Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. starrywhale
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    This game is utter trash, I’m trying my best to love it I really am, but it is HARD!!! Beyond the graphical glitches and all that (which are extremely notable and upsetting, but we know about those) this game is clearly completely rushed and unfinished. For the first time i’m series history you cannot enter a single NPC house, and what few shops you can enter, 90% of them are menus. TownsThis game is utter trash, I’m trying my best to love it I really am, but it is HARD!!! Beyond the graphical glitches and all that (which are extremely notable and upsetting, but we know about those) this game is clearly completely rushed and unfinished. For the first time i’m series history you cannot enter a single NPC house, and what few shops you can enter, 90% of them are menus. Towns are empty and lifeless, and have nothing fun to run around an d look at, most of the npcs have little to nothing to say at all, shops are copy and pasted all over in the main town with nothing else to do at all!!

    the pokémon and player models look really good actually,,, unless you’re more than 3 inches away!! Get a few feet away and they turn into laggy stuttering low poly distractions, even further back and they start to flicker in and out like a sad ghost. it’s downright distracting.

    Don’t even get me started on the battles, IMO legends arceus fully perfected the battle system, perfectly streamlined fast and exciting, with engaging new modes and ways to spice things up. animations were on point, interactive, and excepting, this game completely guts every single aspect of that in favor of a slow, bogged down, un interactive boring back and forth that is boring and a chore. Also they removed the ability to throw poke balls in the wild you have to initiate battle again ://

    I want to love this game so much, I truly do, and there are parts of it that feel fun, but it is all wrapped in a package of horrible optimized, completely underbaked (I would go as far as to say fully uncooked) embarrassingly atrocious .. I don’t even know what.    … Expand
  2. Kiyi
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Calificar a este juego es muy duro, pero lo es más tener que ver la pereza y la poca dedicación que le pusieron al crear el juego, no tienen vergüenza al ponerte este juego a 60€ y sacarlo en el estado en el que está, parece una pre alfa, no tiene buenas texturas, caidas de fps a cada rato, no hay subida de nivel exponencial de los lideres de gimnacio, los gráficos dan pena, teniendo enCalificar a este juego es muy duro, pero lo es más tener que ver la pereza y la poca dedicación que le pusieron al crear el juego, no tienen vergüenza al ponerte este juego a 60€ y sacarlo en el estado en el que está, parece una pre alfa, no tiene buenas texturas, caidas de fps a cada rato, no hay subida de nivel exponencial de los lideres de gimnacio, los gráficos dan pena, teniendo en cuenta que hay juegos como el Zelda Botw que corren con gráficos hermosos y sin caidas de fps cada segundo, hay bugs y glitches por doquier, errores en las animaciones de los personajes, animaciones de los npcs que parecen sacadas de un zoo Tycoon, la personalización de la vestimenta es pobre, te obligan a llevar entre 4 uniformes que a mi parecer solo te hacen lucir como otro npc más y un sin fin de cosas negativas que existen en este juego

    Por otro lado, también está lo positivo, que realmente solo es la historia y el modo cooperativo online, más allá de eso, solo es un producto decepcionante al cual no le han puesto ni el más minimo esfuerzo ni amor para hacerlo

    No recomiendo gastar tu tiempo y dinero en juegos como este, solo queda esperar a que saquen un parche que por lo menos arreglen el rendimiento tan pobre que tiene.    … Expand
  3. Rarel
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Problemas con texturas, los Pokémon salvajes casi ni los ves, bajadas de fps, animaciones quedan grima ... Y mucho más. Aunque podría a ver sido un gran juego, por el cambio en el estilo de juego y la liberta, la falta de tiempo de desarrollo o la tranquilidad de saber que van a forrarse ha jodido este juego. Sólo queda esperar que Game freak de la cara y se pongan a parchear y poder asíProblemas con texturas, los Pokémon salvajes casi ni los ves, bajadas de fps, animaciones quedan grima ... Y mucho más. Aunque podría a ver sido un gran juego, por el cambio en el estilo de juego y la liberta, la falta de tiempo de desarrollo o la tranquilidad de saber que van a forrarse ha jodido este juego. Sólo queda esperar que Game freak de la cara y se pongan a parchear y poder así disfrutar de la experiencia que se nos prometió y por la que hemos pagado. Como fan de la saga el como ha salido este juego me ha dolido.… Expand
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. YMHNaiken
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches - Lighting glitches - Background glitches - Texture glitches And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment. I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches
    - Lighting glitches
    - Background glitches
    - Texture glitches

    And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment.

    I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu down the drain! They are never going to be able patch this.    … Expand
  7. Phazanor
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This game is years behind what is possible on the Switch. It is fine for children but if you're an older fan you might be disappointed. The story is bland, there is no difficulty, the graphics are not on par with what's expected today and there are lots of glitches, even if minor.
    I liked the new designs but not the new gimmick.
  8. web8823
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    I have no ideas how could this buggy, semi-finished game score 77 from critic reviews (44 reviews).

    I could literally feel the disrespect and arrogance from Game Freak during playing. This disgusting attitude shall not be forgiven and abetted, or fans would just continue being suffering from paying-for-sheets. The only one score I gave was due to more handy UX for bags and tools in    I have no ideas how could this buggy, semi-finished game score 77 from critic reviews (44 reviews).

    I could literally feel the disrespect and arrogance from Game Freak during playing. This disgusting attitude shall not be forgiven and abetted, or fans would just continue being suffering from paying-for-sheets.

    The only one score I gave was due to more handy UX for bags and tools in contrast to SwSh's; accessing the Pokemon boxes and navigating are laggy tho.

    Just avoid this game if you don't wanna get disappointed, especially after watching all the trailers, and don't forget how much effort GF put into promoting this title, then you would realize how dare they:) sell us this semi-finished product.    … Expand
  9. 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.
  10. am_ZM
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Je joue a tout les jeux pokemon depuis leurs sortie sur game boy, j'ai découvert les amélioration technique et scénaristique, les jeux ont changer depuis XY qui à mes yeux est le vrais dernier jeu pokemon avec de beau graphisme, de bonne idée de gameplay et un bon scenario, pokemon scarlet est tres mauvais, visuelement moche avec énormément de texture floue, des models 3D ultra simplisteJe joue a tout les jeux pokemon depuis leurs sortie sur game boy, j'ai découvert les amélioration technique et scénaristique, les jeux ont changer depuis XY qui à mes yeux est le vrais dernier jeu pokemon avec de beau graphisme, de bonne idée de gameplay et un bon scenario, pokemon scarlet est tres mauvais, visuelement moche avec énormément de texture floue, des models 3D ultra simpliste et une construction de l’environnement maladroit avec des montagnes qui ne ressemble a rien, un énorme aliasing surtout visible sur dock, du poping, des pnj qui ont un cycle d'anime qui se remet a zero quand on regarde ailler, et surtout d'énorme baisse d'fps
    Pour l'histoire maleureusement on reste toujours tres bas, il n'y a aucun dialogue doublé rien à changer de ce coté là depuis l'épisode game boy, nous avons aussi dans ce jeu des personnages tres insuportable qui font constamment des intervention ou arrive de nullepart pour nous parler avec toujours cette ambiance niaise

    Le jeu est TRES TRES facile, je n'ai pas encore vue un seul obstacle, notre rival nous donne constamment des objets de soin à chaque obstacle, aucun dresseur nous propose de combat au contraire nous devons allez leurs parlé pour avoir un combat ce qui est une énorme erreur à mes yeux, on n'a plus le stresse de ne pas réussir une arène ou réussire a arriver a la prochaine ville, d'ailleur pour la difficulté j'ai remarquer que les pokemons sauvages ont moins tendances à te foncé dessus te risquant d'avoir un combat, on peut facilement les esquivé.

    Pour la cohérence de l'univers en dehors des doublages inexistant, il n'y a pas de bonne mise en scene, les pokemons sauvages ne semble pas avoir de volonté propre et ne font que se déplacé sur la map là ou les dévelopeurs ont posé leurs spawn, aucun pokemon n'attaque d'aute pokemons par exemple, ou fait des grand trajet juste une mini zone et on va les voir pour en capturé un ...
    Les pnj aussi sont plat, allé retour, sur place avec une boucle d'anim totalement visible, des pnj qui se resembles les un les autres, aucune fluidité ou réaliste est apporté là dessus, ce qui donne l'impression d'etre entouré de robots

    Les villes sont malheureusement juste là pour faire beau, la plus part des bâtiments sont copier collé, avec aucune possibilité de rentré et discuté avec les habitant, meme la grande ville est vide avec des escalier géant, des rue aussi grandes que des stade de foot, et des magasin copier collé sans intérieur, simplement un menu ...

    Notre personnage principal est ... bizarre, très neutre pour avoir qu'un seul style d'animation, le garçon et la fille ont pratiquement la meme tete et les mêmes proportions, ce qui donne une mauvaise impression de garçon manqué, ou de fille garçonne, ce qui ne plaira ni a fan des anciens personnages féminin ou masculin,qui avais chacun leurs charisme (parfois on relancer une partie juste pour joué l'autre personnage) Pour notre personnage et les pnj tout semble etre fait pour aller vite, les enfants et ado ont les memes animations, les femmes et homme aussi, et ils ont meme mis des femmes ultra costaux sans aucune explications sauf pour recyclé les animations des hommes musclé

    Les musiques sont aussi tres mauvaise, composé par un indépendant, qui a fait des jeux que certains peuvent aimé, mais ça n'en fait pas un mec super fort en musique sachant qu'il y a beaucoup d’excellent compositeur déjà pressant dans la série, toby fox à surement son style de musique, mais elles sonnes plates et répétitive quand on joue, surtout dans un open world comme celui ci.

    Le jeu soufre principalement des choix de gamefreak, une petite équipe qui n'a pas envie de faire du gros jeux, peut de temps ce qui fait maleureusement de mauvais jeux chaque année, là avant sur console portable certains choix pouvais etre accepté, sur une console de salon de nombreus souci ne sont plus excusable surtout quand on sais qu'ils peuvent faire mieux et qu'il n'y a aucune pression financière sur le projet, j'espere que les critiques négative vont permettre au studio de changé , proposer des jeux meilleurs    … Expand
  11. Sayoshy
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. Zelda breath of the wild which came out in 2017 with the first version of switch in comparison looks like a game on par with GOW graphically speaking not to mention the presence of numerous bug glitches. Why they rely on Game Freak when an amateur developer would do better. The only good things is the lore and the new game system
  12. Diegolas1991
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor juego de pokemon realizado en mucho tiempo, tiene 2 o 3 buenas ideas muy mal implementadas, las 3 historias son terribles, o las realizas todas simultaneamente o te encontraras en combates con 30/40 niveles de desnivel. Las ciudades se sienten vacias, tecnicamente es un desastre, la teracristalizacion otra mecanica absurda y estupida como los gigamax movimientos z etc. En resumen un juego vago sin real innovacion pues esa se la llevo leyendas arceus.… Expand
  13. Jmack01
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Where to start, this game and its quality are appalling and to be released in this state is tragic, the frame rate is atrocious, the texture load in and out, the pop in is terrible all this package for the price of $60 is an absolute joke, a complete cash grab and clearly lazy sloppy work from incompetent developers, disgusting.
  14. 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.
  15. naproxenoo
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Jogo com muitos bugs, gráficos muito ruins e com serrilhados e preço muito alto para um jogo assim
  16. Muna21
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The fact that this game was launched in this state and with a full price is embarrassing.
    Set aside the 2005 graphics, and the barely acceptable animations, the game has very little to offer.
    The region of Paldea is incredibly sterile: there is almost no indoor spaces, even in the big city int he middle of the region. NPCs have nothing to add tot he depth of the world, dialogues and    The fact that this game was launched in this state and with a full price is embarrassing.
    Set aside the 2005 graphics, and the barely acceptable animations, the game has very little to offer.
    The region of Paldea is incredibly sterile: there is almost no indoor spaces, even in the big city int he middle of the region. NPCs have nothing to add tot he depth of the world, dialogues and lines mean absolutely nothing. Animations of the characters are barely acceptable.
    If the artistic direction is problematic, well, the optimisation of the game in the console is unacceptable. The game struggles a lot: frame rate drops drastically in the most randome moments, characters/props and pokemon flickers constantly, and the animations of what's on the map is so slow that it looks like you're playing a stop motion videogame.
    I am shocked at all the journalists and critics that gave a score higher than 4 to this game.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. mmiller
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    From the very start, this game is riddled with bugs, awful textures and animations, and absolutely embarrassing landscapes. I've seen student made games with more polish, so I expect far more from the most profitable franchise in the world. The fact that this was released 6 years after Breath of the Wild on the same hardware is so astounding that it's almost funny.
  20. Futurnildo
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The worst pokemon game ever. The minimap works at 2 fps. Nothing about the pokemons over the world, they look like the gba game sprites...60€ of real **** at the point that P Legends Arceus looks like a good game now. The concep of the game it's really nice but the performance is awful taking into account that in the Switch you can play Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade, The Witcher 3... NOTThe worst pokemon game ever. The minimap works at 2 fps. Nothing about the pokemons over the world, they look like the gba game sprites...60€ of real **** at the point that P Legends Arceus looks like a good game now. The concep of the game it's really nice but the performance is awful taking into account that in the Switch you can play Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade, The Witcher 3... NOT RECOMMENDED.… Expand
  21. Puppycuddles
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I am beyond disappointed. I bought the double pack and wow… I should have waited to read reviews and even spoil the game for myself just to save myself from GameFreak doing a cash grab on this Alpha Status Game! How do you go from legends arceus to this?? How is this okay? This is shameful.
  22. Sadlamps
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    A incredibly huge disappointment. Both in comparison to PLA and on its own. How this got greenlit to be sold is beyond me....
  23. Azath12
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Los peores $60 dolares invertidos en mi vida, no se lo compren. Juego roto y una completa estafa
  24. 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.
  25. Johnnythorpe198
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I keep trying to find redeeming features in these games, but I don't think I've truly enjoyed a Pokemon game since Black and White, or the Ruby Saphire remakes. Each game twists a little further away from the qualities which the original games captured so well. I've barely started this but it feels like it's half finished, a sparce open world which is empty of any charm, intrigue or fun.I keep trying to find redeeming features in these games, but I don't think I've truly enjoyed a Pokemon game since Black and White, or the Ruby Saphire remakes. Each game twists a little further away from the qualities which the original games captured so well. I've barely started this but it feels like it's half finished, a sparce open world which is empty of any charm, intrigue or fun. Packed full of bizzare features, world breaking loading screens and unrelatable characters. I'm sad to say it might well be the last pokemon game I buy.… Expand
  26. Joseolmos6491
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Muchos bugs, las texturas popean y son de baja calidad, las áreas abiertas están muertas, la historia aburrida, etc etc etc
  27. Zjaczx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is bad optimitazion and bad reference graphics deberian de darnos lo que los fans se merecen… Expand
  28. Untamedduck
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    It’s like they didn’t have a single quality tester. Game runs absolutely horribly.
  29. JRBissett
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Graphic fidelity and performance are atrocious. A massive step back for the franchise
  30. Mint11037
    Dec 13, 2022
    1
    Una completa basura de juego, bugs horribles, gráficos de Nintendo 64, diseño de Pokémon y personajes pésimo, y una historia aburrida y predecible.
  31. Matte0215
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    El juego como idea es bueno, pero falla totalmente en el desempeño técnico, lleno de errores, falta de calidad y detalle y otra cantidad de problemas que simplemente no se deben de perdonar. Es casi igual a los problemas de rendimiento de cyberpunk cuando salió al mercado.
  32. matiasarg09
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    the worst pokemon game, 15 fps, horrible graphics and too many bugs. Nintendo should stop hiring gamefreak
  33. melvingutierrez
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here the thing, the game have a lots of home works to do, they need to improve the graphic, something I feel or have the sensations that I’m playing a game in a emulator, when I summon a Pokémon I notice a issue with graphic or animation.

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

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


    Something that I can say that is a good step forward is the open game, yeah finally something in the correct way. But please you can do better grass please, try to contact with the developer of Zelda Breath of The wild, I’m sure that they can tech you how to create grass and enviorement. Finally the design or certain Pokémon, someone are good other meh. The world have a lot of animals that you can copy and put it into the game, and why the starter always need to be to smalls, why we can’t have started like a Taurus size? One more thing! Please add Audio chat!! What’s the problem to add an audio chat to party.. what’s is the porpuse of have adventure together with friends if we can’t speak each other??    … Expand
  34. Lifeissocool
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Sinceramente el juego me ha decepcionado bastante y después de pokemon leyendas arceus pensaba que este sería mejor pero nada más lejos de la realidad, el juego se ve bastante bastante feo y eso en 2022 hecho por una de las empresas más grandes como es pokemon conpany y ganefreak es muy poco aceptable. Pero esto es lo que pasa cuando tu juego te importa bastante poco y lo que buscas esSinceramente el juego me ha decepcionado bastante y después de pokemon leyendas arceus pensaba que este sería mejor pero nada más lejos de la realidad, el juego se ve bastante bastante feo y eso en 2022 hecho por una de las empresas más grandes como es pokemon conpany y ganefreak es muy poco aceptable. Pero esto es lo que pasa cuando tu juego te importa bastante poco y lo que buscas es ganar dinero, que creas un producto sin cariño rápido y sin acabar, y este es el resultado. Un juego mediocre que no esta a la altura a los demás juegos de la generación.
    Que conste, el juego me está divirtiendo pero después de jugar un rato u ver tantísimos bugs, bajadas de frames, texturas más feas imposibles no le puedo dar mejor nota.
    Para acabar y leyendo comentarios de gente q dice que no se puede comparar con otros lanzamientos como zelda o xenoblade, solo demostráis que os importa bastante poco que esta compañía haga las cosas fatal porque “pokemon”, gracias defender a una compañía a la que se la sudáis bastante fuerte y que os vende una basura sin acabar a precio de 50 euros, solo puedo decir que sois lamentables.    … Expand
  35. Feenixfire90
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I think the worst part in this whole mess is, this game has a lot of potential. Under the glitches and stuff, the design, the gameplay and the story is pretty damn good and a great change of pace and direction of the series. Maybe its more insulting and saddening that it actually showed a bit of a diamond in the rough compared to it being openingly bad.

    HOWEVER.... The technical    I think the worst part in this whole mess is, this game has a lot of potential. Under the glitches and stuff, the design, the gameplay and the story is pretty damn good and a great change of pace and direction of the series. Maybe its more insulting and saddening that it actually showed a bit of a diamond in the rough compared to it being openingly bad.

    HOWEVER....

    The technical issues this game has is way too glaring to ignore. Issues include: Frequent and nauseating framerate drops in crowded areas and after exploring the open world area for long periods of time. Constant freezing between cutscenes and battle scenes. Missing sound effects, T posing characters and invisible pokemon. Camera clipping through environments and characters. Suspected memory leakage due to assests not deloading as expected (suspected as issues improved a a bit after restarting the game.)

    Worse part is that the drops of framerate have made me feel sick often and same for the weird snapping camera. To the point of needing frequent breaks or to walk away from it for the day.

    How did this go so wrong? Especially after how good Legends was earlier this year!?

    THIS NEEDS FIXED! Patched? Something! Anything!

    I have already sent feedback emails to both Pokemon Company and Nintendo reporting these issues. But if they care to listen or not is yet to show...    … Expand
  36. Marlonetcetera
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I just can't enjoy the game with those technical issues, I don't mind how the game looks or the glitches at all, but this performance is just unacceptable. Hopefully it'll get somewhat fixed soon, but knowing GameFreak, they probably won't. I'm really sad I cannot have fun playing this game. If not were for the technical issues, this could be my favorite game in the mainline series, butI just can't enjoy the game with those technical issues, I don't mind how the game looks or the glitches at all, but this performance is just unacceptable. Hopefully it'll get somewhat fixed soon, but knowing GameFreak, they probably won't. I'm really sad I cannot have fun playing this game. If not were for the technical issues, this could be my favorite game in the mainline series, but they are too many and too present to just overlook. So disappointed they are not at least as smooth as Legends Arceus.… Expand
  37. Keitanito
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unfortunately, the game is clearly unfinished and was clearly rushed, leading to have a terribly high amount of issues which go from performance (awful framerate), decent/good environment but map completely empty (there is literally nothing between a city and another, not point of interests such as a battle tower, pokemon tower, ruins of alph, etc could be), uninteresting/dull/bland storyUnfortunately, the game is clearly unfinished and was clearly rushed, leading to have a terribly high amount of issues which go from performance (awful framerate), decent/good environment but map completely empty (there is literally nothing between a city and another, not point of interests such as a battle tower, pokemon tower, ruins of alph, etc could be), uninteresting/dull/bland story clearly rushed just to have a story in the game.

    GameFreak has decided to set for themselves a new goal: releasing two games per year, as opposed to the previous practice of releasing a unique one (not counting remakes with minor changes) every two years, doubling the number of products while halving the time dedicated to production. All of this is clearly a problem if the level of the released game is this one.

    Unsure if relevant for a review, but I would say that 60$ for an unfinished and rushed game of this level is not reasonable at all, specially if you compare it the other Nintendo titles released for the same, or lower, price (Breath of the Wild, Bayonetta, Xenoblade, etc)    … Expand
  38. DURFINMAN
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This game is a technical mess. Multiple crashes, Graphical errors every 10 seconds, and the frame rate is worse than anything I have seen on switch.
  39. Cru78
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Gioco palesemente fatto di fretta, tutte le dinamiche introdotte vengono rese vane dal comparto tecnico grafico che fa veramente pena. Gioco open world dove non pensi nemmeno ad un giocatore che proverà a visitare case negozi ecc, e ti ritorvi incastrato in muri invisibili. È una mancanza di rispetto verso i giocatori
  40. tdsantos
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Tecnicamente o jogo é muito porco, framerate muito baixo e vai piorando com o tempo. popIns constates, serrilhados em quase tudo e qualquer coisa a mais de 5 metros do personagem a textura é horrível. Era pra ser um jogo muito bom, mas tem tanto problema que irrita demais.
  41. 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
  42. Redman89
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    First the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is notFirst the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is not even to improve the deficits of the previous (Sword & Shield) and is not a match for Arceus who was a fresh sight for a open world Pokemon game.… Expand
  43. Costasboo
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This game is garbage from framerate bugs glitches. Its unfished and doesnt show anywhere why it cost that much. i have seen much better games on android phones for free with better quality and thats what its suppose to achive such a big company? Thats shamefull
  44. Stickit509
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    It’s a Pokémon game and it’s fun, but the performance is terrible, I get the switch is not powerful, but the npc in the background look like they are running at 10 fps or less, cutscenes are just as bad, early on you get to a lighthouse and the npc is telling the player that you can see so far and it cuts away to show you the land and it all looks like play-doh.
  45. Hugecat22
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Kinda fun ideas, but runs like total junk. Can't even play it for more then 10 mins without feeling sick.
  46. Kopy
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Jogo mto mal otimizado, solicitei até reembolso, espero q melhorem o jogo pqp
  47. rrubspm
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The number of graphical glitches it has is brutal, even in it Switch OLED seems like a product made with limited time and no budget
  48. Henryedu
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    History is good, but the are problems with graphics and have massive glitches.
  49. Shiari
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    A bug written, customization devoid mess of a game forcing a terrible aesthetic. The lack of character customization is absolutely abysmal, the performance is terrible, and the world feels bland and devoid of life. The game is in all ways a downgrade from Arcaeus, and that's... saying something. Why the character customization options from past switch titles were not made available is aA bug written, customization devoid mess of a game forcing a terrible aesthetic. The lack of character customization is absolutely abysmal, the performance is terrible, and the world feels bland and devoid of life. The game is in all ways a downgrade from Arcaeus, and that's... saying something. Why the character customization options from past switch titles were not made available is a complete mystery. Enjoy those ugly orange shorts, because you will be wearing them forever.… Expand
  50. FacuEx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...
    Los npc caminan a 2fps a solo dos pasos de distancia del jugador. Las ciudades vacias, los entrenadores de las rutas son muy pocos y en su mayoria ancianos con uniforme de escolar (turbio). Casi ningun NPC dice o hace nada relevante, le quita las ganas de explorar y tratar de hablar con todo el mundo en busca de secretos o cosas utiles... En fin, omito más cosas, como la calidad del terreno, los bugs en las sombras y las caidas al transpasar el suelo de la nada.    … Expand
  51. Cheesedip
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game looks horrible. The saturation, glitches, framerate. I feel like I'm playing a beta/early access game. There is no excuse for this quality on day one release from this company. Pokemon has a countless number of loyal, devoted fans and they get served this low quality trash. Enough is enough
  52. Qwizard
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game runs like a snail on salt. At every corner there's a frame rate drop and on top of that npc's popping in every blink of the eye. Lots of what made PLA great is absent from S/V. Like free movement when in battle. Throwing pokeballs. Which makes this ane of the worst entries in the series. Only thing that has a shine of hope is the new pokemon designs. i think its time GamefreakThis game runs like a snail on salt. At every corner there's a frame rate drop and on top of that npc's popping in every blink of the eye. Lots of what made PLA great is absent from S/V. Like free movement when in battle. Throwing pokeballs. Which makes this ane of the worst entries in the series. Only thing that has a shine of hope is the new pokemon designs. i think its time Gamefreak steps away from pokemon. Do not buy this game at its current state. Hot Garbage.… Expand
  53. 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
  54. Goguil
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Is broken.... 15 fps..... to mucho bugs.... ciberpunk 2 the game..... Dont buy
  55. Egip9
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This Game is bad, the Graphics are horrible and its sad that we get somthing lile this !!
  56. 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.
  57. 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.
  58. 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
  59. David36368
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This is a really bad game lots of delay and horrible graphics as well as textures that look like ****
  60. 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.
  61. zaninandre
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This game is simply untenable, it can only be enjoyed by nostalgic fans of the brand and exclusively to discover the new monsters. The graphics are terrible, the bugs are countless, the overworld is empty and the cities are not really explorable: the shops are simple menus and are even always the same 2/3! Game Freak's laziness is embarrassing.
  62. 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
  63. GustaVoss
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's empty: it lacks interesting NPC and houses you can enter.
    I'm not even talking about the system issues here, which are, alone, absurd.
    We, as fans and gamers, need to value our money we can't let these big companies deliver something like this with full price.    … Expand
  64. layon0072
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Es el juego de Pokémon con peor rendimiento, el apartado técnicamente se cae a pedazos, un sin fin de bugs, errores visuales y un popin bestial todo te carga en la cara, el juego necesita urgencia un parche.
    Gran oportunidad para mejorar su apartado pero perdida puderon retrasar el juego.
  65. ADHDBusyBee
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    The game physically made me sick, with headaches and nausea. The textures, stuttering and anti-aliasing are pushing PS1 quality. I cannot speak to the content of the game as nor my partner can muster more than an hour playing it due to the camera, frame rate and constant stutter inducing motion sickness. I love pokemon but they need to do better.
  66. Trikshot48
    Nov 29, 2022
    1
    Utterly abysmal and atrocious effort by the Pokemon franchise. Everyone keeps trying to give the developers a pass on the performance issues, saying that it's the Switches fault. You cannot blame the hardware when things like Breath of The Wild exist. This franchise needs to stop getting a free pass to release terrible quality games just because theyre tugging st the nostalgiaUtterly abysmal and atrocious effort by the Pokemon franchise. Everyone keeps trying to give the developers a pass on the performance issues, saying that it's the Switches fault. You cannot blame the hardware when things like Breath of The Wild exist. This franchise needs to stop getting a free pass to release terrible quality games just because theyre tugging st the nostalgia heartstrings. Do not buy this game. Take the 5 minutes to look into all the performance issues listed online and you will see why.… Expand
  67. 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!!!
  68. Nwolfe69
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    How does this happen? Did they even test this game? Is it finished? This is a half baked How to Train your dragon video game. Wii games look and preform better than this. The entire world is bland, glitchy, and ugly. Maybe 40% of the Pokémon have good designs? Save your money, don’t buy this.
  69. duduulo
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Es un despropósito haber sacado el juego en este estado.
    El juego no se puede disfrutar, es una caída constante de fps, tirones y animaciones bugeadas. Personalmente me ha quitado las ganas de seguir jugando.
    En el estado actual no recomiendo para nada comprar el juego.
  70. 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
  71. Garret_Beastman
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game could've been so much more and now it's being blatantly ridiculized on the Internet. Terrible performance issues, a lot of elements in the background running at low FPS, poor rendering and visual quality in general (as usual) and the only salvageable thing is the Gameplay because it's Pokémon of course, but still I'm very disappointed.

    If the Switch is able to handle games    This game could've been so much more and now it's being blatantly ridiculized on the Internet. Terrible performance issues, a lot of elements in the background running at low FPS, poor rendering and visual quality in general (as usual) and the only salvageable thing is the Gameplay because it's Pokémon of course, but still I'm very disappointed.

    If the Switch is able to handle games with the visual quality of Xenoblade, why not implement some of that for Pokémon? Because they're LAZY, that's why,    … Expand
  72. Tokoshieko
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Can´t understand how people are defending this game, it´s graphical and technical features are the worst, an unfinished product getting praised by diehard pokefans that will make the developer continue on mediocre practices.
    Game don´t get a 0 because of it´s game play.
  73. Keimor35
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Juego incompleto lleno de bugs , la jugabilidad es lo más mejor de este título
  74. 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
  75. xsaliva
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Bad user experience. Too many bugs and glitches. Even though the game is beautiful and fun it definitely need an update. Very very bad and full of lag
  76. ColemanCosmo
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Can´t understand how people are defending this game, it´s graphical and technical features are the worst, an unfinished product getting praised by diehard pokefans that will make the developer continue on mediocre practices.
    Game don´t get a 0 because of it´s game play.
  77. blaoOw
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    No love. Open World boring, graphics trash. don’t know why there’s a nintendo seal of quality. or is this the new quality?
  78. 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
  79. travis_wangsgaa
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I want to love this game soooo bad, but the state that it's in right now it's reminiscent of an N64 game. Sure it runs, sure it has good music, and it sure looks like garbage. Glitches run rampant for this game, from clipping into the ground to frequently seeing the skybox to being teleported around when you battle (to access areas you shouldn't be able to access yet) to the shiny soundI want to love this game soooo bad, but the state that it's in right now it's reminiscent of an N64 game. Sure it runs, sure it has good music, and it sure looks like garbage. Glitches run rampant for this game, from clipping into the ground to frequently seeing the skybox to being teleported around when you battle (to access areas you shouldn't be able to access yet) to the shiny sound and sparkles not displaying properly in the overworld so you're likely to miss them. I can't give it a zero, but they've got to release patches for this game.… Expand
  80. 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
  81. MisterLapras
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    This game had everything to be good... but it wasn't. Bugs everywhere, pokemons with ugly design and mediocre story.
  82. Habdich90
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    That game is an absolute disgrace. Full of bugs and glitches, the graphics are a joke and that's not because of the Switch itself. My 10 years old son can program better games .....
  83. silentsnowfall
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I lowered my expectations for what a new Pokemon game should be like after Sword and Shield disappointed me. Somehow, this game took even my lowest expectations and managed to be worse. It's an absolute abysmally-optimized lag-fest that was CLEARLY not ready for release. Almost every motion in the game is laggy, stutters, or drops the frame-rate. Everything is choppy and buggy. The gameI lowered my expectations for what a new Pokemon game should be like after Sword and Shield disappointed me. Somehow, this game took even my lowest expectations and managed to be worse. It's an absolute abysmally-optimized lag-fest that was CLEARLY not ready for release. Almost every motion in the game is laggy, stutters, or drops the frame-rate. Everything is choppy and buggy. The game moves at a literal crawl. Almost everything in the environment is un-textured and super ugly. On top of this, the series continues going in the direction of anti-fun, with a forced experience share for the whole party, not showing stat improvements on level-up, a massively long and hand-holding tutorial, and (this is just what I heard) is still linear in terms of levels. You can *go anywhere* but if you do you'll just get the snot beat out of you for going somewhere you're not a high enough level for yet. Clearly Pokemon is not yet ready for the transition to Open-World gaming, as it somehow breaks everything whilst also being incredibly boring. Not to mention it's 2022, this is the NINTH main title for the series, and there is STILL no voice acting. Just tons of boring text on screen and awkward NPC mouth movements with no noise coming out. Now, before you think this is nothing but a hate-fest, I will say this: There are several improvements I can see they have made that I like. They are trying some new things out and some of the changes actually look interesting. That being said, those nice changes are pointless when made in such a terrible game as this. As someone who has ALWAYS bought a new Pokemon game on release, I now have to sadly say that I simply cannot do that anymore. What a waste of $60. It's insane how awfully this franchise is treated by its creators when its one of the most popular franchises worldwide. If you're on the fence, or just curious about it, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Heck, even if you're a die-hard Pokemon fan I don't recommend it. I love Pokemon, but these new games are simply sheer garbage.… Expand
  84. cyphus6
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    disappointing in almost every way, and impressive in none. This is just another cash-grab for the new generation. Quality and content was peak at Ultra Sun/Moon, and I'd rather those graphics any day than deal with the performance and pace of this
  85. FixUp
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This game is quite frankly in a terrible state, major frame rate issues muddy textures that also pop in and out, npc's moving at 2fps andfalling through the map are just a few issues with this game, what makes it worse is that we have not heard anything in regards to fixes for the games its disgusting that companies can and do get away with releasing games that are clearly unfinished andThis game is quite frankly in a terrible state, major frame rate issues muddy textures that also pop in and out, npc's moving at 2fps andfalling through the map are just a few issues with this game, what makes it worse is that we have not heard anything in regards to fixes for the games its disgusting that companies can and do get away with releasing games that are clearly unfinished and near on unplayable.… Expand
  86. hyuugabrazil
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This game have so many problems. It feels like the pokemon company do not listening to the fans at all, what is not a surprise. The technical issues the lag in the game, and even the lazzy design with the pokemons. They spend more time creating a character design than a pokemon design.

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

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

    jogo lento, menus lentos, batalhas lentas

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

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

    raids talvez seja a unica intenção desse jogo    … Expand
  88. Isa_benja
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    El juego es muy bueno en cuanto a propuesta nueva para el mundo de pokemon y trae mucho nuevos pokemon interesantes pero el rendimiento es fatal los fps caen demasiado sobre todo en algunas zonas en concreto lo que arruina un poco la experiencia y ya estando en 2022 y que nintendo y game freak saquen un juego con un rendimiento así de deplorable no es aceptable.
  89. Reeshii51
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Game does not deserve a 76 it's a broken game and the sort is that boring this just justifies that Nintendo just love money and doesn't care about the quality of games
  90. Regis89
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Grafika daje dużo do myślenia. Niektóre elementy są dopracowane, reszta leży anteną do góry. Skoro Wiedźmin 3 potrafi chodzić na switchu to niech nikt nie mówi, że switch lepszej grafiki od pokemonów nie uciągnie. Brak voice actingu. Brak pokemona MINIOR !
  91. AndyMacster
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Performance issues aside, the game at its core is a typical but more inspired mainline Pokemon game. However, the performance issues are so egregious that it's impossible to ignore how the game grinds to a messy halt so often it takes you and everyone around you out of any immersion possible.

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

    The only reason this best a 1 over a 0 is because Team Star is a really great rendition of a Team Rocket style "antagonist" which I like A LOT. Good stuff on that part.    … Expand
  92. PandaForce1603
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    The quality of production on these games is embarrassing. They should not have been released. Also shame on any critics not being objective and writing an appropriate review.
  93. Ag4zz
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Il gioco in se non vale quanto costa, ha mille difetti e l'unico aspetto divertente è giocare online con gli amici, ma anche questo ogni tanto non funziona.

    The game itself is not worth the money, it has a thousand flaws and the only fun aspect is playing online with friends, but even that sometimes doesn't work.
  94. Jack_Clinker
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Quite literally the worst pokemon game to date. It has great ideas but doesn't execute any of them well. The performance sucks and I've had it crash multiple times. The bi-annual release schedule obviously does not work with this franchise anymore with the amount of resources Nintendo and GameFreak are willing to put towards this IP
  95. Korbi_
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    You can't go into any buildings except stupid stores and arenas.
    You can't talk to anyone.
    Arena challenges have nothing to do with pokemon. Trainers don't spot you, you have to talk to them. Constant FPS drops on there own hardware. I don't want to make sandwiches, I just want to play a pokemon game. Cities consist of an arena building and 5000 store building. Most stores are just    You can't go into any buildings except stupid stores and arenas.
    You can't talk to anyone.
    Arena challenges have nothing to do with pokemon.
    Trainers don't spot you, you have to talk to them.
    Constant FPS drops on there own hardware.
    I don't want to make sandwiches, I just want to play a pokemon game.
    Cities consist of an arena building and 5000 store building.
    Most stores are just menus you can't even go inside.    … Expand
  96. EduardoCruzA7X
    Dec 1, 2022
    1
    As fun as the game is to play, It's technical issues outweighs it's fun time by far, there are many bugs, frame rate issues, visual aberrations, etc. I honestly love pokémon since Red version, but this game is simply no worth your money, you should not buy this game until Game freak or Nintendo take action into fixing it's problems, otherwise you will just validate them continuing toAs fun as the game is to play, It's technical issues outweighs it's fun time by far, there are many bugs, frame rate issues, visual aberrations, etc. I honestly love pokémon since Red version, but this game is simply no worth your money, you should not buy this game until Game freak or Nintendo take action into fixing it's problems, otherwise you will just validate them continuing to launch unfinished games such as this. Game freak and Nintendo should be ashamed to launch a game in this state since they used to value so much the "user experience" over highly advanced graphics, the feeling we players get from this game is that it is no longer the case, and now they simply just want your money no matter the cost and will milk their biggest franchises however bad the final product is.… Expand
  97. MrRedNemesis
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    This game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games whenThis game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games when they can get rich with things like this. This game is an insult and every 10/10 review is another dirt shovel on the coffin of the pokemon franchise.… Expand
  98. Rowdy_Cloudy
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    The entire region of Paldea is forgettable. Incredibly uninspiring adventure through a slog of bugs and technical issues. Worst game in the series by far.
  99. Keizrel
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    I've been a Pokémon fan since I was a child, the state of this game is unacceptable, the story is constantly being interrupted by stupid NPC, an open world that hurt my eyes and also the stupid amount of resources the game spits on your face like you were a 3 year child. I can't recommend you to play this game cuz it sucks, buy any digimon if you like taming little and adorable monsters.
  100. MaldocaBR
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    Simplesmente horrível. Bugs aterrorizantes e um preço astronômico para um jogo sem qualquer novidade. Espero que a Nintendo lance uma atualização em breve para corrigir tudo isso.
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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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