse than PS2.

    The improvements are actually there, like better RPG mechanism, non-linear World with fixed difficulty (this is a ok for me, like Elden Ring) , story-telling. However, the game performance is too low for us to enjoy anything else.

    It is not acceptable for a game cost 60$ to perform like this.
    I will give a 8/10 for the designs but 1/10 for the engineering part.    … Expand
  56. ev7n
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Gamefreak needs new project managers, ones that love and have foresight. The game could be made an 8+ by simply adding: a simplier and less ambitious graphics style (like animal crossing vibe), ability to see your friends battle, some sort of sound when characters speak, decent antialiasing, some sort of rendering occlusion for performance.
  57. Songforyall
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Nice large open world but fails to utilize that space making it feel dead in parts and the parts that arent dead have abysmal frame rate.
    Battling is slow as heck wild pokemon are down right annoying to encounter partly due to the bad controll scheme and frame rate.
    The Map is terrible. It inverts everytime you open it why? Cant you just stay facing north you give us a compas but doing    Nice large open world but fails to utilize that space making it feel dead in parts and the parts that arent dead have abysmal frame rate.
    Battling is slow as heck wild pokemon are down right annoying to encounter partly due to the bad controll scheme and frame rate.
    The Map is terrible. It inverts everytime you open it why? Cant you just stay facing north you give us a compas but doing this with the map is idiotic and makes the entire thing harder to read why no other game does this.
    This entire game looks rushed as hell November release date is marketing special move for christmas release to maximise sales.
    Extensive character creation without gender locked clothing nice but NO SKIRTS.
    Its a 4/10 at best in its current state it is fun though but its problems overshadow its small victories.    … Expand
  58. End3rZer0
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    This is the best pokemon concept Ive ever played but as a game is unacceptable. As a veteran player, I played all main games in the series and completed national pokedex since Black and White. I feel this game could be the funniest catching pokemon, investing in them and completing the pokedex while you win medals around the region. But I almost played 30 hours and the game is fun but theThis is the best pokemon concept Ive ever played but as a game is unacceptable. As a veteran player, I played all main games in the series and completed national pokedex since Black and White. I feel this game could be the funniest catching pokemon, investing in them and completing the pokedex while you win medals around the region. But I almost played 30 hours and the game is fun but the render is poor. I dont want use the mount because the render is worse. The game has closed twice, with an error message, when Ive entered into a City (the electric one).
    Has the best pokedex ever but you cannot search for an specific Pokemon. Do you ask how could it be? the answer is allways the same: not enough development.

    On the wild the Pokemon are mini, sometimes you will crash with them and you won't ever notice. In the boxes the images of the Pokemon are also mini. You will need a magnifying glass to identify what Pokemon it is. Really, they are too mini. This game looks like an aplha of a pre-released game. With some parts well developed and some others created quickly to save the day, with bad design, bad rendering, bad processing, bad graphics (some textures look like a N64 game) and some unjustified decisions as dont be able to change the maintain pokémon in battle, deactivate the animations, or the controversial allways activated Exp. Share, what facilitate an easy game. I can only recommend to play the game knowing that you will play an alpha with plenty of bugs/low development.    … Expand
  59. rbagatini
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    O Arceus foi muito melhor! A imersão era muito superior. Esse parece feito na pressa, ao pegar um item no chão o personagem nem se curva para pegar, apenas ouço um "plim". Ao colocar algum pokemon adversário para durmir em batalha, ele nem fecha os olhos, ficam todos com os olhos abertos. Ao andar pelo mapa você vê objetos relativamente distantes, uns 20 metros, já teleportando quadroO Arceus foi muito melhor! A imersão era muito superior. Esse parece feito na pressa, ao pegar um item no chão o personagem nem se curva para pegar, apenas ouço um "plim". Ao colocar algum pokemon adversário para durmir em batalha, ele nem fecha os olhos, ficam todos com os olhos abertos. Ao andar pelo mapa você vê objetos relativamente distantes, uns 20 metros, já teleportando quadro quadro, você fica perdido pelo mapa, não tem uma história forte que te prenda ao jogo, parece um sandbox.… Expand
  60. cpluspluscrowe
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game lag is severe and requires me to run the game at 720 and restart it every hour to mitigate the lag. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan but this game is tough to play. Shame on Game Freak for releasing such an unpolished game.
  61. lechonkiest
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    It's an okay game, glitches and bugs aside. The story is alright, the character designs are cool, but sometimes it's just so buggy that it's game breaking. It ruins the experience and any immersion. There definitely should have been more time and effort put into this, but maybe it will get better with future updates. Below average for me.
  62. Byron_
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Since Pokemon Arceus set such a good example with gameplay and awesome stuff with different mechanics battle stuff and over all how it is this game goes back to the rpg style that we are using for years and not really interactive and battle animations not looking expressive really says something how Nintendo is going for the money Arceus set a good example and this game forgot about it.
  63. hdmonteiro
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Don't get me wrong, the core of the pokemon game is fun, the idea of ​​collecting pocket monsters, trading and battling each other while exploring seamlessly, freely and without feeling punished for neglecting main quests is a great idea to sell the product, it is an evolution that the franchise needed, but the problem is how the developers leave the final product in half, poorlyDon't get me wrong, the core of the pokemon game is fun, the idea of ​​collecting pocket monsters, trading and battling each other while exploring seamlessly, freely and without feeling punished for neglecting main quests is a great idea to sell the product, it is an evolution that the franchise needed, but the problem is how the developers leave the final product in half, poorly programmed, with technical problems of poor construction of the game engine and the graphic limitations of the Switch .
    Despite the game being very fun for those who aren't too demanding, it is overshadowed by flaws in the textures, frequent bugs, constant gameplay below 30 FPS, rendering errors and among other things, such as mechanics that were successful in previous games, such as capture of pokemon arceus and the interaction with the pokemons captured from Lets Go, make the game a disappointment for anyone looking for something new to play on the switch and who is not yet a fan of the franchise, a fan on the other hand, will play it precisely because it is fan and already accepts that this is how it will always be.

    my note goes for the opportunity to be the definitive pokémon experience lost by the lack of competence of the game freak program and "take care" of the gold mine that is its product.    … Expand
  64. LeGabrielUrbano
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game tries to offer are overshadowed by a low-quality product that needed at least two years of development to be a decent game for your console.    … Expand
  65. spener
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    It's almost amazing, which makes it terrible. Let me elaborate:

    The Good: - Open world is a nice idea, and it was really fun to explore and have the freedom to choose the order of gyms and paths. I ended up doing it slightly out of order and the challenge was very rewarding. - The characters (other kids) had pretty compelling arcs for the most part, and I actually liked them more than    It's almost amazing, which makes it terrible. Let me elaborate:

    The Good:
    - Open world is a nice idea, and it was really fun to explore and have the freedom to choose the order of gyms and paths. I ended up doing it slightly out of order and the challenge was very rewarding.
    - The characters (other kids) had pretty compelling arcs for the most part, and I actually liked them more than other recent rivals / characters. The final part of the story wraps up all the 3 individual paths nicely and it felt like you were living out a pokemon movie.
    - The pokemon models are to scale and more detailed, and I loved seeing them in the open world just vibing.

    Now, the Bad (there's a lot):
    - The textures, visuals are... atrocious. Not just for a game coming out in 2022, but for a game that exists after the year 2010. I don't know if they aren't loading or if that's geniunely what it looks like but it's distractingly bad. I'm not a stickler for fancy nice pretty graphics- plenty of my favorite games have serviceable looks. But many of the features you see in the world unironically look like the in games like GTA 5 where the map glitches out and buildings only render as muddy polygons- but in S/V, these are just the actual geometries and textures even up close. I would get it if this were an Alpha state of an Indie game on Steam, but this is pokemon.
    - The performance is similarly awful. Maybe this will be patched, but for a fully released game this is not acceptable. We seem games like BOTW, which came out on the switch in 2017, not only looking much better but running much smoother than this game. It's clear that this just isn't optimized. Hell, even the BOTW on the WiiU runs better than this. This is just framerate, too. A lot of the character animations when you're not standing right next to them run at literally 5fps. Microsoft powerpoint speeds.
    - Certain mechanics from Arceus didn't return, namely the catching one. I understand different teams from GameFreak worked on this but really missed that mechanic in this game, and would have probably enjoyed and gone out of my way to catch pokemon in this game.
    - The open world feels empty and incomplete. For every somewhat memorable design in the world, there's something that breaks immersion. A lot of the 'routes' or paths feel interchangeable in this game aside from maybe the first couple, and aside from trainer battles, there isn't really any standout locations in the world. Contrast this with past games where areas not only had their own character in design but also the locations/dungeons you associated with them- Lavender Town's Pokemon Tower, the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnibar Island, Sprout City's Sprout tower, the Abandoned Ship, the Old Chateau- just to name a few. It doesn't help that most towns have literally 0 building interiors besides their Gym. One of my favorite immersive parts of past games was getting region lore by talking to everyone in the town and seeing their homes.
    - This is more subjective, but the school stuff didn't really do it for me. I skipped most classes because the few I did were really boring- but also because even more so than the other games the dialogue (even when text speed is fast) takes an eternity. Nearly every transition shot between dialogue fades out and it just pads out a ton of time. Also, it kinda cheapened the champion route for me, as SPOILER you don't become Champion, you become 'Champion Rank', which is a small but meaningful difference. You don't go on the journey to become the very best, you're just... very good? Get an A+ ? Which leads me to my next critique:
    - The Elite Four / Champion. I actually liked the champion's design and the rooftop battle, but the events preceding and following it are less than ideal. Starting with the Elite Four: The Designs are really lame, and the personalities are similarly shallow. In the past, you can tell what kind of pokemon an E4 member might be using as its incorporated into their design and room design. But, gone are both the distinct bold designs and the rooms. Yes, all E4 members are fought in a clean boring sterile padded cell. This detracts even more from them feeling like this amazing final feat. More so, one of the Elite Four members is literally just a Gym Leader who is just being forced to also be an E4 member, and straight says something along the lines of 'Yeah I like my Gym type but I **** hate my E4 type but I gotta ig.' And then, after defeating the champion, no longer do you go into the a seperate room where you save your team and commemorate your accomplishment, its just a pat on the back. I mean... yeah it really is a downer.

    IN CONCLUSION:
    For everything nice S/V does with its open world and story ideas, it's undermined by its buggy technical performance, overall **** visuals, shallow settings, and extremely unrealized and boring school setting. Extremely disappointing.    … Expand
  66. Handgames
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    You can have a good time playing it, but sadly It's so ugly and full of bugs.
  67. 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
  68. mattsuetam
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    its great for being pokemon, but it gives me headache on laggy gameplay and fps drops. Pkm company continues to be lazy with their game products.
  69. Maddaux
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    It's pain me to leave a bad review on a pokemon game, but it's unaceptable that in 2022, and with other games like Xenoblade or Brathe of the Wild in the same console, Gamefreak release a game with so many bugs and so low fps; at the point when people reports that the game produce headaches. Nintendo and gamefreak have become conformist with the pokemon franchice, and aren't making qualityIt's pain me to leave a bad review on a pokemon game, but it's unaceptable that in 2022, and with other games like Xenoblade or Brathe of the Wild in the same console, Gamefreak release a game with so many bugs and so low fps; at the point when people reports that the game produce headaches. Nintendo and gamefreak have become conformist with the pokemon franchice, and aren't making quality games anymore.… Expand
  70. jpruedag
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game seems like an old man’s desperate attempt to modernize a franchise. Beyond bugs and uneven graphics, Game Freak still struggles to take Pokémon to the state games look and work in 2022. The game is evidently unfinished. You can no longer access buildings, and even stores are no longer 3D rendered spaces, as they have been turned into flat menus that break into your screen when you “go through a door”. They couldn't even bother to give a background to the Elite 4 members and went for a generic battle arena where you wait for the next one to show up. The open world is fun enough to explore, but the map is almost impossible to work with, zooming in and out returns you to the place you’re at, forcing you to start over if you’re looking for a specific city or area you need to go to, there’s so little information or clues to help you navigate, you’re left alone, forced to get lost and move around Paldea with no sense of what an ideal progression should be (unless you take it to yourself and look it up online, but games shouldn’t give us homework). Ok, honestly, exploring a Pokémon world with no compass might seem like a fun thing to do, and it would be, if the game’s difficulty would adapt to the player’s level, thus becoming a unique experience for every user and an overall gratifying playthrough. It doesn’t. If you take the “wrong path” you’ll be facing tough challenges at first (a nice change of pace for a game that loves to hold hands and treat everyone like a 2 year old), but then again, if you do so, everything else will be so ridiculously easy it’ll become a chore to actually finish the game. This time around they decided to mix up the formula by threading 3 different storylines into the main game. And I was excited at first. Then I realized it’s the same 3 challenges over and over and over again. Gyms are a joke as usual, easy to defeat with one move. Titans have the exact same mechanic 5 times in a row: fight, defeat, follow the titan two steps further, fight again. Arven shows up. He prepares a sandwich. He gives you a sandwich. You give the sandwich to Koraidon. Arven gets mad at koraidon. Arven gives his sandwich to his own Pokémon. The Pokémon feels a bit better. Every single time. Same animation. Same dialogue. It’s infuriating. And finally there’s team star. Where you get into a base and run around pressing the R button for a challenge they pretend is harder than it looks. Then face the leader, defeat with one super effective move, listen to the story of how they were bullied into leaving the academy. And that’s that. Repetitive, unimaginative, it doesn’t ask us to be creative or strategic. Just learn one move that’s super effective and keep pressing that A button. To be fair, the new Pokémon do introduce new mechanics, new abilities and new moves that will make battling with friends more exciting. But if that’s what you’re selling, then cut out the mediocre storyline you force us into. Is it better than Gens 6, 7, and 8? Yes. Is it thousands of years away from the original 5? 100%. Pokémon used to push the boundaries of handheld systems. Now it’s the punchline of how bad a game can be and still sellout in stores.… Expand
  71. Nicola74747
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Couldn’t finish the game bc of the low frames and the glitches not worth 60€
  72. SanjiLec
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Many bugs, bad graphics, looks like pre alpha, it's not open word.
    One good thing is the new Pokedex and some new Pokemon
  73. 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.
  74. Burnzey
    Nov 27, 2022
    4
    When I first learned of the game, I heard that there was a co-op mode. I bought both versions so my daughter and I could play together even when I fly out to work.

    They really need in markers on your screen to show your party members location and minimap instead of opening the map with Y (which takes a while to load currently). I quite enjoyed Legends Arceus where you could select your    When I first learned of the game, I heard that there was a co-op mode. I bought both versions so my daughter and I could play together even when I fly out to work.

    They really need in markers on your screen to show your party members location and minimap instead of opening the map with Y (which takes a while to load currently). I quite enjoyed Legends Arceus where you could select your first pokemon on a whim to battle. In this version, you have to open your bags to swap around your line up which just ruins the flow of gameplay. You can customize your character with different hairstyles and facial features which is nice, but apparently you're stuck wearing 4 different versions of your school uniform which is disappointing. Character models at a distance have reduced frame rate, so their movement is quite clunky - though this is a rendering issue due to the hardware limitations of the switch.

    Gameplay it's the rock paper scissors, so nothing new in that regard.

    Seems to have a lot of content. I havnt encountered any game breaking bugs, though my daughter had her character lose its face and was walking around with eyeballs and exposed teeth which was humorous but creepy.

    I'm hoping some software updates will improve the game to players expectations.    … Expand
  75. Dyron
    Nov 27, 2022
    4
    Great ideia, but... A lot of bugs and the performance is so bad that it completely ruins what otherwise could have been the best Pokemon game all time.
  76. KenjiTheMan
    Nov 28, 2022
    4
    This game is a blast to play! But i just think it's stupid that when trading back pokemon to the original owner the pokemon will still disobey you. Me and a friend traded Armarouge and Ceruledge for the pokedex, but when trading it back I started getting disobeyed by a pokemon i have a max bond with. This might not be a huge problem for some people but I like to over level my pokemon, likeThis game is a blast to play! But i just think it's stupid that when trading back pokemon to the original owner the pokemon will still disobey you. Me and a friend traded Armarouge and Ceruledge for the pokedex, but when trading it back I started getting disobeyed by a pokemon i have a max bond with. This might not be a huge problem for some people but I like to over level my pokemon, like a lot. By the time I was at the third gym (with level 20-25 pokemon I'm pretty sure) my Quaxly was at its final evolution just as an example of hiw much I over level. I don't know know how to but can someone appeal this to Gamefreak or Nintendo about this.… Expand
  77. november_
    Nov 29, 2022
    4
    I love the Pokémon designs, the plot is a bit better than average and I had fun in the first week but... The game feels empty. Towns are just placeholders, the lags and the bugs are just too uncomfortable... The Pokemon Company needs to let GF rest and then help them with external developing companies and also they need to stop releasing 2 games every year! I'm a Pokemon fan and I'mI love the Pokémon designs, the plot is a bit better than average and I had fun in the first week but... The game feels empty. Towns are just placeholders, the lags and the bugs are just too uncomfortable... The Pokemon Company needs to let GF rest and then help them with external developing companies and also they need to stop releasing 2 games every year! I'm a Pokemon fan and I'm criticizing out of love for the series, not hate.i hope tpc will understand… Expand
  78. KingRoombaTC
    Dec 24, 2022
    4
    The game seems to be very fun and fairy interesting, but is filled with bugs, glitches, performing issues and is visually unappealing. Don't recommend it.
  79. TeMor
    Dec 6, 2022
    4
    New Pokemon's design are so good, and it has good story. But some characters will restrict your alternative, though this is open world, and so stressful.
    Furthermore, as many say, there is so many bugs, and sometime your Switch will be crashed. Probably this game is so heavy than Switch assumed.
    If bugs are fixed, it may be good game.
  80. Gomes287
    Dec 17, 2022
    4
    Beside some bugs, this game is too innovative as the first generation and the gameplay is so cool as the second generation. unfortunately it lacks the greatest features of Legends Arceus and looks like a game in beta. I hope the tenth generation will be way better. The history is one of the best ever. But we need a level progression feature and difficulty settings urgently.
  81. Drewski69
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    One of the best stories out of any Pokémon game but the performance issues are just too much. I’ve still racked up 80 hours but have just given up on completing the Pokédex at this point just because the game doesn’t have much endgame material and it’s getting tedious.
  82. Denistxo
    Dec 30, 2022
    4
    Buenas ideas mala ejecucion, el juego tiene buena historia, personajes y musica, pero parece que los desarrolladores lo han creado usando el gluteo izquierdo porque no me parece normal las bajadas de frames que hay, tengo 100 horas jugadas registradas por la consola y en el juego me marca que son 80 eso quiere decir que e perdido 20 horas de juego gracias al lag, otra cosa que hay queBuenas ideas mala ejecucion, el juego tiene buena historia, personajes y musica, pero parece que los desarrolladores lo han creado usando el gluteo izquierdo porque no me parece normal las bajadas de frames que hay, tengo 100 horas jugadas registradas por la consola y en el juego me marca que son 80 eso quiere decir que e perdido 20 horas de juego gracias al lag, otra cosa que hay que mencionar es los crasheos que te da, e perdido horas de progreso porque el programa se cierra cuando le da la gana sin razon aparente.
    El poping, los laggeos y crasheos hacen que este juego sea en mi opinion uno de los peores de la saga sin duda    … Expand
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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.
  91. 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
  92. 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
  93. Kenmei
    Dec 5, 2022
    3
    It's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the gameIt's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the game that caught me by surprise. However this game is almost unplayable due to how it runs and the sheer number of glitches and bugs the game has. Even outside of that, the changes to all the new online components in raids makes me not want to touch any sort of online component whatsoever, especially since playing those raids solo is not only very doable but very much preferred as there's not a crazy new form to find here as the Tera forms are probably the worst gameplay inclusion I've seen in these games since the Z-Moves. I really wanted to like this game and put as many hundreds of hours into it shiny hunting and raiding like I did with Sword and Shield but, now that I completed the pokedex, I can no longer find the drive to continue playing this game like I did previously. These games need a crazy amount of bug fixing and optimizing for it to run properly on outdated hardware and I really hope they focus on that before trying to release any sort of DLC that will also be ruined by the technical problem.… Expand
  94. hasman49
    Dec 17, 2022
    3
    In concept it's a really good game being a semi open world not technically on a railroad. Some of the new Pokemon are lazy designs (ex: Flamingo), but good outside of that.

    Issues are the performance lags that the Switch cannot handle. They happen more often the later into the game you get. The lag is very frustrating at times. Also the world is not like Skyrim that mostly levels up with    In concept it's a really good game being a semi open world not technically on a railroad. Some of the new Pokemon are lazy designs (ex: Flamingo), but good outside of that.

    Issues are the performance lags that the Switch cannot handle. They happen more often the later into the game you get. The lag is very frustrating at times.

    Also the world is not like Skyrim that mostly levels up with the player. You'll return to areas super over powered or severly underpowered. It would me nice if the world map at least showed the needed level for certain missions/gyms before traveling across the map for a place I can't play yet.

    Last complaint is smaller but clothing customization is limited in the shirt category since you're only allowed to wear a school uniform shirt. The limitation is very noticeable in terallize battles and makes me miss Sword/Shield's customization.    … Expand
  95. x3rx3s
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    An incomplete, technical mess. Actually insulating that they released the game in this state. The gameplay is ok, but it's really hard to ignore all the stuttering and glitches.
  96. muttsy13
    Nov 28, 2022
    3
    Had my save deleted from the memory leak issue the game right now has so many bugs but the gameplay before i lost my save was enjoyable and a good change bar the no way to rematch the elite four id wait till its patched to buy the game
  97. Derak
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Otro pokemon más, con sus cosas buenas y sus cosas malas, pero es imperdonable a
    nivel técnico, texturas inexistentes, modelos en baja, bajadas de fps increíbles, bugs constantes… no es un juego indie, es un juego de la “marca” más rentable de la historia… esto no se puede permitir.
  98. pfz09
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Game is obviously unfinished. From a technic standpoint it leaves the player with a bad aftertaste: 3 hours of gameplay make the game drop fps like crazy and the only solution is to save and restart the game. Some textures clip with each other, sometimes even the camera. It is true that is tries to include some qol changes to the franchise that even if they are late, they are welcome.Game is obviously unfinished. From a technic standpoint it leaves the player with a bad aftertaste: 3 hours of gameplay make the game drop fps like crazy and the only solution is to save and restart the game. Some textures clip with each other, sometimes even the camera. It is true that is tries to include some qol changes to the franchise that even if they are late, they are welcome. Combat doesnt feel as rewarding as the other emtries. Id even prefere legends Arceus combat, with the pokeball throw mechanic… Expand
  99. 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
  100. Winnkys
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    The terrible performance is too much to get past. Have tried several times, with an open mind, to try and play this game. But it's simply not fun to play with the current performance issues. Pretty embarrassing for a multi billion dollar franchise to release a game in this state.
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  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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