Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. nathan_L
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game doesn't even work. I expected more from the most profitable franchise ever. If you are planning to buy, use that 60 dollars for Elden Ring or God Of War: Ragnarok. And if you really have a hankering to play a Pokemon game, play any of the pre 2020 titles. You will surely get more technical brilliance playing those.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. SomeCriticUser
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I'm currently playing Final Fantasy 10 HD Remaster from 2015 - the original is even older and it still looks way better then Pokémon Scarlet!

    The world is EMPTY and when you watch in the background is looks like 3D Google maps!
  5. JapeApe
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Scarlet & Violet are amazing games. The freedom and open world feel great and are really well constructed. The performance is pretty bad, but it still manages to run fine while it looks great. The only (huge) thing they have to change are the event levels. Since they're not scaling based on your level/progress, it's limiting the freedom a bit.
    Overall great games that are insanely    Scarlet & Violet are amazing games. The freedom and open world feel great and are really well constructed. The performance is pretty bad, but it still manages to run fine while it looks great. The only (huge) thing they have to change are the event levels. Since they're not scaling based on your level/progress, it's limiting the freedom a bit.
    Overall great games that are insanely enjoyable to play.    … Expand
  6. dr_heartless
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    After being let down by Arceus I was VERY wary of this game and I'm lucking that I was able to test it out before buying. This game is trash. Plays like an old cell phone game with the bad visuals to match. This is a massive IP from one of the biggest names in gaming and what we got was the laziest of cash grabs.
  7. YungPerez
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Super buggy and clunky, no way that the biggest grossing franchise release a game this unpolished, even though the graphics looks okay, feels like im playing a fan game
  8. raptzchel
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    It’s the most fun Pokémon game I’ve ever played. I know the graphics are poor, but coming from somehow who hasn’t enjoyed Pokémon since Ruby/sapphire this is the first time in a an extremely long time I haven’t given up on a Pokémon game after playing for a few hours. It’s a blast, and overall a massive step forward for the franchise.
  9. Ordep29
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Me gustó, es totalmente diferente a juegos anteriores, el mundo abierto te da demasiado juego sin necesidad de hacer gym u otros objetivos que te pone el juego aún que tiene unos fallos de fps y calidad
  10. GitGudScrubs
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Imagine buying a house for full price and as soon as you cross the threshold of your doorstep, the whole thing collapses in on itself and the realtor turns around and says: "Well, what'd you expect? They JUST built it."

    This is the effect your dickriding, lackadaisical 'durrrr well whatever, we should be happy they made the game at all' attitude translates to. Settling for less is    Imagine buying a house for full price and as soon as you cross the threshold of your doorstep, the whole thing collapses in on itself and the realtor turns around and says: "Well, what'd you expect? They JUST built it."

    This is the effect your dickriding, lackadaisical 'durrrr well whatever, we should be happy they made the game at all' attitude translates to. Settling for less is exactly the problem with almost all triple A modern games these days.

    Where was all your dickriding when Cyberpunk released in its completely unplayable day 1 state? I didn't see ANYONE defending that miserable pile of garbage but now all of a sudden because you can catch a spherical magic creature named "Blumbo" it's alright.

    **** off, and take your biased borderline cult-like appraisal of GameFreak's terrible mismanagement with you.    … Expand
  11. hdmonteiro
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Don't get me wrong, the core of the pokemon game is fun, the idea of ​​collecting pocket monsters, trading and battling each other while exploring seamlessly, freely and without feeling punished for neglecting main quests is a great idea to sell the product, it is an evolution that the franchise needed, but the problem is how the developers leave the final product in half, poorlyDon't get me wrong, the core of the pokemon game is fun, the idea of ​​collecting pocket monsters, trading and battling each other while exploring seamlessly, freely and without feeling punished for neglecting main quests is a great idea to sell the product, it is an evolution that the franchise needed, but the problem is how the developers leave the final product in half, poorly programmed, with technical problems of poor construction of the game engine and the graphic limitations of the Switch .
    Despite the game being very fun for those who aren't too demanding, it is overshadowed by flaws in the textures, frequent bugs, constant gameplay below 30 FPS, rendering errors and among other things, such as mechanics that were successful in previous games, such as capture of pokemon arceus and the interaction with the pokemons captured from Lets Go, make the game a disappointment for anyone looking for something new to play on the switch and who is not yet a fan of the franchise, a fan on the other hand, will play it precisely because it is fan and already accepts that this is how it will always be.

    my note goes for the opportunity to be the definitive pokémon experience lost by the lack of competence of the game freak program and "take care" of the gold mine that is its product.    … Expand
  12. GalaxiesStars
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Most buggy **** game ever, DO NOT BUY THIS. stop allowing big companies to release unfinished and unoptimised games like this and don't give them your money.
  13. PoCra
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    I have a few hours in the game now and have to say that the game is really fun so far. I can't understand a lot of the bad reviews with 0 points. I'm not talking about the bad reviews in general, but you can tell a lot of them are just complaining because everyone is, or because Pokémon is the biggest media franchise in the world. But many forget that most of the money was made not fromI have a few hours in the game now and have to say that the game is really fun so far. I can't understand a lot of the bad reviews with 0 points. I'm not talking about the bad reviews in general, but you can tell a lot of them are just complaining because everyone is, or because Pokémon is the biggest media franchise in the world. But many forget that most of the money was made not from the games, but from merchandising. Merchandise accounts for more than three times as much of the revenue as the video games. The graphics aren't the prettiest of all the games, but I still think they're pretty good, even if there are muddy textures more often. The game's biggest problem in terms of graphics is that everything farther away is rendered, but everything close by looks pretty good for a Pokémon game. Compared to Legends Arceus, this is a step-up. Performance is more of a complaint. The FPS fluctuates almost all the time. The game really has problems maintaining the 30fps. Personally, though, this hasn't really bothered me so far. Except in the classroom, which was really sad. Because even though the students were all in the foreground, and you could see them well, they moved at 5 fps. But I can overlook that as long as the game is fun, and it is, and it's nice that Gamefreak is doing something new.… Expand
  14. Uomobianko
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This game is not even worth 1 cent laundry nothing works horrible graphics non existent gameplay Pokemon that spawn out of nowhere
  15. Maglen
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Gamefreak hasn't changed their formula for decades and the chickens are finally coming home to roost. In Arceus, most people thought that it was a decent game with good bones to build on but Scarlet and Violent went in the complete wrong direction

    Basically, this is a decent Pokemon game absolutely marred by technical issues that won't be easily fixed. It seems like this game was    Gamefreak hasn't changed their formula for decades and the chickens are finally coming home to roost. In Arceus, most people thought that it was a decent game with good bones to build on but Scarlet and Violent went in the complete wrong direction

    Basically, this is a decent Pokemon game absolutely marred by technical issues that won't be easily fixed.

    It seems like this game was rushed to meet a deadline and wasn't properly tested.    … Expand
  16. ZSheik96
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    this game is full of errors. For the first 45 min u r in a one road game and u don't see any of the open world. The technical aspect is so bad that i won't play it even if it would be free... the objects that vanish if u go out of range, the constant frame lag, the pixel-ed shadows and borderlines. IT SUCKS SO BAD
  17. Pybo
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This game is a disappointment, it's glitchy asf, not that fun to play and I personally don't care about graphics but this game straight up look bad, such a mess lmao
  18. PTGamer
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    BROKEN ASS GAME

    This gamefreak has ruined this franchise since pokemon emerald which is for me is the best version ewer. Since then, they has only made games with pokemons with mediocre design, ugly as f*ck. Exaggerated evolutions, they have no longer creativity. Some of the pokemon designs look more like digimons than pokemons, others look like they came out of anime one piece. Stop    BROKEN ASS GAME

    This gamefreak has ruined this franchise since pokemon emerald which is for me is the best version ewer. Since then, they has only made games with pokemons with mediocre design, ugly as f*ck. Exaggerated evolutions, they have no longer creativity. Some of the pokemon designs look more like digimons than pokemons, others look like they came out of anime one piece. Stop ruining the pokemons of the old generations. Some pokemons from the pokedex should be deleted immediately just because they are so ugly and I won't even mention the names here. The combats are still in turns, which is sad. The open world of this new games are empty, visually poor and full of bugs    … Expand
  19. Scaletta
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    What a technical desaster. I would be ashamed to sell Something so unfinished and full of bugs and glitches for 60 Euros.
  20. IronFanton
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Everything is wrong with this game, from the beginning to the end. The visual bugs and glitches make the game almost unplayable, not mentioning the lack of things to do around the open world, and the non-sense decision of not making the events adapted to the level of the player.

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

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

    This game makes Pokemon Legends Arceus a good game, when it was a technical disaster, and overall a bad experience for the player.
    Another example that lets us watch the, at this point unstoppable decay of Pokemon, and how the fandom will swallow everything that Game Freak vomits them.    … Expand
  21. Rafaelfelipe
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Worst graphic and designs ever! Jogo preguiçoso, cheio de Bug, texturas horríveis, pokemons feios, jogo mal acabado. Um horror. Decepção total!
  22. LopezeLTacos
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The story isnt so bad, even tho the legendaries being in two exemplary IN-GAME, one from the start in bike mode is a straight NO. The bad guys team is really lame with no real story background whatsoever. The school thing is properly useless with a rival that is already at master rank?? **** please! And the graphics are SO BAD I dont even know what to say anymore... have you seen theThe story isnt so bad, even tho the legendaries being in two exemplary IN-GAME, one from the start in bike mode is a straight NO. The bad guys team is really lame with no real story background whatsoever. The school thing is properly useless with a rival that is already at master rank?? **** please! And the graphics are SO BAD I dont even know what to say anymore... have you seen the cities? And the shops? Looks line minecraft ffs!! **** disappearing and popping back at point blank range wtf?? The graphics are utterly BAD anyhow. And the pokedex itself is... what can I say? The dev team lacked inspiration, thats what it is. The game is DEAD.… Expand
  23. pedroslima
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    I liked the freedom the game gives you, but unfortunately the game loses some of the personality and speed it gained in Arceus, and technically it's the worst thing I've ever played from Nintendo, constant bugs and bad framerate
  24. ManoJoshy
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Não é pokemon é bugmon,não é possível que tenha caído tanto assim a qualidade dos jogos da nintendo,as vezes da até vergonha de ver isso.
  25. HalmSpr
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Why everthing nowaday need to be an Open world? Pokémon W/V is really a repetitive game due to all of this Open world bs.
  26. axllive
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Great unfinished game with a LOT of bugs and performance issues that define the experience. Pokémon Company aways with the next-to-be New generation experience, but never achieving the goal.
  27. Makirou
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Trash.
    Simply unfortunate how this franchise declines more and more, the fans and Game Freak herself have the standard of quality down to the ground, it's paltry and pathetic.
  28. Jukant
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    Die Engine ist scheußlich und die technische Ausführung auch. Nur finde ich, dass die Open World der erste Schritt in die richtige Richtung war. Wenn sich Pokemon jetzt nur Zeit für die Spiele lassen würde...
  29. raiken22
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    - Cutting the National Dex (again) for no reason
    - Only 4 Outfits to choose from
    - Not many customization options (Yes... a few more than Sword and Shield but still not enough) - Graphical issues and glitches - Terrible Lags - FPS drops all over the place - Creepy facial expressions (also in Multiplayer. Via Internet or LAN doesn't matter) I was really hyped for the game before it    - Cutting the National Dex (again) for no reason
    - Only 4 Outfits to choose from
    - Not many customization options (Yes... a few more than Sword and Shield but still not enough)
    - Graphical issues and glitches
    - Terrible Lags
    - FPS drops all over the place
    - Creepy facial expressions (also in Multiplayer. Via Internet or LAN doesn't matter)

    I was really hyped for the game before it released. I played it on day 1 with the day 1 Patch...
    I was disappointed of the lacking customization options. Game Freak really took many steps back there. Using the same character model for female and male and can't even implement more clothing options. Uniforms? What the hell.... are you going to school in uniform? And don't tell me "But it's a japanese game and they all wear uniforms at school". Then why is everyone wearing uniforms outside of school in Scarlet and Violet??
    I played it for 2 days now and today would be the 3rd day. I don't even want to play it anymore.
    It feels like work. And a game should not feel like being work. It should be fun.

    The only thing I really enjoyed was making sandwitches with my wife. Sad for a Pokemon game, right?
    And I'm a hardcore Pokemon fan and got a copy of like almost every main series game.

    People say Sword and Shield was bad? Oh boy.... Sword and Shield are amazing in comparison to Scarled and Violet.
    BDSP? I would prefer that game over Scarlet and Violet! Game Freak should stop making Pokemon Games once and for all. They do not know how to develop games and are not willing to improve at all.

    I bought physical copies of Scarlet and Violet. They are unplayable. Once the Nintendo eShop removes Nintendo Switch support I got 2 physical games that are unplayable and no way of patching them.

    It is absolutely NO excuse to say the Nintendo Switch Hardware is limited. It is just POOR PROGRAMMING what makes these games so bad on the hardware. You can NOT blame the hardware on this! Compared to other games this is a mess.
    Upgrading to better hardware is not the solution. It's just cash grab.    … Expand
  30. terassann
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Lamentável. Ou eles lançam um patch imediatamente, ou nunca mais invisto em nada dessa empresa medíocre e desrespeitosa.
  31. traumaking
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are fun games bogged down by bugs and frame drops. Gamefreak has created an entertaining game but needed time to polish the game. I know that Nintendo put pressure on Gamefreak to release the game this year and because they released another game 10 months ago the bug fixes and polish on this game are abysmal. I really want to give this game a solid 7/10 butPokemon Scarlet and Violet are fun games bogged down by bugs and frame drops. Gamefreak has created an entertaining game but needed time to polish the game. I know that Nintendo put pressure on Gamefreak to release the game this year and because they released another game 10 months ago the bug fixes and polish on this game are abysmal. I really want to give this game a solid 7/10 but giving it a 0 will send a message.… Expand
  32. shiondelibra
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Great game, even with the criticism, I finished the game and found no "bug".
    Compared to other "Eld.. Rin.." games, it's more than perfect. It needs to improve,..yes...but it's on the right path.
  33. franticfranxx
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    I liked the idea of an openworld, i like the new pokemon's design, i like plot( team star is funny, pepe's story is good and the relationship between the prof and their lessons are pretty nice) and the quality in depicting interesting character. These are the only good thing in the game. The other left things are an incredible scam. Bug everywhere an fps rate worse than bloodborne 1.0.0,I liked the idea of an openworld, i like the new pokemon's design, i like plot( team star is funny, pepe's story is good and the relationship between the prof and their lessons are pretty nice) and the quality in depicting interesting character. These are the only good thing in the game. The other left things are an incredible scam. Bug everywhere an fps rate worse than bloodborne 1.0.0, cities who cannot be explored for reasons and an interaction with the world who is near the zero. I love Legends Arceus and i thouht that SV could be an evolution of the good things showed in the game, but SV are everything that wasn't good in LPA plus bug and low FPS. It's a shame that Nintendo let this **** be publicated on the switch. If I had not been interested in the competitive I would have asked for a refund after 1 hour.

    Ita: mi è piaciuta l'idea dell'openworld, i design dei nuovi pokemon e alcune cose del progress di gioco e intuizioni sulla trama. Le cose rimaste sono invereconde. Bug ovunque, fps così bassi che nemmeno bloodborne 1.0.0, città non esplorabili a cazzo di cane e un'interazione nell'openworld pari allo zero. ho amato Leggende Arceus e pensavo che Sv potesse essere un' evoluzione delle cose buone viste nel gioco, ma Scarlatto è tutto ciò che non va bene in LPA più un cazzo di niente se non bug e bassi fps. E' una vergogna che Nintendo abbia permesso che questo gioco venga pubblicato. Non fossi interessato al competitivo avrei ridato il gioco dopo un'ora    … Expand
  34. Shmurgen
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This is a goddamn travesty, there’s no reason the most profitable media franchise in the world should be churning out glitchy garbage like this. It’s bad enough the games look like **** but now they run like it as well. Hoping this is the last straw and maybe something will force game freak to actually TRY
  35. Pymloll
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Extremely fun. Probably the most fun an open world game or a pokemon game will ever be. The open world is awesome, there is always more to explore to find new pokemon, items or secret areas. The new pokemon are awesome, every design looks great, even though not every new design is prefect. The stories are fun but pretty bare bones. But the fact that there are three of them helps the gameExtremely fun. Probably the most fun an open world game or a pokemon game will ever be. The open world is awesome, there is always more to explore to find new pokemon, items or secret areas. The new pokemon are awesome, every design looks great, even though not every new design is prefect. The stories are fun but pretty bare bones. But the fact that there are three of them helps the game feel more diverse from time to time, and thre is always the option to just not do story things and have fun exploring the vast world. There ars framerate issues but the game is so fun you're probably not even going to notice them. I could talk about why this game is incredible even more, but I think I've said enough. I'll only add that the Coop mode is the best single thing ever in a pokemon game. If you want to review the game, you HAVE to at least try it with some close friends, it basically makes the game twice as good.… Expand
  36. Acoenia
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Seems like a fun game, if it were only playable. But between the constant fps issues, and the horrendous visuals, I don't have any patience left to enjoy the game itself.
  37. pep34
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    it can be better
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  38. Byron_
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Since Pokemon Arceus set such a good example with gameplay and awesome stuff with different mechanics battle stuff and over all how it is this game goes back to the rpg style that we are using for years and not really interactive and battle animations not looking expressive really says something how Nintendo is going for the money Arceus set a good example and this game forgot about it.
  39. drsantos21
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    i want my money back, game freak just released a beta game

    switch software limitations are not a is not an acceptable excuse, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and The Witcher 3 does a good job making these games run on Switch hardware

    It is not worth the price and I will not buy any Pokémon franchise before the review
  40. Brenduke
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Performance & graphics issues aside, this is the most fun pokemon has ever been. If you are a pokemon fan and can look past the occasional graphical issue you will fall in love with paldea
  41. mrojas
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    it's not the visuals and all about graphics we're talking about. it seems the devs rushed the game for the release this year. as the company knows, every die hard fans will buy any game they release. even it's still bug fest and unpolished. xenoblade chronicles 3 is far better in terms of graphics, we know that monolith soft were talented AF. it has few bugs and drops yes. but, not thatit's not the visuals and all about graphics we're talking about. it seems the devs rushed the game for the release this year. as the company knows, every die hard fans will buy any game they release. even it's still bug fest and unpolished. xenoblade chronicles 3 is far better in terms of graphics, we know that monolith soft were talented AF. it has few bugs and drops yes. but, not that worst like pokemon S & V. there's no excuse for gamefreak and the fans who blamed the console for the outdated engine. it's like a hard to swallow pill for the fans and turning blind eye to these issues. without realizing, the quality future of Pokemon games we are talking about. gamefreak should learn from capcom. monster hunter rise and sunbreak as well as monster hunter stories 2. take note, gamefreak is a veteran game company. and pokemon is the top grossing IP/media in the world.… Expand
  42. Washed
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    A fairly standard pokemon game. The game lacks almost any interaction with npcs and almost no building exploration nor are there cave/dungeons that are more than a glorified tunnel. The game suffers massively in performance and options to toggle exp. Share and set mode are removed. Some sort of sandwich mechanic is added to the game but I have yet to receive any explanation of how it worksA fairly standard pokemon game. The game lacks almost any interaction with npcs and almost no building exploration nor are there cave/dungeons that are more than a glorified tunnel. The game suffers massively in performance and options to toggle exp. Share and set mode are removed. Some sort of sandwich mechanic is added to the game but I have yet to receive any explanation of how it works and about 70% of shops in game are dedicated to making sandwiches. It really can't be overstated how poorly this game runs… Expand
  43. Bastrion
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    I enjoyed the main game and the experience is astounding, but your immersion is constantly broken by highly game breaking and front facing bugs and glitches that range from hilarious to full on terrifying body horror. They even go as far as to hard crash your Switch sometimes, causing actual damage to the console through overheating and damaging fatal error crashes.

    The game is an    I enjoyed the main game and the experience is astounding, but your immersion is constantly broken by highly game breaking and front facing bugs and glitches that range from hilarious to full on terrifying body horror. They even go as far as to hard crash your Switch sometimes, causing actual damage to the console through overheating and damaging fatal error crashes.

    The game is an AMAZING experience throughout, completely ruined by this unacceptable amount of bugs and game breaking QA failures. I would revisit this review if they communicated on patches and fixes, but I fear much like the tradition with Game Freak, it's a pump and dump one and done.    … Expand
  44. Algamer3000
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    holy **** what a rubbish game, a company with as much money as gamefreak does this to me, the graphics are horrible, the game is extremely buggy, and if that wasn't enough, even after asking so much, there's still no subtitles in PT-BR, I love pokémon but I can't swallow it
  45. Crysawn
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Can't even join tera raids online, took me 30 minutes to join a single tera raid online. For a game that is part of the biggest franchise in the world this is horrible quality.

    If the glitches/lag/problems were not a problem i'd give this a solid 8/10. However, due to those, I am sadly going to have to give it a 2/10. I am a programmer and how they got this approved through QA and    Can't even join tera raids online, took me 30 minutes to join a single tera raid online. For a game that is part of the biggest franchise in the world this is horrible quality.

    If the glitches/lag/problems were not a problem i'd give this a solid 8/10. However, due to those, I am sadly going to have to give it a 2/10. I am a programmer and how they got this approved through QA and slated for release is beyond me, if my team did this they'd be reprimanded.    … Expand
  46. Yoyoto
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    The game, pretty But the lack of the national Dex and the HUGE amount of mistakes there are just simply horrible. Fix the game.
  47. KorbenX9
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    What a sad excuse for a full price AAA game... Gamefreak has to have so many resources available to them owning the Pokemon IP, yet we constantly get these barely functional messes that they try to pass as games.. I suppose they know that because it has "Pokemon" in the title that they don't have to make an effort at all and people will buy it anyway. So disappointing
  48. Anonymous_47
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game has so much potential to be great but is bogged down by bugs and performance issues. Hopefully when gen 10 comes around they refine and expand on what they did on this game on top of actually polishing/ testing the game instead of rushing out for the holidays. You can tell the game is fun but it gets unbearable quite a bit with constant frame drops, GAME CRASHES ON ME 4 TIMES,This game has so much potential to be great but is bogged down by bugs and performance issues. Hopefully when gen 10 comes around they refine and expand on what they did on this game on top of actually polishing/ testing the game instead of rushing out for the holidays. You can tell the game is fun but it gets unbearable quite a bit with constant frame drops, GAME CRASHES ON ME 4 TIMES, and horrendous loading issues.… Expand
  49. Sombru
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Another Gamefreak's presentation that just gives the middle finger to their entire community, proving once again they can't code, optimize, or show any kind of care or attention to their own games. As of November's 21st, 2022, the game is unplayable.
  50. Michu93
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Terrible FPS. For the price of this game, its not worth getting. Save your money. Their previous games were definitely worth better than this. I am disappointed. I don't want to continue playing.
  51. Lyudegul
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game is just broken. To the level of Cyberpunk 2077. That game was fun as well and gas a good game is you didn't mind the developing issues, but still the company apologised, removed the game from stores, refunded the money and released the game afterwards, ince they had finished it. Game Freak and The Pokemln Company should do the same and people giving it more than a 7 just becauseThe game is just broken. To the level of Cyberpunk 2077. That game was fun as well and gas a good game is you didn't mind the developing issues, but still the company apologised, removed the game from stores, refunded the money and released the game afterwards, ince they had finished it. Game Freak and The Pokemln Company should do the same and people giving it more than a 7 just because others are hating it should have a higher quality standar. Pojemon Deserves better, fthe fans deserve bettee… Expand
  52. SonKosen
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    We can't let them get away with how bad this is. Because this is next level bad man.
  53. 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.
  54. End3rZer0
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    This is the best pokemon concept Ive ever played but as a game is unacceptable. As a veteran player, I played all main games in the series and completed national pokedex since Black and White. I feel this game could be the funniest catching pokemon, investing in them and completing the pokedex while you win medals around the region. But I almost played 30 hours and the game is fun but theThis is the best pokemon concept Ive ever played but as a game is unacceptable. As a veteran player, I played all main games in the series and completed national pokedex since Black and White. I feel this game could be the funniest catching pokemon, investing in them and completing the pokedex while you win medals around the region. But I almost played 30 hours and the game is fun but the render is poor. I dont want use the mount because the render is worse. The game has closed twice, with an error message, when Ive entered into a City (the electric one).
    Has the best pokedex ever but you cannot search for an specific Pokemon. Do you ask how could it be? the answer is allways the same: not enough development.

    On the wild the Pokemon are mini, sometimes you will crash with them and you won't ever notice. In the boxes the images of the Pokemon are also mini. You will need a magnifying glass to identify what Pokemon it is. Really, they are too mini. This game looks like an aplha of a pre-released game. With some parts well developed and some others created quickly to save the day, with bad design, bad rendering, bad processing, bad graphics (some textures look like a N64 game) and some unjustified decisions as dont be able to change the maintain pokémon in battle, deactivate the animations, or the controversial allways activated Exp. Share, what facilitate an easy game. I can only recommend to play the game knowing that you will play an alpha with plenty of bugs/low development.    … Expand
  55. Tahocess321
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    The graphics and performance are just unacceptable. When you check your pokemon in the PC, the 3D models need several seconds to load. Same when you open the multiplayer menu: the game gets stuck for a few seconds loading it. While the layout of the routes is good, they are mostly empty. The game frequently experiences FPS drops. Not to mention NPCs and other elements in the background,The graphics and performance are just unacceptable. When you check your pokemon in the PC, the 3D models need several seconds to load. Same when you open the multiplayer menu: the game gets stuck for a few seconds loading it. While the layout of the routes is good, they are mostly empty. The game frequently experiences FPS drops. Not to mention NPCs and other elements in the background, when they get far, they start rendering at framerates that can be counted with the fingers. The only thing that is graphically well made are the pokemon themselces, anything else (terrain textures, vegetation, particle effects...) just looks awful. This game feels more like an early access of a game made by a small indie studio than a main series game from the biggest grocing franchise in videogame history.… Expand
  56. Sparr126
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Horrible,
    This game sucks and Is umplayable.
    It feels like a social experiment to see how much game freak can get away with
  57. Tomahawk31
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    The new gameplay mechanics and open world aspects are ruined by terrible performance on the Switch, and a clear disregard for the fan base that has made this IP as popular as it is. There is no excuse, except corporate greed, as to why this game released in the state that it did. Gamefreak needs to hire more, and better developers to utilize the hardware and stabilize an otherwiseThe new gameplay mechanics and open world aspects are ruined by terrible performance on the Switch, and a clear disregard for the fan base that has made this IP as popular as it is. There is no excuse, except corporate greed, as to why this game released in the state that it did. Gamefreak needs to hire more, and better developers to utilize the hardware and stabilize an otherwise innovative game in the franchise.… Expand
  58. cpluspluscrowe
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game lag is severe and requires me to run the game at 720 and restart it every hour to mitigate the lag. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan but this game is tough to play. Shame on Game Freak for releasing such an unpolished game.
  59. tecwls
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Genuinely not good enough anymore. The Gamecube games from 10+ years ago looked and ran better than this. Performance and FPS isn't everything I don't really care about that half the time, this just genuinely isn't acceptable from such a massive franchise. We wouldn't tolerate mediocrity and keep giving our money to any other company so why Game Freak? Also why strip away features thatGenuinely not good enough anymore. The Gamecube games from 10+ years ago looked and ran better than this. Performance and FPS isn't everything I don't really care about that half the time, this just genuinely isn't acceptable from such a massive franchise. We wouldn't tolerate mediocrity and keep giving our money to any other company so why Game Freak? Also why strip away features that have been in the game since its conception, it just doesn't make any sense.… Expand
  60. rbagatini
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    O Arceus foi muito melhor! A imersão era muito superior. Esse parece feito na pressa, ao pegar um item no chão o personagem nem se curva para pegar, apenas ouço um "plim". Ao colocar algum pokemon adversário para durmir em batalha, ele nem fecha os olhos, ficam todos com os olhos abertos. Ao andar pelo mapa você vê objetos relativamente distantes, uns 20 metros, já teleportando quadroO Arceus foi muito melhor! A imersão era muito superior. Esse parece feito na pressa, ao pegar um item no chão o personagem nem se curva para pegar, apenas ouço um "plim". Ao colocar algum pokemon adversário para durmir em batalha, ele nem fecha os olhos, ficam todos com os olhos abertos. Ao andar pelo mapa você vê objetos relativamente distantes, uns 20 metros, já teleportando quadro quadro, você fica perdido pelo mapa, não tem uma história forte que te prenda ao jogo, parece um sandbox.… Expand
  61. Raikage46
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    After seeing the first trailer at the beginning of the year I decided to not look at any more info, trailers or gameplay and I managed; I went into the game completely blind. I wasn't even fully sure if it's really open world but it is and it is amazing. Especially the landscapes at the beginning look beautiful. So much that I kept thinking "I can't believe this is really Pokémon".
    So far    After seeing the first trailer at the beginning of the year I decided to not look at any more info, trailers or gameplay and I managed; I went into the game completely blind. I wasn't even fully sure if it's really open world but it is and it is amazing. Especially the landscapes at the beginning look beautiful. So much that I kept thinking "I can't believe this is really Pokémon".
    So far I put around 26 hours into the game, so I think I already got a pretty good idea of what is good and what not so much:

    -the game stutters often times. It definitely has fps issues but considering this is Game Freak's first attempt at a full open world game and also considering that this is running on the Switch, which now uses over five year old hardware, I think that was pretty much to be expected. I'd fully get if people consider this a huge issue, but as someone who has never been used to 60+ fps in games, I can accept it.

    -anti aliasing. I don't know if the game has any. This is especially noticable in towns (on buildings). Again, this might be due to GF not yet knowing how to opimize properly + the Switch' old hardware. I don't really notice it much in the wild though.

    -lack of outfits. There are a LOT of gloves, shoes, hats, socks, backpacks, even phone cases BUT there are only four sets of shirt+pants combinations. And they are all school uniforms. I'm playing Scarlet, so I am "stuck" with orange pants... If we are already forced to wear a school uniform, I'd wish if we could at least change a little more about it... have differently colored jackets for example. Maybe also skirts.

    -the camera. this is an issue I only found in wild battles where you can move the camera freely (in others the camera moves normally like in Sw/Sh). It seems it is focused on a point between the two battling Pokémon, which in theory sounds ok and for most of the game actually also works really well but... if you have a rather big Pokémon or one that is flying, you might not even be able to see it at all. I keep finding myself trying to adjust the camera to somehow get both Pokémon onto the screen, with mixed results. I think depending on the position/size of the battling Pokémon the camera should be zoomed out a bit. Or they should just let us zoom on our own (like how it's done in Xenoblade for example).

    +open world. I'm not that much of a fan of open worlds anymore, but Pokémon is definitely the type of game where it seems like a good idea. Being able to just go anywhere, seeing towns in the distance... it's wonderful.

    +buddies. we can let one of our Pokébuddies run around with us. They even pick up items for us. Definitely a feature I'd like to see in all future games!

    +customization. We can change our clothes, hair, hair color, eye shape, eyebrows, mouth. The hair even uses physics and it looks really good. Again, I wish we'd have more top+pant combinations but I can imagine we might get Something more in the future per dlc.

    +your own path. Once you are done with the beginning of the game, you are pretty much being told that you can now go and do whatever you want. It reminds me a bit of BOTW. The game does however give you three paths you can follow: you can challenge the gyms, help this guy to find special herbs (which is helpful and probably necessary if you want to explore the whole map) or help this one secret npc to crush Team Star. You can do the gyms and the other things in any order you want. So you have lots of freedom and can decide on your own how your journey is supposed to go.

    +design. most of the region is very sunny, bright and colorful. This, the decorations you can see at different places, the town designs and even the music all have a distinct Spanish feel to them and it feels good.

    +scale. actually being able to walk through properly scaled towns is incredible. Something I always wanted in a Pokémon game. With the first big town I thought "no way we can walk through the whole town" but man was I wrong. It's really huge. I remember my dissapointment in Sw/Sh' final town (the one with the Ferris Wheel)...

    +sandwich propaganda. This game fuels my desire to make a really good sandwhich... You can buy LOTS of ingredients, make sandwhiches according to recipes or go freestyle. Different sandwiches give different buffs (like increasing your catch rate or the chance to encounter shinies)

    Personally I'm enjoying the game a LOT, I can't stop playing. It's being pulled down mostly by technical limitations but if you can live with that and if you love Pokémon, I'm sure you'll love these games too.

    I have more good things to say but I reached the character limit... :,D    … Expand
  62. On76
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the game and I don't care what the pokemon hater complaining about the game have nothing to do but vent on line I think it the starter the mad of sprigatito final form and mad and gave this game a lower score. I give this game 100 if it let mem… Expand
  63. jishjash
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    In a time where seemingly every other game releases with poor performance and is riddled with bugs, the new Pokemon somehow sets a new low.

    What should be an exciting new direction for the series and an overall decent Pokemon experience is completely brought down by the performance issues. The framerates, graphical quality, and overall stability of gameplay is all over the place from    In a time where seemingly every other game releases with poor performance and is riddled with bugs, the new Pokemon somehow sets a new low.

    What should be an exciting new direction for the series and an overall decent Pokemon experience is completely brought down by the performance issues. The framerates, graphical quality, and overall stability of gameplay is all over the place from the moment you start the game. I tried to power through for a good dozen hours but the game legitimately strains my eyes and at times gives me feelings of motion sickness - in both docked and handheld mode.

    I would be shocked if GameFreak did any post-launch patches to fix the litany of issues. Unless a lot of the technical issues can be ironed out, I really can't recommend getting this game.    … Expand
  64. eLver_g4lar
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This must be a JOKE! Finally Cyberbug 2077 got a worthy rival.

    This game is disastrous, they treat pokemon fans as fools who buy any garbage that comes out. I find hard to believe that the positive reviews are serious or sarcasm, game freak is the most lazy company (games with inflated prices to poorly made and recycled animations), selling 60 dollar indies that are not worth their    This must be a JOKE! Finally Cyberbug 2077 got a worthy rival.

    This game is disastrous, they treat pokemon fans as fools who buy any garbage that comes out.

    I find hard to believe that the positive reviews are serious or sarcasm, game freak is the most lazy company (games with inflated prices to poorly made and recycled animations), selling 60 dollar indies that are not worth their price in content and quality, these games are so horrible that it makes SWSH look like masterpieces.

    Other nintendo switch games look amazing and have a small number of bugs that ruin the experience so the low capacity of the console is not an excuse.    … Expand
  65. David36368
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This is a really bad game lots of delay and horrible graphics as well as textures that look like ****
  66. akandjelly
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Giving this game anything above a 6 out of 10 is egregious. Why game freak and the pokemon company continue to get away with releasing awful and incomplete games and are some how praised for it is absurd. Scarlet and Violet are plagued with glitches, graphical clipping, tons of pop in, and frame rates in the single digits. I was high on this game as I really enjoyed Legends Arceus,Giving this game anything above a 6 out of 10 is egregious. Why game freak and the pokemon company continue to get away with releasing awful and incomplete games and are some how praised for it is absurd. Scarlet and Violet are plagued with glitches, graphical clipping, tons of pop in, and frame rates in the single digits. I was high on this game as I really enjoyed Legends Arceus, overlooking some of the pop in and performance issues there, but scarlet and violet have taken big steps backwards.… Expand
  67. Chaos_wyvern
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Imposible jugar a los fps que va... El lag, las texturas, todo. Un desastre.
  68. Alffheim
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Gran juego creo que renovar la saga es su mejor virtud, por otro lado creo que el odio de las personas están evitando que el juego pueda alcanzar su potencial eso y sus comentarios de que quieren su rembolso
  69. Estevesscream
    Nov 21, 2022
    6
    É o melhor jogo de Pokémon da franquia principal em diversos aspectos, mas a parte técnica deixa a desejar. O Nintendo Switch é limitado, mas existem diversos jogos que se sairam melhor na plataforma, principalmente os exclusivos. A Gamefreak fez um jogo da forma que quis, pois, sabe que a franquia vende independente de qualquer coisa.
  70. Awrora
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Juego horrible gráficamente y lleno de errores. Enserio es una vergüenza que una franquicia tan importante como Pokemon, no sea capaz de crear un juego decente. Los gráficos horribles parece de Playstation 2, las texturas, las animaciones, escasos pokemones de nueva generación, la jugabilidad y además la cantidad de bugs, todo es absurdamente feo.
    Es una decepción saber que muchos    Juego horrible gráficamente y lleno de errores. Enserio es una vergüenza que una franquicia tan importante como Pokemon, no sea capaz de crear un juego decente. Los gráficos horribles parece de Playstation 2, las texturas, las animaciones, escasos pokemones de nueva generación, la jugabilidad y además la cantidad de bugs, todo es absurdamente feo.
    Es una decepción saber que muchos pensaban que Pokemon Arceus era una clase de prueba o versión beta de lo que sería el futuro pokemon de nueva generación, y se pensaba que la nueva generación sería 1000 veces mejor que arceus. Pero alfinal más que un juego de nueva generación parece un dlc pobre de pokemon arceus. Ya se ha visto que nintendo switch puede correr juegos de mundo abierto preciosos como zelda breath of the wild así que no hay excusa como la capacidad de falta de rendimiento de nintendo switch. De que ha tenido muchas ventas, claramente ha sido por que los fans les da igual gastar 60 dolares en un juego horrible contal de ver a los pokemones de nueva generación. Yo aconsejo que si lo van a comprar, esperen alguna oferta porque este juego no vale ni 20 dolares.    … Expand
  71. 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
  72. Xoflo
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    After 2 days of playing and almost finishing the game I can safely say the game is terrible, I was hoping for a miracle to get a good game but I’ll have to keep on dreaming.
  73. The_Gamer_man
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Holy **** are all these "Critics" paid by nintendo? Have any of them actually played the game? Extremely disappointing game, especially when you know how good a nintendo game (like breath of the wild) can look and feel. Graphics wise, not anything different from Legends Arceus.
  74. Grevproduction
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    I’ve been playing over 8 hours and my god almighty how the hell did game freak messed so badly that went unique concept of Pokémon legends arceus to buggy ass messed. But hey if you like Pokémon or somehow do not mind the messed I won’t stop you. Hopefully one day they will fix it with a patch.
  75. Godyonce
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    When I tell you this game is rough, this game is ROUGH. A total stepdown from Legends: Arceus, which I loved a lot despite the mediocre graphics. Massive glitches aside, the environment and textures look like they're an alpha version. Extremely ugly. Absolutely ZERO excuse for THE biggest media franchise to put out a $60 game like that.
  76. zackan
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The game in itself is fun, but is ruined by all the performance issues and the graphics, which are unacceptable for a game in 2022. I don't understand how a game coming from one of the biggest franchise in the world can be so technically bad and have so many problems.
    I can personally excuse bad graphics as long as the gameplay is fun, but in this case the gameplay is not fun because it    The game in itself is fun, but is ruined by all the performance issues and the graphics, which are unacceptable for a game in 2022. I don't understand how a game coming from one of the biggest franchise in the world can be so technically bad and have so many problems.
    I can personally excuse bad graphics as long as the gameplay is fun, but in this case the gameplay is not fun because it is ruined by all the performance issues, which makes everything feels laggy and slow.
    And on a more objective note, these graphics are totally unacceptable in 2022 for a game under the Pokémon IP.
    If no patch is announced in the next week or two, I will 100% get a refund on the games, and will never buy a new Pokémon game ever again until something is done to finally have the game Pokémon fans deserve.    … Expand
  77. SplitMind
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    The real shame here is that I really enjoy the gameplay but the performance does its best to get in my way. Really bad.
  78. TylerTiler
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Should not have been released in this state. Reused storyline with no real changes, worst new gen character designs, super laggy in areas
  79. raden52
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    No spoilers here. The game is simply unplayable.
    I can see there are many original ideas for gameplay and plot, but it looks like a google play indie videogame. U will see more bugs than bug type pokemons.
    The fps are less stable than my mental health.
    I’d buy it for 10€/$, not more. Don’t buy it as 60€/$.
  80. Matteom00
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Questo gioco è incredibilmente brutto. Pieno di bug texture che sembrano di una console di 30 anni fa,lag continuo, pokemon imbarazzanti. Difficile fare peggio di così. 60 euro è una rapina legale
  81. Nancii
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Ho un nervoso tale che non mi va manco di tradurlo dunque usate Google Lens. Voglio seriamente capire come si fa a valutare questo gioco con voti che vanno oltre alla sufficienza, la critica dovrebbe essere la prima a dire che è un gigantesco ammasso di fango e invece vanno a mettere voti come "100".
    Non nego che ci sta una piccola perla in questo gioco ma sapere che per raggiungere questa    Ho un nervoso tale che non mi va manco di tradurlo dunque usate Google Lens. Voglio seriamente capire come si fa a valutare questo gioco con voti che vanno oltre alla sufficienza, la critica dovrebbe essere la prima a dire che è un gigantesco ammasso di fango e invece vanno a mettere voti come "100".
    Non nego che ci sta una piccola perla in questo gioco ma sapere che per raggiungere questa "perla" devo infilare il braccio nel fango (per essere gentili) mi fa venire un senso di schifo inammissibile. Carissimi new entry del franchise a sto giro game freak e tutto ciò che ci sta dietro ha esagerato e non stupitevi se una buona parte dei fan sono stufi , dopo continue prese per il culo è pure gentile dare 1 o 2 a questo gioco non finito . Il continuo lag sarà molto difficile da risolvere se non impossibile che vada a sistemarsi con una patch, è dovuto a codici di gioco dunque non sperateci troppo    … Expand
  82. AaronMitsu
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Switch ormai arretrata.
    Sempre piú un gioco per bambini.
    I negozi sono menú.
    Bug e glitch ovunque.
    Costruzione generale del level design pessima.
    Frame drop.
    Grafica sempre troppo indietro.
    Il peggior Pokémon mai visto.
  83. arrudaaedu
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    A sensação é que eu tô jogando um game de 2000 no ps1, os bugs são algo extremamente natural, acontecem a todo momento. Desde a montaria que some, a pokebola que voa, sombras destorcidas e pixeladas, se a intenção foi trazer a nostalgia, parabéns, por um ligeiro momento conseguiram, o resto tá bugado.
  84. dragonejo777
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This is a complete lack of effort from The Pokemon Company and Game Freak.... Garbage for 60 bucks. Bugs in every corner, if you want to see Ps2 textures in 2022 this is your game
  85. Egip9
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This Game is bad, the Graphics are horrible and its sad that we get somthing lile this !!
  86. Goguil
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Is broken.... 15 fps..... to mucho bugs.... ciberpunk 2 the game..... Dont buy
  87. CypherSonic
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Perhaps I treated Sonic 06 too harshly.

    Release the Switch Pro already........
  88. LXBDK
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Congrats Gamefreak, you released the most laughably broken and unplayable games in the series since Pokémon Green for the Gameboy, that's honestly impressive considering Green is a contender for being one of the most broken messes of a game ever made
    and was the very first game in the series in a time long before you had a fraction of the power or experience or money you do now and was    Congrats Gamefreak, you released the most laughably broken and unplayable games in the series since Pokémon Green for the Gameboy, that's honestly impressive considering Green is a contender for being one of the most broken messes of a game ever made
    and was the very first game in the series in a time long before you had a fraction of the power or experience or money you do now and was released before such a thing as Day1 patches existed.

    Pokemon 2077, this is downright inexcusable especially for what is the largest media franchise in history, you're once again shown up in every area by amateur indie developers making games in their spare time as a hobby with no real budget.
    I wish for the day you and TPC have to face your karma and get your just deserts, but sadly it seems you continue to get away with this.    … Expand
  89. VanillaGhoul
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Might be the worst pokemon game to date. Broken mess. Frame rate issues that shouldn't be there. Badly thought out progression. Yet to find a dungeon area or cave seems to be all overworld. Trainer battles are scarce. No real towns. Ed Sheeran is in it for some reason. The whole game just feels empty and soulless.
  90. SirSabza
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    This is my first review, and fitting as its the first pokemon game i've played since Pokemon Emerald on the Gameboy Advance.

    I want to start with what the game does positively because this game will get drowned out on the negatives so people who already knows it runs like ass can see what the game does well to see if its worth the purchase. POSITIVES This game actually has some    This is my first review, and fitting as its the first pokemon game i've played since Pokemon Emerald on the Gameboy Advance.

    I want to start with what the game does positively because this game will get drowned out on the negatives so people who already knows it runs like ass can see what the game does well to see if its worth the purchase.

    POSITIVES

    This game actually has some really deep well thought out storylines about bullying, self identity and loss of loved ones. I really did not expect it to have stories like this as its basically a childrens game. I don't want to spoil the game, but it was a pleasant surprise.

    As i haven't played a Pokemon game since Emerald, i'm unsure what quality of life features are new or old, but all pokemon getting exp from battles, getting more exp from new catches to incentivise you to catch new pokemon and being able to access boxes anywhere are really good.

    NEGATIVES

    What can i say? Gamefreak and by extension Nintendo, are honestly losing their flair and grip when it comes to one of their most influential franchises. The Nintendo Switch, continues to be the biggest blight in gaming history. It's outdated hardware forces console exclusives to be so behind the curve of modern gaming that they can do almost nothing spectacular or push any boundaries because it forces the game to have poor performance in doing so.

    Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is no different. It runs awfully, doesn't matter if you're docked, handheld, new or old device. This game at times will run like a windows 94 PC. Can we really blame Gamefreak? Yes, yes we can. People will compare this game to breath of the wild, but honestly, breath of the wild is a far more empty world that looks pretty, whereas S/V is a way more populated and interesting world, but looks like its on PS1.

    Combat is unbelievably slow, if you don't auto battle it feels like watching paint dry, but if you auto battle you get less exp so you end up taking forever to grind up pokemon.

    The open world honestly was just a miss. It was an interesting attempt but making the open world essentially a circle where you can go left or right, means one side gets neglected and you're vastly over levelled when eventually travelling there. Also if you still keep the badge system where pokemon only listen to you based on how many badges you have, whats the point making it seem like the game has player freedom, as you'll have to tackle these gyms just to play the game.

    The end game zone was a massive let down, without spoiling, the pokemon there are basically no different to anywhere else save for the 6 specific paradox pokemon for each version, it seems like they could have done a lot with that zone. But no minimap, no raids, no ability to even see the zone even post game on the map, just seems weird.

    Why is your box legendary shiny locked? Do you really feel like people will leave so quickly that you need to put their shiny version in a future update forcing people who didn't know this to play a second playthrough to potentially get it?

    Why yet again after the sword and shield debacle do you feel the need to keep half the pokemon missing from the game and say you're going to add them in a few months? why not just delay the game till they could all be in it?    … Expand
  91. Takieya
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    I’m going to be straight - this game does have technical hiccups. In my 20 or so hours of play, that has amounted to one Tera Raid freezing up, and literally nothing else that breaks the game in any way. At the forefront, the Pokémon battles, captures, and travelling in the wild have been free of issues besides frame rate drops when travelling.

    The core gameplay loop has looked as I would    I’m going to be straight - this game does have technical hiccups. In my 20 or so hours of play, that has amounted to one Tera Raid freezing up, and literally nothing else that breaks the game in any way. At the forefront, the Pokémon battles, captures, and travelling in the wild have been free of issues besides frame rate drops when travelling.

    The core gameplay loop has looked as I would expect it to, and is not different from what we’d all seen in the prerelease game footage. It’s been fun to track down Pokémon, and I’ve enjoyed what I’ve played on the story paths without complaint.

    Do the choppy villager movements and background images like the windmills being choppy effect my gameplay? No. Are they visibly noticeable? Yes. I do hope they manage to patch out things like the frame rate and clipping through the environment, but it honestly hasn’t caused me to have any less fun.    … Expand
  92. Joanvimise
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    Me encanta el juego, el inicio de la historia y el mundo es espectacular, pero no podemos obviar el rendimiento gràfico que te saca por completo de la experiencia y en momentos de disfrute te los hace negativos.
  93. Franseg
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    The game has a huge potential but it's clearly unfinisished, you cannot lunch a game with a lot bugs, low fps, etc for 60e, it's unacceptable!
    Everytime I was enjoying the story a game bug ruined completely that good feeling.
    The map navegation is bad optimized, you cannot have the maximum zoom and go another part and zoom in... Beacuse it always go were your character is, last generation    The game has a huge potential but it's clearly unfinisished, you cannot lunch a game with a lot bugs, low fps, etc for 60e, it's unacceptable!
    Everytime I was enjoying the story a game bug ruined completely that good feeling.
    The map navegation is bad optimized, you cannot have the maximum zoom and go another part and zoom in... Beacuse it always go were your character is, last generation this was easier. Playing online is so awful and slow so frustrating!    … Expand
  94. Ddydonphan
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Yes they will fix all in the next game, as always. For now this game is still awesome!
  95. Nitja
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Good Game for the mobile loveling Gen Z.....btw thanks for killing Pokemon Game Freak.
  96. Cecic
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    It's unacceptable that, in 2022, A software house rich and important as Nintendo - Game Freak decides to publish a game that looks like a pre-alpha of what it should have been. With two to three more years of developing, this could have been a masterpiece of the franchise, but instead we find ourselves wondering in an empty world, placeholder buildings and glitchy environment. Plus, it'sIt's unacceptable that, in 2022, A software house rich and important as Nintendo - Game Freak decides to publish a game that looks like a pre-alpha of what it should have been. With two to three more years of developing, this could have been a masterpiece of the franchise, but instead we find ourselves wondering in an empty world, placeholder buildings and glitchy environment. Plus, it's obvious that the target are children, since every single mechanic has been made easier. I didn't think it was possible until I played this "game".… Expand
  97. TheFoxK
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    With Sword and Shield it was obvious they were experimenting, with Arceus it was obvious they learned a lot of lessons and implemented them, and it’s obvious they continue to do so. This is the best Pokémon game in history. It is unfortunate that the graphical issues cast a shadow over this great game.
  98. Rusty98
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Great game, i feel like it has the most story from a pokemon game by far. A large improvement from gen 8
  99. Its7empest
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    I don't know where all the complaints about bugs come from. Seems mostly fine to me, just a few minor bugs but I have had nothing but fun playing it.
  100. Ignacius12
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    No se merece un 10 ni de lejos, pero tampoco un 0 y así nivelo la nota general
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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