Pokemon Sword / Shield: The Crown Tundra

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  1. Marioipod13
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    Horrible DLC with fake gameplay time swallowed up by unskippable cutscenes. In actuality Diamond and Pearl had a better postgame and it cost less because you didn't have to purchase a garbage DLC.
  2. tensioly
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    El segundo DLC de Pokémon Espada me ha dejado satisfecho. Bastante completo y con nuevos e interesantes legendarios. Se añaden nuevos modos de juego para capturar los legendarios de generaciones anteriores, algo que le da bastante frescura. El mapa es enorme, el problema es el del juego en general, se siente vacío. Rutas que son pasillos rectos y decoración que se basa en árboles y unasEl segundo DLC de Pokémon Espada me ha dejado satisfecho. Bastante completo y con nuevos e interesantes legendarios. Se añaden nuevos modos de juego para capturar los legendarios de generaciones anteriores, algo que le da bastante frescura. El mapa es enorme, el problema es el del juego en general, se siente vacío. Rutas que son pasillos rectos y decoración que se basa en árboles y unas ruinas musgosas. También me ha dejado algo frío la historia de los legendarios y de las nuevas formas regionales, ya que me esperaba un lore mucho mas trabajado. A pesar de eso, DLC bueno que acaba dejando Pokémon Espada como un juego bastante más grande de lo que era en un principio. 7/10
    (11/2020)    … Expand
  3. ScreenS
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Hormse!

    The best DLC ever made (so far), the max raid dungeon is the closest we’re ever getting to the return of rental battles and it doubles as the most enjoyable way to shiny hunt. Even if you aren’t sold on the isle of armor this alone is worth the entry and gives SwSh a reason to come back to even as a solo player.
  4. AlexMakesToast
    Dec 16, 2022
    6
    Crown Tundra = 6/10
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  5. divegold
    Nov 24, 2022
    10
    Added a lot of content to the base game! It brought innovation and many hours of fun!
  6. GreenMenace
    Aug 27, 2022
    8
    The DLC is easily worth it if you like the base game. It adds two additional wild areas, grants easy access to dynamax Pokemon, allows a rudimentary crafting system via the cramomatic, hands out a mythical Pokemon, and yields lots of legendaries for you to collect. Not only that, but I found myself preferring the new wild areas because I could have one Pokemon follow me around.

    One part    The DLC is easily worth it if you like the base game. It adds two additional wild areas, grants easy access to dynamax Pokemon, allows a rudimentary crafting system via the cramomatic, hands out a mythical Pokemon, and yields lots of legendaries for you to collect. Not only that, but I found myself preferring the new wild areas because I could have one Pokemon follow me around.

    One part of the game I haven't reviewed yet is the online battle system, available to players with Nintendo Switch Online. I was new to the system when it started, and I was excited to check it out. Problem is, it takes a while to figure it out. You can beat the story with just about any Pokemon team, but online, you have to figure out the meta, and I hate it. Right now, the rules allow for two Pokemon usually banned from ranked matches. So, as for an example of a meta, in singles, teams have Kyogre, Landorus, and Zacian. Let that sink in—not only is it incredibly annoying to fight, but you’re stuck fighting the same fight over and over. Other players aim to play a game of attrition, stalling a match (I think that’s like 30 minutes a match). I’ve made it to the highest tier, but I did so without a meta team out of principle. You can fight casual matches, but matchups found that way are rarely evenly matched. In the couple I fought, people just loaded up on legendaries and mythicals to fight my standard team of Pokemon. If you want to do well in the online battle system, you HAVE to understand the difference between IVs and EVs. IVs are easier to figure out than EVs. So it’s mostly "effort values" that will give players trouble.    … Expand
  7. A4G
    Jul 28, 2022
    6
    the actually serviceable portion of Sword and Shield. Just wish it was a bit more fleshed out and that the whole main game was like this
  8. pobol
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    Me parece que este DLC a sido mejor que el propio juego ,también cuenta con una especie de área silvestre rara que por cierto, aunque no lo sea es un mejor mundo abierto que el de leyendas Arceus.
  9. Toasttt
    Mar 26, 2022
    5
    meh .
  10. GenkiYokota
    Jan 27, 2022
    10
    The second half of the expansion, and one that pushes the concepts of Sword and Shield to even newer frontiers.
    The history of the new legendaries is simply sublime.
  11. Kashmoney
    Nov 21, 2021
    9
    Intro: The Crown Tundra is definitely the better half of the Sword and Shield DLC. With a sizeable area, solid roster of re-added pokemon with sprinkled in new ones, and the new Max Raiding activity to capture shiny and legendary monsters this is what a DLC for pokemon should be.

    The good: This DLC allows you to journey to the Crown Tundra, a new wild Area that is quite larger than    Intro: The Crown Tundra is definitely the better half of the Sword and Shield DLC. With a sizeable area, solid roster of re-added pokemon with sprinkled in new ones, and the new Max Raiding activity to capture shiny and legendary monsters this is what a DLC for pokemon should be.

    The good: This DLC allows you to journey to the Crown Tundra, a new wild Area that is quite larger than Isle of Armor and the OG Wild Area. You will be tasked to look for discovering the myths and legends of the Area in three separate main events including Calyrex, the Legendary Birds, and the Regis. This DLC also helps bring back many old pokemon to the roster, while they should have already been there, but still is nice to see more pokemon coming back into the game. This DLC also includes Max Raiding, a new activity that helps players capture old legendaries and ultra beast, some in which are version exclusive mons that can be caught if you link up with other players if the have the opposite version of you, by battling through several dynamxed pokemon. This activity also helps players shiny hunt even more by going through the lair so that is always a plus.

    The Bad: I really wished that the story for this area was longer mainly. I felt while it did have enough content to last me around 6-7 hours, I just kept craving more things to get and do in this area. Other than that, this is definitely a better DLC than Isle of Armor by a long shot and was worth the bundle price of 30 dollars rather than being slapped onto a third game which is getting to be an outdated way of updating the game.

    Overall: I say that the Crown Tundra is worth getting it and Isle of Armor. Both DLCs as a whole are fun, but the Crown Tundra is definitely the better experience and I loved how Gamefreak handled this. I hope to see them do this more in the future while buffing up the future game's post game.    … Expand
  12. irai16
    Jul 27, 2021
    8
    A really enjoyable DLC. Making it focused entirely on legendaries was a great choice, with the legendary hunts through a fully open world being a welcome change of pace to the base gameplay. The twists on old Pokemon like legendary birds is novel as well, and the Max Raid battles are exciting since you have no idea what old legendary you're gonna get next. If you own the base game this isA really enjoyable DLC. Making it focused entirely on legendaries was a great choice, with the legendary hunts through a fully open world being a welcome change of pace to the base gameplay. The twists on old Pokemon like legendary birds is novel as well, and the Max Raid battles are exciting since you have no idea what old legendary you're gonna get next. If you own the base game this is simply a must buy.… Expand
  13. Pyronick
    Jul 5, 2021
    9
    Un gran DLC, se nota que de los dos que recibieron Pokemon Sword and Shield éste fue el que más se trabajó y me trae sensaciones y recuerdos de los juegos de Pokémon más antiguos, tiene esos pequeños detalles que tanto identifican a la saga, además se respira libertad, deberían empezar a hacer todo el mapa de los siguientes juegos de Pokémon completamente abierto, eso sería un pasoUn gran DLC, se nota que de los dos que recibieron Pokemon Sword and Shield éste fue el que más se trabajó y me trae sensaciones y recuerdos de los juegos de Pokémon más antiguos, tiene esos pequeños detalles que tanto identifican a la saga, además se respira libertad, deberían empezar a hacer todo el mapa de los siguientes juegos de Pokémon completamente abierto, eso sería un paso necesario y coherente para la franquicia después de ya haber explorado el concepto en éstos juegos, que aunque fueron muy criticados son un paso completamente necesario, algo así como la Wii U fue un paso necesario para el éxito de Switch, claro si lo saben aprovechar, pero creo y espero que ya lo estén haciendo con el nuevo juego "Pokémon Legends: Aceus", le tengo muchas ganas y esperanzas a ese juego.… Expand
  14. arulz8
    May 3, 2021
    9
    Loved it. Would have enjoyed more of a story, but the exploration and replay value was great
  15. Pubamaroth
    Apr 27, 2021
    0
    One of the worst DLC experiences of my life. Barren and lifeless. Repetitive and pointless.
    Don't buy it. I got it used and I still regret it.
  16. marvsfontanilla
    Mar 31, 2021
    8
    Story: 8
    Graphics: 8
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 8
    Game Time: 5-6 Hours (Main Story)
  17. Nati
    Mar 14, 2021
    0
    This DLC has absolutely destroyed Pokemon Sword/Shield Ranked matching.

    Ranked is just an imbalanced JOKE now that requires zero skill or knowledge and spamming Legendaries. Urshifu is OP... I dont care about your "debate" That pokemon is OP. Not to mention other STARTLING imbalance issues that has ruined a long history of great competitive gameplay. Way to kick the hardcore fans    This DLC has absolutely destroyed Pokemon Sword/Shield Ranked matching.

    Ranked is just an imbalanced JOKE now that requires zero skill or knowledge and spamming Legendaries.

    Urshifu is OP... I dont care about your "debate" That pokemon is OP. Not to mention other STARTLING imbalance issues that has ruined a long history of great competitive gameplay.

    Way to kick the hardcore fans Pokemon, this was a rediculous decision. 0/10    … Expand
  18. Warbringer
    Feb 21, 2021
    1
    No story. No Pokedex. Not all Pokemon available. Only handholding. Content locked behind DLC. Content locked behind third party apps like "Pokemon Home" "Pokemon Bank" "Nintendo Switch Online". Gamefreak lied to all of us and they admited it
  19. GameFriet
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    Not good enough to make a full game just boring quest and dumping legendary in slow raids there were no battles exploration was boring as hell
  20. opnyx
    Jan 16, 2021
    7
    This new story is fun, and the background is nice. But it's way too short : it could have been much better with some extra hours of story. Most of this expansion is farming.
  21. SwShDie
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    WAKE UP... GAME FREAK IS SELLING THE CONTENT THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN IN SWSH BACK TO YOU. They refused to back down from making the SwSh base game a steaming pile of dung (THAT's what they call service??) and now they've come at you with a can of grease and a broomstick in order to "give back some content"... for more money after the fact!
  22. Otts
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    Unfinished product sold with cut content at a full price. Glitchy and disrespectful with its consumers and fanbase. A loveless cashgrab rushed to the market from the highest grossing media franchise in the planet. Underperforming software for the current generation standards. Shameless and sad.
  23. Lordpeter69
    Nov 26, 2020
    0
    DLC Just wasnt good and a lot of fake reviews on this page..
    Pokemon Sword and Shield is the worst main game of Pokemon..
    Story was rushed game rushed graphics meh laggy no trainers dont want to waste more time on it but it just was not good
  24. Syhlcam
    Nov 14, 2020
    8
    Bon DLC avec une narration simple mais efficace avec plus d'éléments à chercher et explorer. Et un bon système de raid pour avoir les Pokémons légendaires, bien moins que le premier DLC.
  25. ArthurJoelLeo
    Nov 2, 2020
    0
    Oyun cok sikici ve kisa ayrica mekanikler ve grafikler cok kotu. nintendo 3ds grafik duzeyinde grafikler var. verdigim parayi hak etmiyor
  26. desdar300
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The crown tundra in my opinion, is what Pokemon should definitely strive to be in the future.
    A fully open world filled with secrets and pretty interesting lore and with a nice visual style.
    Calyrex is most definitely the most interesting legendary Pokemon of this generation and I hope we get more mons like him in the future    … Expand
  27. ProfAmateur
    Oct 29, 2020
    1
    Beside the fact that the game looks like made in 2002 for Nintendo Gamecube, the DLC is again pure minimalism. Example: If you ride your bike to the first cutscene, they don't even program the case that you are on bike, no, you just teleport on the ground. That's very nice from a billion dollar company. I mean i love pokemon but i hate when such companies steals money from the kids nowadays.
  28. PkmnJustNotGood
    Oct 29, 2020
    3
    I gonna be completely honest im not feeling this DLC (Just my opinion)
    I really love the New Legendaries! But the Story makes no sense, No trainers? where are they? No difficult? The open area still feels slow and laggs.
    Dynamax adventure yess... they tried it still feels slow and its not really fun. To much stops handholding no adventure and exploring ( Caves are boring since sun and    I gonna be completely honest im not feeling this DLC (Just my opinion)
    I really love the New Legendaries! But the Story makes no sense, No trainers? where are they? No difficult? The open area still feels slow and laggs.
    Dynamax adventure yess... they tried it still feels slow and its not really fun. To much stops handholding no adventure and exploring ( Caves are boring since sun and moon ). There is so much potential but since they went from 2D to 3D its going downhill and its no Challenge. I really wanted some fun shiny hunt method like Open world hunting. The DLC just feels like a 4 hour demo and no replayability. So i hope the next games will be much better and make it fun for everyone.    … Expand
  29. Donkeynerd
    Oct 29, 2020
    8
    Overall I believe the crown tundra is a good dlc and makes the dlc a lot more digestible in my book. Dynamax adventures make legendary and shiny hunting more fun compared to the base game. The wild areas graphics are much improved but lackluster compared to breath of wild. The legendary storyline is perfectly handled imo as it's a not in your way like in the base game. I also like thatOverall I believe the crown tundra is a good dlc and makes the dlc a lot more digestible in my book. Dynamax adventures make legendary and shiny hunting more fun compared to the base game. The wild areas graphics are much improved but lackluster compared to breath of wild. The legendary storyline is perfectly handled imo as it's a not in your way like in the base game. I also like that instead of a radon npc insulting the players intelligence you have to find keldeo and and spirtomb. Overall if you like swsh like I did you will like this dlc greatly.… Expand
  30. Fabiosimba
    Oct 28, 2020
    10
    The crown tundra is beautiful e quindi mi piace non capisco perché devo per forza scrivere settantacinque parole
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 5, 2021
    85
    Your enjoyment of The Crown Tundra will largely depend on how much you like Legendary Pokémon. [Issue #50 – January/February 2021, p. 19]
  2. Ninty Fresh Magazine
    Dec 21, 2020
    75
    Pokémon fans now have some great new challenges, new Pokémon and more dynamic areas to explore. We wish it had been there from the start. [Issue #2, p.76]
  3. IGN Italia
    Nov 25, 2020
    80
    A good DLC that marks the ending for the new, experimental path chosen by Game Freak and Nintendo for the Pokémon saga. The second expansion included in Shield and Sword Season Pass adds lots of contents and legendary creatures to discover in a brand new area.
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