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. elmemeador12
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    el peor juego que he provado, es horrible, la peor cosa que he tocado en mi vida, simplemente preferiria quemarlo antes que devolverlo y que algun otro pibe pueda adquirirlo
  2. 777g
    Nov 23, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is extremely buggy, lighting is choppy and doesn’t generally work, and the amount of framerate dips is appalling. Otherwise the game can be decently fun in a perfect situation.… Expand
  3. gian_pkr
    Dec 28, 2022
    0
    I love pokemon but the quality of the Game is really unacceptable: bug, glitches, framerate drops, bad graphics and animations. After this Game I will not buy pokemon games anymore cause I really dont trust the brand anymore. And the worst is that after month is not even fixed. So disappointed by Nintendo.
  4. OverlordEclipse
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    The game has multiple graphic glitches, including a decent amount of fairly common ones, lags all the time, the character movement is janky sometimes, the game is overall unpolished. Id say the thing i hate most is the legendary as it looks like its upposed to be a bike, they accentuate the aspects of it to make it look like a bike, and they have him walk around on all fours. If they wereThe game has multiple graphic glitches, including a decent amount of fairly common ones, lags all the time, the character movement is janky sometimes, the game is overall unpolished. Id say the thing i hate most is the legendary as it looks like its upposed to be a bike, they accentuate the aspects of it to make it look like a bike, and they have him walk around on all fours. If they were gonna make him walk they shouldnt have accentuated the tires because they just look bad.… Expand
  5. gigidagosto
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    it’s supposed to be a nintendo game on 2022? not only it looks 30 years behind, but it’s full lf bugs and problems and it has nothing good, plot, music, even the pokemon design this time isn’t on point as it always (at least that) was
  6. Gorillaburro
    Nov 27, 2022
    8
    Broken game(sadly),but a big step to the pokémon experience dreamed by millions of children.
  7. Dzk281
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Is a big piece of sh1t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sucks, it's broken in every way, frame drops in open places and they don't even talk about the bugs that make you fall into the void
  8. 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
  9. Snake5000
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    This game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this gameThis game is bad it tries to do everything and fails open world fail it crashes the frame rate. Choose your own adventure biggest problem once you’ve completed either the gyms or the titan Pokémon or team star you’re over level for the other thing level scaling would solve this issue. The game has so many glitches it’s sometimes hard to play other times it’s super funny. I want this game to be better I still have fun playing it but this is unacceptable for a $60 game game freaking and Nintendo can do better… Expand
  10. m2d2
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Terrible graphics, awful controls, not fun at all. A boring grind in an environment that's worse than FF10 was in 2001.
  11. Fati15
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Il gioco pokemon peggiore di sempre: grafica arretrata, bug e glitch e un gamplay legnoso
  12. Noshin
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Horrible framerate, glitches everywhere, lacking features (no clothing customisation ?? Come on !)... Need I say more ? This game is unfinished and a shame to the Switch. Game Freak shouldn't developping games anymore. Paying 60$ for this failure is a fraud. Don't waste your time and money like me.
  13. APickle
    Dec 12, 2022
    8
    Ambitious, but unfinished. If they fix the online and lag, this could be the best 3D Pokemon game.

    Pro: Open World, can take on gyms in different orders, and trainers are finally optional. Can play at your own pace, skip Team Star if you want, even skip gyms and just go for Titans. 400 Pokemon, and some of the new ones aren't lame. Cons: NPC's more than 30m away literally move at 1    Ambitious, but unfinished. If they fix the online and lag, this could be the best 3D Pokemon game.

    Pro: Open World, can take on gyms in different orders, and trainers are finally optional. Can play at your own pace, skip Team Star if you want, even skip gyms and just go for Titans. 400 Pokemon, and some of the new ones aren't lame.

    Cons: NPC's more than 30m away literally move at 1 FPS, it's actually really bad. Shadows from mountains also "jump" past you in a very noticable and distracting way. Online raids are broken, rooms take 30s to join and are usually filled. It's also really short at 28 hours to beat, but then again I skipped most of the trainers.

    Overall, a really fun and ambitious Pokemon. Geometric texture mapping make the scales and fur on the Pokemon look more real. This feels like a natural evolution for the Pokemon franchise and I enjoyed it, but it just feels incomplete. I love exploring and riding my Pokemon while catching new Pokemon, but I'm not a fan of the academy theme.    … Expand
  14. Anotheruser6
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    Demand more from AAA games. The visuals are some of the worst I've seen for a "AAA" game. The story is patchy and lackluster. Catching Pokémon is Legends Arceus is infinity better. What a sad excuse of a game.
  15. Rimuru12
    Dec 30, 2022
    0
    its like a cheep low buget game for how big Pokémon is and how much money they make the pokémon game should be some of the best games on the switch
  16. 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.
  17. BancaEliteGames
    Dec 21, 2022
    1
    Lots of bugs. It has no language in Portuguese, with Brazil being one of the biggest consumers of Pokemon.
  18. Drewski69
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    One of the best stories out of any Pokémon game but the performance issues are just too much. I’ve still racked up 80 hours but have just given up on completing the Pokédex at this point just because the game doesn’t have much endgame material and it’s getting tedious.
  19. Denistxo
    Dec 30, 2022
    4
    Buenas ideas mala ejecucion, el juego tiene buena historia, personajes y musica, pero parece que los desarrolladores lo han creado usando el gluteo izquierdo porque no me parece normal las bajadas de frames que hay, tengo 100 horas jugadas registradas por la consola y en el juego me marca que son 80 eso quiere decir que e perdido 20 horas de juego gracias al lag, otra cosa que hay queBuenas ideas mala ejecucion, el juego tiene buena historia, personajes y musica, pero parece que los desarrolladores lo han creado usando el gluteo izquierdo porque no me parece normal las bajadas de frames que hay, tengo 100 horas jugadas registradas por la consola y en el juego me marca que son 80 eso quiere decir que e perdido 20 horas de juego gracias al lag, otra cosa que hay que mencionar es los crasheos que te da, e perdido horas de progreso porque el programa se cierra cuando le da la gana sin razon aparente.
    El poping, los laggeos y crasheos hacen que este juego sea en mi opinion uno de los peores de la saga sin duda    … Expand
  20. metajol
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Dead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an expositionDead world might be a better descriptor than open world. A soulless disappointment. Buildings are menus, interacting with npcs as you would in previous games is out the window. Plenty of what character dialogue is there is already painfully dated upon release, and despite an academy setting begging to be loaded up with sidequests, they dropped the ball there. It feels like an exposition dump followed by 'b line towards x for y, or b line towards c for d'. As someone who loves cooking systems in games, the sandwich mechanic and food animations are a lugie in the face treated as a snowcone. People praise the bland blorbo-bait characterization in this game, forgetting that the world of pokemon is meant to have character too.… Expand
  21. Frashure11
    Jan 1, 2023
    2
    Raids with multiple players are completely broken and frame rate drops below 30 regularly during normal play. I try to play raids with friends and every match we can’t communicate because each of us have different things going on in our games.
  22. queerCoded
    Jan 2, 2023
    4
    Can be fun but when the main city in your game is 95% unopenable doors and functionally identical restaurants that don't have an actual interior, just a menu, then you know the game needs longer to cook. It's interesting but every town slaps you in the face with how empty it is. It gets depressing, frustrating, and discourages exploration of the cities, which is not great in a game aboutCan be fun but when the main city in your game is 95% unopenable doors and functionally identical restaurants that don't have an actual interior, just a menu, then you know the game needs longer to cook. It's interesting but every town slaps you in the face with how empty it is. It gets depressing, frustrating, and discourages exploration of the cities, which is not great in a game about exploration. This is obviously not the only problem with the game but I think it exemplifies the problems caused by the fact that this game needed at least another year of development. The annual releases that pokemon has moved to have come with a drop in quality that has been rearing its head recently.… Expand
  23. GamefreakGoAway
    Jan 3, 2023
    0
    This is one of Gamefreaks most uninspiring games. Lagg, slow gameplay, Glitches, Team star is just an copy paste, gyms arent even inside of the gyms, people keep interupting your traveling, no fun caves towers etc, Story = mid, map design and emptyness. Im a pokemon fan but this is the worst one of the games. Gamefreak and pokemon should be ashamed! I want the old games back not the open world...
  24. Iloveyourmom
    Jan 5, 2023
    10
    This was a really good game. Barely glitches I saw, don't know how people have so many negative reviews.
  25. Jantarrago
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    Tremenda cagada 0/10 y zzz
    Una mierda, mapa vacío, un montón de bugs, gráficos de la Wii y bajones de fps
    Un mierda como una catedral
  26. YamiStef
    Jan 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sche*** Game. Ich dachte schon mit /SWSH oder Legenden Arceus ging es den Bach runter. Aber das??
    Benötigt keine Erklärung.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. Cassiop
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El peor juego de Pokémon. Mal optimizado, con unos gráficos y animaciones aberrantes. Un engaño al consumidor
  29. Michael-Kenji
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I really can not understand why Pokémon still have not portuguese language and japanese dubbing at least. When the game was made for nintendo 3ds was understandable. But here in Switch not.
  30. Azath12
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Los peores $60 dolares invertidos en mi vida, no se lo compren. Juego roto y una completa estafa
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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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