Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. Mochigase
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay so we all know the game runs like dog water but lets talk about the actual game first. First off all, this game is way too easy. The raids, 100 's of items laying around and the xp crystals make this game an actual joke difficulty wise. My starter Pokemon was around 30 before even doing the first gym and i was NOT going out of my way to make the Pokemon overpowered. Gyms are an absolute joke, all buildings are grey and look the same. Gym trials are stupidly easy and a very bad replacement for the gyms we used to have. The Team Star missions are very boring and every base is the same. I like the idea about the Titan Pokemon missions though, going around and defeating them to get Koraidon some new mobility abilities but yet again these mission were too easy in my opinion. The character customization is a very big step backwards compared to other games, way less items to choose from and most items that you CAN choose are not even that good looking. The over-world, Pokemon aside, is empty. Nothing to do in it except remove some stakes for legendary Pokemons. The school is made out to be a 'big thing' in the trailers cause you are a student but you can completely ignore the school, you do not have to go there if you don't want to. I do like that you can go to class, answer questions etc and some questions actually made you think twice. But then again, these are not necessary to complete so it is completely up to you. The new Pokemon introduced in this game are also pretty forgettable except for a few. Some of the new Pokemons just look like real life animals with lazily put together names like 'Flamigo' which is a literal flamingo by the way. I do like the design of Koraidon and some of the prehistoric Pokemons. Trainer battles are also almost completely irrelevant now because why waste you time fighting a trainer when you can just do a Pokemon raid and get more xp with the xp crystals you get? I did not try out the multiplayer for this game so i cant really speak on that. I have seen gameplay but it looks to be the exact same game but now there is an extra person walking around with you and less wild Pokemon. Collecting materials to create TM's is something i didnt really do but i dont dislike this option. Now for the technical aspect of the game. The game runs like dog water and no this is not because of the hardware because the Switch has much prettier games that run fine. The game is really low quality texture wise and it drops frames constantly. Moving you camera around drops frames. Pokemon pop in is very bad. Certain things in the enviroment warp when you get closer or when you move away from it. Some textures even look like they stretch when u get close by. The texture flickers to black sometimes. Pokemon walk into eachother during post fight celebrations. Battle animations are bare bones. The game even hard crashed 2 times during my playthrough. Overall i'm very disappointed about this game and it might be time to give it to a new studio.… Expand
  2. Aaronkun
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Ok, the story is fine and de difficulty is very acceptable
    But how I'm supposed to enjoy it if the game performance is trash???
    Come on TPC, you can do something better than this
  3. martibarimaff
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    The game is clearly not finished, let alone polished. Gameplay regressed from Pokemon Legends Arceus: it is now slower and more annoying. Variety in exploration is basically nonexistent. New pokemons have evolutions that aren't even evolutions. The game is marketed as an open world but the main city is entered through a loading screen, and that's not the only one. The cities are notThe game is clearly not finished, let alone polished. Gameplay regressed from Pokemon Legends Arceus: it is now slower and more annoying. Variety in exploration is basically nonexistent. New pokemons have evolutions that aren't even evolutions. The game is marketed as an open world but the main city is entered through a loading screen, and that's not the only one. The cities are not cities, you can'tenter buildings, the majority of shops are repeted menus, the exploration is not rewarding in any way. The crafting system is basically a downgrade from the qol that are reusable tm. The bug and glitches are the main part of the game. The game runs often at less than 30 fps. Every action require 0.5 seconds more than what is acceptable. There are even more points to complain about but i don't want to waste any more time on this ****… Expand
  4. LiljaH
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Some good story ideas so far destroyed by graphic bug, glich, poor performance overall. And dont forget the fps drop
  5. Basstyle1
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    To everyone giving this 5 stars, please stop snorting the copium. The FDA couldn’t keep up with this much drug intake as the Pokémon fans inhale. This game looks like it came out on a PS2. It consistently frame rates, running barely 20 FPS and it’ll stutter when it dips in frames. All the hub worlds are barren as hell. Whenever you see buildings, it’s a 50/50 if Gamefreak spent the actualTo everyone giving this 5 stars, please stop snorting the copium. The FDA couldn’t keep up with this much drug intake as the Pokémon fans inhale. This game looks like it came out on a PS2. It consistently frame rates, running barely 20 FPS and it’ll stutter when it dips in frames. All the hub worlds are barren as hell. Whenever you see buildings, it’s a 50/50 if Gamefreak spent the actual time to develop an interior or not. This is the same copy and paste game and I’ll be honest, games like Let’s Go Eevee had more heart and soul. Not even to mention the potential corrupted save file that has been happening to some players where your saves are gone. Save your money and buy better games like Bayonetta 3 or Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I’d rather just emulate this on my PC… Expand
  6. Ez4P3eterr
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Bad optimization, coop is almost unplayable due to bugs, and in 2022 we dont have Portuguese Subtitles
  7. Mae_bu
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    ゲームフリークの怠惰の塊
    うちの子どもが泣きました
    レベルデザイン、デバッグ、テストプレイ、エフェクト、服、当たり判定、操作感、テンポ感、果てはゲーム性を考えるのすらサボっています。 どれもこれもちゃんとユーザー目線に立てばありえないことばかりです。これがあの天下のポケモン様なんですか？ 大人ならまだしも、子どもは少ないこづかいを何ヶ月も貯めて買うんですよ？ もうゲームフリークのゲームを買うことはないでしょう    ゲームフリークの怠惰の塊
    うちの子どもが泣きました

    レベルデザイン、デバッグ、テストプレイ、エフェクト、服、当たり判定、操作感、テンポ感、果てはゲーム性を考えるのすらサボっています。
    どれもこれもちゃんとユーザー目線に立てばありえないことばかりです。これがあの天下のポケモン様なんですか？

    大人ならまだしも、子どもは少ないこづかいを何ヶ月も貯めて買うんですよ？
    もうゲームフリークのゲームを買うことはないでしょう
  8. Pokukeki
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They started with the lies on sword and shield then allowed Dimond and pearl to be dog **** ,some how did well with legends and went back down even further than sw/sh and hit cyberpunk 2077 low on releasing a garbage game ,and if your a pokemon stan that says " but it's still fun and the game play " shut tfu sit down a d open your brain , this game got green lit in its state cause they know brain dead fans will support anything with the name pokemon, they can release a new game with just 10 pokemon inside a house and all you do I pet them and you stans will give it a 10/10 . The new sonic game didn't even pull this crap, the new cod mw2 has the worse weapon unlocks but atleast their game WORKS GAMEFREAK and pokemon make millions and other games like DOOM SKIRYM XENOBLADE SERIES MARIO ZELDA look better and run smooth on the switch old to new models and POKEMON sc/vi runs worse than a ps1 game PS **** ONE.… Expand
  9. LessGalaXy
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Realmente estos juegos de Pokémon tienen potencial, al igual que buena música. Lamentablemente el frame rate está por los suelos y no se encuentra bien optimizado, lo que arruina la experiencia de querer estar capturando pokémon in field o explorar la zona con amigos.

    Esperemos que Game Freak hable al respecto y solucione su problema, sino, este sería considerado el peor Pokémon de    Realmente estos juegos de Pokémon tienen potencial, al igual que buena música. Lamentablemente el frame rate está por los suelos y no se encuentra bien optimizado, lo que arruina la experiencia de querer estar capturando pokémon in field o explorar la zona con amigos.

    Esperemos que Game Freak hable al respecto y solucione su problema, sino, este sería considerado el peor Pokémon de todas las generaciones.    … Expand
  10. shikasar
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far. As much as we love    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far.

    As much as we love Pokémon, we hate Game freak's complacency in recent years.
    Pay more attention to technology, Game freak.    … Expand
  11. Scrrom120
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    The glitches, latency, and half-baked rig animations were bad, but none of those made me post this. Nintendo is apparently to blame for the backwards movement on character customization that has resulted in not a single outfit that doesn't make my character look like a walking comedy routine. Seriously, the nonsense excuse that children in school should where the official uniforms at allThe glitches, latency, and half-baked rig animations were bad, but none of those made me post this. Nintendo is apparently to blame for the backwards movement on character customization that has resulted in not a single outfit that doesn't make my character look like a walking comedy routine. Seriously, the nonsense excuse that children in school should where the official uniforms at all times is garbage. Throw that approach to game design on the pyre and keep it out of here.… Expand
  12. Mrang
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    Es un juego repleto de muy buenas ideas innovadoras para la franquicia, pero terriblemente ejecutadas en un juego mediocre cuyo desarrollo apresurado dejo un nucleo jugable vacío y sin alma, Plagado de Bugs, un terrible rendimiento y un apartado gráfico y Artístico deplorables, de lo peor que ha tenido la saga y viendo otros juegos en switch este gráficamente parece un juego para androidEs un juego repleto de muy buenas ideas innovadoras para la franquicia, pero terriblemente ejecutadas en un juego mediocre cuyo desarrollo apresurado dejo un nucleo jugable vacío y sin alma, Plagado de Bugs, un terrible rendimiento y un apartado gráfico y Artístico deplorables, de lo peor que ha tenido la saga y viendo otros juegos en switch este gráficamente parece un juego para android del 2015… Expand
  13. HouseOfGriffon
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    The game is barely playable on switch lite. The stuttering gets out of hand, trying to ride koraidon is a lost cause... pokemons and nocs disappear, and on top of those optimisation problems...
    It's ugly. The game feels zmpty and surface level. I am not far into the story so i can't talk about it, but there is a serious lack of depth in my opinion. The routes feel generic and bland, almost    The game is barely playable on switch lite. The stuttering gets out of hand, trying to ride koraidon is a lost cause... pokemons and nocs disappear, and on top of those optimisation problems...
    It's ugly. The game feels zmpty and surface level. I am not far into the story so i can't talk about it, but there is a serious lack of depth in my opinion. The routes feel generic and bland, almost as though they were proceduraly generated, and so bland, colorless and ugly due to poor textures. The picnic feature just doesn't give you thesame level of intolacy withyour pokemons. And now you can't go into houses. There is barely any interior places to expnore, scrapped for sure to make way for the development of open world. I looove open world, i love wandering aimlessly into samey looking scenery and bumping constantly into pokemons that i couldn't see cause of my riding pokemon's fat tail (sarcasm). And nail is the coffin are the ugly uniforms we are forced to wear. Uniforms are fine, but frol the country that popularized the schoolgirl aesthetic I expected better. We are dressed like every generic NPC. Embarassing.    … Expand
  14. Salmonguy
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    เกมดีนะแต่เฟรมเรทกากมากบัคก็เยอะชิบหาย
  15. Rott3n
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    It's going back to the same thing with pokemon year after year, they take a few steps forward and thousands of steps back, and it's sad to see that their biggest flaws aren't just in the graphics. The open world is dull and boring. The game is badly programmed and unfinished. As always the story is generic. In conclusion, don't waste your money.
  16. X_Ball_Z
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Dieses Spiel ist eine technischer Katastrophe! Pokemon ist das größte franchise der Welt und was Gamefreak damit anstellt ist einfach nur ein Witz! Jedoch gibt es 2 gute Punkte.

    1. Die Pokemon Die sind echt schön gemacht. Im Unterschied zu Legenden Arceus, laufen die auch endlich mal in der Gegend rum und reagieren auf das was man tut. 2. Die 3D Modelle Das muss man Pokemon anrechnen,    Dieses Spiel ist eine technischer Katastrophe! Pokemon ist das größte franchise der Welt und was Gamefreak damit anstellt ist einfach nur ein Witz! Jedoch gibt es 2 gute Punkte.

    1. Die Pokemon
    Die sind echt schön gemacht. Im Unterschied zu Legenden Arceus, laufen die auch endlich mal in der Gegend rum und reagieren auf das was man tut.

    2. Die 3D Modelle
    Das muss man Pokemon anrechnen, dass sie seit Arceus zumindest gelernt haben wie man 3D Modelle macht. Auch wenn die Animationen davon echt ein Witz ist und Bugiger nicht sein könnten.

    Alles in allem jedoch ist dieses Game die größte Frechheit die ich jemals gesehen habe. So etwas kannst du keinem.Pokemon Fan vorlegen ohne das er sich übergibt! Daher die 2er Bewertung Ich hoffe und wünsche mir das Gamefreak sich endlich mal Zeit für ihre Spiele nimmt, denn sie haben es echt nötig.    … Expand
  17. myllercardoso
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The fun that this game should give us is overshadowed by the lack of care in the technical and visual construction of the game. Gamefreak was completely remiss in this release, the only feeling is disappointment.
  18. Saiyi
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Pokémon Escarlata y Púrpura son títulos skipeables que te venden una experiencia dinámica y de mundo abierto que luego no puede cumplir porque la consola no da más de sí. Está lleno de bugs y el rendimiento ralentiza tanto el juego que hace pesada la experiencia del jugador. Hay una mejora notoria en cuanto al decorado de los ambientes y las texturas del pelaje de los Pokémon está muy bienPokémon Escarlata y Púrpura son títulos skipeables que te venden una experiencia dinámica y de mundo abierto que luego no puede cumplir porque la consola no da más de sí. Está lleno de bugs y el rendimiento ralentiza tanto el juego que hace pesada la experiencia del jugador. Hay una mejora notoria en cuanto al decorado de los ambientes y las texturas del pelaje de los Pokémon está muy bien logrado. Se nota que le han puesto empeño al diseño de los Pokémon, pero hasta ahí. El juego tiene más fallos que puntos positivos y es una pena porque el juego sería mil veces más disfrutable sin esa bajada de FPS tan grandes y constantes. También que el juego se cierre constantemente y tenga tantos fallos de programación. Recomiendo explorar a pie que utilizar la montura para que el juego le de tiempo a cargar los Pokémon. De lo contrario, se queda un mundo vacío que te asaltan Pokémon que aparecen bajo tus pies. Pokémon Leyendas Arceus es la verdadera experiencia de mundo abierto y de exploración que debería seguir mimando Nintendo (o incluso zonas amplias como las vistas en Pokémon Espada y Escudo) y dejar la aventura por rutas a los juegos principales. Nada de mundos gigantescos que luego se sabe que no van a rendir bien por el año que tienen desarrollando cada juego principal de Pokémon.

    En conclusión: un juego roto y con un rendimiento inaceptable. Pretende ser un Pokémon Leyendas Arceus cuando el equipo de programación no está habituado trabajar en 3D ni puede terminar un proyecto tan ambicioso con la exigencia empresarial de año por desarrollo. Eso es literalmente IMPOSIBLE y siento que el equipo directivo lleva un tiempo que no tiene claro la EXPERIENCIA QUE QUIERE PLASMAR EN CADA NUEVA ENTREGA DE LOS JUEGOS PRINCIPALES, lo que hace que su continuidad parezca un popurrí de ideas beta que les da igual cómo quede con tal de que salga al mercado y sigan ganando dinero.    … Expand
  19. calikete97
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    El peor juego de Pokémon que he probado en mi vida en su lanzamiento. Deberían retirar el juego del mercado porque es una absoluta basura para la industria. Doy un 2 porque el diseño de los Pokémon nuevos son novedosos pero el juego es totalmente una aberración para el año en el que estamos.
  20. Ifli
    Nov 27, 2022
    2
    It's the first time I can't finish a pokemon game, and I've been playing pokemon since far away pokemon blue when I was a kid.

    I'm not talking about the bugs... they aren't the ones that make the gaming experience terrible, but rather the fact that the game doesn't make any effort to be satisfying, it exploits the love for the brand in a totally passive way without putting anything into    It's the first time I can't finish a pokemon game, and I've been playing pokemon since far away pokemon blue when I was a kid.

    I'm not talking about the bugs... they aren't the ones that make the gaming experience terrible, but rather the fact that the game doesn't make any effort to be satisfying, it exploits the love for the brand in a totally passive way without putting anything into it more to make you enjoy this adventure.

    Moreover technically and stylistically I believe without any doubt that they are the worst pokemon games in history.
    I can't find a positive aspect, 60 euros thrown away and extreme disappointment.    … Expand
  21. STONE_FUN
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Boring gameplay and huge technical problems makes this game probably the worst pokemon game of all time.
  22. jej1
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Unfinished game that doesn't run at all. Menus take seconds to load, and the buildings have almost no level of detail.

    The world is ugly and blurred, and the story is effectively still linear - just not guided. Gyms need to scale the number of pokemon to the number of badges - as it is stated happens in the anime. The final evolutions of the new starters are some of the ugliest pokemon    Unfinished game that doesn't run at all. Menus take seconds to load, and the buildings have almost no level of detail.

    The world is ugly and blurred, and the story is effectively still linear - just not guided. Gyms need to scale the number of pokemon to the number of badges - as it is stated happens in the anime.

    The final evolutions of the new starters are some of the ugliest pokemon in existence.

    It is shameful that the game was published in this state.    … Expand
  23. DrowsyKero
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This is the worst Pokémon generation to date. The issues lie in many parts of the game, from the visuals, terrible world design, slow chugging gamplay, awful battle animations especially when coming off of Pokémon legends Arceus which had amazing animations, terastallizing is just the worst gimmick so far, the team star raids are pathetic (you just spam “R” and let your Pokémon just autoThis is the worst Pokémon generation to date. The issues lie in many parts of the game, from the visuals, terrible world design, slow chugging gamplay, awful battle animations especially when coming off of Pokémon legends Arceus which had amazing animations, terastallizing is just the worst gimmick so far, the team star raids are pathetic (you just spam “R” and let your Pokémon just auto battle everything, at this point what’s even the point in playing), the story is probably the worst of the series in my opinion and finally, my god is this game broken, it should never have been released this year!… Expand
  24. Yepes12
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Pokémon did it again. They managed to sell their playerbase a game with very little to offer, in a really bad state talking about gameplay, graphics and full of bugs, yet the regular fan is pleased.
  25. themaxi009
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Clearly the pokemon company has not been taking advantage of the nintendo switch at all. Its inadmisible presenting the new games with a cost of $60 USD and find yourself that the game has a lot to work on. I’ll ask for my refund.
  26. sookieceleste
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Story,open world, and characters are nice and the terastal mechanic is AWESOME *-*. But framerate drops,Bugs,bad graphics,lifeless world and the weird camera controls ruins the game for me. Game Freak is loosing credibility
  27. Bludnika
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    *Cyberpunk 2077 theme starts playing*
    15 fps, lags, awful graphics. But gameplay is good.
  28. Mais40
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Entretenido pero no se merece estar en switch igual en la gamecube o la wii porque los graficos y animaciones dan pena ademas la dificultad es basura.
  29. Kessler11
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The real problems are not only FPS drops, Bugs/Glitches, PS1 graphics. The main one is that the whole world building is a mess, a great flop. Just take Platinum or DP as example: every city, even the smallest one, tells something of itself and its story. You can remember canalave for its library, or Eterna city for its statue or Celestic town for its cave. Scarlet & Violet cities are blankThe real problems are not only FPS drops, Bugs/Glitches, PS1 graphics. The main one is that the whole world building is a mess, a great flop. Just take Platinum or DP as example: every city, even the smallest one, tells something of itself and its story. You can remember canalave for its library, or Eterna city for its statue or Celestic town for its cave. Scarlet & Violet cities are blank and empty instead, just built to create some repetitive shop, they dont tell anything, they just stay there to fit an empty space. Pokemon series is literally dropping into a dummy brand that, at the very first, it was meant to have kids as main audience, but if a kid plays this game, his brain and eyes will be totally fooked. No lessons, no values, no morals.… Expand
  30. omovri
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    It came out incomplete. Its litterally unplayable and none can tell me otherwise,this game needed more developing time and they just wanted to be on schedule. I am disgusted by how my favourite childhood game became trash
  31. Seorisa
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    While the gameplay is fun and engaging, the lagging and glitching hinder gameplay to a point where playing is no longer enjoyable. Gamefreak has removed loved features like being able to play im set/switch mode, being able to distinguish shiny pokemon from regular pokemon, and being able to change your outfits. While we can change some clothing, the main outfit cannot be changed. TheWhile the gameplay is fun and engaging, the lagging and glitching hinder gameplay to a point where playing is no longer enjoyable. Gamefreak has removed loved features like being able to play im set/switch mode, being able to distinguish shiny pokemon from regular pokemon, and being able to change your outfits. While we can change some clothing, the main outfit cannot be changed. The character customization is impressive and I really enjoyed the opened world aspect but it feels like we went 1 step foward and 10 steps backfards. There is no need to release two pokemon games in one year. There is also no need to have a yearly release either. Everyone would be a lot happier if games didn't feel unfinished and rushed.

    There is no escuse for such a highly rated and huge company to be releasing whatever this game is. It is terribly made and should not have been released yet.    … Expand
  32. Igones
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    O jogo está cheio de bugs, glitchs e problemas. Parece que o jogo não foi testado pela gamefreak. Uma verdadeira vergonha.
  33. Fennekin1994
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This is a really terrible game, a lot of bugs, poor textures, repetitive animations and graphics. We are in 21st century… This is unacceptable! We need patch ASAP!
  34. Razo300000
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    I'll be honest, I really don't understand the current obsession with open world games, why does every game nowadays need to be open world? Kirby, Sonic and now Pokémon are all franchises have recently made the transition to open world and may have lost their identity in the process.

    Anyway, the game... Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the worst performing game I have played in a long long    I'll be honest, I really don't understand the current obsession with open world games, why does every game nowadays need to be open world? Kirby, Sonic and now Pokémon are all franchises have recently made the transition to open world and may have lost their identity in the process.

    Anyway, the game... Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is the worst performing game I have played in a long long time. I can usually overlook poor performance if the game is immersive and entertaining. Games like Skyrim are a good example of this - full of bugs but enjoyable. Bugs are also not necessarily a bad thing, the first generation of Pokémon had bugs (e.g. Missingno) which didn't impact on performance and actually made the game more exciting in a way. The kind of bugs seen in this generation ruin any immersion of the game and made me lose interest in some of the battling, especially when the camera clips through the landscape.

    The game is ugly, about 10 minutes in I realised this where I was looking at my rival of the game (Nemona) in the distance who was just a pixelated mess. in fact, avoid looking at anything in the distance in this game, the visuals are horrendous.

    The framerate is garbage and is as bad as everyone is saying, going back to the last point, if you look at anything in the distance it is pretty much guaranteed to have a bad framerate. The windmill in the first town I visited was, no joke, rotating at 3 frames per second... the Tick Tock Clock level in Mario 64 managed similar with no issue. I've actually seen a graphics comparison to Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast - take a look, seriously.

    One thing that has been improved is the Pokedex, collecting Pokemon is fun again! From starting my adventure I made it my mission to catch as many different types of Pokemon as I could. This however was slightly detrimental as since you gain EXP every time you catch a Pokémon, it made me over levelled for any trainers that I came across. This made the battles in the game the most boring in the whole series and I avoided most of them (which is now easy to do as trainers no longer approach you).

    The game has been even easier. You can't choose the battle style to set anymore, EXP All is again mandatory, you can craft TMs at every Pokemon Centre instead of seeking them out. God knows how you'd even attempt a Nuzlocke to give the game a slight difficulty boost. With all the things the Gamefreak changed in the game is it too much to ask for some kind of hard mode.

    I'm hoping these issues will be resolved, but to release a game in this state at full price is really scummy. They should be ashamed of themselves. Shigeru Miyamoto himself said “A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.” Why couldn't Gamefreak follow the same principles?    … Expand
  35. Maxtaker
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Low graphics, low fps a lot of space w/o any battle, in the last misión u have to walk around 20 min with nothing, the battles are fine but u have delay chossing ur attack, the picnic are ok, the story is super boring… Expand
  36. Stefano1k
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Everything in this game just suck. There is a lot of lag and bugs, just like pokemon sword and shield, the difference is that also the design of pokemon is just ****
  37. daphnesnhyrule
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Genuinely insulting. I can only imagine the impossible constraints gamefreak developers were given from corporate to make this game. $60 is an absurd amount for what is nothing more than a beta build that could never, should have never passed any sort of quality assurance.
  38. SebSingWolf
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Technically it's a mediocre game, PlayStation 2 graphics, haven't seen things like this for at least 10 years. The story appears aseptic, flat, it conveys nothing. Basically, the worst Pokemon game I've ever played.
  39. Shaz-Crow-Eater
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The gameplay loop I classic pokemon fun, and the new pokemon designs are especially great. However, everything else about this game is incredibly disappointing. GameFreak is a billion dollar company, the fact that they release a game that is unfinished, with huge performance issues, and graphics and textures that look like they belong in the 2000's, is frankly unacceptable. I will not beThe gameplay loop I classic pokemon fun, and the new pokemon designs are especially great. However, everything else about this game is incredibly disappointing. GameFreak is a billion dollar company, the fact that they release a game that is unfinished, with huge performance issues, and graphics and textures that look like they belong in the 2000's, is frankly unacceptable. I will not be buying anymore pokemon games until GameFreak either changes their ways, or allows new developers to make the pokemon games. It's honestly just pathetic to release a game in this state, with the resources that GameFreak has.… Expand
  40. Godofrasio
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Worst game of the series yet. Pain comes from thinking what it could have been and what really is since the idea of implementing open world to this game could lead to an insanely good game given that you give it a decent level of production (wich is not the case). Coexisting with god of war ragnarok and two years after the last of us 2 goes to shows the abysmal difference between what aWorst game of the series yet. Pain comes from thinking what it could have been and what really is since the idea of implementing open world to this game could lead to an insanely good game given that you give it a decent level of production (wich is not the case). Coexisting with god of war ragnarok and two years after the last of us 2 goes to shows the abysmal difference between what a real triple A game can do and the actual performance of this game. Even in the same console breath of the wild and xenoblade 1 being old as **** give better performances with better graphics showing insane scenarios with crazy depth. With half the production level of gow it could have been goty and by far. Changing to an open world is an insanely good idea to be completely shadowed by a low level of production. In a non ironic way nexomon is better in terms of what they do with what they have and also in absolute terms. Your characters steps dont match the distance walked (if your steps are 1 meter long the character moves 1,1 meters aprox with each step) the amount of times that the screen goes blank to change from A to B is insane (made to save on animations), render distance is ridiculous, as long as camera shows high depth scenarios rotating it drains the fps like a vampire would do with your blood, if i talk about history i better just pull a gun and shoot myself in the balls, nonexistent dificulty with a system that almost forces you to overlevel as long as you step out of the main objectives and do something that is not walking, almost any shiny you want can reliably be caught in 40 minutes wich renders this game useless even for such a niche aspect. The only things that comes as good to my mind is that vgc tools are more accesible than ever wich is a trend that the series has with every game that releases since black and white 2 and music wich is always good but in this game being mediocre compared to sword and shield music. As always with this series since the last 6-7 years, this game is a complete deception. Even if a patch fixed all the nasty bugs and the fps performance that would still lead to a mediocre game with mediocre history and terribly mediocre graphics compared to games 10 years older. Just like modern warfare 3 was back in the day, a copy of the same ****ing game made to sell it to their braindead fans that buy the brand without any disregard for quality and to 5 years old kids. Just the chemically purest form of deception you could imagine

    Tip: every once in a while close the game and open it again. Memory of switch is limited and doing so frees up space wich improves a lot fps and performance in general    … Expand
  41. SamSaloon
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Would be a fun game, if the game didn't have way too many performance issues and lagging. The FPS actually gives me a headache. Drops constantly, people and pokemon look like a slideshow when walking, battling, etc. 10-15fps games are not enjoyable. My character sometimes t poses, gets big for no reason when riding the and I've fallen through the world a ton. Beneath all these issues thereWould be a fun game, if the game didn't have way too many performance issues and lagging. The FPS actually gives me a headache. Drops constantly, people and pokemon look like a slideshow when walking, battling, etc. 10-15fps games are not enjoyable. My character sometimes t poses, gets big for no reason when riding the and I've fallen through the world a ton. Beneath all these issues there could be a good game. Just fix it… Expand
  42. ArielJ02
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Visually, the game is very beautiful, but it has too many bugs and technical errors that make the game environment unplayable. This game does not do justice to previous generations and does not even do justice to the power of the console.
  43. Wiimortal
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    I can’t believe I preorder this game and see it is too laggy and most part of the time has slow down and fps gets poor
  44. Magoo_o
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon,Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon, and released this game knowing full well that many would purchase it, knowing full well how terrible the quality was.

    Like I said I enjoyed this game. I liked the character interactions and design, music, and overall open world options available (despite them being rather inflexible). However, it must be said that a transition to the open-world genre is no excuse for the quality of this title. Quantity has been put over quality time and time again, and it's important to call such out rather than letting enjoyment override the lack of quality from a company so large and wealthy. Please do better.    … Expand
  45. lucapower
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Es el primer pokemon (teniendo en cuenta que no compre el arceus) por el que me he sentido estafado, 60€ por un juego que es incapaz de moverse bien en la consola me parece un robo, me gustaria ver a todos los que defienden el juego aun con bugs ver como se quejaban del cyberpunk, compra no recomendada, hoy mismo voy a la tienda a devolverlo
  46. Omnitrixster
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The game genuinely has a fun story and you can see tons of effort in some places, but the glitches and graphical issues are unreal. Fixing those would make this game jump to an extremely high rating. Sadly, it's nearing Sonic 06 levels of unfinished.
  47. Splashyyy
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Two points for being a Pokémon game, other then that, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are a disgrace to fans of the franchise.

    It runs unbelievably poorly, even for Nintendo Switch`s standarts, it's buggy, the textures are washed and oftentimes just plain broken.
  48. raden52
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    No spoilers here. The game is simply unplayable.
    I can see there are many original ideas for gameplay and plot, but it looks like a google play indie videogame. U will see more bugs than bug type pokemons.
    The fps are less stable than my mental health.
    I’d buy it for 10€/$, not more. Don’t buy it as 60€/$.
  49. akandjelly
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Giving this game anything above a 6 out of 10 is egregious. Why game freak and the pokemon company continue to get away with releasing awful and incomplete games and are some how praised for it is absurd. Scarlet and Violet are plagued with glitches, graphical clipping, tons of pop in, and frame rates in the single digits. I was high on this game as I really enjoyed Legends Arceus,Giving this game anything above a 6 out of 10 is egregious. Why game freak and the pokemon company continue to get away with releasing awful and incomplete games and are some how praised for it is absurd. Scarlet and Violet are plagued with glitches, graphical clipping, tons of pop in, and frame rates in the single digits. I was high on this game as I really enjoyed Legends Arceus, overlooking some of the pop in and performance issues there, but scarlet and violet have taken big steps backwards.… Expand
  50. Chaos_wyvern
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Imposible jugar a los fps que va... El lag, las texturas, todo. Un desastre.
  51. Tahocess321
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    The graphics and performance are just unacceptable. When you check your pokemon in the PC, the 3D models need several seconds to load. Same when you open the multiplayer menu: the game gets stuck for a few seconds loading it. While the layout of the routes is good, they are mostly empty. The game frequently experiences FPS drops. Not to mention NPCs and other elements in the background,The graphics and performance are just unacceptable. When you check your pokemon in the PC, the 3D models need several seconds to load. Same when you open the multiplayer menu: the game gets stuck for a few seconds loading it. While the layout of the routes is good, they are mostly empty. The game frequently experiences FPS drops. Not to mention NPCs and other elements in the background, when they get far, they start rendering at framerates that can be counted with the fingers. The only thing that is graphically well made are the pokemon themselces, anything else (terrain textures, vegetation, particle effects...) just looks awful. This game feels more like an early access of a game made by a small indie studio than a main series game from the biggest grocing franchise in videogame history.… Expand
  52. Acoenia
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Seems like a fun game, if it were only playable. But between the constant fps issues, and the horrendous visuals, I don't have any patience left to enjoy the game itself.
  53. Hardcorestgamer
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Glimpses of a good game but unacceptable performance issues. Really disappointed, can't see myself finishing it
  54. Shashawolf
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    The game’s performance is awful and severely lacks polish. Seems very rushed without any thought or consideration for running well. The lack of many features ( battle set mode, Exp share off, shiny Pokémon sound alerts) is a step backwards. Pokémon has been reduced to an annual cash grab for TPC and the era of high quality and challenging games are long gone.
  55. Davisdk
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This is game is horrible. I paid for a good game but this game looks like a N64 game. Gamefreak is killing pokemon.
  56. Predlalo
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Pokémon es la franquicia más famosa y rentable del mundo por mucho, cada generación es noticia mundial y fiesta por la continuación y nuevos monstruos, en esta ocasión nos traen un juego pobre, sin amor, sin ganas de hacer algo, nintendo es famoso por tener estándares de calidad, pero en esta ocasión nadie reviso que pasaría, una cosa es un juego con bajo rendimiento, en switch es súperPokémon es la franquicia más famosa y rentable del mundo por mucho, cada generación es noticia mundial y fiesta por la continuación y nuevos monstruos, en esta ocasión nos traen un juego pobre, sin amor, sin ganas de hacer algo, nintendo es famoso por tener estándares de calidad, pero en esta ocasión nadie reviso que pasaría, una cosa es un juego con bajo rendimiento, en switch es súper normal, al final del día switch es una consola portátil que que manda imagen a una pa talla, un juego lleno de Bugs, muy malo gráficamente, por debajo de muchos juegos de la misma consola, bajos de frame rate, en general algo que tuvo que esperar, mala experiencia de juego en general, el peor juego de Pokémon por mucho… Expand
  57. One_Myle
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Open world with linear gameplay. The decision to not include level scaling means that this game plays exactly the same as every other: on a predetermined path. Plus the graphics/performance are unacceptable for the world's largest media franchise
  58. Eriza02
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game is little fun but the lot of bugs and horrible mechanic it's unplayable
  59. fiziasso
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    As a pokemon genre it is pretty good. New pokemons are great. World is interesting. Problem is the game itself. Unpolished, unfinished, unplayable at some points. This should be in production for one more year or more. Performance is really bad, many problem with COOP, hollow cities, npc that are just standing. Move too good direction but the game is rushed. I think they do not predictAs a pokemon genre it is pretty good. New pokemons are great. World is interesting. Problem is the game itself. Unpolished, unfinished, unplayable at some points. This should be in production for one more year or more. Performance is really bad, many problem with COOP, hollow cities, npc that are just standing. Move too good direction but the game is rushed. I think they do not predict Legends of Arceus will be so good with people and then rushed new project on few months. Its a shame.… Expand
  60. grobira
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    I'm sorry, I cannot give a good review for this pokemon game, and I really wish Gamefreak start to notice that their audience is older than they think, and the game industry is on another level. Even for switch, come on Breath of the Wild has a debut game for Switch and if that game was a 10, this pokemon game is a 2.
    The gameplay loop is ok, "quick battle system", battle some trainers,    I'm sorry, I cannot give a good review for this pokemon game, and I really wish Gamefreak start to notice that their audience is older than they think, and the game industry is on another level. Even for switch, come on Breath of the Wild has a debut game for Switch and if that game was a 10, this pokemon game is a 2.
    The gameplay loop is ok, "quick battle system", battle some trainers, gym's, a lot of pokemons to catch in the open world, but instead of improving the franchise they are throwing it in the trash.
    I grew up playing this game and I'm almost 30, I DON'T WANT TO DO PICNICS, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL,I don't want photo mode (specially is this crappy texture and polished game), I don't care about the gym's leader silly story, I don't want to do weirdo melon fall guys style crop challenge, I don't want to have a friendly rival (wtf?). I want a challenge, I want to be the Champion, I want to build a strong team and the game isn't about that anymore. I know that is been a while since the franchise is getting easier, but the problem here, is that the focus of this game is not the Pokemon anymore... is the silliness of this poor and bad designed open world.
    The game is silly and has no identity anymore. I just don't get it, Gamefreak conquered the world with a working formula -> Monster Taming RPG is fun, and now they are changing the franchise to a dumb kid social game. Let me tell you one thing Gamefreak , my 10 years old sister plays ROBLOX with their whole class and no one care about your pokemon game. Actually Roblox community makes better pokemon games than you do. Your audience has aged! And maybe I won't even bother buying this game for my kids... I rather give him a gameboy so they could play Emerald.
    The game is not fun anymore, the pokemon design is poor as so is the world, the texture and the direction of this game.
    The performance issues are serious, low fps, weird glitches and etc, but to be honest, if the game was really good, no one would care about those. Elden Ring has performance issues and is one of the greatest game of all time.
    The open world concept is poor and it doesn't match the genre, pokemon games always had difficult spikes and a simple and good enough story to go through, do you remember that felling that you HAD to beat Misty's Starmie to go on on your adventure?? That was cool, man, give me that back!!! Now they throw all of that way with a dummy school theme and super poor open world experience.
    The most important piece in a open world, is the WORLD, isn't the 'open', this game world has nothing, I'm sorry is a bunch of grass, or sand, or ice. I mean GTA open world has people, cars, building, stores, quests all over the place. This pokemon game has nothing, the cities are simples, buildings have no interior, the open world is empty, is bunch of pokemons spread out over nothing, a few trainers here and there, some itens are spread over the world, but you know, there is nothing to do there... all the thing are centered in the cities/hubs.

    If you get any open world game, you will see a lol of thing to do and interact with, this game has nothing, even on the NPC side.... there is no point on chatting with anyone in this game... no side quest, no collectables, no unlockables... instead of builiding the world aroung the game objectives, it seem like they just build the world and spread the 18 objectives you have on this game over that empty world. 18 .... this is usually less than the amount of 1 kind of side quest you have to take on normal games... this whole open world games has : 8 gyms (+ elite four as usual) , 5 titans, 5 stat hideouts .... and you are done. I mean... pokemon is a biggest game franchise, with almost 30 years of success and this is the game release of 2022 ...    … Expand
  61. Rednaz
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Best Pokemon game in years with so much potential, but absolutely plagued by some of the worst performance of a modern title I have seen in 20 years of gaming.
  62. Watterx
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    If this wasn't the worst looking game I've ever seen, and worst running game I've ever played, this would be a really good game.
  63. josh524
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Gameplay is good, but the technical state of the game is unacceptable. Atrocious.
  64. Jaytea91186
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    This gane should have never been released this year. Nintendo getting greedy for holiday sales.. I could say yeah its the limitations of the switch, but come on Breathe of the Wild, Xenoblade Chronicles even Monster Hunster run great.... There is no excuse for the game being this way other than greed. Did they even test this before launch? I've seen indie ganes perform better than this andThis gane should have never been released this year. Nintendo getting greedy for holiday sales.. I could say yeah its the limitations of the switch, but come on Breathe of the Wild, Xenoblade Chronicles even Monster Hunster run great.... There is no excuse for the game being this way other than greed. Did they even test this before launch? I've seen indie ganes perform better than this and they were made by two people.… Expand
  65. YuriIshida
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    O jogo em sim é o melhor da franquia, a evolução dos antigos jogos pro atual Scarlet e Violet é absurda. Porém o jogo lançou muito mau otimizado. Quedas bruacas de fps, serrilhado, bugs e etc. Mais de uma semana após o lançamento e não recebemos patch de atualização!
  66. elpoff
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    I can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets onI can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets on the N64 that look better, which is absurd. Half of the npcs/pokemon run at 1 fps and look like a literal walking slideshow when they get more than 3ft away from you, and even some of them at the forefront of literal cutscenes have the same issue. Scarlet/Violet feels like a big downgrade from Arceus, but at least the gameplay in Arceus was smooth and it ran higher than 5fps. I wish GameFreak actually wanted to make great games instead of doing the BARE MINIMUM and just raking in all the cash they can from pokemon fans. I keep seeing reviews saying the story is amazing and maybe I'm just crazy, but I have no idea how they feel that way. The story is about as MEH as you could imagine, copy/paste from the previous games with a school added where you can take classes. The Terastal feature is also very meh/cringe in my opinion and to save time I just avoid it since the game already runs in slow motion most of the time. Even when the game doesn't run slow, the combat and ALL other actions are unnecessarily slow and drawn out. Throwing out a pokemon to fight takes forever and it will flash in and out as it appears before finally starting the battle. The quick battle feature, which I do like, alleviates this somewhat but I typically enjoy the battles in most pokemon games so it sucks that I can't even enjoy that this time around. In Arceus it seemed so much smoother when throwing out pokemon and pokeballs. Overall this game feels like they took Sword/Shield and made it into a really crappy sequel to save time and money. The pokemon animations are better than sword/shield at least, but it's really sad if that's one of the few positive things I can say about the game. Gonna try to enjoy the game but it just isn't anywhere near as good as it should be and I'm tired of that being the case so often with the pokemon series. Good luck and be wary of all the reviews giving this game 10/10, they are ABSOLUTELY out of their mind if they think it is even close to being that good. If they enjoy it and love the game that's totally fine, but everyone keeps trying to ignore all of these huge issues and that is why GameFreak doesn't have to care if their games are good or not. People keep saying it's getting unfairly review bombed, but in my opinion the poor reviews are completely merited. Currently it is sitting around a 2.9 user score which I think is a pretty fair rating honestly.… Expand
  67. DanielPink14
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Game lack of performance can't even stable 30 fps, a lot of visual glitches, poor frames even to npcs and scenario.
  68. Yuoto
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    DON’T BUY THE GAME THE HATER ARE RIGTH THIS TIME!

    When you start the game things look good, but the moment you arrive in the open world it’s a mess. Frame rate drop, npc walking 2 fps, camera bug, game froze at random and much more. It’s sad because the concept is good but the execution is sadly bad, terrible bad. Please if you love this franchise like me, return the game ask for a    DON’T BUY THE GAME THE HATER ARE RIGTH THIS TIME!

    When you start the game things look good, but the moment you arrive in the open world it’s a mess. Frame rate drop, npc walking 2 fps, camera bug, game froze at random and much more. It’s sad because the concept is good but the execution is sadly bad, terrible bad.

    Please if you love this franchise like me, return the game ask for a refund like i did. We deserve better, we need to respect ourself. Gamefreak and Nintendo don’t when releasing a half finishe game.    … Expand
  69. Carolvibrandt
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Uma vergonha para a franquia ! Legends Arceus mil vezes melhor !!! Incrível como eles não se importam em fazer um trabalho decente!! Jogo simplesmente todo quebrado!!! Game freak merece um grande boicote
  70. ShinKitsune
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    I have been a fan of the Pokémon series ever since the Generation I games, and I have always looked forwards to the latest entries. I was on a hiatus since Gen 3 to Gen 6 though, and it's when I got current with all the games.
    My disappointment started mostly with Generation 8, which was a fiasco overall, so my expectations on these entries were already rather low.
    You are only in the    I have been a fan of the Pokémon series ever since the Generation I games, and I have always looked forwards to the latest entries. I was on a hiatus since Gen 3 to Gen 6 though, and it's when I got current with all the games.
    My disappointment started mostly with Generation 8, which was a fiasco overall, so my expectations on these entries were already rather low.
    You are only in the first cutscene, and you're already experiencing frame drops, shadows that disappear, even the player's house glitches out of reality when you see it from a certain angle.
    I've been experiencing a couple of glitches here and there already, like Pokémon glitching into reality, or simply being obliterated out of it, game models doing the same as well and causing all sorts of weird stuff, like the player floating in the air, or pokéballs being levitated by poltergeists.
    These games have the largest dex cut; even more severe than Sword and Shield. For instance, Vulpix is my favourite Pokémon, it is nowhere to be seen.
    If you're a Shiny hunter like me, good luck with that. Shiny Pokémon do not make any special effect when they spawn like they did on Legends Arceus (until you engage in battle with them), or even have a sparkle effect like they did in Let's Go.
    The initiative of making these the first open world entries was a bit too ambitious. If it were well-implemented, these would be bang-on... but even that was poorly implemented. The world is so open, that it's easy for you to get lost... both location-wise as well as losing track of whatever you were doing.
    Alas, they're Pokémon games, they are still enjoyable to a certain extent... But still, these entries feel like an unfinished mess, even more than Sword and Shield, or even BD/SP, which were a **** of glitches when they came out...    … Expand
  71. Leroidesglaces
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    C'est le pire jeux de la décennies des bug a tous va un visuel moche a se crevé les yeux pokemon après se jeux pourrais faire un partenariat avec des vendeur de lunettes tellement le jeux est flout.

    Le jeu en lui même a part le graphisme les pokémon on n'a déjà vu mieux les légendaire il s'ont aucun charisme a part Miradon et Koridon La maps est grand même trop grand pour faire jeu comme    C'est le pire jeux de la décennies des bug a tous va un visuel moche a se crevé les yeux pokemon après se jeux pourrais faire un partenariat avec des vendeur de lunettes tellement le jeux est flout.

    Le jeu en lui même a part le graphisme les pokémon on n'a déjà vu mieux les légendaire il s'ont aucun charisme a part Miradon et Koridon
    La maps est grand même trop grand pour faire jeu comme Ubisoft des grand maps vide et pas bien optimisé avec plein de bug.

    Les points positifs Les visuels 3d des Pokémon et des personnages aussi des intérieurs des bâtiments très travaillé
    Les combats un plus difficile pour moi c'est bien
    Le plus important c'est la fin avec l'histoire des légendaire Koridon et Miradon qui était bien explicite mais un petit moment dommage.    … Expand
  72. jernkorset
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    It has some fun ideas and the open world feels less empty than Legends Arceus, but the performance issues are too big to ignore and completely ruined my experience. I just did a couple of hours of catching new stuff and then the game crashed and I lost all the progress which I've never expereienced in my 20+ years playing pokemon.

    I don't want to keep playing this unfinished garbage. I    It has some fun ideas and the open world feels less empty than Legends Arceus, but the performance issues are too big to ignore and completely ruined my experience. I just did a couple of hours of catching new stuff and then the game crashed and I lost all the progress which I've never expereienced in my 20+ years playing pokemon.

    I don't want to keep playing this unfinished garbage. I stopped pre-ordering games from other big stuidos because they kept releasing trash like this. After this embarassment I'm not putting my faith in Nintendo either, especially anything Pokemon    … Expand
  73. 12Pedro_Gabriel
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Seems like it's -14 FPS, terrible graphics and it keeps glitching every time. Also, being a schooler? That sucks.
  74. Pokemon09
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    There are so many bugs in this game. Gameplay is ok to fun but grafic bugs are destroying the expierience.
  75. Meg019
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Rendimiento muy pobre, tiene ideas buenas pero queda opacado por todo lo malo que tiene, una saga tan exitosa como pokemon debería hacer muuucho más.
  76. Magicalgirlmomo
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Enjoy the gameplay, but for 60 dollars, it runs like butthole. There’s stuttering, lag, frame rate drops and the graphics are just not up to standard. I feel like I’m playing a DS title not a switch one.
    School setting is…interesting. The rival is adorable though, best one we’ve got in a while. If you can, wait till the price drops a bit or a major patch is released…
  77. SkateWitches
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    Easily the worst pokemon game to date, insufficient on every front, fights are embarrassingly easy, mini games are boring, crystallization is ugly and has very little impact on gameplay, exploration will physically hurt your eyes with all those low quality textures, low quality models, low quality lighting and a scary amount of pop up and lag, the story is childish, predictable and theEasily the worst pokemon game to date, insufficient on every front, fights are embarrassingly easy, mini games are boring, crystallization is ugly and has very little impact on gameplay, exploration will physically hurt your eyes with all those low quality textures, low quality models, low quality lighting and a scary amount of pop up and lag, the story is childish, predictable and the characters are all boring caricatures of actual personalities, the pokemon designs are nothing special but still a step back from the sword and shield designs generally.
    The only pros i found in this pile of garbage are the always on point character designs and the way the Pokedex functions, the rest can be thrown in the trash for all i care, don't buy this, it's not fun.    … Expand
  78. lks8492
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    The frame is **** The gameplay is good. Gonna give it a 2, Game Freak shouldn't exploit the consumer like this. We pay full price for this game, and what we got was unacceptable; a half-baked game. Disgrace from the highest gross franchise.
  79. MarioKebab
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    This game had so much potential, graphic sucks, there are a lot of Bugs, you cannot even enter in other people’s houses and shops, it’s not a 0 because The new pokemon are cool
  80. CarlyleGarcia
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    Seems to be a not finished game, the technical part is awful! Bugs, crashes, extremely low FPS, being unable to reach the average level of a Nintendo Switch game, it has a good idea of ​​​​an open world, but always limited by the level of quest, objectives, weak story, in addition to the lack of narration.
  81. Jerem8
    Apr 11, 2023
    2
    Release such a game at this price is an insult to video games industry. Despite the good will of the story, it is impossible to rate correctly what appears to be an Alpha version...
  82. mrx199
    Nov 27, 2022
    2
    Vaff#####o a Game Freak e a Nintendo per aver prodotto un gioco così buggato e inguardabile. Sul gameplay ci siamo, ma sulla grafica manco per il c###o!!!! Vergogna!!! Sistemate il gioco subito!
  83. pommidoroumami
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This game has an awful art style. It’s not mandatory for me drop a game without bugs and problem, but this is unaccettable.

    The Monster design is sufficient.
  84. Leam_Realisator
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. + Good Level Design, we take a lot of pleasure to explore, a big congratulations to Game Freak on this point, I was surprised.

    + Controls are much better managed than in Legends Arceus

    + Lots of new Pokemon

    + Good Lore and Climax well managed overall, BUT..

    The negative points :

    - Very very cringe characters. Apart from Pepper, they are all far too enthusiastic and positive, it lacks finesse in writing

    - The Climax remains once again far too much on the surface

    - No VS Recorder, no 60 Min Timer. It's Pitiful.

    - Very few building interiors are modeled, so cities aren't much use. Many NPCs don't have lines of dialogue, either.

    - Disastrous Technique

    - Non-existent post game

    - The game lacks identity in general, there are too many incompatible mechanics, because too little depth. MMO? RPG? We don't really know where we're going

    - No Level Scaling

    - A Disappointing League that cannot be replayed

    - Go back for online

    Some Neutral Points, which will share a lot of people:

    * The Music is very different from the direction of the series. This is the first Pokémon game where I wanted to turn off the sound and put my playlist. They are not very melodious, the game feels like a Discotheque

    * Cel Shading is missing, the game takes on a very realistic DA, moving even further away from Sugimori's Artworks, which brings out technical flaws, much to our displeasure.

    *Some Pokémon names sound really simplistic.

    Assessment:

    Don't just dwell on the technical issues, there are a lot of other issues in the game and they really haven't come to light enough in my opinion.    … Expand
  85. 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.
  86. 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.
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. Buntekuhmachtmu
    Dec 2, 2022
    2
    Underwhelming.. started actually really great and then the quality dropped harshly..
    So many glitches and bugs.. I am disappointed.
  95. 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
  96. JamJamBinks
    Dec 5, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Open world - great. New designs suck. Think there's about 2 new Mons that are decent designs. Bugs galore (not the kind of bugs you'd expect in a Pokémon game though) and with no level scaling I finished all gyms and main line story with a level 80+ Gyarados. Most exciting part of the game was post game after the three main story lines but it was far too short. Feels incomplete.… Expand
  97. DexExplosion
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    Bad frame-rate. Misses button presses. Looks below average. Bland gym challenges. Good pokemon design. Missing features. Neat plot twist. Well below its potential.
  98. Snake5000
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    This game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this gameThis game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this game to be better I still have fun playing it but this is unacceptable for a $60 game game freaking and Nintendo can do better… Expand
  99. Oreon
    Dec 7, 2022
    2
    Best bug and glitch of the Pokémon franchise with a dash of game. I don't know the audacity of this developers to push the game for release. Absolutely no respect for its fanbase.
  100. Zoru
    Dec 13, 2022
    2
    I have a lot to say about this game, but I will just give the gist here; It would be amazing if it was finished. My reasoning is here:

    The Pros: The attempt at open world wad a good one, and the size of the game and the many things there are to do are amazing. The storyline really did captivate me and I adore the character designs and their personalities. A lot of effort was put into this    I have a lot to say about this game, but I will just give the gist here; It would be amazing if it was finished. My reasoning is here:

    The Pros:
    The attempt at open world wad a good one, and the size of the game and the many things there are to do are amazing. The storyline really did captivate me and I adore the character designs and their personalities. A lot of effort was put into this game and it would be even better than Arceus if it had been completed. Picnics and sandwiches are amazing and very fun. Terratalizing is an awesome addition, up there with mega evolution(but not better!), and the new mythical and regional forms are some of my favorites in the franchise(though i wish there were more regional forms and future/past pokemon!) The Cons: The raids are very badly done. The timers go down with major penalties when someone gets knocked out as well as the person getting their own time penalty. When pokemon put up the shield, sometimes they are impossible to harm and you lose. Sometimes raids will just pause for a full minute with the time going down. There are so many glitches that half of the time, raids are impossible to do at all, if you can even get into any, since the online raid joining is a mess and does not update more than twice per minute when most raids are full within 3 seconds.

    The frame rate is awful in the game. Pokemon just spawn underneath you while you're running and they're hard to see. Most pokemon are extremely tiny, even smaller than the grass blades and impossible to see.

    This leads to the SHINIES. The shinies in this game are absolutely awful, not creative at all. Most, you can't even tell that they are shiny, which makes shiny pokemon extremely hard to find already. But to add to this, they removed the shiny sparkle and sound that every single other game had, which makes it hard for people who can properly see, and impossible for color blind people to shiny hunt. It's a horrible oversight that excludes an entire group of people with disabilities. For some more cons; there are no new animations for battles, the lag is awful and causes the game to barely work, my switch overheats within ten minutes of playing and i need to set it down in sleep mode so that it can cool down, they took out many quality-of-life updates from past games.    … Expand
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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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