Pokemon Shield

1. ThankUGamefreak

   Nov 15, 2019

   10

   This is the most important review you will ever read on metacritic. These are the best games ever made. The criticisms are unfounded andThis is the most important review you will ever read on metacritic. These are the best games ever made. The criticisms are unfounded and dumbfounded. Why are you complaining about only having 400 pokemon to play as? Other RPGs like final fantasy and xenoblade and persona typically only have 7ish characters to play as. Yet people are upset about 400? Bad argument. Bad graphics? That's not true. These games are cartoony beautiful appealing graphics. They'retimeless. I think the Thanos snap of pokemon is the best thing to happen to the series. It exposes the fake fans and shows who really cares about pokemon. If you dislike these games then you need to purchase them again and try again. And if you don'tbuy them then dont talk. .… Expand

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2. KinimodYunmi

   Dec 12, 2022

   10

   Die neue Grafik und das neue Movement ist perfekt, hat extre viel Spaß gemacht, wirklich alles top!

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4. LauritsAM

   Feb 19, 2022

   8

   I kinda love this game! :)
   Over all my experience with this game was fantastic
   for what we got, Im actually satisfied. The DLC add up was aI kinda love this game! :)
   Over all my experience with this game was fantastic
   for what we got, Im actually satisfied.
   The DLC add up was a new fresh update the game was in hunger for, when the post-game was weak… Expand

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5. Homelessbrian

   Dec 5, 2019

   4

   Could have been great but it's almost like they came up with the story in the last few days of production. Gamefreak needs to hire some newCould have been great but it's almost like they came up with the story in the last few days of production. Gamefreak needs to hire some new people who aren't stuck in the Gameboy development days and some better writers.… Expand

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6. Ravnard

   Nov 15, 2019

   2

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game Is interesting, and I don't mind Dexit too much. But the graphic quality is subpar, cutscenes are annoying. Wild zone is a nice gimmick but three level cap is annoying. The story is too linear. Some towns are less interactive than Pallet on Gameboy. It's a fun game but it just wears out too quickly and could have been made so much better.
   I can't understand how in 2019 there are some blank screen battles. And not having speech is just ridiculous and annoying in a console game...
   
   Hopefully the next one will be better, because I know they can improve it.… Expand

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7. JohnnyBanana99

   Dec 31, 2020

   1

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before starting my review, I want to say that I had good expectations for this game before playing it, as these are the first main pokemon games on a home console I was expecting a huge revolution for the saga. Addressing some issues, I think the pokedex cut was necessary, there are now too many pokemon and this was going to happen sooner or later (that doesn't mean GF can lie though). Reusing models is not that big of a deal they are well made... What I’m saying is I don't hate this game because of controversies, I just want to review this game as any other game... and I must say it's a disaster, it doesn't hold up in any department.
   
   *EXPLORATION: My biggest issue with this game. For me pokemon was always a game about exploring the world around you but in this game and just like in pokemon sun&moon routes feel like corridors except this time it feels more accentuated without any hidden paths nor mistery. Routes' only purpose in this game is to connect point A to point B unlike any other pokemon game where you could find other sub-areas like the power plant in gen 1 or shoal cave in RSE for instances.
   As for the Wild Area, it's completely empty and spreading some pokeballs over the place with useless items doesn't solve the problem, everything mildly interesting in this area is just decoration like the watchtower ruins or the lake of outrage. The wild area is just a flat terrain with the layout of an "old times route" (you can't just call it “route” since now it means corridors) and with the false impression of "open world" they give you by letting the player handle the camera.
   Lastly, towns and cities are full of inaccessible buildings and there’s nothing to do other than buying items or clothes and beating the gyms.
   
   *COMBAT: So as everyone says the game is easy you already know what I’m going to say: exp share bad, rival gets the weaker starter to yours, Sonia gives you a ton of revives, etc. But i want to focus mainly on dinamax and gigantamax.
   They should have sticked to megaevolution, I already thought that Z moves were a "nuke button" but now with dina/gigantamax you get 3 turns of that. Megaevolutions at least were more circumstantial in the sense that it changed the pokemon's typings, abilities and stats in a way that sometimes it could play against you (for ex: pokemon losing speed, gaining weaknesses due to the typing changing, etc), on the other hand dina/gigantamax is just a power boost that makes you win instantaneously without any negative consequences
   
   *PLOT: Almost non-existent, and the story is told almost entirely in speech bubbles by Sonia. The plot is driven by a boring villain with stupid motivations.
   
   *CHARACTERS: I'm unable to care for any of the 3 rivals, Leon doesn't have a personality, Sonia doesn't let me go anywhere without talking for over 3h, Rose is stupid, Oleana's personality is that she's Rose's assistant, the Gym leaders are OK, just OK, and don't get me started on the royalty brothers from the postgame, they are unbearable.
   *ANIMATIONS: I won’t say much but there are only 2 combat animations for each pokemon which doesn't look good for a good part of the moves. Outside of battle you will see a lot of moments where the screen fades to black to avoid animating the characters, there are moments where the screen doesn’t even fade to black and the characters are still not animated.
   
   *MUSIC: Probably the best thing of this game but still (and this is to my liking), the music sounds cheap, as in it is mainly made by computer and not instruments, in previous games you could already hear orchestrated themes, in Sw&Sh you get very generic rpg library themes.
   
   *POSTGAME: Lacking, the episode of the royal brothers is poorly written, boring, and even frustrating at some point, once you finish it the only thing left is the battle tower.
   
   *CONCLUSION: It’s a boring and rushed game without any incentive to ply it other than "it's pokemon", and it's a terrible game, nobody should defend this; it fails as an RPG, as an open world, as a game by home console standards, but as a pokemon game apparently not because people would buy anything that says “pokemon” in the title. This game would still be a bad game even it had come out for the Gamecube, it makes some mistakes that are unforgivable for any game. I could keep highlighting bad aspects of this game all day: performance issues, graphics, character customization, pokemon camp, the curry mechanic which CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO THE GAME, immersion, etc. There are a lot of issues I haven’t talked about that I despise in this game, but I think these are the most important aspects to highlight.
   I won’t talk about the DLCs because I haven’t played them, but since it must be built from the base this game has established, I doubt making 2 new areas and introducing some pokemon is going to change this game’s problems.
   I give this game 1/10 (and not 0/10) because it has Yamper and I love corgis.… Expand

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8. dabsdabsdabs

   Dec 18, 2019

   0

   Ok I wanted to write so many things about this game, all of them bad, but I will just summarize in that the game looks like a 3DS game and itOk I wanted to write so many things about this game, all of them bad, but I will just summarize in that the game looks like a 3DS game and it is even worst with the on line part. It doesn't update if you don't start a wonder trade or something. The animations are boring and extremely similar to the 3DS Pokemon. I got a Nintendo Switch only to play this game, I only played Pokemon by the way, no experience or very few with other video games, and I thought the Switch was bad because of how poor this game runs but then I tried other switch games and they are beautiful! Thank you Nintendo and Gamefreak for making this a boring game, we can see how lazy you were with it. Now I will sell it and get other interesting games for the switch :). Oh by the way, battling on line is the same as in the 3DS, exactly the same. It is a 3DS game! wait until they get a good Pokemon for the Switch.… Expand

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