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. mcc1387
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Cómo es posible que un juego exclusivo esté tan mal optimizado???? solo tenían que desarrollar para una sola plataforma y no lo hicieron
  2. Tomahawk31
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    The new gameplay mechanics and open world aspects are ruined by terrible performance on the Switch, and a clear disregard for the fan base that has made this IP as popular as it is. There is no excuse, except corporate greed, as to why this game released in the state that it did. Gamefreak needs to hire more, and better developers to utilize the hardware and stabilize an otherwiseThe new gameplay mechanics and open world aspects are ruined by terrible performance on the Switch, and a clear disregard for the fan base that has made this IP as popular as it is. There is no excuse, except corporate greed, as to why this game released in the state that it did. Gamefreak needs to hire more, and better developers to utilize the hardware and stabilize an otherwise innovative game in the franchise.… Expand
  3. Linebeckk
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Why doesn't the most lucrative entertainment franchise on the planet invest in making a polished game? The amount of problems this game presents is unbelievable.
  4. Anonymous_47
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This game has so much potential to be great but is bogged down by bugs and performance issues. Hopefully when gen 10 comes around they refine and expand on what they did on this game on top of actually polishing/ testing the game instead of rushing out for the holidays. You can tell the game is fun but it gets unbearable quite a bit with constant frame drops, GAME CRASHES ON ME 4 TIMES,This game has so much potential to be great but is bogged down by bugs and performance issues. Hopefully when gen 10 comes around they refine and expand on what they did on this game on top of actually polishing/ testing the game instead of rushing out for the holidays. You can tell the game is fun but it gets unbearable quite a bit with constant frame drops, GAME CRASHES ON ME 4 TIMES, and horrendous loading issues.… Expand
  5. Saoytbh
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Legit, This game is HORRIBLE. Buggy mess, ugly graphics, AWFUL glitches and empty world.
    After the game crashed for the second time i was legit done.

    If you are looking for an actually god game, play God of War: Ragnarok or Sonic Frontiers
  6. Stevenkls
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Leider hat sich meine Vermutung bestätigt. Ich hab das Spiel nun durchgespielt und muss leider sagen dass ich vom technischen Aspekte sehr enttäuscht bin von dem gehen. Die neuen Pokémon sind sehr cool. Die Geschichte und deren Umsetzung ist auch ziemlich akzeptabel. Was halt leider am meisten stört und das zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch das ganze Spiel ist die Grafik oder besserLeider hat sich meine Vermutung bestätigt. Ich hab das Spiel nun durchgespielt und muss leider sagen dass ich vom technischen Aspekte sehr enttäuscht bin von dem gehen. Die neuen Pokémon sind sehr cool. Die Geschichte und deren Umsetzung ist auch ziemlich akzeptabel. Was halt leider am meisten stört und das zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch das ganze Spiel ist die Grafik oder besser gesagt der ganze technische Aspekt. Bitte GameFreak nutzt euer Geld und steckt da ordentlich mal was rein es kann nicht sein dass hier so ein Spiegel raus bringt… Expand
  7. Ivann09
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    People who keep saying bugs and glitches are not a real problem and don't influence the experience, are either just liars or too fanboys. the game runs truly embarassing. The experience is ruined a lot. Framedrop is constant, even in the buildings (the few you can explore). Beside these huge problems, it is a big step back from legends of arceus. No graphic innovation, no better quality ofPeople who keep saying bugs and glitches are not a real problem and don't influence the experience, are either just liars or too fanboys. the game runs truly embarassing. The experience is ruined a lot. Framedrop is constant, even in the buildings (the few you can explore). Beside these huge problems, it is a big step back from legends of arceus. No graphic innovation, no better quality of game, buildings and exploration very poor. Trust me, this game is like a legal robbery. You could think i am exagerating, but i am not, believe me.… Expand
  8. Mekarayzor
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Game Freak en a plus rien a foutre de finir c est jeu , aurait pus faire un truc bien mais nn
  9. PasImpressed
    Nov 22, 2022
    6
    The good: Ost pretty neat, being able to shape your MC however you like regardless of gender is nice, Non-League stories being pretty neat, Nemona kicks ass.
    The bad: Performance is trash, why taking out set mode? Why isn't there a toggle off for exp share, why only four outfits? Why only school outfits?
    GameFreak, stop being stubborn and ask Monolith to show you how it's done.    The good: Ost pretty neat, being able to shape your MC however you like regardless of gender is nice, Non-League stories being pretty neat, Nemona kicks ass.
    The bad: Performance is trash, why taking out set mode? Why isn't there a toggle off for exp share, why only four outfits? Why only school outfits?
    GameFreak, stop being stubborn and ask Monolith to show you how it's done.

    GameFreak has been relying on Pokemon's success to handwave their own issues. You only need to look at Little Town Hero to know just how far the Pokemon name is carrying them through their own dare I say incompetence. As it is, despite this being their fourth switch game, they are still going at game development as if they were on the 3DS. And there is no excusing that. Stubbornly refusing to change their model, to expand from the small familial studio, refusing to try and learn how 3D development is supposed to work and refusing to ask help from people that know what they're doing is killing Pokemon. Not on a sales way unfortunately but quality wise. While I'm hoping the reviews will be the kick in the butt GameFreak needs, I'm not holding my breath.    … Expand
  10. WindFantom
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Another cash out on the nostalgia.It is an embarrassment to release this kind of game in 2022.I am a huge fan of the franchise,have all the pokemon games since Yellow...pokemon Violet/Scarlet made me say,no more.It took a tremendous amount of mental effort to sit through the first couple of hours.It so freakin slow!!!Every movement animation its just a joke..the whole game is a completeAnother cash out on the nostalgia.It is an embarrassment to release this kind of game in 2022.I am a huge fan of the franchise,have all the pokemon games since Yellow...pokemon Violet/Scarlet made me say,no more.It took a tremendous amount of mental effort to sit through the first couple of hours.It so freakin slow!!!Every movement animation its just a joke..the whole game is a complete joke.Game developers should be punished for releasing a game so raw and broken.… Expand
  11. Psimaster33
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    This game, gameplay wise, blows every other 3D pokemon game out of the water, and is currently the best Pokemon game on the Switch. No longer is the game a linear snoozefest that interrupts the player every 2 seconds for some exposition dump about a poorly written story. After the tutorial you can actually go anywhere you want and focus on collecting pokemon and building your team. Sadly,This game, gameplay wise, blows every other 3D pokemon game out of the water, and is currently the best Pokemon game on the Switch. No longer is the game a linear snoozefest that interrupts the player every 2 seconds for some exposition dump about a poorly written story. After the tutorial you can actually go anywhere you want and focus on collecting pokemon and building your team. Sadly, it's obvious this game should have had at least 1 year more development time. This is by far the most unpolished Pokemon game I've ever played. The camera often clips through the game world, the game looks bad and the performance is poor. If the performance problems weren't there I would easily give this game an 8.… Expand
  12. Alejandrooooo9
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    So nice gameplay. A shaming graphics and FPS. I dont understand how gamefreak released a game in this state. Unplayable, not for the gameplay, but for the incomplete state of the game
  13. Muna21
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The fact that this game was launched in this state and with a full price is embarrassing.
    Set aside the 2005 graphics, and the barely acceptable animations, the game has very little to offer.
    The region of Paldea is incredibly sterile: there is almost no indoor spaces, even in the big city int he middle of the region. NPCs have nothing to add tot he depth of the world, dialogues and    The fact that this game was launched in this state and with a full price is embarrassing.
    Set aside the 2005 graphics, and the barely acceptable animations, the game has very little to offer.
    The region of Paldea is incredibly sterile: there is almost no indoor spaces, even in the big city int he middle of the region. NPCs have nothing to add tot he depth of the world, dialogues and lines mean absolutely nothing. Animations of the characters are barely acceptable.
    If the artistic direction is problematic, well, the optimisation of the game in the console is unacceptable. The game struggles a lot: frame rate drops drastically in the most randome moments, characters/props and pokemon flickers constantly, and the animations of what's on the map is so slow that it looks like you're playing a stop motion videogame.
    I am shocked at all the journalists and critics that gave a score higher than 4 to this game.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. omovri
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    It came out incomplete. Its litterally unplayable and none can tell me otherwise,this game needed more developing time and they just wanted to be on schedule. I am disgusted by how my favourite childhood game became trash
  19. A_Dragk202
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    The game itself is very good, but the only criticism is its terrible and horrible FPS fluency, Game Freak should solve this as soon as possible, and assured that the game will have a better review
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  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. 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.
  26. rodrigosan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    no PT-BR, Disappointing graphics, I'm very disappointed, how can a Billionaire company do such a terrible thing?
  27. 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
  28. 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!
  29. ErickCT
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Embarrassing, too many bugs and lagging a lot. Really disappointed, as I was really excited to play this new game. As a Pokémon fan, I don't ask for perfect graphics or a deep story... mons are amazing for what they are. Yet, Scarlet and Violet are simply too bad.
  30. Gunyi
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego no es mal juego es entretenido y diria que es el mejor juego de pokemons a la fecha, pero, el gran problema que tiene que esta roto en rendimiento caidas de fps escandalosas una cantidad de bug que le hace compertencia a ubisoft y eso arruina mucho la experiencia. si lees esto gamefreak mejora o renuncia porque estas arruinando la saga… 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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