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. Videogamer7800
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    The newest scam by Gamefreak shows us all just how bad they are at making games. Between more cut Pokemon and features, glitches galore, and frame rate worse than Skyrim with 1000 mods on an old PC, this just proves that the devs don't care anymore because they know most suckers will buy no matter what they put out. I haven't bought a Pokemon Game since the early 3DS era, and I am betterThe newest scam by Gamefreak shows us all just how bad they are at making games. Between more cut Pokemon and features, glitches galore, and frame rate worse than Skyrim with 1000 mods on an old PC, this just proves that the devs don't care anymore because they know most suckers will buy no matter what they put out. I haven't bought a Pokemon Game since the early 3DS era, and I am better off. I played Pokemon Scarlet on a friends system for a little over 3 hours, and I have experienced some bugs that I didn't even know were possible. Be smart and don't buy this garbage… Expand
  2. VyseHD
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    hell what is this? i only played violet but after i watched reviews i saw its like the same game? yes i cant recommend it too
  3. Willborba
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Lazy work by Game Freak. The game is riddled with technical issues and bugs that greatly hinder the experience.
  4. Guipadoa
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    o jogo ta cheio de bug, nn tem em pt br, o jogo tem um grafico horrivel mesmo para outros hogos do nintendo switch
  5. kiji
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo horrivel, a Game Freak está matando a cada jogo mais a franquia pokemon, sem contar historia estremamente fraca, designer cada jogo pior, pokemon emerald de game boy ganha facil dessa porcaria ai, sem contar que a nintendo não gosta de brasileiros e nunca lançou uma tradução para minha lingua, preconceituosa e xenofobica.… Expand
  6. Tiangson07
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Je suis désolé mais vendre un jeu tout bonnement pas fini a 60€ n'est pas acceptable. L'expérience de jeu, qui est je trouve assez solide dans ses bases, se retrouve pour moi totalement gaché par les problèmes techniques (lag, glitch, framerate, etc). Non seulement ça, mais c'est moche, la résolution est aux fraises (plutot les textures).
  7. YiHSY
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    這是我玩過系列作中最差優化的作品，低劣的貼圖、非常誇張的卡頓、超級差勁的戰鬥視角，我不敢相信這是一款全世界超級賺錢的遊戲公司所推出來的產品，遊戲性雖好，但缺點大到影響遊戲體驗了，非常失望。
  8. WallCrouton
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    There's no excuse for a AAA company to release something that performs this poorly. Graphics be damned, NPCs right next to you should not have such low LOD. A sloppy game made by a greedy company. Buggy and lazy. Skip this one.
  9. the4ears
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    该作品延续了一贯的低级制作水准，但即便画质、音效、光影渲染等如此弱的情况下帧数也一样不到25，卡顿也是家常便饭。满屏锯齿、作呕的贴图、贫瘠的音效、弱智搬的UI、敷衍的地图编辑、僵硬的动作设计、这是2022年吗？这样一部旷世烂作还有人在屎里陶金，你们是没玩过游戏还是好欺负？这么多年下来，只能说GF没职业道德。该作品延续了一贯的低级制作水准，但即便画质、音效、光影渲染等如此弱的情况下帧数也一样不到25，卡顿也是家常便饭。满屏锯齿、作呕的贴图、贫瘠的音效、弱智搬的UI、敷衍的地图编辑、僵硬的动作设计、这是2022年吗？这样一部旷世烂作还有人在屎里陶金，你们是没玩过游戏还是好欺负？这么多年下来，只能说GF没职业道德。
  10. Fweb34
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Arceus took mamy steps forward into the world of open world pokemon that created a smooth, fast paced, and incredibly fun experience. I couldnt wait until I played the new main line game that would take the lessons learned from Arceus and bring them into a main line. Enviros were still low quality and hollow feeling like in Arceus and every awesome QoL improvement and open world mechanicArceus took mamy steps forward into the world of open world pokemon that created a smooth, fast paced, and incredibly fun experience. I couldnt wait until I played the new main line game that would take the lessons learned from Arceus and bring them into a main line. Enviros were still low quality and hollow feeling like in Arceus and every awesome QoL improvement and open world mechanic that was good in Arceus was either gone or done really badly. Movement is terrible, game looks terrible, cant go in buildings, city is unlived in and ffilled with the same weird sandwich stores pasted around.

    Really just such a low effort attempt at a game that it isnt even funny    … Expand
  11. SammyHauguth
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    I had so much fun Friday and Saturday. But now, It's impossible to catch Pokémon, the Pokémon are in level 17 and I can't even use Ultra balls to catch them, I wasted almost all balls I had, and Ultra Balls ain't CHEAP! And they just brake free all the time, I always get the Pokémon I want to catch to 1 HP, but that ain't working. So am already started to just stop playing this **** game...
  12. Mogki
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Everything is destroyed by how poor this game runs and how many bugs I've encountered already in the first region. The only reason I thought to put up with any of it was the hopes of playing co-op with friends but even that is a wet slap in the face not expanding on any of the mechanics from SwSh, you can see each other and help with overly easy raid battles but that is it; You can't helpEverything is destroyed by how poor this game runs and how many bugs I've encountered already in the first region. The only reason I thought to put up with any of it was the hopes of playing co-op with friends but even that is a wet slap in the face not expanding on any of the mechanics from SwSh, you can see each other and help with overly easy raid battles but that is it; You can't help with a friend who might need help with a battle or harder wild pokemon. Right now it's a HARD miss if not a refund.… Expand
  13. HellGateVI
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    A disappointment as always. I gave Sword/Shield a pass but not this garbage... even Wii or Wii U game are more technically amazing! Kind of hard to understand how it is like that when then milk the franchise like savage from years now.
    How can some people give the game a good score ????? Aren't you tired of getting garbage for your money ?????
  14. Kingsvell
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Be careful with fan reviews. They're not being honest... The game is almost unplayable. The open world concept is good, the gameplay overall is ok. But, everytime you`ll have performance issues that completely kills the experience! Large shutterings and fps drops hitting less than 10 fps. BOTW, game from 2017, has incredibly better performance than Scarlet. The game is fun, but itsBe careful with fan reviews. They're not being honest... The game is almost unplayable. The open world concept is good, the gameplay overall is ok. But, everytime you`ll have performance issues that completely kills the experience! Large shutterings and fps drops hitting less than 10 fps. BOTW, game from 2017, has incredibly better performance than Scarlet. The game is fun, but its difficult to digest those issues. Its unaceptable a company release a game that only have 2 chipset to build of (Switch Lite and Switch V2/Oled).… Expand
  15. Kaerix55
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Even if you ignore the terrible technical performance, there are so many design choices in this game that is a clear sign of a lazy, stagnated direction (dexit, simple options removed from last games and LAUGHABLY easy gameplay with no difficulty setting). Please don't waste your money on this.
  16. Alarik17
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    You got to be kidding me with the critics reviews on this game, fr they need to give more time to the games to come out.
  17. iamvaro
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Embarrassing product for the Nintendo brand.

    任天堂ブランドの恥ずかしい製品。
  18. Excamur
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    I don't understand why they removed the good decisions of Leyends: Arceus. I WANT TO CATCH POKEMONS WITHOUT ENTER IN COMBAT. I WANT TO THROW THE POKEBALLS. Please Game Freak, do it. The transitions and this way of play is NOT good.

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

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

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

    I think that the game is rushed, this needs at least 6 months more of developing. I really hope that in the next game they use the good mechanics present in Arceus, the Anime style and a good performance.    … Expand
  19. Vilmort
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This game is a really cool way to make a Pokémon game taking what they learned from "Pokémon Legends: Arceus" and fitting it into a normal Pokémon Mainline Game. Problem is they also kept the bad and unfinished environments and Lighting that "Arceus" had. Not only that, they also made this game buggier and laggier than any other AAA Switch Game.
  20. unloso
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Es una verguenza en el estado que sacaron el juego. Lleno de bugs, caidas de fps constantes, cierres del juego que te hacen perder la psrtida. Un desastre
  21. kapitan_becks
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Technical issues that makes the experience awful, this game needed more development time.
  22. Ez4P3eterr
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Bad optimization, coop is almost unplayable due to bugs, and in 2022 we dont have Portuguese Subtitles
  23. MorkusBorkus
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    I think Gamefreak needs to go back to 2D pixel art. Clearly 3D is too much for them to handle. It's a broken buggy mess that looks terrible and plays worse. Don't waste your money.
  24. Sunnycide
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    It's not worth your money, just get something else like a nice diner or whatever
  25. TheEntrenador
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Unfinished. Bugs everywhere. No history. It's not even possible to interact with NPCs anymore. Game Freak has outdone themselves this time with this mediocre game.
  26. RudyCecilia
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Don't support GameFreak and Pokemon Company for making a game this bad. They get a 77 by 'critics' because it's a Pokemon game. It's a technical mess, the story is laughable. Who cares if they 'made an effort at a good game', THEY SOLD THIS GAME AT AAA PRICE DESPITE IT'S UNFINISHED STATE. Don't support them for releasing a buggy game like this.
    'It's a great game if it didn't have    Don't support GameFreak and Pokemon Company for making a game this bad. They get a 77 by 'critics' because it's a Pokemon game. It's a technical mess, the story is laughable. Who cares if they 'made an effort at a good game', THEY SOLD THIS GAME AT AAA PRICE DESPITE IT'S UNFINISHED STATE. Don't support them for releasing a buggy game like this.
    'It's a great game if it didn't have performance issues' - exactly. It has performance issues, so stop giving it high reviews for what it isn't.

    It's just an overall horrible game.    … Expand
  27. shikasar
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far. As much as we love    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far.

    As much as we love Pokémon, we hate Game freak's complacency in recent years.
    Pay more attention to technology, Game freak.    … Expand
  28. mamixiao
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 第一次玩宝可梦的作品感觉不到女主的可爱，游戏满屏狗牙还充斥着各种身体穿模，视角穿模，这简直不像一款打磨了3年的游戏。音乐，UI，本土化翻译全部都在退步，GF简直就是把摆烂两个字写在了脑门上。总之我不会推荐任何一个朋友购买朱紫。这种质量的游戏都能破千万销量，我真的是会心疼那些用心好好做游戏却不叫座的游戏工作室… Expand
  29. Mrang
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Es un juego repleto de muy buenas ideas innovadoras para la franquicia, pero terriblemente ejecutadas en un juego mediocre cuyo desarrollo apresurado dejo un nucleo jugable vacío y sin alma, Plagado de Bugs, un terrible rendimiento y un apartado gráfico y Artístico deplorables, de lo peor que ha tenido la saga y viendo otros juegos en switch este gráficamente parece un juego para androidEs un juego repleto de muy buenas ideas innovadoras para la franquicia, pero terriblemente ejecutadas en un juego mediocre cuyo desarrollo apresurado dejo un nucleo jugable vacío y sin alma, Plagado de Bugs, un terrible rendimiento y un apartado gráfico y Artístico deplorables, de lo peor que ha tenido la saga y viendo otros juegos en switch este gráficamente parece un juego para android del 2015… Expand
  30. rappaport
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    The performance issues with this game are inexcusable. Frame rates that come across more like a slide show and the stuttering anything in the background. Horrible pop in as you run and low res textures make this seem like its from 2-3 generations back rather than made in 2022. Its impossible to excuse the performance when games like Xenogears performs and looks amazing.
  31. JulioMadeira
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Certainly Pokémon is too big a franchise to be left in the hands of GameFreak, it is certain that the company does not have the capacity to create something beautiful and functional at the same time. A pity because Pokémon SV has everything to be a very good game.
  32. MVILLANEZ
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute trash, and a scam.
    Its embarrasing how a $60 game can be this badly done, poorly executed and perform so SO BAD.
    Dont buy this game.    … Expand
  33. Muesli
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Shallow empty world mostly filled with lag, bugs and glitches. Embarrassing to release a game that looks and runs like on N64 from the highest money grossing franchise in the history. Do not buy!
  34. Mrdurd3n
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Une bouillie technique infâme indigne de la switch, des graphismes d'un autre temps avec des textures qui sans exagération étaient déjà plus jolie au début des année 2000, des bugs et glitch en tout genre, Ce jeu n'est pas terminé mais on le sort sans report, sacrifié sur l'autel sacré du marchandising.
  35. Pj985
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game is absolute trash, gamefreak is somehow able to downgrade everything from legends arceus. Performance is worse, a lotta frame drops. Pokemon design, as usual, trash. Graphics looks like it came from PS1. Texture are blurry. World design is really uninspired. Gameplay is a literal downgrade, can no longer catch pokemon without fighting, pokemon aren't agressive anymore, no alphaThis game is absolute trash, gamefreak is somehow able to downgrade everything from legends arceus. Performance is worse, a lotta frame drops. Pokemon design, as usual, trash. Graphics looks like it came from PS1. Texture are blurry. World design is really uninspired. Gameplay is a literal downgrade, can no longer catch pokemon without fighting, pokemon aren't agressive anymore, no alpha pokemon, lock-in is janky af. Glad I refunded it.… Expand
  36. Rakounne
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I'm a very huge fan of the license since the first, but sadly it will be the last pokemon game I buy. The game is full of bug, lag and aliasing that just ruin my experience. The new mechanics are really cool but sadly i can't really enjoy them because of how ugly and laggy the game is. Please Gamefrek take your time to finish game properly.
  37. PhelippeHero
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    me as a fan of the franchise, I feel sorry to see the game freak destroy every year that passes such a beautiful game
  38. MaaniGold11
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo mal polido e queda de fps constantes no mundo aberto, falta de tempo pra ser lançado deveria ter sido adiado pra dezembro… Expand
  39. SonicSerbia
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Embarassing production values for such a huge and reveered franchise. I'm not sure how Nintendo allows this for their close partner.
  40. krythix
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Pokemon Scarlet is an unoptimized and half baked game that clearly needed more time in development. I can't help but feel that Nintendo/Gamefreak rushed this game out pre-maturely to slot it in with the holiday sales window for 2022 when it clearly needed to be delayed. The game targets 30 FPS but often fails to achieve that with frequent glitches and dips into the single digit framePokemon Scarlet is an unoptimized and half baked game that clearly needed more time in development. I can't help but feel that Nintendo/Gamefreak rushed this game out pre-maturely to slot it in with the holiday sales window for 2022 when it clearly needed to be delayed. The game targets 30 FPS but often fails to achieve that with frequent glitches and dips into the single digit frame rates. I attempted to catch a Psyduck only for pokeballs to glitch through the ground and the camera angles to show a 'black' zone outside the bounds of the map. Nintendo slowly chips away at the 'Nintendo seal of quality' with each modern mainline Pokemon game released these last 5 years. Nintendo has shown their hand and they are more than willing to sacrifice on quality to make a quick buck at player's expense. Cannot recommend this game in good faith unless it recieves considerable patches to improve performance. I criticize the game so harshly because i care deeply about this franchise and want to see it improve into the game fan's truly deserve.… Expand
  41. asdfgrand
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Nothing to praise, Pokemon now is synonym for terrible quality game. No optimization, no actual "non-linear" gameplay, no Natdex back, no great post game, not even well designed new Pokemons, only some gross ripoffs from Digimon, Megaman and Minecraft.
    I can not believe GF could make something worse than BDSP. The dev team should hang themselves, shame on those retards.
  42. Ambimunch
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    This fanbase didn’t learn their lesson with SwSh and supported Gen 8 so well that we got an even worse Gen 9. The game is unplayable. It’s buggy, glitchy, crashes and performs very poorly. It also cut many features of older games for no reason. Is this what modern Nintendo quality looks like? I’m giving it a 1 instead of 0 because at least the “direction” into the open world game design isThis fanbase didn’t learn their lesson with SwSh and supported Gen 8 so well that we got an even worse Gen 9. The game is unplayable. It’s buggy, glitchy, crashes and performs very poorly. It also cut many features of older games for no reason. Is this what modern Nintendo quality looks like? I’m giving it a 1 instead of 0 because at least the “direction” into the open world game design is a good one.… Expand
  43. VsaucciFlipFlop
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    There is NO reason for a multibillion dollar company like Nintendo to be selling a $60 product with as many issues and flaws as this game does. It is fundamentally broken in almost every single aspect. Do not purchase this game.
  44. Gluca004
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game would be a 9, but the technical sector suck, this game costs like GOW are you kidding me? Just take more time to do the game! Do a patch now or im not buying any pokemon game again. Please tpc and gf the story idea for this games was so cool, why you have to destroy everything all the time. Final battle was fantastic! Why cant the entire game be like it… Expand
  45. Sam80316
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The hardening is very poor, there are many bugs, it is basically a semi-finished game, the FPS of the 2077 copy is very unstable… Expand
  46. blueThunder00
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I've been a fan of the Pokémon franchise from a while (more than 20 years) now.
    This game is just unacceptable.
    I could have accepted the perfomance issues, the glitches and the bugs if the game was actually fine. However the open world is a dead and empty huge map with nothing to do. Dungeons are a joke, they are just go from point A to point B. You cannot even explore cities and    I've been a fan of the Pokémon franchise from a while (more than 20 years) now.
    This game is just unacceptable.
    I could have accepted the perfomance issues, the glitches and the bugs if the game was actually fine.
    However the open world is a dead and empty huge map with nothing to do. Dungeons are a joke, they are just go from point A to point B.
    You cannot even explore cities and villages, as you cannot enter in most of the buildings and the shops are just UI menus copied and pasted all over.
    No fun, no challenge, poor performance, bugged as hell. I won't buy Pokémon games anymore if this is the quality they propose.    … Expand
  47. megayadoran
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This game just doesn't feel finished. GameFreak did an incredible job with PLA. They had us wondering what they could truly pull off with a 3D game if given proper feedback, but now it seems like they've taken a step back in every way possible.
  48. Supercarrozzato
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Really bad technical condition. Graphics make even my dog ​​cry. I hope one day they can fix this with a patch.
  49. Benjaminavon
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I’m not gonna go in detail because all that can be said has been said already.

    One word: unacceptable.

    It’s 2022. Biggest franchise in the world. First party triple a game. How is this even happening?

    If the issues get fixed - easy 8/10

    But at this state? 1/10.
  50. Sanyrro
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Although the content is engaging and the game doesn’t think we’re 5y old, the glitches, bugs and graphical performances are even worse than Sword and Shield. If TPC can’t cheap out on one part, they will do it on another and it shows every time. It’s the same old story, but give your developers more time, support and recourses to make the games.
  51. FishRepairs
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    Steps forwards and steps backwards. Its alright in its current state but could be much better.
  52. LeGabrielUrbano
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game tries to offer are overshadowed by a low-quality product that needed at least two years of development to be a decent game for your console.    … Expand
  53. Captiosus
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once.It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once. It's never gotten bettter. These same bugs have repeated any time I play the game.

    I'm tired of people trying to justify giving the game high scores due to the gameplay loop. The gameplay loop in Cyberpunk 2077 was decent too -- didn't stop the game from being dragged over the coals for being a broken, borderline unplayable, mess of a game. Just like this one. Being Pokemon or being a Nintendo property shouldn't give them a pass. In fact, it should hold them to HIGHER scrutiny.

    This game is broken.
    No amount of occasionally "fun" gameplay will change that fact.
    Don't buy it until it's fixed.    … Expand
  54. Barny
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    The game is unfinished: there are so many bugs that it is unbearable at times. It stutters to less than 10 fps very frequently and there is nothing that you can do about it, that's probably the biggest downside to it. That's my main problem.
  55. andrerubio
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Review em PT-BR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    De resto, continuo recomendo o Sword and Shield como melhor pokémon do switch, com o ambiente mais acessível pra montar um time competitivo e com visuais infinitamente melhor do que esses do Scarlet, se for pra fazer um mundo aberto assim, prefiro os lineares do Sword.    … Expand
  56. Zumbie101
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Despite the attempt at an open world the game honestly is pretty bad. Not one to judge on graphics but the peformance issues are horrendous even with poor graphics for an ugly and bland open world with zero flavour. You constantly run into pop in pokemon or are charged by higher levels.

    The intro is particularly annoying and slow with the amount the NPCs stop you however even when the    Despite the attempt at an open world the game honestly is pretty bad. Not one to judge on graphics but the peformance issues are horrendous even with poor graphics for an ugly and bland open world with zero flavour. You constantly run into pop in pokemon or are charged by higher levels.

    The intro is particularly annoying and slow with the amount the NPCs stop you however even when the game opens up the gameplay feels annoying

    The game series continues to remove old mechanics. You can't turn off battle animations so each subsequent battle feels slow. Set mode has also been removed as even an option

    Navigating all the menus is worse than ever and the despite looking so empty the world map is actually really irritating to navigate as well with all the mountains and rivers. With the "true open world" you have no idea how strong a certain place is til you go in right up until you are in a battle.

    The controls layout is also beyond irritating, lacks consistency and can't be changed. Why is B crouch while walking but jump while riding??

    I hate being negative but this game is straight up bad.    … Expand
  57. adzz58
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    To the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. TheTo the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. The die-hard fans need to wake up and hold Gamefreak to account over this mess. I'd rather wait a few years for a Pokemon game they've had the time to truly work on, rather than the cash grab we have here. Come on Pokemon fans, you deserve better.… Expand
  58. B387pp1
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    A game so bad nintendo had to issue refunds. Gamefreak keeps getting lazier with each title and to be honest I can’t blame them. Releasing titles every few months is probably exhausting for the programmers there. If they had more time im sure the glitches and bugs could be ironed out to be every 5 minutes instead of every 5 seconds. There are PS3 games that look better than this
  59. acsichu
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    How can you make a game so bad after arceus?
    It just shows all you want is our money. Too bad that there are so many Pokemon lovers and bad developers like you. You disrespect us.
  60. tdetomi
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever. Everything in this game is awful. Visuals are worst than a PS2 game. Performance is even worst, 20fps in average with an unacceptable console memory usage that makes you restart the game to keep playing. This game is a joke. Pokemon and game freak must end. Thanks Nintendo, I will never buy a pokemon game again.
  61. CrispChum
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    The mechanics are great. Too bad it barely hits 30fps and it looks worse than Pokemon Colosseum on the GameCube. Also, loading times are awfully slow. It is a disgrace that they charged 60 dollars for this unfinished game. It should have been 20 dollars for the state it is in.
  62. Murtor
    Nov 26, 2022
    3
    Same game as Violet. So, I'm giving it the same review and score.

    I just rage quited on Twitch while playing this abomination called Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This "game" is an abrasive paper for the eye and a laxative of good taste. It is literally the worst experience I had in more than 30 years of gaming. The graphics are an imposition, the poor performance a kick in the groin    Same game as Violet. So, I'm giving it the same review and score.

    I just rage quited on Twitch while playing this abomination called Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This "game" is an abrasive paper for the eye and a laxative of good taste. It is literally the worst experience I had in more than 30 years of gaming.

    The graphics are an imposition, the poor performance a kick in the groin for any gamer. Content has been removed (again) in favor of new content. And this new content works grotty. As a player, I'm unable to throw a Pokéball up a hill because the aiming mechanic of Legends Arceus has been taken out. The auto combat feature sometimes works or it doesn't. Ambushing Pokémon no longer has any appeal, as I can't throw empty Pokéballs either. I have to cancel evolutions every time I level up. In this texture mud, I repeatedly traipse over Pokémon that I just can't see. And the great audio feature that made finding Shinys in Legends Arceus easier is also gone.

    The game character is an empty shell. Thirty years now I've been playing video games. And it's the second time now that I would have loved to hammer the A button in a role-playing game instead of drowning in this tidal wave of platitudes and these dull attempts at fraternization. Watching the unsightly slush that is supposed to represent grass grow is more interesting than any NPC I've run across. If you have trouble reading, you won't be served a soundtrack here either and will have to slog through text box after text box after text box.

    NPC's move as slowly as the entire game feels. It's sluggish to the point of falling asleep. The open world has no appeal when I do end up being compelled to do exactly what you've been doing in Pokémon games for more than 25 years: collecting medals. Because exploring and finding new Pokémon is ruined by the leveling system. I can't go and collect and use whatever I want afterwards. Because I absolutely need a medal to control this new and powerful Pokémon. Exactly the opposite is the appeal of an open world. To venture into dangerous terrain and then take home some particularly good loot. But I can't have that very loot. No, I have to go back to doing what the developers want me to do. The freedoms are as limited as some rooms in this game. They have several doors, but I can't open them for unknown reasons, such as the door in my own house to the garden or the master bedroom. With this setting, there is no need for these doors in the first place.

    Pokémon Violet and Scarlet is a sandpaper to the eye and a purgative of good taste. If there were an invective award for video games: This game would win the main category for two years. Because that's how long the experiences made will haunt one's nightmares.    … Expand
  63. mrego08
    Feb 13, 2023
    3
    A game with probably a high potencial, but it is a shame the performance. It’s embarrassing publishing a game like this in almost 2023
  64. LittleABZ
    Nov 19, 2022
    3
    I only care about 3 things when i play a video game ;

    - A good story (it's pokémon, so i expected nothing), it's not awesome but it's better than Sword and Shield. For a kid game the story is pretty good. - At least 30 FPS minimum, this game barely have that, especially if you're on Koraidon/Miraidon, worse when it's raining. - No bugs/glitches/clipping that are to annoying, again Scarlet    I only care about 3 things when i play a video game ;

    - A good story (it's pokémon, so i expected nothing), it's not awesome but it's better than Sword and Shield. For a kid game the story is pretty good.
    - At least 30 FPS minimum, this game barely have that, especially if you're on Koraidon/Miraidon, worse when it's raining.
    - No bugs/glitches/clipping that are to annoying, again Scarlet and Violet is full of that. Almost every fight i've had except the one where you can't control the camera, for the rest, almost every one of them have clipping issues. I've seen a lot of people say that it's a Nintendo problem spoiler, it's not, you have to remember that the Switch can run : Skyrim, Zelda BOTW, The Witcher 3, Xenoblades, and a lot of other games that look way better and have almost no performances issues than Scarlet and Violet. The Nintendo Switch is way lore powerful than a PS3, and you get that game. I really hope this game is gonna get a patch, because it's clearly not ready to be realeased. If you want another examplee of a buggy game at launch take Cyberpunk 2077 for example, i've played it 6 hours straight when it came out on a ps4 fat and i played 4 hours of Scarlet and Violet day one, i've had less bug/fps isssues playing cyberpunk even thought it was way more unfinished than Scarlet and Violet. This game deserve a 3 if it get patched but otherwise a 2    … Expand
  65. Robyjes
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The Game have a lot of bugs and tecnical problems. The npc's animations hane no fps and in general the entire game run below 25 fps in certain places drop to less than 10 fps. A major part of the new pokemons are ridiculous. Game freak is a junk developer.
  66. Jessemp
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The worst performing game ever made. A shameful chapter for the Pokemon history
  67. Nyespro
    May 5, 2023
    4
    Game Freak no ha sabido crear un juego óptimo de mundo abierto.

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

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

    Es complicado sentirse cómodo al moverse por el mundo de Paldea cuando cada poco rato sientes que el juego sufre para no colapsarse tratando de reducir su rendimiento y calidad (aun teniendo en cuenta que la capacidad de la Switch es de 40fps y 720p). Y es triste que pase este tipo de problemas teniendo en cuenta que el mundo de Paldea no está tan detallado como otros juegos de la compañía.    … Expand
  68. PandaInDaGame
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you canThis game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you can easily break easily the game. Not gonna spoil story or so, it's quite nice, not high level but enjoyable.

    I would rate it a bit higher because of those nice things, they don't annoy me enough to not enjoy the ride, but the moment you notice they are a AAA franchise, they sell full price of an AAA, it looks worse than some indies and they don't really innovate that much as indies do... and give you this badly optimized game, which is even more criminal if you think that they literally developed it to work with Nintendo Switch, it's not a port like a third party. A Game that is exclusive and does not work perfectly fine in it's console is a failure.. That plus nonexistent post game that they will probably sell apart as a "DLC" just like they did with Sword and shield.. Still, it's called Pokemon so even if this one is a disaster they will keep selling millions and decreasing the quality because they can.    … Expand
  69. BetaTheory
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Gamefreak has had an absolutely bad performance for years.
    But this game surpasses everything. It feels like an alpha or beta at most.
    In cities, the FPS rate drops from probably 24 to about 15. Shadows, people and Pokemon just pop up 5-10 meters in front of you. People move in 2 frames when you are 5 meters away from them. I don't really care much about graphics and performance.    Gamefreak has had an absolutely bad performance for years.
    But this game surpasses everything. It feels like an alpha or beta at most.
    In cities, the FPS rate drops from probably 24 to about 15. Shadows, people and Pokemon just pop up 5-10 meters in front of you. People move in 2 frames when you are 5 meters away from them.

    I don't really care much about graphics and performance.

    I've played games like Hyrule Warrios: Age of Calamity.
    The performance of that game was also already very bad.
    But I promise you, at this point Pokemon is even worse.

    I expect a performance patch in the next 1-2 weeks, otherwise I'll send the game back.

    Now let's talk about the game and the content:

    I'm currently on the 2nd Pokemon arena if you run west. I would love to play more, but it's just not fun at all.
    The cities are absolutely boring though.
    Except for a few NPC's, nice design and probably ten stores that all sell the same thing, there is nothing exciting.

    You can't enter normal houses, which you always could in Pokemon.

    Clothing stores are divided into 5-6 different stores.
    So I have to run all over town to buy a whole outfit. This feels like game time stretching.

    I could probably make this review 3 times longer, but let that be enough for now.

    Otherwise, the game seems to have potential. The Pokemon are cool, there seems to be a lot to do.
    The world could maybe be a bit more interesting, but that's ok so far. However, the game is simply not playable with this framerate.

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  70. Sofa1990
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Yes, the game is going in the right direction and yes, the game is quite fun and has its upsides...but still I just have to say that the game is a disgrace, a cheek and an insult to all fans.

    The Pokémon brand is the most valuable media franchise in the world with an estimated combined turnover of 100 billion US dollars. They have all the money, all the power and all the ability to make    Yes, the game is going in the right direction and yes, the game is quite fun and has its upsides...but still I just have to say that the game is a disgrace, a cheek and an insult to all fans.

    The Pokémon brand is the most valuable media franchise in the world with an estimated combined turnover of 100 billion US dollars. They have all the money, all the power and all the ability to make the best games ever for what is arguably the largest and most passionate fan base in the world. But they're kidding us by making bad games over and over again knowing "You idiots are going to buy it anyway."

    Graphics and performance are sub-par. And we all know from games like Breath of the Wild that the Switch can do more. And by God we finally deserve more from the most powerful franchise in the world!
    Everyone who claims that the graphics aren't that bad is lying outright. It looks terrible, has performance drops all the time and you have the feeling you are playing an alpha at best beta game. The game is not finished, it is an early access title.

    I've gotten to the point where I hate being a Pokemon fan because I spend my money on **** Because I "have to" spend my money on bad games simply because I'm a Pokemon fan. It just makes me sad.    … Expand
  71. Egip9
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This Game is bad, the Graphics are horrible and its sad that we get somthing lile this !!
  72. David36368
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This is a really bad game lots of delay and horrible graphics as well as textures that look like ****
  73. LemonMadness
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from Legends Arceus, weird and long pauses during actions that make the gameplay really sluggish, completely empty cities, cannot enter buildings to explore them and the few you can are shops that are either just a menù where you buy stuff, a stupid sandwich shop or a copy-pasted barber shope directly from Sword & Shield (I'm not joking, go look at a barber shop there and compare it with the ones in these games).
    Choice of paths is just an illusion: gym leaders and Pokémon do not scale with your level and you still need badges to make sure your Pokémons don't disobey you, exploration in the "open world" is boring, empty and ugly, dialogues with NPCs are pointless, some of them have bubble texts over their head which, if there are two people talking next to one another, both text boxes clip making it hard and annoying to read, and some don't even have dialogues.
    And I can go on and on.

    I can't even think about positive points about these games in this exact moments. I've never seen a work this embarassing, especially because we're talking about multi-millionaire companies.    … Expand
  74. mattsuetam
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    its great for being pokemon, but it gives me headache on laggy gameplay and fps drops. Pkm company continues to be lazy with their game products.
  75. Nicola74747
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Couldn’t finish the game bc of the low frames and the glitches not worth 60€
  76. kems
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    I give it a 0 to average the 74 from critic. The game is probably around 35-40.
    It's unprecedented an AAA game this unfinished. There's no excuse for this, it needs AT LEAST one more year of development.
    I didn't want to believe it was this broken, but after trying it by myself, at least I can say I've laughed a lot at how bad the game runs, so that's a good point. The only reason this    I give it a 0 to average the 74 from critic. The game is probably around 35-40.
    It's unprecedented an AAA game this unfinished. There's no excuse for this, it needs AT LEAST one more year of development.
    I didn't want to believe it was this broken, but after trying it by myself, at least I can say I've laughed a lot at how bad the game runs, so that's a good point.
    The only reason this game score is above 40, it's because it's called Pokémon.    … Expand
  77. Sandman83
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    I like that they are trying to evolve the Pokemon formula but performance issues just destroys the experience. Feels like it needed a bit more time before being released. Because of this I can't recommend the game before they patched this.
  78. qchick
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    A soulless cashgrab, that was rushed to get it to release before Christmas. It's honestly sad what Pokemon has become.
  79. eigentlicher
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    The performance of these new pokemon games is atrocious. It doesn't make sense when there are so many open world games on the switch that look 10 times better and perform much better. Also many mechanics that were fixed on Arceus are absent in that game. Go figure. Nintendo please force game freak to patch the game and make it run better than this mess.
  80. mabritec
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    El Juego DEBERIA ser bueno y divertido, Creo que es lo que todo fanático de Pokémon ha estado esperando. Sin embargo, el juego es INACEPTABLE su calidad tecnica es deprimente, ya es hora que la Nintendo S deje de lado los juegos y lance una consola de nueva generacion, ya la calidad que da es cosa del pasado, el precio es RIDICULO este es un juego que dos recien graduados desarrollaron enEl Juego DEBERIA ser bueno y divertido, Creo que es lo que todo fanático de Pokémon ha estado esperando. Sin embargo, el juego es INACEPTABLE su calidad tecnica es deprimente, ya es hora que la Nintendo S deje de lado los juegos y lance una consola de nueva generacion, ya la calidad que da es cosa del pasado, el precio es RIDICULO este es un juego que dos recien graduados desarrollaron en un par de semanas. ¡Me siento como si me hubieran estafado!… Expand
  81. arenobango
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Looks and runs terribly. Unacceptable for a billion dollar franchise to release a game in this state.
  82. DandyCrow
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    The characters' designs and appearances, even of the NPCs, are the ugliest, s*ittiest, most cringe and most puritan I've ever seen in the series! Who the heck thought that was a good idea?! Who the heck conceived these characters?! I spared my money, luckily, but this is not a good turn for the Pokémon series and franchise!
  83. ApexRacingPR
    Dec 24, 2022
    3
    It is hard to look beyond the horrifically outdated graphics of this game, which are more reminiscent of something from the early 2000s rather than the early 2020s - the reason its hard to look beyond is the atrocious performance issues that ruin the game at every turn.

    This game was not built to run on a console as under-powered as the Switch, and it struggles constantly in both    It is hard to look beyond the horrifically outdated graphics of this game, which are more reminiscent of something from the early 2000s rather than the early 2020s - the reason its hard to look beyond is the atrocious performance issues that ruin the game at every turn.

    This game was not built to run on a console as under-powered as the Switch, and it struggles constantly in both handheld and docked mode. Alongside the frame rate issues are a wealth of bugs that constantly either break the game or severely hinder progress.

    Frankly it is an unplayable mess and one that I had to ask for a refund for.

    Beyond the graphical issues and the horrendous performance, the game still doesn't feel as ambitious as it should be, and neither the storyline or the scope of the game stand up to other open world competitors in 2022.

    In my opinion, its time Pokemon games were made for PC and other consoles if the series is to match what the fans want. This approach of constant compromise and minor updates feels like a way to capitalise and profit from an increasingly restless fanbase.

    Unless you are a hardcore Pokemon fan, avoid this game - and, even then, I'd still give it a miss.    … Expand
  84. Mio200
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Das spiel ist eigentlich ganz in Ordnung so ne 6. Ich gebe nur so eine niedrige Bewertung um Gamefreack ein zeichen zu geben
  85. RaMpEdUp
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    Absolutely one of the best stories in the series and the most fun I've had with a mainline entry since gen 5.

    This game has 0 quality control, was rushed out the door for the holiday season, and there are so many glitches it makes release cyberpunk look stable (though the stars aligned and they're somehow all harmless visual bugs or speedrun tech). Tons of QOL was *removed* as was the    Absolutely one of the best stories in the series and the most fun I've had with a mainline entry since gen 5.

    This game has 0 quality control, was rushed out the door for the holiday season, and there are so many glitches it makes release cyberpunk look stable (though the stars aligned and they're somehow all harmless visual bugs or speedrun tech). Tons of QOL was *removed* as was the series staple "set mode" which we all considered the "hard" difficulty option and the sparkle effects for shinies which was the only **** way to tell that Garchomp you were about to kill was rare.

    TPC, **** you. Nintendo, you've always been the worst publishers in history. GameFreak, im so sorry y'all have to be rushed like you are.    … Expand
  86. NEXTGener4tion
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    We are beta-testing a Pokémon open world for them.

    Technical Issues: - Performance is atrocious for a triple-AAA company releasing on a stable console OS. It feels like trying to run a PC game on low because you do not meet the recommend specs. - NPCs move around like robots at 3 FPS like a slideshow, unless you are very close to them. - Many times the camera clips underground    We are beta-testing a Pokémon open world for them.

    Technical Issues:
    - Performance is atrocious for a triple-AAA company releasing on a stable console OS. It feels like trying to run a PC game on low because you do not meet the recommend specs.

    - NPCs move around like robots at 3 FPS like a slideshow, unless you are very close to them.

    - Many times the camera clips underground and you can see the abyss below. This happens often in trainer battles that are on elevated ground.

    - Character movement is so weird and clunky. You move like a robot too, snapping into a locked position when ascending/descending.

    - Lighting and Shadows are as bad as it gets. Many times the time of day causes your character to look pitch black (even though you are white). Other times the lighting causes your character to look completely white like a ghost. Most Shadows are a flickering mess or don't align at all.

    Gameplay:
    - The world is big but barren and depressing. There is no depth and detail to anything. The world is as big as the ocean but as deep as a puddle. The cities are entirely dead, the majority of the NPCs can’t be interacted with, and all the stores pop-up Trade UI menus to buy and sell. There are no store interiors any more. The lazy failures didn’t even design a simple clothing shop.

    - Exploration feels good for the first one or two hours, but gets very repetitive very quickly.

    - The game has three "main" storylines which can be completed in any order or all at the same time. Due to the nature of Pokemon games completing them one at a time is not recommended since they don't auto-scale to your party. So you either do them all at the same time and try to balance your team level to the encounters (which is not viewable unless you start the battles) or train up one team for each storyline or just pubstomp the second and third one.

    - The new mechanic called "Terastallizing" is the worst out of all new gameplay mechanics introduced in the later generations. The type of your Pokémon may change and it will basically get the ability Adaptability on top.

    Character:
    - Character customization is terrible. There are only 4 outfits that are just ugly. Tights pants that are orange with stripes? Who thought of that? It’s like you are wearing clown pants. Every player looks the same now. There is zero diversity. Zero role playing value. The accessories you can change (gloves/hat/bag) are a few recolors that feel pointless since the main attire is disgusting. SwSh had the best clothing options, especially with the DLCs. You could role-play as anything. Not any more. You are stuck wearing clown-pants with suspenders throughout the game.

    Pokémon:
    - Some of the new Pokémon-Designs are outstanding, some are lackluster, overall pretty good. Most new Pokémon resemble animals which is heavily dependent on ones preferences.

    - New held-items and abilities are refreshing and propably good for the competitive scene, but only time will tell.

    Verdict:
    This is definitely an early alpha version of the game released to the public. People need to start getting fired at Game Freak because this garbage is not a video game. This is really sue-able; especially if they do not offer refunds.    … Expand
  87. Hardcorestgamer
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Glimpses of a good game but unacceptable performance issues. Really disappointed, can't see myself finishing it
  88. Shashawolf
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    The game’s performance is awful and severely lacks polish. Seems very rushed without any thought or consideration for running well. The lack of many features ( battle set mode, Exp share off, shiny Pokémon sound alerts) is a step backwards. Pokémon has been reduced to an annual cash grab for TPC and the era of high quality and challenging games are long gone.
  89. Davisdk
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This is game is horrible. I paid for a good game but this game looks like a N64 game. Gamefreak is killing pokemon.
  90. deniis2022
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    As the world NO.1 game IP, with all these bugs, crashes, poor graphic, empty world that's unacceptable, GF really must CHANGE!!!
  91. Psycotropico
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Los juegos de la game boy tenían muchísimos mejos bugs, aparte de que muchos diseños de pokemon son deplorables. Y eso que me encanta el pokemon, y lo voy a acabar. Game freak necesita un toque de atención parece,ya que esto semeja una broma con lo que ingrea
  92. artichitcuth
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Básicamente un juego no acabado con Bugs y a precio de 60$ muy mal Game freak
  93. Hgtrauma
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an incredible disservice to fans. Heaping pile of trash. Terrible graphics, glitches everywhere, and last but not least, 63739293737 hours of smashing the A button for mind numbing dialog. Just what I wanted in a POKÉMON GAME. Non stop dialog. Lazy Pokémon designs. Done by infants who have zero passion. Don’t buy this game.… Expand
  94. Keimor35
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Juego incompleto lleno de bugs , la jugabilidad es lo más mejor de este título
  95. Hueso115
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Una pena que los estándares de calidad de Nintendo hayan bajado tanto, es un juego que está muy lejos de ser terminado, pero lamentablemente parece que tiene mucho potencial y la idea en sí del juego me parece bastante divertida como para haberle dedicado más esfuerzo en su desarrollo. El Framerate, bugs y glitches hacen tedioso su juego, los popeos y desapariciones constantes dificultanUna pena que los estándares de calidad de Nintendo hayan bajado tanto, es un juego que está muy lejos de ser terminado, pero lamentablemente parece que tiene mucho potencial y la idea en sí del juego me parece bastante divertida como para haberle dedicado más esfuerzo en su desarrollo. El Framerate, bugs y glitches hacen tedioso su juego, los popeos y desapariciones constantes dificultan el pasarlo bien, y siendo 2022 y con el precio que demanda, es triste llegar al punto de que sea la gente de a pie quien tenga que rebajarse a estas explicaciones.… Expand
  96. Kevinzada
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Just another Game Freak thing, terrible in almost everything but will make a lot of money.
    I'm still waiting for the portuguese subtitles
  97. Albus89
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    If you are looking for more of the same, maybe the slight evolution regarding the sword will convince you, if like me you have been waiting SINCE 1998 for a pokemon that does justice to the anime... -The game itself is once again an excuse for the competitive postgame. Open world yes, but the same as always: raids and simple captures. Nothing more. Empty of life, with cardboard housesIf you are looking for more of the same, maybe the slight evolution regarding the sword will convince you, if like me you have been waiting SINCE 1998 for a pokemon that does justice to the anime... -The game itself is once again an excuse for the competitive postgame. Open world yes, but the same as always: raids and simple captures. Nothing more. Empty of life, with cardboard houses that cannot be entered and extremely easy. BORING except for PvP, as always. - I will keep waiting for the ultimate pokemon: A NARUTO Shippuuden-like ACTION rpg pokemon, with the captures and use of the environment of Monster Hunter WORLD, exploration of ZELDA Breath of the wild, elaborate and varied quests like WITCHER 3, with many things to do like NI NO KUNI 2, which is like 3 games in 1 and enough personality to make it unique and not look like any of them...
    - With an offline story mode that is challenging, fun. With fights of x= vs x= (so you don't take your 6 and the rival 2...) - Unevolved Pokemon that were competitive or a PvP mode for them. - Attacks that increase according to use and improve visually as well as statistics and all useful attacks. - That the size of the pokemon is reflected, just like the shinys. - World and living environment where it is difficult to see pokemons near cities, that there are not so many and to capture them you have to study routes, put baits. For this the map would have to be much larger. - 2nd and 3rd evolution difficult to see and catch. - Legendaries almost impossible to see and capture. - Taking out the pokedex to analyze one is necessary to register it in case you don't catch it, and it gives you VOICE advice about its habitat, how to capture it, stronger attacks... - They could focus on configuring something like this if they reduce the number of Pokémon to 300. Starting with the first 2 generations (maximum) each with its map (Kanto/jotho), without mixing them. And they can expand it in the future with more generations and new things that they bring, being able to transfer pokemons from the first game. - Varied activities or professions with modes or online tournaments (not everything has to be combat...): Photography, races, selling recipes (farm game type) with unique ingredients that are difficult to find... Give him some life... - So that a game is not the same as another, the appearance of objects, pokemon, ingredients and others should be random (within areas that make sense). Rogue-like type. - Since we are in VR. It would be like being in the anime... - When I played pokemon blue, yellow and gold and watched the series in its early years, this is what I imagined and wished pokemon would be one day. The only stagnant saga in the industry unfortunately. Will we see it one dayday?    … Expand
  98. Rednaz
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Best Pokemon game in years with so much potential, but absolutely plagued by some of the worst performance of a modern title I have seen in 20 years of gaming.
  99. krdz
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    There are too many bugs in the game. The performance is dreadful, the animations take a very long time and I've run into a few disappearing Pokémons and NPCs after hitting the open-world area.

    As a hardcore Pokémon gamer, it makes me really sad to see such a poor game being released. It's time whoever is responsible for this to take a deep look and spend the time and money necessary to    There are too many bugs in the game. The performance is dreadful, the animations take a very long time and I've run into a few disappearing Pokémons and NPCs after hitting the open-world area.

    As a hardcore Pokémon gamer, it makes me really sad to see such a poor game being released. It's time whoever is responsible for this to take a deep look and spend the time and money necessary to make a great Pokémon game    … Expand
  100. Watterx
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    If this wasn't the worst looking game I've ever seen, and worst running game I've ever played, this would be a really good game.
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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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