Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 755 out of 3197
  2. Mixed: 290 out of 3197
  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. nosplashsl
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing… Expand
  2. Andrez1989
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    De que mierda te sirve ponerle un 2,8 , si el puto juego te va a vender 25 millones de copias , da para pensar.
  3. RedSpruce
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    **** eveyone reveiw bombing this. 10 out of spite & bc it's actually a really good game. sure you glitch into store fronts if you run at them too fast sometimes but that's just funny. and yeah, the lack of level scaling is weird but again, it's funny that i got to beat a titan with pokemon like 20 levels lower then it because meowscarada's signature move is brokenly over powered.
    "It'S    **** eveyone reveiw bombing this. 10 out of spite & bc it's actually a really good game. sure you glitch into store fronts if you run at them too fast sometimes but that's just funny. and yeah, the lack of level scaling is weird but again, it's funny that i got to beat a titan with pokemon like 20 levels lower then it because meowscarada's signature move is brokenly over powered.
    "It'S gOt BaD gRaPhIcS!!"
    who gives a **** about graphics. genuinely name me one person who thinks hyper realism with no flaws is better then funny cartoon style.
    "YoU cAn'T cHaNgE oUt Of ThE sChOoL uNiFoRm!!!"
    it makes sense with the story of being a SCHOOL STUDENT out on what is, essentially, an extra curricular activity/ excursion
    the pokemon themselves, the story, and the personality of the characters are probably better than the last 3 generations combined    … Expand
  4. acsichu
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    How can you make a game so bad after arceus?
    It just shows all you want is our money. Too bad that there are so many Pokemon lovers and bad developers like you. You disrespect us.
  5. Blackbelt2018
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    Definitely needs work but by all means doesn’t deserve a 0. Game freak should start listening to their audience and do better. I’m only giving this score to balance out all the zeroes. It’s still a fun game but it has a ton of technical problems that need to be fixed. Graphics are complete crap and it blows my mind that we’ve actually gone back in time to the N64 days with this game. If IDefinitely needs work but by all means doesn’t deserve a 0. Game freak should start listening to their audience and do better. I’m only giving this score to balance out all the zeroes. It’s still a fun game but it has a ton of technical problems that need to be fixed. Graphics are complete crap and it blows my mind that we’ve actually gone back in time to the N64 days with this game. If I had to give it an actual score, I’d give it a 6.5, maybe a 7. But if it continues in this direction, I will sadly have to say goodbye to the franchise and just remember it for what it once was.… Expand
  6. florbar
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pokémon Legends: Arceus parece GOTY al lado de este juego, aun no me cabe en la cabeza como es posible que saquen un producto con tantos errores a la venta. Una pena, pedí en precompra en la tienda de en linea de Nintendo y estoy arrepentido, pensé que este sería mejor que las ultimas porquerías que han traído, pero no.
  7. Captiosus
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once.It is not an exaggeration when I say I haven't played a game THIS buggy since release day Cyberpunk 2077. That's how bad the bugs, glitches, and performance is of this game. Within the first 20 minutes of starting my game I had NPCs T-posing and A-posing, textures vanishing, Pokemon getting put behind textures, repeat frame drops down to slideshow level, and fell through the world once. It's never gotten bettter. These same bugs have repeated any time I play the game.

    I'm tired of people trying to justify giving the game high scores due to the gameplay loop. The gameplay loop in Cyberpunk 2077 was decent too -- didn't stop the game from being dragged over the coals for being a broken, borderline unplayable, mess of a game. Just like this one. Being Pokemon or being a Nintendo property shouldn't give them a pass. In fact, it should hold them to HIGHER scrutiny.

    This game is broken.
    No amount of occasionally "fun" gameplay will change that fact.
    Don't buy it until it's fixed.    … Expand
  8. Thunder_lord
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    This game is basically a Toby Fox music album that comes with a free video game.

    Also they removed Ninetales, this game is unplayable now.
  9. Tokoshieko
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Can´t understand how people are defending this game, it´s graphical and technical features are the worst, an unfinished product getting praised by diehard pokefans that will make the developer continue on mediocre practices.
    Game don´t get a 0 because of it´s game play.
  10. JairRamirez
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The state in which it came out is simply unacceptable, it's impossible to say that game freak did a good job with the most profitable ip in the world if the performance, the graphics, the animations are terrible, even the game crashes, and the open world doesn't work. The game isn't even worth 30 dollars...
  11. Hgtrauma
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an incredible disservice to fans. Heaping pile of trash. Terrible graphics, glitches everywhere, and last but not least, 63739293737 hours of smashing the A button for mind numbing dialog. Just what I wanted in a POKÉMON GAME. Non stop dialog. Lazy Pokémon designs. Done by infants who have zero passion. Don’t buy this game.… Expand
  12. shiningwolf88
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    This game definitely has its issues. Framerate problems are far from uncommon, and minor glitches for pokemon spawns occur often. But you also get fairly decent open world pokemon game and probably the best storylines ever written for pokemon. Overall a solid game and a promising glimpse for future games.
  13. LuigiCuau
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    PUDO SER EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

    Desde PKM Sun and Moon no tenía tanto hype por un juego de PKM, y bien la espera valió mucho la pena pero a que precio? No se puede negar el bajo rendimiento, pero llevo 35 horas de juego y de momento no me han salido los famosos bugs que están en internet, que, casualmente son los mismo 3, el único bug que he visto es el de la pokeball que se    PUDO SER EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

    Desde PKM Sun and Moon no tenía tanto hype por un juego de PKM, y bien la espera valió mucho la pena pero a que precio? No se puede negar el bajo rendimiento, pero llevo 35 horas de juego y de momento no me han salido los famosos bugs que están en internet, que, casualmente son los mismo 3, el único bug que he visto es el de la pokeball que se queda en el aire cuando intentas capturar uno, pero nada que afecte el juego, mucho menos la partida, por tal motivo no me quejo de los bugs y el bajo rendimiento no hace que mi partida sea injugable, mucho menos los gráficos pues desde los trailers nos mostraron los gráficos del juego.

    El juego lo estoy disfrutando como niño, si bien las cosas malas que tanto se hablan estuvieran bien (poping, rendimiento, sombras y bugs) el juego sin duda sería de 9.5, y la única razón por la que no le doy un 10 es por temas más importantes para mi dentro del juego que de lo que se queja la gente pues reitero, a mi no me han salido.

    LO MALO: en PKM Sword me atyrebo a decir que tiene la mejor customisación de todos los juegos de PKM con la mejor ropa, peinados y más con los que se inluyen en el DLC, por desgracia esta horrible hacer tu personaje en Scarlet, peinados horribles y estás limitado a 4 malditos uniformes, desconozco si te puedes quitar el uniforme terminando el juego, pero de momento no se puede y es molesto pues en Sword puedo decir que el personaje que es un avatar de tí, pude hacer el avatar que se parece más a mi y aquí simplemente no siento esa conexión con el personaje, otro punto negativo es el mapa para ver la localización de un PKM, el nuevo menú es más tedioso, teníamos muchos avances en Arceus y aquí regresamos 2 pasos atrás, espero se corrija y se mejore para futuros juegos.

    Urge que se tenga una junta con The Pokemon Company, Game Freak y Nintendo y que se quede en no sacar un juego por año pues las consecuencias aquí están, si el juego le hubieran dado 8 meses más, no dudo que el juego hubiera salido bien en cuanto al tema de rendimiento y bugs, aún así el juego es de los mejores, tiene tantas cosas que hacer, un grand OST, los temas de la ciudad de la líder de tipo eléctrico o de tipo agua son temas épicos, los PKM ya respetan sus tamaños, los personajes por fin tienen más carisma y son de tu agrado en general y los nuevos PKM puedo darles en general un 8 de 10 en diseños, las ciudades son increíbles y los lugares, una enorme diferencia con Arceus y sobre todo con Sword, puedo decir que Paldea es la mejor región de todas.

    En conclusión, Pokémon da muchos pasos con grandes ideas, primer mundo abierto y mejoras, pero los problemas técnicos le están afectado mucho, tiene todo el dinero para contratar a la gente correcta y que corrigan esos errores que esperemos se puedan hacer en parches.    … Expand
  14. artichitcuth
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Básicamente un juego no acabado con Bugs y a precio de 60$ muy mal Game freak
  15. Garret_Beastman
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game could've been so much more and now it's being blatantly ridiculized on the Internet. Terrible performance issues, a lot of elements in the background running at low FPS, poor rendering and visual quality in general (as usual) and the only salvageable thing is the Gameplay because it's Pokémon of course, but still I'm very disappointed.

    If the Switch is able to handle games    This game could've been so much more and now it's being blatantly ridiculized on the Internet. Terrible performance issues, a lot of elements in the background running at low FPS, poor rendering and visual quality in general (as usual) and the only salvageable thing is the Gameplay because it's Pokémon of course, but still I'm very disappointed.

    If the Switch is able to handle games with the visual quality of Xenoblade, why not implement some of that for Pokémon? Because they're LAZY, that's why,    … Expand
  16. limhi_navarro
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Good game concept, disappointing and horrible performance.
    All of this is unacceptable for a main trademark of Nintendo
  17. AtlasBlueSource
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This thing is horrible, I can't even play, full of bugs, not worth the money
    IT'S UNPLAYABLE, WHAT IS THIS GARBAGE
  18. dharma
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    Wow. What a step back after Arceus. Let's get this out of the way: it is the same old Pokemon, with its addictive loop. But you know that Game Freak is filled with programmers that genuinely struggle to convert these titles to 3-D. This shows this lack of experience in spade. By giving in a more complete 'environment', performance issues, graphical mishaps are prevalent. This is thisWow. What a step back after Arceus. Let's get this out of the way: it is the same old Pokemon, with its addictive loop. But you know that Game Freak is filled with programmers that genuinely struggle to convert these titles to 3-D. This shows this lack of experience in spade. By giving in a more complete 'environment', performance issues, graphical mishaps are prevalent. This is this year's Cyberpunk in term of lack of polish. Too bad as the initial gameplay loop is still as addictive as ever.… Expand
  19. Psycotropico
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Los juegos de la game boy tenían muchísimos mejos bugs, aparte de que muchos diseños de pokemon son deplorables. Y eso que me encanta el pokemon, y lo voy a acabar. Game freak necesita un toque de atención parece,ya que esto semeja una broma con lo que ingrea
  20. koliveiras
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pelo amor de deus a galera não dá valor ao dinheiro MESMO. 300 reais um jogo cheio de bugs e sem nenhum pronunciamento da empresa... muito triste ver a franquia chegar a este estado.
  21. aceeBR
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Multiplayer super fun, but the graphics and performance is trash sadly. It is a disaster technically.
  22. Nycolazs
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Lot of bugs, unplayable
    Pokemon has been part of my life for so long and it just makes me wanna cry to see games like these.
  23. KaittoYT
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Poderia ter sido um grande sucesso, porém só pelo fato da Nintendo ter lançado de qualquer jeito com todo os problemas e bugs do jogo, conseguiu estragar a experiência de todos com esse novo game
  24. LemonMadness
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from    This is embarrassing. Only one Critic out of 47 that voted this game negatively is the clear sign that their vote is meaningless.
    Bugs, glitches, broken animations, low res potato textures, rendering distance stupidly short, frame lagging on anmations that are a couple of steps away from us, random stutters and so on.
    Gameplay wise? The game is insanely easy, a few steps back from Legends Arceus, weird and long pauses during actions that make the gameplay really sluggish, completely empty cities, cannot enter buildings to explore them and the few you can are shops that are either just a menù where you buy stuff, a stupid sandwich shop or a copy-pasted barber shope directly from Sword & Shield (I'm not joking, go look at a barber shop there and compare it with the ones in these games).
    Choice of paths is just an illusion: gym leaders and Pokémon do not scale with your level and you still need badges to make sure your Pokémons don't disobey you, exploration in the "open world" is boring, empty and ugly, dialogues with NPCs are pointless, some of them have bubble texts over their head which, if there are two people talking next to one another, both text boxes clip making it hard and annoying to read, and some don't even have dialogues.
    And I can go on and on.

    I can't even think about positive points about these games in this exact moments. I've never seen a work this embarassing, especially because we're talking about multi-millionaire companies.    … Expand
  25. Ibilaw
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Una absoluta vergüenza, otra vez vendiendo un juego sin terminar que no hay por donde cogerlo
  26. jassa
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    No translation to portuguese-BR? This is a basic stuff! And the game was launched basically as a Beta.
  27. Platypus2649
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Could have been the best game yet. Performance totally ruins the entire experience and makes this game a guaranteed refund.
  28. Leonardo007
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    It's very fun also technically is a trash in performance and graphics can be a lot better but I fan a pokémon this is why my rating
  29. srf5132
    Nov 21, 2022
    8
    Pokemon Violet was overall a fun and engrossing experience, despite some noticeable issues. This review comes after beating the story and catching ~75% of the pokemon in the game, which amounts to the vast majority that are available in just one of the 2 version. The main pokemon I had left to catch were evolutions from past gens that I didn't feel like grinding out. I think that basedPokemon Violet was overall a fun and engrossing experience, despite some noticeable issues. This review comes after beating the story and catching ~75% of the pokemon in the game, which amounts to the vast majority that are available in just one of the 2 version. The main pokemon I had left to catch were evolutions from past gens that I didn't feel like grinding out. I think that based on this I have seen enough to give a fairly balanced apraisal.

    First, the pros:
    * The open world worked well and allowed a lot of freedom without ever feeling overwhelming. There was always something new to do but it never fell into the trap of many open world games of overloading the player with options. * The new pokemon were mostly all pretty good, though there weren't many stand out hits outside of the starters. * The returning pokemon were very good choices and there were hardly any duds. The fact that there were 400 across both games was exciting, and in general most of the new areas it was exciting to find out what pokemon you were going to run into.
    * The tera system is interesting and should make for some exciting competetive games. * Random battles are gone. This may be a con for some, but it really makes filling in the pokedex much more fun and rewarding imo.
    * There were some decently challenging battles. Obviously this series isn't know for its difficulty, but I think in a nuzzlelock or perma death run this game might offer some interesting challenges.
    * The graphics worked well. They weren't the next step forward in realism, but they handle the scenes and pokemon well, and seeing the various emotions and movements of the pokemon is truly a joy. It amazes me that they make so many different characters all have individual flairs and neat quirks.
    * The world was fun to traverse, once you've unlocked some movement items. This is a must for any open world game and largely works here, much better than I expected tbh.

    The cons:
    * Did have a few crashes, especially seemed to happen when walking into buildings.
    * Performance was bad at times, but I dont think I had nearly as many issues as I hear reported. Note that I played this docked on a first gen switch and it was smooth most of the time. The main exceptions were some late game areas when a lot of things were on screen at once, and also in the water. However, if you can live with the ocassional choppy frames, it wasn't really worse than virtually any other game I have played at release in recent memory, and the game is still playable with little issue.
    * The story is not what you're here for, but still pretty aweful. It is hard to write kids game stories that have real impact, but even compared to many of the other games in the series, this one is pretty bad. * The school idea was sort of neat, and it felt like they wanted relationship building like in persona, but that all fell pretty flat.
    * The raid battles are pretty bad. I didn't like these in sword and shield, and they aren't improved here. Thankfully you can largely ignore these.
    * The late game is a bit disapointing. This is honestly probably my biggest issue with the game right now. Obviously you can fill your pokedex and redo gyms, but there's just not much with any meat to it. This is something that pokemon has struggled with a lot recently. The high point of the series on this subject I would put at gold/silver, where you got essentially an entire extra pokemon quest to go on. I'm not sure what the ultimate solution would be for this, but it would just be nice to have an adventure where you have a fully powerful team but still have lots of places left to explore with new pokemon in them. Perhaps we will get something to fulfil this in dlc in a few months, but for now its pretty paltry.

    So, there you have it. i would say that if you like pokemon games you will probably like this one. It improves on the series in interesting and fun ways, but it is still a pokemon game at heart. If you can overlook a few issues, some of which may be adjusted in the not too distant future, then there are many hours of fun to be had here.    … Expand
  30. adzz58
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    To the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. TheTo the players giving this a 10/10, you're the reason Gamefreak keeps pumping out these rushed, badly optimized Pokemon games. We as gamers need to stand up, this is unacceptable. The performance at release is something we should not tolerate, with a bland, open world game design that does nothing to immerse the players in its world with all the hitches and lack of graphical fidelity. The die-hard fans need to wake up and hold Gamefreak to account over this mess. I'd rather wait a few years for a Pokemon game they've had the time to truly work on, rather than the cash grab we have here. Come on Pokemon fans, you deserve better.… Expand
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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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