Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. Uomobianko
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This game is not even worth 1 cent laundry nothing works horrible graphics non existent gameplay Pokemon that spawn out of nowhere
  2. NuVanDibe
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I went into this game with low expectations, but it somehow still failed me. This is absolutely atrocious. Broken, poorly-thought-out mechanics, and a lack of polish that results in laughably awful moments. Moments at which the game's pure awfulness makes you put the controller down and smile at just how far this entire franchise has fallen. This is a glitchy mess that wouldn't be fun evenI went into this game with low expectations, but it somehow still failed me. This is absolutely atrocious. Broken, poorly-thought-out mechanics, and a lack of polish that results in laughably awful moments. Moments at which the game's pure awfulness makes you put the controller down and smile at just how far this entire franchise has fallen. This is a glitchy mess that wouldn't be fun even if it weren't broken.… Expand
  3. rsaadi28
    Jan 12, 2023
    0
    A franquia Pokémon tinha tudo para ser a melhor franquia de jogos de todos os tempos, mas infelizmente a desenvolvedora se acomodou no sucesso que o jogo já tem e os lançam completamente mal feito. O jogo parece frágil, que a qualquer momento vai dar crash, mal polido, texturas porcas, objetos que ficam piscando na tela, iluminação que aparece e desaparece, o chão do jogo ao olhar de pertoA franquia Pokémon tinha tudo para ser a melhor franquia de jogos de todos os tempos, mas infelizmente a desenvolvedora se acomodou no sucesso que o jogo já tem e os lançam completamente mal feito. O jogo parece frágil, que a qualquer momento vai dar crash, mal polido, texturas porcas, objetos que ficam piscando na tela, iluminação que aparece e desaparece, o chão do jogo ao olhar de perto é cortado e aparece tudo que está em baixo etc. È uma pena, pois esse jogo evoluindo do jeito que merecia , sendo até com esses gráficos mesmo, mas bem feito, bem otimizado e atualizado, seria com certeza o jogo ano em todos os anos. Um fato que me incomoda é que até hoje o jogo não tem falas, não tem reações naturais e não é localizado para outras línguas. Vão acabar perdendo os fãs de Pokémon, o que pode ser bom, pois ai troca de desenvolvedora, podendo ir para uma que realmente sabe fazer jogos de verdade.

    The Pokémon franchise had everything to be the best game franchise of all time, but unfortunately the developer accommodated in the success that the game already has and launch them completely poorly. The game seems fragile, that at any moment it will crash, poorly polished, dirty textures, objects that keep blinking on the screen, lighting that appears and disappears, the game floor when looking closely is cut and everything below appears etc. . It's a shame, because this game evolving the way it deserved, even with these graphics, but well done, well optimized and updated, would certainly be the game of the year in all years. One fact that bothers me is that even today the game has no lines, no natural reactions and is not localized into other languages. They'll end up losing Pokémon fans, which could be a good thing, as they change developers and go to one that really knows how to make real games.    … Expand
  4. vgmkyle
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    To the parents: If you have a choice for your kid between Pokémon and Sonic choose Sonic. The Pokémon game is an absolute mess, and it will no doubt disappoint any kid that opens it from under the Christmas tree.
  5. 9to10Gaming
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Should be criminal to release a game with such a bad performance.

    Besides that it’s very dull and repetitive
  6. IronFanton
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Everything is wrong with this game, from the beginning to the end. The visual bugs and glitches make the game almost unplayable, not mentioning the lack of things to do around the open world, and the non-sense decision of not making the events adapted to the level of the player.

    The game feels just awful, keeping everything that didn't work in Pokemon Legends Arceus, and removing    Everything is wrong with this game, from the beginning to the end. The visual bugs and glitches make the game almost unplayable, not mentioning the lack of things to do around the open world, and the non-sense decision of not making the events adapted to the level of the player.

    The game feels just awful, keeping everything that didn't work in Pokemon Legends Arceus, and removing everything that made the game enjoyable.
    About the art direction, it seems like with this game they tried to do something better, but again, they ended up failing, creating a game that looks just incoherent.

    This game makes Pokemon Legends Arceus a good game, when it was a technical disaster, and overall a bad experience for the player.
    Another example that lets us watch the, at this point unstoppable decay of Pokemon, and how the fandom will swallow everything that Game Freak vomits them.    … Expand
  7. GamerBrady
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    With so much being removed or changed unnecessarily, and the game running like absolute trash, if nothing is fixed within a reasonable time or no statements are made you should absolutely just refund this POS. I can see the game they wanted to make but this just isn't it and another mis step for a company that apparently hates its own creation more with each new iteration.
  8. Billiekun
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This is unacceptable. Don't buy it, don't let others buy it. I am a Pokemon fan that no longer can play to Pokemon games because the poor quality of them. It's in our hands to push Game Freak to make decent games again.
  9. MrBum
    Dec 28, 2022
    3
    Performance: laughably terrible.
    Open word: a jumbled mess.
    Difficulty curve: a snaggle-toothed saw. It's like Nintendo sent down the directive to Gamefreak to make the next Pokemon game open world, but none of them had any clue what that actually meant. The game is a hot mess and a prime example that not everything HAS to be open world. There is no direction in the open world, you    Performance: laughably terrible.
    Open word: a jumbled mess.
    Difficulty curve: a snaggle-toothed saw.

    It's like Nintendo sent down the directive to Gamefreak to make the next Pokemon game open world, but none of them had any clue what that actually meant. The game is a hot mess and a prime example that not everything HAS to be open world.

    There is no direction in the open world, you are free to roam around anywhere. BUT. If you look at the levels of the trainers/gym leaders/titans, there is a very clear path they really wanted to take. Why then not just make a more traditional guided play though? Why have an open world at all? And why for all that is holy do they not have any indication that you are not where you're supposed to be until you get your teeth kicked in by enemies way higher in level than you?

    Those are all cornerstone open world design elements that have been utterly bungled.

    The performance of the switch is notoriously terrible, but this monstrosity takes the cake. Constant non-stop hitching, stuttering, and wildly variable frame rates plague every corner of this honestly quite ugly open world. It's so bad that it constantly takes you out of the game.

    There are a few good things added this generation, but all the terrible failures make me no longer care.

    What a disappointing experience.    … Expand
  10. dark0153
    Dec 30, 2022
    0
    Broken online gameplay
    Frame skipping animations for NPC
    Low stability (crashes)
    **** pixelated graphics
  11. LastHope17
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Myriad of bugs. Open world highlights the worst things about the genre. Gyms aren't gyms, they are little trials of what the devs were testing and not fleshed out ie: slope mechanics, rythym mechanics, collecting mechanics. Go back to Sword and Shield or Moon, or anything else for a better experience. They took out the best things about Arceus no catching pokemon by throwing the ball atMyriad of bugs. Open world highlights the worst things about the genre. Gyms aren't gyms, they are little trials of what the devs were testing and not fleshed out ie: slope mechanics, rythym mechanics, collecting mechanics. Go back to Sword and Shield or Moon, or anything else for a better experience. They took out the best things about Arceus no catching pokemon by throwing the ball at them. You have to battle everytime.

    Some character designs were great, but the first black woman I meet has to be a an slightly overweight rapper? A white girl is a skiier, never seen that before.    … Expand
  12. LoZaNoSkY
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    I will give 2 points instead of zero because, at least, they have tried to adapt the game to an open world. But the bugs break completely the game experience.
  13. Aioria
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Very bad game , frame rate is horrible, very slow the game ! Crash a lot !!!
  14. samuellsilva
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Eu fico estarrecido da capacidade da Game Freak de liberar um jogo cheio de bugs, glitches, erros e problemas que desanimam qualquer gameplay de qualidade. Espero que lancem um patch o quanto antes para resolver isso
  15. flippyjv
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    0/10 like the frames per second. The frames are awful. Graphics are terrible. Pokemon Legends Arceus was better in many ways.
  16. Comodoro
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Just unplayable. Full of bugs and glitches. When this happened to Cyberpunk they returned the money. This is just disgusting.
  17. MK11
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    2.8 is a little too high. No voice acting
    Bad frame rate
    Glitches that make Sonic 06 look stable
    Bad graphics

    Just the usual Game Freak laziness
  18. Luminer
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It's crazy how some people gave to this game 10 points. This game is unfinished, it's a shame. It's not even indie level quality.
  19. abeljr
    Dec 13, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Been a fan since day one but this game makes me angry on so many levels. Slow interface, disgusting graphics, framedrops from hell, boring and lazy Pokemon designs.. Beside all that the absolute worst thing is the Online Tera battles... Unplayable.. Cant even enter the battles and when you finally manage to enter the bugs and glitches destroys it. Game freak has gotten so lazy it's frightening. All I can say is.. Play something else.… Expand
  20. alexamauad
    Jan 15, 2023
    0
    sinceramente.. es el peor juego que he jugado.. decepcion total.. juego hecho mediocremente solo para vender.. mujeres musculosas.. viejos.. negros.. historia aburrida.. y en las batallas online los npc estan clonados.. ves 3 viejas iguales haciendote porras.. ridiculo.. juego pokemon desde la primera generacion.. amo pokemon.. pero esto fue una decepcion total..
  21. thompsonmelo
    Dec 28, 2022
    2
    And a worse game than the previous ones, the fight by turns remains the same without modifications that make the game more fluid, only now with at least 500 bugs throughout gameplay and fps in constant drops and more controlled Pokémons
  22. LMME097
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The glitches, the visuals and the overall experience was mediocre. Maybe if this gets patched the game would be playable and fun. For me, i cant believe an unfinished game released in this state. This is a serious downgrade from Legends Arceus. The overall designs of pokemon are really good tho!
  23. Hojgaard
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I didn't believe what my eyes told me, when I booted this game up. 2 Steps forward, 5 steps back. The visuals and the performance, are laughably bad. I cannot recommend this to anyone.

    - A hurt pokemon fan
  24. Jarack25
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    You've already seen 100 reviews of people complaining about the graphics, but is this game fun and an improvement upon the previous formula?

    Sadly, no. Removing Switch mode completely takes out the element of preparing for type advantages mid-battle because you will always take a direct and lethal hit from the advantage against your set Pokemon. I know the games were developed    You've already seen 100 reviews of people complaining about the graphics, but is this game fun and an improvement upon the previous formula?

    Sadly, no. Removing Switch mode completely takes out the element of preparing for type advantages mid-battle because you will always take a direct and lethal hit from the advantage against your set Pokemon. I know the games were developed simultaneously, but I do wish that some PLA elements were carried over. I don't want PLA 2, but after playing it, I realized just how good some of the ideas presented would be for the series as a whole, for both presentation and gameplay. (EX: There is a glowing beam of light telling you where to go as a Pokemon sits idle, with you needing to run into it for a cutscene to play. (Compare this to PLA just displaying a small signal on your map, with the cutscene beginning automatically once you enter the area.) The animation for things like battles, Pokemon in the wild roaming around, and the "Let's Go" action all felt off. It was a fun idea to sneak up on wild Pokemon and doge attacks that could cause them to fight you, forcing you to flee if you didn't want to fight those Pokemon. EV and IV training being streamlined were all great additions. I don't want game-overs, a genre change, or crafting systems; I want a shakeup of the formula and better presentation. Scarlet and Violet show glimpses of a good game before delivering more of Pokemon Sword and Shield with worse performance and glitches.

    I love this franchise, and I sincerely hope that these reviews reach the Pokemon Company's ears and that what they take away from them is "Give the developers time and hire help." rather than "Never try anything new again."     … Expand
  25. 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
  26. Flumazenil
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Really the worse Pokémon game ever. No story, no graphics, no exploring. Textures are poor and low quality, scenarios are empty and sad. The engine is really ridiculous, is not worth 60$.
  27. affus
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Very poor performance, lots of bugs. You could call this game as cybermon or pokepunk 2077 and it would be totally correct. It is a shame a professional reviewer gave 100 to this game just to appear at the top.
  28. Caged
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Legitimately the worst mainline pokemon game too date.. the new "power up" is just lazy, the performance is horrendous no matter where you are in the game, the elite four is all IN ONE ROOM that looks like a office.. it's a complete slap in the face from a multi-billion company to churn out this trash just because they know consumers will buy it regardless..… Expand
  29. SeanCena
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Bugs, glitches, bad animations, performance issues, empty open world, and bad designs galore. Don't buy this game for ANY reason, and even if you do, make sure to buy it used so The Pokemon Company doesn't make any money from you buying it.
  30. Vishapin
    Dec 20, 2022
    1
    Absolute hot garbage. Core gameplay is basically not changed and addition of open world only watered down whatever structure was still there after years of erosion. Besides extremally tired but ok-ish gameplay tho EVERYTHING in this game is just abysmal. People buying and thus supproting this bullcrap should be extremely ashamed.
  31. HisuEmil95
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    One of the worst gaming experience on Switch and the worst Pokémon Game.
    Low resolution, bugs, slow animations, unbalance, low fps ( 15 fps).
  32. nathan_L
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game doesn't even work. I expected more from the most profitable franchise ever. If you are planning to buy, use that 60 dollars for Elden Ring or God Of War: Ragnarok. And if you really have a hankering to play a Pokemon game, play any of the pre 2020 titles. You will surely get more technical brilliance playing those.
  33. DeanTheOne
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    Bruh, people are sleeping on this game. It's amazing, especially the official soundtrack. The gameplay's also really good. The only iffy part is the Pokédex, which is still really decent. Don't judge a book by its cover, even if it's got a laggy cover.
  34. SilegnangeliS
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Wow, what a lame game. I didnt fought you could get worst then Sword and Shield, especially after Legend of Arceus, waste of time, money and plastic.
  35. Chavamp
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    El juego no está terminado, lo vendieron muy apresuradamente y está roto, voy a ponerle un par de puntos por ser objetivo pero Nintendo NO debe sacar un juego en estas condiciones, merecemos respeto
  36. calikete97
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    El peor juego de Pokémon que he probado en mi vida en su lanzamiento. Deberían retirar el juego del mercado porque es una absoluta basura para la industria. Doy un 2 porque el diseño de los Pokémon nuevos son novedosos pero el juego es totalmente una aberración para el año en el que estamos.
  37. Fennekin1994
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This is a really terrible game, a lot of bugs, poor textures, repetitive animations and graphics. We are in 21st century… This is unacceptable! We need patch ASAP!
  38. Johnnythorpe198
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I keep trying to find redeeming features in these games, but I don't think I've truly enjoyed a Pokemon game since Black and White, or the Ruby Saphire remakes. Each game twists a little further away from the qualities which the original games captured so well. I've barely started this but it feels like it's half finished, a sparce open world which is empty of any charm, intrigue or fun.I keep trying to find redeeming features in these games, but I don't think I've truly enjoyed a Pokemon game since Black and White, or the Ruby Saphire remakes. Each game twists a little further away from the qualities which the original games captured so well. I've barely started this but it feels like it's half finished, a sparce open world which is empty of any charm, intrigue or fun. Packed full of bizzare features, world breaking loading screens and unrelatable characters. I'm sad to say it might well be the last pokemon game I buy.… Expand
  39. Joseolmos6491
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Muchos bugs, las texturas popean y son de baja calidad, las áreas abiertas están muertas, la historia aburrida, etc etc etc
  40. Furrian
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Diría que es un buen juego, metodos evolutivos nuevos, fácil perderse por el mundo, la jugabilidad entretenida, los modelos muy bellos pero tiene varios bugs y caidas de fps que pueden llegar a arruinar la experiencia. Cuando parcheen el juego sera de los mejores de la saga. Pero en este estado no puedo recomendar gastar 60$ por el.
  41. GameMultiverse
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Game is awesome and it is good the see how it grew into an open world...however, this time I am not forgiving such errors in performance of a company that has the resources to do it better...game is lacking of love, it seems that it has been seen as a temporary gold mine since fans have forgotten previous mistakes. NOT NOW, fans deserve quality for a full prize game! How come Xenoblade,Game is awesome and it is good the see how it grew into an open world...however, this time I am not forgiving such errors in performance of a company that has the resources to do it better...game is lacking of love, it seems that it has been seen as a temporary gold mine since fans have forgotten previous mistakes. NOT NOW, fans deserve quality for a full prize game! How come Xenoblade, The legend of Zelda, Monster Hunter can look abysmally better! I hope at least for another patch, fans deserve it, Pokemkn deserves it, the 9th Generation deserves it! Please … Expand
  42. azxozx
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever made, in terms of graphics and performance school project can be better than this game, outrageous how this cost $60!
  43. MisaBlader
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Another game to steal your money, do not invest in the game do not do translation or care about fans of the series, only in how much will profit in the end.
  44. Zjaczx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is bad optimitazion and bad reference graphics deberian de darnos lo que los fans se merecen… Expand
  45. Serbero
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de quePokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de que GameFreak se ríe de sus fans, que la franquicia de videojuegos mas rentable de la historia y que mas dinero a generado no sean capaz de lanzar un videojuego mínimamente aceptable me parece bastante lamentable.… Expand
  46. JRBissett
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Graphic fidelity and performance are atrocious. A massive step back for the franchise
  47. Mint11037
    Dec 13, 2022
    1
    Una completa basura de juego, bugs horribles, gráficos de Nintendo 64, diseño de Pokémon y personajes pésimo, y una historia aburrida y predecible.
  48. Rodrigobj
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Game is full of lagging and horrible scenery textures, its a shame paying full price for a game worst than any fan made.
  49. blaaksonic
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    this is a ****
    -Terrain glitches
    -Lighting glitches
    -Background glitches
    -Texture glitches
    The game can't run on stable 30fps despite its N64 quality level
    The pokemon models are good because they are made by Creatures Inc. and not by GF.
    **** ****
  50. Lebonjo
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance. Still no voice acting.They limited the clothes you can customize to 4 outfits that cannot be swapped or interchanged. And all for 60 dollars where you would expect a fair complete game. I pre-ordered this after a long time of not pre-ordering games for reasons like this. I should've known better.
  51. ratalamode
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Irredeemably bad. Game Freak's laziness knows absolutely no bounds and it's sad to see a franchise with such potential go this way.
  52. Matte0215
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    El juego como idea es bueno, pero falla totalmente en el desempeño técnico, lleno de errores, falta de calidad y detalle y otra cantidad de problemas que simplemente no se deben de perdonar. Es casi igual a los problemas de rendimiento de cyberpunk cuando salió al mercado.
  53. matiasarg09
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    the worst pokemon game, 15 fps, horrible graphics and too many bugs. Nintendo should stop hiring gamefreak
  54. cafa
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    2022 E pensi ancora che un gioco rilasciato in queste condizioni sia accettabile... Beh sicuramente hai 7 anni, E se ti piacciono i Pokémon non dovresti difendere un gioco rilasciato in queste condizioni. Ma dovresti spingere a game freek di fare un gioco decente con tutti i miliardi che fanno...
  55. realmccoyv2
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I love pokemon games and I have to say this terrible quality of Violet annoyed me so badly I created an account here to leave this review. Its laggy and glitchy and slow. I gave it 20 minutes and then stopped. I wish I hadn't spent the money on this.
  56. Adrianjohans
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. F#&ing horrible performance, how can you release this trash, **** game, **** conpany?!?!?!?… Expand
  57. lubo_
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game had (and still has tbh) a great potential, but GF wasted it so badly. The first Pokemon game in 100% open world, finally something different from what we've been offered so far and yet they made it so buggy and technically bad, that it's just killing my experience. It is not unplayable, but I'm far from enjoying the gameplay. In some scenes, characters on the first plan have +- 5This game had (and still has tbh) a great potential, but GF wasted it so badly. The first Pokemon game in 100% open world, finally something different from what we've been offered so far and yet they made it so buggy and technically bad, that it's just killing my experience. It is not unplayable, but I'm far from enjoying the gameplay. In some scenes, characters on the first plan have +- 5 FPS - seriously, Game Freak? To those saying "it's switch, it's understandable that it works poorly", please, play Monster Hunter Rise for like 15 minutes at least.
    If, considering the bad performance, graphics at least were good, I'd be more understanding, but even the visual aspect is lacking. Too bad, really.    … Expand
  58. melvingutierrez
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here the thing, the game have a lots of home works to do, they need to improve the graphic, something I feel or have the sensations that I’m playing a game in a emulator, when I summon a Pokémon I notice a issue with graphic or animation.

    FPS, my God Game Freak, it’s too hard to develop a game that can have at least 30FPS Stable? Come on you can do it better!

    Other thing that I think that they can improve is the NPC, they just have one line of dialogue, are the same NPC another another and another, in the same area you can seen the same guy or girl like a copy paste. It’s no too hard to put more variety. Games like assassins creed or Red dead redemption have a lots of NPC.


    Something that I can say that is a good step forward is the open game, yeah finally something in the correct way. But please you can do better grass please, try to contact with the developer of Zelda Breath of The wild, I’m sure that they can tech you how to create grass and enviorement. Finally the design or certain Pokémon, someone are good other meh. The world have a lot of animals that you can copy and put it into the game, and why the starter always need to be to smalls, why we can’t have started like a Taurus size? One more thing! Please add Audio chat!! What’s the problem to add an audio chat to party.. what’s is the porpuse of have adventure together with friends if we can’t speak each other??    … Expand
  59. ThePieMan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terribly performing, unfinished game. The environments are lifeless and boring. Game freak need a clean out and to hire some programmers that actually know what they’re doing.
  60. pilotkelson
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Okay, I can live with all the graphic issues... But game crashes are unacceptable, PERIOD. I lost hours of gameplay.
  61. Lifeissocool
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Sinceramente el juego me ha decepcionado bastante y después de pokemon leyendas arceus pensaba que este sería mejor pero nada más lejos de la realidad, el juego se ve bastante bastante feo y eso en 2022 hecho por una de las empresas más grandes como es pokemon conpany y ganefreak es muy poco aceptable. Pero esto es lo que pasa cuando tu juego te importa bastante poco y lo que buscas esSinceramente el juego me ha decepcionado bastante y después de pokemon leyendas arceus pensaba que este sería mejor pero nada más lejos de la realidad, el juego se ve bastante bastante feo y eso en 2022 hecho por una de las empresas más grandes como es pokemon conpany y ganefreak es muy poco aceptable. Pero esto es lo que pasa cuando tu juego te importa bastante poco y lo que buscas es ganar dinero, que creas un producto sin cariño rápido y sin acabar, y este es el resultado. Un juego mediocre que no esta a la altura a los demás juegos de la generación.
    Que conste, el juego me está divirtiendo pero después de jugar un rato u ver tantísimos bugs, bajadas de frames, texturas más feas imposibles no le puedo dar mejor nota.
    Para acabar y leyendo comentarios de gente q dice que no se puede comparar con otros lanzamientos como zelda o xenoblade, solo demostráis que os importa bastante poco que esta compañía haga las cosas fatal porque “pokemon”, gracias defender a una compañía a la que se la sudáis bastante fuerte y que os vende una basura sin acabar a precio de 50 euros, solo puedo decir que sois lamentables.    … Expand
  62. Drgo
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Buggy as **** seems less and less features on every game, the Pokémon company hasn’t even acknowledged it and it was the same on the previous game
  63. siummus
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    this game is garbage, full of bugs and glitches are present in minute-to-minute gameplay.
  64. Julian_Segarra
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game its just terrible, i dont even know where should I start. This game its an insult for the videogame industry.
  65. TheRealOnefr
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It's a joke what the Pokémon Company and Nintendo did, the game is just not finished and a joke for the year 2022 I just don't understand why Nintendo lets Game Freak do it that damages the reputation so much. But to be more specific: There have never been so many bugs in a Pokémon game, the graphics are a joke and so many performance problems are embarrassing for the greatest Francias inIt's a joke what the Pokémon Company and Nintendo did, the game is just not finished and a joke for the year 2022 I just don't understand why Nintendo lets Game Freak do it that damages the reputation so much. But to be more specific: There have never been so many bugs in a Pokémon game, the graphics are a joke and so many performance problems are embarrassing for the greatest Francias in the world. That was first my last Pokemon game I can only hope that they change something. A cheek at the moment and you can buy 1000 better games for the money.… Expand
  66. Maxtaker
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Low graphics, low fps a lot of space w/o any battle, in the last misión u have to walk around 20 min with nothing, the battles are fine but u have delay chossing ur attack, the picnic are ok, the story is super boring… Expand
  67. Marlonetcetera
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I just can't enjoy the game with those technical issues, I don't mind how the game looks or the glitches at all, but this performance is just unacceptable. Hopefully it'll get somewhat fixed soon, but knowing GameFreak, they probably won't. I'm really sad I cannot have fun playing this game. If not were for the technical issues, this could be my favorite game in the mainline series, butI just can't enjoy the game with those technical issues, I don't mind how the game looks or the glitches at all, but this performance is just unacceptable. Hopefully it'll get somewhat fixed soon, but knowing GameFreak, they probably won't. I'm really sad I cannot have fun playing this game. If not were for the technical issues, this could be my favorite game in the mainline series, but they are too many and too present to just overlook. So disappointed they are not at least as smooth as Legends Arceus.… Expand
  68. Cru78
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Gioco palesemente fatto di fretta, tutte le dinamiche introdotte vengono rese vane dal comparto tecnico grafico che fa veramente pena. Gioco open world dove non pensi nemmeno ad un giocatore che proverà a visitare case negozi ecc, e ti ritorvi incastrato in muri invisibili. È una mancanza di rispetto verso i giocatori
  69. Pietro12
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Al gioco serviva almeno ancora 1/1,5 anno di sviluppo, la meccanica del teracrystal ha un design di dubbio gusto, le dinamiche del game play sono puramente casuali, l’immersione è pari a 0, alcuni design nuovi sono anche buoni, ma i modelli 3d fanno pena, come gli ambienti del resto. Il gioco pokemon più brutto della storia, praticamente una truffa, ah, per avere una sensazione che vagamente ricordi quella di un Open World (ma vagamente) si deve prima avanzare nella trama e sbloccare tutte le Mount di Koraidon o Miraidon, in ogni caso anche se si potesse andare dove si vuole, a causa del livello degli avversari il gioco va comunque affrontato seguendo un ordine ben preciso.… Expand
  70. ArielJ02
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Visually, the game is very beautiful, but it has too many bugs and technical errors that make the game environment unplayable. This game does not do justice to previous generations and does not even do justice to the power of the console.
  71. Kurome_Kurogane
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Tal y como ha salido el juego se están riendo en la cara de la gente. Mal funcionamiento en general y bastante pobre en todos los aspectos. Va en buena dirección pero se merece un sabotaje por pensar que algo en estas condiciones es aceptable
  72. Megamnx
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Repleto de bugs se extraña la calidad de los juegos cada vez de mal en peor
  73. Tabish
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I'm sorry but until they patch this game it is getting 0 from me!! Such a massive step down!! Fully messy crash grab! 120 Billion franchise!!
  74. FixUp
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This game is quite frankly in a terrible state, major frame rate issues muddy textures that also pop in and out, npc's moving at 2fps andfalling through the map are just a few issues with this game, what makes it worse is that we have not heard anything in regards to fixes for the games its disgusting that companies can and do get away with releasing games that are clearly unfinished andThis game is quite frankly in a terrible state, major frame rate issues muddy textures that also pop in and out, npc's moving at 2fps andfalling through the map are just a few issues with this game, what makes it worse is that we have not heard anything in regards to fixes for the games its disgusting that companies can and do get away with releasing games that are clearly unfinished and near on unplayable.… Expand
  75. hyuugabrazil
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This game have so many problems. It feels like the pokemon company do not listening to the fans at all, what is not a surprise. The technical issues the lag in the game, and even the lazzy design with the pokemons. They spend more time creating a character design than a pokemon design.

    Open world? Yes everybody outside, no one can enter the houses.
  76. learpa001
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Constantes bug, falhas graficas, FPS de 1 freme por segundo.

    jogo lento, menus lentos, batalhas lentas técnicamente o pior jogo de pokemon que vi até agora e olha que jogo des do red tem tantas falhas técnicas que não consigo focar na historia o mutiplayer bem se vc conseguir logar certamente vai ter um npc andando no seu mapa, mas nada incrivel raids talvez seja a unica    Constantes bug, falhas graficas, FPS de 1 freme por segundo.

    jogo lento, menus lentos, batalhas lentas

    técnicamente o pior jogo de pokemon que vi até agora e olha que jogo des do red

    tem tantas falhas técnicas que não consigo focar na historia o mutiplayer bem se vc conseguir logar certamente vai ter um npc andando no seu mapa, mas nada incrivel

    raids talvez seja a unica intenção desse jogo    … Expand
  77. Isa_benja
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    El juego es muy bueno en cuanto a propuesta nueva para el mundo de pokemon y trae mucho nuevos pokemon interesantes pero el rendimiento es fatal los fps caen demasiado sobre todo en algunas zonas en concreto lo que arruina un poco la experiencia y ya estando en 2022 y que nintendo y game freak saquen un juego con un rendimiento así de deplorable no es aceptable.
  78. Reeshii51
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Game does not deserve a 76 it's a broken game and the sort is that boring this just justifies that Nintendo just love money and doesn't care about the quality of games
  79. AndyMacster
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Performance issues aside, the game at its core is a typical but more inspired mainline Pokemon game. However, the performance issues are so egregious that it's impossible to ignore how the game grinds to a messy halt so often it takes you and everyone around you out of any immersion possible.

    The only reason this best a 1 over a 0 is because Team Star is a really great rendition of a    Performance issues aside, the game at its core is a typical but more inspired mainline Pokemon game. However, the performance issues are so egregious that it's impossible to ignore how the game grinds to a messy halt so often it takes you and everyone around you out of any immersion possible.

    The only reason this best a 1 over a 0 is because Team Star is a really great rendition of a Team Rocket style "antagonist" which I like A LOT. Good stuff on that part.    … Expand
  80. marcovoltaire8
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Digamos que el juego es divertido pero es un horrendo martirio ver como a cada segundo todo se estropea. No deberíamos estar satisfechos con un producto con tan pésimo rendimiento que la base es buena pero es buena porque es Pokemon pero imperdonable el rendimiento, una lastima. Esperare a una posible actualización… Expand
  81. Ag4zz
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Il gioco in se non vale quanto costa, ha mille difetti e l'unico aspetto divertente è giocare online con gli amici, ma anche questo ogni tanto non funziona.

    The game itself is not worth the money, it has a thousand flaws and the only fun aspect is playing online with friends, but even that sometimes doesn't work.
  82. elmemeador12
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    el peor juego que he provado, es horrible, la peor cosa que he tocado en mi vida, simplemente preferiria quemarlo antes que devolverlo y que algun otro pibe pueda adquirirlo
  83. gian_pkr
    Dec 28, 2022
    0
    I love pokemon but the quality of the Game is really unacceptable: bug, glitches, framerate drops, bad graphics and animations. After this Game I will not buy pokemon games anymore cause I really dont trust the brand anymore. And the worst is that after month is not even fixed. So disappointed by Nintendo.
  84. OverlordEclipse
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    The game has multiple graphic glitches, including a decent amount of fairly common ones, lags all the time, the character movement is janky sometimes, the game is overall unpolished. Id say the thing i hate most is the legendary as it looks like its upposed to be a bike, they accentuate the aspects of it to make it look like a bike, and they have him walk around on all fours. If they wereThe game has multiple graphic glitches, including a decent amount of fairly common ones, lags all the time, the character movement is janky sometimes, the game is overall unpolished. Id say the thing i hate most is the legendary as it looks like its upposed to be a bike, they accentuate the aspects of it to make it look like a bike, and they have him walk around on all fours. If they were gonna make him walk they shouldnt have accentuated the tires because they just look bad.… Expand
  85. gigidagosto
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    it’s supposed to be a nintendo game on 2022? not only it looks 30 years behind, but it’s full lf bugs and problems and it has nothing good, plot, music, even the pokemon design this time isn’t on point as it always (at least that) was
  86. Dzk281
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Is a big piece of sh1t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sucks, it's broken in every way, frame drops in open places and they don't even talk about the bugs that make you fall into the void
  87. mambo60
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    thi game Is terrible under every single point of view.
    The caracter design of the Pokémon Is actually se single thing that i apreciate, the story Is awful and completely empty, the Word Building Is horrible, i've never seen a Word of Pokemon so empty.
    the NPC dialogue are terrible and the graphics looks like a game for Nintendo Ds. The new Pokemon introduced are strange bit i can deal with    thi game Is terrible under every single point of view.
    The caracter design of the Pokémon Is actually se single thing that i apreciate, the story Is awful and completely empty, the Word Building Is horrible, i've never seen a Word of Pokemon so empty.
    the NPC dialogue are terrible and the graphics looks like a game for Nintendo Ds.
    The new Pokemon introduced are strange bit i can deal with It, and most importante thing Is full of bugs, literally in everything, and It proves that the game Is incomplete.
    Gamefreak should review his next projects because, if they are going to continue this way , they will destroy One of the biggest franchise that ever existed    … Expand
  88. Snake5000
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    This game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this gameThis game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this game to be better I still have fun playing it but this is unacceptable for a $60 game game freaking and Nintendo can do better… Expand
  89. m2d2
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Terrible graphics, awful controls, not fun at all. A boring grind in an environment that's worse than FF10 was in 2001.
  90. Fati15
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Il gioco pokemon peggiore di sempre: grafica arretrata, bug e glitch e un gamplay legnoso
  91. Noshin
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Horrible framerate, glitches everywhere, lacking features (no clothing customisation ?? Come on !)... Need I say more ? This game is unfinished and a shame to the Switch. Game Freak shouldn't developping games anymore. Paying 60$ for this failure is a fraud. Don't waste your time and money like me.
  92. Anotheruser6
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    Demand more from AAA games. The visuals are some of the worst I've seen for a "AAA" game. The story is patchy and lackluster. Catching Pokémon is Legends Arceus is infinity better. What a sad excuse of a game.
  93. Rimuru12
    Dec 30, 2022
    0
    its like a cheep low buget game for how big Pokémon is and how much money they make the pokémon game should be some of the best games on the switch
  94. brianchanxyz
    Dec 15, 2022
    1
    One of the main event Tera Raid Battle is lag as hell, cant press any command as got attacked twice in a roll to death.
  95. BancaEliteGames
    Dec 21, 2022
    1
    Lots of bugs. It has no language in Portuguese, with Brazil being one of the biggest consumers of Pokemon.
  96. 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.
  97. 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
  98. metajol
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Dead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an expositionDead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an exposition dump followed by 'b line towards x for y, or b line towards c for d'. As someone who loves cooking systems in games, the sandwich mechanic and food animations are a lugie in the face treated as a snowcone. People praise the bland blorbo-bait characterization in this game, forgetting that the world of pokemon is meant to have character too.… Expand
  99. Frashure11
    Jan 1, 2023
    2
    Raids with multiple players are completely broken and frame rate drops below 30 regularly during normal play. I try to play raids with friends and every match we can’t communicate because each of us have different things going on in our games.
  100. 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
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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