Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 755 out of 3197
  2. Mixed: 290 out of 3197
  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. LMME097
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The glitches, the visuals and the overall experience was mediocre. Maybe if this gets patched the game would be playable and fun. For me, i cant believe an unfinished game released in this state. This is a serious downgrade from Legends Arceus. The overall designs of pokemon are really good tho!
  2. MK11
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    2.8 is a little too high. No voice acting
    Bad frame rate
    Glitches that make Sonic 06 look stable
    Bad graphics

    Just the usual Game Freak laziness
  3. brotherman11
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    One of the most fun Pokémon games to come out recently, I really haven’t had performance issues either
  4. ratalamode
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Irredeemably bad. Game Freak's laziness knows absolutely no bounds and it's sad to see a franchise with such potential go this way.
  5. wtfwtf12
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender,    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender, pretty much the confirmation that Gamefreak doesn't give a **** - that scene in the classroom where the students animations are in like 5 FPS despite the fact that it's only a small room and they are very close to the camera. It's like they tested it, saw how bad it is, but said "who cares" and shipped it as it is    … Expand
  6. Lebonjo
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance. Still no voice acting.They limited the clothes you can customize to 4 outfits that cannot be swapped or interchanged. And all for 60 dollars where you would expect a fair complete game. I pre-ordered this after a long time of not pre-ordering games for reasons like this. I should've known better.
  7. ptrack92
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    why should we be expected to alpha-test the newest game from what is the largest franchise in existence? it may be fun underneath running at 10 FPS and the myriad glitches, but this won't change until we collectively do. i'm a huge pokesimp and can't believe nintendo allowed this to go public. please vote with your wallets and don't support this shady type of business/game development!
  8. blaaksonic
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    this is a ****
    -Terrain glitches
    -Lighting glitches
    -Background glitches
    -Texture glitches
    The game can't run on stable 30fps despite its N64 quality level
    The pokemon models are good because they are made by Creatures Inc. and not by GF.
    **** ****
  9. Rodrigobj
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Game is full of lagging and horrible scenery textures, its a shame paying full price for a game worst than any fan made.
  10. Serbero
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de quePokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de que GameFreak se ríe de sus fans, que la franquicia de videojuegos mas rentable de la historia y que mas dinero a generado no sean capaz de lanzar un videojuego mínimamente aceptable me parece bastante lamentable.… Expand
  11. RealAlexPlay
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    In the moment not playable. It‘s look like an N64 game and the performance is like u want to play a high end game on a win 95 PC. I played it 4 2h and i think i got a max of 25 fps. The only funny thing i found was sliding around
  12. Skyavenger
    Nov 20, 2022
    6
    Gamefreak has once again showed us that it's happy doing the bare minimum, It knows that Pokémon sells just by being Pokémon and people will take up arms to defend it even knowing they got scammed in paying full price for an unfinished game, Pokémon Scarlet / Violet is a decent game certainly, but could have been much more...
    With their first attempt in a true open world game it also came    Gamefreak has once again showed us that it's happy doing the bare minimum, It knows that Pokémon sells just by being Pokémon and people will take up arms to defend it even knowing they got scammed in paying full price for an unfinished game, Pokémon Scarlet / Violet is a decent game certainly, but could have been much more...
    With their first attempt in a true open world game it also came problems and limitations, as you can now explore a wide open world but can no longer explore inside buildings, shops now are just a screen with goods and Pokémon centers became a gas station, the textures are once again very bland and although it looks better than Pokémon legends it's not much of a improvement, the animations are kind of a mix of good and bad, some attack animations got really cool like flamethrower and others like surf and earthquake got bland and boring, and let's just try and ignore the fact that a game made in 2022/2023 lacks any sort of voice acting, It's ridiculous to watch a game cinematic with the character in the screen screaming full lungs without a single sound being made...
    It seems Nintendo are also trying to push the woke agenda among the Pokémon fans, being a game made for children make it really concerning, you can now barely differentiate your character gender as you can only choose 4 neutral and ugly outfits, most of the NPCs you find around the game are dressed with the same 4 uniforms, even when it's not the case the agenda remains strong with the rest of the NPCs outfits being bland and ugly most of the time. With almost 60 hours of gameplay, I found only 2 NPCs wearing a dress, one was an old lady and the other being a Gym leader whose happen to be a model.
    If it's not enough here comes the most glaring issue, performance, the game struggles to keep its capped 30 fps and fails at it most of the time, depending on the zone you are and the density of Pokémon, trees and background the fps can drop to single digits or the game will simply crash, there are tons of minor visual glitches and missing textures once in a while and the Pokémon placement in the world looks uninspired and boring, just a cluster of Pokémon walking around doing nothing most of the time.
    Even with all these problems, the core game is still there and as a long time Fan of the series I still hope that this game get better with future patches but as of now grading it with 6/10 is already being merciful.    … Expand
  13. Hojgaard
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I didn't believe what my eyes told me, when I booted this game up. 2 Steps forward, 5 steps back. The visuals and the performance, are laughably bad. I cannot recommend this to anyone.

    - A hurt pokemon fan
  14. JRBissett
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Graphic fidelity and performance are atrocious. A massive step back for the franchise
  15. uillbnn
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game is just a buggy mess. The game is unfinished. Very bad game, using people's feelings for Pokemon to make such a bad game.
  16. GoWofPoor
    Nov 20, 2022
    5
    This is Terrible wth, not $60 worth. Idk it's just very boring, You can't even play as Trainer Red or Leaf. 5/10 if I'm being generous.
  17. Untamedduck
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    It’s like they didn’t have a single quality tester. Game runs absolutely horribly.
  18. the4ears
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    该作品延续了一贯的低级制作水准，但即便画质、音效、光影渲染等如此弱的情况下帧数也一样不到25，卡顿也是家常便饭。满屏锯齿、作呕的贴图、贫瘠的音效、弱智搬的UI、敷衍的地图编辑、僵硬的动作设计、这是2022年吗？这样一部旷世烂作还有人在屎里陶金，你们是没玩过游戏还是好欺负？这么多年下来，只能说GF没职业道德。该作品延续了一贯的低级制作水准，但即便画质、音效、光影渲染等如此弱的情况下帧数也一样不到25，卡顿也是家常便饭。满屏锯齿、作呕的贴图、贫瘠的音效、弱智搬的UI、敷衍的地图编辑、僵硬的动作设计、这是2022年吗？这样一部旷世烂作还有人在屎里陶金，你们是没玩过游戏还是好欺负？这么多年下来，只能说GF没职业道德。
  19. 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
  20. pokemonscarlet
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Even if all the technical issues were fixed, we are still looking at a game that is completely devoid of any heart or soul.
    If you go to the main city, you will find huge buildings. But upon closer inspection, you will find that all of the shops are copy and pasted. For example, you will see a sea food shop, right next to a sea food shop, right next to a sea food shop. Three of the same    Even if all the technical issues were fixed, we are still looking at a game that is completely devoid of any heart or soul.
    If you go to the main city, you will find huge buildings. But upon closer inspection, you will find that all of the shops are copy and pasted. For example, you will see a sea food shop, right next to a sea food shop, right next to a sea food shop. Three of the same shops in a row. Same look, same items sold, same everything. Literally copy pasted. Keep walking and you will see many more examples of what I just described    … Expand
  21. cmander7688
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    An embarrassing, lazy mess. I've been playing since Blue first came out and it saddens me to see that a series that started off with so much charm (and is one of the most lucrative franchises in history) has been reduced to...this. I think there might be a fun game hiding under the horrible performance and optimization, inconsistent game design choices, and uninspired, bland aesthetic ofAn embarrassing, lazy mess. I've been playing since Blue first came out and it saddens me to see that a series that started off with so much charm (and is one of the most lucrative franchises in history) has been reduced to...this. I think there might be a fun game hiding under the horrible performance and optimization, inconsistent game design choices, and uninspired, bland aesthetic of the overworld, but I'm not sticking around to find out.… Expand
  22. Flumazenil
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Really the worse Pokémon game ever. No story, no graphics, no exploring. Textures are poor and low quality, scenarios are empty and sad. The engine is really ridiculous, is not worth 60$.
  23. Alex2k371
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    Un juego 3 en 1, rompedor y con mimo en el apartado artístico, pero decadente en gráficos y framerate.
    Una aventura digna de la 9na generación de Pokémon siguiendo con el mismo estilo que la 8va pero adaptandola a las costumbres Españolas y recogiendo ideas de Leyendas Pokemon.

    PD: Dejad de jugar en emuladores y el 98% de los bugs desapareceran, denada.
  24. MisaBlader
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Another game to steal your money, do not invest in the game do not do translation or care about fans of the series, only in how much will profit in the end.
  25. ultrablast305
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    The glitches in this game are just fun. Sometimes it is really fun to break a game. The stories are each great in their own right. My favorite is the Path of Legend. There is no reason to call the games bad just because of the graphics. They look cartoony which just increases the fun. The game is also an open world as well. There are now over one thousand pokemon which is a major feat. InThe glitches in this game are just fun. Sometimes it is really fun to break a game. The stories are each great in their own right. My favorite is the Path of Legend. There is no reason to call the games bad just because of the graphics. They look cartoony which just increases the fun. The game is also an open world as well. There are now over one thousand pokemon which is a major feat. In all, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are amazing. They are definitely the most fun pokemon games. (Yes better than Gen 1 and 2). I can't wait to see what happens in Gen 9 next.… Expand
  26. Zjaczx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is bad optimitazion and bad reference graphics deberian de darnos lo que los fans se merecen… Expand
  27. GameMultiverse
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Game is awesome and it is good the see how it grew into an open world...however, this time I am not forgiving such errors in performance of a company that has the resources to do it better...game is lacking of love, it seems that it has been seen as a temporary gold mine since fans have forgotten previous mistakes. NOT NOW, fans deserve quality for a full prize game! How come Xenoblade,Game is awesome and it is good the see how it grew into an open world...however, this time I am not forgiving such errors in performance of a company that has the resources to do it better...game is lacking of love, it seems that it has been seen as a temporary gold mine since fans have forgotten previous mistakes. NOT NOW, fans deserve quality for a full prize game! How come Xenoblade, The legend of Zelda, Monster Hunter can look abysmally better! I hope at least for another patch, fans deserve it, Pokemkn deserves it, the 9th Generation deserves it! Please … Expand
  28. GuilhermeMelli
    Nov 20, 2022
    5
    Pokémon Scarlet is a very fun game, you can spend hours walking around the map just capturing pokémon. The game's performance is poor, and this is certainly due to the graphic that tried to put realistic textures instead of focusing on a Cartoon-style graphic. Pokémon Lets Go has the best graphics style for pokémon games, I hope that in the next generation they will mix the Lets GoPokémon Scarlet is a very fun game, you can spend hours walking around the map just capturing pokémon. The game's performance is poor, and this is certainly due to the graphic that tried to put realistic textures instead of focusing on a Cartoon-style graphic. Pokémon Lets Go has the best graphics style for pokémon games, I hope that in the next generation they will mix the Lets Go graphics (with improvements) and the gameplay of pokémon Scarlet. AND AT LEAST I HOPE THAT AFTER 25+ YEARS THE GAME WILL HAVE BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE.… Expand
  29. cephalopoda
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Those who chosen to give it a 10 or a 100, like some acclaimed reviewers gave it, were consumed by nostalgia. But I won't judge if you, as a player, like it. You are free to like what you want and enjoy the game as much as you want. What makes me sad is some professional critics saying they are ignoring the most problematic game in terms of performance.

    Positive points: * Arven has a    Those who chosen to give it a 10 or a 100, like some acclaimed reviewers gave it, were consumed by nostalgia. But I won't judge if you, as a player, like it. You are free to like what you want and enjoy the game as much as you want. What makes me sad is some professional critics saying they are ignoring the most problematic game in terms of performance.

    Positive points:
    * Arven has a deep story.
    * Battles are "fun".
    * Big World. Pretty big.

    Negative:
    * You can't capture pokemon without entering a fight. This is too bad when compared to Arceus.
    * Lots of poppings. You walk then BAMN, a pokemon appears right in front of you.
    * FPS drops frequently during battles.
    * Your character has Ghost type since it can cross walls and slip away from the ground. Some say it was inspired by X-men Shadowcat;
    * Miraidon animations are just... bad. I don't even have words for them.
    * Terastallize is just a bad idea to make pokemon glow and everything seem pretty;
    * Personal point: I don't like any of the last evolution of the starters. WTF happened to Quaxly?    … Expand
  30. Furrian
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Diría que es un buen juego, metodos evolutivos nuevos, fácil perderse por el mundo, la jugabilidad entretenida, los modelos muy bellos pero tiene varios bugs y caidas de fps que pueden llegar a arruinar la experiencia. Cuando parcheen el juego sera de los mejores de la saga. Pero en este estado no puedo recomendar gastar 60$ por el.
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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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