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. MrIHaveASword
    Nov 28, 2022
    9
    The game is pretty damn good, any glitch I found was more along the lines of a silly graphical instances that are just funny. Is it a perfect game? Absolutely not, needs some updates on the framerate issues and the popping. Is it a fun game, absolutely.
  2. Prettisaurio
    Nov 29, 2022
    9
    The game has been the best pokemon entry since black and white, the new pokemon are interesting and the story is amazing, I see the obvious problems but I enjoyed the game a lot even with those errors
  3. Schihorek97
    Nov 29, 2022
    10
    I give it an absolute 10. The bugs do not ruin it for me and I seriously want to contribute to bringing up its score. It deserves better. I enjoy the Pokémon, story, mechanics, and more. I just overall enjoy the game. Honestly, better than Sword and Shield.
  4. MeruMSB
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    Imagine how I feel when I see this game, which is more enjoyable gameplay-wise and story-wise than other modern Pokémon games we got, receiving the worst critic score a core Pokémon game received ever. If it's true the technical issues were an unforgivable problem in this game that avoid then to be probably the best Pokémon games ever, its a big shame when the score is not fair when youImagine how I feel when I see this game, which is more enjoyable gameplay-wise and story-wise than other modern Pokémon games we got, receiving the worst critic score a core Pokémon game received ever. If it's true the technical issues were an unforgivable problem in this game that avoid then to be probably the best Pokémon games ever, its a big shame when the score is not fair when you compare it to the scores other Pokémon games received.

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

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

    Again, the technical issues are a terrible reality (well, this and the lack of my favourite Pokémon, but I don't want to use it as a cons). However, this doesn't avoid me to talk about the good things this game had, not if other games that lacks of content and gameplay or had worse-written characters and stories got better scores. I'm afraid that these criticisms may be misinterpreted by the developers, since it's apparent that the real problem here is the lack of time to polish the game, which goes against the idea of ​​releasing a game per year. It's only matter of time to see if they understand the real problem of these games, I just hope they don't take a step back thinking that they can't handle with open worlds and mature plots that make the Pokémon universe a more interesting and beautiful one.    … Expand
  5. aaron42051
    Dec 6, 2022
    9
    Has performance issues, but the open world and streamline/quality of life improvements are all really good and it's the most fun I've had with a pokemon game in a long time
  6. smolcharizard
    Dec 7, 2022
    10
    Do not believe the review bombs on this game. I love this game so much, I’ve been playing Pokémon for over 10 years now and this is my favourite game. The open world is great, the variety of Pokémon is excellent, and the story in this is hands down my favourite Pokémon story, it is just so good. I personally haven’t experienced any glitches apart from a handful of minor graphical ones,Do not believe the review bombs on this game. I love this game so much, I’ve been playing Pokémon for over 10 years now and this is my favourite game. The open world is great, the variety of Pokémon is excellent, and the story in this is hands down my favourite Pokémon story, it is just so good. I personally haven’t experienced any glitches apart from a handful of minor graphical ones, nothing severe enough to impact my enjoyment of this game. If you haven’t played it yet, do yourself a favour and try and go in spoiler free.… Expand
  7. Grinchy90
    Dec 11, 2022
    8
    I’m 32 and played everyone pokemon there is to play this is by far the best open world pokemon I have ever played there’s nothing that compares was buggy on release but the patches fixed all for me besides a slight fps issue that honestly once your 2 hours into the game you don’t notice the world towards middle to end game is so dame beautiful idk why they didn’t show this more in theI’m 32 and played everyone pokemon there is to play this is by far the best open world pokemon I have ever played there’s nothing that compares was buggy on release but the patches fixed all for me besides a slight fps issue that honestly once your 2 hours into the game you don’t notice the world towards middle to end game is so dame beautiful idk why they didn’t show this more in the start of the game but ppl that don’t want to buy because your going on reviews which most r hating for the bugs which r mostly fixed I feel bad for you this game is a gem and I can’t wait to see what’s next I hope they build off violet and scarlet truly game changers for pokemon I almost passed on this game due to meta reviews and man thank god I didn’t I love this game so much and hope ppl that see this review that has mixed feelings like i did I urge you to try the game and not take the word of ppl that complain about bugs happy gaming to all… Expand
  8. 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
  9. Giuse
    Dec 19, 2022
    0
    Maybe the worst Pokémon game I ever played (and I played like every Pokémon games). The plot is terrible, childish, incomplete, stupid, trivial, boring, ridiculous, anticlimactic. The open world thing is a lie since if you don't have all the Koraidon/Miraidon features you can't reach all places around the map, also the level design is very bad and embarrassing. There are giant empty fieldsMaybe the worst Pokémon game I ever played (and I played like every Pokémon games). The plot is terrible, childish, incomplete, stupid, trivial, boring, ridiculous, anticlimactic. The open world thing is a lie since if you don't have all the Koraidon/Miraidon features you can't reach all places around the map, also the level design is very bad and embarrassing. There are giant empty fields where you can find random creatures groups putted there with no sense at all. Creatures don't interact with you nor with other pokémons, they just stand there and walk around. I don't want to talk about bugs and stuff like that cause everyone talked about it already before. The academy place is just a group of rooms in which you can follow like 3 interesting lessons and A LOT of useless dialogues about futile and trivial subjects. Also this is a clear declaration from The Pokémon Company to make fun of fans and buyers, they don't care about our fun, enjoyment, entertainment, they just think about their schedule and don't give a f*ck about people. I'm very disappointed (cause I can talk about these games problems like for a week) and I really hate to feel zero in front of the brand I love since I was a very young kid and in which I spent time and money. I think I won't buy any Pokémon games in the future. It's sad to see such a big and talented company destroying itself with its own hands.… Expand
  10. Ghostpumkin
    Dec 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mostly all about this game, but what's really messing with my patience is the bugs and the broken tera raids. Sometimes I press a move to use in battle and the teralized pokemon does 3 different moves before I could even inflict some damage. Sometimes the health bar doesn't even go down, with some of my strongest moves. Sometimes I attack and the health bar gets higher without the pokemon doing any healing moves. And the timer is the worst of all, it keeps on losing time whenever I teralize a pokemon or when the text is in display, Sometimes I can only attack 3 times in a battle because the rest is just text blocking me from the battle button. If yall fix this I can guarantee the reviews will go up cuz everyone is tired of this same thing. Until then, 1 star review it is.… Expand
  11. Fluffydoggo
    Dec 30, 2022
    2
    It had potential, it could have easily have been the best pokemon game ever. If they had just delayed it till it was ready. The graphics look so dated as well. The concept was great, the execution of that concept was not.

    I just hope that gamefreak, nintendo and the pokemon company learn from this mistake. Though I don't hold my breath for that. Maybe I'll return to pokemon, if the next    It had potential, it could have easily have been the best pokemon game ever. If they had just delayed it till it was ready. The graphics look so dated as well. The concept was great, the execution of that concept was not.

    I just hope that gamefreak, nintendo and the pokemon company learn from this mistake. Though I don't hold my breath for that. Maybe I'll return to pokemon, if the next game is actually completed when it comes out.

    If not we'll it's a shame, but I can't keep accepting mediocre games. From such a well known and rich company too. They could easily do so much better, but chose not too.    … Expand
  12. 00Zet
    Jan 4, 2023
    1
    THIS F*CKING ONLINE
    the post game is only raid, and they **** this up so much !
    Since Nintendo still doesn't want to invest in server in facking 2023, the peer to peer is a facking nightmare. the game just freeze for no reason and doesn't let you play. Horrible when the battle has a TIMER. Sometime you can skip 3 to 5 turn before being able to access the menu Sometime the game just    THIS F*CKING ONLINE
    the post game is only raid, and they **** this up so much !
    Since Nintendo still doesn't want to invest in server in facking 2023, the peer to peer is a facking nightmare.
    the game just freeze for no reason and doesn't let you play.
    Horrible when the battle has a TIMER.
    Sometime you can skip 3 to 5 turn before being able to access the menu
    Sometime the game just randomly add HP to the boss
    On some raid we had to put the boss at 0 hp SEVEN time and it still won't facking die
    every time his HP dropped to 0, the game freeze and just put it back at 10 to 15% HP like nothing happened, and we just lost to time
    This is unacceptable for a game that sold 10 millions.
    between this and the terrible graphic, bug and everything that needed at least a YEAR of development, GameFreak just blatantly spat on the fanbase.
    with the EndGame litteraly unplayable, i don't recommend the purge that this game is at the moment.
    And I pray the gods, every gods, even the Flying Spaghetti Monster, that it will get better with the dlc.
    Otherwise, it will stay the biggest development i ever had in Pokemon.    … Expand
  13. Frank160tr
    Jan 6, 2023
    2
    Troppo ripetitivo, ogni singola quest si svolge allo stesso modo della precedente della medesima categoria, poi un gioco pokemon con così tanti dialoghi inutili è pesante.
  14. attahan
    Jan 8, 2023
    3
    The game doesn’t look better then a DS game and quite laggy, also shadow textures are trembling. I was unable to stand the game and probably wait for upcoming updates.
  15. Elevas
    Dec 30, 2022
    1
    I get that the higher ups insisted this game needed to come out a few weeks before Christmas, but Christmas 2023 would have been more appropriate given how much work this game still needed.
  16. Velkezar
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    One of the most bugged games ever. Cyberpunk 2077 launch of 2022.
    If this is a new standard for Nintendo games the company is doomed.
  17. Gallium
    Nov 24, 2022
    5
    Very fun

    Cons: - FPS drops that are many, located & unacceptable, - Bugs that are unacceptable, - Frequent crashes in exploration, - Combat Camera never shows some of my biggest pokemon, Combat Camera is very limited & cannot show you the entire combat in most situations, - One of my pokemon makes the camera go under the ground 100% of the time. - POkemon Center "where should I    Very fun

    Cons:
    - FPS drops that are many, located & unacceptable,
    - Bugs that are unacceptable,
    - Frequent crashes in exploration,
    - Combat Camera never shows some of my biggest pokemon, Combat Camera is very limited & cannot show you the entire combat in most situations,
    - One of my pokemon makes the camera go under the ground 100% of the time.
    - POkemon Center "where should I go?" feature sent me several times straight to an ugly death, like I am LVL 20 with 2 badges & they send me dying in the desert facing LVL 50+ bosses...

    Pro:
    - The game writing is of higher quality than the average of the series & is enjoyable,
    - The difficulty is challenging & engaging
    - Content is engaging, even if open world lacks a bit of variety.
    - Game Narrative & Game Design structures are good.
    - Online features are stable & smooth
    - Playing in coop is solid & stable    … Expand
  18. qualquerum
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    Certainly the biggest downgrade in pokémon history. It's unacceptable for GameFreak to release a limited game like this after Legends: Arceus. Basically they removed all the cool content that Arceus had and went back to the same generic old stuff. Not to mention the game is insanely slow, I feel like going to sleep every time I enter a battle. In short, GameFreak should be ashamed forCertainly the biggest downgrade in pokémon history. It's unacceptable for GameFreak to release a limited game like this after Legends: Arceus. Basically they removed all the cool content that Arceus had and went back to the same generic old stuff. Not to mention the game is insanely slow, I feel like going to sleep every time I enter a battle. In short, GameFreak should be ashamed for releasing a game like this after Arceus… Expand
  19. Barrator
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    The game is very good but unfinished. It's still unplayable, 1.5 month after release.
  20. Jbx
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    How can one fail so extremely with the technical? Greed, bro, greed. Too bad
  21. Lussuria
    Dec 6, 2022
    9
    Incredible game! Did experience a couple of bugs but the story and new approach to open world easily outweighed the few times I had an issue. Best story in a pokemon game hands down.
  22. ryuraf1
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Total Enttäuscht, das Spiel funktioniert überhaupt nicht, viele Bugs, Framerate drops und andere Probleme die das Spiel unspielbar macht.
  23. SlowbroLin
    Dec 23, 2022
    1
    "Pokémon Sun and Moon", "Pokémon Sword and Shield", and "Pokémon Scarlet and Violet", those are three aliases of "S**t Game".
  24. K3tamine
    Dec 9, 2022
    8
    Es difícil hacer una valoración de este juego, ya que como Pokémon nos tiene acostumbrados últimamente, hay aspectos en los que sobresale y otros en los que es nefasto.
    No voy a incidir mucho sobre el apartado técnico y el rendimiento, que evidentemente penalizan el resultado final del juego y son inaceptables. Voy, sin embargo, a destacar otros puntos negativos que se han visto algo    Es difícil hacer una valoración de este juego, ya que como Pokémon nos tiene acostumbrados últimamente, hay aspectos en los que sobresale y otros en los que es nefasto.
    No voy a incidir mucho sobre el apartado técnico y el rendimiento, que evidentemente penalizan el resultado final del juego y son inaceptables. Voy, sin embargo, a destacar otros puntos negativos que se han visto algo opacados por esto, como la no existencia de una curva de nivel, que en un videojuego de mundo abierto es incomprensible, ya que deja al jugador a su libre albedrío, haciendo que se rompa en gran cantidad de ocasiones la sensación de reto o la dificultad; la eliminación de algunas mecánicas del "Leyendas: Arceus" que hacían al juego mucho más dinámico, como la captura libre; o el hecho de que no se haya traído de vuelta la cámara lucha, cosa que sigue sin tener explicación y que hace más tedioso el acceso a un competitivo que, espero, esté mucho más controlado por parte de TPC que en el caso de Espada y Escudo, donde introdujeron una mecánica rota (Dinamax) y acabaron creando un metajuego excesivamente centralizado y aburrido.
    Sin embargo, ahí acaba lo propiamente malo. La dirección artística de este juego ha paliado, aunque no del todo ni mucho menos, los enormes defectos gráficos del juego, y es que ha mejorado mucho respecto a un Leyendas: Arceus donde había árboles de bayas sueltos que no pegaban ni con cola, entre otras atrocidades que restaban inmersión. La historia es, en este juego, un punto fuerte a destacar, siendo en mi opinión la mejor desde los juegos de la quinta generación, tocando esta además una serie de temas muy maduros e interesantes, como el acoso escolar, la relevancia de la figura maternal/paternal o el sentido de la vida; todo ello de una manera ingeniosa y dejando al jugador misterios por descubrir que son esenciales en Pokémon, ya que avivan ese espíritu curioso que habita en todo entrenador. La jugabilidad, por su parte, es en líneas generales bastante buena, como en todo juego de Pokémon: la mecánica de la teracristalización es interesante (quizás algo rota, pero confiaremos...), y hay muchas mejoras "quality of life" que mejoran la experiencia jugable, véase la cura rápida. La banda sonora es excelente, como siempre, y sí es cierto que en cuanto a diseño de Pokémon, desde mi punto de vista, se empeora respecto a Pokémon Espada y Escudo (aspecto en el que estos juegos tienen un nivel altísimo), aunque aprueba con creces de igual forma, dada además la gran cantidad y variedad de nuevos Pokémon y formas alternativas introducidos.
    En resumen, es un juego que merece la pena jugar, y que tras su brillante historia ofrece un sinfín de cosas que hacer, adaptadas a todos los gustos ("shiny hunting", Pokémon competitivo, completar la Pokédex...). Ofrece una experiencia muy entretenida, siempre y cuanto estés dispuesto a pagar el precio de soportar las caídas de FPs y los bugs, que están por todo el mapa (todavía).    … Expand
  25. SammyDelicious
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    I need to start off by saying my favourite video games of all time are Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue (1998) were the first video games I ever owned. I think Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004), alongside Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) are the best Pokemon games I have ever played.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Think about that. That is shockingly unacceptable.

    There will be no change in the culture at Pokemon until fans start letting Nintendo know exactly how they feel, I am protesting by not buying anymore Pokemon games. Nintendo can also have this review.     … Expand
  26. Skhaarin
    Dec 24, 2022
    0
    Why does it look that bad?? I'm not even going to complain about all the other obvious flaws the game has, but why it has to look like that? You could grab any game engine, create a random world with random objects using default assets, and the result would be something looking at least decent. They had to tweak the visuals on purpose to make it look bad, it is stupid.
  27. no1hing
    Nov 27, 2022
    8
    I'm really happy to see new mechanics and pokemons.
    Great open world , interesting characters , perfect enemies
  28. Zski
    Dec 3, 2022
    7
    I really appreciate the effort to try to continue to shake up the Pokémon formula for the better, but even with the performance issues aside (which I did not find to be that bad), the execution was a little underwhelming. To address the performance complaints that everyone has with the game - the issues are there, but they literally do not impact the game by any means. I did experienceI really appreciate the effort to try to continue to shake up the Pokémon formula for the better, but even with the performance issues aside (which I did not find to be that bad), the execution was a little underwhelming. To address the performance complaints that everyone has with the game - the issues are there, but they literally do not impact the game by any means. I did experience some slowdown, I did experience a few bugs, but they weren’t bad enough to break the game or even hinder the experience. If you’re playing Pokémon for a next gen experience that performs at 60fps, then you are really losing touch with what the core attraction of Pokémon really is. I didn’t find the performance and glitches to be any issue at all.

    However, the game itself feels like a step in the right direction with a very poorly executed concept. Open world Pokémon is exactly what everyone dreamed of since the Gameboy days. I just found the world to be incredibly uninspiring and hollow. I started off really excited to explore the map, but as I continued on I realized that the exploration just felt a little aimless. I appreciate that the game gives you many overarching objectives - completing the Pokédex, collecting all the gym badges, battling Team Star, and battling the titans gives some variety to the overall objective. But exploring uninspiring terrains just to find waves of the same Pokémon over and over somehow made the game feel linear in an open world. After awhile I found myself just going straight for objectives, not even caring about exploring. Which is a shame, because even Arceus felt like it had more push for exploration. It’s still a great game that offers tons of content. I just felt like the effort to move to open world was a bit weak, so it kind of took away from the existing magic formula that made the series great to take it in a direction that wasn’t fully fleshed out. After Arceus, it’s a step in the right direction, I just wish we didn’t have to wait another generation (or more) for the direction to be fully realized into what it’s capable of being.    … Expand
  29. Ariseinthepire
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    Nothing matters, the games performance is so poor it breaks game emersion no matter what you do,

    Clearly a lot of care went into this game, but the money men have rushed it out the door. I really do wonder what would happen if gamefreak had good management. Can't believe that this game sucks in comparison to a 2004 game. What th358 characters (5000 max) Check box if your review    Nothing matters, the games performance is so poor it breaks game emersion no matter what you do,

    Clearly a lot of care went into this game, but the money men have rushed it out the door. I really do wonder what would happen if gamefreak had good management.

    Can't believe that this game sucks in comparison to a 2004 game. What th358 characters (5000 max)
    Check box if your review contains spoilers
    e hell is this dev doing,    … Expand
  30. Bsims93
    Dec 5, 2022
    10
    Amazing game the quality of life changes are great. This game gives you so much freedom.
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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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