Pokemon Sword

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4.7

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  1. videobob
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Everything that this game does, another game in the series does better. It's not terrible, but there really is no reason to play this game if you've played the others. Deceptive business practices, terrible graphics, and so many cut corners provide a disappointing experience the whole way through.
  2. Ikereviews1
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    This is worst pokemon game ever the same is a pile of crap. gamefreak is nothing but a company that lies to its customers. removing half the pokemon for so called high quality animations like glitches and freezing pokemon randomly despawning. really bad human animations and pokemon animations like the legendary moonwalking game freezing when on a latter and when the person asks for aThis is worst pokemon game ever the same is a pile of crap. gamefreak is nothing but a company that lies to its customers. removing half the pokemon for so called high quality animations like glitches and freezing pokemon randomly despawning. really bad human animations and pokemon animations like the legendary moonwalking game freezing when on a latter and when the person asks for a handshake its some awful animation no actual handshake also bridge = grassland and no effort in backgrounds even lets go had that effort. gamefreak reusing the same models as x and y and sun and moon and lets go. they cut mega evolutions for dynamax that just makes the pokemon bigger and gigantamax is stupid also the new pokemon all suck as well. dont buy this… Expand
  3. ryuraf1
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The game is just unfinished. It's totally uncleaned, the designs are bad, the graphics are trash, the ost is boring, everything here is wrong. The prior games look better than this. This game could easily be made in Nintendo 64. The gameplay is boring, the story is short, there is not even a single good thing in Pokemon Sword and Shield. It's just a way of the company making money. AThe game is just unfinished. It's totally uncleaned, the designs are bad, the graphics are trash, the ost is boring, everything here is wrong. The prior games look better than this. This game could easily be made in Nintendo 64. The gameplay is boring, the story is short, there is not even a single good thing in Pokemon Sword and Shield. It's just a way of the company making money. A offense for the fans.… Expand
  4. fanzocker
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Richtig schlecht programmiert die sollen sich schämen hätte ich es nicht für 4.99 bekommen bei einem gewissen Shop dann hätte ich es mir nicht geholt. Wie kann man ein so dermaßen unfertiges Spiel herausbringen
  5. aleqhz
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    The game is a disappointment considering how eager I was to play it, and pre-ordered both versions.

    I don't believe it is worth its price because of its poor quality and poor content. I finished the game in ~18 hours including the almost non-existent PostGame. Basically, fewer Pokémon, fewer Moves, no Z-Moves, no MegaEvolutions, GTS is gone, Exp. Share always on, you have to get    The game is a disappointment considering how eager I was to play it, and pre-ordered both versions.

    I don't believe it is worth its price because of its poor quality and poor content. I finished the game in ~18 hours including the almost non-existent PostGame.
    Basically, fewer Pokémon, fewer Moves, no Z-Moves, no MegaEvolutions, GTS is gone, Exp. Share always on, you have to get Earbuds from NPC to be able to change volume settings, Trees have N26 textures, Pokémon animations are really bad and they look lifeless in the wild like zombies..

    Also, important to mention that the game also crashed and deleted every single downloaded content I had on my SD Card. I'm not sure about the save data since mine are uploaded to the cloud. So be careful!

    Honestly I can't find anything good to say about the game. So it's 2 for effort!    … Expand
  6. Eddieddie
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This is the first Pokemon game I hate with all my heart, and this hurts me so much. This game is by far the worst game, I deeply hate it. Returning it tomorrow and getting some Pokemon merchandise maybe
  7. Maykoncorreia
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    O jogo possui graves falhas de animação, texturização e background. Apesar das indicações como a Wild área e o box à distância, o jogo fica muito aquém de seus antecessores.
    Ele parece um pokémon let's go.
  8. someactorkid
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Disappointing. The few positives that came Game Freak put into this game are MASSIVELY outweighed by the negatives. The National Dex controversy aside, the graphics are terrible for a Nintendo published game. The animations are rigid (flying Pokemon, battle moves, etc) or just lazy (taking animations from older games). There is no soul whatsoever in this game. I think it's time for PokemonDisappointing. The few positives that came Game Freak put into this game are MASSIVELY outweighed by the negatives. The National Dex controversy aside, the graphics are terrible for a Nintendo published game. The animations are rigid (flying Pokemon, battle moves, etc) or just lazy (taking animations from older games). There is no soul whatsoever in this game. I think it's time for Pokemon to be handled by a different company.… Expand
  9. Yung_omlit
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    **** man, they dropped a 3ds game on the switch. Color me surprised. They really cut everything, the graphics are **** and the creators lied. Parents, pick up the legend of Zelda breath of the wild, Luigi’s mansion 3, or astral chain for your kid this Christmas. You’ll be doing them a favor
  10. QuantumRads
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    One of the lazyest games ever made from game freak. Not even half the Dex is in the game.
  11. Gamelife31416
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Penoso, animaciones de 3ds y poco más , falta de interés en el desarrollo, endgame inexistente.… Expand
  12. paum
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    No national dex. Poor quality animations and models. Low resolution textures. Extremely easy, to the point of boredom. Terrible pop-in and slowdown. No voice acting. Constant hand holding. Barely any post game and what's there is not challenging. Permanent experience share. The core gameplay of raising and catching Pokémon is still fun, but there are many other, better made, PokémonNo national dex. Poor quality animations and models. Low resolution textures. Extremely easy, to the point of boredom. Terrible pop-in and slowdown. No voice acting. Constant hand holding. Barely any post game and what's there is not challenging. Permanent experience share. The core gameplay of raising and catching Pokémon is still fun, but there are many other, better made, Pokémon games to play instead of this rushed mess. Is this what the Switch can deliver? Absolutely disappointing.… Expand
  13. Louloupo
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    I think it's not fair to have a poor quality game like this for a home console ... Boring. No surprise, same scenario, same graphics than sun and moon... I think im gonna play to digimon to forgzt this game...
  14. Rilian218
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    I wanted to love the game and have tried to justify and defend the changes amidst all the controversy. This happened in Gen 3 too right? It’ll all get better, this game will prove the haters wrong! But after finally getting that shiny gold steel book double edition...I feel like a fool. Playing through I can’t help but feel like this was a game started for the 3DS and then partiallyI wanted to love the game and have tried to justify and defend the changes amidst all the controversy. This happened in Gen 3 too right? It’ll all get better, this game will prove the haters wrong! But after finally getting that shiny gold steel book double edition...I feel like a fool. Playing through I can’t help but feel like this was a game started for the 3DS and then partially scrapped to hastily make it a “Switch” title. All the heart of the game was left on the cutting room floor. There are hints at what could have been an amazing game and there’s beauty to be found here and there. But I can’t help but regret supporting GameFreak and the Pokémon Company with my money. After playing for a little while, I realized that for all of the people saying “You can’t judge it until you played it” and praising the game...they probably haven’t played it either. I can’t imagine they could play this and not feel as empty inside as the wild area is. If you haven’t already bought the game, or if you were planning to buy this for a loved one, I can’t recommend it. If you do and you have fun that’s great! But this really feels like the end of an era of Pokémon games that created fantastic memories and journeys with friends, both Pokémon and those we make in real life.… Expand
  15. Sneakybreeze
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Unfinished product. Seems like too much development went into certain pet of the games while leaving other parts feeling empty, low res and unfinished. Sound track is all over the place, some good and mostly bad. How were so many Pokémon removed for the 3ds quality port of a game?

    Would highly recommend you don’t buy.
  16. CanadianNetFlix
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    The first 3 hours of the game are great, especially since you can skip the tutorial. I picked Sobble and had an amazing 3 hours but then I kept going. There isn't a plot, which is really weird. Now here's where it gets way worse...
    I saved before facing off against the BIG BAD but
    My save file is gone. I've tweeted at nintendo and gone through customer support but nothing. My save file    The first 3 hours of the game are great, especially since you can skip the tutorial. I picked Sobble and had an amazing 3 hours but then I kept going. There isn't a plot, which is really weird. Now here's where it gets way worse...
    I saved before facing off against the BIG BAD but
    My save file is gone. I've tweeted at nintendo and gone through customer support but nothing. My save file is gone? What? This is a freak joke or something. I downloaded the game, I paid for it and now my file is deleted? I'm not even mad, I just wanna cry. It's not the same. Wobbles is gone (my sobble) and so are GumpPhry, Aurtor and the rest.
    I don't get this. I do not understand. Did none of the reviewers have this issue? Why did no one tell me? I played and kept myself off the internet to avoid spoilers but I did look at the review numbers. I did NOT preload or anything, but I did get it from the E-shop on release night. This isn't fair.
    Total Playtime: 9ish hours before my save was gone. (My entire switch game library needs redownloading and my save files are missing but idc, I just want my pokemon file back. I want my excitement back.)    … Expand
  17. Daby101
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    I’ve been big fan of Pokémon ever since I was a kid. It was always one of my favorite franchises for its use of creativity, fun and heart to both the games and the anime. Sword and Shield try to recreate those same feelings with a false veil that even the brain dead audience will clap to and enjoy but I’m not one of them, I actually have standards. Before the negatives (which are many) II’ve been big fan of Pokémon ever since I was a kid. It was always one of my favorite franchises for its use of creativity, fun and heart to both the games and the anime. Sword and Shield try to recreate those same feelings with a false veil that even the brain dead audience will clap to and enjoy but I’m not one of them, I actually have standards. Before the negatives (which are many) I will talk a little about the positives.
    To start off, the best part of the game is actually in the name, the Pokémon. Most of the designs I find creative and fun with a variety of ideas and colors. I feel like it’s a small step over the Pokémon of Sun and Moon as most Pokémon have some sort of evolution while in Sun and Moon, there were a ton of Pokémon who should have had some sort of 2 stage / 3 stage evolution. Another positive is most of the new animations being well animated and some of the textures of attacks look the best they ever had. The “Maxing” gimmick seems like fun but doesn’t live up to its name as I will explain shortly. The new camp feature could be great and has a lot of potential that Game Freak doesn’t capitalize on. The idea of camp with your little buddies would be wonderful if gamefreak actually took the time develop the concept better. Which this leads me to all the negatives and the best way to describe them is “lost potential and laziness”.
    When playing the game, you’ll notice the lifelessness of the Pokémon, as they move on the map and in battle like they’re on a grid. Unless you’re in a pre-rendered cutscene, everything moves like a robot. Walk in place to face you or the focus. Idle animations that still remain lifeless as the x/y and sun and moon idle animations as they are EXACTLY the same and the attack animations are still very poor as well (look up the double kick attack and Maxed Grookey doing bullet seed to see what I mean). I remember Pokémon Stadium having characters animated with tons of life, moving, jiving, swaying, and spinning. What else is exactly the same is the models funny enough. Recent looks through the games files and code show that all the returning Pokémon that show up still retain those same “future proofed” models that were over developed back in x/y.

    Graphically the colors are vibrant and shiny but texture wise for most things, it looks like that of n64 and ps1 era textures. The ground, rock, trees, etc all look terrible and doesn’t help thats what you’ll be looking at throughout most of the game. The towns look nice but there’s a feeling of voidness as there’s nothing to do and there’s even a portion where they copy paste the same exact room several times, when they could have moved furniture, different paintings, different interior size but nope, copy and paste. Now back to the gimmicks of this generation, dynamaxing and gigantamaxing. It’s a neat idea that is executed horribly. In the case of dynamaxing, the only change to stats is the health rising, everything else remains the same and I don’t remember if the Gigmax version does that as well though I don’t remember any drastic change in stats except health. For a replacement to mega stones (which would change stats that isn’t just health AND possibly the type and ability) and z-moves (which are special powerful moves), the Maxing feels like a waste of a good concept and a excuse for the developers to not actually balance those forms / attack’s. This brings me to my next point, balance. There’s not much to say as the game has NOT been rebalanced at all. It is still the same, no actual work was done to balance out the Pokémon THEMSELVES. There’s still worthless Pokémon, Pokémon with the potential of being good but for some odd reason having bad stats and so on a so forth. These issues were in previous games and they still are here now. Nothing was actually fixed in a major way. The wild area is a great concept that, like the Maxing and camp, is not executed well. After the novelty of playing in it for 30 minutes, you’ll realize how lifeless it is. Sure Pokémon and trainers may pop up or you’ll find the max raid spots, but there’s nothing really there besides that. No dungeons, puzzles, mini games, nothing. It doesn’t help when you ride around that trees and trainers will randomly pop in front of you like some ghost as the render distance in this game is absolute terrible and a game such as BOTW dealt with this issue much better. Not to mention going up ladders freeze time. After all is said and done, Game freak produced a game that cuts out Pokémon / attacks / forms, offers us the same Ps1 turning animations and textures in their previous titles, unbalanced mechanics, a lifeless overworld, reused models, and promised of great things that turn out to be lies. This game isn’t worth $60, it isn’t even worth the original $40 as it has less content than DS Poke game. Save your money and standards.    … Expand
  18. Hisoka4lyfe
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This game does not even deserve a 1 as it feels wholly unfinished. Do not buy this product as it tells Nintendo that this quality of a product is ok to release and it is not. We deserve better. Pokemon deserves better.
  19. sweglisho
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    An absolutly punch in the face for evey Pokémon fan.

    + Nice graphic (for a pokemon game) Some of the simplifications are very convenient. - 60% of all Pokemon removed. 100+ Attacks removed Most features removed Buggy as hell Lots of unnecessary cutscenes Pokémon stronger than you badges arent catchable Way to easy All in all is to say that the game was ruined by business    An absolutly punch in the face for evey Pokémon fan.

    +
    Nice graphic (for a pokemon game)
    Some of the simplifications are very convenient.

    -
    60% of all Pokemon removed.
    100+ Attacks removed
    Most features removed
    Buggy as hell
    Lots of unnecessary cutscenes
    Pokémon stronger than you badges arent catchable
    Way to easy

    All in all is to say that the game was ruined by business decisions, it would have had enormous potential to be the best Pokémon game of the series. Now it's on a par with sun and moon, but with only half the pokemon.    … Expand
  20. Waxupex
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Voy a hacer un listado con todos los problemas de este juego:
    -Eliminaron a gran cantidad de pokemon
    -Eliminaron 144 movimientos -Eliminaron la gts -Eliminaron anteriores mecánicas (Megaevoluciones y Movimientos z) -La historia es una basura y los personajes no tienen carisma -No pasa un 1 minuto sin que Hop/Paul interrumpa tu aventura para decirte alguna estupidez -Solo tiene 3    Voy a hacer un listado con todos los problemas de este juego:
    -Eliminaron a gran cantidad de pokemon
    -Eliminaron 144 movimientos
    -Eliminaron la gts
    -Eliminaron anteriores mecánicas (Megaevoluciones y Movimientos z)
    -La historia es una basura y los personajes no tienen carisma
    -No pasa un 1 minuto sin que Hop/Paul interrumpa tu aventura para decirte alguna estupidez
    -Solo tiene 3 legendarios
    -Malas animaciones
    -Los pokemon que caminan por el mundo libremente no se pueden diferenciar de uno shiny
    -Hay que tener medallas para atrapar pokemon de mayor nivel
    -Las rutas son un pasillo prácticamente toda la region es una linea recta
    -El juego tiene un popping horrible, puedes ver como los objetos aparecen frente a tu cara
    -El repartir experiencia viene desde el principio y ni se puede desactivar
    -El repartir experiencia funciona con todo tu equipo no solo con uno lo que hace el juego mucho mas facil
    -Cuando subes una escalera todas las demás animaciones se detienen
    -El juego es muy facil y no hay desafio
    -No hay postgame
    -Un error que borra los datos de tu partida
    -Mala calidad en todos los aspectos del juego    … Expand
  21. CharlieSilos
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    O Jogo é divertido como todo pokémon é, capturando pokémon , batalhando e etc, porém jogos precisam evoluir , já se passou uma geração , quero jogar um jogo de switch não de 3ds. Não é compatível um console que possui capacidade de de rodar "Zelda breath of the wild" sem travar , rodar um jogo com menos coisas, travando , gráfico inferior e mecânicas inferiores.
  22. SucyQ
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Community was told that half of the Pokedex was removed in order to focus more time on remaking the models for the ones they were keeping and to improve the animations. This did not happen, not only are the in-game models the exact same as previous generations, but many of the animations are also recycled from other games as well. The Pokedex cut wasn't even told to Japanese fans either,Community was told that half of the Pokedex was removed in order to focus more time on remaking the models for the ones they were keeping and to improve the animations. This did not happen, not only are the in-game models the exact same as previous generations, but many of the animations are also recycled from other games as well. The Pokedex cut wasn't even told to Japanese fans either, the majority of them are going to be going in blind thinking all is normal.

    It's a shame, what should've been another mediocre title from Game Freak has been marred by them flat-out lying to the community that's supported them for years. The graphics are mediocre, maybe a little better to what you'd find on 3DS titles, but not indicative of what the Switch can do. The game is buggy beyond belief, reports are going around of lost save data on the game, on OTHER games on the Switch as a result of downloading this game off E-Shop. The gameplay is the same as usual, it's pokemon what do you expect? Dynamaxing is just a gimmick that was put in place of MegaEvos and Z-moves.

    I could go on but you know what Pokemon is, just imagine Sun and Moon but with less content that's Sword and Shield.    … Expand
  23. MadViolinist
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    I bought it and I thought it was a good game but it was the opposite. There is no innovation and it is more of the same.
  24. Kira-to-zero
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same kind of game, pros that had previous games cut off, no megas, no z moves, 140 moves cut off, poor animations, less than the half of all the existing Pokemon, cutting the competitive to 40% at the real competitive capacity, I will get yokai watch 4 better graphics and something new, at least soundtrack of pokemon sword is not bad at all. If you have a 3ds and you are considering on selling the 3ds and your previous pokemon games, do not, best to have all the pokemon, and all the features, you don’t have to pay for online, +the pokemon hoe and pokemon bank, at least will pay Around 90 or 100usd. For this pokemon sword or shield and to have the experience incomplete… Expand
  25. Sparkray
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This game is quite literally unplayable. It has been seen to brick switches, so going into this I was weary. Right at the start the games opening screen was already lagging, so I was prepared for the worst. Upon loading it up, I noticed textures that appeared like they were taken straight from the Nintendo64. I feel ashamed to have spent $60 on this travesty and will refund this game soon.This game is quite literally unplayable. It has been seen to brick switches, so going into this I was weary. Right at the start the games opening screen was already lagging, so I was prepared for the worst. Upon loading it up, I noticed textures that appeared like they were taken straight from the Nintendo64. I feel ashamed to have spent $60 on this travesty and will refund this game soon. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Gamefreak really dropped the ball on this entry in their franchise. The game was insanely easy and took me 15 hours to finish, and I made sure to take my time. I regret playing this!… Expand
  26. EUDASH92
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Simply disappointed in the company many have grown to cherish and respect only for them to betray and backstab the fans with excuses, rushed content, broken content..and cut content. Thank you game freak for showing your true colors by showing the world that you're not any better than Bethesda, EA, Activision, etc
  27. HazeTheHawk13
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Worst game in the series, Short, Linear, outdated graphics, horrible animations, music that sounds like it's from the GBA, extreme amounts of cut content. Poor Design choices such as not being able to catch certain Pokemon without badges even though you can still find and battle them in the wild, no post game content besides a very water down battle tower, non interesting plot, half of theWorst game in the series, Short, Linear, outdated graphics, horrible animations, music that sounds like it's from the GBA, extreme amounts of cut content. Poor Design choices such as not being able to catch certain Pokemon without badges even though you can still find and battle them in the wild, no post game content besides a very water down battle tower, non interesting plot, half of the Pokemon were cut from the game, over 100 cut moves, less then 3 PC boxes of new monsters. False Advertisement, Game Freak and The Pokemon company lied, reused animations and models all from the 3DS. Over All Sword and Shield looks like a upscaled 3DS game but with less content and in no way feels like a console more the Pokemon game that fans deserve.… Expand
  28. SonyBroWhirrrr
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Bad game. It cut 65% of the Pokémon and Moves. It does however have a shiny Sif from Dark Souls on the cover, so it gets a bonus point for that.
  29. Neptuneon08
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Pokémon como uma franquia de mais de 20 anos e mais de 100 jogos entre principais e spin offs, Pokémon Sword/Shield trás progresso gráfico, porém regresso em qualidade... Animações mal feitas e menos da metade dos pokemon existentes fazem com que o game não seja comparável às obras anteriores, uma pena a franquia ter a disposição um console forte como switch e fazer um jogo desse nívelPokémon como uma franquia de mais de 20 anos e mais de 100 jogos entre principais e spin offs, Pokémon Sword/Shield trás progresso gráfico, porém regresso em qualidade... Animações mal feitas e menos da metade dos pokemon existentes fazem com que o game não seja comparável às obras anteriores, uma pena a franquia ter a disposição um console forte como switch e fazer um jogo desse nível baixo.… Expand
  30. Arutar
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Por ser uma nova geração e ser umas das brands mais lucrativas, e estar em uma nova geração poderia ter feito um jogo bem maior e com mais delicadeza
  31. DelightSlurpuff
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    It's another Sun and Moon, with better graphics, even worse story, worst evil team who aren't even that evil at all...they're just roadblocks. The new features are fun although Soul Silver and Heart Gold did it better. The game itself is a mess. Enjoyable but not worth your money, just like Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. Not to forget, they lied about making new models. The models are exactly theIt's another Sun and Moon, with better graphics, even worse story, worst evil team who aren't even that evil at all...they're just roadblocks. The new features are fun although Soul Silver and Heart Gold did it better. The game itself is a mess. Enjoyable but not worth your money, just like Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. Not to forget, they lied about making new models. The models are exactly the same and the company took the fan base for fools. A company that lies to their consumers do not deserve any type of praise or your money. Please, reconsider this and save your money. There's definitely better games coming later on, this one? This one doesn't even comes close to what other switch games have accomplished.… Expand
  32. timmcq1
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Finished in a day, not very good. Don't recommend, play the older games. Basically no story and gameplay is weak. Graphics are very bad.
  33. Lertxundi
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm playing amd I think it is the wors generation of pokemon. You avoid to play if its possible… Expand
  34. Sariith
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Absolutely dissatisfied with how game freak has ruined this game. Horrible excuses for why the game came out like hot garbage
  35. Bbug
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Nada, nos quitan pokemon, personajes sin carisma, historia peor que las anteriores, última generación y es el juego con la historia más corta, nos prometieron menos pokemon para mejor animaciones pokemon, y son animaciones recicladas, mala nota
  36. Ramiro0318
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Mal diseñado, es un reciclaje de sus juegos anteriores pero peor programado
  37. awdwaffges
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Cut corners mixed with a predictable story, laziness and stupid features noone asked for. Don't spend any amount of money on this. Even if you get it for free, don't play it because your time is more **** valuable than anything this piece of garbage could provide you.
  38. NoMoreGameFreak
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This game really sucks. Nothing works: graphically and technically is the worst things in the world with recycled models from a console with the power of 3 generations before, the worst and laziest animations ever and backgrounds designed with Microsoft Power Point. It can't keep 30 fps neither with such terrible graphics. it has so many dangerous bugs. It is the shortest main pokemonThis game really sucks. Nothing works: graphically and technically is the worst things in the world with recycled models from a console with the power of 3 generations before, the worst and laziest animations ever and backgrounds designed with Microsoft Power Point. It can't keep 30 fps neither with such terrible graphics. it has so many dangerous bugs. It is the shortest main pokemon title ever. Extremely easy, stupid dialogues, stupid characters and stupid plot. The new pokemons suck for the most part. Dynamax mechanic is terrible for design and competitive use and takes the place of the much more better mega evolutions. I could continue for 3 hours but I don't have so much time to waste on writing for this stupid game. All of this is enough to give 3 out of 10, but considering that pokemon is the most "rich" franchise in the world, it make that 3 points of mercy disappear. Game Freak has been terribly lazy and not respectful for the franchise and the gamers too, saying fake things to fool all of us. Nintendo absolutely have to change the team for the development to someone more capable of (practically, anyone but Game Freak; also a 3 years old child). Don't buy this game: we are tired to be mocked like this. Time to avenge our dignity.… Expand
  39. HikariSouji
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La saga de pokemon viene arrastrando problemas desde mucho antes y todos sus problemas terminan culminando en este título que carece de 600 pokemon, que sus creadores no se tomasen en serio la saga mintiendo sobre los modelados de los pokemon desde cero y que Masuda diga cosas como" a día de hoy las personas no tienen mucho tiempo para los videojuegos" a modo de excusa para acortar un juego es triste para uno como fan, recuerdo que la excusa que tuvimos cuando salió pokemon oras y no contaba con el frente batalla fue, los jugadores no hubieran apreciado el frente batalla.
    Cuando caminas por el mapa pareciera un atelier de lo vacío que está, como si no estuviese acabado, el hecho de poner una mecánica como dinamax, eliminando las megas y movimientos z que son mucho mejores que ver a los pokemon en grande, me pone triste pensar en el remake de la 4ta generacion (cada consola tiene un remake), y que excluyan a pokemones que tuvimos en su tiempo.
    Para acabar, muchos jugaban pokemon como modo casual y no quedran atrapar a todos los pokemon y solo a sus favoritos y ahora ni eso será posible si tu favorito o el de tu amigo ya ni siquiera esten    … Expand
  40. lokize
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Nintendo está decepcionando os players a muito tempo, tem que acordar ou vai matar a franquia pokemon e outras...
  41. hanono
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    By far the worst entry in the series yet. Pokemon cut, features cut, moves cut and much more with nothing to replace it with. Graphics look like a polished GameCube game at best. Framerate routinely goes through the floor for no discernible reason whatsoever. Massive disappointment and a hideous step back for this series.
  42. Ender7887
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    I was excited for this game, I didn’t mind the dexit controversy and was ready to start fresh. I’ve had numerous issues with this game. The game has crashed multiple times. Outside of that it has the same old charm as the old Pokémon games, you start in your hometown, pick a starter, etc. The oversold feels dead and abandoned, I was expecting the overworld to be similar to Pokémon let’sI was excited for this game, I didn’t mind the dexit controversy and was ready to start fresh. I’ve had numerous issues with this game. The game has crashed multiple times. Outside of that it has the same old charm as the old Pokémon games, you start in your hometown, pick a starter, etc. The oversold feels dead and abandoned, I was expecting the overworld to be similar to Pokémon let’s go. The overworld Pokémon models don’t flap their wings and randomly pop in and out. I’ve had some really strange issues like having all black backgrounds during wild encounters, and different overworld weather effects. There’s a lot of hand holding, and honestly without all the cutscenes this game would’ve only taken about 8 hours to beat. The game is incredibly easy, there were times when I was 10-15 levels above my rivals Pokémon. For some reason there is no way to turn off the exp
    Share. A game decision that really confused me was the lack of the gts. I used the gts to complete my Pokédex in Pokémon sun and moon, so the exclusion of it makes it significantly harder to complete the Pokédex. The battle animations seem to be the same as the ones from Pokémon sun and moon. The character animations seem dead. The sound track is lack luster and the box legendaries lack a unique theme. Past Pokémon games had much better gameplay, and overall feel to them. I’m very disappointed with this game and plan on returning it. This game has the charm of past Pokémon games but lacks the polish that Pokémon had in the past.    … Expand
  43. Na7uree
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have to be honest...I do like what they were going for but it’s so obvious they were trying to rush the game out before Christmas for the ultimate cash grab. I purchased the double pack but once I finish them I’ll go right back to Ultra Sun and Moon. It’s obvious they lied directly to our faces and sorry no one will shame me into praising that type of behavior. The launch of a game matters. #gamefreaklied… Expand
  44. Astrojj
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I understand it can be a fun game for casual players, but it's a cancer for longtime fans. Poor graphics, boring OST, bad storyline, annoying rival and professor, too much cutscenes, lack of villains, no Elite 4, the postgame is disappointing, moves removal, can't turn off Exp. Share, same models from 3DS games, no nationaldex... At least the new Pokémons are nice and the character design as well, the Gyms are very good, Gigantamax is an interesting feature and the wild area is cool.… Expand
  45. drowzeem
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Easy to the point of extreme boredom. Amazing to see all the people waiting in line for their games in many places with no children in sight....and the game easy as can be for a bunch of adults.... people have been asking to be able to set difficulty for years and nothing. Gamefreak just doesn’t care, they don’t know their audience....they don’t want to know their audience....their onlyEasy to the point of extreme boredom. Amazing to see all the people waiting in line for their games in many places with no children in sight....and the game easy as can be for a bunch of adults.... people have been asking to be able to set difficulty for years and nothing. Gamefreak just doesn’t care, they don’t know their audience....they don’t want to know their audience....their only goal is children children children, news flash KIDS DONT CARE ABOUT POKEMON! Also A Pokemon game without all the Pokemon. Sad excuses. Gamefreak is Indeed doing the least possible. Erasing Pokemon to then release them as new as Go is doing. Erased features like megas (loved by people) couldn’t not care less about Z moves. Pokemon Amie gone. Your pokemon feel farther than ever. Not even “touch animation” on pokemon summary. Sad postgame. Out of place third legendary in BEN 10 style...… Expand
  46. bkash
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    I loved every past gen, including even gen 6, and 7. But this one I actually legitimately dislike.
    Gamefreak's excuse was always that they had to work with handhelds, but even now that they have a full on console they are still producing underwhelming content. This is litterally the largest and most grossing franchise in the whole world, and yet the mainline games, the thing that started    I loved every past gen, including even gen 6, and 7. But this one I actually legitimately dislike.
    Gamefreak's excuse was always that they had to work with handhelds, but even now that they have a full on console they are still producing underwhelming content. This is litterally the largest and most grossing franchise in the whole world, and yet the mainline games, the thing that started the whole franchise sucks. Here are some of my criticisms:
    They entirely removed over 60% of the Pokemon, something no other mainline Pokemon game has done.
    They removed over 100 moves
    You cant turn off exp share
    Most opponents are under leveled.
    The game has 4 hours of cutscenes, most are unskippable
    The region is INCREDIBLY linear, it has litterally no dungeons and most paths are straight ways
    The cutscenes arent even animated properly, the turning animation for the pokemon and characters dont even exist. Thier model just spins while doing its forward walking animation.
    The models and animations are the exact same, despite gamefreak saying they had remade them all.
    The game is suuper short
    Hop is litterally just Hau with a new model, he even has the exact same animations copypasted.
    The wild area is really bland
    The battle background doesnt even change according to the place, sometimes it doenst even exist.
    They entirely cut out Megas and Z moves
    The landscape of the game looked unfinished.
    No following pokemon, despite the last game having it.
    Theres more but I'm just wasting my time at this point.    … Expand
  47. BlackGus144
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Pokémon Sword & Shield en resumidas cuentas: Crónica de una estafa anunciada.
  48. GERKamil
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Viel zu einfach, viel zu kurz. Nach knapp zwei Tagen spielen schon ein Pokemon auf Stufe 100 gebracht und alle Orden gesammelt. Langweilig, sehr lineare Story, aufgrund von mittelgroßen freien Fläche wo man die meisten Pokemon trifft ist reisen unnötig. Der versprochene Tag und Nacht Wechsel tut nichts zur Sache, da wäre ein Real-Time Tageszyklus wie bei Animal Crossing interesannter.
  49. Electabuzz26
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Just a lazy Game, with a lazy new dynamic with no sense at all. A bittersweet story, with not new content, and a pretty bad ending which gives you an idea of a sequel or maybe a third game adding all of this cause the game is not complete.
  50. Weird-Wizard
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    If this was some indie RPG effort, maybe one of the other less successful monster collecting games, this game would deserve maybe a 6 or a 7 score. It has some charming moments, some nice features, but some really distracting and irritating flaws.

    But this is a Pokemon game. One of the most financially and critically successful media franchises ever. It should be better than this, and    If this was some indie RPG effort, maybe one of the other less successful monster collecting games, this game would deserve maybe a 6 or a 7 score. It has some charming moments, some nice features, but some really distracting and irritating flaws.

    But this is a Pokemon game. One of the most financially and critically successful media franchises ever. It should be better than this, and fans deserve better than this. We should not be paying double the price for half the game, graphics barely better than the previous portable console, and literally dozens of fan favorite creatures indefinitely unplayable and unusable.

    I say this out of love for the franchise, having owned, played, and beaten every mainline entry and never having been this disappointed before. You can do better than this, Game Freak. And for the sake of both the fans and the company, I hope that you pull up your socks and deliver better products in the future.    … Expand
  51. icarols
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    All the game is poor optimized and no national dex. No way to play this. Pokémon deserves better!
  52. TheAniviaOTp
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    It's not a good game, not for Pokemon fans at least,
    maybe if you never played a game before or you are a kid ,you probably won't care, but the fans, the people that spend a lot of time with their game , will not like it as it is lacking a lot of content past the main story.
  53. CaptTanuki
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Less than an 2 gameplay hours in and I've already had 3 system errors causing me to lose an accumulated time of 1 hour playtime. Combined with all the other pre-release news, this game is not up to Game Freaks standard.
  54. Marlon_Alfredo
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    La textura no son lo suficientemente buenas para justificar la ausencia de los Pokémons, la historia como en los últimos jueg
  55. gigabarto
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    You want a good 3D pokémon game? play sun and moon, you want a switch pokémon game? play let's go.
    Even if I can't research professionally how fluid is the game, I can emphasize that the game doesn’t show constant FPS drops as seen in other entries of the franchise (It would have been annoying those problems still persisted). But in handheld mode there are minor FPS drops in zones like    You want a good 3D pokémon game? play sun and moon, you want a switch pokémon game? play let's go.
    Even if I can't research professionally how fluid is the game, I can emphasize that the game doesn’t show constant FPS drops as seen in other entries of the franchise (It would have been annoying those problems still persisted). But in handheld mode there are minor FPS drops in zones like the Wild Area, those which don't occur in docked mode until you explore them on bike, and in both cases they are notorious (again) in double battles, but only when there are climates like sandstorm and some terrain.
    The game is fun, but if you came from playing at 7th generation, it's exactly the same but shorter, with less content and more expensive.
    It doesn't represent the series and it doesn't use the new features the Switch has over the 3DS.
    I appreciate the constant fps rates most of the time. but the map gives the impression of being really big when it really is small, I don't see those 10 GB of space in any place.
    The gyms are the best things because they have various challenges, but they’re kinda short
    I never used the curry thing, it's the most useless feature of the game.
    Is it worth it? Yes! if it was $30 USD, Is an must buy for Switch users? Not really, there are better games for the same launch price.    … Expand
  56. fairyfairyfairy
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Lazy uninspired ugly boring GARBAGE. not visually attractive not fun to play. Zero effort was put into this “game”.
  57. wildeyes2
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Simply unacceptable, half baked game by incompetent developers. Gone are the days of actual innovation and pushing the hardware. Instead they would rather cash out on their cash cow.
  58. mlauriigoi
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Worst gameplay in the whole series. It’s not like a game made in 2019 completely.
    Only dressing my trainer can make me happy but the clothing is soooooooooooooooooo expensive.
  59. soybirthinghips
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    its not even meh, its woefully bad. literally every single thing about it is just terrible. graphics, story, new pokemon design, game length, difficulty, post game content, MUSIC, amount of new pokemon, no national dex, gigantimax being the lamest, most boring **** thing in existance.
  60. Mako97USA
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    GameFreak thinks we are **** stupid, the only thing we wanted is a complete game and not this **** it's a incomplete game for 50$. I don't know, go buy death stranding in this Friday.
  61. whitecypress
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This game doesn't deserve my time. It is not finished, contain tons of bugs and doesn't have national dex.
  62. MetoroidoPrime
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Unfortunately, instead of a jump in quality when coming to the switch (like many other franchises) what the most profitable media franchise has on offer here is only mediocre and more of the same. Nothing really feels like it couldn’t have been done on the 3ds. The amount of content has been cut and the price has increased. The cut Pokemon seems to be a dubious action that may lead toUnfortunately, instead of a jump in quality when coming to the switch (like many other franchises) what the most profitable media franchise has on offer here is only mediocre and more of the same. Nothing really feels like it couldn’t have been done on the 3ds. The amount of content has been cut and the price has increased. The cut Pokemon seems to be a dubious action that may lead to future dlc or paid subscriptions on behalf of the Pokemon company. Do not support this.… Expand
  63. hagetaka
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    It is not worth paying for this game.
    Game freaks have become a scam group that cheats fans.
  64. Miniiii
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    I had very high expectations for Pokémon sword/shield but all what I saw was pure disappointment let me list you the things I hated
    1-no national dex (obviously)
    2-re-used models and animations (and they are really bad) 3-why the hell is the graphics isn’t like botw or even better? You can’t tell me to except bad graphics when they literally have Billions and time no one cares about the    I had very high expectations for Pokémon sword/shield but all what I saw was pure disappointment let me list you the things I hated
    1-no national dex (obviously)
    2-re-used models and animations (and they are really bad)
    3-why the hell is the graphics isn’t like botw or even better? You can’t tell me to except bad graphics when they literally have Billions and time no one cares about the anime you could just delay the game and The anime it is really not that hard
    4-glitches and other stupid thing like the world freezes when you cilmb a ladder 5-why there isn’t any type of voice acting? Or something like Botw?
    6-charizard is cool but that doesn’t mean he must be the champion’s ace and the only starter in the game...
    7-Hop is a worse version of hau he even have the same animations!
    8- The game. Is. So. Easy. Like why is the Exp share always active? And there is no way of turning it off!    … Expand
  65. suitondk
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Falta total de contenido, un juego hecho sin ganas y a la carrera! Se ve totalmente desaprovechada la potencia de switch
  66. lobobr4nc0
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Chegamos então a versão HD de pokemon, que pode ser jogado em uma TV, tal qual os fãs de longa data (como eu) aguardávamos (já que spin-offs de 64 e cube não eram o que a franquia principal proporcionava), porém, a decepção é grande (para não dizer TOTAL), o jogador se depara com um jogo claramente de 3ds em versão HD, com movimentação RIDICULA dos personagens, animações simplórias, taisChegamos então a versão HD de pokemon, que pode ser jogado em uma TV, tal qual os fãs de longa data (como eu) aguardávamos (já que spin-offs de 64 e cube não eram o que a franquia principal proporcionava), porém, a decepção é grande (para não dizer TOTAL), o jogador se depara com um jogo claramente de 3ds em versão HD, com movimentação RIDICULA dos personagens, animações simplórias, tais quais eram usadas no XY ou Sun Moon, se depara com a mesmice da qualidade que a Game Freak e Nintendo vem empurrando desde o DS (onde já dava pra ser ter algo muito superior). O descaso com o jogo em si (mas a fome do dinheiro) é evidente no jogo, apesar de não ter FALHAS crassas o jogo é claramente "feito nas coxas" para se tornar um caça níquel, uma franquia que vale tanto dinheiro (e que é tão importante para as 3 empresas detentoras dos direitos) deveria ser mais bem modelada, mais bem estruturada e MUITO mais bem feita. Se o foco for APENAS crianças, teremos um problema, porque as crianças crescem, viram adolescentes e adultos que ainda são fãs da franquia, como resolver esse "problema"? Façam então duas linhas de pokemon, uma focada então em crianças (que não ligam pra nada de implementação grafica ou novidades na estrutura ou mecanica do jogo) e outra mais bem planejada e bem feita que foque nos jovens, adolescentes e adultos que ainda gostam da franquia. Em pleno 2019 você ainda vê um jogo com qualidade de portatil chegar num hibrido que tem mais poder que um ps3 ou xbox one, se fosse um jogo qualquer não teria problema, mas pokemon dá lucro, vende e teria que ter uma atenção merecida.… Expand
  67. Mega-N
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    The same thing of pokémon sword lazy game and high price thanks gamefool , you got The way to ruin The franchise in One game i never play The game anymore
  68. JonPaulCardenas
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This game has a lot of problems, from pokemon, to game play, to graphics, to length, all around it is not a good game. There is a much bigger problem here. Most of the major game review sites are giving it extremely favorable reviews because quite frankly they were paid off. The IGN one is laughable biased. Also over on there 2nd youtube channel they spent an hour long video trying toThis game has a lot of problems, from pokemon, to game play, to graphics, to length, all around it is not a good game. There is a much bigger problem here. Most of the major game review sites are giving it extremely favorable reviews because quite frankly they were paid off. The IGN one is laughable biased. Also over on there 2nd youtube channel they spent an hour long video trying to defend it, and disabled comments on it. Its over on Nintendo Voice Chat, there Nintendo only Podcast channel. The amount of big business going on here to try and get you to buy a poorly concieved and executed game because its nintendo's only big item this Christmas is honestly a travesty.

    The new Pokemon are lazy, uninteresting and literally just trying to pander to little kids, leaving the rest of there fan base behind. The graphics are some of the worst on the switch, let alone the worst from a AAA nintendo title. The game holds your hand the whole way, and it is the easiest game of the series, in a series that already had a main campaign that was dumbed down for little kids.

    Its very clear this game was made with the goal of getting Casuals that only play go to come to the main franchise, and it ends up servicing neither the hard core fans, or casuals. Because little kids and casual fans no a poor game when they see it, and can understand this is being pushed down there throats by big business regardless of the quality of there product.

    Saying the game is rushed is a massive understantement. Areas are literally a clear hallway, to a gym battle, to a clear hallway to another gym battle, there is so little story its a wonder they even bothered naming characters.

    Plz Plz don't by this game, you deserve better, the franchise deserves better, consumers deserve better, anyone that like honest game reviews deserve better, you have to vote with your wallet so we actually get games for everyone that are worth playing with this franchise. They only listen to money, so we have to vote with our wallets.    … Expand
  69. Shewanna
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Needless to say a step in the wrong direction, quality and quantity lacking and honestly i dont know how to compare this to the other mainline games.
  70. Bisquick
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This is one of the games that comes to mind from lazy rushed games. This feels like the crap Bethesda would pull not Gamefreak. I hope they learn a hard lesson from this experience and work to make the next generation on par with their normal quality.
  71. sdffsd
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Wow big size Pokemon , such a great idea. No need for new design too.

    Bad game, i played like 8 hours and didn't enjoy it not even a little bit.
  72. SnooberReturns
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Since reviewers are not mentioning key problems with the games, allow me to do so. The following are problems with Sword and Shield that anyone who grew up with the franchise should know about:
    1. Reused battle animations. Despite Game Freak reiterating that the reason so much was being cut from Sword and Shield was because of extra polish, most of the battle animations are taken straight    Since reviewers are not mentioning key problems with the games, allow me to do so. The following are problems with Sword and Shield that anyone who grew up with the franchise should know about:
    1. Reused battle animations. Despite Game Freak reiterating that the reason so much was being cut from Sword and Shield was because of extra polish, most of the battle animations are taken straight from the 3DS. It's sad when a Nintendo 64 game that came out 20 years ago has drastically better battle animations than a Switch game.
    2. Al extra battle features like Dynamax are useless. Since they removed Mega Evos and Z moves, why even care about Dynamaxing? it probably won't be in the next game, so adding it to your team won't even matter.
    3. The better half are gone. When they said they were gonna cut the Dex, I figured some here and there. Some of the obscure ones would be gone, but the big names would stay. However, some of the all time greats won't be in the game, including my favorite, Alakazam, which leads to my next point...
    4. Even if Game Freak is trying to cater to the competitive scene (which I don't understand, since others in the past had just as much going for them online as this game), what does it matter if you can't assemble your full team?
    5. This is some of the weakest post-game in the series. I have no clue why, but after Black and White 2, it's like Game Freak quit caring about it. Here is no different. 6. Despite the game being on Switch, it's relatively linear and, although graphically beautiful at parts, has noticable places that look lackluster for a PS2 game.
    7. Follows the trend of treating the player like they are two years old. It is not as bad as Let's Go, and although you can skip tutorials, it feels like your team is always overpowered. Game Freak tried to add overpowered Pokemon to the wild area to rectify this I suppose, but that barely even budges the difficulty. The games are just plain easy.
    8. As mentioned, you are paying $60, nearly double the price you would for it's predecessors, and are getting much less content. Look at X and Y. There are 719 Pokemon you can register on the Pokedex, so even though the game had little to do post game, it was made up for by filling up the Pokedex. I cannot understand how no reviewer hit on the fact that now, we have about 200 more Pokemon added in since Sun/Moon and Sword/Shield, and the Switch cannot handle it? A 3DS could do 700+ Pokemon, but Switch can't pump 400+? I don't know what Game Freak paid these guys to keep stuff like this quiet, but it had to be a lot.
    All in all, I don't spam bad reviews. I give what is fair. When a company takes a game and completely ruins it by taking the easy way out due to sheer laziness, that's when someone needs to take a stand. It is sad as a lifelong Pokemon fan, seeing what Game Freak is doing to the series. Anyone else who grew up with it should feel the same way.    … Expand
  73. YoKrawzer
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    I'll don't even bother to explain all the fails in this game, the national Pokedex most be in every main game of this franchise but what kills this game is the awful development decisions.
  74. SangDuhBeast
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This game is an unfinished game, GameFreak did not take the Switch to it full advantage.
    Lagging frame rate Nintendo 64 graphic
    “High (LOW) quality animation” Image standing still no back ground for Pkm battle Wrong Pkm battle back ground Non expressive Pokémon The game look like it could run on a 3DS I understand there are also many cool feature out there but this game is like a middle    This game is an unfinished game, GameFreak did not take the Switch to it full advantage.
    Lagging frame rate Nintendo 64 graphic
    “High (LOW) quality animation”
    Image standing still
    no back ground for Pkm battle
    Wrong Pkm battle back ground Non expressive Pokémon
    The game look like it could run on a 3DS
    I understand there are also many cool feature out there but this game is like a middle finger to the hardcore Pokémon player. Competitive Pokémon is something you work hard for, hours of playing to get a perfect Pokémon, now you can use it for an item. Going to the Pokémon center is to get your Pokémon feel like you actually put them away, now you can access the PC out of nowhere which is BS in my opinion, there’s so many short cut that I don’t like. There no such things as competitive Pokémon anymore. By this point all the Pokémon is basically hack Pokémon because it’s so easy to make a strong Pokémon    … Expand
  75. ThatOneGuy14
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was super hyped for this game and i couldent bring my chums over because i found out about #BringbackNationalDex until release day, i felt the game was too easy. Its ok to hand hold but not for the whole game.… Expand
  76. Pales
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Um game que tinha tudo para ser o melhor porém a empresa conseguiu a proeza de destruir tudo. Uma enorme tristeza para muitas pessoas que tiveram Pokémon na infância e adolescência.
  77. Mabegotchi
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bestial poppin, 30 fps, not national pokedex, Game Freak promised reward that including best animations and quality content. The post-game is null, the story mediocre, and this worth 50-60 dollars?… Expand
  78. Erapanzon
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Comparing it to other Switch big IP's this game has absolutely 0 content,
    you cant pay 60 dollars for an experience lasting 20 hours max.
    The charm of pokemon games is usually completing the pokedex and looking for your favourite pokemon, which is not possible in this game, since more than a half of all the pokemon have been cut. The new battle mechanic is too gimmicky and restricted,    Comparing it to other Switch big IP's this game has absolutely 0 content,
    you cant pay 60 dollars for an experience lasting 20 hours max.
    The charm of pokemon games is usually completing the pokedex and looking for your favourite pokemon, which is not possible in this game, since more than a half of all the pokemon have been cut.
    The new battle mechanic is too gimmicky and restricted, dynamax wil raids are fun but will end up being boring after a while since they are too simple.
    The overworld graphics are unpolished, but usually pokemon games do not have great graphics so its kinda normal.
    Overall i suggest you to not buy this game, since game freak usually release an "enhanced edition" the year later, which could fix most of the problems above.    … Expand
  79. MimiPiggyOrc
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This game is not just lazy it actually feels unfinished. Someone needs to tell Game Freak a new entry is supposed to offer something new. This game is awful for advanced players, mediocre for casual player and I hope this isn't any body's first Pokémon game, because they will get the wrong impression of the Pokémon series as a whole. This trash heap is the result of complacency, and a lackThis game is not just lazy it actually feels unfinished. Someone needs to tell Game Freak a new entry is supposed to offer something new. This game is awful for advanced players, mediocre for casual player and I hope this isn't any body's first Pokémon game, because they will get the wrong impression of the Pokémon series as a whole. This trash heap is the result of complacency, and a lack of effort and dedication, it is as if Game Freak doesn't care!… Expand
  80. hyenaglasses
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Even judging it on it own merit it is not worth the money. It doesn't look like a switch game.
    Graphical glitches and poor animations. My little girl played this and didn't mind that but they were frustrated that they couldn't train their Pokemon individually like they did in past games.
    (She was also sad that they couldn't follow her like in lets go pikachu but that can't be helped)    Even judging it on it own merit it is not worth the money. It doesn't look like a switch game.
    Graphical glitches and poor animations. My little girl played this and didn't mind that but they were frustrated that they couldn't train their Pokemon individually like they did in past games.
    (She was also sad that they couldn't follow her like in lets go pikachu but that can't be helped)
    The major bugs it had with deleting peoples sd card data also doesn't help.    … Expand
  81. Diobestia
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    The whole things is just messy, incomplete, and disappointing, it was such a lazy rush job. Absolutely the WORSE Pokemon game ever created so far. I'd rather spend 60€ whoring than buying this, so called, "game". Don't settle for less, FIGHT FOR MORE!!!
    NINTENDO, but mostly that **** software house, GAME FREAK need to understand this.
  82. Dregal
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Definitely the game formula has become obsolete. Basically it is the same game of 1996 but with different pokemon and graphics that are not up to the console.
    Currently we see games like Mario or Zelda that evolve, but Pokémon has nothing new that can attract new players. Same game, same mechanics but this time with less pokemon. The story mode is the same as always, this time shorter. It    Definitely the game formula has become obsolete. Basically it is the same game of 1996 but with different pokemon and graphics that are not up to the console.
    Currently we see games like Mario or Zelda that evolve, but Pokémon has nothing new that can attract new players. Same game, same mechanics but this time with less pokemon. The story mode is the same as always, this time shorter. It is a conservative game where they have not innovated anything. The open world that was supposed to be novelty is a disaster, since it is tiny and boring.
    Game Freak developers can do whatever they want since the game will sell very well, but for the next time I will surely no longer buy a new Pokemon game    … Expand
  83. Amikin
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It lacks national pokédex, not enough content, game visuals are repetitive from previous versions without any improvement considering it runs in a nintendo switch.… Expand
  84. slambammer
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This series has become an absolute shell of its former self. I will not mention the National Dex controversy because I really don't care about it. But the graphics alone prevent me from immersing myself in this game in any way. Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade 2, and many, MANY other games manage to make even simple environments look better, and those are FAR bigger games. This game alsoThis series has become an absolute shell of its former self. I will not mention the National Dex controversy because I really don't care about it. But the graphics alone prevent me from immersing myself in this game in any way. Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade 2, and many, MANY other games manage to make even simple environments look better, and those are FAR bigger games. This game also follows the trend of stupification. The entire game is a tutorial, just like Sun and Moon. I know the primary demographic is a younger audience, but the older Pokemon games were aimed at kids too. There's no excuse for how insulting this game is to peoples' intelligence. The animations are lazy, and many are reused, the frame rates drop, and worst of all, this is an EXTREMELY short game. Even doing extra stuff and taking your time exploring, you'll be done with this game in a few days. Disappointing, utterly and completely disappointing.… Expand
  85. MaMadeOfGouda
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    If I wanted to play a game that looks and runs like its being played on a 3ds, I would've just played one of the many actually good and well made Pokemon games for that system instead. Sword and Shield are a direct representation of how much Game Freak just doesn't care about actual game play or their fans anymore. They only care about racking it as much cash as possible. They know peopleIf I wanted to play a game that looks and runs like its being played on a 3ds, I would've just played one of the many actually good and well made Pokemon games for that system instead. Sword and Shield are a direct representation of how much Game Freak just doesn't care about actual game play or their fans anymore. They only care about racking it as much cash as possible. They know people will buy the games just because its Pokemon,… Expand
  86. haranamorim
    Nov 17, 2019
    2
    Poor graphics, awful animations, this game is full of glitches..
    Looks that GF was so lazy to develop this game. Frustrating on every element.
    New Pokemon's are like monster with rare ones.
  87. FrancisDrake610
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    Fan de Pokémon desde muy pequeño, de la misma manera que Let's Go me pareció un juego muy bueno, este a su diferencia se nota que fue echo con prisas, sin ganas y con el único objetivo de recaudar dinero con el mínimo esfuerzo.
  88. YourPalMatt
    Dec 29, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the weakest stories since XY, and most of it happening offscreen until near the end, with the “bad guy” being an impatient energy tycoon whose crisis is far off in the future, but instead ends up releasing the legendary who happens to be the cause of the Dynamax phenomenon, and who nearly caused Armageddon in the past, who is now causing Armageddon in the present. You and your “rival” are tasked with taking it down after the Champ can’t even beat it, and with the help of the two legendaries of sword and shield, end up taking it down.

    The postgame is not much better, with a one hour post story that barely even scratches the surface of the history of the Galar region, and has you Capture the box legendary. And then of course there’s the standard battle tower, but that’s really it. Online is horrendous, the Wild Area is a dull and empty expanse, and the lack of all the Pokémon definitely hurts this game. Do not recommend as a starting Pokémon game.    … Expand
  89. Kanobelegaur
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Game lacks in content, graphics and music are sub par, story is bland and uninspired. Many features cut from previous games that were heavily enjoyed, such as mega evolution. Opening scene is jarring without voice acting,
  90. kaioser
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The games are vastly underwhelming. Wild areas though vast look unfinished and definitely unpolished. Experience share is on by default with no mechanism to turn it off without boxing your mons. There are several points in the game where it appears that the game could have been slightly rused, certain battle animations are as simplistic as in the 3DS while others are gorgeously choreographed, everything seems to freeze when climbing ladders and NPCs and other objects seem to pop out of everywhere. There is also what appears to be fbs drops from time to time. Gigantamaxing and Dynomaxing and the currydex pokemon camp are features exclusive to this generation, and although these are nice they don't makeup for classig and fan favorate pokemons returning such as Blastoise Venosaur, Greninja among others.The game is rather short in legth clocking in at 16 hours of gameplay and endgame content is rather lacking. I wish they would have developed these games further into the best versions of what they could have been.

    Recommendations to developers to fix:
    Polish the openworld area, add additional textures that will give this area more life and depth
    Include more endgame content
    Include or support in someway all previous pokemons, whether thru DLC or patches or weekly / monthly events.
    add xp sharing option to shut it off.
    address various bugs and polish some of the battle backgrounds. I'm saddened to admit this game still has a lot of potential but so far has fallen short.    … Expand
  91. ThisGameIsGreat
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Truth is, this game has positive qualities. However, for me, a longtime, relatively casual, yet passionate fan of Pokemon since Gen 1, there are also just as many negative aspects that really stand out in comparison to past entries in the series, and from a technological standpoint, the game just does not live up to 2019 standards for high-end Switch games or RPGs.

    Now, honestly,    Truth is, this game has positive qualities. However, for me, a longtime, relatively casual, yet passionate fan of Pokemon since Gen 1, there are also just as many negative aspects that really stand out in comparison to past entries in the series, and from a technological standpoint, the game just does not live up to 2019 standards for high-end Switch games or RPGs.

    Now, honestly, graphics have never mattered much in Pokemon, but the consumers and fans were also lied to by Game Freak in saying that the reasoning behind the cut content is a bigger focus on higher quality graphics and animation, and also that they were re-doing the models from scratch. The latter turned out to be a blatant lie, and the supposed focus on better graphics is just not apparent to me in anyway. Sure, the game looks better than the 3DS game, but looks worse than pretty much every other big Nintendo franchise that's made the jump to switch.

    Ultimately, this game has the least amount of content by any Pokemon game since the GBA. Right out of the box, this game immediately has less to do than Gens 4-6 by getting rid of so many Pokemon. Pair that fact with a $20 price increase from 3DS titles and you have yourself a Pokemon game that just barely tries to check all the boxes that casual and uninformed possible customers look for when it comes to the name "Pokemon". At this rate, the games will continue to have less and less content because so many people are just fine with that. Those that actually do care are unfortunately no longer the target audience for Game Freak.    … Expand
  92. 0Bennyman
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    I am coming at this from the perspective of my last latest pokemon game being Pokemon Pearl so I was hoping on an improvement from that and uhhh, What happened???

    So you know how in the Original games your rival will pick the stronger pokemon to you? You know, to make it more challenging. Uhh, well this game decides to throw that out the window and HE PICKS THE WEAKEST POKEMON, I picked    I am coming at this from the perspective of my last latest pokemon game being Pokemon Pearl so I was hoping on an improvement from that and uhhh, What happened???

    So you know how in the Original games your rival will pick the stronger pokemon to you? You know, to make it more challenging. Uhh, well this game decides to throw that out the window and HE PICKS THE WEAKEST POKEMON, I picked Fire and he picked Grass, like what???

    Also, Cutscenes are so heavy but tbh I can excuse it, it's an okay-ish story (Even if boring) so far but it definitely can be annoying considering I'm supposed to be best friends with my rival??? And with the champion??? I want a reason to fight through to the end and become the best, I don't want to be friends with them. Also Hop is just plain annoying! He's constantly saying how he's the best and will beat me but yet we are best friends, it just seems like he was set up to be a bad person and then suddenly they decided nah they are best buds.

    One thing I CANNOT excuse is SCORBUNNY IS MISSING ANIMATIONS?! High Double Kick animation is literally his model just moving up and then down, there is no actual animation for it. Now for his normall Scorbunny it's kind of okay because he's jumping around and you could kind of say he does kick out BUT his Evolved form Stands still SO IT'S BLATANT.

    The game is beyond easy so far with the game holding your hand as much as possible.

    BUT there are things I like, such as the Multiplayer functionality, being able to just battle my friend anywhere at any time with any rule sets (So keeping us at the same level etc) is really cool! And being able to see other people.

    The Raids were something I was worried about with NPC's and YUP they are awful. Me and my friend almost lost because the NPC's were just awful and died immediately almost causing us to fail.

    The game also looks beautiful imo everywhere except the wild area, it's really nice to look at and while it could obviously look better It's nice to look at.

    The game also runs fine in Handheld and Docked, I've had no noticable issues so far.

    Character customisation is really cool as there is a wide variety of clothing to purchase.

    The reason for the 4 is because it's just lazy, the story is boring and the animation for my Starter is absolutely unacceptable. I hope patches will fix the animations otherwise I will definitely be holding off paying for anything Gamefreak makes again.    … Expand
  93. Marioyluigi
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Una lastima sinceramente, pénse que iba a ser como un zelda , pero solo tuve un juego que se repite año tras año quedandose en los tiempos anteriores, no hay cambios, hay recortes, animaciones que dan pena, personajes que se pasan de infantiles a tontos, no hay vida con esa banda sonora, Las voces de los pokemon poco originales, tengo que volver a leer y no le pueden poner voces, textura,Una lastima sinceramente, pénse que iba a ser como un zelda , pero solo tuve un juego que se repite año tras año quedandose en los tiempos anteriores, no hay cambios, hay recortes, animaciones que dan pena, personajes que se pasan de infantiles a tontos, no hay vida con esa banda sonora, Las voces de los pokemon poco originales, tengo que volver a leer y no le pueden poner voces, textura, graficos, historia, todo es malo , no hay nada rescatable.… Expand
  94. Metagrass
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    This game... is not great. It's not even good. You can't imagine how much that bothers me as a 12 year Pokemon fan to say this, but I have to be honest, I regret buying these games.

    There is a myriad of issues with this game that give it a feeling of being rushed. Firstly the game suffers from many graphical issues. Pokemon, trainers and objects will just pop into and out of the    This game... is not great. It's not even good. You can't imagine how much that bothers me as a 12 year Pokemon fan to say this, but I have to be honest, I regret buying these games.

    There is a myriad of issues with this game that give it a feeling of being rushed. Firstly the game suffers from many graphical issues. Pokemon, trainers and objects will just pop into and out of the overworld for seemingly no reason, many battle arenas lack backgrounds and trainers will disappear and reappear from them, completely breaking my immersion. Another issue is the game is extremely short. I am already at the 5th gym and I bought it yesterday, I hope that somehow the last 3 gyms take triple the time of the first 5, but from what my friend tells me, this isn't the case. Also my friend tells me that the post game is just the battle tree from sun and moon but with no bosses. The story is extrememly basic too, it is just a carbon copy of the story from one of the other games in the series (of which I'm not going to mention as I don't want to spoil anything). If you thought they were taking a step in the right derection with Sun and Moon's story, then Sword and Shield takes two steps back. As you might expect, the game is really easy, but I don't mean as easy as some of the other games in the series, Sword and Shield is probably the easiest Pokemon game to date. Easy games aren't in themselves a bad thing, but in a strategy game like Sword and Shield, you need at least a basic level of difficulty to make it interesting. Alas, due to the forced (always active) exp share on your whole team, my entire team was so overleveled for each gym. I would just end up dyanamaxing and sweeping the entire trainer's team for each of them with no problem. I really wish you could just turn the exp share off, the game would benefit so much from this. Speaking of the gyms, the challenges for each gym are completely ridiculous. Most of them are boring and had very little effect on the gym battle itself, for example there is one where the gym leader asks you bizzare questions like what you had for breakfast, not impressed with the gyms at all. The game in general is riddled with bizzare decisions like extra volume controls being locked behind an item for some reason and not being able to pet your Pokemon anymore. I would not reccomend picking this game up.

    Now lets address the donphan in the room, the dex cut. Around 60% of the Pokemon were removed from this game along with a handful of moves for the reason of "improving the animations an models". The dex cut wouldn't be much of an issue for your average player, but the animations and models weren't improved at all. The models are just ported from Sun and Moon, scaled up for the Switch and there are less new animations in this game than Sun and Moon due to the lack of Z-Moves. So in short the dex was cut down for absolutely no reason. The smaller dex also limits people's options in online matches and competative, but I haven't played online yet and don't know anything about it so it wouldn't be fair for me to judge it.

    Now that I've finally gotten through the bad things I should list the good. Some of the designs of the new Pokemon are amazing. In typical James Turner (the man who designed many of the Pokemon in this game) style, they're very hit or miss. But the ones that hit, hit hard. The final evolutions of the starters in particular ooze personality, I love them all. The wild area is a great concept, though it's fairly poorly executed it is still fun to explore. The addition of overworld encounters from the Lets Go games is a great idea and makes the world feel way more alive. Sadly though, the good is outweighed by the bad in this game.

    In conclusion, I would not reccomend these games. They are definately the worst in the series and do not justify the Switch price tag. Avoid these at all costs, there are many, far better games on the switch this year, get one of those instead.    … Expand
  95. Baddap
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    An incredible setback in comparison to previous generations, even the sixth one. Sword and Shield lacks clever route designs, has a lower amount of named characters and a really short story, not letting you get to know them, terrible texture quality in the wild area (infamous tree) and routes (route 8 in particular), lack of polishment in the overworld (no water ripples while surfing,An incredible setback in comparison to previous generations, even the sixth one. Sword and Shield lacks clever route designs, has a lower amount of named characters and a really short story, not letting you get to know them, terrible texture quality in the wild area (infamous tree) and routes (route 8 in particular), lack of polishment in the overworld (no water ripples while surfing, TERRIBLE draw distance, bad Pokemon animations (Wingull floating in the air, Gyarados doing a hard turn in the water). In addition, Game Freak did not deliver on the promised "good animations" which were their justification for cutting over 60% of all Pokémon. Many moves such as Double Kick are just the user hopping in place, or shifting left and right. The battle arenas are also incredibly bland most of the time, with battles taking place in a colorless void. In comparison, the GC and Wii games by Genius Sonority had quality animations for each Pokémon, and the battle arenas fit where the battles were taking place in the world. Even Let's Go had really good battle arenas.
    The game also lacks in gameplay, not having a proper "Battle Frontier" post game area to test your team against the toughest opponents. Instead, you can borrow whole teams and breeze through everything the post game area has to offer in under 35 battles.    … Expand
  96. noodles888
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Having played through the game at a leisurely pace, catching some pokemon and exploring areas I have done everything (including the really threadbare post game and some battles in the battle tower) in less than 20 hours I can't believe this is a full price game.

    There are times when the game just feels totally unfinished, blank battle backgrounds (literally just a blank white void) the    Having played through the game at a leisurely pace, catching some pokemon and exploring areas I have done everything (including the really threadbare post game and some battles in the battle tower) in less than 20 hours I can't believe this is a full price game.

    There are times when the game just feels totally unfinished, blank battle backgrounds (literally just a blank white void) the reused animations (Hop is literally just Hau), the hilariously bad legendary scenes (no music, terrible PS1 era animations, fade to black symbolising something actually happening) the barren world (one town is literally just a straight line with a Pokemon Center and nothing else), the constant unskipable cutscenes, not being able to turn the EXP share off, the complete lack of content compared to other games (even the Battle Tower is stripped down, no legendary trainers to fight just endless faceless NPCs), even trading, always one of the core feautures of the series is locked behind another paywall.

    The last two JRPGs I played on the Switch are Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and DragonQuestXI, both games crammed with content (even before the DLCs), beautiful and imaginative worlds so I had high hopes for what Pokemon could have been on the platform but all I'm left with is a bad taste and disappointment,    … Expand
  97. g33b
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Pokemon sword and shield are woefully incomplete not only compared to their predecessors but also the developer’s very own claims about this generation’s capabilities.

    The game is not only a glitch filled mess but show a lack of compassion and care for a series that goes back more than two decades. The story itself lasts 20 hours at most when focusing on completing the game and the wild    Pokemon sword and shield are woefully incomplete not only compared to their predecessors but also the developer’s very own claims about this generation’s capabilities.

    The game is not only a glitch filled mess but show a lack of compassion and care for a series that goes back more than two decades. The story itself lasts 20 hours at most when focusing on completing the game and the wild area gets stale faster than you would expect. To give this claim context, I can spend anywhere between 40-70 hours completing any of the generation 3-5 games. Oh and post game? Post game consists of being a glorified errand boy for 3 hours.

    To buy this installment is not only to say you are ok with Gamefreak's shortcomings, but it is to promote Gamefreak cutting corners in the future. To conclude, please don't buy this game as is, it is no where near worth the $60 price tag.    … Expand
  98. Jota20
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Juego mediocre: graficos de ps3, corto (14h), postgame nulo, diseños de pokemon peores de lo normal, personajes planos, historia mucho peor que la de sol y luna, inestable, bugs; y todo ello recortando el contenido de anteriores entregas: quitando la mitad de los pokemon, todas las megas y z moves, eleminando movimientos... gamefreak espabilad por favor!!! Os estais cargando la saga deJuego mediocre: graficos de ps3, corto (14h), postgame nulo, diseños de pokemon peores de lo normal, personajes planos, historia mucho peor que la de sol y luna, inestable, bugs; y todo ello recortando el contenido de anteriores entregas: quitando la mitad de los pokemon, todas las megas y z moves, eleminando movimientos... gamefreak espabilad por favor!!! Os estais cargando la saga de nuestra vida… Expand
  99. DRGXIII
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Full of Bugs and glitches, 3ds style graphics, less features than previous games, half of the pokedex was removed for what turned out to be lies,constant stuttering,and still a bare-bones endgame.
  100. YeguadeSasel
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This is not a new generation pokemon game.
    It’s only a good way to do so much money without wasting much.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 30, 2020
    80
    Sword & Shield stumble in a few areas and history may not be kind to them, but they're setting up a future that I'm excited to see. [Issue #44 – January/February 2020, p. 73]
  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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