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. Stik5
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    ¿Cómo es posible que por parte de una empresa multimillonaria hagan juegos tan mediocres?
  2. guiCabrera
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Don't listen to the "Critic Review". This game is a poorly made and poorly polished game. Don't buy, you deserve better.
    It's time for the fan to boycott this company that has no respect for the customer.
    Don't believe me? Search YouTube, Twitter and check the absurd bugs
  3. VexWindStorm
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Não tem pra português! Um jogo de pokémon feito por uma empresa rica não tem português! E não só isso, TÁ CHEIO DE BUG e os gráficos são terríveis!
  4. Trocs
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not even a game. They don't show respect to the real fans. Open world is probably a great decision but the result is just s joke.
  5. Badreviewbro
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemonThe graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemon and that these people are now in there mid 20s or older. Yes kids play the game, so add a difficulty option where you actually have to think. The games are getting easier and easier amd worse and worse each gen.… Expand
  6. kirioz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It is unacceptable that one of the most profitable video game franchises, such as Pokemon, continues to release games in this state. Xenoblade chronicles a game from 12 years ago is better done.
  7. kushtendo64
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I can't even believe Nintendo let this game be released. Heart Gold and Soul Silver need to be ported to the switch ASAP. There is no excuse for how God awful this game is. Thank God I can get my money back this time.
  8. eduardo_ecn
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    A game that costs 60 dollars doesn't even have subtitles in my language, Portuguese Brazil, it's full of bugs! There are games with smaller budgets, made by smaller companies and they deliver much more than the Pokemon Company and GameFreak deliver.
  9. RafaelSama
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    esse jogo é extremamente preguiçoso, uma vergonha para a franquia pokemon. A gamefreak não se importa nem um pouco com seus fãs, ela n sei como ela teve coragem de entregar um jogo que parece que esta em pré-alpha e cobrar 300R$ por isso. Uma total VERGONHA!!!!!!!
  10. albertz94
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game is buggy as hell, the frame-rate is indecent, the textures are tremendous, the story is for stupid kids, most of the new pokemons are awful, the "open world" is a land of nothing. Whoever is giving this game a score above 4 clearly has some mental issue.
  11. SalexReviews
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I will say that giving this game a 0 rating is not accurate, but we can no longer allow the Pokémon Company to keep pushing out unfinished ugly games. Don’t buy Pokémon Scarlett or Violet until they get their act together.
  12. Reewe
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The only thing missing are microtransactions and loot boxes. Looking forward to it on the next gen.
  13. diocancaro
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    probably the most awful pokemon entry i ever seen (not counting spin offs and weird games), i'm not in any way a graphics freak but the texture and animations are straight from ps2 era, hell mainline games like prince of persia WW and halo had way better engines, but this is not even the problem.
    the problem is the god awful 10-20 fps, and i'm not talking about dips, this is the "stable    probably the most awful pokemon entry i ever seen (not counting spin offs and weird games), i'm not in any way a graphics freak but the texture and animations are straight from ps2 era, hell mainline games like prince of persia WW and halo had way better engines, but this is not even the problem.
    the problem is the god awful 10-20 fps, and i'm not talking about dips, this is the "stable framerate the game provides. the only time you get 30 fps is when you are inside small rooms and tiny areas where the camera is tight to your character. i'd give it a 4 since almost half of the game is carried by cool pokemon designs and fights but i'm obligated to give it a 0 to balance out the not so smart or tech savvy people that gave a 10 blindly.    … Expand
  14. Dionisiojemg
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Glitchy, janky and awful at full price? No thanks Game Freak, it is the last time.
  15. Threextres
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I gave up trying to play after two hours of forcing myself to endure the sluggish performance and tanking fps.
    Not worth the 60 in current state.
  16. Caroline5454
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not only this is a serious downgrade for Pokémon, the Pokémon company is getting too comfortable and confident that their long-term fans will continue to buy their games no matter what. I feel like this was the last straw. And yes, he wanted an open world Pokémon game… what we didn’t want is a game so open, big, and lifeless that the Pokémon we encounter are the size of rice grains.Not only this is a serious downgrade for Pokémon, the Pokémon company is getting too comfortable and confident that their long-term fans will continue to buy their games no matter what. I feel like this was the last straw. And yes, he wanted an open world Pokémon game… what we didn’t want is a game so open, big, and lifeless that the Pokémon we encounter are the size of rice grains. Seriously?? Why are all the Pokémon so small?

    I don’t even get me started with the performance issues. I can’t tell if this game was just unfinished or what, but it’s absolutely pathetic. This game should’ve never been released. A HUGE downgrade from Shield.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. BoroGod
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game is garbage that recycles the same cutscenes over and over again IN THE MAIN STORY, I'm not talking about side quests, 90% of the story is the same recycled scene with different dialogue. The rival is a character without personality and flat, the story is simple, boring and without any development. And finally the graphics are rubbish. 0/10
  19. 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
  20. Kin75
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The base ideas in the game are good but the programming is bad, really bad. Is not fault of the Switch hardware for me. The problem is they have to release the game for the money and they don't care about anything else. Maybe one more year and the game will be good.
  21. DrunN
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Unfortunately the good stuff about the game is not enough to shine through the clunky performace, fps drops and constant popping, i believe most of the negative aspects of the game could be "easily" fixed with a patch, but for now as much as i am enjoying the game, it hurts to play like this, hence the negative review.
  22. Azura485
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Bought this game excited with the thought that improvements achieved on gameplay from the Legend of Arceus were passed down. Couldn't be more naive. What I received was an incomplete game with unplayable bugs and, moreover, without the improvements on gameplay from the Legend of Arceus. Save your money and keep playing Legends.
  23. Nao20
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Lleno de bugs, Nintendo se ríe de sus consumidores año tras año. SCAMMERS Luego mucho mundo abierto pero no puedes entrar en casi ninguna casa. Para que van a gastar tiempo y dinero en contratar a gente que arregle los bugs y modele las casas si saben que vamos a comprarlo igual. Ah sí, y el juego me ha crasheado ya 4 veces
  24. Laurinha16
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    esse jogo é um desrespeito aos fãs! Inaceitável que um game de 2022 ainda não possuí legenda em Português! sem contar gráficos horríveis e jogabilidade cheia de erros! com toda certeza é a última vez que compro pokémon!

    this game is disrespectful to the fans! Unacceptable that a 2022 game still didn't have subtitles in Portuguese! not to mention horrible graphics and buggy gameplay! this    esse jogo é um desrespeito aos fãs! Inaceitável que um game de 2022 ainda não possuí legenda em Português! sem contar gráficos horríveis e jogabilidade cheia de erros! com toda certeza é a última vez que compro pokémon!


    this game is disrespectful to the fans! Unacceptable that a 2022 game still didn't have subtitles in Portuguese! not to mention horrible graphics and buggy gameplay! this is definitely the last time I buy pokémon!    … Expand
  25. Dimoris
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Si tuviera que definir el juego lo definiria como el peor juego de la franquicia de pokemon, hay muchas cosas que estan mal con este juego las cuales voy a enumerar a continucaion:

    1. El juego esta lleno de bugs y glitches que arruinan la experiencia dentro del juego no puedo disfrutar del juego por los fallos que tienen y el que diga que no tiene fallos es un mentiroso. 2. Tiene muchos    Si tuviera que definir el juego lo definiria como el peor juego de la franquicia de pokemon, hay muchas cosas que estan mal con este juego las cuales voy a enumerar a continucaion:

    1. El juego esta lleno de bugs y glitches que arruinan la experiencia dentro del juego no puedo disfrutar del juego por los fallos que tienen y el que diga que no tiene fallos es un mentiroso.

    2. Tiene muchos bajones de fps hay ocasiones en las que te mueves a 10 fps incluso los npc tienen bajones de fps se mueven tan lento eso distrae y hasta da risa de ver eso por lo malo que es 3. Hay poca customatizacion para el personaje pasamos de tener mucha ropa y accesorios en entregas pasadas a solotener cuatro conjuntos de ropa y es ropa fea porque esos uniformes son horribles 4. Los diseños de muchos de los nuevos pokemon dejan mucho que desear solo miren las evoluciones finales de quaxly y de sprigatito son horribles y tampoco estoy diceindo que en entregas anteriores hubieran no hubieran diseños feos solo miren a geodude es una roca con brazos.

    5. No estan disponibles todos los pokemon se supone que eliminaron muchos pokemon para hacer mejores animaciones pero eso fue mentira las animaciones estan horribles y los pokemon no hacen contacto entre si al momento de combatir.

    6. Los diseños de los paisajes estan horribles que acaso los de gamefreak no salen del calabozo En el que estan encerrados porque esos paiasajes esatan horrobles y para nada emulan los de la vida real 7. Los diseños de los personajes estan horibles ya lo habian mencionado la cominidad japonesa que los nuevos personajes parecen salidos de la propaganda woke.

    8. La historia esta meh no hay mucho de decir sobre ello ni tansiquiera se puede viajar al pasado siendo esto una tematica dentro del juego 9. Hay muchos lugares a los cuales no se puede acceder como casas que no se pueden entrar es mas las tiendas no tienen modelados sus interiores cuando vas a una tiena solo te apeece el menu de comprar y ya cosa que en entregas anteriores las tiendas si tenian modelados los interiores 10. No hay torre de batala eso decepciona mucho.

    11. Cortaron contendio para venderlo como nuevo contenido en un dlc esta practica me asquea.

    12. Se supone que es un juego de mundo abierto pero de mundo abierto no tiene nada los rivales no escalan de niveles lo cual hace que llegas con niveles 10 de mas al momento de combatir a los rivales yo llegue con nivel 80 a la elite 4 esto deja en claro lo facil que es el juego.

    Es una verguenza que gamefreak sacara es juego a medias a la venta lleno de bugs y problemas claramente gamefreak no este a la altura y deberian de darle el juego a otra desarrolladora que si quiera dar lo mejor de si para crear un buen juego, lo mas triste de todo esto es que hay oersonas que defienden este juego como si fuera la cuspide de lo mejor de pokemon lo cual es una mentira lo mejor de pokemon fue en pokemon platino, HG/SS, BW/BW2 esa fue la mejor era de pokemon lo que hay hoy en dia ni se acerca a lo que alguna vez fue pokemon, espero que los de nintendo tomen cartas en el asusnto y exijan mejor calidad a pokemon los fans que realmente queremos un buen juego nos merecemos algo mejor y de buena calidad.    … Expand
  26. vip_leaf
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I can't bring my self to play the game.
    The removal of set mode feels so random and unreasonable. People now get punished for wanting a little more challenge in the game. Also the performance and graphics are really bad, even for a switch game.
  27. rodrigosan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    no PT-BR, Disappointing graphics, I'm very disappointed, how can a Billionaire company do such a terrible thing?
  28. Nicorattlesnake
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo mismo de siempre pero peor, paisajes mal logras y simplistas demasiados bugs… Expand
  29. tchusga
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Um vergonha! Uma empresa grande lançar o jogo cheio de bugs, como se estivesse concluido.
    Não estão nem ai para os fãs que compram o game, só qurem lucrar!
    Mais uma vez é evidente que os Fangames feitos por fãs superam e muito os feito pela Game Freak!
  30. Purple_Sylveon
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Incompleto, bugeado, perezoso, hecho a la prisa para vender, un insulto al mundo pokemon y a la propia saga y consola
    Una maldita vergüenza
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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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