Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

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  1. killermichiZ
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    greedy, lazy company releases a new game

    not worth it at all, its extremly lackluster in almost every way
  2. Sparr126
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Horrible,
    This game sucks and Is umplayable.
    It feels like a social experiment to see how much game freak can get away with
  3. Art_Kampfmann
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Pude jugar el juego por medio de un amigo y de verdad me alegro mucho de haber cancelado mi compra, decir que este juego es malo es halago. Tiene muy buenas ideas ejecutadas a, ya ni digamos a medias, sino como a cuarto de camino, es un juego hecho con prisas y se nota muchísimo, está infestado de glitches, las animaciones da vergüenza verlas, el reto del juego en sí mismo no representaPude jugar el juego por medio de un amigo y de verdad me alegro mucho de haber cancelado mi compra, decir que este juego es malo es halago. Tiene muy buenas ideas ejecutadas a, ya ni digamos a medias, sino como a cuarto de camino, es un juego hecho con prisas y se nota muchísimo, está infestado de glitches, las animaciones da vergüenza verlas, el reto del juego en sí mismo no representa ningún desafío, te quieren vender la idea de que "tú eliges tu aventura" pero el mapeado tiene ya predefinido por dónde querían los programadores que iniciaras y donde termines por el nivel de los pokemon salvajes, salta de lo ridículamente fácil a lo ridículamente imposible de pasar por ahí. Por último, yo entiendo que un buen videojuego no lo hacen los gráficos, pero el rendimiento aquí es para llorar, vas avanzando y aparecen y desaparecen pokemons, árboles, edificios... los dientes de cierra los verás todo el tiempo... mientras xbox y PS dan un 4K a 60fps, a nintendo solo le puedes pedir 30 y si bien te va, porque aquí el promedio son de 15fps y es en serio, vean videos en internet por si no me creen, de verdad su rendimiento es como de nintendo 64. Este juego tiene buenas intenciones pero de buenas intenciones no se vive, es un juego que no está terminado y que muy probablemente no lo haga o lo haga super lento si nosotros los usuarios se lo consumimos. PD: la última evolución de Quaxly está asquerosísima.… Expand
  4. Lemanto
    Nov 22, 2022
    8
    The problems will be patched eventually. They don't make the game unplayable, they are just really rough. It is kind of unacceptable to release a game in this state, but they're still for sure the best Pokémon games in many, many years. They just need more polish, and eventually they will be patched. Or so I hope.
  5. Shmurgen
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This is a goddamn travesty, there’s no reason the most profitable media franchise in the world should be churning out glitchy garbage like this. It’s bad enough the games look like **** but now they run like it as well. Hoping this is the last straw and maybe something will force game freak to actually TRY
  6. Nintenderek
    Nov 23, 2022
    8
    I have been a Pokemon fan since nearly day 1 and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are the games that give me the closest feeling to playing Pokemon Red for the first time in all of the right ways, but also in all the bad ways as well.

    First the new Pokemon designs are great. There are a lot of new Pokemon that I really enjoy and there's a lot of new favorites for me. Palafin, Greavard,    I have been a Pokemon fan since nearly day 1 and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are the games that give me the closest feeling to playing Pokemon Red for the first time in all of the right ways, but also in all the bad ways as well.

    First the new Pokemon designs are great. There are a lot of new Pokemon that I really enjoy and there's a lot of new favorites for me. Palafin, Greavard, Scovillain, Revavroom, Baxcalibur, Nacli, Iron Thorns, Armarouge, Ceruledge, Tinkaton are all personal favorites of mine. That being said, for a Pokemon that's based on time travel, it's kind of weird that we don't have new fossil Pokemon, nor a new version of Porygon, in fact Porygon isn't even in the game. That being said, the selection of returning Pokemon is quite good and I think most people will find at least a few of their favorites have returned.

    I do like the music and sounds. The sound track is one of the best of any game on the Switch and the sounds all come out perfectly clear. The environments are also generally quite nice, but we should probably mention the elephant in the room. The performance of these games are not great. There are FPS dips. There are graphical glitches. Pokemon is a game series that became popular due to glitches from the very start. Things like Missingno in Red and Blue and the clone glitch in Gold and Silver are part of what made those games so easy to talk about and there are glitches like that here, like one that allows you to make your character run faster. However, the overwhelming amount of glitches and performance issues in this game are bad and can be distracting at times.

    As for exploring the world, I also have mixed feelings here. If you are just exploring the world, looking for whatever as you wander around you'll have quite a bit of fun. There's LOTS of pokemon to see and catch and there's lots of other sights to see and things to do. It's just plain and simple fun. The problem comes in if you are looking for a specific location to go to. The map AI in this game is horrible. When you first open it up, it sometimes rotates around until you realize there's a setting to turn that off. They do not make it super clear that you can turn it off however and the button that shows you can could mean a lot of different things. Even besides that though, the map still isn't good. There's no way to toggle icons off, making it difficult to find the specific one you want to put a waypoint on it and it doesn't make it easy to figure out how to get from one location to the next. Towns barely feel like they matter anyway with the open world being built the way it is. Each town you'll beat the gym and possibly never care to visit again.

    Speaking of gyms, the gym leaders and characters of this game are quite impressive. I find all of them to be unique and interesting. The story is also very good. I would say it's not quite as good as Black and White, but that's the games that it closest compares to. Certainly better than most Pokemon games. Outside of world exploration, the story is probably the strongest part of the game.

    There's also a new mechanic called the Terastal phenomenon. I think casual players will quite enjoy this and I generally found it fun but competitive pokemon battlers will probably hate it. Raiding is also quite fun and the random raid battles is one of the best new quality of life features. Speaking of quality of life features, I'm a big fan of the EXP ALL and I'm glad it's in the game, but it is disappointing that once again there's no option to turn it off. It's always better to have more options and it's disappointing that again and again, this is something the Pokemon Company keeps getting wrong. I'm a big fan of it, but I do understand why some people don't like it and this is something that needs to be fixed.

    Character customization is also not great here. It's weird that they chose to advertise that everyone could wear anything but then take out most of the clothing options. In fact, there's also a bunch of other small issues. The beginning is tedious due to the handholding and due to the lack of transversal options at the start. Given how huge of a factor that is to this game, it probably shouldn't even be something you have to unlock. Lacking signs on certain buildings is also an issue as you have to keep going inside to figure out what each building is. The difficulty is also kind of weird. Boss battles are too easy at times but catching Pokemon is too difficult. It shouldn't take 10-15 ultra balls to catch a level 30 or so Pokemon.

    All that being said, once you really get playing, this is a VERY fun game. You should not let the performance issues get in the way of your enjoyment of this game and there's so much to enjoy. The open world is very fun to explore and this is what I think most people want Pokemon to be. If you've been waiting for the big Breath of the Wild moment for Pokemon, simply put, this is indeed it    … Expand
  7. aemrvw
    Nov 23, 2022
    8
    Fun and entertaining new Pokémon game, that is restrained by outdated graphics, bugs and performance issues.
  8. Shinyscyther
    Nov 24, 2022
    9
    The best pokemon game to date, or almost, because of the performance hiccups, that are pleanty. But, but, none, NONE of them is game **** are overeacting like this was a cyberpunk or initial no man sky disaster level and is not even close. The game is great, the history, gameplay and designs are top notch.the game is FUN.

    What a full crap people have this days, i hate this generation of    The best pokemon game to date, or almost, because of the performance hiccups, that are pleanty. But, but, none, NONE of them is game **** are overeacting like this was a cyberpunk or initial no man sky disaster level and is not even close. The game is great, the history, gameplay and designs are top notch.the game is FUN.

    What a full crap people have this days, i hate this generation of **** dont hear the **** play the game, is worth it.    … Expand
  9. EmileLef
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Pokemon Scarlet/Violet have succeeded in one thing: show that Game Freak or maybe the Pokemon Company do not care about their games. It has been noticeable since Sword and Shield, but has become blatantly clear with this new entry of the series. The game is clearly not finished: fps are low (≈20 fps) and textures look like a free to play game from a decade ago. The menus are clunky andPokemon Scarlet/Violet have succeeded in one thing: show that Game Freak or maybe the Pokemon Company do not care about their games. It has been noticeable since Sword and Shield, but has become blatantly clear with this new entry of the series. The game is clearly not finished: fps are low (≈20 fps) and textures look like a free to play game from a decade ago. The menus are clunky and slow, the animations are poorly made and the glitches are numerous. I know some people have been enjoying it but I believe we must voice our concerns and point out the lack of effort of the developper if we hope to have a decent game one day. A lot of features that were introduced in Legends:Arceus have been removed, making the game feel slower and less responsive. I feel restricted in terms of mobility in comparaison to PLA. The battles feel slower too and because of the technical difficulties, every time a battle ends there is a 1-2 second response time before anything happens which makes it very awkward and sluggish. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been rushed and are clearly not finished in this state but I fear that even with the technical issues resolved, the game would not hold up due to the numerous feature they've cut and the obvious step back in terms of gameplay. The title of "open world" would not save this game in my opinion.… Expand
  10. 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.
  11. MrGenji
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Genuinely dissappointed by how poorly and horrendous the overall quality of the game is. The bugs and performance may differ in quanitity and quality, but indeed are broadly and oftentimes present. Disturbing not just immersion and fun, but also heavily frustrating and really hard to enjoy what all of us love to: Explore,fight,catch,train,collect,strategize and so on. Not even clothingGenuinely dissappointed by how poorly and horrendous the overall quality of the game is. The bugs and performance may differ in quanitity and quality, but indeed are broadly and oftentimes present. Disturbing not just immersion and fun, but also heavily frustrating and really hard to enjoy what all of us love to: Explore,fight,catch,train,collect,strategize and so on. Not even clothing customization....
    The story was also a shallow, one-dimensional cringefest with barely any interesting plot and characters.. I know it's target audience is younger folks, but this is even to those who are maybe more simple- and open-minded about such aspects an insult to injury. Finally, this feels like I've been robbed by a fraudster company for an unfinished/broken product. Unfortunately, this is not the first time the company GAME FREAK has failed to deliver a top notch product. Most of them where underwhelming in terms of graphics and performance while they let themselves get carried by the fan's overall joy towards Pokemon. Now they have stooped this low on all accords and it would be better for Nintendo to consider another company to further take up on the future Pokemon games, because I'll keep my distance in the future towards products from GAME FREAK and probably even refuse to buy them completely.    … 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. drsantos21
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    i want my money back, game freak just released a beta game

    switch software limitations are not a is not an acceptable excuse, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and The Witcher 3 does a good job making these games run on Switch hardware

    It is not worth the price and I will not buy any Pokémon franchise before the review
  14. 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!
  15. Glopezane
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Cash grab. Rushed. Worst Pokémon game to date. Please, do not buy this game. Demand you get a refund.
  16. Umbra30
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement - Accessibility improvement - Good soundtrack CONS: - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga) - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement
    - Accessibility improvement
    - Good soundtrack

    CONS:
    - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better
    - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga)
    - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions
    - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs and frame drops
    - The new pokémon design is ridiculous and they don't look like monsters anymore (a half motorcycle lizard? who had this idea? a 5 years old kid?)
    - The new cities are forgettable, they have no content, the houses no longer have interior, there is no reason to explore
    - Gym challenges are pathetic
    - Visual issues like texture pop in or NPCs and distant objects running at 5 FPS

    CONCLUSION:
    - Rushed game with good and bad decisions, sacrifices quality in favor of innovation    … Expand
  17. Awrora
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Juego horrible gráficamente y lleno de errores. Enserio es una vergüenza que una franquicia tan importante como Pokemon, no sea capaz de crear un juego decente. Los gráficos horribles parece de Playstation 2, las texturas, las animaciones, escasos pokemones de nueva generación, la jugabilidad y además la cantidad de bugs, todo es absurdamente feo.
    Es una decepción saber que muchos    Juego horrible gráficamente y lleno de errores. Enserio es una vergüenza que una franquicia tan importante como Pokemon, no sea capaz de crear un juego decente. Los gráficos horribles parece de Playstation 2, las texturas, las animaciones, escasos pokemones de nueva generación, la jugabilidad y además la cantidad de bugs, todo es absurdamente feo.
    Es una decepción saber que muchos pensaban que Pokemon Arceus era una clase de prueba o versión beta de lo que sería el futuro pokemon de nueva generación, y se pensaba que la nueva generación sería 1000 veces mejor que arceus. Pero alfinal más que un juego de nueva generación parece un dlc pobre de pokemon arceus. Ya se ha visto que nintendo switch puede correr juegos de mundo abierto preciosos como zelda breath of the wild así que no hay excusa como la capacidad de falta de rendimiento de nintendo switch. De que ha tenido muchas ventas, claramente ha sido por que los fans les da igual gastar 60 dolares en un juego horrible contal de ver a los pokemones de nueva generación. Yo aconsejo que si lo van a comprar, esperen alguna oferta porque este juego no vale ni 20 dolares.    … Expand
  18. 1000needles
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    No soul has went into making this game, despite world being so big it just feels empty.
    Remember how in other pokemon games you could explore all the building? well say good bye to that.
    Remember cave diving in oiher pokemon games to the point you would get lost and would have to use an escape rope? say good bye to that Remember when pokemon trainers used to stop you in your tracks and    No soul has went into making this game, despite world being so big it just feels empty.
    Remember how in other pokemon games you could explore all the building? well say good bye to that.
    Remember cave diving in oiher pokemon games to the point you would get lost and would have to use an escape rope? say good bye to that
    Remember when pokemon trainers used to stop you in your tracks and ask you to battle? say good bye to that.
    Remember when gyms used to have fun challenges before you reached the actual gym leader? well say good bye to that
    Just say good bye to everything that made pokemon and welcome in this new era of **** empty open world crap.    … Expand
  19. yagkira
    Nov 25, 2022
    8
    Uno de los mejores juegos de Pokémon que he jugado esa libertad de mundo abierto es increíble, la historia lo mismo, cosas negativas el apartado tecnico,grafico, caidas de fps, dientes de sierra.
    La Tera cristalización me sobra.
  20. SonKosen
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    We can't let them get away with how bad this is. Because this is next level bad man.
  21. drazulYT
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    the game is a beta, it is not finished.

    FPS drops, slow loads, sometimes it gets stuck for a few thousandths of a second, there are invisible walls, there are easy to see bugs all over the game/BETA. The open world does not have much content, besides that it is a false open world, since you cannot enter the houses, and the shops have no interior, there is only a menu. They should    the game is a beta, it is not finished.

    FPS drops, slow loads, sometimes it gets stuck for a few thousandths of a second, there are invisible walls, there are easy to see bugs all over the game/BETA.

    The open world does not have much content, besides that it is a false open world, since you cannot enter the houses, and the shops have no interior, there is only a menu.

    They should have worked more on the game a full year or two years.
    The game is not that bad, (4/10) but for its gameplay quality and product quality, it is a 0.

    It makes me sad to see that the saga of my childhood is broken    … Expand
  22. JacalGames
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Grandísimo juego, muy bueno, llevo 10h de juego 0 fallos nada de lo que dicen y muestran por las redes. Ni caso solo están buscando opacar un juego muy bueno.
  23. Andrerj
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Sinceramente, não dá, muito bug, está feio graficamente, jogo travou várias vezes e rodou abaixo de 20fps
  24. u_tried88
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not only is it unaccaptable to release any game in a state like this but a straight up insult and a clear test from the Devs to see with how little effort they can get away.

    You are never above 25 frames at any time during the game tho 5-15 FPS seems to be the norm here despite Gamecube graphic quality Bugs everywhere. Ive seen single developers do a better Job at their first game    Not only is it unaccaptable to release any game in a state like this but a straight up insult and a clear test from the Devs to see with how little effort they can get away.

    You are never above 25 frames at any time during the game tho 5-15 FPS seems to be the norm here despite Gamecube graphic quality
    Bugs everywhere.
    Ive seen single developers do a better Job at their first game than this multi billion dollar company.
    They finally crossed a line and something really has to change.    … Expand
  25. Salmonguy
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
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  26. Kessler11
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The real problems are not only FPS drops, Bugs/Glitches, PS1 graphics. The main one is that the whole world building is a mess, a great flop. Just take Platinum or DP as example: every city, even the smallest one, tells something of itself and its story. You can remember canalave for its library, or Eterna city for its statue or Celestic town for its cave. Scarlet & Violet cities are blankThe real problems are not only FPS drops, Bugs/Glitches, PS1 graphics. The main one is that the whole world building is a mess, a great flop. Just take Platinum or DP as example: every city, even the smallest one, tells something of itself and its story. You can remember canalave for its library, or Eterna city for its statue or Celestic town for its cave. Scarlet & Violet cities are blank and empty instead, just built to create some repetitive shop, they dont tell anything, they just stay there to fit an empty space. Pokemon series is literally dropping into a dummy brand that, at the very first, it was meant to have kids as main audience, but if a kid plays this game, his brain and eyes will be totally fooked. No lessons, no values, no morals.… Expand
  27. naproxenoo
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Jogo com muitos bugs, gráficos muito ruins e com serrilhados e preço muito alto para um jogo assim
  28. Alex12345o
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pésima calidad para un juego AAA y con ese precio, además el diseños de los iniciales son los peores de todas las generaciones y la mecánica es horrible… Expand
  29. Futurnildo
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The worst pokemon game ever. The minimap works at 2 fps. Nothing about the pokemons over the world, they look like the gba game sprites...60€ of real **** at the point that P Legends Arceus looks like a good game now. The concep of the game it's really nice but the performance is awful taking into account that in the Switch you can play Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade, The Witcher 3... NOTThe worst pokemon game ever. The minimap works at 2 fps. Nothing about the pokemons over the world, they look like the gba game sprites...60€ of real **** at the point that P Legends Arceus looks like a good game now. The concep of the game it's really nice but the performance is awful taking into account that in the Switch you can play Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade, The Witcher 3... NOT RECOMMENDED.… Expand
  30. Trotterello
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Full of bugs, it is not true that you can decide the order in which to face the gyms (some gym leaders have pokemon too high level to face them, so it does not adjust according to the level of our strongest pokemon). What is more serious that during my experience more than once the switch has reported me a serious error of the game and returned to the home of Nintendo switch(Fortunately IFull of bugs, it is not true that you can decide the order in which to face the gyms (some gym leaders have pokemon too high level to face them, so it does not adjust according to the level of our strongest pokemon). What is more serious that during my experience more than once the switch has reported me a serious error of the game and returned to the home of Nintendo switch(Fortunately I save the data always).… Expand
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  1. Positive: 56 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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