Pokemon Shield

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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3465 Ratings

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  1. HellsaintED
    Jan 20, 2021
    6
    After seeing the evolution of other Nintendo franchises in the Switch like "Mario Odyssey" and "Breath of the Wild", it is just lame to see Pokemon receive little to no evolution at all, it is a 3DS game with a Switch price tag.
  2. BrightAbyss
    Oct 19, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not a ton of new things added and the national dex being cut is a huge con. I am aware of the dlc's coming out later and think that this is a better format than dropping pretty much the same game with a new cover, but the complete lack of a postgame makes waiting for these dlc's difficult. I can't help but feel these games were rushed, and that the creators just needed a little bit more time to make these games perfect. I did enjoy the atmosphere of the gym battles, and I thought most of the new pokemon added had great models, but there are really only 2 new legendaries currently in the postgame, and the battle tower is a joke. Overall, the story isn't terrible, but it's not great either. Team Yell, the newest evil team in the galar region, is by far the worst team to ever be introduced in the pokemon franchise. They play almost no part in the story and have no real purpose. In the end, I do think that this is a step in the right direction for pokemon if they can take these criticisms into account for the next games, as I believe the switch will have a longer lifespan than the traditional handhelds pokemon releases on. Hopefully the upcoming generations won't need to be rushed onto a new console, because I truly believe that we could be in for a treat if the developers are given proper time to make these games great.… Expand
  3. Dsros96
    Jun 3, 2020
    7
    Probably one of the best Pokémon games ever graphics wise. I'm not giving it perfect score because of the Pokedex cut, the lack of postgame, the Mega evolutions being forgotten and the incursions (they are uninteresting). But besides that, this game is amazing. Also version exclusives are a thing from the past and some online functions should be for free but anyway, overall a very good game.
  4. Meheszka
    Nov 20, 2019
    8
    Great game overall. There are some minor bugs but this game feels fresh and coherent. Reading reviews I was expecting the worst but everything is perfectly fine! Haters gonna hate.
  5. PredatorPlus
    Nov 23, 2019
    7
    Gráficamente es un cambio a favor. El área silvestre se trata de una beta, está muy desaprovechada. En cuanto la historia me ha parecido pésima y post-game de tan solo 3 horas. En 70 horas me he pasado el juego al completo, historia y pokedex con la ayuda de únicamente de los exclusivos. En comparación con el resto de juegos de pokemon me parece que se queda corto en algunos aspectos.Gráficamente es un cambio a favor. El área silvestre se trata de una beta, está muy desaprovechada. En cuanto la historia me ha parecido pésima y post-game de tan solo 3 horas. En 70 horas me he pasado el juego al completo, historia y pokedex con la ayuda de únicamente de los exclusivos. En comparación con el resto de juegos de pokemon me parece que se queda corto en algunos aspectos. Espero que esta base la utilicen bien para el futuro.… Expand
  6. pm_goulart
    Jan 2, 2020
    0
    The game was first presented in the begging of 2019 and was very well praised by the fan based community. If good improvements and a new 3D game model, the game raised a lot expectations by public. Also, the developers stated in some interviews that they have learned from previous experiences and they were working hard to give fans the game they wanted. However, things turned out to beThe game was first presented in the begging of 2019 and was very well praised by the fan based community. If good improvements and a new 3D game model, the game raised a lot expectations by public. Also, the developers stated in some interviews that they have learned from previous experiences and they were working hard to give fans the game they wanted. However, things turned out to be completely different from what had being said.
    01 – First, the game lacks graphics improvement. It is the first time that Pokémon hits the tv consoles. For sure it had more power than the previous handheld consoles, but yet, the graphics did not reflect the true power of the Nintendo Switch. We can see that by playing the Legend of Zelda, Mario Odyssey, or Xenoblade Chronicles. The truth is: the graphics improvements were poor and lacks refinement as you can see a lot of pixelate textures throughout the game.
    02 – The cut of National DEX were a very wrong move. The fact that not having all the pokémons in a game is a huge step back in the franchise. They could have worked that part and hired more professionals to do this job. It is not a case of balancing and lack of time. This is a case of misleading in the production and lack of a strong leadership.
    03 – The game does not have any post game adventure. It is the worst ever.
    04 – Along with the Pokémon, the removal of the GTS is another step back as we now have to count on lucky to complete the dex with pokémons we don’t have.
    05 – The game does not stand good frame rates while connect on the internet. There moments of lagging and short freezing if the internet is on.
    06 – Despite all the improvements, the game main story is poorly developed. It grows in the background, which makes the main character be apart of it. This is a shift if you just look back in the other games where the main characters take part of the story and help to build the storyline.
    07 – Mega evolutions, z moves, abilities, deleted items and moves does make a difference. Mega evolutions were a great move. It makes no sense removing it.
    08 – The soundtrack is one greatest things in the game. At least I was not disappointed in this aspect. However, is somehow repetitive as some routes share the same song and some cities have copies of previous ones.
    09 – Differently from Sun and Moon, Pokémon Sword and Shield makes a really [almost absent] referent of other games from the same franchise. They barely mentioned other regions. In consequence, there is not multi plot. The stories do not connect to each other.
    10 – The producers delivered a final product with so much work to be done. And this could be fixed if they either contracted more people or asked for help. They delivered a poorly made game relying on its name to sell millions of copies.    … Expand
  7. coolwali
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    A game that takes several steps forward with features that really bring Pokemon onto the home console experience.....but takes several steps back in the process. The overly linear nature, the inconsistent story and a lack of postgame do little to justify the hefty price tag
  8. kaelmato
    Dec 1, 2019
    7
    First off, I really wanted to give the game a 7,5 but since that isn't an option I leaned more heavily on the 7 side.

    So lets get the good things out of the way first. The gameplay is fun. The new raid system is suprisingly fun (when it actually works). The wild area is actually a neat idea. The entry for competitive battling has been streamlined a great deal, which is great for people    First off, I really wanted to give the game a 7,5 but since that isn't an option I leaned more heavily on the 7 side.

    So lets get the good things out of the way first. The gameplay is fun. The new raid system is suprisingly fun (when it actually works). The wild area is actually a neat idea. The entry for competitive battling has been streamlined a great deal, which is great for people like me who don't have all day to breed and ev train those perfect pokemon. The music is really good and I absolutely love most of the new designs.

    So why a 7? This game has... Issues. a lot of them.

    I'm not going to touch on the graphics issues as this game in my opinion has passable graphics for a switch game. They're not great, but they're not horrible, it's a switch game.

    So lets start actually with missing features: Over half of the entire national dex have been cut from the game, and while I can live with this decision, I know a lot of others cant.
    The GTS has also been cut, this allowed people to easily trade pokemon around the world without the hassle of going to online forums looking for trades. In fact the online features of the game have been turned to an absolute nightmare. You go online, and you see bunch of people... doing stuff, but there's absolutely no way to interact with any of them in any way. Jacob is searching for a double battle? Well too bad, I can't join him. Nessie wants to trade? Well good luck with that. The only relevant information that shows up is people seeking for raids and even those rarely show up, and when they do show up, the joining window has most likely passed already.

    Moving on,

    The story in this game is actually so bad it would've been better if there wasn't one. Now pokemon games have never had that good stories going on (With the exception of black and white), but this one was especially bad. The lack of any kind of decent post game (with the exception of copy-paste battle tower and version legendary catch) doesn't really help either.

    This game is also incredibly easy, but this has been a trend for years so I cant really pin it on this games faults.

    And last but not least, the fps in wild area when connected to the internet tanks hard. I'm not just talking about few frames here, for instance when you're breeding in the wild area, sometimes it's lagging so bad that when your egg starts to hatch, your character stops in their tracks a few SECONDS before the text box "oh" pops up.

    In conclusion, the game is OK, not great, but it's not bad either. It is actually super fun to play and battling online still feels mostly the same, however the game is plagued with crippling issues that may or may not hinder your enjoyment of the game.    … Expand
  9. Comradely
    May 14, 2020
    6
    I think a lot of the criticisms are harsh. I don't *really* think it's any easier than the older games. The Pokemon series has always had a problem with difficulty. I don't think the map is any smaller or lacking in 'exploration', I think the simplicity of the route design and the camera (in caverns and caves) is just deceptive and makes you feel like a path is more linear and lessI think a lot of the criticisms are harsh. I don't *really* think it's any easier than the older games. The Pokemon series has always had a problem with difficulty. I don't think the map is any smaller or lacking in 'exploration', I think the simplicity of the route design and the camera (in caverns and caves) is just deceptive and makes you feel like a path is more linear and less convoluted than the caves and routes in the previous games. And I don't think the designs of the new Pokemon are the worst we've ever seen.

    However, the lack of story is there and very disappointing. Pokemon games have never had strong stories or narratives, but the way that your engagement of the mythos with the region is constantly usurped by supporting characters and you're told to (and restricted to) focus on the next gym challenge is such a weird and bad decision...    … Expand
  10. ToadieTo
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    Very disapointing game. Graphics are horrible. The amount of pokemon is reduced for no real reason. The story is non-existent compared to other pokémon games. The only good thing is that some pokemon have a good design.
  11. PannacottaFugo
    Dec 31, 2019
    0
    I will be completely and utterly honest. I don't think these are bad games. They're unarguably better than garbage that were both Pokemon X and Y and Pokemon Sun and Moon. However this game is undeniably lacking in so much pass content such as minigames, moves, Pokemon that follow you, MORE THAN HALF OF THE NATIONAL DEX, and so much more! Not to mention that there are tons of unpolishedI will be completely and utterly honest. I don't think these are bad games. They're unarguably better than garbage that were both Pokemon X and Y and Pokemon Sun and Moon. However this game is undeniably lacking in so much pass content such as minigames, moves, Pokemon that follow you, MORE THAN HALF OF THE NATIONAL DEX, and so much more! Not to mention that there are tons of unpolished areas and bad graphics AND bad animations. The game itself other than the removed content is very run of the mill and is what we're kinda used to and have gotten used to for over two decades. The gameplay is slightly better than usually I guess, the story is also slightly better, and the characters this time around are way better than usual. I found most of them to be very well written and lovable characters. On a side note I really love the Wild Area and hope they bring it back for future entries but we all know they won't

    This game isn't that bad and more just an okay game. An easy 6/10...however like I said before this game has bad animations, bad graphics, more than half the National Dex removed, and it has nothing to show for all of these problems and missing content we love. I really have no choice but to give this game a 0/10. Hopefully the enhanced versions of these games that will come in a year or so will fix the problems of Pokemon Sword and Shield.    … Expand
  12. jimmercise
    Nov 21, 2019
    6
    Extremely mediocre game. It starts well but quickly becomes tedious. The end is a real drag with no elite 4. It's just the same dudes you've already thrashed with crappy teams, plus one actual champion fight at the end.

    zzzzz.
  13. SirAwesomeness5
    Jun 30, 2020
    8
    Despite all the controversy surrounding this game, I quite enjoyed it. It is pretty barebones with the postgame content without the Expansion Pass, so keep that in mind. 8 out of 10.
  14. hknyrbkn
    May 8, 2021
    5
    As per the generation of newly introduced Pokemon I love this game. The rest, meh. The DLCs, disaster...
  15. Honesthuman777
    Nov 17, 2019
    2
    Frequent frame rate drops. The game sometimes does not scale properly to fit my screen. The end game content is short relative to the previous games. The supplement for not  placing all pokemon species in the game was said to be high quality animations but the majority of the  battle animations are either reused from previous games  or seemingly minimal in that the animation basicallyFrequent frame rate drops. The game sometimes does not scale properly to fit my screen. The end game content is short relative to the previous games. The supplement for not  placing all pokemon species in the game was said to be high quality animations but the majority of the  battle animations are either reused from previous games  or seemingly minimal in that the animation basically consists of the static model being moved up and down and the opposing pokemon would  have a stamped visual that is placed on that model. The lore of the United kingdom is disrespected in this game not because it has been misrepresented but because it was hardly touched. There are countless amounts of stories that relate describe creatures that resemble gen 8 mons and somehow the pokemon are just described as an independent entity and the lore and story is never mentioned in the dex entry. The worst quality of this game is the difficulty, without a hard mode of the ability to turn off the exp share, this game feels like a let's go game and at the bottom of every move during battle the game tells you the effectiveness. In terms of difficulty this game this game is a joke relative to the previous games, not one gym leader has more than 4 pokemon.This game has two redeeming qualities, the online has become an efficient machine because all actions are placed in an efficient and accessible menu where it takes little time to find and do the thing that you want to do as quickly as possible and the wild area feels like a genuine step forward because it allows you to adjust the pace of your playthrough since you could explore and interact with aspects of the game that would normally be allowed much later in previous pokemon games. The reason this score is so low is because there are console spin offs that either have better animations, more pokemon species, more pokemon movies, a more interesting plot, or a more robust endgame.… Expand
  16. lazy_vortex
    Dec 9, 2019
    4
    Okay guys. I'm OK with Cutdex, this would happen, sooner or later.
    But game has a lot of problem and I couldn't make myself fall in love with SwoShie.
    1. No touch-screen. Absolutely. Giant disadvantage for hand-held game. 2. Сlumsy engine. Game Freak doesn't know how to work with devkit. When you touch the staircase you also use ZA WARUDO and freeze all over the world. 3. Broken online    Okay guys. I'm OK with Cutdex, this would happen, sooner or later.
    But game has a lot of problem and I couldn't make myself fall in love with SwoShie.
    1. No touch-screen. Absolutely. Giant disadvantage for hand-held game.
    2. Сlumsy engine. Game Freak doesn't know how to work with devkit. When you touch the staircase you also use ZA WARUDO and freeze all over the world.
    3. Broken online system. Really, it is THE WORST trade in hystory.
    4. The 5-6th points will be a little bit spoiler, please don't read if you are not ready.
    4.1. The designes are totally crienge. Fossils looks like a vomit in agony.
    Impidimp looks like from Yo-Kai Watch and NOT from Pokemon.
    Eiscue is laziest design ever.
    Alcreamie, Polteageist and apple dragon? Pokemons are wild creatures, they hunt, kill and eat each other! But these dudes looks like they accidentally escaped from a Disney tea party
    5. SPOILER ALERT!
    5.1. The story is very bad. Really:
    WE HAVE AN EXPLOSION IN THE CITY, BUT YOU MUST RUN TO THE NEIGHBORING CITY TO THE STADIUM, BADGES ARE MORE IMPORTANT.
    Or how Chairman decide to defeat third legendary (awful design btw).
    Yeah, very realistic and logic.
    6. Characters are empty and worthless.
    Professor is so usless, so if you cut her out from story, nothing will change.
    Hau ew Hop is cheap copy of Hau. The only one bright moment in him it's his sorrow and fear of disgracing brother. The other is bruh moments.
    Or Team Yolo. Yeah, they were trying to create Team Skull-2, but it isn't earnestly.
    7. A lot of trash instead of content. Those collecting cards, curry dex. Who cares?! It's trash!

    I will lie if I say "there are no good side in game".
    1. Wild Areas are interesting. At least first 10 hours. I left them only for obtaining new badges and compliting **** story.
    But at one moment even the Wild Areas make me tired with their repetitiveness.
    2. Some animations REALLY are nice. My personal love -- Falinks's NO RETREAT. It cool, but not at all. Other animations are cheap and askew, like Flamethrower not from mouth but from forehead.

    IN CONCLUSION: this is not AAA-title. It is VERY raw beta but it cost like complited game.
    I suppose the main problem in fate of Pokegames is Gamefreaks. In the foreground are their general incompetence and lack of development skills.
    I am ashamed that I supported this game with a purchase.    … Expand
  17. BloodMutt
    Nov 21, 2022
    10
    I don't know why everyone has hated on this game. It was good and I played it through to completion.
  18. giannis2001
    Jul 16, 2021
    8
    Not the greatest Pokemon game but still a solid experience. A lot of content, great world to explore and a new addition - open world sections. Some Pokemon desingns are very weird though.Don't let the user score fool you. It's a great game and definetely recommended.
  19. MadMaxxieXD
    Nov 26, 2019
    3
    Very lazy, the animations are very bad still, moves coming out of random parts, inconsistent sizes(things like Wailord are knee high, or Tyranitar being bigger than you our of battle then suddenly toddler sized in a game based around turning Pokemon huge), crazy pop in, the raids are ridiculously repetitive, online is awful and clunky, can't refresh stamps until game randomly decides to soVery lazy, the animations are very bad still, moves coming out of random parts, inconsistent sizes(things like Wailord are knee high, or Tyranitar being bigger than you our of battle then suddenly toddler sized in a game based around turning Pokemon huge), crazy pop in, the raids are ridiculously repetitive, online is awful and clunky, can't refresh stamps until game randomly decides to so you have loads of old raids that you waste time trying to queue for only to get an error, no GTS so the only way to trade is randomly, you can't even see what you're getting until you confirm the trade, no way to communicate when trading or in raids, it's basically impossible to get Pokemon from the other game without a local friend to trade from. No Postgame, the story is very bad and short. You'll have fun playing online if you play competitive but if not, this feels worse than the 3DS games. There's less than half as many Pokemon, the story is even shorter online is much worse. Unless you play competitive online, skip these games, it's a rip off and very pathetic coming from the biggest media IP in the world.… Expand
  20. Speedie
    Nov 24, 2019
    7
    If you're looking to compare this game to the rest of the Pokemon series, don't bother. Game Freak is taking their world famous series in a different direction, and as a life long Pokemon fan, I'm not upset at all. There are new introductions to the series between battle functions and main quest direction that keep things interesting at all times. There is of course room for improvement,If you're looking to compare this game to the rest of the Pokemon series, don't bother. Game Freak is taking their world famous series in a different direction, and as a life long Pokemon fan, I'm not upset at all. There are new introductions to the series between battle functions and main quest direction that keep things interesting at all times. There is of course room for improvement, as with any video game produced, but it's plenty of fun, and a welcome introduction to my lineup of Pokemon game cases.

    When the game was first announced, and we were told that the National Pokedex was gone (meaning not every existing Pokemon would be in the game) I was quite upset to say the least. I had a feeling some of my favorite Pokemon would be cut, and I was correct. Looking back on it, I was an idiot. The 400 Pokemon included in the game fit so perfectly into the world, being spread out not too thin, but also not having an overwhelming variety in each area. The game feels balanced on the combat side of things due to the limit on specific Pokemon and abilities. Cutting Pokemon from the final project wasn't a split second decision of laziness, it was a decision made to ensure the world feels expansive enough without being crowded, it it works like a charm.

    The story driven content in the game isn't very deep. Not in the slightest. The sad excuse for the "Team" of this generation is something to be disappointed over for sure. The climax has very little build up at all, and a majority of the game is just the protagonist children talking about how they'll be the best trainers there ever was. The post game content is a bit better. More witty, funny, and overall entertaining, but short. I do wish there was deeper lore in the game, or really any significant lore at all to make me excited about the world, but sadly there is no hope. The one slight upside, is that some of the character development is very fun to follow, and caused a few smiles and laughs from me watching the characters change, or chose not to.

    The online features work a bit better than I expected. A bit laggy in the Wild Area sometimes, but otherwise very smooth and reliable. The servers had some issues at the start, but that has nothing to do with the actual experience I had while they were active. The new Raid addition to the game, as well as Trades and Battles are very smooth and work like a regular online game server, which is more than is usually expected from Nintendo.

    In conclusion, this generation is very fun, without a doubt. If compared to the rest of the Pokemon games, sure, it's towards the bottom of the list. As a standalone Switch game though, it truly is a great experience! If you can will yourself to simply get excited about a new video game, and jump into it with a positive, or even neutral mindset, you truly will enjoy yourself. The game is worth a full play through, and deserves praise for the things it does well.    … Expand
  21. MrCrowley
    Nov 22, 2019
    6
    While it doesn't deserve the hate it's gotten, this Pokemon installment is somehow both satisfying and disappointing at the same time. On one hand, we have some interesting new Pokemon designs, fun Gigantamax raids, very refreshing gym mechanics, and a fairly beautiful region. On the other hand, we have lazy Pokemon designs, dated and rushed graphics, an extremely simplistic storyline thatWhile it doesn't deserve the hate it's gotten, this Pokemon installment is somehow both satisfying and disappointing at the same time. On one hand, we have some interesting new Pokemon designs, fun Gigantamax raids, very refreshing gym mechanics, and a fairly beautiful region. On the other hand, we have lazy Pokemon designs, dated and rushed graphics, an extremely simplistic storyline that even a child could predict, and a Dynamax mechanic during some battles that barely does anything in my opinion. Therefore, while I had fun playing it, I would only recommend this installment to true fans of the franchise that can look past all of the issues.… Expand
  22. IkOzael
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    It's the same mediocre games we've been gettin' for 20 years but worse. The story an' post-game is hella shallow. Characters are meh (though y'know Bea, Sonia, Nessa, Marnie... (Gloria's a different case)) but some had potential. The pop-in is atrocious. Feels like the inverse effect of the Green Baby's Stand from JBA: Stone Ocean was put on everything. The Wild Area sounded cool inIt's the same mediocre games we've been gettin' for 20 years but worse. The story an' post-game is hella shallow. Characters are meh (though y'know Bea, Sonia, Nessa, Marnie... (Gloria's a different case)) but some had potential. The pop-in is atrocious. Feels like the inverse effect of the Green Baby's Stand from JBA: Stone Ocean was put on everything. The Wild Area sounded cool in concept, but should've been on the same level as Breath of the Wild's overworld, like with Galar in general. Pokémon Camp is buggy an' the curry thing is a li'l interesting but that Pokémon eating cutscene... yeah, that stuff could've been better. The gameplay is as dull an' lifeless as its ever been, especially with the gimmicky Dynamax, but the animations were supposed to be generally improved... except they weren't. While this game does have some quality of life features, it strips away others like the GTS only to sell it back in subscription form an' bein' able to turn off EXP Share. I'm personally not one to "catch 'em all" since I jus' prefer the variety of Pokémon bein' present assumin' I don't feel like catchin' 'em later or whatever, but the reasons for cuttin' over half the Pokemon from the National Pokédex are dumb, mainly because they tried to dance their asses around it. I get that would've happened sooner or later which is why you don't mindlessly churn out the same-ass formula every year. But hm, who cares? They got kids, nostalgia hoes, etc. to keep 'em well-stocked on money. Give it room to breathe instead of aligning it alongside the Pokemon anime that's also pretty lame. This series was already at a decline a looong time ago, but damn.

    The Isle of Armor is mundane DLC. I'm not surprised. The only thing I like outta this one is, as you could guess, Klara for pretty obvious reasons (*grabs Wacom Cintiq Pro 13*). Somethin' about 'er gives off vibes that made me like the Hex Maniacs so much. But for real, the dojo feels like a post game's replacement. Some other things I like are the li'l cutscenes with Kubfu an' bein' able to travel with one of my Pokémon, but that one is shut down by the fact it's only while I'm in the Isle of Armor, but even then it has it's own problems which never existed in Let's Go. One particularly bein' the movement speed of some Pokemon. God... Damn... Does Slowpoke among many others move like glacial molasses. Ironically, this is in the same area where you were jus' chasing three stampeding Slowpoke a few minutes ago. The new Rotom Bike design is real cool with the black trail it has an' it made me like the bike a li'l more since I preferred skates. The outfit for it is way better, too. Better than the "clown suit" one in my opinion.

    Now to wait on the Crown Tundra, I guess (goddamn, I hate wastin' money)...

    Anyway, online is worse than it was in the past games. Frame rate drops are all too common. GTS was stripped away among other things for this slow-ass tag alert system that is Y-Comm. The only reason to ever use it would be for Surprise Trade or Max Raids which is near pointless 'cause of an abusable exploit that basically ruins it for other people who want to join. It's not like it'll be worth your time anyway since there's no strategy involved because the best way to beat 'em is jus' hit really hard. Anything other than that gets hella negated as if the Dynamon is Gold Experience Requiem but even hittin' hard is a crapshoot 'cause o' the limited damage they take. Oh, you can forget playin' Max Raids offline. The NPCs have critical errors for brains and/or straight-up have weak Pokémon that're actually more like handicaps for yourself. Notice how they all have Focus Sashes because they're so useless. You'll often have at least two on your team online though 'cause o' what I already talked about. By the way, why the hell doesn't GF do updates if they wanna talk about balancing? They've been able to do that since the 3DS days, but nope. None o' that. Gotta coax that money outta your wallet.

    While I still love Pokémon, I'm gonna look into Digimon, Temtem, fan games, etc. at this point. An' I'll most likely stick to drawin' Pokémon stuff instead of buyin' their "new" game.    … Expand
  23. vitin
    Nov 5, 2020
    3
    O jogo tem pontos positivos e eu consegui me divertir bastante com ele, mas a preguiça da Game Freak deixa ele ainda mais odiável. Os gráficos lembram o DS, a National Dex em si é um problema enorme, a história é bem mais simples que os outros Pokémon e ele acaba sendo bem curto. Pro preço dele, não diria que vale a pena, melhor comprar algum jogo anterior.
  24. Soldier_Owl
    Aug 18, 2020
    8
    I like this game. The new pokemon are cool and the galar forms are nice. Go on Nintendo.
  25. Lighty
    Nov 19, 2019
    5
    Too easy, Game Freak lied so much about it, poor graphic and FPS performance, rushed, boring characters, no personality and charm, too much cut content (moves, Pokémon, etc.), boring gameplay, and some minor issues. Wild Area is good though.
  26. luis2667
    Dec 7, 2019
    8
    pese a todas la criticas mal hechas, es un gran juego, adictivo, con fallos claro esta, mecánicas muy buenas, si la compañía decide seguir usando el área silvestre y expandirla a mas partes del mapa, la franquicia daría un gran salto y mas, si lograran evitar los bajones de frames con el modo on-line activado, definitivamente no le doy 10 solo por esos detalles que faltan por pulir, peropese a todas la criticas mal hechas, es un gran juego, adictivo, con fallos claro esta, mecánicas muy buenas, si la compañía decide seguir usando el área silvestre y expandirla a mas partes del mapa, la franquicia daría un gran salto y mas, si lograran evitar los bajones de frames con el modo on-line activado, definitivamente no le doy 10 solo por esos detalles que faltan por pulir, pero se lo merecería para subir la calificación del review bombing que le hicieron, ojala corrijan esto, como lo han hecho con death stranding, que no se merece mas de 5… Expand
  27. JadedSince91
    Nov 15, 2019
    6
    I was very conflicted about the new Pokemon game and while it didn't completely win me over, I also didn't let the hate cloud my judgement about this new installment. Is it the best Pokemon yet? Far from it. Is it enjoyable fun? Definitely!

    Let's start with the negatives. The characters in this game (mainly Hop, Leon, Sonia) are extremely annoying. Hop never shuts up about how great    I was very conflicted about the new Pokemon game and while it didn't completely win me over, I also didn't let the hate cloud my judgement about this new installment. Is it the best Pokemon yet? Far from it. Is it enjoyable fun? Definitely!

    Let's start with the negatives. The characters in this game (mainly Hop, Leon, Sonia) are extremely annoying. Hop never shuts up about how great this adventure is and how he will be the next champion while he is a pathetic opponent. He is Hau 2 basically. His brother, Leon, is presented as the unbeatable champion of the region and the "all around" cool guy, but he is just a lame guy with a terrible fashion style. Sonia is just stopping you to share irrelevant information all the time. They are just annoying.

    The animations are sometimes really basic. There are a few flashed our moves (mostly the recently added or new moves), but the older ones (like Double Kick) are just sad to look at. The graphics are alright in my opinion, but this is largely due to the better camera movement in cutscenes and battles. What is a huge negative for me is the battle backgrounds. I encountered several indoor fights where the background was just a generic grey area (like another dimension) which is truly pathetic from Gamefreak. They clearly rushed the product for the Christmas season.

    I read many people complain about the difficulty, but I think it is fine. I played with "set" ruleset and didn't grind my team and some of the fights were challenging without using items - although never lost a single battle in the end. It is important to remember this game is for everyone so if you are 14+ and want a challenge then don't grind, use set rule, don't use items, and change your team frequently. You can also do Mono type challenges, whatever. I had some really tense moments and I'm 28 and played all Pokemon games in the past.

    Ultimately I had fun so far playing the game. The new Pokemon are fun, the world is interesting and the gym challenges are a welcome change (especially the Fire challenge, that was quite fun). Obviously the game could have been much much better if the development was not rushed, but people giving 1s and 2s to the game? Come on!    … Expand
  28. Bnois
    Dec 5, 2019
    1
    1, not 0, because it was still playable. I've so many bad things to say about this "game" and only few good, but there's no point in doing so cause everybody already knows how bad it's, and if you don't - stop lying to yourself and others
  29. JinnRemona
    Nov 27, 2019
    1
    Pokemon Sword and Shield was supposed to be the first great Pokemon game on the Nintendo Switch and people were very excited for a console mainline Pokemon, and what the game actually contained within itself was nothing short of horrible.

    As the game approached launch, many problems with the game began to surface from people who got leaked or broken street date copies of the game. What    Pokemon Sword and Shield was supposed to be the first great Pokemon game on the Nintendo Switch and people were very excited for a console mainline Pokemon, and what the game actually contained within itself was nothing short of horrible.

    As the game approached launch, many problems with the game began to surface from people who got leaked or broken street date copies of the game. What came to light was that Gamefreak has lied about a insane amount of its promises and left out so much content that it feels like they don't even care about the series anymore.

    These problems are fairly well documented by this point, but I'll do my best to list them off again:
    - The game has a strange amount of technical and graphical problems. Graphics in areas look like they came straight out of an old PS1 game and problems have been found with both the frame rate and movements of both characters and on screen Pokemon.
    - In the new Wild Areas that Gamefreak introduced in this game, there is a lot of Pop-in issues as you attempt to navigate these areas looking for Pokemon.
    - Cutscenes in the game feel like they were originally designed to have voice acting, but it was later removed, so the characters movements feel very awkward.
    - This was one of the larger issues with the game that Gamefreak has enforced multiple times to its fans. The much beloved National Dex has been completely removed from the game, along with nearly 600 Pokemon. The sheer amount of removed Pokemon is crazy enough as no previous Starter Pokemon, Legendaries and more were included into this new game.
    - The story that Pokemon Sword and Shield attempts to tell is very bland, even compared to other Pokemon games, and the complete lack of any good End Game is problematic for long term players of the game.
    - This was another major problem with the game. Gamefreak said multiple times that they were removing so many Pokemon from the game in order to use that Manpower to improve the Pokemon's models and make them new and better. Once the game leaked out, players found that almost all of the returning Pokemon's models were ripped straight out of Pokemon Sun and Moon and were not changed in the slightest, proving that Gamefreak has lied to their fans to try and calm them down about the National Dex.
    - Nearly 144 moves were removed from the game as well with no plausible reason as to why this was done. Like all the removed Pokemon, some of the removed Moves were ones that had been in every iteration of the game since the move was introduced.

    So far I have been very disappointed in what this game has attempted to sell to its fans, and even more disappointed by how many people are buying into it regardless of these problems. It has now shown Gamefreak that no matter how bad of a job they do on a game, if they put the name Pokemon on it, there will also be people willing to waste money to buy it.    … Expand
  30. chaputom
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    15 hours in and loving it! I haven't been this excited/interesting in a Pokemon game since X & Y so it was good to come back to something new and fresh but similar. The Pokedex goes up to 400 (who would ever want 800+ of ANYTHING in a game?) which is more than enough to keep your attention for Catching Them All's sake. The gym battles are unique and atmospheric and have great animations15 hours in and loving it! I haven't been this excited/interesting in a Pokemon game since X & Y so it was good to come back to something new and fresh but similar. The Pokedex goes up to 400 (who would ever want 800+ of ANYTHING in a game?) which is more than enough to keep your attention for Catching Them All's sake. The gym battles are unique and atmospheric and have great animations which are very interesting and engaging. The new rivals and characters are fine. Trainer battling is more interesting with newer Pokemon and animations - and that you aren't constantly being stopped for battle every few feet just to keep up space. The Wild Area still has my interest and I spend most of my time there (Catching higher level Pokemon, visiting with NPCs, Dynamax Raids). All and all a great new entry into the series and one you shouldn't really skip out on with all the (nonsense) negative reviews Game Freak has been getting lately! Play the game.… Expand
  31. Peter19
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    Pokémon Sword and Shield are not bad games. But fun character arcs and inventive, creative designs of new ‘mon are often offset by poor pacing and restrictive world design. The world of Galar is charming, and is a Pokémon interpretation of Britain I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid, but between gating what Pokémon you can catch behind Gym Badges, some half-baked route/City designs and aPokémon Sword and Shield are not bad games. But fun character arcs and inventive, creative designs of new ‘mon are often offset by poor pacing and restrictive world design. The world of Galar is charming, and is a Pokémon interpretation of Britain I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid, but between gating what Pokémon you can catch behind Gym Badges, some half-baked route/City designs and a modest amount of post-game content, Sword and Shield can only be called ‘good’ Pokémon games… not ‘great’ ones.… Expand
  32. uncledad
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This game was so immensely disappointing...

    I've played every Pokemon generation, I've been playing since Yellow on the GBC and have been excited for every title that comes out. This game was a failure on all fronts. From the failure of the marketing department to provide meaningful updates throughout the development process, to their handling of controversies like the Dex cuts, and    This game was so immensely disappointing...

    I've played every Pokemon generation, I've been playing since Yellow on the GBC and have been excited for every title that comes out. This game was a failure on all fronts.

    From the failure of the marketing department to provide meaningful updates throughout the development process, to their handling of controversies like the Dex cuts, and to the release dealing with full leaks. Then the game itself. The FIRST EVER Pokemon mainline title on a home-console, and it's this. Almost every single aspect of the game feels stale, uninspired, or rushed. I say almost because there are certain small things that you can tell someone put a lot of work into, only for it to be squandered by the game in it's entirety. If this game didn't have the Wild Area to lean on, it would have crashed and burned immediately. Without it there is no innovation and there is no replayability. While some of the areas of the game as I mentioned before look BEAUTIFUL, such as the Fairy city Ballonlea, they are completely shallow and soulless. Hidden behind the scenery is extremely simplistic and rudimentary level design, with most routes being straight lines, with no reason to ever return to them again. Most areas and cities are completely pointless beyond having a gym or leading to a new gym, and you'll only spend 5-10 minutes in them throughout the entire game. Towns feel like cardboard ghost towns, as most parts are either inaccessible or empty. Areas like Stow-On-Side, the Dugtrio Monument, the Ruins on Route 8, the Galar Mines, and both "forests", are ALL one-time visits. The music is great in certain areas, but in the places like the Wild Area where you spend most of your time- it isn't. The "evil" team is laughably bad, and can hardly be called evil. There is no difficulty to the game at any point, most trainer's Pokemon don't even know 4 moves and the AI is not smart enough to use those moves strategically. You WILL beat this entire game without losing a battle, there is no point where there is even a question that you could lose.

    The only thing this game has to offer is TRs, the Wild Area, and new Pokemon. The loss in quality everywhere else is very hard not to notice.

    I was actually okay with the Dex cuts when the game launched as I accepted GameFreak's reasoning and explanations. However, now seeing that GameFreak is just putting most of them back as paid content to pad out the equally uninspired DLC they're releasing I see it's just another scheme for them to profit off of Pokemon. You can say the same about using paid subscriptions for Home to bring forward your favorite Pokemon from old games.

    There is a reason this is the most profitable franchise in the world, GameFreak and Pokemon aren't stupid. It is however, a shame to see them release such an empty and lifeless game, especially for the first console title. These games really truly did have potential, but you can feel while playing that the priorities were elsewhere with shiny bells and whistles, and not behind making a solid Pokemon game.    … Expand
  33. goiky
    Jan 22, 2020
    5
    Not one of the best pokemon games, but definitely utilizes its platform well. The story is absolutely horrendous, with being horribly paced, bad motivations for almost every character except for Hop, and humor that's forceful and unfunny. The gameplay though is pretty good. The cutting of the National Dex was a genius move, especially when considering how tedious it would be to complete aNot one of the best pokemon games, but definitely utilizes its platform well. The story is absolutely horrendous, with being horribly paced, bad motivations for almost every character except for Hop, and humor that's forceful and unfunny. The gameplay though is pretty good. The cutting of the National Dex was a genius move, especially when considering how tedious it would be to complete a dex otherwise, given the expansive world that they have. The mechanics that this game introduce (the wild area and raids) are the best to be seen in any pokemon game, because it's on a switch. However, I had 0 difficulty the entire game. I mean, it's a pokemon game, it's gonna be fun, but this one was incredibly easy, and that's coming from someone who had difficulty with sun and moon. Still, people who are calling this game the worst are nitpicking and biased.… Expand
  34. Squishydew
    Nov 19, 2019
    5
    Pokemon sword & shield show everything thats wrong with mainline pokemon games.

    Every generation it becomes more obvious that gamefreak puts in minimal effort with lacking animations, graphics, and this time a story that is outright annoying, being delivered by CONTINUOUS npc interuption. Even worse, at times the npcs run off to experience the real story while you just do a    Pokemon sword & shield show everything thats wrong with mainline pokemon games.

    Every generation it becomes more obvious that gamefreak puts in minimal effort with lacking animations, graphics, and this time a story that is outright annoying, being delivered by CONTINUOUS npc interuption.

    Even worse, at times the npcs run off to experience the real story while you just do a meaningless task.
    On top of the Dex cut, subpar online functionality and FPS drops, these games feel rushed and uninspired.

    There are redeeming qualities - Like overworld pokemon are amazing and miles better than random encounters, but its sort of ruined by the extremely obvious pop-in issues the game has.

    The leap to console should've been amazing, sadly its below average at best.

    This is a €20 game being sold for €60    … Expand
  35. Burdo24
    Nov 21, 2019
    8
    Good game, not one of the best pokemon out there but one very entertaining with beautiful visuals
  36. Strewth
    Dec 6, 2019
    5
    1. Your character choices are 6 different shades of child
    2. Incomplete Pokedex (gotta catch em all?)
    3. Laughably lazy battle animations that look like they're from gen 1(tail whip im looking at you) 4. Shockingly rough graphics 5. Shoehorned online features 6. Suuuuuper casual easy difficulty 7. Lame uninteresting story (gotta be the best yada yada yada) 8. Score for the most part    1. Your character choices are 6 different shades of child
    2. Incomplete Pokedex (gotta catch em all?)
    3. Laughably lazy battle animations that look like they're from gen 1(tail whip im looking at you)
    4. Shockingly rough graphics
    5. Shoehorned online features
    6. Suuuuuper casual easy difficulty
    7. Lame uninteresting story (gotta be the best yada yada yada)
    8. Score for the most part is great except for a few battle songs that sound like the composer was on crack and speed (sounds like 3 different songs being played over each other at times)

    That's 8 reasons why Death Stranding is a better investment.    … Expand
  37. Antares_87
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    No National pokedex , No Party. Besides this game haven't a long story , only 15 hours of campaing, I'm sorry gamefreak but this is a Shame
  38. Wingmanwesty
    Dec 5, 2019
    1
    This game had huge potential, but ultimately put half effort into each and every aspect of this game. The Raids were the biggest dissapointment to me. Such a cool idea. Teaming up online with friends to fight a giant pokemon you'd been hunting for. Wild. Yet actually broken online matchmaking completely ruin that experience. You can join an online raid that the game tries to matchmake youThis game had huge potential, but ultimately put half effort into each and every aspect of this game. The Raids were the biggest dissapointment to me. Such a cool idea. Teaming up online with friends to fight a giant pokemon you'd been hunting for. Wild. Yet actually broken online matchmaking completely ruin that experience. You can join an online raid that the game tries to matchmake you into maybe 10% of the time. Otherwise you've timed out, its no longer available, lost connection. This game may as well use link cables again. There is no friend system so its much harder to link up with my friends in game then should be for anyonline game made after 2010. There is no GTS so trading for specific pokemon isn't an option unless I go on reddit to match with someone and hopefully the 4 digit code actually works. Sometimes it just doesn't. This isn't a bad idea, your online just isn't usable. This game is not finished, this part doesn't work. Shoddy. For a game about giant pokemon it is super jarring that scaling is completely gone from the game. All pokemon are now 4 feet tall. That's so jarring. Routes are essentially boring hallways. No discovery or adventure here. One route is literally a hallway made of ice. Remember the first time you went through the whirl islands? Finding rare mons, discovering how to navigate with boulders, trying to remember the layout. In swsh you get an infinite use escape rope. i haven't had to use it yet cause galar mine 1, and galar mine 2 (super epic names fit for adventure btw) are straight lines. Just hold up to get through it. No routes reward or require exploration. The story was super bland and felt detached from gameplay. I loved the part of the story where they told me to ignore the cool action, and mystery and let an npc deal with it offscreen. What idiot put that on a storyboard. I liked the story of really pushing the gym challenge. Too bad that's really only 3 hours of story there. Leon is a terrible champion. His only character trait is that he's undefeated, spoiler alert, he gets defeated. Such a shallow charcter, with a lame signature pokemon for him and this generation, and such a poorly designed character. Seriously looks like an 8 year old picked out all the cool clothes they could think of to put on him. Hop as well was shallow, his only character trait is that he'll kiss your butt, and he's sad that you outshawn him. Actually a cool trait if only it wasn't said just as much as was leons undefeated status. Shiny hunting is just a grind now, kill 500 mons, no chains, no combos, no dexnav hunting. Just start killing everything you see. NPC's in raids actually negatively impact you as the AI are apparently missing the I part of AI. Sure bring your jolteon against the Runerigus, spam quick attack, and thunderbolt to no effect and die every other turn. Designing my own character is severely limited. why can NPC's have clothes, and hairstyles I can't, and No one on earth would ever go on a cross country adventure wearing that travesty of a bag, who backpacks with a suitcase. Get a backpack, or an over the shoulder bag, or better yet. Give players a choice. The bag isn't meant to be worn like this, yet here I am with a roller-suitcase on my back. The cities were huge to look at but ultimately empty, easily explorable in under 5 minutes, not very rewarding, and only two cities have more than 5 buildings in them. This is the worst battle tower in generations, lack of super-battles, and multi battles make it boring, and the absolutely trash reward system make it a chore to do. 2BP per win, forever, and when you reach the highest rank you get less rewards cause you can't go up a tier. Such a grind. And you need to grind because you want mints for gigantimaxers, cause only caught ones can do it. Not the Drednaw I've used for my whole playthrough. Cool guess I'll just bin him and swap him out for a new one that can do cooler tricks. This game is also missing several features that'd drastically improve the game: National Dex, Mega Evolution, All mons in the overworld, following pokemon, any sense of exploration, and overworld shinies. How did they go back on features. Why would they remove something people loved from previous games. What felt great: Stadium style gym battles, text speeds, accessible box's, Accessible tm relearners, Bede was a cool character in the main story, less so in the post game. What should just be removed: NPC AI in raids, Hop, Leon, RPG style text options that don't have any impact on the game.
    Overall
    - boring routes
    - no exploration
    - broken online
    - Pokemon scaled wrong
    - Shallow characters
    - stupid AI
    - Limited fashion choices
    - Hollow cities
    - Missing pokemon
    - Missing adventure
    - lackluster postgame
    - Uninteractive shiny hunting    … Expand
  39. Grijandor
    Dec 10, 2019
    5
    Es un juego con muchas carencias, la primera la nula dificultad, el juego te invita a explorar el área silvestre que está metida con calzador en medio del juego y que a nada que estés un rato recomiendo volverás a la historia principal con muchos niveles por encima de los rivales que te encuentres. La historia del juego también es bastante plana, no incita a la rejugabilidad. El online, enEs un juego con muchas carencias, la primera la nula dificultad, el juego te invita a explorar el área silvestre que está metida con calzador en medio del juego y que a nada que estés un rato recomiendo volverás a la historia principal con muchos niveles por encima de los rivales que te encuentres. La historia del juego también es bastante plana, no incita a la rejugabilidad. El online, en el que se ha hecho bastante énfasis es digno del año 2001, la interacción con otros jugadores no pasa de verlos corretear por el área silvestre. Por otra parte el único interés en el que se ha hecho mejoras reales que es el competitivo, se ve roto gracias al dynamax, el cual además, está poco trabajado limitando los ataques a prácticamente uno por tipo, lo mismo que las incursiones, muy buena idea esta última pero vista una, vistas todas. Si bien el número de Pokémon recortado es suficiente para disfrutar el juego habría sido imposible meter el resto coherentemente, serían casi el doble en un área silvestre demasiado pequeña y poco variada. Aún así el juego de las arregla para ser divertido como cualquier otro juego de Pokémon, pero mucho menos memorable que otros juegos de la saga. Muchas ideas buenas que no se han sabido llevar a cabo que tal vez culminen en un juego próximo bien hecho de verdad que realmente esté a la altura del salto generacional y de lo que Nintendo switch es capaz.… Expand
  40. PrunusTR
    Nov 26, 2019
    2
    20 years later, it is still the same game. After playing this game, my thought is that the main pokemon games should not be developed by Gamefreak anymore. New pokemons are well designed. However, hundreds of pokemons from previous games are cut out. Transfering pokemons from previous games is a game mechanic that makes pokemon game a pokemon game. Although cutting out all the pokemons20 years later, it is still the same game. After playing this game, my thought is that the main pokemon games should not be developed by Gamefreak anymore. New pokemons are well designed. However, hundreds of pokemons from previous games are cut out. Transfering pokemons from previous games is a game mechanic that makes pokemon game a pokemon game. Although cutting out all the pokemons reduced the work of developers, there is no progress in animations. The animations in this game belong to the last decade. Moreover, there is still no voice acting. That is ridiculous. I bought this game to experience a main pokemon game on a big screen TV but probably this is the last time since I do not believe gamefreak will improve the game no matter how many generations or game consoles change. This game is definitely not a 2019 game, and it should cost no more than 30 dollars.… Expand
  41. NoobSpy
    Oct 29, 2020
    9
    Apesar de muitos dizerem que o jogo é ruim e tudo mais, ele é extremamente viciante e envolvente, sim o jogo tem alguns problemas, personagens surgindo do nada, cenários, texturas feias em algumas partes, mas fora isso temos os lados bons, muitos Pokémons novos, alguns que já conhecemos, sem falar que agora o game facilitou algumas coisas, como poder trocar de Pokémon sem precisar ir aoApesar de muitos dizerem que o jogo é ruim e tudo mais, ele é extremamente viciante e envolvente, sim o jogo tem alguns problemas, personagens surgindo do nada, cenários, texturas feias em algumas partes, mas fora isso temos os lados bons, muitos Pokémons novos, alguns que já conhecemos, sem falar que agora o game facilitou algumas coisas, como poder trocar de Pokémon sem precisar ir ao centro pokémon, algo similar o que ocorre em Pokémon Lets Go, save automatico, dentre outras melhorias, sei que o jogo poderia ser ainda maior, mais grandioso, mas não achei tão horrível quanto muitos diziam!… Expand
  42. DeltaHaven
    Oct 20, 2020
    6
    one of the most bland Pokemon games yet. Finished the main campaign in less than 18 hours, and other than completing the Pokedex (what is left of it in this generation), I had little to no reason to keep playing this game. The raid battles are a slog, the Battle Tower is boring, the Online is even worse than S&M Festival Plaza and makes the game lag in the Wild Area and the Wild Area looksone of the most bland Pokemon games yet. Finished the main campaign in less than 18 hours, and other than completing the Pokedex (what is left of it in this generation), I had little to no reason to keep playing this game. The raid battles are a slog, the Battle Tower is boring, the Online is even worse than S&M Festival Plaza and makes the game lag in the Wild Area and the Wild Area looks like a badly executed concept that was added last minute.
    Buy this game on sale. Maybe buy the $30 DLC if you like it.    … Expand
  43. MarinoMele
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    A good game, certainly not great, that barely scores a 7.
    Game Freak has to understand that they're not on a portable console anymore.
    The absence of half of the existing Pokèmons is a let-down, I get it, but it doesn't ruin the experience. THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS HOW BAD THIS GAME IS FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT. It's a tragedy that "Pokémon Battle Revolution", a 2006 game for the    A good game, certainly not great, that barely scores a 7.
    Game Freak has to understand that they're not on a portable console anymore.

    The absence of half of the existing Pokèmons is a let-down, I get it, but it doesn't ruin the experience.
    THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS HOW BAD THIS GAME IS FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT.
    It's a tragedy that "Pokémon Battle Revolution", a 2006 game for the Wii, looks incredibly better. Look for yourselves:
    Pokémon Sword and Shield are Nintendo 3DS games, with upscaled resolution and not-enough-upscaled textures. They tried their best to mask themselves as Switch games, but to no avail.

    To add salt on the wound, on top of the poor graphics, the most jarring aspect is that the animations are straight terrible.
    I haven't seen anything this basic since the PS2 era - even Pokémon on Game Cube had better animations (even if extremely over-the-top sometimes).

    The main campaign is pretty enjoyable but you'll reach a point where you start wondering if they ran out of time/resources. There are cities as small as a corridor...
    Not to mention that this game doesn't have the Elite Four:
    You'll re-battle some of the gym leaders instead. It's sad.

    The best aspect of these games is how well-balanced the competitive scene is. Especially double-battles that really are turn-based gems.
    It's truly a pity that COVID-19 put an end to every competition this year...

    All in all this was an overall good experience for a Pokémon game, but since it doesn't cost 40€ anymore... It was not worth the money, sadly.

    Game Freak has to understand that they're not on a portable console anymore.    … Expand
  44. Andrito
    Nov 15, 2019
    6
    In certain parts, grafically disrespectfull. Dishonoring nintendo switch system.
  45. WillfulFirefly
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    After having finished "Pokemon: Shield" in around 25 hours, I felt immediately compelled to type a review because this is the most disappointing entry into the Pokemon video game line-up that I had ever experienced. This is tragic for me - to say the least - because I went in with decent expectations and with hopes that this would succeed prior Pokemon video games well. Sadly, it feelsAfter having finished "Pokemon: Shield" in around 25 hours, I felt immediately compelled to type a review because this is the most disappointing entry into the Pokemon video game line-up that I had ever experienced. This is tragic for me - to say the least - because I went in with decent expectations and with hopes that this would succeed prior Pokemon video games well. Sadly, it feels more like a huge step back with some promising features that I hope future entries consider keeping and improving.

    Positives:
    (+) The new Galarian Pokemons and the Galarian Variants of past-generation Pokemons
    (+) Pokemon Camp and Curry-making: Both more charming than I thought!
    (+) In-depth Trainer Customisation
    (+) A lot of quality of life improvements in comparison to past Pokemon video games: This is going to make it more accessible for a lot of players while making it more focused for long-time players. Things like mints to change Pokemon nature type to exp share being always on making the entire game less grindy and monotonous. All very much appreciated!

    Negatives:
    (-) Inconsistent Graphic Quality: Some good textures, some REALLY out-dated textures. Some battle backgrounds look pretty cool; others, not so much and repeatedly used. Towns like Circhester look breathtaking, but then there are the open world sections that look flat and ugly. Textures may pop in-and-out at times. Stiff models.
    (-) Inconsistent Animation Quality (and Missing Animations?): Some elaborate and well-done, but - for the most part - low effort. Also, Pokemons don't have a turning animation, and NPCs seem to be are missing a couple as well? NPCs look soulless at times with barely any expressions. Pokemons headbutting with their legs look weird. Some Pokemons even use the same bad animations to attack (when using different moves).
    (-) Empty-feeling Open World sections: For today's standard of video games, even some open world indie games look more livelier than this game's open world sections. The AI for roaming Pokemons is pretty dumb and non-interactive as well and is easy to maneuver and play around. Moreover, the open world sections are relatively small in comparison to a lot of other games: even those of low-budget.
    (-) Incompetent Story: Most of the important things in the story are described by NPCs rather than shown (or - you know - involving you like a game). Also, most of it is the typical Pokemon video game story (i.e. be the very best, have a rival, meet someone with an emotional complexity, etc.). Also, Hop is more annoying than easy-to-hate.
    (-) Unpolished and Unoptimised Game: This game has glitches and oddities and even some weird exploitables. Pokemon AI in camp can be a little buggy, and the game got stuck at one point when I was playing with my Pokemons. Sometimes, my frame rate would drop below in certain areas much more in comparison to other Switch games.
    (-) My Switch crashed twice: This is the first (and second) time that my Switch had ever crashed, so - to me - this is a huge deal.
    (-) No Post-game: Other than completing your Pokemon collection and , there's nothing else. Honestly, this comes as such a shock as I never not had a post-game in a Pokemon video game.
    (-) Too much hand-holding: Every NPC treats you like an idiot even past the tutorial and reminds you constantly that you can do this and that. They make it a big deal for doing minor things like walking from point A to B. It is very annoying to be blasted by so many text boxes when you just want to play the game.

    Mediocres:
    (?) Relatively Short Game: In comparison to the other Pokemon video games, this is the shortest and I really took my time exploring everywhere. I was honestly shocked that I finished this game so fast.
    (?) Easiest Pokemon video game: With all the quality of life features, I barely needed to think while playing or battling. Personally, it's a negative for me, but - for others - this might be a saving grace.
    (?) Dynamax is a gym/raid gimmick.
    (?) Raids: I was expecting much more but it's just a longer Pokemon battle - not much strategy needed. This may vary from player to player though.

    Conclusion: My recommendation is to wait for a sale - around $40; it's not worth the full price of $60 if you're a long-time Pokemon gamer. By Pokemon video game standards, "Pokemon: Shield" is the weakest entry to the franchise. However, that's not to say that it's a bad game: it's passable and this is the problem because past Pokemon video games are not "passable". I think that - for a casual gamer - this is good to waste time in and have some fun. It was fun for me sometimes and even charming. For this case, I would give "Pokemon: Shield" a 5/10, but my current rating is to reflect actual Pokemon gamers (the ones who love battling and forming teams and staying engaged and whatnot) and - personally - this was a below average experience for me. Overall, I think that this game needed more time in the oven.    … Expand
  46. Kurisuda2992
    Nov 18, 2019
    1
    Compared to other Pokemon games that I have played this isn't one of the greats. The game itself isn't all too breathtaking, the battles only got a few animation improvements but that's about it. The wild area is the best part of this game and it slowly becomes dull, the curry cooking and relaxing with your pokemon is great. The one thing that irritated me was the lack of postgame content.Compared to other Pokemon games that I have played this isn't one of the greats. The game itself isn't all too breathtaking, the battles only got a few animation improvements but that's about it. The wild area is the best part of this game and it slowly becomes dull, the curry cooking and relaxing with your pokemon is great. The one thing that irritated me was the lack of postgame content. Dynamax is cool for a little while (4-5 times for me) then it got boring as well. If the game gets some updates in regards to more content or adding pokemon from previous games then I'll raise up my score.… Expand
  47. Ambimunch
    Nov 17, 2019
    3
    I'm a big Pokemon fan (bought every game since Ruby/Sapphire) and I noticed the slow deterioration of the Pokemon games' quality over the last 7-years. Each time these shortcomings would be tolerated by us, the fans, because having a new entry in our beloved franchise was reason enough to buy the games, start a new journey and go on an adventure. However, with the disaster that is Sw/Sh, iI'm a big Pokemon fan (bought every game since Ruby/Sapphire) and I noticed the slow deterioration of the Pokemon games' quality over the last 7-years. Each time these shortcomings would be tolerated by us, the fans, because having a new entry in our beloved franchise was reason enough to buy the games, start a new journey and go on an adventure. However, with the disaster that is Sw/Sh, i feel I cannot look past all the issues this time...

    The graphics are mediocre, some of the worst on the Switch compared to other 1st party games. Textures at times rival GameCube games, from 15 years ago. The animations and models are identical to the 3DS games, stiff and not expressive. There is a complete lack of voice acting for the games. The game is full of limitations, like non stop road blocks preventing you to progress without getting a mandatory tutorial forced on you, the inability to turn off exp share (making the game balance wack, you'll always be over-levelled making the game very easy), the post game is non existent, and the Pokemon themselves, the main reason to play the game - have been cut down by over 50% compared to the 3DS games. We can no longer import our collection from our older games, making all those years of collecting event pokemon/legendaries/perfectly trained pokemon/and shiny hunting pointless. What a disaster to have the 1st games on the Switch (nintendo's most powerful console to date) be worse than old DS games from 10+ years ago. Shame on you Game Freak. Never have i had less fun with Pokemon than with these games. If other "bad" entries in this series were "okay" or roughly 6/10, then Sw/Sh are half the games those are, and I cannot give them more than a 3/10. They're bad.    … Expand
  48. Bazerker
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    One of the best pokėmon game I've played so far, yes the visuals aren't that great compared to other games these days but it not as bad as other people are seeing, there are some wow moments in this game that tells you that you're playing a main line pokėmon game like when you step into the town fir the first time. 400 Pokėmon for me is enough, yes it be nice to have the national dex butOne of the best pokėmon game I've played so far, yes the visuals aren't that great compared to other games these days but it not as bad as other people are seeing, there are some wow moments in this game that tells you that you're playing a main line pokėmon game like when you step into the town fir the first time. 400 Pokėmon for me is enough, yes it be nice to have the national dex but I'm not too fussed about thatplus why should every region have every Pokėmon on the planet… Expand
  49. Nomorehashtags
    Nov 17, 2019
    4
    It has a lot of little improvements over previous games and makes some interesting premises with some of the ideas it implements but massively cuts back on features in past games which were actually good, plus the overall game comes off as incredibly short plot wise and underwhelming in terms of girth of traditional content (route and dungeon variety). It also doesn't help that the gameIt has a lot of little improvements over previous games and makes some interesting premises with some of the ideas it implements but massively cuts back on features in past games which were actually good, plus the overall game comes off as incredibly short plot wise and underwhelming in terms of girth of traditional content (route and dungeon variety). It also doesn't help that the game more or less encourages you to just play solely with your starter since your other 'mon will get exp from battles anyhow so there's no point in swapping out since everyone will be kept at similar levels unless you pick up an exceptionally low leveled late game Pokemon which even then you can now boost with exp. candies which is a nice feature addition although makes more sense as a post-game item and should be a crutch on which the game can lean on due to a poor level curve.… Expand
  50. HiggsPokemn
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    I love this game, an important change, compared to the previous numbered delivery.
    The issue of pokedex does not bother me; that is to say in a couple of previous deliveries they were not all and it seems great because I am art to see the same in each fight.
    History: So far, very cool. Graphic improvement: Excellent Music: Excellent Duration: Good (20 hours 2 medals) Design of    I love this game, an important change, compared to the previous numbered delivery.
    The issue of pokedex does not bother me; that is to say in a couple of previous deliveries they were not all and it seems great because I am art to see the same in each fight.
    History: So far, very cool.
    Graphic improvement: Excellent
    Music: Excellent
    Duration: Good (20 hours 2 medals)
    Design of pokemons and characters: Some very handsome, Excellent
    The incursions are incredibly good.
    It bothers me that I can't use the B to run xD
    Berry picking is a bit bad.
    The food poke I see a little unnecessary.    … Expand
  51. EliciaMoon
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    This game is so much better than people will tell you. All of the negative reviews are coming from pre release controversy, don’t let the trolls keep you from playing this game.i am giving this game a 10 in order to counteract the review bomb, but I would likely give it an 8 or 9. Pros
    - New pokemon designs are cool, cute, and fun.
    - Galar region variants of old pokemon is a nice    This game is so much better than people will tell you. All of the negative reviews are coming from pre release controversy, don’t let the trolls keep you from playing this game.i am giving this game a 10 in order to counteract the review bomb, but I would likely give it an 8 or 9. Pros
    - New pokemon designs are cool, cute, and fun.
    - Galar region variants of old pokemon is a nice continuation of the Alolan tradition. - They reduced the amount of un-skippable dialogue by a lot. During the tutorial characters ask if you already know how things work. If you say yes, they won’t waste your time by telling you.
    - The new gym system is absolutely fantastic. Making the battles a spectated sport is afresh change and innovation that feels both unique to the Galar region and like it has belonged in the Pokémon world since the start.
    - Dynamaxing and gigantamaxing are both fat fat more fun than I had initially thought they would be.
    - The best new feature by far is the wild area. From about an hour in you have access to this place, giving you access to hundreds of Pokémon and an entire frontier to explore before you even get to the first gym. Dynamax raids give you great items and great Pokémon.
    - Pokemon camp is a great improvement on the Pokémon amie system from X and Y. You can play with and talk to your Pokémon. The greatest part is making Curry, which is actually a great deal of fun. - There are a lot of much needed quality of life changes from previous pokemon titles. Cons
    - of course the big one that spurned all of the controversy is dexit. I really don’t think it’s a big deal though. -The wild area might be TOO much fun. It’s easy to completely forget about the main story just by spending hours upon hours there.
    - Not being able to turn the exp share off is a little bit annoying. It hasn’t taken away from my enjoyment of the game, but I can imagine it annoying some people.    … Expand
  52. MK0825
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    People are making way to big of a deal out of this. Rating this game a 0 or 1 is completely unfair. I'm not saying it's the best Pokemon game. It's definitely not, but it's also definitely not a terrible game.
  53. Treecko
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Guys this game not bad But where is squritle and bulbasaur????!!!!!or Pidgeot ?
  54. Chunkdogg
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Love the game! Got 20hours clocked an I Don't see why people are rating it bad it's an amazing game. 10/10
  55. SlowbroLin
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    It is meaningless when I can not get my old Pokemons back! And I think that Mega Evolution is the most beautiful thing since Pokemon XY! And it is gone in this generation!
  56. Jdsampsonite
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Best Pokemon game in series. They have really refined the gameplay. Best graphics to date and super fun. If you like Pokemon you will love this game.
  57. SIKE109
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    The best game and good adventure it have many good Pokémon and it changed the way of catching Pokémon to the original
  58. Tristezza
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    This is the most fun I've had with a main series game in years. I've spend 15 hours in game, and just cleared the 4th gym. Wild area, raid battles with friends have eaten up all of my time and its just pure fun. Yes some animations are poor and the graphics in the wild area arent great.. but some locations look damn good. This is NOT a perfect pokemon game by any means, but it's fun andThis is the most fun I've had with a main series game in years. I've spend 15 hours in game, and just cleared the 4th gym. Wild area, raid battles with friends have eaten up all of my time and its just pure fun. Yes some animations are poor and the graphics in the wild area arent great.. but some locations look damn good. This is NOT a perfect pokemon game by any means, but it's fun and that's what matters. Maybe everyone bombing this before they play needs to get some friends and have a nice raid battle (even though they probably have 0.)… Expand
  59. Kdavis8234
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Made an account just to be able to review this game! I understand people are upset about the cut in Pokémon, but giving this game an overall of 4 is ridiculous! This game is amazing! As far as the cut in Pokémon, quality of quantity! Not everything always works out as planned, but if you skip either Pokémon title, you’re missing out!
  60. Ivan1991
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mejor juego q han sacado aunque deberian de hacer una actualización y poner cosas nuevas… Expand
  61. Lionthali
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    The game have a lot of unnecessary hate. Have a lot things to do and obviously they need to improve in some areas but that doesn't affect the whole game and the experience. Still a great Pokemon game.
  62. Analbashing
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    I've sunk about 20 hours in the game so far. I've beaten the game and honestly enjoyed it. Also I went into the game complety blind. I did not look at serebi. I did not bother looking anything up. Taking it back to those days when you had to buy a manual just to see what you can get. If you approach this game this way you will enjoy it so much more. I am yet to look into post game content.I've sunk about 20 hours in the game so far. I've beaten the game and honestly enjoyed it. Also I went into the game complety blind. I did not look at serebi. I did not bother looking anything up. Taking it back to those days when you had to buy a manual just to see what you can get. If you approach this game this way you will enjoy it so much more. I am yet to look into post game content. I've played every pokemon game in the series. And I got to say the gameplay is a good 8/10 there are new moves and many pokemon to capture that really make you go "yo holy **** what is that thing I want it" it really made me feel like a kid again. I understand not all the pokemon are in the game but if you wanna be the guy to go ahead and code in over 900 pokemon on top of animations dynamax and concider just the fact they manage to work in this game for so long and gave out a really good result. Graphical issues are practically not existant here is a tip TURN OFF YOUR WIFI IN WILD AREA. Pokemon games are not difficult games. They never have been. It's all how you decide to play that truly makes it an experience. If you wanna make it hard go ahead play s nuzlocke. The game is beautiful especially in the area where the fairy type gym leader is present. Story is honestly ass 4/10 but when has a pokemon game actually had a good story. This series is essentially legal dog fighting simulator. Just have fun. If you want difficult dark souls exist. In the topic of dynamax I actually enjoy it. It's so amazing to see the different kinds of pokemon essentially mega evolve into an absolute unit of pokemon.… Expand
  63. Profyt
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This game is terrible.
    There isn't a single redeeming quality to this pile of garbage.
  64. Zappy13
    Nov 17, 2019
    1
    the game is good in the first hour , the next is really bad they dont work in the game after the first gym
  65. Yauboio
    Nov 17, 2019
    7
    These games are not bad. In fact they are perfectly decent Pokémon games. In some areas there has been great improvement, in particular the menus, the ability to skip some tutorials, the concept of the wild area. However for the first console Pokémon game it's dissapointing and unimaginative. If you love Pokémon you'll have some fun with it but it could have been so much better.
  66. Kingleo77
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    This game is really great! Traditional style of turn based battle with new era of graphics unlike any Pokémon game ever made. I know it’s got a lot of heat from angry gamers. But if you’ve been apart of Pokémon from the very beginning, you’ll definitely like this game. Sure, the trees look like sausage but to be fair, I don’t play this game to appreciate the trees. Battle animations, moveThis game is really great! Traditional style of turn based battle with new era of graphics unlike any Pokémon game ever made. I know it’s got a lot of heat from angry gamers. But if you’ve been apart of Pokémon from the very beginning, you’ll definitely like this game. Sure, the trees look like sausage but to be fair, I don’t play this game to appreciate the trees. Battle animations, move sets, individual use of same moves are all great! The way one Pokémon uses an attack is completely different for another with some of the moves. It has life and it has potential. I’m very excited for the future of Pokémon now that’s I’ve seen this. Plus the caves are so pretty! They look like Christmas and that’s just so great. The game is a little easy at first but it definitely becomes more challenging as you go along. The Dynamaxing is...cute... I mean it’s an old franchise so their switching it up. It’s cool tho. And I’m regard to the Pokédex, there are so many Pokémon in this game I can keep up. I keep buying more pokeballs just to catch them. I’d love to see a Dratini but it’s not a done deal. It’s really fun. If you love Pokémon and not twitter outrage, this is a great experience. I can’t put it down. Thanks for reading!

    Yours truly,

    Pokémon fan since the 90s.    … Expand
  67. Ren57
    Nov 17, 2019
    9
    I’ve put about 21 hours into this game at this point and I’ll just start off by saying if you like Pokémon this game is well worth your money. The removal of some things are indeed a let down but I think what they add does make up for it. The main thing I like is the new gym system and just overall goal to get to the top. I remember when I was a kid thinking “It would be so cool haveI’ve put about 21 hours into this game at this point and I’ll just start off by saying if you like Pokémon this game is well worth your money. The removal of some things are indeed a let down but I think what they add does make up for it. The main thing I like is the new gym system and just overall goal to get to the top. I remember when I was a kid thinking “It would be so cool have characters in the game watch the battles and just have that feeling of everyone in the world knowing your the best” and with this Pokémon I finally got that feeling.

    The story if you hardcore grind and cheese levels for a few hours like I did takes about 18 hours. Now when you compare this to other $60 games where a story mode can last around 7 that’s not bad, but it’s up to you personally if you think that’s good enough especially considering previous Pokémon games and their time to completion. Currently I’m on the post main game story and I’m at 21 hours.

    One of the really cool things they’ve added in are the Max raid battles. Think of a Pokémon go raid basically where you and three other people can team up to take down a giant Pokémon, honestly this is what will probably take up a lot of my time especially when post game story is over for me.

    It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, the system used to notify of Max raids and battles/trades seems to be a little delayed at points, I either have trouble with getting random people in my raids or finding raids that are still available to join even if it says they were just posted. Animation work is mixed with Pokémon and characters, feels like they mixed old animation work with new at times and I personally think we need new audio for Pokémon cries, Pikachu and Eevee got them now I think it’s time for the rest especially if you’re going to cut the Pokédex for the reason they gave and as from what I can tell all the models are the same as sun and moon but I’m no expert.

    So yes I think this is worth your money, could they have done better? Yes I definitely think they could have and I really hope their next game builds more upon this, I think it’s a decent first attempt and I’ll even forgive the graphics for now since they are a company that’s always for the most part developed for portable only systems.    … Expand
  68. alaval
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Un gran juego, intenta dar una nueva experiencia a través de nuevos personajes, gráficas geniales
  69. BigbellyKaos
    Nov 17, 2019
    3
    No innovation outside of the wild area, which is the only redeeming quality. Sad the main line games have been neglected to this level. It’s become so formulaic and no heart in any of the game. The towns are empty, the story is empty, the characters have degraded so far from the previous generations. This was an opportunity to bring a new breath of fresh air into this long main series ofNo innovation outside of the wild area, which is the only redeeming quality. Sad the main line games have been neglected to this level. It’s become so formulaic and no heart in any of the game. The towns are empty, the story is empty, the characters have degraded so far from the previous generations. This was an opportunity to bring a new breath of fresh air into this long main series of games. Which is at the heart of the biggest franchise on the planet.… Expand
  70. yukidalemania
    Nov 17, 2019
    5
    Un verdadero y emocionante juego. Esos que lo critican con un 0 ni siquiera lo han jugado. Seamos honestos.
  71. EeveeDragon
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that the game is a streamlined Pokémon game that brings new social features to the front. Allowing you to play with friends, catch new Pokémon and have a unique experience when you play. The raiding mechanic and wild area gives a player unique Pokémon everyday. Every time you play this game it will be different and unique, making it stand out from previous Pokémon titles.… Expand
  72. Serendrin
    Nov 17, 2019
    2
    This is not a game worth the lavish praise provided by so many outlets thus far. In the end, this game is far too boring, far too easy, and far too underwhelming. I have finished the main story and the brief semblance of a post-game. My play time is registered at 14 hours and 54 minutes. That is blatantly short for a $60 JRPG. If you remove the luster that the name "Pokemon" brings, thisThis is not a game worth the lavish praise provided by so many outlets thus far. In the end, this game is far too boring, far too easy, and far too underwhelming. I have finished the main story and the brief semblance of a post-game. My play time is registered at 14 hours and 54 minutes. That is blatantly short for a $60 JRPG. If you remove the luster that the name "Pokemon" brings, this game is empty and shallow. Compared to other AAA titles on the Nintendo Switch, the graphics, at times, look bland and washed out. At times the scenery is beautiful, but at others it is vapid and uninspiring. There was not a single trainer in this entire game that provided a challenge for me, save the fight with the Champion. During the course of the game, not a single one of my Pokemon even fainted until the Champion fight. The Wild Area, which seems to be garnering the most praise, feels simultaneously large and exciting for a Pokemon game, yet also completely empty. The raid battles are range from very easy, where a single supereffective hit one-shots the enemy, to annoyingly difficult due to the fact that the non-Dynamaxed Pokemon just get one-shot by the opponent while your own Dynamaxed Pokemon can't seem to do any meaningful damage. Other than those two extremes, there's not much in between. I was impressed by some of the emotions shown by the many characters found throughout the region, yet all of the characters felt underdeveloped. Thinking back on my experience playing the game, none of the characters really stand out. In my opinion, the greatest fault of this game is the ridiculous level of hand-holding. During the opening section of this game, you cannot walk around for more than 5 or so minutes without someone interrupting you with pointless tutorial. JRPGs are about discovery and growth. This doesn't just apply to the in-game characters. As the game goes on, players should be able to experiment and get better. When so many tutorials are thrust into a player's face like this, an already-easy game becomes boring and laughable. The games are not all bad. There are some animations here and there that really pop and make the game feel alive. A lot of the new Pokemon are nice. There were some moments during the game that I genuinely enjoyed. But the fact of the matter is that this game is extremely disappointing and certainly not worth the $60 price tag. A 50% increase in price from previous entries in the series should result in great, measurable improvement. Unfortunately, this game fails to even meet the previous mark set by earlier entries. I am very disappointed in this title. I do not recommend.… Expand
  73. Chombo
    Nov 17, 2019
    8
    Un juego que no luce toda la potencia de la consola, pero que si significa un gran salto gráfico para la franquicia
    El diseño del mundo se encuentra a la altura de los juegos de la línea principal pero de forma más lineal de lo que se esperaba pero no más que en entregas anteriores, pero destacando los pueblos y ciudades que se muestran magestuosas, sin hablar de los nuevos pokémon que se    Un juego que no luce toda la potencia de la consola, pero que si significa un gran salto gráfico para la franquicia
    El diseño del mundo se encuentra a la altura de los juegos de la línea principal pero de forma más lineal de lo que se esperaba pero no más que en entregas anteriores, pero destacando los pueblos y ciudades que se muestran magestuosas, sin hablar de los nuevos pokémon que se incorporan en el mundo creado por game freak, pero una de las nuevas adiciones y grandes apuestas era el área silvestre, que no destaca en casi nada de lo que propone, pero al menos deja establecida una nueva mecánica que podría ser pulida para próximos juegos y que daría de que hablar, es un espacio que se siente vacío y sin vida, aún así fue un gran acierto el traer nuevamente a los pokémon al mundo en una mecánica de aparición mixta, entre visual y aleatoria. Pero hablando de uno de los puntos más importantes sería la exclusión de gran parte de la pokedex, lo que no empaña mucho la visión y calidad del juego, pero sí se podría considerar agregar algunos más posterior a la salida del juego mediante actualizaciones    … Expand
  74. Jesusmbp
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    Don't really think it deserves a 10, maybe a 7, it's nothing especial, but seeming as people are giving it really low scores without even having played the game, I guess I gotta do my part too.
  75. eduardocb31
    Nov 17, 2019
    2
    Small Innovation from previous games. Cut 55% of all pokemon and the game is TOO easy
  76. Flarec
    Nov 18, 2019
    6
    Pokemon.... Es esto enserio? Este juego, es un buen pokemon y nadie lo va a negar, sigue usando la misma formula de toda la vida..... Esto, es un efecto fifa ya no tengo que decir mas que espero que los proximos pokemon lo hagan com tiempo.... Es un salto grafico de lo mas pobre para venir de 3ds, el juego es lindo y detallista en algunos sectores pero esto.... No lo compensa vamos, podianPokemon.... Es esto enserio? Este juego, es un buen pokemon y nadie lo va a negar, sigue usando la misma formula de toda la vida..... Esto, es un efecto fifa ya no tengo que decir mas que espero que los proximos pokemon lo hagan com tiempo.... Es un salto grafico de lo mas pobre para venir de 3ds, el juego es lindo y detallista en algunos sectores pero esto.... No lo compensa vamos, podian hacerlo mucho mejor... Mas que todo es tan cerrado y no se diga la zonas para silvestres.....
    Para mi, me parece un insulto, que me parece un insulto? Que este juego tenga una historia tan cutre..... Alguien a visto la critica de pokemon mundo misterioso exploradores del cielo????.....
    Este titulo tiene 5.4..... Y puedo decirle que es mas injusto que la alta calificacion que tiene este juego, la historia es paraa adultos disfrazada con un humor infantil.... ES UNA DE LAS MEJORES TRAMAS DE UN VIDEOJUEGO..... Deberian hacer mas cosas asi pero no..... Tienen que atraer el publico casual, si estas leyendo esto ve a ver la critica de ese pokemon MM Si lo has jugado sabrás que tiene una trama tan superior.... Este juego puede hacer llorar si le das la oportunidad de llegar al final de la historia principal.....    … Expand
  77. Billhous
    Nov 18, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same game (more or less) with some new features and some missing features. Game play is good if you enjoy pokemon. Graphics are pretty bad for modern console release. Can't speak too much for the full scale of content here as im only 5 hours in but it seems thinner than usual though.. #thankyougamefreak… Expand
  78. iMDario
    Nov 18, 2019
    7
    +good music
    +dynamax/gigantamax seems ok in competitive
    +new gyms are ok -no national dex
    -GameCube grapichs
    -0 character design
    -poor coded
  79. Azuris
    Nov 18, 2019
    3
    Well, the Formula is still ok, but the lack of old Pokemon, with the Reason that the Animations and Graphics are so good and then delivering this, is just something i can not support.
    I could support a Game with Graphics that are not high end, but has a really good Content, but this Game has not.
    Aside from letting many Pokemon out and some Gameplay Mechanics like the Mega Evolutions,    Well, the Formula is still ok, but the lack of old Pokemon, with the Reason that the Animations and Graphics are so good and then delivering this, is just something i can not support.
    I could support a Game with Graphics that are not high end, but has a really good Content, but this Game has not.
    Aside from letting many Pokemon out and some Gameplay Mechanics like the Mega Evolutions, the Game has nearly no Endgame.
    Gamefreak has become lazy or decadent    … Expand
  80. Huynguyen123
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Just very disappointed about this game. Through 8th generation, even 5th or 6th I feel so hopefull and love them, but seeing all those humanoid starter pokemon makes me feel bad and the story is too boring.
  81. GemsofStarlight
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    So many cut corners, barely any animation or customization. Wish my character didnt have to look 12. All Pokemon not present or able to be imported to the game. Animation is lackluster, dialogue is cheap and superficial. They just want to pump out half games to make money and they will literally kill the franchise if they keep this up. The fans are OVER it.
  82. MysteryFruit
    Nov 18, 2019
    5
    A lot of controversies surround the release of the first main series Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch. I have had various hours to play and complete the Pokemon Shield version of the game and grew to enjoy it. I do, however, stand disappointed as a Pokemon Fan of many years at what was cut from the game. It is a good game, but not an excellent game, with amazing features such asA lot of controversies surround the release of the first main series Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch. I have had various hours to play and complete the Pokemon Shield version of the game and grew to enjoy it. I do, however, stand disappointed as a Pokemon Fan of many years at what was cut from the game. It is a good game, but not an excellent game, with amazing features such as over-world pokemon, challenging gym battles for new and returning players, dynamic character arcs, however as the saying goes, for every step forward Pokemon Co. takes two steps back. Half of the Pokemon were cut from the game, Mega evolution was forgotten entirely rather than built upon, gigantamaxing feels like an empty feature to fill what Mega evolutions once brought to the table. The disappointment, in my opinion, comes from a fear of what the Pokemon Co. holds for its fans, whether it will always just release mediocrity at a rushed pace to make deadlines meet, or if it will do the fans right and release what we know a company as big, wealthy and recognized as Pokemon can. For now a full-fledged Pokemon game on the switch such as Sword and Shield are acceptable and worth the play, but hopefully, the next release of Pokemon can lay to rest any doubts we have about Pokemon's future and produce the best Pokemon game of them all.… Expand
  83. Reprise
    Nov 19, 2019
    6
    Pokemon Sword and Shield can only be described as a huge disappointment. Despite these games being hyped as the first 'real' Pokemon games on the Switch and the next generation in the series, Pokemon Let's Go (the sort of spinoff/Pokemon Yellow remake) released last year was actually a far more enjoyable game.

    Instead of taking the series forward, Sword and Shield take things backwards.    Pokemon Sword and Shield can only be described as a huge disappointment. Despite these games being hyped as the first 'real' Pokemon games on the Switch and the next generation in the series, Pokemon Let's Go (the sort of spinoff/Pokemon Yellow remake) released last year was actually a far more enjoyable game.

    Instead of taking the series forward, Sword and Shield take things backwards. It looks and feels like a 3DS game, but more importantly, the gameplay feels a bit stale. You experience the same story beats play out once again, the environments aren't great and catching and battling Pokemon just doesn't feel as good as it used to.

    Overall, I don't feel Pokemon Sword and Shield are bad games per se, they are reasonable adventures and I'm sure younger audiences will find them mostly enjoyable, but for those who have played Pokemon games before, will find that not only do these new games fail to take the series forward, but there are also far better Pokemon games out there.    … Expand
  84. Hermis27
    Nov 19, 2019
    2
    Nice graphic and awesome sound but dameplay is boring. Side characters are dumb. No opinion to transfer my colection of shinies from 3ds.
  85. BoomBa35
    Nov 19, 2019
    8
    One of the better pokemon Games I have played. This game does have flaws with it (Such as the missing pokemon that have been around since ever), but if you are willing to forgo those pokemon that are gone, it is one of the better pokemon games I have played. I would bump it up one more point if every single pokemon was in the game.
  86. Akayomi
    Nov 19, 2019
    7
    Short version:
    The Good:
    - Refreshing feeling overall - Good character designs - Good looking graphics and animations (Half of the time, more on this down on the 'bad') - Wild Area is amaizing The bad: - Lazy animations on a lot of attacks (Which makes it even worse, considering some attacks have beautiful animations) - FPS drops on the Wild Area, even in Docked mode - Cutting    Short version:
    The Good:
    - Refreshing feeling overall
    - Good character designs
    - Good looking graphics and animations (Half of the time, more on this down on the 'bad')
    - Wild Area is amaizing

    The bad:
    - Lazy animations on a lot of attacks (Which makes it even worse, considering some attacks have beautiful animations)
    - FPS drops on the Wild Area, even in Docked mode
    - Cutting the National Dex to "include better animations". Animations that are not in the game.
    - General unpolished feel to the game. This game needed at least 3-6 more months of development, and it could've easily been the BEST pokemon game of all time. Instead, we get a half-baked, mediocre pokemon game.

    Overall: If you enjoyed pokemon games, you will have fun. The game lacks in a lot of aspects, but it's still an enjoyable experience. I wish GameFreak would've taken more time to polish it a bit more, or at the very least that they adress the issues on patches down the line.

    Long version:
    I'm glad I bought this.

    Yes, the game has issues (FPS drops, some animations are cheap as **** it's generally unpolished, unnecesary dexit) but the game really ISN'T as bad as leakers and naysayers would have you believe. It pisses me off because if they had a few more months (say, 3 months, like Animal Crossing) this game could have been the BEST pokemon game ever. Instead, we get a half-assed mediocre game, but with enough fun stuff that it guarantees a huge profit for GameFreak, therefore they will not learn, and will continue to half-ass games, most likely. That's pretty sad.
    Also, anyone saying "the game is short!!! you can beat it in 8 hours!!" is full of **** I haven't even finished the main story and check it: 26hs and ticking. And I haven't even started doing max raids or anything endgame like that.
    The XP share turned on all the time is a pain in the ass, and we SHOULD have an option to turn it off.
    The difficulty is... very low. You can just mash A and you will probably win most fights. That being said, difficulty does spike in a few battles here and there. But most of the time it's very easy.

    Is this game perfect? No, not at all. Is it bad? Not really. It's average, or mediocre, whatever word you prefer to use. But it's fun. If you walk into the game wanting to hate it, you'll nitpick and hate every part of it. If you walk into the game wishing to have fun... well, you'll have tons of fun.

    Whether or not this game is worth 60$ is up to you to decide. For me, it should be 40$ and not a cent more. But I still bent over and paid full price. Even tho I reckon it shouldn't be full price, I personally am having lots of fun, and that makes it worth my time and money.    … Expand
  87. Krakuan
    Nov 19, 2019
    7
    Its by no means perfect but the game is fun to play. The new pokemon look cool and i particularly like the look of Dragapult and toxitricity. I'm a bit bummed about the fact that i can't bring in Regus ( my swampert from my emerald game) but it's honestly a minor annoyance for me as i tend to use a team of new gen pokemon anyway and only bringing in one or two old favourites from previousIts by no means perfect but the game is fun to play. The new pokemon look cool and i particularly like the look of Dragapult and toxitricity. I'm a bit bummed about the fact that i can't bring in Regus ( my swampert from my emerald game) but it's honestly a minor annoyance for me as i tend to use a team of new gen pokemon anyway and only bringing in one or two old favourites from previous gen games.

    Collecting all the pokemon is only one aspect of pokemon and I've always maintained that its the journey and becoming champion that are the main aspects of pokemon. Personally i don't do multiplayer at all for anything so i don't really do the whole battling other people thing. Dynamax raids are a bummer in this regard but hey i can just not do them so its fine. I would have liked team yell to be a bigger threat and since i still have all my pokemon in my pokebank i have still basically almost caught them all ( still struggling with dreepy aquisition) so it doesn't really matter if i can't have them all in one game as i still have them. I do recommend getting it on special or do what i did and split the price of a sword and shield bundle with a friend or family member to reduce the cost. Graphics are a bit lackluster but honestly as someone who plays almost all his games on low quality i don't really care ( this is a personal thing) and i would have liked the option to turn shared exp so that i actually use pokemon to get them to evolve (this is actually a very good way to find out move sets and abilities about pokemon you thought sucked based on looks but turn out to be awesome when you take the time to battle with them. I would have liked some more end game content like in emerald with the battle frontier or something similar to heartgold with those race minigames and pokemon contests from emerald where you could be a coordinator. All in all its not a bad game its just missing a few minor things some some people are blowing a bit out of proportion. You can still catch all the pokemon you just can't have them all in the same region now and lets be honest that makes sense. Satoshi doesn't take all his pokemon with him when he goes to a new region ( he just takes pikachu) he leaves them in kanto. I view this the same way i just wish i could have taken my version of pikachu ( Regus) with me    … Expand
  88. Thatcriticguy
    Nov 19, 2019
    8
    I'm sick of all the whiners that do nothing but complain. I'm thoroughly enjoying this game and the multiplayer and other new things give me plenty to do. My wife loves it as well. Too many gripers whining about end game like its world of frickin' Warcraft.
  89. Starfree
    Nov 19, 2019
    8
    This game a lot of issues, but IMO the positives outway them all. This feels like a Pokémon game I know and love. The atmosphere is great the characters are great, and the graphics are pretty good.MAX RAID BATTLES ARE AWESOME!!! However with the story it’s clear that this is an unfinished game. Their is a lack of story content compared to past Pokémon titles, and the last 2 gyms aren’tThis game a lot of issues, but IMO the positives outway them all. This feels like a Pokémon game I know and love. The atmosphere is great the characters are great, and the graphics are pretty good.MAX RAID BATTLES ARE AWESOME!!! However with the story it’s clear that this is an unfinished game. Their is a lack of story content compared to past Pokémon titles, and the last 2 gyms aren’t even gym challenges, the 7th gym is literally a hallway. But the game is still super fun… Expand
  90. Gtwoodin
    Nov 19, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pokémon has been a mainstay in my life since I was 6. I’ve loved Pokémon and even battled in the world championship. I honestly loved the game. I’ve played over 24hrs and for a busy student that’s a feat. Negative:

    But I have some unavoidable problems. First off the bat not a full Pokédex. Game freak is lazy simple as that. The laziness is felt through the game and that makes me mad and disappointed. Each town feels so close to good that it sucks. We see locations that are constantly not explorable. This is laziness that needs to be fixed. Pokémon that are in the game sometimes don’t even make sense. Why is Durant in the game when mareep a literal sheep Pokémon not in a game that has a use for sheep Pokémon. Then not being able to fit all the Pokémon in the game is bs and the models look like exactly what they are, up scaled sun and moon models. The cut of moves and TR system is stupid. Team yell is the worst yet, they aren’t even evil just something in the way. If game freak thinks the gym challenge is enough for a campaign they are sorely wrong. Constant frame rate issues gets in the way too. Mega evolution was the last time a gimmick truly worked but I’m neutral on dinamaxing. Bring me more to do. If there was a second region with an updated Kalos story I would have been way happier. Pokémon camp is just bad Pokémon ammie

    Positives:
    Great npc designs, I love the gym leaders and their trainer cards. I have never caught so many Pokémon in a main story campaign I have a 150 in the box rn. Games look great, from a spectacle standpoint. I do honestly enjoy the max raid battles and it’s fun to do in that sense but in gyms it’s dumb. I love most all of the new designs. Some of my favorite were hatterne, coalossal, and duraludon. Some of these new Mons’ look great for competitive. And the music is really well composed the gym theme really gets you hyped up. Overall had fun but game freak has their work cut out to make it up to the fans and I really hope they do. Pokémon is just such a heartwarming phenomenon and deserves better than what gamefreak put into this game.

    5/10-ok not great had more fun than sun and moon but sun and moon has more to do with a real story.    … Expand
  91. Rukimaru
    Nov 20, 2019
    8
    Mejorable pero tiene sus cosas que disfrutar, historia muy lineal, se hecha en falta mas trasfondo.
  92. dirvin
    Nov 20, 2019
    3
    Very underwhelming Nintendo Switch title. It felt as though they took a 3DS game, added very little unimportant features, made the game super easy and also cut a lot of content that people originally enjoyed about Pokémon such as being able to catch all of the Pokémon, instead of having a limited Pokédex. The graphics are also horrible for a main entry title and the animations areVery underwhelming Nintendo Switch title. It felt as though they took a 3DS game, added very little unimportant features, made the game super easy and also cut a lot of content that people originally enjoyed about Pokémon such as being able to catch all of the Pokémon, instead of having a limited Pokédex. The graphics are also horrible for a main entry title and the animations are horrible. I’ll be selling my copy very soon.… Expand
  93. GabrielCZ
    Nov 20, 2019
    1
    The backgrounds are not good Glitches all the time
    Graphics are so simple and the attack’s animation made me cry
  94. HollyS
    Nov 20, 2019
    2
    Very short, bland and low quality Pokemon game. It is definitely not worth $60. It uses graphics from the 3DS and has many bugs in gameplay, it can even fry your Switch and all other games save files. It only has about 40% of existing Pokemon available. It is very tutorial and baby proofed feeling the entire game. Too easy. Characters are annoying and constantly interrupt gameplay.
  95. InTheMood
    Nov 20, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is by far the worst Pokémon game I have ever played. Most people have complained about the exclusion of Pokémon species as their main concern, but I put all of those basic complaints aside when I played. The graphics are essentially the same as Pokémon Sun. The different being able to look around in the wild area. However, Pokémon and people “pop” in and out of the world with a clear lack of regard for proper rendering. Towns are built as if you can look around, but you can’t, so everything looks off and it’s hard to interact with stores and NPC’s. I like the idea of being able to “dynamax” but honestly it just makes battles longer without adding any extra difficulty. My major beef is that there are no difficult or long routes in the game. All the routes are very short and there are hardly any trainers to battle. I do like how they changed the championship battle, except it’s made extremely easier than any elite four because they heal your Pokémon after every battle. Also, it only took me 25 hours to beat even though I caught over 200 Pokémon and explored every area/battled every trainer. On top of that, the only post game content is the battle tower. There are no new areas to explore, no new trainers.... it’s a very short game and a very short post game. I don’t understand how the metacritic score is so high when this game sucks so bad.… Expand
  96. sojasonk
    Nov 20, 2019
    1
    Lazy writing, bad graphics, an absolute mediocre and underwhelming introduction to Mainline Games for the Nintendo Switch. GameFreak has done the community a disservice by removing integral parts to long time loyal fans such as the National Dex. They do this because they feel they can get away with cossting simply on the name of Ppkemon alone
  97. Dreadwolf85
    Nov 20, 2019
    3
    Lazy game design. Pokemon still dont hit each other and some moves are not even animated your pokemon just bounces about like a statue abit. The game is also mind numbingly easy with nearly every encounter being a one shot to win.
  98. Cassichu
    Nov 20, 2019
    7
    I have been a long time pokemon fan since before I can remember, and have faithfully followed the franchise through thick and thin, from Kanto to Hoenn to Alola and now to the wide open fields and idyllic landscapes of Galar. I came into this new game with certain expectations - and they were met to a certain degree, and in some areas they fell miserably short. I got a pokemon game, withI have been a long time pokemon fan since before I can remember, and have faithfully followed the franchise through thick and thin, from Kanto to Hoenn to Alola and now to the wide open fields and idyllic landscapes of Galar. I came into this new game with certain expectations - and they were met to a certain degree, and in some areas they fell miserably short. I got a pokemon game, with its beautiful world and its unique character designs, both human and pokemon; I got a promising look into the post-game competitive scene and the excitement of all the new ways to find shinies! Personally, the cut pokedex never bothered me personally - we all knew it was coming, and you would be disillusioned to say that you didn't, what with there being over 1000 unique pokemon and designs when including form variations into the mix - but I will say that the PR response by Nintendo and GameFreak has been disappointing. The game suffers not only because what it could have been, but for the excuses that were given that these features were not available.

    The game itself is solid (though the lack of a real VILLAINOUS PRESENCE really was something that I found more disappointing than I thought I would), but I will say that they are lacking in some respects. The wild area is an amazing concept, but never quite reached its full potential, the story was shallow and I found myself reminiscing about the deeper more engaging stories of generations past; the textures were rough visually in some places, and we all know about the animations.

    My score comes from a place of concern and love. This was a pokemon game - but it was nothing more. It wasn't unique and revolutionary like Pokemon Black/White's story, and it wasn't the first of its kind for the time like Pokemon Yellow/Red/Blue. Pokemon has and continues to be one of my favorite franchises, and while I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Galar thus far (~50 hrs at the time of this review), I am left with wanting more.

    More content, a deeper story, a heftier post game concerning more than just the competitive scene that will turn off plenty of casual players. I loved Sword and Shield, more than likely many of the upset fans leaving their countless reviews here - but as a fan of the franchise, I want it to be better. I want it to be more than what we've been shown and to take advantage of all the resources laid out at their feet. I hold close to my heart a dream that soon, we'll be given the pokemon game we want that gives us a new look on the franchise without wiping clean the slate that they have laid out for us in generations past, where we're given voice acting, a more high-def view of the world, and a story that carries more weight. Pokemon may be considered a child's game, but it carries with it the nostalgia and the love of generations of fans - and GF/Nintendo haven't quite found the balance where it caters to both.

    Pros:
    - Beautiful at a glance, a new take on how a pokemon game is laid out
    - Amazing new designs, human and pokemon alike
    - Small steps towards innovation in the form of the Wild Area and erasure of restrictive HM moves
    - Customization is much more varied and refreshing; finding a trainer that looks like you is a hard task
    - A genuinely enjoyable experience for a casual player, as well as old fans looking for a comfortable playthrough

    Cons:
    - Limited graphics compared to what the Switch is capable of
    - A story that lacks the weight/impact of previous titles
    - A lackluster post-game unless you're looking into getting into the competitive/shiny breeding scene
    - Where there is some innovation, there feels like there's a loss of soul that makes pokemon what it is

    Any hard core pokemon fan would be remiss to not get these games, but the $60 price tag is certainly something that hurts a game that feels like it would have been nearly the same as a $40 DS title. I would recommend the games wholeheartedly, but with the footnote that it's all what it appears on the surface: a pokemon game. Time will tell if this whole debacle will finally get through to GameFreak and Nintendo as a whole, but for now - until the next games come out - I will enjoy my foray through Galar. I hope those that give these games a chance will do the same.    … Expand
  99. SayoNightclaw
    Nov 21, 2019
    8
    most of the negative reviews are people just mad that they cut most of the national dex. they would have to eventually. thats how it is when you have so many pokemon. While the game is by no means a perfect game, its actually pretty fun. graphically its beautiful. a lot of the new designs are clever and i love the way they do the gyms this game. Some issues i personally have is the framemost of the negative reviews are people just mad that they cut most of the national dex. they would have to eventually. thats how it is when you have so many pokemon. While the game is by no means a perfect game, its actually pretty fun. graphically its beautiful. a lot of the new designs are clever and i love the way they do the gyms this game. Some issues i personally have is the frame rate drop that only occurs when youre online and connected to the net and the fact that you need a password to connect with a friend for trading. other than that its an amazing game worth at least a try. don't listen to the haters or review bombers… Expand
  100. BobeoFunnelcake
    Nov 21, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a solid Pokémon game, and is the first to bring back the enjoyment I felt playing black and white for the first time. Animations leave things to be desired, but what it lacks in animations it makes up for in new Pokémon designs. The wild area makes leveling up much easier, as opposed to grinding in previous games. Dynamaxing Pokémon is certainly an interesting mechanic, though I’m disappointed that mega evolutions were removed, as that felt like a new constant game mechanic. It’s a perfectly fine Pokémon game, however I hoped that gen 8 would’ve done more with the series, but if you like Pokémon games, I’d say give it a shot.… Expand
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#76 Best Switch Game of 2019
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 89
  3. Negative: 0 out of 89
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 30, 2020
    90
    Sword & Shield have a lot to love for old and new fans, and they're pure quality from top to bottom. [Issue #44 – January/February 2020, p. 72]
  2. GameCritics
    Feb 6, 2020
    75
    I enjoyed my time with Pokemon Sword and Shield, but I ended feeling conflicted. I appreciate many of the changes and felt that it generally respected my time, but I almost felt like a passive participant. The more complex gym challenges had a meatier role, but the narrative shouldn’t have been shoved to the side. Overall, I would recommend it to players who want to have a Pokemon experience, but this one won’t stick with me the way the older ones have.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 14, 2020
    78
    Pokemon Sword/Shield is uncharacteristically user-friendly: now there’s no need to backtrack half across the world to heal your entire team of pokemon or to get to a particular city, for example. [Issue#242, p.66]
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