Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. Shirosan
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall the game was perfect. The new Pokémon were very cool and the open world feature was amazing. You can just catch all Pokémon if you want and it makes very much fun.
    But..
    The end of the story is the biggest **** I‘he ever seen. The complete game story is good but if you go to the secret fourth path you think wtf.
    You must go in a area were the music kills your ears and your eyes crushes because of the bad light filtres and so on.
    The story in the fourth path is pathetic and is not more than a generic sci fi **** story.
    The professor is dead and you must fight her AI to destroy a Time Machine she builds..
    Sorry but this is awful and very disappointing.
    This makes the complete game a mess.    … Expand
  2. Multality
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    Pessimia otimizacao do jogo, quedas de FPS, pokemons sumindo, Bugs para todo os lados, crash de jogo. E tudo isso custando 300 Reais. O pokemon Arceus e muito melhor que isso. Gamefreak nao sabe fazer jogos em mundo aberto.
  3. Zski
    Dec 3, 2022
    7
    I really appreciate the effort to try to continue to shake up the Pokémon formula for the better, but even with the performance issues aside (which I did not find to be that bad), the execution was a little underwhelming. To address the performance complaints that everyone has with the game - the issues are there, but they literally do not impact the game by any means. I did experienceI really appreciate the effort to try to continue to shake up the Pokémon formula for the better, but even with the performance issues aside (which I did not find to be that bad), the execution was a little underwhelming. To address the performance complaints that everyone has with the game - the issues are there, but they literally do not impact the game by any means. I did experience some slowdown, I did experience a few bugs, but they weren’t bad enough to break the game or even hinder the experience. If you’re playing Pokémon for a next gen experience that performs at 60fps, then you are really losing touch with what the core attraction of Pokémon really is. I didn’t find the performance and glitches to be any issue at all.

    However, the game itself feels like a step in the right direction with a very poorly executed concept. Open world Pokémon is exactly what everyone dreamed of since the Gameboy days. I just found the world to be incredibly uninspiring and hollow. I started off really excited to explore the map, but as I continued on I realized that the exploration just felt a little aimless. I appreciate that the game gives you many overarching objectives - completing the Pokédex, collecting all the gym badges, battling Team Star, and battling the titans gives some variety to the overall objective. But exploring uninspiring terrains just to find waves of the same Pokémon over and over somehow made the game feel linear in an open world. After awhile I found myself just going straight for objectives, not even caring about exploring. Which is a shame, because even Arceus felt like it had more push for exploration. It’s still a great game that offers tons of content. I just felt like the effort to move to open world was a bit weak, so it kind of took away from the existing magic formula that made the series great to take it in a direction that wasn’t fully fleshed out. After Arceus, it’s a step in the right direction, I just wish we didn’t have to wait another generation (or more) for the direction to be fully realized into what it’s capable of being.    … Expand
  4. Marchez69
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    The graphic issues on this are ridiculous. Cannot go a few minutes without them popping up.
  5. Adelson54
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    E sério Game freak?! Eu pedi um jogo melhor que sword and shield e me vem com um lixo desses? Depois não reclame se eu não investir meu dinheiro comprando seus jogos, 1 consumidor a menos pra vocês
  6. ashthewolf
    Dec 3, 2022
    5
    This game had great potential,which was ruined in the state this game released in.
    The characters ware great,the story was amazing, and the gym leaders ware some of the best.
    Out of the 3 beginning quests 2 ware incredible and the last one was alright. I love how you can befriend the teachers to learn more about them. The classes' ware interesting (Other than arts and language), The    This game had great potential,which was ruined in the state this game released in.
    The characters ware great,the story was amazing, and the gym leaders ware some of the best.
    Out of the 3 beginning quests 2 ware incredible and the last one was alright. I love how you can befriend the teachers to learn more about them. The classes' ware interesting (Other than arts and language),
    The bugs and performance is what ruins the game.

    I want this to be a learning experience for game freak and Nintendo because the game does a lot of things,but oh boy did they **** a lot of things wrong too!
    If it wasn't for the bugs and the performance it could have been one of the best Pokémon games.    … Expand
  7. SpringFrost
    Dec 3, 2022
    2
    Broken game development, random level design, absence of optimization for exploring, no level scaling and poor challenging experience. I've reached the end of the game with same vibes I've had in SWSH, boredom and hurry to end the game in order to never open it again. It's a shame because some concept, new creature and narrative sare solid but this game shouldn't have been in commerce soBroken game development, random level design, absence of optimization for exploring, no level scaling and poor challenging experience. I've reached the end of the game with same vibes I've had in SWSH, boredom and hurry to end the game in order to never open it again. It's a shame because some concept, new creature and narrative sare solid but this game shouldn't have been in commerce so soon and that's frustrating and disappointing for the video player, especially after LPA, which also suffered because of graphics but still was able to be a complete and stimulating experience for some gamers, so clearly the problems with this game go one step further… Expand
  8. killermichiZ
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    greedy, lazy company releases a new game

    not worth it at all, its extremly lackluster in almost every way
  9. GigaCritics
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    A bad unpolished game. bugs, glitches,graphics and fps drops make this game for me the worst in Frenchies.
  10. REOSpeedwagon
    Dec 3, 2022
    3
    An too simple and banal narrative in an empty open world but full of technical problems
  11. Kaleid1105
    Dec 2, 2022
    10
    I love this Pokémon game, its history in each of its routes was well detailed and even though it has some Bugs and slight FPS drops, that does not take away from the great story of the game
  12. Buntekuhmachtmu
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    Underwhelming.. started actually really great and then the quality dropped harshly..
    So many glitches and bugs.. I am disappointed.
  13. Soliwhite
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    Game Freak this Game is technical a disgrace you don’t care about your consumers anymore!
  14. Mamba3310
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    The only thing that I save are a couples designs of some creatures. The gameplay, the story, the dialogues, the characters and mostly the game design are totally trash. I love pokemon, but this time TPC have to look more to the quality instead of money
  15. Seadog96
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    This game has sadly proven that game freaks are only interested in profit, and for it they are willing to trample an entire fandom and produce a product undeserving of their name. All this hatred that unfortunately I have developed over the years derives from my immense love for the pokemon world, and from the immense displeasure in finding myself every time with a product in my handsThis game has sadly proven that game freaks are only interested in profit, and for it they are willing to trample an entire fandom and produce a product undeserving of their name. All this hatred that unfortunately I have developed over the years derives from my immense love for the pokemon world, and from the immense displeasure in finding myself every time with a product in my hands devoid of: a serious and exciting mature story, graphics that make me fully immerse yourself in this fantasy world that is the setting for the game, well-written and researched characters and so on.
    I have always defended the brand to the hilt even in the lowest moments, but after this gen my confidence has completely disappeared.    … Expand
  16. FlameHaze10
    Dec 2, 2022
    6
    Pros:
    - Open world
    - New Pokemon
    - Decent Story
    - Design

    Cons:
    - Asset pop-in
    - FPS
    - Switch hardware
    - Nemona is weird
    - Too easy

    Verdict:
    - NSW need upgrade
  17. logi01
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    I think the key of the game is the story. Games also show stories with play. Well, the gameplay experience was very bad!(Bugs, Frame drops, Design, Action...etc)And the story is also very bad. They made open-world games but still force to play linear way.
  18. Fodeyay
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    It's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared toIt's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared to be greatly over-leveled. This takes away the feeling of "choose your own route" and trivializes any encounter as your team will most likely be way more powerful than your opponent's.
    The story had some good points, but the awful performance of the game, the constant glitches and the empty cities, terrible npc model animations and constant dips in framerate overshadow every good aspect that the game might have had. As a life-long fan of the franchise, this is definitely a step back.    … Expand
  19. Zu343
    Dec 2, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zu viele Bugs und Glitches. Das Spiel ist unfertig erschienen. Die Story und die Musik sind Super. Hätte das Spiel mehr Zeit bekommen, hätte es ein Meisterwerk werden können. Es ist aber leider keins geworden.… Expand
  20. Ferraz_10
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    This game is a joke. Unfinished, unpolished, ugly, hollow, boring and full of bugs and glitches. Can't believe they actually published this thing.
  21. troumouchis
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    The game creators were LAZY, open world feels empty and product feels rushed and unpolished. Also many pokemon are missing, so they will ask for more money when DLC comes out. Dont forget to pay monthly to use its online functions. Level curves are terrible, very inconsistent difficulty and theres no challenge. Only positive is that they try to get out of their comfort zone compared toThe game creators were LAZY, open world feels empty and product feels rushed and unpolished. Also many pokemon are missing, so they will ask for more money when DLC comes out. Dont forget to pay monthly to use its online functions. Level curves are terrible, very inconsistent difficulty and theres no challenge. Only positive is that they try to get out of their comfort zone compared to sword and shield trying to make some changes and pushing game to open world.… Expand
  22. SubhrajyotiB
    Dec 2, 2022
    10
    I am really enjoying it a lot ... One of the best Pokemon games with so much exploration. Donno why people are saying so much bad things . Yes the performance is bad and the graphics is not that good but then the gameplay is so refined that you don't need those .
  23. Noahz
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    the game closes during the raid, the FPS is constantly falling.This is the worst I've seen from nintendo and Pokemon
  24. Garlond
    Dec 2, 2022
    3
    Bad pokemon designs, a lot of bugs, my 3 points are all for the OS that is pretty good in most times.

    A lot of effort in the scenario creation in the first route but a lack of it in the rest. In comparison with Legends: Arceus, this was a lot better than Scarlet / Violet. The best Pokémon design I think is the legendary ones in the cover, but in other platforms it will be considered    Bad pokemon designs, a lot of bugs, my 3 points are all for the OS that is pretty good in most times.

    A lot of effort in the scenario creation in the first route but a lack of it in the rest.

    In comparison with Legends: Arceus, this was a lot better than Scarlet / Violet.

    The best Pokémon design I think is the legendary ones in the cover, but in other platforms it will be considered "clickbait", so good job selling smoke.    … Expand
  25. Zero7812
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Não tem nem como joga isso, parei antes do primeiro ginasio, de tão insuportavel que estava a performance
  26. PetterLDP
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. jogo corrido mal feito mal acabado xoxo capenga anêmico, era pra ser um jogo de pokemon e virou um jogo de terror aonde você fica constantemente fugindo do fps estavel… Expand
  27. Akuryo90
    Dec 1, 2022
    10
    That is the best game, beautiful world, great characters and the desing of the Pokemon are really amazing. I don't understand this hate and this unfair note. Pokémon is one of the best franchises and his games are better. I sincerely believe that these pages are not to be trusted since the users are trolls and haters. Paldea is the best region, best story . Justice!
  28. Unnypops
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This game is soulless. It simply feels unfinished. While playing this game the main question that pops into my mind is “…why?” They’ve just gone and removed things. They’ve removed the ability to go into houses and talk to NPC’s. This removes soul from the game as all towns are completely and utterly pointless. No more trades with random NPC’s or mini quests to deliver love letters from aThis game is soulless. It simply feels unfinished. While playing this game the main question that pops into my mind is “…why?” They’ve just gone and removed things. They’ve removed the ability to go into houses and talk to NPC’s. This removes soul from the game as all towns are completely and utterly pointless. No more trades with random NPC’s or mini quests to deliver love letters from a ghost. Add in the fact clothes shops sell really dumb stuff like helmets so it’s not like you’re using those often. I’m not sure why they’ve added 1000 sandwich shops to towns. Making sandwiches isn’t even a fun mini game. At least you could make yucky poffins and soup in previous games. On to the next point, making my character stuck in a hideous school uniform with hideous hairstyles also removes soul from the game. Game freak apparently doesn’t want girls to be girly in anyway. No long hair or skirts. The Pokémon league is complete joke in this. They actually ask “do you like Pokémon hurrr durr” before you’re allowed to battle the league. You do not feel like a champion after defeating them. This game also suffers from the over talking. Can they please just shut up when we’re battling. I’m not sure why Nemona is being praised for being a breath of fresh air. She’s the most annoying character in the game. The constant stopping me at gyms to say “yay! battling! I like battling” urgh. Can I have Silver as my rival again please. This game really would be 10x better with all the Pokémon. The open world is fun but there’s not enough in it to want to explore. As I said, towns are pointless so I don’t wanna explore those. There’s only 400 Pokémon so exploring the map to catch them doesn’t take too long. I also don’t know why people say “the stories sooo good” HOW. How is the story good? Titan Pokémon is interesting. Team star sucks so much. I hate them. Nemona sucks. The Pokémon league sucks. The TINY BLOB of good story at the end of the game does not equal the best story pokemons had in ages. Game play is fun, shiny hunting is fun.. so 4/10. Game freak really dropped the ball on this one. Their team that made Legends Arceus should’ve been in charge of Scarlet and Violet as the drop on quality between these games is quite significant. Arceus didn’t feel soulless at all.… Expand
  29. Chano_eng
    Dec 1, 2022
    9
    I was really eager to had a really great time when I turned on the Nintendo Switch with Scarlet cartridge for the very first time. I noticed that Game Freak released a "day 0" update, so I got my game copy up to date... The suspicious thing here is that Game Freak recognized that the game may not be ended with the "naked" cartridge without the 1.0.1 update. What they actually wereI was really eager to had a really great time when I turned on the Nintendo Switch with Scarlet cartridge for the very first time. I noticed that Game Freak released a "day 0" update, so I got my game copy up to date... The suspicious thing here is that Game Freak recognized that the game may not be ended with the "naked" cartridge without the 1.0.1 update. What they actually were recognizing was that they ran out of time, so that they didn't finish the game at flashing cartriges milestone.
    What I experienced at the really first hours playing Scarlet was that the game feels so laggy. Every time I open Pokedex the game takes 1 second or so with a kind of transition of laggy black screen, also when opening the Pokémon storage box.

    Saying this about this game is very painful for me. I was expecting this game so much. And also have to say that the historiy, the enviroment and everything related to the game (without the technical aspects) is extraordinary. Brilliant. The score would have been much higher in my case just if Game Freak didn't just remove the Quality Assessment phase in their development.

    They have published an update which fixes some of the problems. The game is 9/10 for me (not considering technical issues).    … Expand
  30. rhoxwen
    Dec 1, 2022
    4
    Firsti, the open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy. 3- The battle System is painfully SLOW. 4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty. 5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by    Firsti, the open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy.
    3- The battle System is painfully SLOW.
    4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty.
    5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by company with a multibillion brand behind it... and running on a console that is capable of so much more.

    not worth of your time and money, Pokémon fans deserve better Collapse    … Expand
  31. Matheus29292828
    Dec 1, 2022
    10
    É um jogo muito divertido com vários problemas de performance mais que não me atrapalhou na hora de jogar
  32. Jonragels1987
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    Very disappointed. They had so much going for them in Arceus. They took it back to the boring and basic system. Battles are just slow and underwhelming. The animation in moves are lackluster.
    Get badges, win league. Boring.
    The world is open and pretty, pokemon running around. They feel dopey and not wild as they should feel. Hope they can correct their ways in the next installment. I    Very disappointed. They had so much going for them in Arceus. They took it back to the boring and basic system. Battles are just slow and underwhelming. The animation in moves are lackluster.
    Get badges, win league. Boring.
    The world is open and pretty, pokemon running around. They feel dopey and not wild as they should feel.
    Hope they can correct their ways in the next installment.
    I tried to enjoy it, in the end, I put it down just as I have with Sword/Shield.    … Expand
  33. PablekeGG
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    Luego de 35 horas y haberme terminado la historia principal solo diré, muy entretenido juego pero una burla a nivel técnico, uns falta de respeto vender algo que fácil podría ser una beta, al menos un año de desarrollo le faltaba. Se destruye gravemente la experiencia de juego y espereramos que no vuelva a ocurrir, va por buen camino Pokemon, este pudo ser el mejor juego de la franquiciaLuego de 35 horas y haberme terminado la historia principal solo diré, muy entretenido juego pero una burla a nivel técnico, uns falta de respeto vender algo que fácil podría ser una beta, al menos un año de desarrollo le faltaba. Se destruye gravemente la experiencia de juego y espereramos que no vuelva a ocurrir, va por buen camino Pokemon, este pudo ser el mejor juego de la franquicia pero no merece mas allá de un 3… Expand
  34. Ploiu
    Nov 19, 2022
    8
    The game itself is fun, but gamefreak seriously needs to get help making a game that runs well on the switch.

    There are a lot of content and fun game mechanics though.
  35. Thumad
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Sbocchevole,
    Le persone non capiscono che sto "gioco" fa schifo.
    Non lo consiglio se volete un'esperienza di gaming bella.
    Rik sto gioco è una m****
  36. Pijaaa
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me parece una falta de respeto sacar una beta porque el juego va fatal, en realidad a mi no me importan los gráficos pero dejar pasar esto seria imposible, en mi opinión el legend arceus le lleva una gran distancia a esta basura de juego… Expand
  37. KJMJ
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    bruuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  38. Syhlcam
    Dec 1, 2022
    7
    Pokémon Écarlate / Violet sont des jeux incroyable à deux doigt d'être des équivalents à Breath of the Wild pour Pokémon. Mais ces jeux souffre d'un manque de travail cruel sur la technique, qui pénalise l'expérience de jeu. Des textures horribles, des ralentissements et bugs, des choses évitables mais qui l'ont pas été.

    Et c'est dommage car derrière, les jeux offre un bon open-world    Pokémon Écarlate / Violet sont des jeux incroyable à deux doigt d'être des équivalents à Breath of the Wild pour Pokémon. Mais ces jeux souffre d'un manque de travail cruel sur la technique, qui pénalise l'expérience de jeu. Des textures horribles, des ralentissements et bugs, des choses évitables mais qui l'ont pas été.

    Et c'est dommage car derrière, les jeux offre un bon open-world qui pousse à l'exploration. Un monde ouvert qui est généreux en objet, en Pokémon et en environnement. Un jeu qui offre également plusieurs quêtes intéressante, apportant parfois des nouveautés pour la série principale. Et qui se fini sur une quête très narrative qui nous transport dans une ambiance originale pour la licence. Le tout sur une bande sonore exceptionnelle et avec l'utilisation intéressante de la téracrystallisation.

    Mais on peut également noté que la personnalisation est certes bien amélioré mais déçoit sur certain aspect. Que la difficulté non basé sur le joueur facile l'expérience de jeu. Et que les cinématiques manque de doublage pour qu'elles soient plus impactante.

    En clair, Pokémon Écarlate / Violet sont de très bon jeu, qui propose un vrai pas en avant pour la licence Pokémon avec un bon open-world, mais c'est aussi des jeux qui souffre de leurs techniques.

    FULL TEST : https://www.geekexperience.fr/jeux-video/avis/avis-pokemon-ecarlate-violet/    … Expand
  39. 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
  40. XsauroxGamer
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Very empty world, same gameplay as always, no dungeons, not to mentions the technical disaster
  41. IronMuscle
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Terrible game in every aspect. It seems that developers have never played a videogame. No plot and technically horrible with a plenty of glitches. I don't know why Nintendo approved this "game". We are on Nintendo Switch not on Nintendo NES...
  42. Remanentnano
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    The game is unplayable due to glitches, bugs and poor optimisation, I paid for an incomplete game.
  43. felipegsm
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Simplesmente desisti de jogar devido os bugs no console, só consegui jogar através de emulação que por sinal estava rodando a 60fps e traduzido para português. Uma verdadeira vergonha para a desenvolvedora.
    O jogo em si está divertido com mecanicas boas porém a execução não foi das melhores.
  44. brssena
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Nintendo não respeita os clientes, o jogo está horrível, gráfico horrivel, rodando a 2 fps, não vale a pena
  45. roys_reyli
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    It's impossible to rate a game that is not ready to be launched on the market
  46. nicolu03
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    It could have been the best pokemon game, if the lousy graphic and technical quality it has didn't suck. It's really unbearable to play. GameFreak STOP selling unfinished games.
  47. giorgio_vhanny
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    The game is bad.
    Graphics are terrible, the new mechanic isn't fun to use, most Pokémon designs are hideous, it's also quite buggy. Game freak isn't even trying.
  48. lucasnascimento
    Nov 28, 2022
    1
    It's been a while since Game Freak has treated Pokemon fans with disdain.
    We have a habit of accepting whatever **** they throw at us for being Pokemon fans, and they take advantage of that. It's no different in this one. The open world is a wonderful addition and one that every Pokemon fan has been waiting for a long time. But not everything is flowers, the game is ABSURDLY buggy, with    It's been a while since Game Freak has treated Pokemon fans with disdain.
    We have a habit of accepting whatever **** they throw at us for being Pokemon fans, and they take advantage of that. It's no different in this one. The open world is a wonderful addition and one that every Pokemon fan has been waiting for a long time. But not everything is flowers, the game is ABSURDLY buggy, with terrible fps drops and all that with afully serrated graphics.

    Save your money.

    OBS: GAME FREAK/NINTENDO, SUBTITLE YOUR GAMES IN PORTUGUESE, PORRA!    … Expand
  49. Andrix92
    Nov 30, 2022
    5
    The worst Pokémon title on Nintendo Switch.
    The map is empty while the open-world is a bag full of bug, pop-up effect and elements moving at 5fps.
    There’s no level-scaling and the most of the story is so ripetitive and boring…wtf r’u thinking about while developing this game GF!?
  50. werewolfman
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    This is a slap in the face to a majority of the long-running fan base. The amount of support and revenue that has been given to Pokémon and GameFreak just for them to throw this hot garbage in our face and expect us to consume? No thanks, try again.

    Insanely poor graphics and performance even for the Switch standard, the pixel games were much more detailed and better optimized than this    This is a slap in the face to a majority of the long-running fan base. The amount of support and revenue that has been given to Pokémon and GameFreak just for them to throw this hot garbage in our face and expect us to consume? No thanks, try again.

    Insanely poor graphics and performance even for the Switch standard, the pixel games were much more detailed and better optimized than this mess.

    The lack of immersive quality, the towns, buildings, the npc's, just about every part of this open world game felt completely devoid of personality and life. Just a bunch of random poor quality textures and models filling this dull space.

    I will say the Pokémon designs of this generation were interesting and fun to discover, if anything good at all in this game. But as for the gameplay and this terralization system, not so much. Nothing really innovative or well thought-out, just another quick gimmick that doesn't really do much for the gameplay. Yes you can change the Pokémon type with this mode and power up moves that share that type but that's it. No new move sets, no interesting compelling gameplay. Just a lot of fluff around the same old formula.    … Expand
  51. The_D4RknesS
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    I don't like pokémon but I came here just to give a bad grade for Nintendo's incompetence, worst of all and they say they don't know about the game's problems LOL
  52. Mattkickbutt
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    The story and open world make this Pokémon game fun. But the amount of bugs and glitches in this game makes it hard to play. The fps drops are a very big issue. If it’s raining or snowing in the world, good luck because you’ll be playing at 10 fps. The Tera raids are another issue. If you don’t beat the raid in time the battle ends and you don’t win, but most of the time your Pokémon takesThe story and open world make this Pokémon game fun. But the amount of bugs and glitches in this game makes it hard to play. The fps drops are a very big issue. If it’s raining or snowing in the world, good luck because you’ll be playing at 10 fps. The Tera raids are another issue. If you don’t beat the raid in time the battle ends and you don’t win, but most of the time your Pokémon takes too long to attack. When another players Pokémon dies sometimes you can’t even select a move to use you just have to wait until their Pokémon is revived.
    I really don’t feel like typing more to be honest but I could write a 10 page essay on the amount of bugs and glitches in this game.    … Expand
  53. smahlt
    Nov 30, 2022
    7
    It's pretty decent. The gym questline is your typical pokemon affair, but the other two main quests and the finale quest are decently interesting. It's a shame the pokedex only has 400 mons, but gotta sell that DLC I guess.

    Now onto the technical aspects. It has framerate issues, but I've rarely encountered any massive glithces that everyone else seems to go on and on about. I firmly    It's pretty decent. The gym questline is your typical pokemon affair, but the other two main quests and the finale quest are decently interesting. It's a shame the pokedex only has 400 mons, but gotta sell that DLC I guess.

    Now onto the technical aspects. It has framerate issues, but I've rarely encountered any massive glithces that everyone else seems to go on and on about. I firmly believe they are overexaggerating them to get clicks and views. The game is not broken, but it is rough.    … Expand
  54. SafiraWolf
    Nov 30, 2022
    10
    I think it's a 6-7 game, I've decided to give it a 10 to compensate for haters who probably haven't even played it.

    It's the most fun and addictive pokemon game in years. On the one hand, it obviously has important technical problems, on the other hand, the music is very good, the characters are cool, the new pokemons are very original and it has interesting mechanics.
  55. Amijor
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    Maybe the most enjoyable Pokemon game in the last decade. Is very fun to play and explore his open world map that you have the freedom to do whathever you want and make it in your own order, so for these freedom I enjoyed this game in every moment. At least the story is good, not to much but it talks about nice topics so is not the silly story of every Pokemon. I like this game a lot andMaybe the most enjoyable Pokemon game in the last decade. Is very fun to play and explore his open world map that you have the freedom to do whathever you want and make it in your own order, so for these freedom I enjoyed this game in every moment. At least the story is good, not to much but it talks about nice topics so is not the silly story of every Pokemon. I like this game a lot and i want to say that the performance and graphics are ok, you can see a lot of low frame rates issues, and some camera bugs but this isn't affect the gameplay and can be patched in any moment so i think that isn't fair to put a bad note for this problems. In general a great games with some issues.… Expand
  56. qualquerum
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    Certainly the biggest downgrade in pokémon history. It's unacceptable for GameFreak to release a limited game like this after Legends: Arceus. Basically they removed all the cool content that Arceus had and went back to the same generic old stuff. Not to mention the game is insanely slow, I feel like going to sleep every time I enter a battle. In short, GameFreak should be ashamed forCertainly the biggest downgrade in pokémon history. It's unacceptable for GameFreak to release a limited game like this after Legends: Arceus. Basically they removed all the cool content that Arceus had and went back to the same generic old stuff. Not to mention the game is insanely slow, I feel like going to sleep every time I enter a battle. In short, GameFreak should be ashamed for releasing a game like this after Arceus… Expand
  57. dilearmo
    Nov 30, 2022
    6
    The game is very good.
    The stories, new Pokémon and the overall idea of the game is very fun, but the performance issues are a major problem.
    Constant drops in FPS, graphic bugs and even the game crashing...
    The Pokémon Company has an incredible huge amount of money and other resources, this kind of problems should never happen on a game of the moat profitable IP in the videogame industry...
  58. FlareZ
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    The gameplay got a slight improvement compared to Sword and Shield which is awesome right?
    But it came at the price of a lot of cut content a empty open world : The citys have almost no building to enter and are very forgetable , the open world is empty that means no dungeons, no side quest, no structures that are interesting it only has the raid points, items and the Pokemon spawns    The gameplay got a slight improvement compared to Sword and Shield which is awesome right?
    But it came at the price of a lot of cut content a empty open world : The citys have almost no building to enter and are very forgetable , the open world is empty that means no dungeons, no side quest, no structures that are interesting it only has the raid points, items and the Pokemon spawns

    The performance is pathetic compared to the previous game Legend Arceus with frame dips below 10 , the render distance is a mess , tons of animations at 2 fps , bugs , glitches , crashes you name it the game prob has it

    Graphic is even worse the AA is somehow negative or something , light is flickering everywhere , textures are cut of and pixelated af the only good thing are the Pokemon models those are pretty clean

    post game is cut pretty short but what do we expect after what Masuda said about the missing battle area on ORAS ?

    If i would go on about the negatives i would prob lose my mind now so ill leave it at that which is enought to not recommend this mess    … Expand
  59. MeruMSB
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    Imagine how I feel when I see this game, which is more enjoyable gameplay-wise and story-wise than other modern Pokémon games we got, receiving the worst critic score a core Pokémon game received ever. If it's true the technical issues were an unforgivable problem in this game that avoid then to be probably the best Pokémon games ever, its a big shame when the score is not fair when youImagine how I feel when I see this game, which is more enjoyable gameplay-wise and story-wise than other modern Pokémon games we got, receiving the worst critic score a core Pokémon game received ever. If it's true the technical issues were an unforgivable problem in this game that avoid then to be probably the best Pokémon games ever, its a big shame when the score is not fair when you compare it to the scores other Pokémon games received.

    This game is a good step in the right direction that this franchise should keep in next games. These games make us wanting to explore every route and area more than once. The no-existence of linear routes makes the Pokémon experience more enjoyable and indirectly makes every event in the game (gym leader battles, titan Pokémon and team star bases) feel more important because the time span between events can be larger than simply traversing a linear route. Between events, the game invites you to explore the Pokémon world and look for the best event to challenge next.

    As for the characters, all new characters are better written than other ones we knew in this franchise. I don't want to talk about spoilers here, but the plot feels more mature and talks about both Pokémon and its universe. The fact the Pokémon exist in their world is not the core of some of the stories makes the stories more endearing to live, which is fantastic because you can see other side of this world.

    Again, the technical issues are a terrible reality (well, this and the lack of my favourite Pokémon, but I don't want to use it as a cons). However, this doesn't avoid me to talk about the good things this game had, not if other games that lacks of content and gameplay or had worse-written characters and stories got better scores. I'm afraid that these criticisms may be misinterpreted by the developers, since it's apparent that the real problem here is the lack of time to polish the game, which goes against the idea of ​​releasing a game per year. It's only matter of time to see if they understand the real problem of these games, I just hope they don't take a step back thinking that they can't handle with open worlds and mature plots that make the Pokémon universe a more interesting and beautiful one.    … Expand
  60. Alexambau
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    The game runs at 10-15 fps at the high, horrible graphics and too much easy to earn the gyms and league
  61. Sercho
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    THIS IS NOT A GAME IT'S A BETA OF A GAME OR AT LEAST IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE ONE. It's unbelievable the state this game was released. It has so many bugs and looks so outdated that it doesn't look like a first party game, people defending this game forget that pokemon is one of the highest grossing media so they have the resources and the people to make a good game however the pokemonTHIS IS NOT A GAME IT'S A BETA OF A GAME OR AT LEAST IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE ONE. It's unbelievable the state this game was released. It has so many bugs and looks so outdated that it doesn't look like a first party game, people defending this game forget that pokemon is one of the highest grossing media so they have the resources and the people to make a good game however the pokemon company doesn't care about quality and apparently they don't care about the fans. This is the worst pokemon game in terms of quality and it's very disappointing… Expand
  62. Chamtro
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    This game is the worst that Pokemon Company have done.
    I don't understand that this company can do this trash game.
  63. xkSky
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    A huge step forward for Pokémon games history, sadly the game suffers from a tremendously bad performance and gamefreak lack for details, on the other hand, we got one if not the best, pokémon experiences in recent years, please if you are an old pokémon fan play this game, when you get to area zero you will see the best arc in pokémon history, with the best OST in the franchise.
  64. Ic3_winterhell
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    No se puede hacer reseña de un juego que no está terminado, el juego se cae a pedazos cada 30 segundos, ya sea por texturas que no cargan, poping a 1 metro, geometría que colapsa, elementos que corren a 10 fps, teletranportaciones por falta de coalisiones en los poligonos ... etc etc un desastre!! hay juegos indies Early access con mucho mas trabajo que está basura. Amo pokemon peroNo se puede hacer reseña de un juego que no está terminado, el juego se cae a pedazos cada 30 segundos, ya sea por texturas que no cargan, poping a 1 metro, geometría que colapsa, elementos que corren a 10 fps, teletranportaciones por falta de coalisiones en los poligonos ... etc etc un desastre!! hay juegos indies Early access con mucho mas trabajo que está basura. Amo pokemon pero apoyar lo que están haciendo aquí hace que Gamefreak cada día sean mas mediocres y lo somos tambien nosotros al comprar su porqueria de juego. Los invito a jugar Dragon quest 8 de playstation 2 ya sea en 3ds o emulado y se van a dar cuenta que hace 20 años Level 5 hacia cosas muy superiores a esta cosa del 2022 y ni que decir de ni no kuni de ps3 que aplasta a este juego en todo. Quieren una muestra de un buen JRPG contemporáneo, hay muchas propuestas, Tales of Arise, YS 8, DQ11 en fin si alguin prefiere jugar este pokemon en lugar de verdaderos juegos de calidad, después no se quejen de que desaparezcan sagas emblemáticas porque no las apoyaron.… Expand
  65. Ruucifer
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    I think the game is very fun and entertaining but the bugs are the worst thing about this game, if you don't mind about that I recommend buying it
  66. Fieldspdmr
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    This game looks like it is still in alpha stages of production. With frame rates dropping constantly (even within conversions and classes) and the archaic game design still being pushed (choices given in conversions mean nothing as even opting out of a task will result in either being asked to reconsider or flat out not let you progress without agreeing) this game feels like they halfThis game looks like it is still in alpha stages of production. With frame rates dropping constantly (even within conversions and classes) and the archaic game design still being pushed (choices given in conversions mean nothing as even opting out of a task will result in either being asked to reconsider or flat out not let you progress without agreeing) this game feels like they half heartedly took on the complaints of fans and disguised another copy paste Pokemon game with open world exploration. With even this coming at the cost of it not holding up to being a polished Nintendo game we have come to expect (one of the only selling points of mainline Nintendo franchises). Nobody wins with this formula. Gamefreak have again taken another minute step in the right direction while still carrying a lot of the problems fans have been screaming to change. This time with the added ‘bonus’ of feeling like the game was designed for the WiiU release months before it should have.… Expand
  67. gahan99
    Nov 30, 2022
    6
    Great Game of Pokémon, sorry about The technical issues, but a funny game.
  68. dobandoba
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Lots of bugs, DESING OF THE NEW PKMNS ARE SO BASIC, sincerally prefer the fans arts r more complete and creative. Game Freak i though this game had been the best but not.
  69. Danienti
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    En las 40h de juego no he tenido ningún bug ni fallo grande, lo único malo que tiene técnicamente son la bajadas de fps, todo lo demás es de juegazo, muy divertido, historias interesantes y con grandes diseños de pokemons
  70. Cuija
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Crashea constantemente regresando al ultimo punto de guardado, constantes bajones de FPS, bugs visuales, las pantallas entre cinematicas tienden a quedarse negras. Un juego que trata de mejorar la pobre propuesta de arceus con paisajes vacios, incluso el modelado del suelo al capturar un pokemon es de una consola de hace 10 años, es una burla al consumidor… Expand
  71. Lenny957
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    this is a beta version. it is unacceptable in 2022 to pay 60 euros for a game like this. Too many bugs that prevent you from fully experiencing the adventure.
  72. Hall003
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    Sarò onesto, io non l'ho neanche comprato sto gioco del cavolo e menomale.
  73. tiago_santos
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    This game is a blast to play! But i just think it's stupid that when trading back pokemon to the original owner the pokemon will still disobey you. By the time I was at the third gym (with level 20-25 pokemon I'm pretty sure) my Quaxly was at its final evolution just as an example of hiw much I over level. I don't know know how to but can someone appeal this to Gamefreak or Nintendo about this.
  74. Genji1
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Completely unacceptable rushed trash. Bad graphics. Horrible frame rate. PVP is unplayable due to a bug. Nintendo needs to take away Pokemon license from Gamefreak and give it to literally any other company at this point.
  75. Altidor
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    A game poor and not finished, full of bug and glitch. Not playable in 2022 and false open world. Nice story, but everything else is embarrassing.
  76. mariogiordano22
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    Horrible.
    The graphics look like a (bad developed) ps2 game.
    The story is good but the horrible rendering and continuous bugs makes this hands down the WORST pokemon of all time. In addition to that, they sell you the first ""open world"" main game pokemon, but as a matter of fact, this isn't any better than a single plain with some **** polygons on in. You can't explore ANYTHING, you    Horrible.
    The graphics look like a (bad developed) ps2 game.
    The story is good but the horrible rendering and continuous bugs makes this hands down the WORST pokemon of all time.
    In addition to that, they sell you the first ""open world"" main game pokemon, but as a matter of fact, this isn't any better than a single plain with some **** polygons on in.
    You can't explore ANYTHING, you can't even go INSIDE houses and npc will literally say nothing useful (I've seen dialogues where the only thing they say is "pokemons are fun" or "mmm-mm" )
    Plus, they let you choose the order in which you would like to battle gym leaders but they don't have implemented level-scaling, meaning that you can go with your lv.10 starter against a lv45 full team gym leader.
    So yeah, this is the worst and most lazy-made pokemon of all time    … Expand
  77. dicuzip
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    The game is extremely buggy, terribly optimized, and graphically horrible for a game released in 2022. Everything, from the exploration, terraforming, and level scaling, is a big step back compared to the Legend Arceus Experience. Everything but the narration and the characters' characterization: the part of the game related to the school, the professors, and the lore of Paldea isThe game is extremely buggy, terribly optimized, and graphically horrible for a game released in 2022. Everything, from the exploration, terraforming, and level scaling, is a big step back compared to the Legend Arceus Experience. Everything but the narration and the characters' characterization: the part of the game related to the school, the professors, and the lore of Paldea is well-written and far better than what has been done in Sword/Shield.
    With Pokemon Scarlet, Gamefreak has reached the bottom.
    Hope to see a well-made pokemon game in the future, a pokemon game made with love for pokemon fans and not a money machine.    … Expand
  78. AmberCantus
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    In life, there's a common (and mostly right) consensus that opinions cannot be wrong. However, if there was such a thing as wrong opinions, the opinion of "Pokemon Scarlet is a good game" would be one of them.

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

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

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

    Normally I'd try to give some credit when it comes to characters, etc, but I don't think TPC and Game Freak deserve it this time. The game is a dumpster fire. Do not buy. Do not let what anyone says here convince you to buy. By the way, in case you missed this warning and bought it on release, friendly reminder: nintendo is giving refunds.    … Expand
  79. Luky1996
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    Un buon finale e una decente narrazione non riescono a salvare il gioco. Ambientazioni anonime e cattivo bilanciamento. L'open world promesso è inesistente, sei costretto a esplorare alla fine del gioco per non rovinarti l'esperienza con l'overleveling. Il fatto che le main battle non abbiano livelli scalari vincola l'esplorazione. Le 3 storie non si possono affrontareliberamente in quantoUn buon finale e una decente narrazione non riescono a salvare il gioco. Ambientazioni anonime e cattivo bilanciamento. L'open world promesso è inesistente, sei costretto a esplorare alla fine del gioco per non rovinarti l'esperienza con l'overleveling. Il fatto che le main battle non abbiano livelli scalari vincola l'esplorazione. Le 3 storie non si possono affrontareliberamente in quanto i Pokémon non obbedirebbero e koraidon non otterrebbe powerup necessari ad esplorare. Prestazioni orribili… Expand
  80. ShrekXGrinch
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Very annoying characters, poor graphics quality, bad animations, lots of pokemon characters removed, too easy, insultingly babyish dialogue, features removed, poor story. Game functionality breaking glitches, godawful pop in. Save breaking errors and glitches. Memory leak makes switch overheat and CAUSE HARDWARE DAMAGE
  81. breakzoras
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Although the gameplay feels like a new pokemon game at last, the performance issues, glitches,bugs, stuttering, fps freeze or slowdowns make it a pain to playthrough, unless they fix this mess the game is simply a torture
  82. answertoapple
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Game Freak & Pokemon CO. Are one of the most embarrassing figures in the game industry.
  83. Tbridge306
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Lots and lots of unfortunately wasted potential.
    Another year in the oven could have pushed this title to be the best pokemon game of all time.
  84. william0204
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Pokémon don’t care about fans anymore. They care about meeting boardroom quota. As such, the technical aspects of this game are inexcusable for a gaming company of this size. Even if the problem lies on the technical capabilities of the switch, it is Pokémon’s fault for not compensating with optimisation, bug fixes, and even downgrades. The amount of lag I have suffered from in this gamePokémon don’t care about fans anymore. They care about meeting boardroom quota. As such, the technical aspects of this game are inexcusable for a gaming company of this size. Even if the problem lies on the technical capabilities of the switch, it is Pokémon’s fault for not compensating with optimisation, bug fixes, and even downgrades. The amount of lag I have suffered from in this game has made the gameplay feel slower than ever before. Like the game all you want, but this level of incompetence is inexcusable.… Expand
  85. Brunobr
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Sou um grande fã da licença desde o primeiro, mas infelizmente será o último jogo de pokémon que compro. O jogo está cheio de bug aliasing que arruínam minha experiência. As novas mecânicas são muito legais, mas infelizmente não consigo aproveitá-las por causa de como o jogo.
    Sejamos francos. Estamos falando da franquia de maior sucesso do mundo em um console portátil medíocre. Mas mesmo    Sou um grande fã da licença desde o primeiro, mas infelizmente será o último jogo de pokémon que compro. O jogo está cheio de bug aliasing que arruínam minha experiência. As novas mecânicas são muito legais, mas infelizmente não consigo aproveitá-las por causa de como o jogo.
    Sejamos francos. Estamos falando da franquia de maior sucesso do mundo em um console portátil medíocre. Mas mesmo assim, Witcher 3, Mario Odyssey e Breath of the Wild parecem bons, apesar da potência limitada. Por que esse jogo parece tão ruim?

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

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

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

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

    Este é apenas um vislumbre do que encontrei jogando por 40h (sim, eu gosto de sofrer). A Nintendo e a Game Freak precisam sentir que não podem mais se safar com esse baixo esforço    … Expand
  86. Wellruspez
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Jogo sem tradução para Brasil, e o jogo está cheio de bugs e mal otimização.
  87. Catsup
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell. You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform. They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode. The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic    This is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
    It runs horrible, low fps, glitches, animations from hell.
    You can't change your main clothes like in earlier games, you have to keep wearing the school uniform.
    They removed the option to disable animations and SET mode.
    The open world is empty and feels fake. I liked the catching mechanic in Arceus, here they went back to old style. Auto battle is clunky, often Pokemon runs past enemies.    … Expand
  88. Laion31
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    O jogo está horrivelmente mal otimizado e cheio de bugs, penso se isso não reflete o conforto atual vivido pela desenvolvedora dos jogos de pokemon
  89. tanos92
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon ever, lot a bugs and very poor user experience. Game Freak is not a small indie company and the game is really a garbage
  90. Fury72888hshu
    Nov 29, 2022
    9
    Damn the angry crowd is review bombing this game with their emotion and not actually giving some useful and fair review, which definitely not deserved. Yeah, sure its got lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT of bugs, but its not like Cyberpunk 2077 first day where there a lot of game breaking bugs. People tend to ignore the game's core that are beside graphics which is the gameplay, the story,Damn the angry crowd is review bombing this game with their emotion and not actually giving some useful and fair review, which definitely not deserved. Yeah, sure its got lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT of bugs, but its not like Cyberpunk 2077 first day where there a lot of game breaking bugs. People tend to ignore the game's core that are beside graphics which is the gameplay, the story, the innovation and the music when they are enraged, which will gave an incorrect review. So, to player who plans to read the review before buying the games, make sure the review is actually have some points in it and not something that just write by people who just try to review bomb it, positive and negative review. Alright, time to get to the main points.

    With the 4 points I mention above, let's start with 1) The Gameplay:
    The gameplay adapts some mechanics from Pokémon Legends: Arceus like backstabbing (yes, using your Pokémon's pokeball) and giving you a first strike advantage. Your riding Pokémon which depends on which version you purchased (in this case Koraidon) also got new overworld ability like Sprinting, Swimming and etc. which is also adapts from PL:A. This game is also the first Pokémon game to feature full-open world, with loading time only occurred on cutscenes loading and entering and leaving buildings. The level scaling, I can't defend this one, they have Nemona level scaling with your current gym badge and your champion status, but they can't level scale the gym and other wild Pokémon, but I still got a good laugh when my level 10 Quaxly suddenly battling a level 35 trainer, and you know what happen next, blacked out, lost some of my Pokédollars and back to Pokécenter. Speak of Pokécenter, this new Pokécenter absolutely fit the open world style gameplay. Need to heal, found a Pokécenter, heal up, go back to adventure, repeat. Simple and quick, no loading time except maybe the healing animation, which is also quicker than past games. And now, the new mechanic: Terastellize. By default, every wild Pokémon's Tera type is by their original's type, if it have two original type, its one of those as Tera type. There one exception for wild pokémon, there some Pokémon sparkling in the wild, and when you battling them, they will immediately Terastellize, which the Tera type is often not the same with their original type. You can also change your Pokémon's Tera type by defeating the Medali City Gym first, so you can talk to the cook and change your Pokémon's Tera type with 50 Tera Shards, which can found in the wild and as a Raid Rewards. Speaking of raid, it is time to talk about the Tera Raid. Some of the things in Tera Raid is adapts from SW/SH's Dynamax Raid, like the four players to raid and the Tera Shield. Now lets talk about new things in Tera Raid, you have 3 different Cheers skill and can only use 3 times combined in a Tera Raid, "Go All Out!" raise you and other player's ATK and SP ATK, "Hang Touch" raise you and other player's DEF and SP DEF and "Heal Up" heal you and other player's Pokémon;s HP and status condition. So carefully plan your cheers skill to help you and your team to win the Raid. Tera Raid use time now and not the Dynamax Raid's 4 fainting counts. And trust me, you will have enough time to win the raid even if there Pokémon get fainted a lot, not saying 7 stars Tera Raids though, you need a good team for that. Speaking of overworld multiplayer, I cant say anything about it because I don't have friends (Cry in the background), so lets move to the next points.

    2)The Story
    I'm going to be honest, this might be the best story alongside B/W's Story. I can't said anything here since its will be count as spoiler, but trust me, the story is very freaking good. My recommend steps to play the 3 paths is: Path to Legends => Victory Roads > Starfall Street.

    3)The Innovation:
    The "Let's Go" feature. Its a very good feature when you just want to exp grinds, since its save a lot of time to battle and wait for all the animation to finish, and its also wont beat the Shiny Pokémon so don't worry accidently kill a Shiny Pokémon with this feature. Now on to the things that is not new gaming innovation, but more of a Pokémon franchise's innovation, the full-open world which I mention above, so I won't talk about it again. The Riding Pokémon that is more improved version from PL:A, just one Pokémon and you can explore the entire maps (of course you need unlock the ability first which is in Path of Legend).

    4)The Music:
    Good ol Game Freak, still making banging music, and now with the help of Toby Fox, the creator of the popular indie games: Undertale and Deltarune. You will enjoy the music in this game.

    Conclusion, the games will be, if not, the best Pokémon games if it without the bug that everybody angry for. So I recommend to play this games despite everybody being angry about the bugs, because underneath the bugs, its a gems. (I'm reaching text limit so no picnic part)    … Expand
  91. ason313
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    Great Pokémon game in terms of structure, gameplay, & roster but the tech issues are pretty unacceptable. Hopefully can be patched up over time but they should be embarrassed they released it like this and fans should feel rightfully insulted. Crazy to see one of their premier exclusives seem so poorly optimized on their own system.
  92. SammyDelicious
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    I need to start off by saying my favourite video games of all time are Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue (1998) were the first video games I ever owned. I think Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004), alongside Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) are the best Pokemon games I have ever played.

    It pains me to say this, but I do not think Nintendo is capable of making a good Pokemon    I need to start off by saying my favourite video games of all time are Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue (1998) were the first video games I ever owned. I think Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004), alongside Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) are the best Pokemon games I have ever played.

    It pains me to say this, but I do not think Nintendo is capable of making a good Pokemon game anymore.

    Since the release of Pokemon Black and White (2010), Pokemon X and Y (2013), and Pokemon Sun and Moon (2016) the Pokemon franchise has been heading on a downward trend. These games when compared to their predecessors and contemporaries in the industry are lackluster, medicore products, seemingly selling their games based purely off of nostalgia.

    Pokemon GO (2016), despite the popularity is the worst Pokemon game I have ever played.

    The greed at Nintendo has led them to exploit their fanbase by releasing rushed and poorly designed games with massive technical issues.

    I was extremely hopeful when the Nintendo Switch came out and I anticipated finally receiving a fun and beautiful new open world Pokemon game, similar to other fun, new, and beautiful Nintendo properties for the Switch. (You know the ones I'm talking about. The games that don't have 3.4 ratings on Metacritic.) But unfortunately the Pokemon games for Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Lets Go Eevee and Let's Go Pickachu (2018), Pokemon Sword and Shield (2019), and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (2022) have been terrible games. These games are incomplete and far less fun than previous Pokemon iterations. I would NEVER recommend these Pokemon games on the Switch to anyone. I have never been more disappointed in a game then with Pokemon Sword and Shield, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet turned out to be FAR MORE DISAPPOINTING.

    The new Pokemon games are not 'triple A' titles, they are rushed, glitchy, poorly designed, graphically terrible monstrosities that Nintendo and GameFreak should be ashamed to ask full price for.

    Because of these reasons, and the downward trend of Pokemon games over the past THIRTEEN YEARS, I feel as though Nintendo has exploited me enough, and I will not be buying anymore Pokemon games for the Switch.

    I cannot believe a culture that is deeply concerned with shame would release such a disgraceful, imperfect product and then charge full price knowing very well that product is unfinished.

    This comes across to me as though the people releasing Pokemon games, and the CEO's in charge have no shame.

    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are the fastest selling Nintendo games (within the first three days of sales). However, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been so highly criticized for the technical issues that it seems Nintendo is now issuing refunds in response.

    The fastest selling Pokemon games are being issued refunds for technical issues.

    Think about that. That is shockingly unacceptable.

    There will be no change in the culture at Pokemon until fans start letting Nintendo know exactly how they feel, I am protesting by not buying anymore Pokemon games. Nintendo can also have this review.     … Expand
  93. Schihorek97
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    I give it an absolute 10. The bugs do not ruin it for me and I seriously want to contribute to bringing up its score. It deserves better. I enjoy the Pokémon, story, mechanics, and more. I just overall enjoy the game. Honestly, better than Sword and Shield.
  94. jolio_kujo
    Nov 29, 2022
    1
    Please create a normal game, lags anywhere, horrible animations, the only reason i suggest to buy it is for the competitive
  95. Lwcario
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Pieno di bug, design Pokemon scadente, lava tutto, vestiario povero. Un fallimento su tutti i fronti, il peggior gioco Pokemon mai visto
  96. Prettisaurio
    Nov 29, 2022
    9
    The game has been the best pokemon entry since black and white, the new pokemon are interesting and the story is amazing, I see the obvious problems but I enjoyed the game a lot even with those errors
  97. HunterXJacob
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Game substance is moving in the right direction however it is just barely playable in its current state. This company makes too much money to release games in this state. Please game freak fix this game. It will be my last purchase otherwise.
  98. 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
  99. Nicolas27o7
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    the graphik of this game is incredible worse. Also, I've never seen such a loveless Pokemon game.
  100. AkaHell
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Unpolished game, many bugs and annoing graphic issues. Gamefreak should re-do all the game, now looks like an alpha.
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  1. Positive: 56 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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