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. nathan_L
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game doesn't even work. I expected more from the most profitable franchise ever. If you are planning to buy, use that 60 dollars for Elden Ring or God Of War: Ragnarok. And if you really have a hankering to play a Pokemon game, play any of the pre 2020 titles. You will surely get more technical brilliance playing those.
  2. Inkazuma
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    El estado técnico en el que ha salido el juego al mercado es vergonzoso, se aleja mucho de los mínimos estándares del mercado y es un insulto a todos los fans de la franquicia, a todo comprador y a su propio legado.

    El juego está plagado de bugs de todo tipo, desde visuales hasta técnicos, todos apareciendo con muchísima frecuencia. Además la tasa de fotogramas por segundo es bajísima, a    El estado técnico en el que ha salido el juego al mercado es vergonzoso, se aleja mucho de los mínimos estándares del mercado y es un insulto a todos los fans de la franquicia, a todo comprador y a su propio legado.


    El juego está plagado de bugs de todo tipo, desde visuales hasta técnicos, todos apareciendo con muchísima frecuencia. Además la tasa de fotogramas por segundo es bajísima, a menudo bajando de los 15fps, y con muchos objetos y personajes de fondo moviéndose a tasas inferiores de los 5fps, incluso a veces aún estando justo al lado. A todo esto se le han de añadir múltiples errores y fallos de todo tipo; desde errores repentinos que cerrarán el juego (haciéndote perder el progreso no guardado), errores de iluminación donde prácticmente toda la pantalla aparecerá de color blanco, cegándote por completo, pasando por el que se pueda duplicar la velocidad de movimiento al conectar un segundo mando, hasta múltiples 'clipeos' por todos lados, problemas repentinos en los modelos y animación de los personajes... Y un largo etcétera que no voy a continuar, ya que solo hace falta iniciar el juego y jugar durante un rato para descubrir un puñado de errores más.


    Game Freak (o The Pokémon Company, quien esté al cargo de dar las órdenes) debe invertir mucho más en sus juegos, tanto dinero como tiempo, no es posible que una compañía con tanto patrimonio saque sus juegos en un estado tan deplorable, digno de un videojuego en sus primeras etapas de desarrollo.


    Como fan de Pokémon, y como ciudadano, espero que las asociaciones de consumidores y normativas europeas tomen cartas en el asunto y logren sancionar a The Pokémon Company por la pésima calidad técnica del título. En este estado es una estafa sin precedentes para todo comprador y una vergüenza para toda la industria y para el legado de la franquicia.    … Expand
  3. Tgp22
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Jogo travado de mais e gráficos horríveis,personagem caindo em um limbo queda de fps,sem motivo pra isso game freak
  4. SomeCriticUser
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I'm currently playing Final Fantasy 10 HD Remaster from 2015 - the original is even older and it still looks way better then Pokémon Scarlet!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    It is absolutely NO excuse to say the Nintendo Switch Hardware is limited. It is just POOR PROGRAMMING what makes these games so bad on the hardware. You can NOT blame the hardware on this! Compared to other games this is a mess.
    Upgrading to better hardware is not the solution. It's just cash grab.    … Expand
  30. terassann
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Lamentável. Ou eles lançam um patch imediatamente, ou nunca mais invisto em nada dessa empresa medíocre e desrespeitosa.
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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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