Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 755 out of 3197
  2. Mixed: 290 out of 3197
  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. dancarvalhodev
    Apr 17, 2023
    1
    Ok I’m finish pokemon scarlet and … man my rating for the game is midle for bad (4 if I use numbers) Very bad graphics and optimation, not pleasure dex, very repetitive gameplay with frequent slow down and poor narrative
    Some moments I have fun but these moment was ofuscated by big problems. In the end I never play this game once and probably I’m not buy next games if gamefreak not correct    Ok I’m finish pokemon scarlet and … man my rating for the game is midle for bad (4 if I use numbers) Very bad graphics and optimation, not pleasure dex, very repetitive gameplay with frequent slow down and poor narrative
    Some moments I have fun but these moment was ofuscated by big problems. In the end I never play this game once and probably I’m not buy next games if gamefreak not correct your gaming development On my mouth only rest a bitte taste for pay for this absurd    … Expand
  2. lucasguerra2998
    May 11, 2023
    4
    If you are the kind of person who does not care much for performance, you should read my review.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I do not recommend you to buy this game at whole price, it is a ok experience worth something, but not the full price.    … Expand
  3. JoeSnickens
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    the graphics look like dogwater and it's basically the same thing as sword and shield with a goofy ahh new mechanic (terrastilization) and some goofy new pokemon. I mean pokemon really only 2 games: mainline and legends arceus. The game sucks.
  4. Shuckle
    May 14, 2023
    4
    I love Pokemon, I’ve been playing it all my life, and I’m definitely a bit biased by that. This game is definitely going in the right direction (with the fully open world), but it’s just not executed well. No game should crash, let alone one this expensive, and this game has crashed out on me several times during normal gameplay. There’s also a LOT of bugs, some have been patched, manyI love Pokemon, I’ve been playing it all my life, and I’m definitely a bit biased by that. This game is definitely going in the right direction (with the fully open world), but it’s just not executed well. No game should crash, let alone one this expensive, and this game has crashed out on me several times during normal gameplay. There’s also a LOT of bugs, some have been patched, many have not. I love Pokemon, and I do love this game (as a Pokemon fan), but as a gamer, this is just poor execution by the developer. I’m genuinely surprised this game passed the internal QA process prior to release (how?).… Expand
  5. honkailoser
    May 28, 2023
    0
    bo ditemelo voi.. ........................................................................................
  6. Alcaman
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    You had 1 job , one ! deliver the product in a finished state , i guess beta testing is not important before launching games nowadays , THIS is the prime example of a company going from 0 to hero and 0 alll over again , i'm just gonna stick to what went wrong here and why a rating of 2 is very lenient , aren't you ashamed of selling an exclusive title at full price that is not workingYou had 1 job , one ! deliver the product in a finished state , i guess beta testing is not important before launching games nowadays , THIS is the prime example of a company going from 0 to hero and 0 alll over again , i'm just gonna stick to what went wrong here and why a rating of 2 is very lenient , aren't you ashamed of selling an exclusive title at full price that is not working properly ? i know it's a game for kids , but do you have to be so predatory ? there's a lot of people that will defend this YES there's new pokemon and new mechanics and a new map , but the game is so poorly optimized that we can't enjoy it ! not to mention the random crushes , random bugs.. EVEN BUGS THAT DELEVE YOUR SAVE DATA , NINTENDO! do you have any idea what it means to lose all your save data of 450+ hours ??? UNACCEPTABLE ! i can't even do my EV training at caseroya lake because the fps drops bellow 5 !!! have you try battling in water ? also why remove the shiny sound and sparks ? this game is a step back from legends Arceus , absolutely disastrous and unacceptable , do better or give the IP to a studio that can manage porting a **** 3D game on switch , take a lesson from Retro studios of what quality is !!!!… Expand
  7. TTTE
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    I really wish I could say I liked this game because I do like pokemon it's just that Gamefreak's quality of work has gotten so bad that it is just not excusable anymore.
  8. Snowbell
    Jun 26, 2023
    4
    As a pokémon fan since the GBA era, I continue to get disappointed by the newer releases, but this seems especially bad on the Switch.
    I'll admit, I enjoyed playing this game at first. The open world felt fresh and full of potential when I started, but the first problems arose when I entered the first big "city". A city where there are no houses to enter, only a handful of shops to    As a pokémon fan since the GBA era, I continue to get disappointed by the newer releases, but this seems especially bad on the Switch.
    I'll admit, I enjoyed playing this game at first. The open world felt fresh and full of potential when I started, but the first problems arose when I entered the first big "city". A city where there are no houses to enter, only a handful of shops to "enter" and a school you can actually walk around in. This may seem like a minor thing, but it makes the world feel so much less interesting. Moving on, the story is actually pretty decent, even the rival is actually done well. Up to the league, the gameplay experience doesn't
    change much which is fine, it's still pokémon, but then we enter the "endgame".

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

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

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

    I can only hope. once again, that they learn from this.    … Expand
  9. Swirbl
    Jul 16, 2023
    3
    You already know how people think about this game, and I'm just here to approve it. It's poorly made and so on. Please rethink it if you are planning to buy the DLC and buy yourself something useful instead... The final battle was neat, though.
  10. Dradkol
    Aug 23, 2023
    4
    As a Pokémon fan since 1996 ( Pokémon Red first Game ), I began to disaffect myself from the saga as the games began to become increasingly immature, repetitive and therefore boring starting with Pokémon X/Y.
    The level of immaturity and qualitative degradation has reached such a point that I have been forced to stop buying Pokémon games.
    These two chapters: Pokémon scarlet and violet are    As a Pokémon fan since 1996 ( Pokémon Red first Game ), I began to disaffect myself from the saga as the games began to become increasingly immature, repetitive and therefore boring starting with Pokémon X/Y.
    The level of immaturity and qualitative degradation has reached such a point that I have been forced to stop buying Pokémon games.
    These two chapters: Pokémon scarlet and violet are horrid games, both for the level of quality (very low) and for immaturity. Avoid them like the plague.    … Expand
  11. kthonik
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    The performance of this game is appalling. It's almost as if Nintendo knows anything with the Pokemon name is going to be a hit, so they don't even try. Definitely 2 steps backward from sw/sh
  12. Ramoscello
    Aug 16, 2023
    3
    Bad graphics, bad animation, no voice acting, lags, bad story, repetitive, bad open world, bad quest, the only decent part of this game is the lore, the rest is terrible
  13. gignokumle
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games then solo developers.
  14. Impe97
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    People that vote good have serious problem, that game its almost a scam and a ruin for pokemon, like all the pokemon switch games
  15. crebilosvaldo
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game sucks i dont like it i think its smelly bad and the fos drops even more then my grades did when i got in college… Expand
  16. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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