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. nosplashsl
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing… Expand
  2. Andrez1989
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    De que mierda te sirve ponerle un 2,8 , si el puto juego te va a vender 25 millones de copias , da para pensar.
  3. RedSpruce
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    **** eveyone reveiw bombing this. 10 out of spite & bc it's actually a really good game. sure you glitch into store fronts if you run at them too fast sometimes but that's just funny. and yeah, the lack of level scaling is weird but again, it's funny that i got to beat a titan with pokemon like 20 levels lower then it because meowscarada's signature move is brokenly over powered.
    "It'S    **** eveyone reveiw bombing this. 10 out of spite & bc it's actually a really good game. sure you glitch into store fronts if you run at them too fast sometimes but that's just funny. and yeah, the lack of level scaling is weird but again, it's funny that i got to beat a titan with pokemon like 20 levels lower then it because meowscarada's signature move is brokenly over powered.
    "It'S gOt BaD gRaPhIcS!!"
    who gives a **** about graphics. genuinely name me one person who thinks hyper realism with no flaws is better then funny cartoon style.
    "YoU cAn'T cHaNgE oUt Of ThE sChOoL uNiFoRm!!!"
    it makes sense with the story of being a SCHOOL STUDENT out on what is, essentially, an extra curricular activity/ excursion
    the pokemon themselves, the story, and the personality of the characters are probably better than the last 3 generations combined    … Expand
  4. acsichu
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    How can you make a game so bad after arceus?
    It just shows all you want is our money. Too bad that there are so many Pokemon lovers and bad developers like you. You disrespect us.
  5. Blackbelt2018
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Definitely needs work but by all means doesn’t deserve a 0. Game freak should start listening to their audience and do better. I’m only giving this score to balance out all the zeroes. It’s still a fun game but it has a ton of technical problems that need to be fixed. Graphics are complete crap and it blows my mind that we’ve actually gone back in time to the N64 days with this game. If IDefinitely needs work but by all means doesn’t deserve a 0. Game freak should start listening to their audience and do better. I’m only giving this score to balance out all the zeroes. It’s still a fun game but it has a ton of technical problems that need to be fixed. Graphics are complete crap and it blows my mind that we’ve actually gone back in time to the N64 days with this game. If I had to give it an actual score, I’d give it a 6.5, maybe a 7. But if it continues in this direction, I will sadly have to say goodbye to the franchise and just remember it for what it once was.… Expand
  6. florbar
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pokémon Legends: Arceus parece GOTY al lado de este juego, aun no me cabe en la cabeza como es posible que saquen un producto con tantos errores a la venta. Una pena, pedí en precompra en la tienda de en linea de Nintendo y estoy arrepentido, pensé que este sería mejor que las ultimas porquerías que han traído, pero no.
  7. Captiosus
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once.It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once. It's never gotten bettter. These same bugs have repeated any time I play the game.

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

    This game is broken.
    No amount of occasionally "fun" gameplay will change that fact.
    Don't buy it until it's fixed.    … Expand
  8. Thunder_lord
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    This game is basically a Toby Fox music album that comes with a free video game.

    Also they removed Ninetales, this game is unplayable now.
  9. Tokoshieko
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Can´t understand how people are defending this game, it´s graphical and technical features are the worst, an unfinished product getting praised by diehard pokefans that will make the developer continue on mediocre practices.
    Game don´t get a 0 because of it´s game play.
  10. JairRamirez
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The state in which it came out is simply unacceptable, it's impossible to say that game freak did a good job with the most profitable ip in the world if the performance, the graphics, the animations are terrible, even the game crashes, and the open world doesn't work. The game isn't even worth 30 dollars...
  11. Hgtrauma
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an incredible disservice to fans. Heaping pile of trash. Terrible graphics, glitches everywhere, and last but not least, 63739293737 hours of smashing the A button for mind numbing dialog. Just what I wanted in a POKÉMON GAME. Non stop dialog. Lazy Pokémon designs. Done by infants who have zero passion. Don’t buy this game.… Expand
  12. shiningwolf88
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    This game definitely has its issues. Framerate problems are far from uncommon, and minor glitches for pokemon spawns occur often. But you also get fairly decent open world pokemon game and probably the best storylines ever written for pokemon. Overall a solid game and a promising glimpse for future games.
  13. LuigiCuau
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    PUDO SER EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

    Desde PKM Sun and Moon no tenía tanto hype por un juego de PKM, y bien la espera valió mucho la pena pero a que precio? No se puede negar el bajo rendimiento, pero llevo 35 horas de juego y de momento no me han salido los famosos bugs que están en internet, que, casualmente son los mismo 3, el único bug que he visto es el de la pokeball que se    PUDO SER EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

    Desde PKM Sun and Moon no tenía tanto hype por un juego de PKM, y bien la espera valió mucho la pena pero a que precio? No se puede negar el bajo rendimiento, pero llevo 35 horas de juego y de momento no me han salido los famosos bugs que están en internet, que, casualmente son los mismo 3, el único bug que he visto es el de la pokeball que se queda en el aire cuando intentas capturar uno, pero nada que afecte el juego, mucho menos la partida, por tal motivo no me quejo de los bugs y el bajo rendimiento no hace que mi partida sea injugable, mucho menos los gráficos pues desde los trailers nos mostraron los gráficos del juego.

    El juego lo estoy disfrutando como niño, si bien las cosas malas que tanto se hablan estuvieran bien (poping, rendimiento, sombras y bugs) el juego sin duda sería de 9.5, y la única razón por la que no le doy un 10 es por temas más importantes para mi dentro del juego que de lo que se queja la gente pues reitero, a mi no me han salido.

    LO MALO: en PKM Sword me atyrebo a decir que tiene la mejor customisación de todos los juegos de PKM con la mejor ropa, peinados y más con los que se inluyen en el DLC, por desgracia esta horrible hacer tu personaje en Scarlet, peinados horribles y estás limitado a 4 malditos uniformes, desconozco si te puedes quitar el uniforme terminando el juego, pero de momento no se puede y es molesto pues en Sword puedo decir que el personaje que es un avatar de tí, pude hacer el avatar que se parece más a mi y aquí simplemente no siento esa conexión con el personaje, otro punto negativo es el mapa para ver la localización de un PKM, el nuevo menú es más tedioso, teníamos muchos avances en Arceus y aquí regresamos 2 pasos atrás, espero se corrija y se mejore para futuros juegos.

    Urge que se tenga una junta con The Pokemon Company, Game Freak y Nintendo y que se quede en no sacar un juego por año pues las consecuencias aquí están, si el juego le hubieran dado 8 meses más, no dudo que el juego hubiera salido bien en cuanto al tema de rendimiento y bugs, aún así el juego es de los mejores, tiene tantas cosas que hacer, un grand OST, los temas de la ciudad de la líder de tipo eléctrico o de tipo agua son temas épicos, los PKM ya respetan sus tamaños, los personajes por fin tienen más carisma y son de tu agrado en general y los nuevos PKM puedo darles en general un 8 de 10 en diseños, las ciudades son increíbles y los lugares, una enorme diferencia con Arceus y sobre todo con Sword, puedo decir que Paldea es la mejor región de todas.

    En conclusión, Pokémon da muchos pasos con grandes ideas, primer mundo abierto y mejoras, pero los problemas técnicos le están afectado mucho, tiene todo el dinero para contratar a la gente correcta y que corrigan esos errores que esperemos se puedan hacer en parches.    … Expand
  14. artichitcuth
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Básicamente un juego no acabado con Bugs y a precio de 60$ muy mal Game freak
  15. Garret_Beastman
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game could've been so much more and now it's being blatantly ridiculized on the Internet. Terrible performance issues, a lot of elements in the background running at low FPS, poor rendering and visual quality in general (as usual) and the only salvageable thing is the Gameplay because it's Pokémon of course, but still I'm very disappointed.

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

    If the Switch is able to handle games with the visual quality of Xenoblade, why not implement some of that for Pokémon? Because they're LAZY, that's why,    … Expand
  16. limhi_navarro
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Good game concept, disappointing and horrible performance.
    All of this is unacceptable for a main trademark of Nintendo
  17. AtlasBlueSource
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This thing is horrible, I can't even play, full of bugs, not worth the money
    IT'S UNPLAYABLE, WHAT IS THIS GARBAGE
  18. dharma
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    Wow. What a step back after Arceus. Let's get this out of the way: it is the same old Pokemon, with its addictive loop. But you know that Game Freak is filled with programmers that genuinely struggle to convert these titles to 3-D. This shows this lack of experience in spade. By giving in a more complete 'environment', performance issues, graphical mishaps are prevalent. This is thisWow. What a step back after Arceus. Let's get this out of the way: it is the same old Pokemon, with its addictive loop. But you know that Game Freak is filled with programmers that genuinely struggle to convert these titles to 3-D. This shows this lack of experience in spade. By giving in a more complete 'environment', performance issues, graphical mishaps are prevalent. This is this year's Cyberpunk in term of lack of polish. Too bad as the initial gameplay loop is still as addictive as ever.… Expand
  19. Psycotropico
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Los juegos de la game boy tenían muchísimos mejos bugs, aparte de que muchos diseños de pokemon son deplorables. Y eso que me encanta el pokemon, y lo voy a acabar. Game freak necesita un toque de atención parece,ya que esto semeja una broma con lo que ingrea
  20. koliveiras
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pelo amor de deus a galera não dá valor ao dinheiro MESMO. 300 reais um jogo cheio de bugs e sem nenhum pronunciamento da empresa... muito triste ver a franquia chegar a este estado.
  21. aceeBR
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Multiplayer super fun, but the graphics and performance is trash sadly. It is a disaster technically.
  22. Nycolazs
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Lot of bugs, unplayable
    Pokemon has been part of my life for so long and it just makes me wanna cry to see games like these.
  23. KaittoYT
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Poderia ter sido um grande sucesso, porém só pelo fato da Nintendo ter lançado de qualquer jeito com todo os problemas e bugs do jogo, conseguiu estragar a experiência de todos com esse novo game
  24. LemonMadness
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from Legends Arceus, weird and long pauses during actions that make the gameplay really sluggish, completely empty cities, cannot enter buildings to explore them and the few you can are shops that are either just a menù where you buy stuff, a stupid sandwich shop or a copy-pasted barber shope directly from Sword & Shield (I'm not joking, go look at a barber shop there and compare it with the ones in these games).
    Choice of paths is just an illusion: gym leaders and Pokémon do not scale with your level and you still need badges to make sure your Pokémons don't disobey you, exploration in the "open world" is boring, empty and ugly, dialogues with NPCs are pointless, some of them have bubble texts over their head which, if there are two people talking next to one another, both text boxes clip making it hard and annoying to read, and some don't even have dialogues.
    And I can go on and on.

    I can't even think about positive points about these games in this exact moments. I've never seen a work this embarassing, especially because we're talking about multi-millionaire companies.    … Expand
  25. Ibilaw
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Una absoluta vergüenza, otra vez vendiendo un juego sin terminar que no hay por donde cogerlo
  26. jassa
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    No translation to portuguese-BR? This is a basic stuff! And the game was launched basically as a Beta.
  27. Platypus2649
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Could have been the best game yet. Performance totally ruins the entire experience and makes this game a guaranteed refund.
  28. Leonardo007
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    It's very fun also technically is a trash in performance and graphics can be a lot better but I fan a pokémon this is why my rating
  29. srf5132
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Pokemon Violet was overall a fun and engrossing experience, despite some noticeable issues. This review comes after beating the story and catching ~75% of the pokemon in the game, which amounts to the vast majority that are available in just one of the 2 version. The main pokemon I had left to catch were evolutions from past gens that I didn't feel like grinding out. I think that basedPokemon Violet was overall a fun and engrossing experience, despite some noticeable issues. This review comes after beating the story and catching ~75% of the pokemon in the game, which amounts to the vast majority that are available in just one of the 2 version. The main pokemon I had left to catch were evolutions from past gens that I didn't feel like grinding out. I think that based on this I have seen enough to give a fairly balanced apraisal.

    First, the pros:
    * The open world worked well and allowed a lot of freedom without ever feeling overwhelming. There was always something new to do but it never fell into the trap of many open world games of overloading the player with options. * The new pokemon were mostly all pretty good, though there weren't many stand out hits outside of the starters. * The returning pokemon were very good choices and there were hardly any duds. The fact that there were 400 across both games was exciting, and in general most of the new areas it was exciting to find out what pokemon you were going to run into.
    * The tera system is interesting and should make for some exciting competetive games. * Random battles are gone. This may be a con for some, but it really makes filling in the pokedex much more fun and rewarding imo.
    * There were some decently challenging battles. Obviously this series isn't know for its difficulty, but I think in a nuzzlelock or perma death run this game might offer some interesting challenges.
    * The graphics worked well. They weren't the next step forward in realism, but they handle the scenes and pokemon well, and seeing the various emotions and movements of the pokemon is truly a joy. It amazes me that they make so many different characters all have individual flairs and neat quirks.
    * The world was fun to traverse, once you've unlocked some movement items. This is a must for any open world game and largely works here, much better than I expected tbh.

    The cons:
    * Did have a few crashes, especially seemed to happen when walking into buildings.
    * Performance was bad at times, but I dont think I had nearly as many issues as I hear reported. Note that I played this docked on a first gen switch and it was smooth most of the time. The main exceptions were some late game areas when a lot of things were on screen at once, and also in the water. However, if you can live with the ocassional choppy frames, it wasn't really worse than virtually any other game I have played at release in recent memory, and the game is still playable with little issue.
    * The story is not what you're here for, but still pretty aweful. It is hard to write kids game stories that have real impact, but even compared to many of the other games in the series, this one is pretty bad. * The school idea was sort of neat, and it felt like they wanted relationship building like in persona, but that all fell pretty flat.
    * The raid battles are pretty bad. I didn't like these in sword and shield, and they aren't improved here. Thankfully you can largely ignore these.
    * The late game is a bit disapointing. This is honestly probably my biggest issue with the game right now. Obviously you can fill your pokedex and redo gyms, but there's just not much with any meat to it. This is something that pokemon has struggled with a lot recently. The high point of the series on this subject I would put at gold/silver, where you got essentially an entire extra pokemon quest to go on. I'm not sure what the ultimate solution would be for this, but it would just be nice to have an adventure where you have a fully powerful team but still have lots of places left to explore with new pokemon in them. Perhaps we will get something to fulfil this in dlc in a few months, but for now its pretty paltry.

    So, there you have it. i would say that if you like pokemon games you will probably like this one. It improves on the series in interesting and fun ways, but it is still a pokemon game at heart. If you can overlook a few issues, some of which may be adjusted in the not too distant future, then there are many hours of fun to be had here.    … Expand
  30. adzz58
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    To the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. TheTo the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. The die-hard fans need to wake up and hold Gamefreak to account over this mess. I'd rather wait a few years for a Pokemon game they've had the time to truly work on, rather than the cash grab we have here. Come on Pokemon fans, you deserve better.… Expand
  31. web8823
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    I have no ideas how could this buggy, semi-finished game score 77 from critic reviews (44 reviews).

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

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

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

    Just avoid this game if you don't wanna get disappointed, especially after watching all the trailers, and don't forget how much effort GF put into promoting this title, then you would realize how dare they:) sell us this semi-finished product.    … Expand
  32. marianaaaa
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    it's a broken and unfinished game, too expensive to be such garbage. This is unacceptable for the most profitable company on the planet. It shows that they do not put any effort or interest in improving.
  33. Gluca004
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game would be a 9, but the technical sector suck, this game costs like GOW are you kidding me? Just take more time to do the game! Do a patch now or im not buying any pokemon game again. Please tpc and gf the story idea for this games was so cool, why you have to destroy everything all the time. Final battle was fantastic! Why cant the entire game be like it… Expand
  34. Mekarayzor
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Game Freak en a plus rien a foutre de finir c est jeu , aurait pus faire un truc bien mais nn
  35. Jennyjewels
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Pretty good and refreshing for a pokemon game. Open world and multiple storylines makes this game pretty fresh. While you're not looking for a new pokemon to catch you can fight a giant beast, take out a enemy camp or make a sandwich! This game does have its downsides the frame rate is lacking and the graphics are behind but at its core it is a fun new take on pokemon much improved uponPretty good and refreshing for a pokemon game. Open world and multiple storylines makes this game pretty fresh. While you're not looking for a new pokemon to catch you can fight a giant beast, take out a enemy camp or make a sandwich! This game does have its downsides the frame rate is lacking and the graphics are behind but at its core it is a fun new take on pokemon much improved upon since pokemon legends.… Expand
  36. duduulo
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Es un despropósito haber sacado el juego en este estado.
    El juego no se puede disfrutar, es una caída constante de fps, tirones y animaciones bugeadas. Personalmente me ha quitado las ganas de seguir jugando.
    En el estado actual no recomiendo para nada comprar el juego.
  37. renatovsj
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Não dá nem para dar nota um nesse jogo que esta todo bugado, perdi meu dinheiro comprando esse
  38. ildemaro
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    no hay mucho que decir es lo mismo que el otro repetitivo y roto la verdad no no se que pensaron cuando sacaron este juego y el otro..
  39. Nwolfe69
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    How does this happen? Did they even test this game? Is it finished? This is a half baked How to Train your dragon video game. Wii games look and preform better than this. The entire world is bland, glitchy, and ugly. Maybe 40% of the Pokémon have good designs? Save your money, don’t buy this.
  40. Eriza02
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game is little fun but the lot of bugs and horrible mechanic it's unplayable
  41. QuestionSleep
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I thought Pokemon couldn't be worse than it was in Sword & Shield, how wrong I was.
    This is the worst experience in a Pokémon on the Switch, the glitches are common, the framerate is laughtable. The Artstyle, oh god. Ken Sugimori isn't even working in the game. The Artsyle and the Music were the things that saved the previous games (gen 6 and above) and now not even that.
    "B-But Bill,    I thought Pokemon couldn't be worse than it was in Sword & Shield, how wrong I was.
    This is the worst experience in a Pokémon on the Switch, the glitches are common, the framerate is laughtable. The Artstyle, oh god. Ken Sugimori isn't even working in the game. The Artsyle and the Music were the things that saved the previous games (gen 6 and above) and now not even that.

    "B-But Bill, it's fun to play, like every Pokémon game."
    Gamefreak is spitting you in the face and you still think it's fun? Get some taste Pokéfan. Don't let the fanaticism blinds you.

    There are better games and better JRPG out there, imo Shin Megami Tensei has become a better monster game than pokémon and has been since the 3DS era. Xenoblade is an excelent JRPG if you prefer a driving story game with gorgeous visuals and engaging combat. If you prefer the Pokémon formula you can try playing the romhacks made by the community but stop giving your money to an incompetent developers until they make a worthy game.    … Expand
  42. wilhelm564
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Ugly ass game, low fps and don't even has voice actors. This is ridiculous!!
  43. Hugecat22
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Kinda fun ideas, but runs like total junk. Can't even play it for more then 10 mins without feeling sick.
  44. 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
  45. deniis2022
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    As the world NO.1 game IP, with all these bugs, crashes, poor graphic, empty world that's unacceptable, GF really must CHANGE!!!
  46. AntonioGP
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    The best pokemon game for the Nintendo switch for me. I have played more than 16 hours at the moment. Its an open world where you can easily lose, but theres a lot of places an pokemon to see. You can choose your own path and There's more than one way to follow the history. The only reason why I don't give it a 10 is because of the way the npcs walk in the distance. and smallThe best pokemon game for the Nintendo switch for me. I have played more than 16 hours at the moment. Its an open world where you can easily lose, but theres a lot of places an pokemon to see. You can choose your own path and There's more than one way to follow the history. The only reason why I don't give it a 10 is because of the way the npcs walk in the distance. and small frame drops that in my opinion are irrelevant. On Saturday I lost track of time playing it.… Expand
  47. 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
  48. brenomarinho200
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The game really needs to be improved, it has a good story and a good direction but it is full of technical problems that cannot happen coming from a company like gamefreak and another thing the game does not have a language version in ptbr
  49. Gnomesbane
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Performance wise, the game is pretty bad. I haven’t run into any of the big bugs I’ve seen people talk about, but for the Lake Titan boss fight of the story, and also the Fairy Base for Team Star, the fact that there is some water nearby makes the game chug down to a snails pace. Really kills the fun and dynamic aspect of a big cool boss fight when all your Pokémon attacks look like a slow-mo move from the Matrix. Menus also run pretty slow, and you can feel the game struggling to keep up. Graphics range from “wow look at the textures of fur on Hoppip!” To “are those mountains copy/paste backgrounds from Goldeneye 64?” Graphics aren’t always a big deal in these games, to me at least. It’s about the adventure and the discovery of stuff. The story is where this game honestly shines, and is really all that’s propping this up from being a complete joke of a game. Most Pokémon games are more or less the same. Fight the gyms, save the world or whatever from some bad guys. This game has three separate storylines to complete in more or less whatever order you want. There’s the usual Gym/Elite 4 battle, which is whatever. Then there’s the Titans, where you help a person find these rare herbs to ultimately heal one of his Pokémon, and not gonna lie I kinda cried at the end. It felt very relateable. Then the third story is about stopping the “bad guy Team”, Team Star in this region. Turns out there’s a lot more to it going on, and even though a few of the twists are kinda obvious, the ending again has a good message to it that I think a lot of players can relate to. The core gameplay is great. If you liked Legends Arceus, you’ll probably like this even more. It’s still classic Pokémon catching, but a HUGE world that manages to feel both very empty and bursting with things to see at the same time. Lots of little winding paths and holes to look in, or mountain trails to nowhere for exploring. By far the most fun I’ve had with a Pokémon game, just held back by technical difficulties that can hopefully be fixed.… Expand
  50. mitchelllovett
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Sadly, this product is - at best - in a beta state. It is so bugged that the game is unplayable and it looks atrocious. Xenoblade, Zelda, and Monster Hunter somehow all manage to look much higher in quality and perform at a quality level. The developer, GameFreak, has clearly become lazy and is taking advantage of its customer base. I don’t encourage anyone purchase this game forSadly, this product is - at best - in a beta state. It is so bugged that the game is unplayable and it looks atrocious. Xenoblade, Zelda, and Monster Hunter somehow all manage to look much higher in quality and perform at a quality level. The developer, GameFreak, has clearly become lazy and is taking advantage of its customer base. I don’t encourage anyone purchase this game for themselves or their children.… Expand
  51. EducatedAmateur
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    There are a lot of fake 10 scores from people who admit they are lying through their teeth. I doing my part to balance out these trolls and giving a 0.

    The game itself marks a new low for the franchise. It resembles something you would expect from a indie beta release, and not a standard title from a seasoned high-value company. Bad graphics, yet bad performance. Many glitches, but no    There are a lot of fake 10 scores from people who admit they are lying through their teeth. I doing my part to balance out these trolls and giving a 0.

    The game itself marks a new low for the franchise. It resembles something you would expect from a indie beta release, and not a standard title from a seasoned high-value company. Bad graphics, yet bad performance. Many glitches, but no complex gameplay elements. Less and less content with no trade-offs. Pokémon Scarlet joins bad with worse to make a quick penny from die hard fanatics who will defend anything with the right brand on them. Its not worth the money or your time.    … Expand
  52. Mayanknaithani
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pokemon is for kids and I think developed by kids too.
    Worst looking game on switch. Please take time and sell a finished game.
  53. AvalonGeek
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has new mechanics and a unique experience. The open world is exciting, but the game doesn't hit 30fps. Performance is terrible. The worst game in the Pokémon franchise and the worst Switch game of 2022.… Expand
  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. urgaan
    Nov 21, 2022
    6
    The most fun I've had on a new Pokémon game in ages despite performance issues.

    This game looks and feels like a wet bucket of **** It's choppy, laggy at times, animations may or may not exist. I had the game crash a handful of times, laughted maniacally at people appearing inside of doorframes, fallen through the floor, and even seen it dissapear. But oh my lord beneath all of these    The most fun I've had on a new Pokémon game in ages despite performance issues.

    This game looks and feels like a wet bucket of **** It's choppy, laggy at times, animations may or may not exist. I had the game crash a handful of times, laughted maniacally at people appearing inside of doorframes, fallen through the floor, and even seen it dissapear. But oh my lord beneath all of these seemingly awful issues is this wonderful game that I'm sure the devs weren't given enough time to flesh out and polish. For starters it's actually challenging, the game is functionally a boss rush with trainer fights all being optional aside from a few. The gyms, gang leaders, and titan fights are all excellent. The Pokémon designs are an overwhelming success to boot. So many quality of life features have been added. Overall a wonderful gameplay experience.

    Honestly if you can get past the absolute rushed mess of a shell, the inside is a sweet treat that I highly recommend. Maybe wait for a few performance patches though.    … Expand
  57. MisaelDel1
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Excelente juegos que te lleva a los tiempos de los pokemon originales pero en un mundo abierto para explorar.
  58. Hardcorestgamer
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Glimpses of a good game but unacceptable performance issues. Really disappointed, can't see myself finishing it
  59. Zoinkinator
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    Gameplay wise I think GameFreak have finally cracked the code when it comes to pokemon. The world is fun to explore, the battles are just as fun as they have been(albeit still a bit of a slog), the structure of the game makes it more replayable than any pokemon beforehand, and the ability to actively play online with friends elevates it into being one of the best pokemon games for a longGameplay wise I think GameFreak have finally cracked the code when it comes to pokemon. The world is fun to explore, the battles are just as fun as they have been(albeit still a bit of a slog), the structure of the game makes it more replayable than any pokemon beforehand, and the ability to actively play online with friends elevates it into being one of the best pokemon games for a long time....At least it would be if the game was finished.

    I have never before played a game that is so clearly, utterly unfinished to the point of taking away from the experience as a whole. The graphics are...fine actually. Not amazing but ultimately inoffensive. The performance however is absolutely dreadful. Generally speaking I dont mind it when a game doesn't run great, especially on the switch, but this is inexcusable. Constant stuttering, frame drops, pop in, character animations become choppy the moment you walk 4 feet away from them, lighting errors, pokemon disappearing and reappearing, the list goes on and on. It is clear to me that Pokemon Scarlet/Violet were rushed out the door(likely by the Pokemon Company and Nintendo) in order to meet the holiday deadline.

    It really sucks because underneath that there is a legitimately phenomenal pokemon game here, but its so hard to look past the technical errors when they're a constant inconvenience. Im positive that in a few months the game will likely be looking and running a lot better, but in its current state I can't in good conscious recommend it to anyone unless you're a fan of the series or you really just wanna play with friends. Ill update my review when the game is finished.    … Expand
  60. mskzinho
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    No portuguese this is unacceptable!
    The game looks extremely ugly, one of the worst 3D graphics I have seen.
  61. Sir_Ligma
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it,So let me start by saying that gameplay wise and what they are trying to do is brilliant. It's the most fun I've had playing a Pokémon game for a long time. However.... Hooly Dooly the performance is shocking. Textures a terrible, frames drop the second you go too fast, everything looks so janky. This game could have been a 10 if they had just delayed for a bit and put some polish on it, but nope, GF once again need to milk the money cow to get their annual cash injection, really is a shame as it's so close to being perfect… Expand
  62. BaroqueAsAJoke
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    This is the best Pokémon game yet. People are complaining about performance issues but clearly haven’t lived through the previous generations of Pokémon. I’ve played since red/blue on a grayscale game boy. This is a massive open world Pokémon rpg with tons of things to do, it’s really unrivaled, it’s even better than Arceus. Give a chance and decide for yourselves. Some slowdowns areThis is the best Pokémon game yet. People are complaining about performance issues but clearly haven’t lived through the previous generations of Pokémon. I’ve played since red/blue on a grayscale game boy. This is a massive open world Pokémon rpg with tons of things to do, it’s really unrivaled, it’s even better than Arceus. Give a chance and decide for yourselves. Some slowdowns are totally manageable and there’s an amazing game behind that.… Expand
  63. rei_estelar
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    I'll give a 2 for the "potential" that the story has, but honestly... it's not worth the money for now.
  64. Ivann09
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    People who keep saying bugs and glitches are not a real problem and don't influence the experience, are either just liars or too fanboys. the game runs truly embarassing. The experience is ruined a lot. Framedrop is constant, even in the buildings (the few you can explore). Beside these huge problems, it is a big step back from legends of arceus. No graphic innovation, no better quality ofPeople who keep saying bugs and glitches are not a real problem and don't influence the experience, are either just liars or too fanboys. the game runs truly embarassing. The experience is ruined a lot. Framedrop is constant, even in the buildings (the few you can explore). Beside these huge problems, it is a big step back from legends of arceus. No graphic innovation, no better quality of game, buildings and exploration very poor. Trust me, this game is like a legal robbery. You could think i am exagerating, but i am not, believe me.… Expand
  65. Dtizet
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    it came worst developed than previous entries, this is the time to finally demand The pokemon company and gamefreak a real commitment to the players.
  66. Mcdaidde
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The concept and world are great. The ge is borderline unplayable. Crashes, 5 fps (constantly) clipping through the environment. It's totally unacceptable that this game shipped in this state. Honestly ******* unacceptable.… Expand
  67. 7Vatey
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    There are plenty of people bashing these games for their performance and technical issues, but most of the reviews here are just blatantly unfair. While the games aren't quite as pretty as Breath of the Wild or Monster Hunter Rise, the visuals and performance aren't nearly as bad as people are making them out to be. Now let's move on to the actual gameplay.

    These are by far the most    There are plenty of people bashing these games for their performance and technical issues, but most of the reviews here are just blatantly unfair. While the games aren't quite as pretty as Breath of the Wild or Monster Hunter Rise, the visuals and performance aren't nearly as bad as people are making them out to be. Now let's move on to the actual gameplay.

    These are by far the most engaging and in-depth Pokemon games since Black and White. There isn't a lot of hand-holding, and you are free to go where you choose after the tutorial, which only took me about an hour the first time around.

    The world is quite big, with a huge variety of Pokemon early on. There are always a lot of different things to do. You can collect Pokemon, attend classes and do the school stuff, battle gyms, or chase down the titans or team star. You can also explore and battle trainers. The main story playthrough time is quite long compared to previous Pokemon games, and if you don't use any guides, there are definitely a lot of unique evolutions and challenges along the way that will be difficult to figure out.

    I honestly feel kind of bad for all the people who can't look past some minor technical issues because they are missing out on a fantastic addition to the Pokemon franchise. Also, Game Freak has already acknowledged that many of the issues are due to a memory leak, so there will likely be a patch that fixes the issues very soon.    … Expand
  68. DaigoDaigo
    Nov 21, 2022
    6
    There a lot of issue with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet from a technical stand point, but the game itself is quite good. I can understand why there is a high amount of negative review because of that. But I'll try to look at it in a much more positive light even though the pokemon we can put into the game is only 400.

    Gameplay 8/10: As always, the gameplay is still the same as always, but    There a lot of issue with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet from a technical stand point, but the game itself is quite good. I can understand why there is a high amount of negative review because of that. But I'll try to look at it in a much more positive light even though the pokemon we can put into the game is only 400.

    Gameplay 8/10: As always, the gameplay is still the same as always, but with the newest addition of Autobattle, this will make training my Pokemon much easier. The breeding mechanic has change into a Picnic gameplay, which is an interesting new addition. Then there the Teralization mechanic which seem like a poor man Mega Evolution, and Dynamax. Teralization does look nice, but I prefer Mega Evolution and Gigantimaxing anytime.

    Music 8/10: The musical score isn't all that great, but it does have quite a good amount of music in the game where I can relax in. Then there the battle where it all upbeat which can get me in the mood for a good battle.

    Story 9/10: The story would be the best in this Pokemon game. Not as great as 5th Generation Pokemon game, but this game does come close. We have three different path of which story we can take, and there also flash back scene and back story of important NPC. Gym Leader's story aren't as interesting as the Star Team though.

    Graphic 3/10: Oh boy, this is probably one of the worse in this game and pretty much what everyone complaining about. I can see Gamefreak pushing themselves by making clothes and pokemon texture looking high resolution, but the environment took a serious hit. Of course, with a total of 1010 Pokemon with various forms, it no wonder they can only put in 400 Pokemon since they're trying to throw in some new high resolution texture on them.

    Contents 3/10: Even though it a large open world game, I feel like it took a step backward. For example, our clothing line is limited to 4 uniforms, and all we can customize are hats, socks, shoes, back pack, and glove. They did increase our face like eyes and mouth, and hair style are now accessible to both gender. But I still like to customize my pant and top which is something Sword and Shield did great in. Then there the pokemon themselves, as what Gamefreak promises back then, we will be limited by which pokemon we can obtain in the game, so we won't be able to have a 1010 Pokemon roster including all it form. So for now, we can only obtain 400 pokemon until Gamefreak decide to patch the game to expand our roster. So if you have a favorite Pokemon you wanting to bring to Scarlet and Violet, good luck. Because over half of them are currently MIA.

    Difficulty 8/10: This is quite surprising since Pokemon was always known to be easy. Since BDSP and Legend of Arceus, the Pokemon Company seem to be ramping up the difficulty for us which is a nice step forward. In fact, I sometime wish I would have more trainer battle than dealing with wild pokemon since wild pokemon tend to be a bit more dangerous since they can swarm me if I'm under level.

    Overall: I think the game is good from a gameplay standpoint, but from a technical stand point and content wise, I think it took a step backward. People need to remember that this is an open world game, and like any open world game, it will be riddle with glitches and bad texture. It is also said that there a memory leak, and can only be resolve by exiting the game and re-entering the game again. Of course, graphical stuff wouldn't bother me as much if we only have access to 1010 pokemon which include mega evolution and gigantimaxing and I would simply be happy. I love Pokemon, I been playing them since 1998 when it came out into the United States. The biggest sin from Gamefreak are mostly the cut Pokemon Roster which we no longer have access to. If the Pokemon company only let us have access to all the pokemon, mega, and gigantimax. I would give it a much higher score. In fact, I would want to give it a much lower score because of our current 400 roster. But it okay, I'm an adult. I can get over the fact that they cut the pokemon roster. I am totally not salty at all. Not salty.....    … Expand
  69. BILILIUJR
    Nov 21, 2022
    9
    Jogo muito bom,a franquia segue tentando adicionar inovacoes a cada game sem tirar a essencia do classico,so falta dar uma melhorada no mundo aberto mas aos poucos chegaremos la, vale a pe'a investir uma graana nele, horas de diversao pra completar 100%
  70. Den_ra
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game is one big buggy mess. I can't believe this is from one of the biggest, most successful, and richest franchises in the world. Skip this game and play some Front Mission.
  71. ADHDBusyBee
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    The game physically made me sick, with headaches and nausea. The textures, stuttering and anti-aliasing are pushing PS1 quality. I cannot speak to the content of the game as nor my partner can muster more than an hour playing it due to the camera, frame rate and constant stutter inducing motion sickness. I love pokemon but they need to do better.
  72. Robthealien
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Runs awful. Not polished. Obviously rushed. Looks like they tried to cut expenses everywhere. Not sure how they can create such a good game like Zelda BOTW but can't get Pokemon into a playable state. Its just a cringe game. The graphics are worse then OSRS. Don't buy this game.

    The gameplay changes are good, but overshadowed by how poorly optimized and polished the game is.
  73. aSkorm
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    No matter how well designed the game might be, it's almost impossible to enjoy.
    I don't think I've ever seen a Switch game running so poorly.
    Releasing a game that runs at less than 60 fps in 2023 is already ridiculous but selling one that can't even reach 30 at any point and frequently dips under 20 is beyond unacceptable. This doesn’t even look good, mind you. Sword and Shield looks    No matter how well designed the game might be, it's almost impossible to enjoy.
    I don't think I've ever seen a Switch game running so poorly.
    Releasing a game that runs at less than 60 fps in 2023 is already ridiculous but selling one that can't even reach 30 at any point and frequently dips under 20 is beyond unacceptable.

    This doesn’t even look good, mind you. Sword and Shield looks much better.
    Some of the textures in this game look worse than stuff I’ve seen two decades ago.

    This needed at least one more year of development.

    A lot of the cool stuff introduced in Arceus is also missing.
    Some of the Pokemon magic is still there but, overall, it’s just a big step back on all fronts.    … Expand
  74. Ramdanic
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game is so broken!!! Like omg, stop rush your games GameFreak! It's so lazy they should just give the rights for Pokemon Games to others. Imagine a Pokemon Game in Botw Stil.
  75. Thiagosm
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Jogo divertido, resgata a alegria de explorar um mundo pokémon com novas descobertas. Me fez lembrar os jogos Red e Blue. A Performance deixa a desejar, espero que lançam atualizações para corrigir os bugs grotescos presenter no jogo.
  76. layon0072
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Es el juego de Pokémon con peor rendimiento, el apartado técnicamente se cae a pedazos, un sin fin de bugs, errores visuales y un popin bestial todo te carga en la cara, el juego necesita urgencia un parche.
    Gran oportunidad para mejorar su apartado pero perdida puderon retrasar el juego.
  77. Megamnx
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Repleto de bugs se extraña la calidad de los juegos cada vez de mal en peor
  78. lorenzope
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Con las prisas de GameFreak de sacar tantos juegos de pokemon en tan poco tiempo con el mismo equipo de personas es una gilipollez que repercute en los jugadores. Nos dan un juego con aspectos positivos, por supuesto, pero con una calidad ínfima que resulta en un juego roto y que en muchos aspectos se nota vacío y totalmente descuidado, último juego de pkmn en el que me gasto un solo euro,Con las prisas de GameFreak de sacar tantos juegos de pokemon en tan poco tiempo con el mismo equipo de personas es una gilipollez que repercute en los jugadores. Nos dan un juego con aspectos positivos, por supuesto, pero con una calidad ínfima que resulta en un juego roto y que en muchos aspectos se nota vacío y totalmente descuidado, último juego de pkmn en el que me gasto un solo euro, lamentable… Expand
  79. jetkser
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I bought the game for pokémon, everything sucks but the pokemon graphics also got worse and that was the only thing I bought this product for.
    I hate you game freak and I've bought every pokemon game for the past 20 years.
  80. carucampos
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    História extremamente fraca, jogo inteiro rodando abaixo de 20fps, milhares de bugs, esperava muito mas se não resolverem esses problemas em patchs futuros vai ser o novo Cybermon 2077.
  81. squonks
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    As someone with photosensitivity issues, the constant barrage of visual glitches in this game make it quite literally unplayable. Unless I want to risk inducing migraines, nausea, or even a seizure. Which, uh, I don't.
  82. Yabara
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    Its an insult to indie developers who struggle to smash in the videogames world, while The Pokémon Company is rich and make this. You cant even explore to feel the fantasy of this world because the horrible and negected graphics kills your identification. Pokémon COULD be one of the best IPs ever existed, if only they take 3 years to make a deep game.
  83. fasfasfas
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    It's the worst pokemon game ever made. It's a shame of game. Game Freak has been doing worse games every year.
  84. Noctis89
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un asco con tanto bug. Pero ormux no está listo para esta conversación jajaja… Expand
  85. sonoresmore
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Rendering is abhorrent. Besides the graphics and glitches, the game itself sucks. It's just text.
  86. Yaschiro
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    They used the lowest quality I've ever seen in games. I don't know where the money goes. The lighting and frame counts are poor. It's so broken that you can't even complete the game without one or two game-breaking bugs. Sometimes whole models of the characters are just missing when you throw a Pokeball for example. You also regularly teleport under the map.

    In my opinion, Gamefreak is    They used the lowest quality I've ever seen in games. I don't know where the money goes. The lighting and frame counts are poor. It's so broken that you can't even complete the game without one or two game-breaking bugs. Sometimes whole models of the characters are just missing when you throw a Pokeball for example. You also regularly teleport under the map.

    In my opinion, Gamefreak is only after the money and they only want to cannibalize Pokemon games until no one wants to buy them anymore, only when the purchase rate drops does the quality increase again.    … Expand
  87. Pepshunter
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    Nel 2022 tecnicamente fuori dal mondo. È inspiegabile una cosa del genere se non sintetizzabile con una sola parola: inadeguatezza.
  88. spener
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    It's almost amazing, which makes it terrible. Let me elaborate:

    The Good: - Open world is a nice idea, and it was really fun to explore and have the freedom to choose the order of gyms and paths. I ended up doing it slightly out of order and the challenge was very rewarding. - The characters (other kids) had pretty compelling arcs for the most part, and I actually liked them more than    It's almost amazing, which makes it terrible. Let me elaborate:

    The Good:
    - Open world is a nice idea, and it was really fun to explore and have the freedom to choose the order of gyms and paths. I ended up doing it slightly out of order and the challenge was very rewarding.
    - The characters (other kids) had pretty compelling arcs for the most part, and I actually liked them more than other recent rivals / characters. The final part of the story wraps up all the 3 individual paths nicely and it felt like you were living out a pokemon movie.
    - The pokemon models are to scale and more detailed, and I loved seeing them in the open world just vibing.

    Now, the Bad (there's a lot):
    - The textures, visuals are... atrocious. Not just for a game coming out in 2022, but for a game that exists after the year 2010. I don't know if they aren't loading or if that's geniunely what it looks like but it's distractingly bad. I'm not a stickler for fancy nice pretty graphics- plenty of my favorite games have serviceable looks. But many of the features you see in the world unironically look like the in games like GTA 5 where the map glitches out and buildings only render as muddy polygons- but in S/V, these are just the actual geometries and textures even up close. I would get it if this were an Alpha state of an Indie game on Steam, but this is pokemon.
    - The performance is similarly awful. Maybe this will be patched, but for a fully released game this is not acceptable. We seem games like BOTW, which came out on the switch in 2017, not only looking much better but running much smoother than this game. It's clear that this just isn't optimized. Hell, even the BOTW on the WiiU runs better than this. This is just framerate, too. A lot of the character animations when you're not standing right next to them run at literally 5fps. Microsoft powerpoint speeds.
    - Certain mechanics from Arceus didn't return, namely the catching one. I understand different teams from GameFreak worked on this but really missed that mechanic in this game, and would have probably enjoyed and gone out of my way to catch pokemon in this game.
    - The open world feels empty and incomplete. For every somewhat memorable design in the world, there's something that breaks immersion. A lot of the 'routes' or paths feel interchangeable in this game aside from maybe the first couple, and aside from trainer battles, there isn't really any standout locations in the world. Contrast this with past games where areas not only had their own character in design but also the locations/dungeons you associated with them- Lavender Town's Pokemon Tower, the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnibar Island, Sprout City's Sprout tower, the Abandoned Ship, the Old Chateau- just to name a few. It doesn't help that most towns have literally 0 building interiors besides their Gym. One of my favorite immersive parts of past games was getting region lore by talking to everyone in the town and seeing their homes.
    - This is more subjective, but the school stuff didn't really do it for me. I skipped most classes because the few I did were really boring- but also because even more so than the other games the dialogue (even when text speed is fast) takes an eternity. Nearly every transition shot between dialogue fades out and it just pads out a ton of time. Also, it kinda cheapened the champion route for me, as SPOILER you don't become Champion, you become 'Champion Rank', which is a small but meaningful difference. You don't go on the journey to become the very best, you're just... very good? Get an A+ ? Which leads me to my next critique:
    - The Elite Four / Champion. I actually liked the champion's design and the rooftop battle, but the events preceding and following it are less than ideal. Starting with the Elite Four: The Designs are really lame, and the personalities are similarly shallow. In the past, you can tell what kind of pokemon an E4 member might be using as its incorporated into their design and room design. But, gone are both the distinct bold designs and the rooms. Yes, all E4 members are fought in a clean boring sterile padded cell. This detracts even more from them feeling like this amazing final feat. More so, one of the Elite Four members is literally just a Gym Leader who is just being forced to also be an E4 member, and straight says something along the lines of 'Yeah I like my Gym type but I **** hate my E4 type but I gotta ig.' And then, after defeating the champion, no longer do you go into the a seperate room where you save your team and commemorate your accomplishment, its just a pat on the back. I mean... yeah it really is a downer.

    IN CONCLUSION:
    For everything nice S/V does with its open world and story ideas, it's undermined by its buggy technical performance, overall **** visuals, shallow settings, and extremely unrealized and boring school setting. Extremely disappointing.    … Expand
  89. Andrerj
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Sinceramente, não dá, muito bug, está feio graficamente, jogo travou várias vezes e rodou abaixo de 20fps
  90. AlbertoMachine
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    I think there is a lot of hatred to this game. It's true that is buggy as hell, but when you give the game time you can see how much effort is poured in the game. Many people have given a 0, which is undeserved, so I give my 10, which is also undeserved. I need to level this a bit!
  91. Kurome_Kurogane
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Tal y como ha salido el juego se están riendo en la cara de la gente. Mal funcionamiento en general y bastante pobre en todos los aspectos. Va en buena dirección pero se merece un sabotaje por pensar que algo en estas condiciones es aceptable
  92. LeGabrielUrbano
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game    Think about this: Pokemon is one of the most profitable IPs in history, and the only thing it offers us is a game with PS2 graphics with a filter to make them look "Better" and whose code came out so broken to say that "The game has bugs" is insulting, rather "There's a bit of game in those bugs"
    It's just bad, not terrible, but bad, the good ideas and interesting mechanics that the game tries to offer are overshadowed by a low-quality product that needed at least two years of development to be a decent game for your console.    … Expand
  93. Chavamp
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    El juego no está terminado, lo vendieron muy apresuradamente y está roto, voy a ponerle un par de puntos por ser objetivo pero Nintendo NO debe sacar un juego en estas condiciones, merecemos respeto
  94. CatExus
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Es un juego muy disfrutable, tiene algunos bugs , pero en mi experiencia personal no he tenido que liadiar con ningun bug
  95. Vitoriogs
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Game Freak and Nintendo are very lazy and greedy to release such a bugged and rushed game for this huge franchise. sword and shield weren't great games already, and enough is enough. It´s time to stop pitying the most valuable game franchise in the world, and acknowledge that pokémon games are just getting worse. graphics and performance suck, and nintendo switch is perfectly able to takeGame Freak and Nintendo are very lazy and greedy to release such a bugged and rushed game for this huge franchise. sword and shield weren't great games already, and enough is enough. It´s time to stop pitying the most valuable game franchise in the world, and acknowledge that pokémon games are just getting worse. graphics and performance suck, and nintendo switch is perfectly able to take care of much better open world games. i`ve drawn my line when they ruined the diamond and pearl remakes. Won't be buying a pokémon game so soon. Took my time to write this because i loved pokémon and i wanted it to be better, so frustrating to see the quality drop in every single release.… Expand
  96. Sam195
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I must admit that it is an incredible achievement to be one of the richest Game development companies in the world and create such a bare minimum mediocre videogame. Because they know, it will sell itself on name alone.
  97. Billjunior22
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I can't believe that nintendo allowed gamefreak to release that Game as it is.

    We don't deserve this.
  98. AzneYTB
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    the low fps issue makes me nauseous, it has become a health issue. I would like to see this game at least with acceptable fps
  99. epicatarigamer
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This game looks on par with Halo 2, a 2004 Xbox game, runs worse than Sword and Shield, and glitches more than an Bethesda game.
  100. Nmaster14
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    So so funny when you play with friends and it is very addictive.
    The story is interesting and have a lot of things to do in the game and the world is so extensive
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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