Pokemon Scarlet

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3197 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,152 out of 3197
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  1. SomeGuy7000
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    It kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 yearsIt kills me how close game freak keeps getting to a fantastic pokemon game. Arceus made so many excellent steps forward, the open world, quick catching, the traversal, and the story being a bit more unique. Scarlet and violet removed the quick catch completely, the traversal is worse with the removal of the flight ability, and most of the story is the same as its been for the past 20 years kid get their first pokemon and a week later they are the strongest on the continent and did some insane feat. The giant pokemon fights from Arceus that had unique boss mechanics are gone they are now just normal fights with big pokemon. They have also gone back to the duel game releases where there's about 5% of unique content locked away in each version, and again you cannot get all pokemon for the dex without either owning both games or trading with other people, which was very welcomed in Arceus. Then there's the performance, my god it's so bad. I would constantly have to restart my game every 30-45 minutes because my games fps would just drop to the point it would just be a slide show, which at times would give me a headache to just look at, and the game isn't exactly pushing the graphics department even for the switch.
    It's not all terrible there have been some changes and additions that I did enjoy. The new auto-battling was good and I regularly used it. The storyline for Arven was good and gave me the motivation to finish it. The world does have more buildings and structures in the open world which is a step up from arceus, but should still be improved in the future.
    Then there's the stuff that was a good idea on paper but needed to be fleshed out more. The school system could have been really cool if they made the system deeper and centered the story more around being a student, at some point, I just completely ignored ever going to the school it never mattered. I liked the idea of the school bullying storyline for the bullies was a good idea but they just didn't get enough development time for the characters, the sections for the auto-battling got boring really fast too. The idea of the great crater was cool but i wish there was more of those ancient pokemon. The last bit of the story with Arven's mom was interesting but I wish more of the game utilized and spent more time with it.
    I can tell the devs at game freak are trying to get creative with the pokemon games but they just don't have enough time and or devs to get it done. It's still a pokemon game and if you like pokemon I'm sure you're still going to enjoy it but for me, there are just too many systems that were great in previous games that got removed coupled with the absolutely horrible performance the best I can give it is a 4. Let's just hope the devs are given the resources needed to make the next pokemon game even better.    … Expand
  2. Hugo1919
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Just not s finished game. Just a money grab. Play a old game you will have more fps on your Gameboy color
  3. Spoon6ix
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Terrible looking game, a lot of pop in terrible frame rate, the game looks horrible on a graphical standpoint
  4. masterrcb
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    Core gameplay is fun. but performance and visuals is not. For a Multi million franchise, GameFreak as developer is LAZY.
  5. Raxhanto
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    honestly its a shame. the game could be really good. for a main title it has lots of new features, but unfortunately its overshadowed by massive performance issues a huge amount of bugs and glitches and a really bland looking overworld. the switch is not a powerful console, but we know how good games can look despite its hardware limitations. we can only pray that in future installments,honestly its a shame. the game could be really good. for a main title it has lots of new features, but unfortunately its overshadowed by massive performance issues a huge amount of bugs and glitches and a really bland looking overworld. the switch is not a powerful console, but we know how good games can look despite its hardware limitations. we can only pray that in future installments, pokemon company will give game freak the necessary time to make sure everything works, because this half-finished product is the biggest disappointment ever in my opinion.… Expand
  6. Googa
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    A terrible wreck of a game that proves that GameFreak doesn't have to try, anymore. They can put out literal garbage, and the shills will gladly pay for that garbage!
  7. Baltzer
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    Again Game Freak shows they are LAZY and unable to create a good game. Pokemon S/V looks and feels like some amateur-made mod to another game. Looks really bad. Very bad storyline, bad co-op, and bad multiplayer. The world feels empty with a poor environment in cities and no voice in dialogues. Don't get me wrong... it is playable, but currently, should not be sold anywhere till they atAgain Game Freak shows they are LAZY and unable to create a good game. Pokemon S/V looks and feels like some amateur-made mod to another game. Looks really bad. Very bad storyline, bad co-op, and bad multiplayer. The world feels empty with a poor environment in cities and no voice in dialogues. Don't get me wrong... it is playable, but currently, should not be sold anywhere till they at least fix performance issues. Gave 3, not 0-1, because there are some good ideas like crafting TMs, finally open world... but almost every other aspect of the game is BAD. Honestly, no one should believe any review above 5/10.… Expand
  8. Bent3ndo
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Pokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP withPokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP with respect, and more importantly treat its fanbase with respect. Scarlet and Violet are no exception to this opinion. If anything, the issues presented this time around are WORSE than what people criticised with Arceus' arrival at the start of the same year.

    Game Freak are not only too small a team to be expected to deliver the content asked of them, but their release schedule is far too crammed to deliver the quality of games expected of what should be the slickest, most polished looking gaming franchise there is out there.

    The Pokemon Company need to pull their act together and provide Game Freak with the budget, team and time that these modern Pokemon titles need. Otherwise people can expect less and less quality from these bigger and bigger titles as time goes on.

    Pokemon deserves better, we deserve better.    … Expand
  9. shin777
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Just return to the 2D games, games below 60 fps should be illegal right now and this one runs below 20.
    And stop making open worlds games, they are so empty and boring, nobody likes open worlds games since 2020.
    Plus all the bugs it have
  10. Redman89
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    First the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is notFirst the frame rate and lag are chaotic. If you liked getting in houses that’s no longer in game. Everyone now lives on their garden and stores are just like pages to buy stuff. Textures are not even made with crayons, and the trees grass, and Pokemon sizes do not get along. It’s sad to see how one of the most biggest franchises (if not the first one) gives such a poor game that is not even to improve the deficits of the previous (Sword & Shield) and is not a match for Arceus who was a fresh sight for a open world Pokemon game.… Expand
  11. Magoo_o
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon,Despite enjoying this game, there are glaring issues that must be addressed, especially from such a large company. This game was released with immense quality issues (terrible FPS, lack in quality of life, constant glitches, a pokeball sitting in middle of rooms and multiple cutscenes) that made the game unplayable in some regards. The company utilized the nostalgia and love for Pokemon, and released this game knowing full well that many would purchase it, knowing full well how terrible the quality was.

    Like I said I enjoyed this game. I liked the character interactions and design, music, and overall open world options available (despite them being rather inflexible). However, it must be said that a transition to the open-world genre is no excuse for the quality of this title. Quantity has been put over quality time and time again, and it's important to call such out rather than letting enjoyment override the lack of quality from a company so large and wealthy. Please do better.    … Expand
  12. MIDAS3000
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games than solo developers.
    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop. Whilst the aging Switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and    There's no excuse for a switch game to look this bad. This is a billion dollar company making worse looking games than solo developers.
    Characters and animations often move at a robotic 3fps, clipping, pop ins, stuttering, pausing between actions, ugly textures, wonky camera - and it happens non-stop. Whilst the aging Switch hardware is a limitation, there many other better looking and more expansive games that run way better than this.    … Expand
  13. cpluspluscrowe
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The game lag is severe and requires me to run the game at 720 and restart it every hour to mitigate the lag. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan but this game is tough to play. Shame on Game Freak for releasing such an unpolished game.
  14. GustaVoss
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's    I created this account just to rate this game, and as a pokemon fan since gen 3, I am really disappointed.
    I did like the school system with grades and the teacher bonding, but (in this game everything has a but) it's shallow, like there's almost no reward in taking classes and answering correctly the questions or maximizing the bond level.
    I like the city, it's huge and gorgeous, but it's empty: it lacks interesting NPC and houses you can enter.
    I'm not even talking about the system issues here, which are, alone, absurd.
    We, as fans and gamers, need to value our money we can't let these big companies deliver something like this with full price.    … Expand
  15. xsaliva
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Bad user experience. Too many bugs and glitches. Even though the game is beautiful and fun it definitely need an update. Very very bad and full of lag
  16. cyphus6
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    disappointing in almost every way, and impressive in none. This is just another cash-grab for the new generation. Quality and content was peak at Ultra Sun/Moon, and I'd rather those graphics any day than deal with the performance and pace of this
  17. elpoff
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    I can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets onI can't even really come up with anything good to say about this game. It runs so horribly it feels like playing an alpha version of a game before release. I'd be embarrassed if I released a game in this state. On another note, the music is AWFUL most of the time, and I had to literally turn it off as it can be very obnoxious at times. The graphics are also horrendous, I've seen assets on the N64 that look better, which is absurd. Half of the npcs/pokemon run at 1 fps and look like a literal walking slideshow when they get more than 3ft away from you, and even some of them at the forefront of literal cutscenes have the same issue. Scarlet/Violet feels like a big downgrade from Arceus, but at least the gameplay in Arceus was smooth and it ran higher than 5fps. I wish GameFreak actually wanted to make great games instead of doing the BARE MINIMUM and just raking in all the cash they can from pokemon fans. I keep seeing reviews saying the story is amazing and maybe I'm just crazy, but I have no idea how they feel that way. The story is about as MEH as you could imagine, copy/paste from the previous games with a school added where you can take classes. The Terastal feature is also very meh/cringe in my opinion and to save time I just avoid it since the game already runs in slow motion most of the time. Even when the game doesn't run slow, the combat and ALL other actions are unnecessarily slow and drawn out. Throwing out a pokemon to fight takes forever and it will flash in and out as it appears before finally starting the battle. The quick battle feature, which I do like, alleviates this somewhat but I typically enjoy the battles in most pokemon games so it sucks that I can't even enjoy that this time around. In Arceus it seemed so much smoother when throwing out pokemon and pokeballs. Overall this game feels like they took Sword/Shield and made it into a really crappy sequel to save time and money. The pokemon animations are better than sword/shield at least, but it's really sad if that's one of the few positive things I can say about the game. Gonna try to enjoy the game but it just isn't anywhere near as good as it should be and I'm tired of that being the case so often with the pokemon series. Good luck and be wary of all the reviews giving this game 10/10, they are ABSOLUTELY out of their mind if they think it is even close to being that good. If they enjoy it and love the game that's totally fine, but everyone keeps trying to ignore all of these huge issues and that is why GameFreak doesn't have to care if their games are good or not. People keep saying it's getting unfairly review bombed, but in my opinion the poor reviews are completely merited. Currently it is sitting around a 2.9 user score which I think is a pretty fair rating honestly.… Expand
  18. kevingod
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I am sorry, even though I have some fun with it, I cannot justify the price point with the level quality of what you get.
    Especially knowing full well how much it would sell.
  19. TrumpFan420
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    A disgrace to the fans. The highest-grossing media franchise in history with over $100 billion in revenue, $00s of millions in profit every year for TPC and this is the best they have. This is a good pre-alpha test at best. Should have had another 2-3 years of development, more (and better skilled) programmers, and a much higher budget. Do better.
  20. MrRedNemesis
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    This game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games whenThis game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games when they can get rich with things like this. This game is an insult and every 10/10 review is another dirt shovel on the coffin of the pokemon franchise.… Expand
  21. GyovannyGandra
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    How can be possible the biggest entertainment franchise in the world make a terrible game like this?
    All the budget they have, they could`ve make an amazing game, not just this one, but last games look terrible as well. Actually indie creators make better games with away less budget them Game Freak.
    Game Freak is a shame. However the saddest thing is all **** game they do people buy and    How can be possible the biggest entertainment franchise in the world make a terrible game like this?
    All the budget they have, they could`ve make an amazing game, not just this one, but last games look terrible as well. Actually indie creators make better games with away less budget them Game Freak.
    Game Freak is a shame. However the saddest thing is all **** game they do people buy and they make loads of profits with that, cause some people are blind and defend Game Freak...    … Expand
  22. Lcromelin
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Horrible game, horrible graphics the scaling of progession makes 0 sense definitely not worth $60
  23. kaioser
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. wow what a game? they failed to deliver yet again. graphics and performance issues.… Expand
  24. Kenmei
    Dec 5, 2022
    3
    It's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the gameIt's frankly a shame that Nintendo allowed this game to release in the state that it did because it had the potential to be the best Pokemon game of all time. The open world stuff is pretty nice and the branching stories was something that was at least a little more unique in comparison to past games with only the 8 gyms and that's it. Plus the story gets pretty dark by the end of the game that caught me by surprise. However this game is almost unplayable due to how it runs and the sheer number of glitches and bugs the game has. Even outside of that, the changes to all the new online components in raids makes me not want to touch any sort of online component whatsoever, especially since playing those raids solo is not only very doable but very much preferred as there's not a crazy new form to find here as the Tera forms are probably the worst gameplay inclusion I've seen in these games since the Z-Moves. I really wanted to like this game and put as many hundreds of hours into it shiny hunting and raiding like I did with Sword and Shield but, now that I completed the pokedex, I can no longer find the drive to continue playing this game like I did previously. These games need a crazy amount of bug fixing and optimizing for it to run properly on outdated hardware and I really hope they focus on that before trying to release any sort of DLC that will also be ruined by the technical problem.… Expand
  25. Lucasmduarte
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I'm sorry but until they patch this game it is getting 0 from me!! Such a massive step down!! Fully messy crash grab! 120 Billion franchise!!
  26. x3rx3s
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    An incomplete, technical mess. Actually insulating that they released the game in this state. The gameplay is ok, but it's really hard to ignore all the stuttering and glitches.
  27. TimmoUK
    Nov 24, 2022
    8
    Technical issues aside the game is worth playing with fun gameplay and a great open world.
  28. Anomen
    Nov 24, 2022
    4
    This is not an acceptable state for a game to be released in, even less for the highest-grossing franchise of all time. There are more bugs than there is game, the enviroments look worse than those from most 1st year student projects.

    Lately, this series has become Game Freak's experiment to see what percentage of **** they are allowed serve onto the fans' plates without harming sales    This is not an acceptable state for a game to be released in, even less for the highest-grossing franchise of all time. There are more bugs than there is game, the enviroments look worse than those from most 1st year student projects.

    Lately, this series has become Game Freak's experiment to see what percentage of **** they are allowed serve onto the fans' plates without harming sales and, considering it broke the sales récord again, the answer is 100%.    … Expand
  29. maurofmferrao
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, but it's impossible!

    Game design is a massive step back from Arceus, and graphically is one of the worst games I have seen on Switch, a visual mess. Please Nintendo fix this game, it's an embarrassment...
  30. asso21
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Ever since tge first pokemon on gameboy i wished to have an open world esperience an almost 30 years later this is what we get. Shame on game freak for even thinking this game was done. Shame on nintendo for publishing it, and shame on me for buying this crap. Do yourself a favor and ask for a refund. Money is the only language these people understand
  31. Versalador
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    I did everything in my power to like the game, I even made like 15 videos explaining everything about the game...

    But you can't, you simply can't ignore how insulting the gameplay and NPC design is.
  32. Daitya
    Dec 6, 2022
    10
    This game make me feel like a kid again. The new pokedex, open world, gym leaders, Team Star, music... The best pokemon game in years.
  33. Be3nj
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Pokemon urgently needs to get out of Gamefreak's hands, this game is pure trash!!
  34. Cronodougs
    Nov 24, 2022
    5
    Pokemon Legends Arceus even with its problems is a masterpiece close to that, deserving reviews between 7 to 8. Scarlet & Violet have constant stutters, fps 15~20, bad rendering distance, poorly applied textures, empty world AND FULL OF BUGS! A $60 game for those competitive crybabies where quality doesn't matter. Where do fanboys think something like this deserves an 80~100? XenobladePokemon Legends Arceus even with its problems is a masterpiece close to that, deserving reviews between 7 to 8. Scarlet & Violet have constant stutters, fps 15~20, bad rendering distance, poorly applied textures, empty world AND FULL OF BUGS! A $60 game for those competitive crybabies where quality doesn't matter. Where do fanboys think something like this deserves an 80~100? Xenoblade Chronicles 3 destroys this game.… Expand
  35. jokingSammy
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    No time or effort was put into this title. Absolute hot trash. Gone are the good old days of Pokemon. Creature design is poor and as a game this doesn't even run. I've played ios games design to steal my money that play better than this. Who cares though, this game will go on and make millions, who cares about the fans?
  36. Vestherian
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are an embarrassment to the series.

    This is by far the most disappointing Pokemon game to date taking several steps back from the features and quality previous games kept increasing. I spent over 100 hours so far playing Scarlet so I made sure i wasnt going to give out a knee jerk reaction review but not much from my first impressions have changed over time.    Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are an embarrassment to the series.

    This is by far the most disappointing Pokemon game to date taking several steps back from the features and quality previous games kept increasing.
    I spent over 100 hours so far playing Scarlet so I made sure i wasnt going to give out a knee jerk reaction review but not much from my first impressions have changed over time.
    Cons WAY outweight the Pros.

    Shop and Houses interiors are gone. So is chatting with 90% of NPC. No exploring and chatting with villagers.
    No forced trainer fights. I know this is a bit controversial but I do believe that forced fights are required in some scenarios to give a sense of accomplishment. I still think of the bridge with 5 trainer fights and at the end you get a gold nugget, big reward at the time, plus being able to go visit the professor.
    Stuttering, Lagging and even Crashing during the entirety of my time playing. Whether it's exploring or even mid fight!!
    The world itself is empty and soulless. It feels like they've made it open world JUST for the gimmick but didn't think at filling the world with any valuable things to do. The only things to do is catch pokemon and pick up junk off the floor.
    Most animations are missing or just lazy. There are a few fight animations that are cool and impressive, like the terastilization crystal effect. But a lot of the moves have a generic animation that feels completely unrewarding. For example a Shadow Slash; a little twirl of dust and thats it. Using items have basically no animation at all.
    Everything that's about 10 feet away from you runs at 5fps.
    Terastilization gimmick is terrible. I can see why it would be fun for competitive play but when compared to Gigas and Megas, it's LAZY. They've modeled a "Hat" for each element and that's basically the effect. Your pokemon gets a hat. Compared to the impressive and cool variances in design you get with megas and gigas, it's the worst and the most lazy gimmick to date.
    For the past few games the "Evil" groups have been becoming weird and unimaginative. In SwSh it was just a group of punks. And this game took it further and made it a high school gang. Not to mention the story around them and the boss/team designs is unimpressive. They should go back to evil groups destroying the world where your help actually mattered instead of trying to make some social commentary about school bullying.
    Clothes? They don't exist. AT ALL. You're stuck with an ugly orange pants or shorts. This when compared to SwSh's AMAZING customization, they basically got rid of the entire feature. And it's a big shame considering Scar/Vi probably has the best multiplayer system in pokemon to date.
    Gyms don't even have interiors! Nor do they have trainer battles for the most part and there aren't any puzzles either. Instead this time around they decided to add weird challenges, i.e quick time event test, or Where's waldo. Bring back the exciting, varied Gym interiors with custom music, puzzles to get to the leader and trainer fights.
    NPC and Pokemon disappear in a very inconsistent manner. As soon as they're off camera, they could disappear entirely. I cross a couple in town and turn around? They aren't there anymore, nowhere to be found. Same for pokemon, and it makes for a horrible experience.
    The new UI, especially the Battle UI is just horrendous and inconsistent. Mid fight you need to wait a minute during moves before you can see the enemy pokemon's health or how many pokemons the trainer has left.
    The AI, LITERALLY, CHEATS. And it's obvious too. If you swap a pokemon mid fight, they will instantly change their usual move they used for the past 3 turns and switch to what's needed to be super effective on your new surprise pokemon. Also affected when using Zoroark in illusion form.
    Pokedex is ugly but more important, tedious to use. Especially when trying to fill the pokedex and trying to see where they spawn. It gives you a bunch of blocks on the map but you can't put markers, it just lets you try to guess.
    The multiplayer has crashes, simple as that.
    Map zoom out doesn't let you zoom in and out where you want. It resets every time.
    Raids are confusing and also a guaranteed catch? Tera doesn't feel as impressive as Gigas.
    No Badges or much customization on your player card.
    Elite Four is in a single, lazy blue room. And the Gym leaders/Elite Four themselves are pretty badly designed too.
    During the game you get random heals, this ruins the challenge and doesn't make sense, especially when it's not mentioned in the cut scene.
    Berry Trees and farming is gone.

    All in all Scarlet doesn't even feel like a real pokemon game. It feels like a fan made game that was made in a month. It's still fun in a simple mindless, fill the pokedex way. But it's FAR from matching expectations from Pokemon. Can't even trust Pokemon, they've released it unfinished like the rest of the industry.    … Expand
  37. Swampert_Tube
    Dec 9, 2022
    10
    Had a lot of fun with the game despite its glitches, it was still really fun!
  38. 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
  39. jpaulmosaurietX
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No se si nintendo o la compania fue la encargada pero este juego no devio salir en estado… Expand
  40. Handgames
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    You can have a good time playing it, but sadly It's so ugly and full of bugs.
  41. 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.
  42. s0und0fdeath
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    IDK where to begin. How can a game be so ambitious yet so bad. How can you go from arceus to this. Let's begin, First and foremost the sever frame stuttering and frame drops persist through the entirety of the game. It never goes away it never gets better. The game can choke up loading assets and actually crash. Both me and my friend i have been playing alongside have had this exact issueIDK where to begin. How can a game be so ambitious yet so bad. How can you go from arceus to this. Let's begin, First and foremost the sever frame stuttering and frame drops persist through the entirety of the game. It never goes away it never gets better. The game can choke up loading assets and actually crash. Both me and my friend i have been playing alongside have had this exact issue happen. Where he had it happen 3 times in a row in the same area to the point he cant even enter the area so he just flat out avoids that whole section of the game. Menus are incredibly slow to the point it can feel as if it froze sometimes. The MASSIVE amount of visual bugs and technical bugs like falling through the floor or Pokemon walking through trees and npc's walking through battles inside the city areas. Lets talk about game design next. The game feels absolutely barren. How could you take a step backwards after arceus textures got worse than sword and shield for crying out loud. There are parts of the game that genuinely look like N64 level graphics on top of every area just feeling so bland and generic. Everything visual in the game feels like it was rushed out the door so they could work on the next thing to make them money. And its a shame because this game has plenty of good things going for it. Like the story is actually decent, the open world battling and seeing which pokemon are around to battle is cool. The new raids are cool with improvements since sword and shield.

    Overall i cant give this game even a 1 for score. Its so technically bad and choppy that it feels like it was an unfinished mess coming out from the studio. Lets just say Cyberpunk 2.0. Except we all know gamefreaks wont touch or patch the game whatsoever.    … Expand
  43. cloudstrife2812
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    gráficos horríveis, bugs eternos e principalmente NÃO TEM LINGUAGEM/LEGENDA PT-BR.
  44. HaironHeron
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The performance issues are unreal. No game should have them this badly. Mechanically the game has been made worse (roughly 15-20 seconds to switch Pokemon in battle).

    The open world needs to scaled with you rather than set in stone. Breeding is worse. The few good points really don't make up for it's shortcomings. Which are many. Sad really it's a lot of untapped potential. If you want    The performance issues are unreal. No game should have them this badly. Mechanically the game has been made worse (roughly 15-20 seconds to switch Pokemon in battle).

    The open world needs to scaled with you rather than set in stone. Breeding is worse. The few good points really don't make up for it's shortcomings. Which are many. Sad really it's a lot of untapped potential. If you want open world pokemon grab Arceus they did a much better job with it.    … Expand
  45. marcelcrc
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Vou comprar o jogo, mas é uma vergonha para uma empresa desse porte e com o tamanho do público que ela tem no Brasil, não se dar ao trabalho de colocar uma tradução para PT-BR no jogo e olha que esse jogo nem demanda dublagem, é só tradução de texto, repito, é uma vergonha e um descaso com o consumidor BR.
  46. Eman2550
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    A buggy unfinished mess it should be fixed and patched and and the companies should give more time like at least 5 years
  47. Skull_Kidq
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    This game released at horrible stating that isn’t even that fun it horrible
  48. kogasa
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Toby Fox made songs for the game, and some character/Pokemon designs are pretty good. That's about the only positive things I can say for this game. It has substandard quality in every other aspect and absolutely not worth the $60 price tag. Not recommended.
  49. TyranrBr
    Nov 24, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bugs, mal otimização, problemas generalizados de renderização, mais bugs.
    O jogo, história, roteiro são ótimos, porém a parte técnica mais do que deixa a desejar. Chega a ser frustrante e irritante.    … Expand
  50. Fouedo66
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Le jeu est buggué a mort, quasiment injouable et franchement le design des Pokémon est vraiment limite pour certains
  51. Freesca
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    This is just bad.
    Bugs and glitches are the tip of the iceberg (or the bottom of the avalugg)
    Presented as a free open world but actually there's no scaling at all, even badges have the classic predetermined order. The world building is inexistent: cities are cosmic void, world terraformed by a 5 years old kid, even Pokémons are placed here and there with dice with near zero ambient    This is just bad.
    Bugs and glitches are the tip of the iceberg (or the bottom of the avalugg)
    Presented as a free open world but actually there's no scaling at all, even badges have the classic predetermined order.
    The world building is inexistent: cities are cosmic void, world terraformed by a 5 years old kid, even Pokémons are placed here and there with dice with near zero ambient interactions.
    Nobody wants a complex realistic graphic for Pokémon, just a good one; there are some exceptions (like the grass) but the overall is disgusting.
    The Pokémon formula keep working well but these games add nothing to that.
    Game freak plz stap    … Expand
  52. SkateWitches
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    Easily the worst pokemon game to date, insufficient on every front, fights are embarrassingly easy, mini games are boring, crystallization is ugly and has very little impact on gameplay, exploration will physically hurt your eyes with all those low quality textures, low quality models, low quality lighting and a scary amount of pop up and lag, the story is childish, predictable and theEasily the worst pokemon game to date, insufficient on every front, fights are embarrassingly easy, mini games are boring, crystallization is ugly and has very little impact on gameplay, exploration will physically hurt your eyes with all those low quality textures, low quality models, low quality lighting and a scary amount of pop up and lag, the story is childish, predictable and the characters are all boring caricatures of actual personalities, the pokemon designs are nothing special but still a step back from the sword and shield designs generally.
    The only pros i found in this pile of garbage are the always on point character designs and the way the Pokedex functions, the rest can be thrown in the trash for all i care, don't buy this, it's not fun.    … Expand
  53. ogslim
    Nov 26, 2022
    3
    Probably one if not the most downgraded and incomplete game of the franchise. Its a shame selling this game thinking its ok to have a frame ratio so low, many glitches and a empty overworld with random Pokemon not even interacting with themselves and just walking in plastic enviroments with terrible textures and plastic water. The story is not that great, maybe the characters are okay butProbably one if not the most downgraded and incomplete game of the franchise. Its a shame selling this game thinking its ok to have a frame ratio so low, many glitches and a empty overworld with random Pokemon not even interacting with themselves and just walking in plastic enviroments with terrible textures and plastic water. The story is not that great, maybe the characters are okay but its always the same plot since the first games so i can't even tell if its good or not. Definetly a disappointment even for the price.… Expand
  54. Okipask_
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    I played all the pokèmon game since the game boy and this game is in absolute the worse of the serie,unbelievable this game is a nintendo one for the underground low quality it has.Who is defending this game doesn't understand nothing of videogames or doesn't love the brand OR BOTH.Stop thinking that only because for us pokèmon is a safe zone and we actually buy the game BECAUSE WEI played all the pokèmon game since the game boy and this game is in absolute the worse of the serie,unbelievable this game is a nintendo one for the underground low quality it has.Who is defending this game doesn't understand nothing of videogames or doesn't love the brand OR BOTH.Stop thinking that only because for us pokèmon is a safe zone and we actually buy the game BECAUSE WE TRUSTED YOU ANOTHER TIME you can trim us this.… Expand
  55. TheDragel
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Fallos ridiculos, graficos de de nintendo 64, repleto de problemas de funcionalidad y crash, un juego literalmente injugable, no entiendo a la gente que se lo compra, nintendo desde los ultimos años lleva haciendo juegos pesimos para pokemon, pero con este se han lucido.
  56. xkSky
    Nov 30, 2022
    9
    A huge step forward for Pokémon games history, sadly the game suffers from a tremendously bad performance and gamefreak lack for details, on the other hand, we got one if not the best, pokémon experiences in recent years, please if you are an old pokémon fan play this game, when you get to area zero you will see the best arc in pokémon history, with the best OST in the franchise.
  57. Alebernard
    Dec 8, 2022
    1
    GF didn't take advantage of what worked in Legends Arceus, movement in attacks during battles, mounts that didn't lock like Koraidon and Miraidon. There is a drop in fps and polygon that irritate and disturb the fluidity. Not to mention characters, grass, trees, mountains that just suddenly appear at a certain distance. And to finish in my opinion the terastal mechanic is ugly with thatGF didn't take advantage of what worked in Legends Arceus, movement in attacks during battles, mounts that didn't lock like Koraidon and Miraidon. There is a drop in fps and polygon that irritate and disturb the fluidity. Not to mention characters, grass, trees, mountains that just suddenly appear at a certain distance. And to finish in my opinion the terastal mechanic is ugly with that clumsy thing in the head. All shameful for Nintendo and TPC in an unfinished game that costs $60.00… Expand
  58. Charsept
    Dec 7, 2022
    8
    It isn't pretty but it's the most fun Pokemon game I've played in 10 years. For a first attempt at a true open world, they knock it out of the park. If you care about framerates, this might not be for you. But if you like that traditional turn-based RPG gameplay, this delivers with a fresh coat of paint.
  59. Maron324
    Dec 9, 2022
    9
    Really one of the best Pokemon games ever. The story is amazing, the gameplay is too, designs of new pokemon are really cool IMO... The only thing that I see is the eventual drop of FPS, and some bugs that I'm sure will be fixed anytime soon. I'd recommend it to anyone that likes this series.
  60. Sersi
    Dec 9, 2022
    8
    This could have been the best Pokemon game in years (if not ever). We finally got a open world game like we always wanted. The story is great and full of heart. The new Pokemon, especially the ancient ones, are interesting. The graphics are an huge improvement to SW/SH and Legends. The difficulty level is better than it was in years.
    But: the performance issues really hinder the game    This could have been the best Pokemon game in years (if not ever). We finally got a open world game like we always wanted. The story is great and full of heart. The new Pokemon, especially the ancient ones, are interesting. The graphics are an huge improvement to SW/SH and Legends. The difficulty level is better than it was in years.
    But: the performance issues really hinder the game experience. It took me three weeks to finish the game. Not because I didn't love it when I played it, but because sometimes I just couldn't play it. It slowed down so much, that it took ages to select a pokemon or run to a different place that I had to stop before I could reach the next destination. Sometimes it just shut down - autosave was the only reason I didn't have to do large parts of the game twice or trice.
    I really wish that Pokemon Company had saved this game for next year and fixed this issues. It is a shame when a game loses much of the enjoyment because the technical part of it is **** when everything else had gotten so much love.    … Expand
  61. QuestionSleep
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    I thought Pokemon couldn't be worse than it was in Sword & Shield, how wrong I was.
    This is the worst experience in a Pokémon on the Switch, the glitches are common, the framerate is laughtable. The Artstyle, oh god. Ken Sugimori isn't even working in the game. The Artsyle and the Music were the things that saved the previous games (gen 6 and above) and now not even that.
    "B-But Bill,    I thought Pokemon couldn't be worse than it was in Sword & Shield, how wrong I was.
    This is the worst experience in a Pokémon on the Switch, the glitches are common, the framerate is laughtable. The Artstyle, oh god. Ken Sugimori isn't even working in the game. The Artsyle and the Music were the things that saved the previous games (gen 6 and above) and now not even that.

    "B-But Bill, it's fun to play, like every Pokémon game."
    Gamefreak is spitting you in the face and you still think it's fun? Get some taste Pokéfan. Don't let the fanaticism blinds you.

    There are better games and better JRPG out there, imo Shin Megami Tensei has become a better monster game than pokémon and has been since the 3DS era. Xenoblade is an excelent JRPG if you prefer a driving story game with gorgeous visuals and engaging combat. If you prefer the Pokémon formula you can try playing the romhacks made by the community but stop giving your money to an incompetent developers until they make a worthy game.    … Expand
  62. Quattro_Lee
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    How could Game Freak make such a game? What a **** Despite the wonderful Pokemon world, there are so many bugs in the game!
  63. Polosar
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Piss poor performance from a 2022 title. I regret giving my money to this and will be calling Nintendo for a refund. This game has a AAA price and somebody would expect a AAA performance. What's even more sad is people will still support this rather than fighting for something that's worth the money. That goes for both versions of the game, not only Scarlet.
  64. CasualG1
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unplayable mess, terrible performance, glitches, bugs, low textures. Bad designs, bad human designs.
    Avoid
  65. Z1ero
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are games clearly made with the sole purpose of ripping money from fans and nothing else. it's evident how soulless the game is and how the game freak is in a clear comfort zone of not trying to commit because she knows the game will sell. that's why I come here to leave this 0 to show my dissatisfaction with Pokemon games
  66. Scrrom120
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    The glitches, latency, and half-baked rig animations were bad, but none of those made me post this. Nintendo is apparently to blame for the backwards movement on character customization that has resulted in not a single outfit that doesn't make my character look like a walking comedy routine. Seriously, the nonsense excuse that children in school should where the official uniforms at allThe glitches, latency, and half-baked rig animations were bad, but none of those made me post this. Nintendo is apparently to blame for the backwards movement on character customization that has resulted in not a single outfit that doesn't make my character look like a walking comedy routine. Seriously, the nonsense excuse that children in school should where the official uniforms at all times is garbage. Throw that approach to game design on the pyre and keep it out of here.… Expand
  67. A_Yuki
    Nov 19, 2022
    2
    2/10 (physical Release)
    There's no reason for a Switch Game to looks like this. There's no reason for this game be priced as the same as AAA games. It's pitiful, horrendous and a mockery.
    Textures: 3/10 The art and textures look terrible. Music/Audio: 3/10 Gameplay: So many glitches and bugs. Did they test it before releasing it? It's horrendous -Pass though ground, Glitch out of    2/10 (physical Release)
    There's no reason for a Switch Game to looks like this. There's no reason for this game be priced as the same as AAA games. It's pitiful, horrendous and a mockery.
    Textures: 3/10 The art and textures look terrible.
    Music/Audio: 3/10
    Gameplay: So many glitches and bugs. Did they test it before releasing it? It's horrendous
    -Pass though ground, Glitch out of existences, brick itself to oblivions, lags, FPS down to the single digit and a lot more. It's barely playable.
    It's a major step back from the mainline Pokemon Game and Pokemon Legend Arceus! There's no excuse for the game to be so broken. The game isn't polish at all! It's atrocious at best.    … Expand
  68. HZone
    Nov 19, 2022
    5
    I started to play this game but I cannot enjoy it. The tutorial is a slog, the battle system is the same as previous titles even though Pokemon Legends: Arceus improved upon the formula and the performance is ridiculously unoptimized for an 2022 title. Cutscenes somehow seem even more so as if their a stop motion movie than previous games.

    The story is also something that feels as if it    I started to play this game but I cannot enjoy it. The tutorial is a slog, the battle system is the same as previous titles even though Pokemon Legends: Arceus improved upon the formula and the performance is ridiculously unoptimized for an 2022 title. Cutscenes somehow seem even more so as if their a stop motion movie than previous games.

    The story is also something that feels as if it has been told a thousand times with you going on your regular Pokemon journey to become a champion. Open world Pokemon was something I dreamt of for years, but this is not how you do it.    … Expand
  69. am_ZM
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Je joue a tout les jeux pokemon depuis leurs sortie sur game boy, j'ai découvert les amélioration technique et scénaristique, les jeux ont changer depuis XY qui à mes yeux est le vrais dernier jeu pokemon avec de beau graphisme, de bonne idée de gameplay et un bon scenario, pokemon scarlet est tres mauvais, visuelement moche avec énormément de texture floue, des models 3D ultra simplisteJe joue a tout les jeux pokemon depuis leurs sortie sur game boy, j'ai découvert les amélioration technique et scénaristique, les jeux ont changer depuis XY qui à mes yeux est le vrais dernier jeu pokemon avec de beau graphisme, de bonne idée de gameplay et un bon scenario, pokemon scarlet est tres mauvais, visuelement moche avec énormément de texture floue, des models 3D ultra simpliste et une construction de l’environnement maladroit avec des montagnes qui ne ressemble a rien, un énorme aliasing surtout visible sur dock, du poping, des pnj qui ont un cycle d'anime qui se remet a zero quand on regarde ailler, et surtout d'énorme baisse d'fps
    Pour l'histoire maleureusement on reste toujours tres bas, il n'y a aucun dialogue doublé rien à changer de ce coté là depuis l'épisode game boy, nous avons aussi dans ce jeu des personnages tres insuportable qui font constamment des intervention ou arrive de nullepart pour nous parler avec toujours cette ambiance niaise

    Le jeu est TRES TRES facile, je n'ai pas encore vue un seul obstacle, notre rival nous donne constamment des objets de soin à chaque obstacle, aucun dresseur nous propose de combat au contraire nous devons allez leurs parlé pour avoir un combat ce qui est une énorme erreur à mes yeux, on n'a plus le stresse de ne pas réussir une arène ou réussire a arriver a la prochaine ville, d'ailleur pour la difficulté j'ai remarquer que les pokemons sauvages ont moins tendances à te foncé dessus te risquant d'avoir un combat, on peut facilement les esquivé.

    Pour la cohérence de l'univers en dehors des doublages inexistant, il n'y a pas de bonne mise en scene, les pokemons sauvages ne semble pas avoir de volonté propre et ne font que se déplacé sur la map là ou les dévelopeurs ont posé leurs spawn, aucun pokemon n'attaque d'aute pokemons par exemple, ou fait des grand trajet juste une mini zone et on va les voir pour en capturé un ...
    Les pnj aussi sont plat, allé retour, sur place avec une boucle d'anim totalement visible, des pnj qui se resembles les un les autres, aucune fluidité ou réaliste est apporté là dessus, ce qui donne l'impression d'etre entouré de robots

    Les villes sont malheureusement juste là pour faire beau, la plus part des bâtiments sont copier collé, avec aucune possibilité de rentré et discuté avec les habitant, meme la grande ville est vide avec des escalier géant, des rue aussi grandes que des stade de foot, et des magasin copier collé sans intérieur, simplement un menu ...

    Notre personnage principal est ... bizarre, très neutre pour avoir qu'un seul style d'animation, le garçon et la fille ont pratiquement la meme tete et les mêmes proportions, ce qui donne une mauvaise impression de garçon manqué, ou de fille garçonne, ce qui ne plaira ni a fan des anciens personnages féminin ou masculin,qui avais chacun leurs charisme (parfois on relancer une partie juste pour joué l'autre personnage) Pour notre personnage et les pnj tout semble etre fait pour aller vite, les enfants et ado ont les memes animations, les femmes et homme aussi, et ils ont meme mis des femmes ultra costaux sans aucune explications sauf pour recyclé les animations des hommes musclé

    Les musiques sont aussi tres mauvaise, composé par un indépendant, qui a fait des jeux que certains peuvent aimé, mais ça n'en fait pas un mec super fort en musique sachant qu'il y a beaucoup d’excellent compositeur déjà pressant dans la série, toby fox à surement son style de musique, mais elles sonnes plates et répétitive quand on joue, surtout dans un open world comme celui ci.

    Le jeu soufre principalement des choix de gamefreak, une petite équipe qui n'a pas envie de faire du gros jeux, peut de temps ce qui fait maleureusement de mauvais jeux chaque année, là avant sur console portable certains choix pouvais etre accepté, sur une console de salon de nombreus souci ne sont plus excusable surtout quand on sais qu'ils peuvent faire mieux et qu'il n'y a aucune pression financière sur le projet, j'espere que les critiques négative vont permettre au studio de changé , proposer des jeux meilleurs    … Expand
  70. minatore_albino
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    This is a scam. Game freak is on a scamming trend and makes every game worse or at least more limited than its predecessor. However, this time, they really turned that up to eleven.
    The battle setting is awful, there is always a rock or a stripe of fake grass that gets you out of the atmosphere of the game by looking at how it was poorly texturized. Animations are cartoonish, and by that i    This is a scam. Game freak is on a scamming trend and makes every game worse or at least more limited than its predecessor. However, this time, they really turned that up to eleven.
    The battle setting is awful, there is always a rock or a stripe of fake grass that gets you out of the atmosphere of the game by looking at how it was poorly texturized. Animations are cartoonish, and by that i mean that they are pre-Disneyan; actual "switching drawings on a book" level of FPS and overall very unnatural [i.e: when coraidon jumps, it looks like frog jumping with the gravity of the moon in a triangular trajectory (yes, i said triangular, not parabolic)]. You can't get inside people's house, you are immerse in a desolated land in low res and low poly, doing the same thing you've done for all these years of playing Pokémon in a much worse and lifeless environment. Most important of all, everything is bugged like it was programmed by monkeys. And they charge you 60€ for that. Insane. This is a multi-billion dollar company. The level of scam is unprecedented. An indie game done this bad, would have been removed From the Nintendo shop, if it wasn't done by Scam freak. If you buy this, your money is burnt to ashes and so are your hopes on a better Pokémon game in the years to come. Seriously, starting with minimum experience in the programming world, you could have taken a game development course for 60€ and make a better game by yourself, and now you would have a better game, and a better career. I will never buy anything from The Pokémon Company anymore.    … Expand
  71. Whatarrel
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Não tem legenda em português/Brasil e o jogo esta muito mal otimizado com gráficos ruim e animações piores .
  72. gomesluis2002
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    Tá muito ruim para jogar(drop de fps, o personagem entra no mapa, renderização atrasada e outros) e não tem legenda pt-br
  73. Hachishaku
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Unaccettable to launch a game in this state. Is that a $60 joke? The game had a tons of bugs, the frame count was too low, the light and shadow was very cheap and physically uncomfortable, and the special effects were rudimentary. Animations are cartoonish, and you can't get inside people's house. You are immerse in a desolated land in low res and low poly, doing the same thing you've doneUnaccettable to launch a game in this state. Is that a $60 joke? The game had a tons of bugs, the frame count was too low, the light and shadow was very cheap and physically uncomfortable, and the special effects were rudimentary. Animations are cartoonish, and you can't get inside people's house. You are immerse in a desolated land in low res and low poly, doing the same thing you've done for all these years of playing Pokémon in a much worse and lifeless environment.… Expand
  74. X_Ball_Z
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Dieses Spiel ist eine technischer Katastrophe! Pokemon ist das größte franchise der Welt und was Gamefreak damit anstellt ist einfach nur ein Witz! Jedoch gibt es 2 gute Punkte.

    1. Die Pokemon Die sind echt schön gemacht. Im Unterschied zu Legenden Arceus, laufen die auch endlich mal in der Gegend rum und reagieren auf das was man tut. 2. Die 3D Modelle Das muss man Pokemon anrechnen,    Dieses Spiel ist eine technischer Katastrophe! Pokemon ist das größte franchise der Welt und was Gamefreak damit anstellt ist einfach nur ein Witz! Jedoch gibt es 2 gute Punkte.

    1. Die Pokemon
    Die sind echt schön gemacht. Im Unterschied zu Legenden Arceus, laufen die auch endlich mal in der Gegend rum und reagieren auf das was man tut.

    2. Die 3D Modelle
    Das muss man Pokemon anrechnen, dass sie seit Arceus zumindest gelernt haben wie man 3D Modelle macht. Auch wenn die Animationen davon echt ein Witz ist und Bugiger nicht sein könnten.

    Alles in allem jedoch ist dieses Game die größte Frechheit die ich jemals gesehen habe. So etwas kannst du keinem.Pokemon Fan vorlegen ohne das er sich übergibt! Daher die 2er Bewertung Ich hoffe und wünsche mir das Gamefreak sich endlich mal Zeit für ihre Spiele nimmt, denn sie haben es echt nötig.    … Expand
  75. myllercardoso
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    The fun that this game should give us is overshadowed by the lack of care in the technical and visual construction of the game. Gamefreak was completely remiss in this release, the only feeling is disappointment.
  76. jej1
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Unfinished game that doesn't run at all. Menus take seconds to load, and the buildings have almost no level of detail.

    The world is ugly and blurred, and the story is effectively still linear - just not guided. Gyms need to scale the number of pokemon to the number of badges - as it is stated happens in the anime. The final evolutions of the new starters are some of the ugliest pokemon    Unfinished game that doesn't run at all. Menus take seconds to load, and the buildings have almost no level of detail.

    The world is ugly and blurred, and the story is effectively still linear - just not guided. Gyms need to scale the number of pokemon to the number of badges - as it is stated happens in the anime.

    The final evolutions of the new starters are some of the ugliest pokemon in existence.

    It is shameful that the game was published in this state.    … Expand
  77. womaninheart
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Disappointed and very upset at the performance quality Game Freak is actually showing in their pokemon games recently. Honestly, no hate to pokemon but you are better off buying the older games than these new ones because of the laziness and storylines of this game. It saddens me that pokémon as a franchise is actually becoming this lazy and lost the magic that is POKÉMON! I hope that GameDisappointed and very upset at the performance quality Game Freak is actually showing in their pokemon games recently. Honestly, no hate to pokemon but you are better off buying the older games than these new ones because of the laziness and storylines of this game. It saddens me that pokémon as a franchise is actually becoming this lazy and lost the magic that is POKÉMON! I hope that Game Freak starts to notice these reviews and work a little bit harder to enrich the lives of trainers and realize that it’s not about the money.… Expand
  78. Azzajkd
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Un prodotto vergognoso, una presa in giro fatta per fan con i paraocchi che acquistano qualsiasi cosa anche quando come in questo caso c'è zero qualità.
    Gamefreak se ne sta approfittando di noi fan, ha un sacco di soldi ma non si impegna minimamente a darci un prodotto degno, e la cosa grave è che qualcuno ancora li difende.
    Evitate questo gioco, è il peggiore della serie, un qualcosa di    Un prodotto vergognoso, una presa in giro fatta per fan con i paraocchi che acquistano qualsiasi cosa anche quando come in questo caso c'è zero qualità.
    Gamefreak se ne sta approfittando di noi fan, ha un sacco di soldi ma non si impegna minimamente a darci un prodotto degno, e la cosa grave è che qualcuno ancora li difende.
    Evitate questo gioco, è il peggiore della serie, un qualcosa di vergognoso, piuttosto tornate su Spada e Scudo, quelli almeno sono carini e quando ti guardi intorno non ti viene da vomitare nel vedere una enorme macchia bicolore, con robe che viaggiano (quando le vedi a 5 metri) a 2 frame al secondo, che si spaccia per un mondo aperto.
    Da fan dall'età di 4 anni sono disgustato e non acquisterò più un Pokémon se questo è l'andazzo...    … Expand
  79. Davidq
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    The game in content looks like a classic Pokémon game, despite the premise of the Overworld, and based on this premise the game looks worse than the previous ones. Some examples: ● Interaction with and between NPCs is reduced to almost 0, as the player's actions have no effect on their before and after. ● Almost non-existent side quests.

    Compared to the classic series, it has many new    The game in content looks like a classic Pokémon game, despite the premise of the Overworld, and based on this premise the game looks worse than the previous ones. Some examples: ● Interaction with and between NPCs is reduced to almost 0, as the player's actions have no effect on their before and after. ● Almost non-existent side quests.

    Compared to the classic series, it has many new features, some of which are really pleasant, for example, the pokemon-environment iteration is done quite well. The main problem of the game is the instability of the software, with numerous bugs, and the very poor graphic quality which ruins its immersiveness. I will not dwell on these problems both because they are many and because they are easily found by anyone. The real question is: why make such a game when you don't have the time, means and skills to do it? Something simpler is done, without trying to overturn everything, even if times go by quickly and the fans want something more. Obviously, any product that you go to make must be sold at a fair price and this time it didn't go like this, a real shame ....    … Expand
  80. Chaosvulture
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    A game that costs €60 should not be allowed to have such critical/major bugs. Especially not from literally the biggest franchise of the world.
  81. Galeazzi
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The amount of bugs in this games is hideous. This is a terrible and an unfinished game. GameFreak and Nintendo should be embarrased.… Expand
  82. Lickwidfox
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Let me start off by saying giving Pokémon a review like this truly pains me in a way that I can’t even explain. I was really looking forward to the first true open world pokemon, and this is the burning trash can that game freak thought they could shell out to us. With all the bugs and lack of care that was given to this game idk how game freak can make it right but I’m pretty upset thisLet me start off by saying giving Pokémon a review like this truly pains me in a way that I can’t even explain. I was really looking forward to the first true open world pokemon, and this is the burning trash can that game freak thought they could shell out to us. With all the bugs and lack of care that was given to this game idk how game freak can make it right but I’m pretty upset this is the reality we have to deal with now. You failed us game freak.… Expand
  83. Saiyi
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Pokémon Escarlata y Púrpura son títulos skipeables que te venden una experiencia dinámica y de mundo abierto que luego no puede cumplir porque la consola no da más de sí. Está lleno de bugs y el rendimiento ralentiza tanto el juego que hace pesada la experiencia del jugador. Hay una mejora notoria en cuanto al decorado de los ambientes y las texturas del pelaje de los Pokémon está muy bienPokémon Escarlata y Púrpura son títulos skipeables que te venden una experiencia dinámica y de mundo abierto que luego no puede cumplir porque la consola no da más de sí. Está lleno de bugs y el rendimiento ralentiza tanto el juego que hace pesada la experiencia del jugador. Hay una mejora notoria en cuanto al decorado de los ambientes y las texturas del pelaje de los Pokémon está muy bien logrado. Se nota que le han puesto empeño al diseño de los Pokémon, pero hasta ahí. El juego tiene más fallos que puntos positivos y es una pena porque el juego sería mil veces más disfrutable sin esa bajada de FPS tan grandes y constantes. También que el juego se cierre constantemente y tenga tantos fallos de programación. Recomiendo explorar a pie que utilizar la montura para que el juego le de tiempo a cargar los Pokémon. De lo contrario, se queda un mundo vacío que te asaltan Pokémon que aparecen bajo tus pies. Pokémon Leyendas Arceus es la verdadera experiencia de mundo abierto y de exploración que debería seguir mimando Nintendo (o incluso zonas amplias como las vistas en Pokémon Espada y Escudo) y dejar la aventura por rutas a los juegos principales. Nada de mundos gigantescos que luego se sabe que no van a rendir bien por el año que tienen desarrollando cada juego principal de Pokémon.

    En conclusión: un juego roto y con un rendimiento inaceptable. Pretende ser un Pokémon Leyendas Arceus cuando el equipo de programación no está habituado trabajar en 3D ni puede terminar un proyecto tan ambicioso con la exigencia empresarial de año por desarrollo. Eso es literalmente IMPOSIBLE y siento que el equipo directivo lleva un tiempo que no tiene claro la EXPERIENCIA QUE QUIERE PLASMAR EN CADA NUEVA ENTREGA DE LOS JUEGOS PRINCIPALES, lo que hace que su continuidad parezca un popurrí de ideas beta que les da igual cómo quede con tal de que salga al mercado y sigan ganando dinero.    … Expand
  84. YMHNaiken
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches - Lighting glitches - Background glitches - Texture glitches And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment. I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches
    - Lighting glitches
    - Background glitches
    - Texture glitches

    And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment.

    I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu down the drain! They are never going to be able patch this.    … Expand
  85. TomasLacerda
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Nintendo and Game Freak just gave up. This game is insulting, such low effort in everything. Mother of god. Shocking.
  86. DaReaIFreak
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    The potential is there but gets completely lost in glaring issues with performance, physics, bugs and outdated graphics. Also this game has a really weird obsession with sandwiches (there are legitimately more sandwiches in the game, than this generation has for new Pokemon (excluding recycled Pokemon)).

    This generations gimmick is surprisingly good and will most definitely bring    The potential is there but gets completely lost in glaring issues with performance, physics, bugs and outdated graphics. Also this game has a really weird obsession with sandwiches (there are legitimately more sandwiches in the game, than this generation has for new Pokemon (excluding recycled Pokemon)).

    This generations gimmick is surprisingly good and will most definitely bring another layer of depth to the competitive scene. But while competitive battles are automatically in set mode they removed the option for set mode from the game for yet unknown reasons.

    The power creep is too big in my opinion and allows you to sweep nearly all gym battles with a single Pokemon even while being under leveled.
    And in my opinion the most annoying mechanic, the friendship mechanic, giving you completely unfair critical hits, status heals or keeping you alive when your Pokemon should die is still in the game and can't get disabled...

    During my 15 hour playtime so far the game crashed 4 times and I fell out of the map 2 times which never even happened once in any previous Pokemon game. Not to mention an obvious memory leak which as today still didn't get acknowledged as a bug (but E4 music being bugged got recognized). I contacted the Nintendo support and received as answer that they are not aware of any performance issues or bugs with the game ... which is alarming in my opinion, making me think that the performance and bugs will not get patched during the lifetime of this game.

    While it may have been the first "open world" game for Gamefreak it is not the first 3D game and not once did they manage to deliver since their jump to 3D. As the biggest franchise in the world they should be able to get help from Nintendo or Monolith which developed really beautiful and well performing games for the Switch already.

    It honestly felt like I was alpha testing the game instead of playing a 60€ AAA title. I don't know how the game got green lighted for release in this state and it feels like there was no QA at all. I honestly expected more from a 60€ AAA title.
    While I was getting my hopes up with Legends of Arceus Gamefreak decided to crush those hopes with a lifeless, buggy, unfinished release of Pokemon Scarlet.
    Simply sad    … Expand
  87. pfz09
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    Game is obviously unfinished. From a technic standpoint it leaves the player with a bad aftertaste: 3 hours of gameplay make the game drop fps like crazy and the only solution is to save and restart the game. Some textures clip with each other, sometimes even the camera. It is true that is tries to include some qol changes to the franchise that even if they are late, they are welcome.Game is obviously unfinished. From a technic standpoint it leaves the player with a bad aftertaste: 3 hours of gameplay make the game drop fps like crazy and the only solution is to save and restart the game. Some textures clip with each other, sometimes even the camera. It is true that is tries to include some qol changes to the franchise that even if they are late, they are welcome. Combat doesnt feel as rewarding as the other emtries. Id even prefere legends Arceus combat, with the pokeball throw mechanic… Expand
  88. DingerDonger
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    I'm going to be reviewing this game mostly from the perspective of a competitive player.
    This game was extremely ambitious, but unfortunately GF fell short in many ways. It definitely isn't all bad, but the bad outweighs the good.
    Let's start with the good.: + Terastal mechanic overall seems really cool for competitive play, though it does reward more offensive playstyles.    I'm going to be reviewing this game mostly from the perspective of a competitive player.
    This game was extremely ambitious, but unfortunately GF fell short in many ways. It definitely isn't all bad, but the bad outweighs the good.

    Let's start with the good.:

    + Terastal mechanic overall seems really cool for competitive play, though it does reward more offensive playstyles. Unfortunately, the mechanic as a whole doesn't impact the story mode much, as you can only use it once per Pokemon Center visit.
    + Raid battles are MUCH faster than in Sword/Shield. This is huge, as the Dynamax raid battles sometimes took forever.
    + Autobattling is a fantastic feature and a huge time saver, though sometimes the Pokemon bug out and stop moving. The targeting function doesn't always work, either.
    + Items used for EV training and perfecting IVs and natures are VERY easy to get; you can buy them all for pokedollars. This also goes for all held items.
    + TM crafting strikes the perfect balance between TMs and TRs from last generation.

    Now, the bad:

    - the battle timer in 1v1 online battles is beyond stupid. 20 minutes is NOT ENOUGH TIME for a 6v6 fight, partially because of the lag and poor animations. They need to do away with this or AT LEAST MAKE IT OPTIONAL or adjustable.
    - REMOVAL OF KEY FEATURES. Specifically, the Set Mode option and the endgame Battle Tower. I used these two on every single Pokemon game I've played. Set Mode specifically has been in the game since the originals, and the Battle Tower since Emerald. WHY remove them?!
    - Trainer battles are way too slow paced. It feels like Diamond/Pearl. I'm not sure if this is just because the game runs at 15fps or so at all times, but the battles should be twice as fast.
    - Too much text, both in battles and in the story. Most of the battle text can be shortened or compounded into fewer text boxes, but for some reason they refuse.
    - Insane power creep from the offensive side. Flutter Mane is already showing itself to be Uber-tier with no real way to check it. The defensive nerfs really don't help either (though I do like some of the nerfs, like the Scald and Knock Off nerfs). I'm hoping the meta doesn't end up being hyper offensive with no way to check threats.
    - This one's obvious, but the game has tons of technical issues. I've gotten stuck many times just trying to ride my mount around. The game is actually pretty good at un-stucking you though.
    - Graphics overall look pretty bad. Most things not in your immediate vicinity are a slideshow or look like they're N64 era. I won't go too into this because most of the other reviews talk more in detail about it.
    - Online play sucks. This comes as no surprise to anyone who's played a Pokemon game, but I get constant disconnects and weird errors when trying to do raids.
    - Lack of real end game. This goes right along with the removal of the battle tower, but it's still worth noting. I wish there was more to do other than raids and fight some level 60 trainers over and over again.
    - Lack of options for online multiplayer battles. We should have more customizable rulesets for online fights. I really wish GF wasn't so tone deaf and would make it easier to play 6v6 with custom rules with randos. Friend codes are way too much of a pain.
    - The music is lame. I thought Sword and Shield had mediocre soundtracks, but some of the tracks in this game are just cringy. The Terastal music has to be by far the worst one. What's with the singing?

    Honestly, I'd recommend against buying the game unless you're an absolutely massive fan of the series. Competitive players are better off just playing Showdown and casual players will be turned off by the numerous bugs and graphical embarrassments.    … Expand
  89. Latios___
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Rating is because, as an AAA flagship game of Nintendo Switch, Pokémon is unacceptable to release such a buggy game in this state. This shouldn't be the norm and we customers should never accept this. Very unfortunate because I wish the developers gotten more time for their ambitious and creative open world game from their decision makers.
  90. kuki_nuri
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    Como Pokémon muy divertido siendo mundo abierto ha sido una pena que no se pueda cazar a los Pokémon en sigilo como en Arceus. Pero ha salido muy mal, un juego no puede salir así de roto. Vergonzoso.
  91. Bluery
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Awful Graphics as usual inclusive a giant Bugfest. Take your time for a good game and dont **** on Youre Player Base.
  92. Antiwoke
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Full of bugs, bad graphics, terrible stage design, terrible character designs and pokemon. It seems that game freak now prioritizes easy money and indulgent nonsense over the quality of their games.
  93. 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.
  94. SebSingWolf
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Technically it's a mediocre game, PlayStation 2 graphics, haven't seen things like this for at least 10 years. The story appears aseptic, flat, it conveys nothing. Basically, the worst Pokemon game I've ever played.
  95. chillingboy
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not even the worst Pokémon game but the worst game ever made period the game feels rushed it’s full of bugs and glitches you are either way overleveld or underleveld they call it open world but you are still restricted to follow the same of as everyone else the Pokémon company net worth is 118 billion and they can’t even make a decent game it feels like an indie developer early acces game,Not even the worst Pokémon game but the worst game ever made period the game feels rushed it’s full of bugs and glitches you are either way overleveld or underleveld they call it open world but you are still restricted to follow the same of as everyone else the Pokémon company net worth is 118 billion and they can’t even make a decent game it feels like an indie developer early acces game, rockstar games is worth 20 billion and they deliver quality just loop at Persona 5 the game is one of the best RPGs ever made and it isn’t open world Nintendo used the term open world wrong Look at dragon quest XI also one of the best RPGs and games ever made it’s perfection it’s year ahead of Pokémon pokemon can’t even compete with these RPGs I finished scarlet in 9 hours where I finished Legends arceus in 41 hours Gamefreak even removed the clock because they knew that the game would be short I’m **** angry gamefreak this isn’t acceptable anymore… Expand
  96. azturian
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pessimo desempenho, e principalmente, sem legenda PTBR, por isso nota 0! Enquanto a Nintendo não olhar para o Brasil é nota 0
  97. Quadrillionduck
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This game is really bad. From the frame rate issues that happen every two seconds to the boring turn-based combat that still hasn't changed since 1999. This series has never adapted with the times making every new game look worse and worse in comparison to other games around at the time. Comparing this game to likes of Xenoblade 3 proves the boring repetitive, unpolished nature of the game.
  98. FacuEx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...
    Los npc caminan a 2fps a solo dos pasos de distancia del jugador. Las ciudades vacias, los entrenadores de las rutas son muy pocos y en su mayoria ancianos con uniforme de escolar (turbio). Casi ningun NPC dice o hace nada relevante, le quita las ganas de explorar y tratar de hablar con todo el mundo en busca de secretos o cosas utiles... En fin, omito más cosas, como la calidad del terreno, los bugs en las sombras y las caidas al transpasar el suelo de la nada.    … Expand
  99. Splashyyy
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Two points for being a Pokémon game, other then that, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are a disgrace to fans of the franchise.

    It runs unbelievably poorly, even for Nintendo Switch`s standarts, it's buggy, the textures are washed and oftentimes just plain broken.
  100. 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.
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  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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