Pokemon Sword

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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5909 Ratings

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  1. Dark_Shadow420
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    No national dex. Average graphics, no random battles. No mega evolutions, z-moves. Definitely not worth 60$. Reused animations.
  2. Come_on_son
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Wow. Absolutely wow. This game is a walking tutorial. Linear and bare bones and empty as ****. I have only played 3 hours and I had to see what the metacritic was. Sure enough, this is the worst rated game i've seen all year. Do not buy this game or any GameFreak game EVER. I can't believe what this is now. I thought Sun and moon were bad. The whole time I knew this thing was going to floo.
  3. nowigen
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Pokemon games are as stagnant as Ash's age. Highest-grossing media franchise can't even afford a proper developer or just voice acting.
  4. ggdales
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    This was Game Freak's opportunity to make a truly franchise defining game, but nope! More of the same with some significant steps back. This game is disappointing on so many levels.
  5. mrfrank79
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La llegada a Galar termina convirtiéndose en un mar de malas decisiones, la historia es floja, Los pokemon de anteriores regiones reutilizan modelos de 3ds, no como Masuda dijo en una entrevista,.v… Expand
  6. NightRacoon
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The game is simply bad, no national dex, no good animations, a **** history, there's almost no legendaries, a lot of popping, etc.
  7. MasudaBugBoy
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Removed Pokemon, removed features, Dreamcast-quality graphics, laughable post game and inconsistent animation. Is this the best they could do on an HD console from 2017? It's barely more impressive than Sun/Moon.
  8. pokead
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Yeah no gamefreak i’m gonna pass on this one, this game is a shame and i really love Pokémon
  9. Fanfo
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Un juego que igual que entregas anteriores ofrece una experiencia que podría llegar a a ser muy disfrutable pero que termina antes de llegar a algo. Poca duración y casi nulo post game.
  10. MarsFan
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    越來越隨便,刪除半數寶可夢宣稱是為了品質? 品質呢?
    感覺真的有點把玩家當傻子,是不是想說反正只要GF出品大家就會買單?
    強烈希望大家可以抵制,必須讓GF發覺這個嚴重性才來談品質吧
  11. DoughBro
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    The game in itself is fine, except for some **** textures and older animations that have been reused since x and y, the issue with both games is the fact they don't feature all of the previous pokemon and the excuse for that was to improve the visual quality, which frankly most rpg fans don't care for that much, if you want to try out the games or play them untly the next gen, then IThe game in itself is fine, except for some **** textures and older animations that have been reused since x and y, the issue with both games is the fact they don't feature all of the previous pokemon and the excuse for that was to improve the visual quality, which frankly most rpg fans don't care for that much, if you want to try out the games or play them untly the next gen, then I recommend you to install custom firmware on your switch and install a backup from your friend or whichever source you can find, or buy the game used after a while, that will save you money and won't support gamefreak's removal of Pokémon.… Expand
  12. Omega2915
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juego aburrido y mediocre para la expectativa generada dentro de la comunidad. Graficos mediocres para la consola y en pleno 2019, parece un juego de wii! El juego demasiado sencillo no ofrece ningun desafío y la verdad la historia pasa a ser algo secundario. Una gran decepción.… Expand
  13. Terriblefate58
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    These games are not only a huge step down from earlier titles, but it goes beyond what used to be already barely tolerable standards to way below standards, keep in mind this is the biggest, most profitable franchise on earth.

    This is the first time a pokemon main game is released on console, people were excited for game freak to finally do whatever they wanted and it's been done with    These games are not only a huge step down from earlier titles, but it goes beyond what used to be already barely tolerable standards to way below standards, keep in mind this is the biggest, most profitable franchise on earth.

    This is the first time a pokemon main game is released on console, people were excited for game freak to finally do whatever they wanted and it's been done with the most minimal of efforts, all the money you've spent on Pokemon didn't went on making this a better game, it went straight into the pockets of the people in charge, those that made sure this was made with the most minimum effort and those that cut corners.    … Expand
  14. KinuTS
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    The most dissapointing entry in the series. Rushed and most of the content from the previous game is cut.
  15. Alberto_Barbosa
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Was it really hard for gamefreak to copy/paste models from 3ds games?
    But lackluster pokedex it's just a tip of the iceberg. This game is lacking half of the features from previous games. Instead, gamefreak added some **** ones like dynamax, that can only be used in some(!) raids and gym battles.
    This is just sad and pathetic, and there's no excuse for this kind of laziness. Gamefreak    Was it really hard for gamefreak to copy/paste models from 3ds games?
    But lackluster pokedex it's just a tip of the iceberg. This game is lacking half of the features from previous games. Instead, gamefreak added some **** ones like dynamax, that can only be used in some(!) raids and gym battles.

    This is just sad and pathetic, and there's no excuse for this kind of laziness. Gamefreak released unfinished product, and even if i wanted to, i can't defend pokemon SnS. So far, worst game in the series.    … Expand
  16. LordCheezey
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Utter "Meh" compacted onto a cartage. I want to believe that this game would be good, but as it turns out, is so utterly boring, that I can't bring myself to play it again. The battles are too easy, many of my favorite Pokemon are outright missing, and worst of all, the battle animations are still as crappy as always.
  17. DieserEineMartn
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    It is a Pokemon game. But not a good one.
    Dexxit, below mediocre graphics, features that got cut without a reason like Megas, no "animations" to compensate for (Pokemon Stadium looks better than that cmon) amount to a package that is literally an insult to all long time pokefans and a disappointing present for any younger child. Its pretty sad that it has come to this. I hope that Pokemon    It is a Pokemon game. But not a good one.
    Dexxit, below mediocre graphics, features that got cut without a reason like Megas, no "animations" to compensate for (Pokemon Stadium looks better than that cmon) amount to a package that is literally an insult to all long time pokefans and a disappointing present for any younger child. Its pretty sad that it has come to this. I hope that Pokemon gets in the hands of some more competent developers. Nintendo, let your Mario/Zelda/Splatoon teams work on the next games!    … Expand
  18. Surff
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Story is uninteresting, graphics are very low for the Switch, new Pokemon look like Digimon, the game is way too easy, the game holds your hand and there's no replay value.
  19. MrShidow333
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Es un insulto a la inteligencia de los fans, producto mal hecho y sin corazón
  20. XenxibrePodre
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Ya no sólo las enormes carencias técnicas si no que además las continuas mentiras y maltrato de los que hacen este juego a sus fans hacen que sea sin duda la peor compra de este año y muchos de los que están por venir
  21. Crumb3
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    I've been playing Pokemon games since Gen 1 - Pokemon Red was my first game and I've been hooked since then. So when I heard the franchise was coming to the Switch, I could hardly contain my excitement. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan.

    But because I'm a fan, I have to be critical here. I'd hate to put my fanboy glasses on and plead ignorance to the glaring problems with this game. For the    I've been playing Pokemon games since Gen 1 - Pokemon Red was my first game and I've been hooked since then. So when I heard the franchise was coming to the Switch, I could hardly contain my excitement. I am a die-hard Pokemon fan.

    But because I'm a fan, I have to be critical here. I'd hate to put my fanboy glasses on and plead ignorance to the glaring problems with this game. For the record, I've played through the complete game already, and it was only downloaded this morning. So here goes...

    1. Game Length
    When you pay £60 for a game, you expect it to be a decent length. Unfortunately for this game, it can be completed in 15 hours. Sure, there are people saying it took them 40-50 hours to finish, but that's only if you spend 25-35 hours running around the Wild Area (I'll come onto that shortly). I've played £15 indie games that lasted longer than this.

    2. Wild Area
    This was hyped up in the trailer and press conferences beyond belief. But ultimately, it's a relatively small, bare, open space with not much going on. There are Pokemon wandering around, but the load distance it so poor that you'll be running along a path and a Pokemon will just pop up out of the ground right in front of you. And they literally do "pop out of the ground" - it's so un-immersive. Oh, and there're frame rate drops. No idea why because the hardware's not being pushed to it's limit or anything.

    3. Dynamaxing
    This mechanic is actually quite a cool one, and I kinda like it. Although I don't usually like to agree with IGN, it's a really good balance between Z-Moves and Mega Evolutions. You can Dynamax any Pokemon, which is great, but the "Mega Evolution"-esque part comes from Gigantamaxing - this is basically Dynamaxing, but when used on certain Pokemon it also changes their forms. Now, the part about this that frustrates me is that it's a HUGE missed opportunity. I won't tell you exactly how many Pokemon can Gigantamax, but if you want to figure it out for yourself it's only 2% of the roster. What they should have done is made it so that all Pokemon that could Mega Evolve from the previous games be able to Gigantamax into a giant version of their Mega Evolution forms in this one. That would have been awesome! But as I say, this was a BIG missed opportunity (no pun intended).

    4. Graphics
    The graphics in this game are poor in comparison to other Switch games. Considering how financially healthy the Pokemon franchise is, I would have expected graphics to at least be on par with BotW. I mean seriously, we all know about the tree textures. There's no excuse for this on a Switch, c'mon. It's pure laziness.

    5. Pokedex
    And speaking of laziness, we come to my final point - the Pokedex. Or should I say "lack of". If we crunch the numbers real quick, up until the end of Gen 7 we had a total of 809 Pokemon, then Gen 8 (Sword & Shield) gave us another 80, so that brings us to a grand total of 889 Pokemon in the NationalDex. Or does it? Because GameFreak made the decision to cut 489 of those Pokemon. Let that sink in for a second - the main aspect of this game, the "Pokemon", have been reduced by 55%. They've basically taken what should have been the roster and thrown half of it away. This is such a stupid decision, because pretty much all of my favourites are gone. Looking for a bit of nostalgia by training a Squirtle? Nah, not in the game. Wanna pretend you're the first antagonist Gary and kick butt with your Nidoking? Sorry chump, don't have it. But don't fret, I'll just dominate my opponents with the classic Mewtwo, there's no way they'd have removed th- oh wait, he's been cut too. I mean seriously, if you're going to remove content from a game, don't cut the main reason people play it in the first place. Stupid, stupid, stupid. And don't tell me it was a "design choice" because they had to make time to create all of the Pokemon animations. The internet is littered with evidence of the animations being copied from the previous games, so that's a blatant lie. There's no excuse.

    So there you have it. These are the main reasons I've given this game the score that I have. It feels lazy, rushed, and a shameless cash-grab praying on the blind faith of Pokemon fans. It frustrates me that this game could have been the perfect Pokemon game - it certainly had the potential, the financial-backing and the fan loyalty. And they can't say they didn't have the experience - this isn't their first Switch release, after all. It's really disappointing.

    I hope sharing my experience of this game was helpful.    … Expand
  22. ocw
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Completely lazy and boring execution from game freak where corners cut are easily visible to anyone who has seen the level of polish that many previous Pokemon games had and switch games on the platform have. More than half the Pokemon have been cut from this game which would be fair if the Pokemon team wanted to make the ambitious move to hd textures and models for all Pokemon howeverCompletely lazy and boring execution from game freak where corners cut are easily visible to anyone who has seen the level of polish that many previous Pokemon games had and switch games on the platform have. More than half the Pokemon have been cut from this game which would be fair if the Pokemon team wanted to make the ambitious move to hd textures and models for all Pokemon however models from the 3ds era are still being reused making this decision only reflecting the laziness game freak has put into the execution of this game… Expand
  23. Gamefreakout
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Don't listen to the paid reviews, this game is utter garbage. I am giving it zero because for the first main series game on the switch for the "long time fans" this is a complete and utter failure. Terrible graphics/animations, boring/predictable story line and the game is deleting save files for other games. Game freak has lied to the consumers repeatedly about this game and need to beDon't listen to the paid reviews, this game is utter garbage. I am giving it zero because for the first main series game on the switch for the "long time fans" this is a complete and utter failure. Terrible graphics/animations, boring/predictable story line and the game is deleting save files for other games. Game freak has lied to the consumers repeatedly about this game and need to be called out. Avoid this game like the plague and we might finally get a capable developer to take over.… Expand
  24. Aetheryn
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Naturally the "legitimate" critics had pockets lined by GameFreak so real reviews from them ain't gonna happen. Figure I may as well even them out a bit. Cut corners and get your review score cut as well.
  25. GeekFrank
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    After removing all the Pokemon I love, there isn't much you get to replace them. Less content, and just a cheap way to change the meta. I was hoping so much more from this "real" Pokemon game after Pokemon Lets Go, and I'm really disappointed.

    Bare bones game that got pushed out just because Nintendo needed something for Christmas.
  26. sirbarbon
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    A disgusting cashgrab.
    -Removed 2/3 of Pokémon when catching them is the main appeal of the games.
    -Terrible graphics, at best it looks like an upscaled 3DS game, at worst the textures resemble the N64 era. -Terrible animations, when that was the excuse given to remove Pokémon. -Removes a significant amount of Pokémon moves. -Pokémon aren't properly scaled, when previous games in the    A disgusting cashgrab.
    -Removed 2/3 of Pokémon when catching them is the main appeal of the games.
    -Terrible graphics, at best it looks like an upscaled 3DS game, at worst the textures resemble the N64 era.
    -Terrible animations, when that was the excuse given to remove Pokémon.
    -Removes a significant amount of Pokémon moves.
    -Pokémon aren't properly scaled, when previous games in the franchise already had done it.
    -Inconsistent, bland, lazy backgrounds.
    -Terrible art choices: neon green and neon pink everywhere makes the in-game world look artificial.
    -Terrible pop-in and draw distance.
    -New Pokémon made with ease of 3d modelling in mind abuse basic geometrical shapes and look toy-like and artificial.
    -Lack of exploration. Small amount of routes, little to no dungeons.
    -Forced Exp. Share.
    -Unbearable handholding and frequent cutscenes ruin the pace of the game.
    -Absurd lack of difficulty, moreso than ever before in the franchise. It feels like the game is playing itself.
    -Lack of substantial postgame.
    -Horrible, empty Open Area. Wild Pokémon don't interact meaningfully with the environment.
    -Empty cities, devoid of content.
    -Costs $60 with less content than a $40 game.    … Expand
  27. LoElPepino
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Todo lo negativo:
    -Recorte de 500 Pokémon. Entre ellos todas las megaevoluciones. Rompen el lema de "Hazte con todos".
    -Recorte de 100 movimientos algunos importantes en competitivo como Persecución, Poder Oculto, Retribución, etc. Y adiós a los Movimientos Z que personalmente no me gustaban pero es contenido que como el resto ya no está. -30 FPS con caídas considerables de frames.    Todo lo negativo:
    -Recorte de 500 Pokémon. Entre ellos todas las megaevoluciones. Rompen el lema de "Hazte con todos".
    -Recorte de 100 movimientos algunos importantes en competitivo como Persecución, Poder Oculto, Retribución, etc. Y adiós a los Movimientos Z que personalmente no me gustaban pero es contenido que como el resto ya no está.
    -30 FPS con caídas considerables de frames. Bonito en zonas cerradas pero no está a la altura de Nintendo Switch y lo que ésta ofrece. El Área Silvestre, zona en la que más horas se echan es. lamentable el nivel gráfico: Árboles de Nintendo 64 y exagerado popping a las puertas de 2020. Inadmisible.
    -El juego más corto de la saga. Se pasa en 15-18 horas. La mitad de la media del resto de la saga.
    -El peor Team de la saga. Un grupo de fanáticos sin trasfondo interesante que les mueva a hacer el mal, como sí pasaba en generaciones anteriores.
    -Una historia muy floja con personajes vacíos que te repiten una y otra vez lo genial y buen entrenador que eres.
    -Dificultad inexistente, llegando muy chetado a los gimnasios y rivales importantes, con curaciones de equipo continuamente.
    -Repartir Exp obligatorio. Eliminan una mecánica clásica y que elevaba la dificultad del juego que era ir cambiando de pokemon para poder subirlos de experiencia y nivel.
    -No hay ciclo de día y noche. Hay ciudades en permanente noche y otras que siempre es de día.
    -No se puede capturar NINGÚN LEGENDARIO de generaciones anteriores.
    -No hay prácticamente Post Game y la Torre Batalla es la peor, sin jefes y sin combates triples, rotatorios, supercombates individuales y dobles.
    -Animaciones que no están a la altura de lo que prometieron. Recortaron 500 pokemon con la excusa de centrarse en ellas y sólo hay unas pocas que merecen la pena.
    -Bugs que cambian escenarios de batallas, escaleras que paran el tiempo, etc.

    Lo positivo:
    -Me gustan la mayoría de los nuevos diseños de Pokemon.
    -La BSO es muy buena. Desde Quinta Generación no escuchaba una banda sonora tan buena.

    Conclusión:
    Se están cargando lo que era Pokemon. Debe poner freno al declive YA.    … Expand
  28. AdvengerTime
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Truly disappointing watching the first mainline Pokemon switch game be such a blatant & lazy cash grab. My prediction is next year Game Freak will come out with sword and shield 2 & finally have the game looking as it should.
  29. ovejadeluz
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    cd project no tiene ni la mitad del dinero que gamefreak genera con pokemon y no es posible que su videojuego lograra entrar en un cartucho de switch, gamefreak y masuda no tienen perdon en entregarnos el peor pokemon de la historia.
  30. Galuck
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Waste of money. They removed the Pokedex to make "better animation", and these are just the worst. I lost all my hopes on the franchise.
  31. SaiyanPride89
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The game cut over 100 battle moves!?! What the hell. Over 500 Pokémon got Thanos’d. No post story. Some textures look like N64 graphics(seriously Gamefreak rehire Genius Sonority to help you make 3D models like they did with Colosseum/XD/Battle Revolution). Story is mediocre. And most importantly Gamefreak lied. I hope the Diamond/Pearl remakes don’t suffer the same fate. As a die hardThe game cut over 100 battle moves!?! What the hell. Over 500 Pokémon got Thanos’d. No post story. Some textures look like N64 graphics(seriously Gamefreak rehire Genius Sonority to help you make 3D models like they did with Colosseum/XD/Battle Revolution). Story is mediocre. And most importantly Gamefreak lied. I hope the Diamond/Pearl remakes don’t suffer the same fate. As a die hard Pokémon fan that owns every game from Gen 1-7 and loves competitive battles, I will pass on this game and get a refund. This is Fallout 76 style of deception and controversy. Do better Gamefreak.… Expand
  32. I_Play_Soku
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    It's depressing how bad the series has gotten since 10 years back to now. This is considered by some to be the first mainline pokemon game to be on a TV console. And what we get is a pokemon game that uses the same engine as XY. That game was made on a the 3ds 6 years ago. Gamefreak has unironically become Japanese Bethesda except they are graced by developing games for the hugest grossingIt's depressing how bad the series has gotten since 10 years back to now. This is considered by some to be the first mainline pokemon game to be on a TV console. And what we get is a pokemon game that uses the same engine as XY. That game was made on a the 3ds 6 years ago. Gamefreak has unironically become Japanese Bethesda except they are graced by developing games for the hugest grossing franchise to date. The music is off in a lot of places (a few picked are good/alright), One of the shortest games and easiest games to beat, even with cutscenes. The cut of pokemon that everyone complains about. The crappy dynamax mechanic that has no purpose than to advertise the game without being much of a benefit to gameplay. Most routes are literal corridors. The list goes on... Awful game. I hope big changes are made in the near future or else pokemon is dead to me… Expand
  33. QueenWolfen
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    The whole things is just messy, incomplete, and disappointing. This game was a lazy rush job, and it shows.
  34. Rochter
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    I would had forgiven the Animation errors, and framedrops if they actually worked more on them rather than just using it as an excuse or token of exchange for cut content.

    Not only that, but, i payed 50 bucks to get my save data wiped out... And a lot of games dont support online cloud saves.... Thanks a lot...
  35. SirDingus
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    It’s disappointing it’s come to this stage for Pokémon and Game Freak. Where they join the ranks of formerly great, ambitious companies that turned lazy and greedy. The moment Masuda announced they would flat out cut Pokémon marked that. Sure, they say they’ll use the extra resources to enhance the graphics and animations, yet they’ll just reuse the future proofed 3DS models and animationsIt’s disappointing it’s come to this stage for Pokémon and Game Freak. Where they join the ranks of formerly great, ambitious companies that turned lazy and greedy. The moment Masuda announced they would flat out cut Pokémon marked that. Sure, they say they’ll use the extra resources to enhance the graphics and animations, yet they’ll just reuse the future proofed 3DS models and animations rather than make brand new animations. Pokémon Stadiums 1 & 2, Pokemon Colosseum & XD, and Battle Revolution still have the superior animations and models despite the age of those games. Shadow problems, frame rate issues, and low quality environmental models exist to along with the surprisingly barren open world. Even climbing up stairs stops nearby trainer animations as if climbing up stairs stops the fabric of time. Difficulty is practically nonexistent thanks to forced EXP share, constant heals thanks to NPCs, and lacklustre gym leader teams. Dynamaxing feels like a pointless gimmick due to the fact they only exist for gym battles. R.I.P mega evolutions and Z moves. Pokémon claim to be for all ages yet they seem to neglect more hardcore trainers with the removal of various meta TMs, such as hidden power and pursuit. Perhaps most importantly, the Global Trade System, which ushered in online trading in generation 4, was canned for, again, no abrupt reason. I could go on and on but I feel like a drone at this point. Game freak have lost their passion and this game (or in the fact the past few years) proves it. Will Game Freak learn from this, especially with the well deserved criticism on Twitter? I don’t know man, a Pokémon fan can only hope.… Expand
  36. Alliusis
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    The game has glaring issues. It's short (less than 20 hours), and there's really not much to do. Most of the animations are incredulously bad (stiff and really don't have any life to them - most involve rotating the model on an axis, or moving them along a straight line), and they stick out like a sore thumb. The Wild Area is a really interesting concept, but executed poorly - it feelsThe game has glaring issues. It's short (less than 20 hours), and there's really not much to do. Most of the animations are incredulously bad (stiff and really don't have any life to them - most involve rotating the model on an axis, or moving them along a straight line), and they stick out like a sore thumb. The Wild Area is a really interesting concept, but executed poorly - it feels very empty while still seeming restrictive. I also run into performance issues and very short draw distances. In my playthrough, I'm finding I'm constantly overleveled, and there's no way to turn off the EXP share. The plot constantly interrupts my playthrough, and at the end of the day it doesn't even make any sense.

    The behaviour of the devs is another matter entirely. They said they removed the Pokemon to improve the animations, yet the vast majority of the animations are re-used from Pokemon XY (6 years ago). Since the transition to 3D, I've constantly given GameFreak the benefit of a doubt. My patience has run out. This is below an indie-tier game, considering all of the assets they had available to work with (they had future-proofed the models and used the same animations for Pokemon and people alike).

    The game really feels like a port of a rushed PS2 game, and this is unacceptable from the most profitable IP on the planet (worth more than StarWars, Harry Potter, Mario - you name it). For 90 bucks, it's not worth it. And I encourage you to send a message (vote with your wallet) to GameFreak and Nintendo, that this amount of laziness is not acceptable.    … Expand
  37. Captainkaeru
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Too many cut features and cut corners. A substantial amount of Pokemon and moves we're cut from this game, for the sake of apparent improved animations. A lot of the animations are identical to the 3ds animations or worse. Brave bird for example pales in comparison to it's 3ds animation.

    The new Pokemon designs are good_ but that remains to be the only good experience I had in this game.    Too many cut features and cut corners. A substantial amount of Pokemon and moves we're cut from this game, for the sake of apparent improved animations. A lot of the animations are identical to the 3ds animations or worse. Brave bird for example pales in comparison to it's 3ds animation.

    The new Pokemon designs are good_ but that remains to be the only good experience I had in this game. Its much much easier than previous games, Exp share is forced on so you become horribly overlevelled by the second gym. Routes are extremely easy to traverse with a healing trainer every 2 or 3 battles. Its disappointing that Pokemon has fallen this far. I wish I had saved my money and we if they fix enough of the bugs or tune the game before releasing the inevitable full price 3rd version next year.becooverleveleeprevious    … Expand
  38. PenalTea
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Jeu nul...
    Premier Pokemon depuis X/Y et bordel qu’est-ce que ça a régressé...
  39. Doctor7175
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Apologist side of conflict is worse then haters
    Stop eating **** for once. This is not 60$ game.
    And it's not about game targeting kids. Literally any RPG has difficulty settings. **** Mario Odyssey has assist mode for kids. It doesn't need hand holding and broken exp share. Kids figured out gen 1. Also stop harassing people for disliking something you're as bad as people who sent GF    Apologist side of conflict is worse then haters
    Stop eating **** for once. This is not 60$ game.
    And it's not about game targeting kids. Literally any RPG has difficulty settings. **** Mario Odyssey has assist mode for kids. It doesn't need hand holding and broken exp share. Kids figured out gen 1. Also stop harassing people for disliking something you're as bad as people who sent GF death threats.    … Expand
  40. Martin48
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Junichi Masuda, a lead director of the Pokemon games, has stated that "when we tried to think about how kids these days generally play games, what came to mind was mobile games... games which you play for a short time." If Game Freak is so impressed and concerned with mobile games, then take my advice: develop mobile games. Those who purchase a console game at console prices expect aJunichi Masuda, a lead director of the Pokemon games, has stated that "when we tried to think about how kids these days generally play games, what came to mind was mobile games... games which you play for a short time." If Game Freak is so impressed and concerned with mobile games, then take my advice: develop mobile games. Those who purchase a console game at console prices expect a console game experience. Pokemon Sword and Shield are not games of console calibre.

    I will begin with the positives: Sword and Shield look better than their predecessors. The new Pokemon designs are overall well done, and there are also nice quality of life improvements which streamline the process of creating a competitive team so players can get to battling faster. The Wild Area is was a neat addition that opens up the early availability of many rare Pokemon, and the inclusion of overworld encounters makes the environment feel more alive.

    Unfortunately, the game is lacking in the remaining aspects. The game is extremely short for a console RPG, offering about a 12-14 hours campaign for those familiar with the mechanics of the series. There are only 10 routes total, many of which are short and barren, and there are no dungeons to explore in the entirety of the game. The player is on rails for the entire story: those that complained about handholding in Sun/Moon will find that Game Freak did not listen to feedback and instead doubled down on handholding using the main cast of characters. The postgame consists of tying up the loose ends of the story and one battle facility. The battle tower is a downgrade from the battle facilities of the 3DS games, not having any tower bosses, and rates the player at "Max" skill ability after winning only 30 battles in a row. It is simply embarrassing for a console title to offer such less postgame than a 3DS or even DS Pokemon game. The graphics, while better than previous entries on the 3DS, are unpolished and often do not compare to other titles on the Switch that have come out years ago.

    Rating this game as a "small step forward" for the series or "good for the first mainline [insert Nintendo console here] entry" is simply not excusable anymore. Game Freak has been developing this series for 8 generations of games now for over two decades, and as the world's leading franchise they ought to have a handle on game development by now. It is evident that the money of players who support the franchise does not go towards the development of better games. As someone who loves the franchise, Game Freak has truly disappointed with these titles and it is sad that I hope they do not develop the next entries.    … Expand
  41. Mezaki
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The same game every year and this time they don't gave us all pokemons. They tried to innovate but that was just awful.
  42. joaofernandes
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    "Most valuable IP in the world". Proceeds to create the worst Pokémon game with one of the best consoles Nintendo has ever created.

    #WakeUpGameFreak
  43. Feraligabriel
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Really bad game, game freak really proved how lazy and uncaring they are. They release a bad game with some new stuff and a pokemon title. If this wasnt linked in any way to the pokemon franchised and released as something else, it would be one of those games that are destined to go in the 5$bin a year after release
  44. Drezziks
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Game feels 50% incomplete. Horrendous draw distance, pixelated shadows, empty Wild Area, and a practically non-existent post game. This is not a game for veteran players, like GameFreak stayed it was.
  45. Braydon64
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    I don't a believe any game actually deserves a 0, so I'm giving this a 1/10. I'm giving this a 1/10 not because of the gameplay or content (which would be a 6.0 AT BEST & even that's stretching it) but simply because Game Freak straight-up lied to us & they are making asinine business decisions. As Pokémon fans, we deserve better for $60.
  46. Riczen
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    The game is underwhelming for Nintendo Switch. It seems like it has not been through Quality Assurance. The quality of the game various if you have played it. One give away is that in some area you can find gorgeous sceneries, high definition background, but in some area it’s like a student project, character floating, Pokémon running on the spot without moving,
  47. dan_chaos
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    No compren este producto incompleto, realmente no vale el precio completo y solo merece que lo bajen pirata.
    Si lo compran es su problema pero espero que no sean de los desafortunados que se les borro todas las partidas guardadas en la Switch como le ha ocurrido a varios.
  48. OmegaChase1002
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Just buy Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition, EvoCreo, Temtem, or Yokai Watch instead.
    WHAT the H-E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICK was Gamefreak THINKING!?
    No National Dex, bugs everywhere, cut moves, horrible animations (despite Masuda claiming they would be the best in the series), hand-holding EASY difficulty since we're unable to turn the EXP share off anymore, free full heals literally    Just buy Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition, EvoCreo, Temtem, or Yokai Watch instead.
    WHAT the H-E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICK was Gamefreak THINKING!?
    No National Dex, bugs everywhere, cut moves, horrible animations (despite Masuda claiming they would be the best in the series), hand-holding EASY difficulty since we're unable to turn the EXP share off anymore, free full heals literally everywhere even when not in a Pokémon Center, abysmally short campaign, almost no postgame, a rival who is literally just Hau 2 (right down to his animations), a Champion with an unlikeable egotistical personality, obvious gen 1 pandering, a bug that can actually erase the save data of all your other games saved on your Switch, and a whole host of other problems.
    Stick to the older games from gens 1 to 7. This game is the death of Pokémon.    … Expand
  49. Artatm
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    So Nintendo creates breath of the wild and Mario odyssey - then delays Metroid because it’s not up to snuff - wow pokemon is going to be good - fast forward to release .... yeah not so much - So the textured look legitimately sloppy in places, it’s not just stylistic they are upscale and stretched, charters float over them looking rigid and plastic it’s like a bad mobile game not somethingSo Nintendo creates breath of the wild and Mario odyssey - then delays Metroid because it’s not up to snuff - wow pokemon is going to be good - fast forward to release .... yeah not so much - So the textured look legitimately sloppy in places, it’s not just stylistic they are upscale and stretched, charters float over them looking rigid and plastic it’s like a bad mobile game not something you expect from Nintendo on there main console, this ain’t no portable mini title no more game freak this is the big league and you fluffed it with the worlds most profitable franchise - wow - oh and you lied about it too - games out in the wild the reasons you gave for less pokemon have been proven untrue / you cut beloved content and didn’t innovate one bit, dynomax - give me a break - how about you voice the pokemon - even just the np characters in the cut scenes?! It’s 2019! Some of it is charming, a lot of the new designs look nice and cute and interesting - it’s hard not to it’s pokemon but the level of laziness here is just unforgivable - they even publicly announced it wasn’t there main project- holy hell fire?! You got some super secrets other billion dollar franchise up your selves? No?! You just want to betray your fan base and nickel and dime them with a high price game with less content than a indie game jam. Protest by reviewing pokemon - tweeting/Facebook/reddit/YouTube - let Nintendo know they need to take back pokemon.… Expand
  50. GoodBrock
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Got my copy of the game yesterday and have been playing non-stop since. I've been pretty upset by the national dex cut but decided to see for myself if the games made any compensation for it. It's evident that this game was rushed for the holiday release right from the get go. With the allure of an 'open world' area we were led to believe that the devs have heard our complaints ofGot my copy of the game yesterday and have been playing non-stop since. I've been pretty upset by the national dex cut but decided to see for myself if the games made any compensation for it. It's evident that this game was rushed for the holiday release right from the get go. With the allure of an 'open world' area we were led to believe that the devs have heard our complaints of incessant hand-holding and infantilizing. The first hour of the game is unskippable expository dialogue after unskippable expository dialogue. Happy to be free from the rail roading, once I hit the wild area the game's technical flaws began to show. While it was a nice addition to incorporate overworld pokemon, that's really all there is to it aside from being a pseudo-communications hub. Once I left the wild area to reach the second fort city about three badges in, there was really no incentive to return to the wild area. Once you've begun your gym quest you're placed back on the rail-roading forced dialogue train until the game ends. Game difficulty has gotten easier. While there's plenty of QoL improvements, the overall challenge is lost, mostly due to the now permanent Exp. Share. The story, while historically not one of the franchise's strong suits, is nothing to write home about. There is no big plot or scheme or any real motivation or stakes.

    All in all, the game is a Pokemon game through and through. Casual fun, but nothing more than that. No marked improvements, subpar graphics for the console generation, and nothing to remedy the unnecessary lack of national dex pokemon.    … Expand
  51. Picklez888
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    While I bought this game,as I have for every generation of pokemon, I regret it for the first time. The first console entry should be bigger, not smaller. There is no excuse to cut SO MANY pokemon. I can understand removing legendaries for lore reasons or others but this is just laziness. This is the biggest media franchise ever...what is their excuse again? It surely can't be a lack ofWhile I bought this game,as I have for every generation of pokemon, I regret it for the first time. The first console entry should be bigger, not smaller. There is no excuse to cut SO MANY pokemon. I can understand removing legendaries for lore reasons or others but this is just laziness. This is the biggest media franchise ever...what is their excuse again? It surely can't be a lack of resources.… Expand
  52. matiascarpello
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Me duele que GameFreak siga cargandose en los fanáticos con esta nueva generación. El juego flojo en muchos sentidos. Gráficamente es muy feo, incluso en las áreas salvajes donde se ve todo muy vacío y con modelos y texturas borrosas, que pareciaera que fueron extraidas de 3DS. Además su dificultád es de las más fáciles y automáticas de toda la saga. En definitiva, e peor Pokemon que heMe duele que GameFreak siga cargandose en los fanáticos con esta nueva generación. El juego flojo en muchos sentidos. Gráficamente es muy feo, incluso en las áreas salvajes donde se ve todo muy vacío y con modelos y texturas borrosas, que pareciaera que fueron extraidas de 3DS. Además su dificultád es de las más fáciles y automáticas de toda la saga. En definitiva, e peor Pokemon que he jugado.… Expand
  53. Draco901
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Absolutely pitiful. Half of the entire dex is cut, megas and z-moves are gone meaning far less strategical diversity, the main game is only about 14 hours long, exp share was buffed to make the game stupidly easy, there's practically no side content in the least, practically no post game at all, no elite 4, bland and uninspired Pokemon designs, and a new battle "feature" which is not onlyAbsolutely pitiful. Half of the entire dex is cut, megas and z-moves are gone meaning far less strategical diversity, the main game is only about 14 hours long, exp share was buffed to make the game stupidly easy, there's practically no side content in the least, practically no post game at all, no elite 4, bland and uninspired Pokemon designs, and a new battle "feature" which is not only limited to a handful of battles in the entire game, but fundamentally adds no amount of strategical variance in the slightest. This piss poor excuse of a game isn't even worth the dirt on my shoes. Free fan games have done better and will continue to do better.… Expand
  54. CodyVCalderwood
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Bad game no effort. I don't understand how people are able to give Yooka-Laylee bad reviews because it wasn't Banjo-Kazooie and those are separate games but we can't compare Pokemon to Pokemon without being made the bad guys. This game is not as good as any previous installment before it
  55. SoYuri
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Game is Nice, the game until it ends, bit the post game os terrible don't have nothin to do, and the competitive is bad cause the National dex problem.
    And, could had more New pokémon :(
  56. doubledd1403
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Dont trust any of the 80% and above public reviews. This is a perfect example of paid positive reviews. I agree with 95% of all user ratings and their points below 3 points.

    This game is just crap, rolled out to the mass market to earn money. The pop up of characters just a few steps before you are in front of them is ridiculous and the worst I have seen since 15 years.
  57. BaddyBad
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Firstly I want to start with explaining everything I liked about this game. I love the new Pokemon. Some of there designs are really unique and creative and I love using them. Clearly some designs are better than others and there is a few ugly Pokemon mixed in but if you stare at them for long enough you'll notice they have their own charm to them. Another thing I really like is theFirstly I want to start with explaining everything I liked about this game. I love the new Pokemon. Some of there designs are really unique and creative and I love using them. Clearly some designs are better than others and there is a few ugly Pokemon mixed in but if you stare at them for long enough you'll notice they have their own charm to them. Another thing I really like is the detailed character customisation. Customisation has been in the games in the past but this version of customisation is an improvement. Another thing I like is you can finally change the camera angle. This is quite a big deal as we have been without this feature for 23 years! I understand this is a minor thing that most people take for granted but Pokemon games aren't like normal games so this is actually a massive step forward. Another thing I like is some of the quality of life improvements such as making it easier to create competitive Pokemon for wifi battles.

    Now it's time for the negative things. For a Pokemon game I'd say this game is quite mediocre. It offers an below average Pokemon experience when it comes down to the story. If you're a casual fan you might love this game, if you're a hardcore player you will probably find it difficult to enjoy. When compared to previous Pokemon titles it is very forgettable. The most memorable thing about this game are the bugs, low effort animations and the controversy surrounding the game. Games such as Black and White 2 and Heart Gold and Soul Silver offer a much more enjoyable experience when it comes to story and available features. This game is quite disappointing as many people (myself included) expected a considerate jump from the 3DS games to Switch. It has taken steps forward in some regards but also has taken a few steps back. Although graphics have improved slightly compared to the 3DS games they are not as impressive as the graphics found within the Gamecube and Wii pokemon games (from 2005-2006). Gamefreak have failed to take advantage of the new hardware and have delivered what looks to be another shallow 3DS game. You will get just under 24 hours of playtime from this until you finish the story. The map within the game is small and one of the largest zones known as the "Wild Area" is empty and barren. Another thing to mention which wasn't great was how easy this game felt. It holds your hand through the whole game with a forced EXP share which you cannot switch off and infinity heals for you to potentially exploit. This game was designed for very casual players which makes it feel too easy and kind of boring. Another thing to mention is you cannot walk far during the story without running into somebody who will talk at you while you spam buttons. Hop especially will not leave you alone and is always forcing one sided conversations with you. I remember a time when the only time you saw your rival was if they wanted to battle... I miss those days. Oh, and I hate the concept of gigantamax and dynamax. It is a mechanic nobody really wants or cares for. I would have much preferred some new mega evolutions, but they have been taken out of the game along with 60% of Pokemon and also lots of items and moves too.

    There is also a lot of controversy surrounding this game due to the fact Gamefreak lied about this game and failed to deliver what was promised. They removed around 60% of Pokemon in this game for basically no reason. A lot of fans are upset about this, myself included. The way Gamefreak tried to justify this is quite baffling. They lied, many times to justify this change. They said they had to remake the Pokemon models but they didn't as they're the same models used for all the previous 3D games. They also said they cut the Pokemon to focus on high quality animations, but they reused most of the animations from previous titles and most of these animations are incredibly low quality anyway. They never actually gave a real reason for why they cut them out. They just blatantly lied to their fans and thought people wouldn't find out. Actions like that are harmful for the trust between developer and customer. It also shows a lack of respect for the fans because they are lying so blatantly and think the fans are too stupid to notice.

    This game is a pretty weak Pokemon game, it's definitely not good and is one of the most shoddily put together Pokemon games I have ever played. It's very rough around the edges and seems rushed, but that's probably down to the development of Little Town Hero taking 20 developers focus away from Pokemon. The bugs, glitches and mistakes are quite shocking for a released product but I'm sure some of the more serious ones will get patched eventually. The quality of this product does not look like it came from the most successful media franchise in the world. Pokemon deserves better and so do we.

    Overall it's a mediocre game and it also has a lot of controversial baggage due to Gamefreak lying and failing to deliver what they promised.    … Expand
  58. Bunnings_Snags
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This new Pokemon release is unfitting to Nintendo's high standard of timeless and everlasting game design
  59. jkf16m
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    I've seen game plays of this game... Compared to what switch users expected, this is not as great as all reviews said.


    They're over praising the game.... And now there are news about "review bombing" in this website, of course of course...
  60. Nacaruh
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This is half of a game we have 3 years ago in 3DS!!! Sun an moon have a lot of more content, portatil game have more content thsn this $60 game!!!
  61. Othello91
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Non ci siamo.
    Sempre la solita solfa ogni anno, speravo in un doppiaggio almeno in inglese dei personaggi ma niente. Siamo ormai nel 2020 e troviamo ancora pokemon senza un doppiaggio con le scritte su schermo e i png che muovono la bocca, sistema di combattimento uguale come nel 1990, gioco che non accenna a un minimo di sfida, troppo semplice almeno inserite una nuova modalita dove    Non ci siamo.
    Sempre la solita solfa ogni anno, speravo in un doppiaggio almeno in inglese dei personaggi ma niente. Siamo ormai nel 2020 e troviamo ancora pokemon senza un doppiaggio con le scritte su schermo e i png che muovono la bocca, sistema di combattimento uguale come nel 1990, gioco che non accenna a un minimo di sfida, troppo semplice almeno inserite una nuova modalita dove scegliere la difficolta per i veterani.    … Expand
  62. kbrooks25
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Awful cut-ins and graphics, and a terrible cut to pokemon and moves. Honestly worse than the 3DS games.
  63. Degenerate53
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, it' here and it's bad. I played Sword and Shield with my friends, watched some streams too and the overall quality is just so bad. glitches galore, bad draw distance, improper scaling, the entire wild area, a crappy story, and Dynamax/Gigantmax as a concept. Honestly this game is probably the worst Pokemon game of all time, worst story by far and probably the easiest game as well. Don't even get me started on the crappy Wild area and new Dynamax gimmick. The music and sound effects are trash . The Dynamax cries are way louder then they need to be and honestly hurt my ears, especially when using headphones. There's this obnoxious sound that plays anytime you spin. The music, some of it is good, but then there's just tracks that combine sounds in basically the worst ways possible, Leon's theme and Nessa's town theme being the worst that I can think of. There are these annoying pop up text boxes in the over world in towns and routes, this may just be my ADHD but my god is it annoying, they don't even line up with anything half the time. As for glitches, some notable one's include the world freezing when climbing a ladder and the female trainer turning into a guy during some cut scenes. Other criticisms include the fact battle backgrounds rarely ever match up with location, and are some time just none-existent. Team Yell, is a cute concept, but overall just really annoying. The actual villains are lame, even when you find out they're evil, you let them go so they can do their evil plan. Really good story telling Game Freak. Animations in basically everything are pretty poor,, which is a shame. Frame rate issues run rampant. The dex cut and lack of megas, is a really big issue too, especially since all of the models and animations are reused. However, this game isn't all bad, the new Pokemon designs are great, so are the character designs. Some of the gym challenges are fun, others are kind of lame but most are fun. Camp, while filled with bad animations, is also fun. Battling when there isn't any dumb Dynamax gimmicks, is really enjoyable as is catching Pokemon. I just wish Game Freak didn't lie to the consumers multiple times. They constantly said that the models were remade from scratch which wasn't true. They didn't even tell Japan about the dex cut. But the thing is, these problems are most likely due to the Pokemon Company expecting Game Freak to make a game every year, that needs to stop. These games need the time to be made the best they can be. The anime and TCG should be released when the game's are ready, not the other way around. Overall, it's Pokemon, it's still a fun experience, a lot of people will probably like it, but this game wasn't for me. Hopefully the next game learns from Sword and Shields mistake.… Expand
  64. GalarSword
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Beautiful Wild Area with mediocre graphic. Played for a day. Returned back for refund.
  65. AH9711
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    The only reason why People will buy the game is because of the name. The game design and graphics is really bad and not in a pokemon style design. The story is Good but the rest of the game is not Good at all
  66. disappointedpkm
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Pretty disappointed with the graphics, the cut Pokémon and the lack of challenge.
  67. Bolvin
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    The game is nice but you cant get all pokemon and thats a no go for a pokemon game so 0 points!
  68. Autems
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    If we didn't speak, pokemon games will get worst and worst
    lets not let them be lazy
  69. aloeislands
    Nov 17, 2019
    0
    It's a bad game. Don't buy it. Honest to god just go play pokemon platinum. It isn't worth $80. I wanted this game to be good SO BAD. I didn't read any of the reviews before buying it and jumped in blind. I've been playing pokemon since Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and the games just get worse and worse as the years go on. The switch to 3D really marked the decline, but the jump to the Switch putIt's a bad game. Don't buy it. Honest to god just go play pokemon platinum. It isn't worth $80. I wanted this game to be good SO BAD. I didn't read any of the reviews before buying it and jumped in blind. I've been playing pokemon since Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and the games just get worse and worse as the years go on. The switch to 3D really marked the decline, but the jump to the Switch put the final nail in the coffin. In short: The graphics are subpar AT BEST, there's a crazy amount of lag for a very low maintenance game, the main selling point (the wild zone) is extremely underwhelming, The story is short and boring, there is no post game, the fixed camera still dominates the game, 1/2 the pokemon have been cut. The critics must be getting paid by nintendo because there is no way in hell this game is an 81. Please please please save your money for something worthwhile, because this isn't it.… Expand
  70. Matiketshum
    Nov 17, 2019
    1
    ¡¡Gamefreak ponte las pilas!! Es muy triste ver como una de mis franquicias favoritas termina lanzando juegos tan mediocres como este. Por donde empiezo... Mm... Por los gráficos. Los gráficos si bien no están del todo mal en (en especial en los pueblos)hay partes donde sí se ven horrendos, como en el área silvestre.
    Otro motivo por el cual este juego me decepciona tanto es por la falta de    ¡¡Gamefreak ponte las pilas!! Es muy triste ver como una de mis franquicias favoritas termina lanzando juegos tan mediocres como este. Por donde empiezo... Mm... Por los gráficos. Los gráficos si bien no están del todo mal en (en especial en los pueblos)hay partes donde sí se ven horrendos, como en el área silvestre.
    Otro motivo por el cual este juego me decepciona tanto es por la falta de pokémons y la excusa que da Gamefreak, diciendo de que no habrían tantos pokémon porque iban a mejorar las animaciones. Además como es posible que el juego tenga menos de la mitad de pokemons que tiene un juego de 3ds.yo pense que si quitarían pokémons, solo quitarían algunos (unos 50 o 100) ¡¡¡pero quitaron como 500!! (o más).
    Además, ¿¿como se les ocurre quitar pokemons tan emblemáticos como blastoise o venusaur??
    Por otro lado.. La historia supongo que esta bien?.
    Pero odio el hecho de que el rival sea tu amigo!! Eso hace mucho más fácil el juego y hablando de dificultad, el juego es re-fácil, wn al comienzo de juego tienes 30.000 dolares en cualquier otro juego te dan con suerte 3.000 dolares . Además también puedes comprar revivir en las putas primeras tiendas!!!.
    La verdad no creo que el juego merezca una nota tan baja como la que yo le estoy dando, pero se la doy para ver si Gamefreak recapacita y nos da un pokémon de calidad para la próxima pokémon de calidad para la próxima vez    … Expand
  71. ConcernedParent
    Nov 18, 2019
    0
    Hello, I bought this game for my five year old thinking that it'd be a good first video game for them. Aside from everything else everyone else has said in the reviews here, the game actually made my child cry. They were frightened by the pokemon when it popped in in front of my child without any time for him to react. This made them cry and say "That pokemon attacked me!"

    I returned it    Hello, I bought this game for my five year old thinking that it'd be a good first video game for them. Aside from everything else everyone else has said in the reviews here, the game actually made my child cry. They were frightened by the pokemon when it popped in in front of my child without any time for him to react. This made them cry and say "That pokemon attacked me!"

    I returned it immediately. Glad I did. Do not buy this game.    … Expand
  72. Ringo00
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Not worth your time. Aside from the National dex issues, this game is one more example of the "half a step forward, three steps back" that Gamefreak has had for quite a while now. The wild area, a selling point for the games, feels unfinished and buggy, far less polished graphically than the rest of the game, and with big pop-in and lag issues. It is also extremely small, only reallyNot worth your time. Aside from the National dex issues, this game is one more example of the "half a step forward, three steps back" that Gamefreak has had for quite a while now. The wild area, a selling point for the games, feels unfinished and buggy, far less polished graphically than the rest of the game, and with big pop-in and lag issues. It is also extremely small, only really feeling as a couple of open routes rather than an "open world" experience. The rest of the routes are basically hallways that don't reward or encourage exploration whatsoever, a terrible thing when we are talking about a JRPG. It's sad to see Mario Kart having circuits more complex than this.

    The difficulty is abysmal, with no ability to turn off the global EXP. Share and way too much experience being given for doing anything. Unless you are constantly switching between 12-20 Pokémon, you will find yourself at least 4-5 levels over gym leaders. You might also have to avoid trainers and certain features, like Pokémon Camp, to try to make it a "fair" gameplay experience.
    Following that last point, this also includes another selling point of this games, the raid battles. You will find yourself able to one-shot a lot of the raid Pokémon, sometimes without even dynamaxing yourself.

    For the last big selling point, dynamax and gigantamax, you should also know that only a few Pokémon will be able to do so. The effect can not be passed down, so if you want a specific Pokémon to dyna/gigantamax you might spend hours to find it.

    Be warned: there is no post-game either. A small 1h chapter and Battle Tower 3.0 is all you will have left. Since the legendaries are all shiny locked, there are no legendaries from other regions, no GTS and the wild area is tremendously shallow, this game does not come close to having the shelf life that previous entries had. Even XY, one of the worst post-games the series had, is marginally better than this.

    As a final warning, the touch screen is not compatible with this game. This means that you will not be able to pet your Pokémon like you could in the 3DS entries. Pokémon Camp "replaces" this feature, but you can barely interact with your Pokémon, who will wander aimlessly.

    In conclusion, every single previous Pokémon entry, including the Let's Go games, has more to offer than this game. I would severely recommend replaying or revisiting older Pokémon games you might not have played if you want you nostalgia fix.    … Expand
  73. Obo_
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    Returned it to the store after 6 or 7 hours of playing. The game looks terrible, I had the autosave bug happen to me and in 5 hours I was struggling to see any sort of innovation apart from the open world.
    Tried giving it a chance despite the lies and the cut Pokédex but the whole experience felt recycled and uninspired. Definitely the last Pokémon game I buy until they prove they can    Returned it to the store after 6 or 7 hours of playing. The game looks terrible, I had the autosave bug happen to me and in 5 hours I was struggling to see any sort of innovation apart from the open world.
    Tried giving it a chance despite the lies and the cut Pokédex but the whole experience felt recycled and uninspired. Definitely the last Pokémon game I buy until they prove they can revive the franchise instead of just releasing the same game with minimal graphical updates each year.    … Expand
  74. Pizzaboy24
    Nov 15, 2019
    1
    The game is a mess and insulting to Pokémon fans all over the world. If you like hand holding, bugs, reused assets from an inferior system, missing content, no post game, frame rate drops and over all bad graphics then this is the game for you.
  75. Illuluminati
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Looks like a ds game, for a company that made billions and billions from that **** gacha game, this is unacceptable.
  76. GARU94
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Oh Pokémon, one your series main themes is evolution and yet, you refuse to evolve your already tired formula. Not only that but you also made your catch phrase "Gotta catch em all" impossible to fulfill for the first time. I just don't get it.

    The game in itself is kinda okay, there's fun to be had and enjoyment to be found, but it is still the same game we've been playing for more    Oh Pokémon, one your series main themes is evolution and yet, you refuse to evolve your already tired formula. Not only that but you also made your catch phrase "Gotta catch em all" impossible to fulfill for the first time. I just don't get it.

    The game in itself is kinda okay, there's fun to be had and enjoyment to be found, but it is still the same game we've been playing for more than 20 years despite being housed on a significantly more powerful machine than any other mainline Pokémon game combined. In fact, in MANY regards, it's worse and has less features than previous games.

    The game is extremely linear, you literally walk straight corridors from one town to the next, and when you arrive there, there's hardly anything to do in them. No more complex caves/buildings/forests, no more places that you gotta get back to when you get the right abilities, it's just restrictive corridors town after town.

    The battles are exactly as you remember. But now, dumbed down further as you don't even gotta remember type matchups anymore since the game tells you which of your moves is effective and which isn't against your opponent (I know this was added in S&M), coupled with how slow battles still are (And a lack of speed up button for some inexplicable reason), it just gets tiring. Not to mention the universal experience share system just makes it so you don't even have to put effort on training your new/weaker Pokémon.

    The wild area, despite being the ugliest place in the Galar region, is still the only ray of hope this game gives me for the future. It's not perfect by any means, but it takes Pokémon out of its comfort zone by adding free moving camera, roaming Pokémon of any level, secrets and hidden items all over the place. It's just a small experimentation that could hint at (hopefully), the direction the games are going to take in future installments. As of right now, it's interesting the first couple times you visit it, but it gets old rather quickly and starts feeling like a glorified Safari Zone sooner than later.

    Technically speaking. it's 2019 and we still have characters moving their lips to no sound, characters doing full 180 rotations while walking in place, low image quality and an inconsistent 30fps despite the extremely unimpressive graphics. Unacceptable.

    Overall, I'm disappointed but not surprised. I just hope Game Freak starts taking criticism more seriously or give another developer a chance to make a Pokémon game in their stead (Imagine a Pokémon game by Monolith Soft? Glorious).    … Expand
  77. aljirik1992
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    REBUS FOR THE PLAYERS!!! SWORD SHIELD ... (LD) =T ; (S) = ( ) ; R_L_D

    Вот знаете, закидайте меня покеболами... Если с POKEMON LETSGO я был более-менее мягок, благодаря чумовому девайсу, что и придало игре шарма, то ситуацию с "мечом и щитом", кроме как мировым дерьмом не назовёшь!    REBUS FOR THE PLAYERS!!! SWORD SHIELD ... (LD) =T ; (S) = ( ) ; R_L_D

    Вот знаете, закидайте меня покеболами... Если с POKEMON LETSGO я был более-менее мягок, благодаря чумовому девайсу, что и придало игре шарма, то ситуацию с "мечом и щитом", кроме как мировым дерьмом не назовёшь!
  78. greninjaX
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    gamefreak lied. they said they were cutting pokemon because they were making new models with high quality animations, but that is simply not the case. everything was recycled from the 3DS game. there was no reason to cut pokemon. gamefreak needs to learn they can't get away with this. don't support this game
  79. SpeedwagonxD
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Within 6 hours after starting my adventure my game crashed!!! I have to start from the beginning again!!!!!
  80. skinnyrates
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Pokémon Sword and Shield aren’t bad Pokémon games, not by a mile. It’s arguably one of the better additions to the franchise, but that isn’t a high bar to set for a franchise entirely isolated to handheld systems. Textures range from okay to horrific, with painful frame rate drops. A lack of content post-game makes for an unfulfilling experience. In cutscenes, characters incessantly flapPokémon Sword and Shield aren’t bad Pokémon games, not by a mile. It’s arguably one of the better additions to the franchise, but that isn’t a high bar to set for a franchise entirely isolated to handheld systems. Textures range from okay to horrific, with painful frame rate drops. A lack of content post-game makes for an unfulfilling experience. In cutscenes, characters incessantly flap their lips to absolutely no spoken dialogue, a necessity for most AAA games nowadays. This game shows that Pokémon has no intention on getting with the times, too okay with sitting at a comfortable mediocre rather than showing love and care.… Expand
  81. Girlpills
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Decent game for 2009 standards.
    Not the quality you expect from pokemon game.
    People complaining about graphics should also reconsider their console choice.
    It's a nintendo switch game ffs.
  82. carloscoffanni
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Um jogo que tinha tudo para ser um sucesso mas foi destruído pela própria Game Freak, Gráficos abaixo da média para um switch, diversos bugs, Pokémon mal feitos , além da falta de National Dex com a desculpa de animações de alta qualidade , oq não é uma verdade além das animações serem recicladas de outros jogos. Resumindo esse jogo é uma vergonha! Esse jogo é um grande retrocesso e abusaUm jogo que tinha tudo para ser um sucesso mas foi destruído pela própria Game Freak, Gráficos abaixo da média para um switch, diversos bugs, Pokémon mal feitos , além da falta de National Dex com a desculpa de animações de alta qualidade , oq não é uma verdade além das animações serem recicladas de outros jogos. Resumindo esse jogo é uma vergonha! Esse jogo é um grande retrocesso e abusa da boa vontade dos fãs de pokemon… Expand
  83. Smartins2000
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    got the game as a present from a friend as he did not want to be playing it alone
    the gameplay is the same as ever, this is not bad but its everyting else that bogs the experience down
    like the cutscenes with your "rivals" or the drawn out fights that made me actually fall asleep at some points (granted i worked that day, but im a programer so how tired can that be?), some music was B A    got the game as a present from a friend as he did not want to be playing it alone
    the gameplay is the same as ever, this is not bad but its everyting else that bogs the experience down
    like the cutscenes with your "rivals" or the drawn out fights that made me actually fall asleep at some points (granted i worked that day, but im a programer so how tired can that be?), some music was B A D normally pokemon has decent to godlike music and to have some tracks this horrendous is unaceptaple
    the final nail in the coffin for this game is the inflated price tag, you wont feel like you got your moneys worth out of the game, this game is inferior to ultra sun and moon and even those games where unaceptable to some degree witch was excused because the 3ds was a underpowerful system, but now?
    TL;DR: buy soulsilver, still SS but much better    … Expand
  84. PSLucky
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Unfinished game with a multitude of technical bugs and failures and fewer features than any prior game in the series.
  85. GFLied
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    The game is embarrassing to look at. The graphics and animations look like someone's college project! The game costs more than the 3DS games with less content. Pokemon deserves better!
  86. OneNoobGuy
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    This is not a complete game for sure, they removed lots of stuff from previous games just to keep the quality, saddly gamefreak lied
  87. DobleC
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    If we were facing a GameCube game, the game would probably have a 7 (due to Dexit and lack of content and animations).

    But we are faced with a game of the most successful franchise in history (ergo a franchise that generates a lot of money) and sincerely it is shameful the technical work it has. Anyway, if you're not very smart (as with the vast majority of Pokémon fans) you probably    If we were facing a GameCube game, the game would probably have a 7 (due to Dexit and lack of content and animations).

    But we are faced with a game of the most successful franchise in history (ergo a franchise that generates a lot of money) and sincerely it is shameful the technical work it has.
    Anyway, if you're not very smart (as with the vast majority of Pokémon fans) you probably won't even notice.

    As good points, the music is great, the game (when it is not frozen or terrible laggin) looks nice too and you can also finish it in less than 10 hours if you rush, so you can go play any other game of Pokémon that is good (from DS and earlier).

    Lazyness :/    … Expand
  88. parara123
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    No effort put into this game. I'm convinced gamefreak doesn't even know how to make a 3D game. First mainline pokemon game I'm not buying. I can't believe that my favorite franchise has died.
  89. Elaami
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    **** gamefreak Low Effort **** animation A lot of bugs Incomplete pokedex Reused models And the cut a lot of mechanics
  90. MetroidPrimed
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Overall this game was an absolute disappointment. The only positives I can say about it are the way are gyms work from the inside is nice and the general Pokemon gameplay loop(as in the training/battling not story) is fun. Though the greatest issue with the game's critic score is how they use other Pokemon games to gauge where this game should be placed. Though when compared as a VIDEOOverall this game was an absolute disappointment. The only positives I can say about it are the way are gyms work from the inside is nice and the general Pokemon gameplay loop(as in the training/battling not story) is fun. Though the greatest issue with the game's critic score is how they use other Pokemon games to gauge where this game should be placed. Though when compared as a VIDEO GAME, which Pokemon actually is, this game is terrible. Pokemon needs to drop telling cliche stories about being the best and give people a game. It is very uninteresting to watch bland characters bombard you with text boxes every 20 minutes or less. This is a clear element of padding, because otherwise the game would be too short and REALLY not deserve to be $60. I am not typically turned off by poor graphics, but places like the wild area give the impression that of being in beta up and GameFreak still sold it full price. The difficulty is far too low, people by avoiding almost every trainer fight they can are still extremely overleveled(about 5-10 levels in certain instances). This creates a situation where you can explore and have to mash your super effective attack six times or you cannot explore for an ounce of challenge. GameFreak has no reason to make a cake and eat it too if the oven is broken. I assume they left the EXP share in the game because there are no trainers to battle, which could make the game heavily grindy. However, GameFreak could have easily included an EXP share that provides 25% or lower experience and retained more difficulty. I suppose the lack of trainers does not matter much because most routes and caves are linear or just straight lines. I support cutting the national dex(I believe the series needs it) if it were to improve the game as a whole, but this is sadly not the case. If Pokemon were more than just up-resed copy-paste models and were animated as opposed to bobbing up and down like a string puppet, if the world felt open and content rich(the Wild Area is rather small in this regard), if Charizard did not shoot flames out of his wings, the dex cut would likely have pulled its weight. Every aspect of this game feels rushed. I do not think that many games deserve scores lower than 4s or 5s, but this game is just broken and incomplete. I am returning my game later today and I am ashamed to have bought this game in the first place. Just go play Fire Emblem, what it may lack in graphics, it has in gameplay that offers some resistance even on easier difficulties.… Expand
  91. Mainstone
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    What can i say? Huge dissapointment would be one thing.

    A Main series console pokemon game is what all Pokemon fans have waited for since forever. Sword and Sheild however, sadly does not live up to it. While some scenes look absolutely amazing, others are completely empy or clearly unfinished. The game is the easiest it has ever been, especially since the EXP share is always on by    What can i say? Huge dissapointment would be one thing.

    A Main series console pokemon game is what all Pokemon fans have waited for since forever. Sword and Sheild however, sadly does not live up to it. While some scenes look absolutely amazing, others are completely empy or clearly unfinished. The game is the easiest it has ever been, especially since the EXP share is always on by default, and I finished the main story in about 11 hours, the fastest I've ever done in a pokemon game. I don't have a problem with most of the new pokemon, but I have to admit, the fact that there isn't an expanded pokedex after the main story kind of breaks my heart. Not since the gap between Pokemon Gold/Silver on the Gameboy Color and the Ruby/Saphire on the Gameboy Advance has there ever been a time where you couldn't bring your pokemon into the newest addition. It reflects on the unfortunate tradition that GameFreak seemingly insinsts to uphold, the best features it has ever made never make it further. Secret bases in Ruby/Saphire, The Battle Frontier in Emerald, the Poketch and the underground in Diamond/Pearl, Pokemon following you in HeartGold/SoulSilver, Triple battles and Rotation battles in Black/White, Megaevolution in X/Y and Z-moves in Sun/Moon are some of just the many excellent additions to pokemon that are NOT in Sword/Shield, and replaced by nothing of note really.

    This results in the most basic, emptiest, shortest, easiest and frankly weakest pokemon game in the main series bar none. As a lifelong pokemon fan, I cannot recommend this game. Hopefully, Nintendo and Gamefreak can learn from this and try to steer the series back in the right direction.    … Expand
  92. STactics
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    Complete disappointment. This is just another Pokemon game. Nothing new. All the "innovations and improvements" by Game Freak not worth the cut Pokemon's.
  93. Leci
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Horribly rushed, had false advertising, game is a joke when it comes to difficulty, many features were stripped away just to charge extra for them despite being extremely overpriced already.
  94. Sampletext
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    I am a huge pokemon fan and so it pains me to see a what could have been an amazing game turn out so terribly. Gamefreak lied about improving the animation and models of the pokemon. they are the exact same as the old ones and they cut over half the dex for it despite the models being in the code for lets go. even if we look past that (which is really hard to) the game is incredibly bareI am a huge pokemon fan and so it pains me to see a what could have been an amazing game turn out so terribly. Gamefreak lied about improving the animation and models of the pokemon. they are the exact same as the old ones and they cut over half the dex for it despite the models being in the code for lets go. even if we look past that (which is really hard to) the game is incredibly bare bones. the game is incredibly easy like the last and this time with more features being removed. the new op gimmick this time is dinomax/gigamax which is different because you can make you pokemon big for 3 turns and it definitely doesn't trivialize most of the game. the game looks almost exactly like a 3ds game and if you said it was on the gamecube i wouldn't be surprised except for the better colour quality. Pokemon has never been an RPG you play for the story but the somehow managed to fail at that as well. the evil team is a joke the writing is awful and the pacing is incredibly slow. Picture
    the tutorial of sun and moon except almost the entire game including the aggressive hand holding. Not to mention that this game is 20$ more for less content. the fact that every other series that made the jump to the switch improved so much is just adding even more fuel to the fire at this point when every other big series nintendo has had changed so much and Nintendo finally starting to listen to their fans its even more of a slap in the face. This game on its own wouldn't be awful it would be mediocre if it was from a smaller company but its from the developers of the largest media franchise in the world don't tell me they couldn't put out a better product. This game could have been amazing if it had another year or two of development and could have been so much better. I expected the first main game on console to be huge and completely change the series as we know it but instead they removed more and more of what I loved    … Expand
  95. Viivi
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    It don't a good game, don't have a good grafics, don't have all Pokemon.
    What have in this game???
  96. RenXYZ
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    One of the worst Pokemon games! Many Pokemon and moves are missing. Visuals and animations are horrible. Has many bugs.
  97. IsaoUM
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Absolute disgrace given Game Freak's past main series game. Do not waste your money.
  98. WindowPayne
    Nov 15, 2019
    3
    This game is a poor excuse for a Nintendo Switch exclusive from one of the most profitable and recognizable franchises in the world. Many beloved features are cut including mega evolutions, Z moves, and about half the Pokémon. None of this is made up for in the graphics, gameplay mechanics, or even music quality. It’s sad looking at the innovation of other Switch titles like Breath of theThis game is a poor excuse for a Nintendo Switch exclusive from one of the most profitable and recognizable franchises in the world. Many beloved features are cut including mega evolutions, Z moves, and about half the Pokémon. None of this is made up for in the graphics, gameplay mechanics, or even music quality. It’s sad looking at the innovation of other Switch titles like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate; and not seeing nearly as much improvement in one of the most popular franchises of all time. Of course, the game is playable and some of the Pokémon have great designs (excluding the starters, those look like anthropomorphic nightmares) but why should we praise what this game is: the bare minimum?… Expand
  99. Rigbo
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Been playing up to the fifth gym and this is a very mediocre Pokémon game. Pokémon games have never been too hard but this is just ridiculously easy. The wild area while being fun, looks terrible and super ugly. 500+ Pokémon were cut for plenty of animations that look from a Nintendo 64 game, unpolished and muddy textures, and plenty of features removed in favor of a new one which justBeen playing up to the fifth gym and this is a very mediocre Pokémon game. Pokémon games have never been too hard but this is just ridiculously easy. The wild area while being fun, looks terrible and super ugly. 500+ Pokémon were cut for plenty of animations that look from a Nintendo 64 game, unpolished and muddy textures, and plenty of features removed in favor of a new one which just boils down to making your Pokémon bigger, even gigantamaxin feels boring. This game is the result of Game Freak going too far with being lazy and cutting corners. I highly recommend buying this game used, as GF does not deserve the money for this rushed and unpolished game.… Expand
  100. tikiwiki
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Sword and shield have made amazing changes and some of the worst changes in the series. The changes on training pokemon specially to be able to go online are incredible, but on the other side removing pokemon in a series that used to seem to pride it self on being able to carry over all your old pokemon is such a fatal flaw i can't look past it.
    Wild area is cool but needs to be    Sword and shield have made amazing changes and some of the worst changes in the series. The changes on training pokemon specially to be able to go online are incredible, but on the other side removing pokemon in a series that used to seem to pride it self on being able to carry over all your old pokemon is such a fatal flaw i can't look past it.
    Wild area is cool but needs to be implemented better, also the sound track is probably the worst one we've had for a while tracks like galar mines actually made me feel dizzy
    Also dynamax is the worst gimmick ever and throws any balance out the window.    … Expand
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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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