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. GinoIlpaninaro
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    This game sucks.This game would have been nice if it was for a ps2.There's nothing good about it ,only a few pokemon are nice.
  2. IcyElon
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    How could a game look so bad?

    This was an open world but made it feel small because everyone wore the same outfit for the school. You can’t do an open world game but not coach someone where to go. This isn’t elden ring, if my Pokémon is level 30 and I somehow end up in a level 50 zone, I can’t just “git gud”. All character designs looked absurd. You have characters like the women brutes,    How could a game look so bad?

    This was an open world but made it feel small because everyone wore the same outfit for the school. You can’t do an open world game but not coach someone where to go. This isn’t elden ring, if my Pokémon is level 30 and I somehow end up in a level 50 zone, I can’t just “git gud”. All character designs looked absurd. You have characters like the women brutes, the weird lankey predator looking mountain guy, the rapper gym leader which just felt… racey? The mechanics were almost interesting, until you made the Pokémon into my grandmothers crystal glass collection. Leave it to game freak to cram two polar opposite great ideas, future and past, and shove into one game where nothing makes sense anymore, you can have dinosaur Pokémon on the same level as a robot, like come on. Pokémon are not unique anymore, you can find them at a later point in the game, and then they pop up more after your battle so you’re stuck into call of duty’s spawn kill situations. You couldn’t even catch any of the paradox pokemon right away or anything like everything just leaves with the question, why did I pay 100 CAD for this? Broken game and broken franchise, game freak needs nothing to do with anything.    … Expand
  3. Spicytuna16
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Insane how Nintendo fans will defend unoptimized and literally broken Pokemon games when you can play Doom Eternal, Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, and Nitro Automata NATIVELY ON THE SYSTEM AND THEY RUN BETTER THAN SCARLET/VIOLET WHICH IS A SWITCH EXCLUSIVE LMAO. This is something they could’ve easily fixed but they don’t care plus there’s tons missing from the game. This is objectively the worstInsane how Nintendo fans will defend unoptimized and literally broken Pokemon games when you can play Doom Eternal, Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, and Nitro Automata NATIVELY ON THE SYSTEM AND THEY RUN BETTER THAN SCARLET/VIOLET WHICH IS A SWITCH EXCLUSIVE LMAO. This is something they could’ve easily fixed but they don’t care plus there’s tons missing from the game. This is objectively the worst Pokémon game with all the lacking content like no battle tower, tms going back to one time usage, smallest pokedex we’ve ever had, game being the slowest Pokémon game to date etc, but they have no incentive to make them better because there will always be people that defend what bare bones they put out no matter what.… Expand
  4. The_real_King
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Gives me Cyberpunk vibes. Performance is bad and many bugs. In my opinion the worst Pokemon game.
  5. Jonathanavarro
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Bugs and glitches grotescos. O jogo obviamente não estava finalizado. Sombras, texturas, tudo horrível. Um passo maior na direção do que deveria ser, mas totalmente errado e inacabado .
  6. TREMbalaSuicida
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    I've been a fan of the pokémon franchise since I was a child, but it's impossible to accept the terrible service that the company is giving us! A huge amount of bugs and glitches, constantly dropping frames, extremely expensive games and on top of that to enjoy 100% of the game we always have to buy both versions that are released simultaneously,bad customer service pretending that theI've been a fan of the pokémon franchise since I was a child, but it's impossible to accept the terrible service that the company is giving us! A huge amount of bugs and glitches, constantly dropping frames, extremely expensive games and on top of that to enjoy 100% of the game we always have to buy both versions that are released simultaneously,bad customer service pretending that the problems we report do not exist and other negligence with the fans, in addition to other problems with the company that is extremely strict with copyright, and can even sue fans for using digital arts or even game soundtracks. Honestly a disappointment with the company, this game is not even worth half of its value and here I leave my note of repudiation.… Expand
  7. conorp137
    Nov 29, 2022
    1
    Despite being a 4 billion dollar company, the quality of Violet and Scarlet is bad. Bad performance, bugs and glitches, and honestly, it's clear that Nintendo and Gamefreak care solely about profit at this point, not about making an enjoyable game. If Breath of the Wild was possible on the Switch 5 years ago, then why do we pay for a game like this? Improve Pokemon, Nintendo and Gamefreak,Despite being a 4 billion dollar company, the quality of Violet and Scarlet is bad. Bad performance, bugs and glitches, and honestly, it's clear that Nintendo and Gamefreak care solely about profit at this point, not about making an enjoyable game. If Breath of the Wild was possible on the Switch 5 years ago, then why do we pay for a game like this? Improve Pokemon, Nintendo and Gamefreak, and surely the ratings will go up.… Expand
  8. jolio_kujo
    Nov 29, 2022
    1
    Please create a normal game, lags anywhere, horrible animations, the only reason i suggest to buy it is for the competitive
  9. ShrekXGrinch
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Very annoying characters, poor graphics quality, bad animations, lots of pokemon characters removed, too easy, insultingly babyish dialogue, features removed, poor story. Game functionality breaking glitches, godawful pop in. Save breaking errors and glitches. Memory leak makes switch overheat and CAUSE HARDWARE DAMAGE
  10. dobandoba
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Lots of bugs, DESING OF THE NEW PKMNS ARE SO BASIC, sincerally prefer the fans arts r more complete and creative. Game Freak i though this game had been the best but not.
  11. werewolfman
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    This is a slap in the face to a majority of the long-running fan base. The amount of support and revenue that has been given to Pokémon and GameFreak just for them to throw this hot garbage in our face and expect us to consume? No thanks, try again.

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

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

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

    I will say the Pokémon designs of this generation were interesting and fun to discover, if anything good at all in this game. But as for the gameplay and this terralization system, not so much. Nothing really innovative or well thought-out, just another quick gimmick that doesn't really do much for the gameplay. Yes you can change the Pokémon type with this mode and power up moves that share that type but that's it. No new move sets, no interesting compelling gameplay. Just a lot of fluff around the same old formula.    … Expand
  12. Bkeenan
    Jan 7, 2023
    1
    I waited quite a while after release hoping for a patch for all the known issues, as of January 2023 the game is still bad. Frame rate is still awful, people and pokemon just appear right in front of you, you see through the floor with any battle on an incline, koraidon gets stuck in falling animation, object textures pop in and out etc...

    The game has crashed several times and throughout    I waited quite a while after release hoping for a patch for all the known issues, as of January 2023 the game is still bad. Frame rate is still awful, people and pokemon just appear right in front of you, you see through the floor with any battle on an incline, koraidon gets stuck in falling animation, object textures pop in and out etc...

    The game has crashed several times and throughout the entirety of the time that I've owned a switch, no other game has crashed even once for me, none. Then there's the actual game, the story is boring. I quickly skimmed through most conversations, you know what's about to happen because every part of each quest is just a repeat of the previous part. The open world is barren, the cities/ towns are basically all the same. The only thing that differs is the biome. And the Pokemon, like seriously Flamigo? Lazy isn't a strong enough word. Honestly you could have slapped a second head on it or gave it a spiky butt, hell anything, they literally just put a flamingo in, removed the n from the name and that was it. Pokemon fans deserve better than rubbish. It's clearly unfinished and unoptimized. Either the devs were lazy and didn't care or more than likely were under pressure to release it by a certain date, finished or not.    … Expand
  13. SenninGo
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    A nintendo é uma empresa bilionária e possui muitos recursos para lançar jogos muito bons, porém nao é o que acontece neste jogo, há uma falta de respeito com o consumidor que paga um valor alto por um produto que se encontra incompleto e totalmente bugado, sem dublagem e legenda em português.
    Existem sim as novidades que são muito bem vindas mas por conta dos inúmeros problemas a gameplay    A nintendo é uma empresa bilionária e possui muitos recursos para lançar jogos muito bons, porém nao é o que acontece neste jogo, há uma falta de respeito com o consumidor que paga um valor alto por um produto que se encontra incompleto e totalmente bugado, sem dublagem e legenda em português.
    Existem sim as novidades que são muito bem vindas mas por conta dos inúmeros problemas a gameplay se torna algo cansativo e muitas vezes frustrante acontecendo muitas vezes do jogo fechar sem qualquer explicação.    … Expand
  14. mambo60
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    thi game Is terrible under every single point of view.
    The caracter design of the Pokémon Is actually se single thing that i apreciate, the story Is awful and completely empty, the Word Building Is horrible, i've never seen a Word of Pokemon so empty.
    the NPC dialogue are terrible and the graphics looks like a game for Nintendo Ds. The new Pokemon introduced are strange bit i can deal with    thi game Is terrible under every single point of view.
    The caracter design of the Pokémon Is actually se single thing that i apreciate, the story Is awful and completely empty, the Word Building Is horrible, i've never seen a Word of Pokemon so empty.
    the NPC dialogue are terrible and the graphics looks like a game for Nintendo Ds.
    The new Pokemon introduced are strange bit i can deal with It, and most importante thing Is full of bugs, literally in everything, and It proves that the game Is incomplete.
    Gamefreak should review his next projects because, if they are going to continue this way , they will destroy One of the biggest franchise that ever existed    … Expand
  15. JeremyvT98
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    You can easily spot the difference between a game based on actual quality compared to a game based on bad marketing strategy. The latter one unfortunately compels to this one. It's a rubbish game, even the concept of 'terastillization' is just a joke. It's utterly too weird to be a good thing. I don't plan on buying any future pokemon again unless they add all 1000+ pokemon and supply theYou can easily spot the difference between a game based on actual quality compared to a game based on bad marketing strategy. The latter one unfortunately compels to this one. It's a rubbish game, even the concept of 'terastillization' is just a joke. It's utterly too weird to be a good thing. I don't plan on buying any future pokemon again unless they add all 1000+ pokemon and supply the game with post mainstory content.… Expand
  16. Nxtace190
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Fully expected this game to be bad, but not this bad. Graphics are at the level of PlayStation 2 games coming out in 2005, except the PS2 didn’t have framerate issues nearly this bad. Also, anyone notice there’s a slight delay after selecting anything? Seems like every time I press “A” to make a selection the game has to stop and think about it. Every battle. Every time the momentum stops.Fully expected this game to be bad, but not this bad. Graphics are at the level of PlayStation 2 games coming out in 2005, except the PS2 didn’t have framerate issues nearly this bad. Also, anyone notice there’s a slight delay after selecting anything? Seems like every time I press “A” to make a selection the game has to stop and think about it. Every battle. Every time the momentum stops. Constantly feels like I’m waiting, definitely wait til this game is patched before buying. If they patch…… Expand
  17. htoygar1987
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Game look like a student work and it is sold 10 million copies what is wrong with you guys. You encourage the game companies to make bad games like this way.
  18. Jsteven
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    El dibujado del juego es horrible, los pokekom salen por montones no hay que hacer ningun esfuerzo pars buscarlos y salen practicamente los mismos todos los dias, eñ mundo no es realmente abierto hay pantalñas de carga en ciertos lugares, el mapa es horrible no tiene una buena estructura ni curiosidades para explorsr en el mundo abierto
  19. ZulianPlay
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...
    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida... Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...

    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida...

    Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a quantidade abusiva de bugs, o jogo roda a 1 fps em algumas partes... mano, ele não é um porte, ele é feito para um único console, não tem justificativa para isso, ainda mais em um console que roda o zelda brath of the wild...    … Expand
  20. Alebernard
    Dec 8, 2022
    1
    GF didn't take advantage of what worked in Legends Arceus, movement in attacks during battles, mounts that didn't lock like Koraidon and Miraidon. There is a drop in fps and polygon that irritate and disturb the fluidity. Not to mention characters, grass, trees, mountains that just suddenly appear at a certain distance. And to finish in my opinion the terastal mechanic is ugly with thatGF didn't take advantage of what worked in Legends Arceus, movement in attacks during battles, mounts that didn't lock like Koraidon and Miraidon. There is a drop in fps and polygon that irritate and disturb the fluidity. Not to mention characters, grass, trees, mountains that just suddenly appear at a certain distance. And to finish in my opinion the terastal mechanic is ugly with that clumsy thing in the head. All shameful for Nintendo and TPC in an unfinished game that costs $60.00… Expand
  21. drguilt
    Dec 17, 2022
    1
    So ugly graphic and modeling. Framedrop sucks.
    I just don't get why they made the game like this.
  22. brianchanxyz
    Dec 15, 2022
    1
    One of the main event Tera Raid Battle is lag as hell, cant press any command as got attacked twice in a roll to death.
  23. 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
  24. BancaEliteGames
    Dec 21, 2022
    1
    Lots of bugs. It has no language in Portuguese, with Brazil being one of the biggest consumers of Pokemon.
  25. GreenTekken42
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    Pokemon never really stood out to me. Its insane how a series this Popular can get away with recycling objects and models from previous games as well as being a buggy mess
  26. OwenBingChillin
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    I can't believe that people still support GameFreak. They've released so many crappy games.
  27. Thegamedev
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    The game was filled with bugs and glitches and was poorly disgined the textures looked plan and the game ran at what looks to be 24 frames per second the story was average at best everything felt like a chore to play I do not recommend playing this game . If u want a good game to play with amazing story I recommend pokemon black and white or final fantasy or even something like elden ring
  28. 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
  29. Jzx88
    Jan 7, 2023
    1
    Terrible performance, terrible textures, terrible pop-in, terrible animations and a bland empty open world lacking anything interesting. The only redeeming quality is the gameplay loop of catching, training and battling pokemon. A formula that's worked since gen 1 and apparently also the bare minimum a pokemon game needs to sell these days
  30. Matsu96
    Jan 19, 2023
    1
    This game is bland and unpolished, Sword and Shield were far better in terms of performance, graphics, and general Pokemon experience. I don't think adding an open world justifies such a lacking game from a technical point of view. Nothing feels natural, nothing is coherent, Just a bad and frustrating experience overall.
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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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