Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. GamefreakGoAway
    Jan 3, 2023
    0
    This is one of Gamefreaks most uninspiring games. Lagg, slow gameplay, Glitches, Team star is just an copy paste, gyms arent even inside of the gyms, people keep interupting your traveling, no fun caves towers etc, Story = mid, map design and emptyness. Im a pokemon fan but this is the worst one of the games. Gamefreak and pokemon should be ashamed! I want the old games back not the open world...
  2. Jantarrago
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    Tremenda cagada 0/10 y zzz
    Una mierda, mapa vacío, un montón de bugs, gráficos de la Wii y bajones de fps
    Un mierda como una catedral
  3. YamiStef
    Jan 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sche*** Game. Ich dachte schon mit /SWSH oder Legenden Arceus ging es den Bach runter. Aber das??
    Benötigt keine Erklärung.    … Expand
  4. Matsu96
    Jan 19, 2023
    1
    This game is bland and unpolished, Sword and Shield were far better in terms of performance, graphics, and general Pokemon experience. I don't think adding an open world justifies such a lacking game from a technical point of view. Nothing feels natural, nothing is coherent, Just a bad and frustrating experience overall.
  5. Cassiop
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El peor juego de Pokémon. Mal optimizado, con unos gráficos y animaciones aberrantes. Un engaño al consumidor
  6. Michael-Kenji
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I really can not understand why Pokémon still have not portuguese language and japanese dubbing at least. When the game was made for nintendo 3ds was understandable. But here in Switch not.
  7. Azath12
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Los peores $60 dolares invertidos en mi vida, no se lo compren. Juego roto y una completa estafa
  8. 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.
  9. Inkazuma
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    El estado técnico en el que ha salido el juego al mercado es vergonzoso, se aleja mucho de los mínimos estándares del mercado y es un insulto a todos los fans de la franquicia, a todo comprador y a su propio legado.

    El juego está plagado de bugs de todo tipo, desde visuales hasta técnicos, todos apareciendo con muchísima frecuencia. Además la tasa de fotogramas por segundo es bajísima, a    El estado técnico en el que ha salido el juego al mercado es vergonzoso, se aleja mucho de los mínimos estándares del mercado y es un insulto a todos los fans de la franquicia, a todo comprador y a su propio legado.


    El juego está plagado de bugs de todo tipo, desde visuales hasta técnicos, todos apareciendo con muchísima frecuencia. Además la tasa de fotogramas por segundo es bajísima, a menudo bajando de los 15fps, y con muchos objetos y personajes de fondo moviéndose a tasas inferiores de los 5fps, incluso a veces aún estando justo al lado. A todo esto se le han de añadir múltiples errores y fallos de todo tipo; desde errores repentinos que cerrarán el juego (haciéndote perder el progreso no guardado), errores de iluminación donde prácticmente toda la pantalla aparecerá de color blanco, cegándote por completo, pasando por el que se pueda duplicar la velocidad de movimiento al conectar un segundo mando, hasta múltiples 'clipeos' por todos lados, problemas repentinos en los modelos y animación de los personajes... Y un largo etcétera que no voy a continuar, ya que solo hace falta iniciar el juego y jugar durante un rato para descubrir un puñado de errores más.


    Game Freak (o The Pokémon Company, quien esté al cargo de dar las órdenes) debe invertir mucho más en sus juegos, tanto dinero como tiempo, no es posible que una compañía con tanto patrimonio saque sus juegos en un estado tan deplorable, digno de un videojuego en sus primeras etapas de desarrollo.


    Como fan de Pokémon, y como ciudadano, espero que las asociaciones de consumidores y normativas europeas tomen cartas en el asunto y logren sancionar a The Pokémon Company por la pésima calidad técnica del título. En este estado es una estafa sin precedentes para todo comprador y una vergüenza para toda la industria y para el legado de la franquicia.    … Expand
  10. jetkser
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I bought the game for pokémon, everything sucks but the pokemon graphics also got worse and that was the only thing I bought this product for.
    I hate you game freak and I've bought every pokemon game for the past 20 years.
  11. k4lls
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Never got so disappointed in a game due to the overwhelming hype.

    How can such a top tier company be so bad at making games? I played the game for 5 minutes and encountered bugs, battle ui felt cheap. The game itself was boring in the first 45 minutes and couldn't get myself to keep playing. Pokemon Arceus is just way better and more polished. I will have to set the bar low for    Never got so disappointed in a game due to the overwhelming hype.

    How can such a top tier company be so bad at making games?

    I played the game for 5 minutes and encountered bugs, battle ui felt cheap. The game itself was boring in the first 45 minutes and couldn't get myself to keep playing.

    Pokemon Arceus is just way better and more polished.

    I will have to set the bar low for upcoming pokemon games is this is what is to be expected from gamefreak.    … Expand
  12. TheDude222
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I can't even play this game. Come the crap on Pokemon company and Nintendo. I can tell the devs have something really special here. Shame it has to get reception like this because of greedy corporations.
  13. Endymion_Var
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Que clase de juego es este Pokémon; lleno de Glich y bugs a más no poder.
    Esto es injugable, arruina la experiencia. Vamos Nintendo me estáis cobrando precio completo
  14. Catsup
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell. You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform. They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode. The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell.
    You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform.
    They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode.
    The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic in Arceus, here they went back to old style. Auto battle is clunky, often Pokemon runs past enemies.    … Expand
  15. Vitoriogs
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Game Freak and Nintendo are very lazy and greedy to release such a bugged and rushed game for this huge franchise. sword and shield weren't great games already, and enough is enough. It´s time to stop pitying the most valuable game franchise in the world, and acknowledge that pokémon games are just getting worse. graphics and performance suck, and nintendo switch is perfectly able to takeGame Freak and Nintendo are very lazy and greedy to release such a bugged and rushed game for this huge franchise. sword and shield weren't great games already, and enough is enough. It´s time to stop pitying the most valuable game franchise in the world, and acknowledge that pokémon games are just getting worse. graphics and performance suck, and nintendo switch is perfectly able to take care of much better open world games. i`ve drawn my line when they ruined the diamond and pearl remakes. Won't be buying a pokémon game so soon. Took my time to write this because i loved pokémon and i wanted it to be better, so frustrating to see the quality drop in every single release.… Expand
  16. Tgp22
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Jogo travado de mais e gráficos horríveis,personagem caindo em um limbo queda de fps,sem motivo pra isso game freak
  17. Billjunior22
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I can't believe that nintendo allowed gamefreak to release that Game as it is.

    We don't deserve this.
  18. sonoresmore
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Rendering is abhorrent. Besides the graphics and glitches, the game itself sucks. It's just text.
  19. Noctis89
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un asco con tanto bug. Pero ormux no está listo para esta conversación jajaja… Expand
  20. carucampos
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    História extremamente fraca, jogo inteiro rodando abaixo de 20fps, milhares de bugs, esperava muito mas se não resolverem esses problemas em patchs futuros vai ser o novo Cybermon 2077.
  21. lorenzope
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Con las prisas de GameFreak de sacar tantos juegos de pokemon en tan poco tiempo con el mismo equipo de personas es una gilipollez que repercute en los jugadores. Nos dan un juego con aspectos positivos, por supuesto, pero con una calidad ínfima que resulta en un juego roto y que en muchos aspectos se nota vacío y totalmente descuidado, último juego de pkmn en el que me gasto un solo euro,Con las prisas de GameFreak de sacar tantos juegos de pokemon en tan poco tiempo con el mismo equipo de personas es una gilipollez que repercute en los jugadores. Nos dan un juego con aspectos positivos, por supuesto, pero con una calidad ínfima que resulta en un juego roto y que en muchos aspectos se nota vacío y totalmente descuidado, último juego de pkmn en el que me gasto un solo euro, lamentable… Expand
  22. YuriIshida
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    O jogo em sim é o melhor da franquia, a evolução dos antigos jogos pro atual Scarlet e Violet é absurda. Porém o jogo lançou muito mau otimizado. Quedas bruacas de fps, serrilhado, bugs e etc. Mais de uma semana após o lançamento e não recebemos patch de atualização!
  23. vitaomg
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    No portuguese language??? Its a shame! No portuguese ..more than 10 years and no Portuguese language! Shamee!
  24. W0LF2612
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This product absolutely blows in every possible way. You reap what you sow.
  25. Keizrel
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    I've been a Pokémon fan since I was a child, the state of this game is unacceptable, the story is constantly being interrupted by stupid NPC, an open world that hurt my eyes and also the stupid amount of resources the game spits on your face like you were a 3 year child. I can't recommend you to play this game cuz it sucks, buy any digimon if you like taming little and adorable monsters.
  26. JeremyvT98
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    You can easily spot the difference between a game based on actual quality compared to a game based on bad marketing strategy. The latter one unfortunately compels to this one. It's a rubbish game, even the concept of 'terastillization' is just a joke. It's utterly too weird to be a good thing. I don't plan on buying any future pokemon again unless they add all 1000+ pokemon and supply theYou can easily spot the difference between a game based on actual quality compared to a game based on bad marketing strategy. The latter one unfortunately compels to this one. It's a rubbish game, even the concept of 'terastillization' is just a joke. It's utterly too weird to be a good thing. I don't plan on buying any future pokemon again unless they add all 1000+ pokemon and supply the game with post mainstory content.… Expand
  27. Coty72
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Totally unfinished. Company simply released it to make money. I honestly feel like this game is beyond a simple update to make it playable. If this is the new direction, his companies going, this might be the last game people have any faith in. I think they burned a lot of customers with this one.
  28. Litchee
    Dec 6, 2022
    3
    I cannot in good faith give this game a higher score, simply because its glaring flaws feel like a slap in the face of millions of dedicated fans. The game is ugly, outdated, clunky, glitchy, unfinished and overpriced. I still love Pokémon, but am finding it harder and harder to justify it.
  29. Pockeey
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Nintendo, what in the actual f... were you guys doing during the years you had to develop this unfinished, ugly disgrace of a game? Another game that was rushed and is unfinished product!

    Next stop Bugfield, Forza and Redfail
  30. 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
  31. TwilightWind
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Everyone who defended, apologized for, excused or otherwise allowed Sword/Shield to be the highest selling entries in the Pokemon series shares blame for how Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are. This utterly broken, buggy mess does not deserve to be placed in the same league as games I would consider a 2/10.
  32. Thegamedev
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    The game was filled with bugs and glitches and was poorly disgined the textures looked plan and the game ran at what looks to be 24 frames per second the story was average at best everything felt like a chore to play I do not recommend playing this game . If u want a good game to play with amazing story I recommend pokemon black and white or final fantasy or even something like elden ring
  33. Mogmog000
    Jan 24, 2023
    2
    Towns have little character and mini-games are boring.
    There are few attractive Pokémon.
    There are too few semi-legendary Pokémon and too few types of clothing.
  34. MoonSawyer
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I lost my flash pokemon three times. When I open the atlas. I almost went crazy.
  35. brenomarinho200
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The game really needs to be improved, it has a good story and a good direction but it is full of technical problems that cannot happen coming from a company like gamefreak and another thing the game does not have a language version in ptbr
  36. Kenshin0011
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Immediately upon starting the game is riddled with bugs that are not funny, but obtrusive and nearly ruins the gaming experience. Slowdowns in frame rate is constant, and there's stuttering at nearly all times.
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. ireinert
    May 2, 2023
    0
    the worst pokemon ever, really looks like a n64 game, game freak is sooooo lazy
  41. Ughduty
    Dec 5, 2022
    0
    The game is really badly balanced making it even easier than any other Pokemon game and most of them where already too easy. I don’t understand why they ignore players and again did not implement the possibility to change difficulty or even built in some Nuzlocke settings. Besides that even after the first patch the game is still buggy, foremost in the graphics department. Talking aboutThe game is really badly balanced making it even easier than any other Pokemon game and most of them where already too easy. I don’t understand why they ignore players and again did not implement the possibility to change difficulty or even built in some Nuzlocke settings. Besides that even after the first patch the game is still buggy, foremost in the graphics department. Talking about graphics, Pokemon and characters look good but most of the rest look at best mediocre. Landscape textures are sometimes extremely blurry and ugly. This game is overall the worst looking Pokemon game of all time at its time and I played them all! And don‘t get me startet with the story, it‘s as atrocious as it can get. It‘s the first time in a Pokemon game that I skip dialogues! Really unfortunate.… Expand
  42. answertoapple
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Game Freak & Pokemon CO. Are one of the most embarrassing figures in the game industry.
  43. Yijaaaaa
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    Aburrido y como siempre con gráficos de última generación! Nadie podrá superar estos graficazos, increible
  44. PablekeGG
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    Luego de 35 horas y haberme terminado la historia principal solo diré, muy entretenido juego pero una burla a nivel técnico, uns falta de respeto vender algo que fácil podría ser una beta, al menos un año de desarrollo le faltaba. Se destruye gravemente la experiencia de juego y espereramos que no vuelva a ocurrir, va por buen camino Pokemon, este pudo ser el mejor juego de la franquiciaLuego de 35 horas y haberme terminado la historia principal solo diré, muy entretenido juego pero una burla a nivel técnico, uns falta de respeto vender algo que fácil podría ser una beta, al menos un año de desarrollo le faltaba. Se destruye gravemente la experiencia de juego y espereramos que no vuelva a ocurrir, va por buen camino Pokemon, este pudo ser el mejor juego de la franquicia pero no merece mas allá de un 3… Expand
  45. eugenji
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    10 von 10 Game, wenn nicht ...
    - Low FPS
    - Spiel bleibt manchmal für 1-5 Sek hängen - FPS Drops/Stutter - mehrere Abstürze (vermutlich DER Grund, weshalb das Spiel ständig automatisch speichert) - der letzte Bereich kommt aus der Hölle. Leer, trist und PS2 Niveau, falls überhaupt - Glitches, vor allem im letzten Bereich. - Clipping Fehler - und noch soviel mehr Man kann mit    10 von 10 Game, wenn nicht ...
    - Low FPS
    - Spiel bleibt manchmal für 1-5 Sek hängen
    - FPS Drops/Stutter
    - mehrere Abstürze (vermutlich DER Grund, weshalb das Spiel ständig automatisch speichert)
    - der letzte Bereich kommt aus der Hölle. Leer, trist und PS2 Niveau, falls überhaupt
    - Glitches, vor allem im letzten Bereich.
    - Clipping Fehler
    - und noch soviel mehr

    Man kann mit Freunden spielen, wenn dann nicht...
    - es gibt keine Freundesliste
    - Man setzt auf ein Passwortbasiertes System, aber
    - man kann nicht einfach einer Session joinen. Man muss unbedingt bei einem Pokecenter sein und wird im Anschluss dann "irgendwohin" geportet
    - Ist mal die Verbindung weg (weil z.B. Pause gemacht, Absturz), dann kann man NICHT mehr in die alte Session rein. Diese muss abgebrochen werden und ... siehe oben.

    Geschichte
    - Neutral: Weder gut noch schlecht. Wie man es von Poki halt kennt

    Terakristallisierung
    - Neutral: da in weiten Teilen belanglos

    Fazit:
    2 von 10, weil die Musik ganz gut ist. Aber die Immersion (bzw. eher Spielspaß) leidet massiv am technischen Zustand des Spiels.

    PS: Hab ca 70h gespielt    … Expand
  46. troumouchis
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    The game creators were LAZY, open world feels empty and product feels rushed and unpolished. Also many pokemon are missing, so they will ask for more money when DLC comes out. Dont forget to pay monthly to use its online functions. Level curves are terrible, very inconsistent difficulty and theres no challenge. Only positive is that they try to get out of their comfort zone compared toThe game creators were LAZY, open world feels empty and product feels rushed and unpolished. Also many pokemon are missing, so they will ask for more money when DLC comes out. Dont forget to pay monthly to use its online functions. Level curves are terrible, very inconsistent difficulty and theres no challenge. Only positive is that they try to get out of their comfort zone compared to sword and shield trying to make some changes and pushing game to open world.… Expand
  47. warcraftrefund2
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Looks like an ugly GameCube game. The only good thing about this game is Nanjamo, otherwise Pokemon has completely fallen behind games like Genshin.
  48. Multality
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    Pessimia otimizacao do jogo, quedas de FPS, pokemons sumindo, Bugs para todo os lados, crash de jogo. E tudo isso custando 300 Reais. O pokemon Arceus e muito melhor que isso. Gamefreak nao sabe fazer jogos em mundo aberto.
  49. fullmooncow
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Pokemon should be a fun game where you sit back and relax after a day's long work. This on the other hand causes headache inducing stuttering and performance issues. Bugs and glitches on top of the low res textures is a huge turnoff. Their predecessor Sword and Shield didn't even look this bad. Player outfit customization is almost non-existent unless you count the accessories. I honestlyPokemon should be a fun game where you sit back and relax after a day's long work. This on the other hand causes headache inducing stuttering and performance issues. Bugs and glitches on top of the low res textures is a huge turnoff. Their predecessor Sword and Shield didn't even look this bad. Player outfit customization is almost non-existent unless you count the accessories. I honestly don't know how Game Freak and TPC let this pass the QA and to charge $60 for this health hazard is disgusting.… Expand
  50. ColdestCoronuh
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Game is unfinished and broken. The concept is great but the execution is terrible. This is not a small indie developer so this is not okay. Also annoyed they removed surprise trainer battles. Nintendo should be ashamed.
  51. neonoafs
    Dec 4, 2022
    4
    Problemas com texturas, quase não se vê pokémons selvagens, quedas de fps, animações horríveis... E muito mais.
  52. Zero7812
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Não tem nem como joga isso, parei antes do primeiro ginasio, de tão insuportavel que estava a performance
  53. Crane1
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    It's so broke i can not belive it. I tought pokemon sword was bad oh no i was wrong. This is cyberpunk 2077 lvl. And also its woke. It's woke and broke.
  54. Ramdanic
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game is so broken!!! Like omg, stop rush your games GameFreak! It's so lazy they should just give the rights for Pokemon Games to others. Imagine a Pokemon Game in Botw Stil.
  55. layon0072
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Es el juego de Pokémon con peor rendimiento, el apartado técnicamente se cae a pedazos, un sin fin de bugs, errores visuales y un popin bestial todo te carga en la cara, el juego necesita urgencia un parche.
    Gran oportunidad para mejorar su apartado pero perdida puderon retrasar el juego.
  56. MisterLapras
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    This game had everything to be good... but it wasn't. Bugs everywhere, pokemons with ugly design and mediocre story.
  57. Heavenlord
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    Too much bugs, this can’t be a release version, this is at least a good beta. Game freaks prefer sell a beta instead of taking care of their work. Just disappointed, in this state, just a waste of money
  58. Jian1001
    Apr 4, 2023
    0
    it's the biggest piece of d o gg s h i t

    skkkkkssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  59. Jack_Clinker
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Quite literally the worst pokemon game to date. It has great ideas but doesn't execute any of them well. The performance sucks and I've had it crash multiple times. The bi-annual release schedule obviously does not work with this franchise anymore with the amount of resources Nintendo and GameFreak are willing to put towards this IP
  60. Brunobr
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Sou um grande fã da licença desde o primeiro, mas infelizmente será o último jogo de pokémon que compro. O jogo está cheio de bug aliasing que arruínam minha experiência. As novas mecânicas são muito legais, mas infelizmente não consigo aproveitá-las por causa de como o jogo.
    Sejamos francos. Estamos falando da franquia de maior sucesso do mundo em um console portátil medíocre. Mas mesmo    Sou um grande fã da licença desde o primeiro, mas infelizmente será o último jogo de pokémon que compro. O jogo está cheio de bug aliasing que arruínam minha experiência. As novas mecânicas são muito legais, mas infelizmente não consigo aproveitá-las por causa de como o jogo.
    Sejamos francos. Estamos falando da franquia de maior sucesso do mundo em um console portátil medíocre. Mas mesmo assim, Witcher 3, Mario Odyssey e Breath of the Wild parecem bons, apesar da potência limitada. Por que esse jogo parece tão ruim?

    A codificação, meu deus. É, além do pokémon do tipo inseto, crivado de quantidades infinitas de insetos. Falhas no sistema de batalha, bugs no motor de iluminação, bugs na textura, bugs na câmera. A performance é tão ruim que andar pelo mundo superior parece que o ar é feito de cola. As taxas de quadros cairão fortemente. Os tempos de carregamento são muito longos, mesmo em batalhas entre os movimentos.

    Ainda não há animações de batalha como na era N64 Colosseum.

    Não há escalonamento de nível real e com a fórmula de mundo aberto + ataques, você pode ser dominado em algumas horas, tornando o resto dos eventos da história do jogo triviais.

    As pessoas pensaram que SwSh foi a pior tentativa 3D, mas Game Freak entregou e provou que eles estavam errados, esta é a pior.

    Este é apenas um vislumbre do que encontrei jogando por 40h (sim, eu gosto de sofrer). A Nintendo e a Game Freak precisam sentir que não podem mais se safar com esse baixo esforço    … Expand
  61. Wellruspez
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Jogo sem tradução para Brasil, e o jogo está cheio de bugs e mal otimização.
  62. william0204
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Pokémon don’t care about fans anymore. They care about meeting boardroom quota. As such, the technical aspects of this game are inexcusable for a gaming company of this size. Even if the problem lies on the technical capabilities of the switch, it is Pokémon’s fault for not compensating with optimisation, bug fixes, and even downgrades. The amount of lag I have suffered from in this gamePokémon don’t care about fans anymore. They care about meeting boardroom quota. As such, the technical aspects of this game are inexcusable for a gaming company of this size. Even if the problem lies on the technical capabilities of the switch, it is Pokémon’s fault for not compensating with optimisation, bug fixes, and even downgrades. The amount of lag I have suffered from in this game has made the gameplay feel slower than ever before. Like the game all you want, but this level of incompetence is inexcusable.… Expand
  63. Tbridge306
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Lots and lots of unfortunately wasted potential.
    Another year in the oven could have pushed this title to be the best pokemon game of all time.
  64. breakzoras
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Although the gameplay feels like a new pokemon game at last, the performance issues, glitches,bugs, stuttering, fps freeze or slowdowns make it a pain to playthrough, unless they fix this mess the game is simply a torture
  65. AmberCantus
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    In life, there's a common (and mostly right) consensus that opinions cannot be wrong. However, if there was such a thing as wrong opinions, the opinion of "Pokemon Scarlet is a good game" would be one of them.

    The game is immensely flawed from whatever angle you look at it from. Whether that's from the dupe glitch that's infinitely repeatable, easily performed, and takes about 15    In life, there's a common (and mostly right) consensus that opinions cannot be wrong. However, if there was such a thing as wrong opinions, the opinion of "Pokemon Scarlet is a good game" would be one of them.

    The game is immensely flawed from whatever angle you look at it from. Whether that's from the dupe glitch that's infinitely repeatable, easily performed, and takes about 15 seconds to do; the countless out of bounds glitches, unintended sequence breaks, and slowdown; the difficulty of getting into online battles with it taking more time than it did in the BW era; or the disappointment once you do with there being only one rng seed. Hell, even the MUSIC is bugged. The game is disappointing in almost every single aspect.

    As a long time fan of the series, I'm very familiar with the Pokemon Company's shtick of releasing a flawed, rushed game in time for the holidays because they know it makes them money. Knowing that, I set my expectations very, very low. The bar was in hell. And despite that being the case, TPC and Game Freak managed to somehow undercut those expectations by dodging the bar on the way down to hell, crashing through the floor, and finding some secret third place we've never heard of as a species before.

    Normally I'd try to give some credit when it comes to characters, etc, but I don't think TPC and Game Freak deserve it this time. The game is a dumpster fire. Do not buy. Do not let what anyone says here convince you to buy. By the way, in case you missed this warning and bought it on release, friendly reminder: nintendo is giving refunds.    … Expand
  66. Pijaaa
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me parece una falta de respeto sacar una beta porque el juego va fatal, en realidad a mi no me importan los gráficos pero dejar pasar esto seria imposible, en mi opinión el legend arceus le lleva una gran distancia a esta basura de juego… Expand
  67. Thumad
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Sbocchevole,
    Le persone non capiscono che sto "gioco" fa schifo.
    Non lo consiglio se volete un'esperienza di gaming bella.
    Rik sto gioco è una m****
  68. PetterLDP
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. jogo corrido mal feito mal acabado xoxo capenga anêmico, era pra ser um jogo de pokemon e virou um jogo de terror aonde você fica constantemente fugindo do fps estavel… Expand
  69. logi01
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    I think the key of the game is the story. Games also show stories with play. Well, the gameplay experience was very bad!(Bugs, Frame drops, Design, Action...etc)And the story is also very bad. They made open-world games but still force to play linear way.
  70. Fodeyay
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    It's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared toIt's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared to be greatly over-leveled. This takes away the feeling of "choose your own route" and trivializes any encounter as your team will most likely be way more powerful than your opponent's.
    The story had some good points, but the awful performance of the game, the constant glitches and the empty cities, terrible npc model animations and constant dips in framerate overshadow every good aspect that the game might have had. As a life-long fan of the franchise, this is definitely a step back.    … Expand
  71. Mamba3310
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    The only thing that I save are a couples designs of some creatures. The gameplay, the story, the dialogues, the characters and mostly the game design are totally trash. I love pokemon, but this time TPC have to look more to the quality instead of money
  72. Soliwhite
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    Game Freak this Game is technical a disgrace you don’t care about your consumers anymore!
  73. Buntekuhmachtmu
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    Underwhelming.. started actually really great and then the quality dropped harshly..
    So many glitches and bugs.. I am disappointed.
  74. GigaCritics
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    A bad unpolished game. bugs, glitches,graphics and fps drops make this game for me the worst in Frenchies.
  75. Adelson54
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    E sério Game freak?! Eu pedi um jogo melhor que sword and shield e me vem com um lixo desses? Depois não reclame se eu não investir meu dinheiro comprando seus jogos, 1 consumidor a menos pra vocês
  76. Marchez69
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    The graphic issues on this are ridiculous. Cannot go a few minutes without them popping up.
  77. Shirosan
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall the game was perfect. The new Pokémon were very cool and the open world feature was amazing. You can just catch all Pokémon if you want and it makes very much fun.
    But..
    The end of the story is the biggest **** I‘he ever seen. The complete game story is good but if you go to the secret fourth path you think wtf.
    You must go in a area were the music kills your ears and your eyes crushes because of the bad light filtres and so on.
    The story in the fourth path is pathetic and is not more than a generic sci fi **** story.
    The professor is dead and you must fight her AI to destroy a Time Machine she builds..
    Sorry but this is awful and very disappointing.
    This makes the complete game a mess.    … Expand
  78. SenninGo
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    A nintendo é uma empresa bilionária e possui muitos recursos para lançar jogos muito bons, porém nao é o que acontece neste jogo, há uma falta de respeito com o consumidor que paga um valor alto por um produto que se encontra incompleto e totalmente bugado, sem dublagem e legenda em português.
    Existem sim as novidades que são muito bem vindas mas por conta dos inúmeros problemas a gameplay    A nintendo é uma empresa bilionária e possui muitos recursos para lançar jogos muito bons, porém nao é o que acontece neste jogo, há uma falta de respeito com o consumidor que paga um valor alto por um produto que se encontra incompleto e totalmente bugado, sem dublagem e legenda em português.
    Existem sim as novidades que são muito bem vindas mas por conta dos inúmeros problemas a gameplay se torna algo cansativo e muitas vezes frustrante acontecendo muitas vezes do jogo fechar sem qualquer explicação.    … Expand
  79. doctorbruno
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrível, o jogo está muito mal feito. Uma vergonha! Isso é um crime com os consumidores.… Expand
  80. JamJamBinks
    Dec 5, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Open world - great. New designs suck. Think there's about 2 new Mons that are decent designs. Bugs galore (not the kind of bugs you'd expect in a Pokémon game though) and with no level scaling I finished all gyms and main line story with a level 80+ Gyarados. Most exciting part of the game was post game after the three main story lines but it was far too short. Feels incomplete.… Expand
  81. DexExplosion
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    Bad frame-rate. Misses button presses. Looks below average. Bland gym challenges. Good pokemon design. Missing features. Neat plot twist. Well below its potential.
  82. Nxtace190
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Fully expected this game to be bad, but not this bad. Graphics are at the level of PlayStation 2 games coming out in 2005, except the PS2 didn’t have framerate issues nearly this bad. Also, anyone notice there’s a slight delay after selecting anything? Seems like every time I press “A” to make a selection the game has to stop and think about it. Every battle. Every time the momentum stops.Fully expected this game to be bad, but not this bad. Graphics are at the level of PlayStation 2 games coming out in 2005, except the PS2 didn’t have framerate issues nearly this bad. Also, anyone notice there’s a slight delay after selecting anything? Seems like every time I press “A” to make a selection the game has to stop and think about it. Every battle. Every time the momentum stops. Constantly feels like I’m waiting, definitely wait til this game is patched before buying. If they patch…… Expand
  83. Jsteven
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    El dibujado del juego es horrible, los pokekom salen por montones no hay que hacer ningun esfuerzo pars buscarlos y salen practicamente los mismos todos los dias, eñ mundo no es realmente abierto hay pantalñas de carga en ciertos lugares, el mapa es horrible no tiene una buena estructura ni curiosidades para explorsr en el mundo abierto
  84. ZulianPlay
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...
    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida... Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...

    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida...

    Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a quantidade abusiva de bugs, o jogo roda a 1 fps em algumas partes... mano, ele não é um porte, ele é feito para um único console, não tem justificativa para isso, ainda mais em um console que roda o zelda brath of the wild...    … Expand
  85. Crissaegrimm
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever made. It doesn't value 60 dollar. It's totally a mess.
  86. Feanch
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    As a fan since the first game on gameboy, I'm really pissed by this game. It's litteraly a beta test. It's far from finished, and this metacritic score is a joke. Too many technical problems, bugs and low fps, there's a memory leak too. It's one of the worst game on the Switch, even previous Pokémon games are better than this one. It just deserves to be taken of eShop. Please, Nintendo,As a fan since the first game on gameboy, I'm really pissed by this game. It's litteraly a beta test. It's far from finished, and this metacritic score is a joke. Too many technical problems, bugs and low fps, there's a memory leak too. It's one of the worst game on the Switch, even previous Pokémon games are better than this one. It just deserves to be taken of eShop. Please, Nintendo, GameFreak and The Pokemon Company, take times and put some work in the next game.… Expand
  87. RR-Angels
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    the fps of everything further than 8 meters away from you drops to like 15-30 fps idk.

    I really love every single part of the pokemon serie but this one is the first one ever that really dissapoint me. The immersion of this game is really bad, the poke stations looks like 24/7 ai robot operated petrol stations The first city you enter fells really heartless made, as soon as you    the fps of everything further than 8 meters away from you drops to like 15-30 fps idk.

    I really love every single part of the pokemon serie but this one is the first one ever that really dissapoint me.

    The immersion of this game is really bad, the poke stations looks like 24/7 ai robot operated petrol stations

    The first city you enter fells really heartless made, as soon as you leave the main road, its just super poorly made, the textures are bad, the lineup of some of the buildings is bad

    skirts are missing.

    im not someone who gets super angry because of one of these little things, but theres just so much little things that i dislike on it that the game is just all in all super shabby, its still playable but i wont have nearly the same joy as on any other pokemon game.    … Expand
  88. BrVentura
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Jogo miseravelmente horrível! Já conheci um jogo bom do Pokémon, mas esse foi a pior coisa que eu já joguei. Além da empresa farmar em cima de quem é fã, não dá uma resposta sobre os acontecimentos de bugs e gráficos horríveis dentro do game, sem contar a localização que não tem pro Brasil. O básico é ter as legendas traduzidas na nossa língua.
  89. Jukainxx
    Dec 10, 2022
    0
    Abilty patch giving you ability to change pokemons ability back destroys many people spend time on previous games
  90. Kakashi45000
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Juste honteux.comment vouloir aimer avec des graphiques et des buts en veut tu en voilà sa serait un autre jeu à 60 euro il serait détruit il ne faut pas laisser passer sa en 2022 le jeu n'est pas aboutie et fini correctement.
  91. Gold_Lion
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Semplicemente un insulto per i videogiochi, pieno di bug, senza una trama (ma vabbè non c'è trama quasi in nessun gioco pokemon ), risparmiatevi i soldi.
  92. daffy1998
    Dec 11, 2022
    3
    Honestly, I’ve played the series since the beginning, and this is the worst game. It has a lot if good ideas, but it’s all done so terribly, and the performance issues are severe and ruin fundamental aspects of the game at times. This in addition to the continued cuts from previous games (like the national dex), makes these feel like major cash grab games. I came in wanting to like it, butHonestly, I’ve played the series since the beginning, and this is the worst game. It has a lot if good ideas, but it’s all done so terribly, and the performance issues are severe and ruin fundamental aspects of the game at times. This in addition to the continued cuts from previous games (like the national dex), makes these feel like major cash grab games. I came in wanting to like it, but they’re very poor games.… Expand
  93. Vxxid
    Apr 13, 2023
    0
    it's just **** the worst game I've ever played. **** Game Freak. It is not even worth 9 dollars
  94. Okdan
    Apr 28, 2023
    0
    **** trash, better play the og diamond and pearl bro. Or if you want to play comp just play showdown.
  95. dbegonja18
    May 16, 2023
    1
    Very bland. Nothing like arceus. Very glitchy seems rushed. The environment is boring.
  96. Jonnybravo222
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Man... Gamefreak needs to step it up big time. The world feels empty, the performance is the worst I've ever even seen. Just an absolute dumpster fire.
  97. Mrimaginary
    Feb 21, 2023
    2
    Most games deal in either/or. Either you can have great graphics, or you can have a huge world. Either you can have full voice acting, or you can have lots of dialogue, or a compromise with some Voice acting. On the other hand, modern Pokémon is: Neither.

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

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

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

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

    The good: The open world structure is nice, the narrative is more fun than most previous entries too. They have refreshed how professors, legendries and more fit into the Pokemon world. It's far behind other games still - Even games aimed at all ages - But there is some more thoughtful worldbuilding than previous entries. The formula works well with an open world and the 3 non-linear mission paths. It would not be hard to make this game fun and acceptable, and it would not be especially expensive or time consuming. But the technical issues and sheer sloppiness are just so distracting, it continually impedes any immersion for me. Like I said, every area feels like concept notes, not even a Beta state of the game. It literally feels like a free online game, but its full retail instead. Every step forward in terms of modernization seems to be a new low for GameFreak and Pokemon.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. HunterXJacob
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Game substance is moving in the right direction however it is just barely playable in its current state. This company makes too much money to release games in this state. Please game freak fix this game. It will be my last purchase otherwise.
  100. 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
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  1. Positive: 56 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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