Pokemon Sword

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4.7

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  1. SneakyCactuar
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    I preordered this game just hours before release and I am very happy I did. The game is very enjoyable and it's great to get to play a pokemon game again on consoles. I haven't played on handhelds at all in my adulthood, so the last entries I played were ruby/sapphire. There are some great quality of life improvements since my last pokemon experience and the selection of pokemon is veryI preordered this game just hours before release and I am very happy I did. The game is very enjoyable and it's great to get to play a pokemon game again on consoles. I haven't played on handhelds at all in my adulthood, so the last entries I played were ruby/sapphire. There are some great quality of life improvements since my last pokemon experience and the selection of pokemon is very good, even if some are unfortunately missing. I'm a little over 10 hours in and have had trouble pulling myself away from it. Which honestly isn't something that happens often. Definitely recommend this game, I have Shield :)… Expand
  2. Gnitlo
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    While a lot of people are upset about the Dexit and issues with the game, which is perfectly fine and understandable, I have not felt that this has ruined my experience with the game. This is my favorite Pokémon game to date and I've been thoroughly enjoying it despite some framedrops while online on the wild area as well as some (note SOME) less than stellar animations. If you're a fan ofWhile a lot of people are upset about the Dexit and issues with the game, which is perfectly fine and understandable, I have not felt that this has ruined my experience with the game. This is my favorite Pokémon game to date and I've been thoroughly enjoying it despite some framedrops while online on the wild area as well as some (note SOME) less than stellar animations. If you're a fan of Pokémon and don't mind the cut to the pokedex I can't recommend this game enough.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. fab1012
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    It is true this game is not the best pokemon game and less the best game of the year but it is the first stone for a promising future of pokemon, in this game we could appreciate one of the best inventions to date in the world of pokemon which It is the creation of the wild area which will be the first stone for the creation of the tower that is the future of pokemon.
  5. Aurasphere
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Bland, shallow and overall lazy attempt to bring one of the most loved game franchise around the world on the home console. Huge disappointment as it could have been so much better than the previous DS games.
  6. Rohmeo
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    Sehr gut, auch wenn einige Pokemon fehlen. Die Grafik könnte zwar noch besser sein aber dennoch ist es bisher das beste Pokemon Spiel.
  7. 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...
  8. Tkm7
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Not a proper mainline Pokemon game. So much stripped out, so little given back. One step forwards, two back
  9. ThunderLunch
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    En si el juego cumple su cometido en términos simples, no es mal juego pero tampoco es el nuevo que se esperaba desde hace mucho, animaciones si cambian algunas y otras se mantienen, y en pocas palabras se perdió más de lo que se ganó con las supuesta mejoras que hicieron al juego, se siente como que debió desarrollarse mayor tiempo este juego.

    #gamefreaklied
  10. Zara_Masters
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    This game is so unbelievably bad, Not just compared to previous Pokemon games, not just compared to previous RPGs, just in general.

    There is barely anything I can possibly compliment, uhh there are a few cute Pokemon? Like every previous game, except they removed 50% of all Pokemon including the cute ones. This game has also been the cause of multiple Switch based glitches. So if you    This game is so unbelievably bad, Not just compared to previous Pokemon games, not just compared to previous RPGs, just in general.

    There is barely anything I can possibly compliment, uhh there are a few cute Pokemon? Like every previous game, except they removed 50% of all Pokemon including the cute ones.

    This game has also been the cause of multiple Switch based glitches. So if you are looking for a Christmas gift, consider a classic Pokemon game? Or just any other RPG.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. DanDonato
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Best Pokémon game ever made.
    It’s just magical to be able to play my favourite portable franchise in a console for the first time.
    The game it’s stunningly beautiful, the Galar region is awesome, the new Pokémon are incredible well-designed.
    One of the best games on the already awesome Nintendo Switch library.

    #ThankYouGameFreak
  13. Nesz
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Diseños pobres, muchos espacios vacíos, personajes olvidables, juego no acabado no vale la pena
  14. poxotaf266
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    The people giving it a 10 can't even give 1 reason why they like the game. It is the worst installment of the franchise:
    - removed 450 pokemon
    - removed 130 moves - removed key features - fewer than 100 new pokemon - linear region - only 10 routes - no dungeons - reused models - reused textures - reused animations - reused music - short playtime - short postgame - boring    The people giving it a 10 can't even give 1 reason why they like the game. It is the worst installment of the franchise:
    - removed 450 pokemon
    - removed 130 moves
    - removed key features
    - fewer than 100 new pokemon
    - linear region
    - only 10 routes
    - no dungeons
    - reused models
    - reused textures
    - reused animations
    - reused music
    - short playtime
    - short postgame
    - boring story
    - handholding
    - low difficulty
    - buggy
    - unpolished
    - lazy
    - rushed
    - no cohesion
    - potentially console-breaking (NAND issues are legit according to experts)    … Expand
  15. gamerhero
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Creo que no se merece mas de 1 por el poco trabajo y respeto a los usuarios de la serie... teniendo en el año juegos como gears5, death stranding, sekir y resident evil 2, nintendo nos viene a vender este juego de hace dos o mas generaciones a precio de los anteriores. Un timo por cualquier lado que lo vean y sobre todo que te lo vende doble a precio full. Cuando no inova en ni un solo aspecto
  16. carreracarrera
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    No puedo mas que darle un 1 debido a la falta de respeto de ofrecer un producto con afan de engaño...ni en graficas, musica, voces, historia, jugabilidad, ni batallas esta en 2019. Parece.de generaciones pasadas. Ademas esto de sacar dos versiones iguales no es mas que un timo de venderte un juego incompleto en dos partes a precio full ambos
  17. Kazkry
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Absolute GARBAGE! The most profitable franchise of all time with all the money in the world, yet makes the same game each year gradually worse? Boycott Pokemon games until they innovate and make quality.
  18. AntonicoG
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Only 400 Pokémon(less than a game of 13 years like Pokémon Diamond or a free mobile game like Pokémon GO)and this is only 1 of all the problems of this game...
  19. dmolken
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    These games are extremely bare bones and rushed. These games almost look like a direct port of a 3DS game. They cut over 50% of the Pokemon, deleted over 100 old moves, and charge 50% more money ($60 vs $40) than the 3DS Pokemon games. On top of that, Game Freak said that they needed to cut 50% of the Pokemon in order to make high quality models and animations for the Pokemon. I'd be okayThese games are extremely bare bones and rushed. These games almost look like a direct port of a 3DS game. They cut over 50% of the Pokemon, deleted over 100 old moves, and charge 50% more money ($60 vs $40) than the 3DS Pokemon games. On top of that, Game Freak said that they needed to cut 50% of the Pokemon in order to make high quality models and animations for the Pokemon. I'd be okay with that if it wasn't for the fact that they lied, and they actually are using 3DS models and animations. Because they are using the 3DS models, there is no reason why they should be cutting over 50% of the Pokemon. Do not support a developer that lies to you. Boycott this game.… Expand
  20. The_Janitor
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    A truly sad excuse for a modern Pokemon title and also the utterly butched first outing of the dearly beloved series on an actual console.
    As usual the games beginning and first few hours feel great and inviting but with each and every hour the game shows it's unfinished and half baked side. The overall experience with the art department of this game can be broken down to "Pathetic    A truly sad excuse for a modern Pokemon title and also the utterly butched first outing of the dearly beloved series on an actual console.
    As usual the games beginning and first few hours feel great and inviting but with each and every hour the game shows it's unfinished and half baked side. The overall experience with the art department of this game can be broken down to "Pathetic excuses for "high quality animations" and reused assets galore".
    The soundtrack is great and among the new Pokemon are quite a few that are absolutely adorable and easily can be counted as some of the best gamefreak created so far, but all of this is not really helping if Gamefreak is not willing to put in the work to put in some actual work in the other aspects of the game.
    Gamefreak culled over 50% of the pokemon cast and thereby halved the main attraction of the series claiming this to be a decision they will keep for future entries since it would be too much work to prepare unique and high quality animations for more than 1000 critters.
    It is unfortunately very obvious that sword and shield make use of the old "future proofed" models and no new or refined animations were added.
    As if this wasn't bad enough, the work put into the new pokemon is lacking too (especially outside of battles...)
    The game also suffers a lot on the technical site.
    The "open world" stutters quite a lot and even during battles many framedrops and other performance issues can be witnessed. This comes to no surprise since gamefreak has well known problems with updating their programming methods and sticks to already faulty development techniques. While there may be people defending the open world's hiccups with the fact that it is an open world, here is a little reminder that "The legend of zelda - breath of the wild" is a game on the very same console as this trashfire but it is running smoothly.
    I simply can't recommend to buy this game at all, let's just hope that Gen. 9 will be the return to former glory.
    Please gamefreak there is no need to lie, if you need more time to ship a good game join nintendo's recently shown mentality and simply delay the release until it's done.

    TLDR;
    On many levels, pokemon sword and shield feels like the "Mighty no. 9" of pokemon, it feels unfinished and obvious lies new break into the overall rating of the game. Gamefreak seems to have lost it's touch.    … Expand
  21. minecrad
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    I ordered this bedside lamp and it did not come in good shape it was broken and too short and bad pls refund me micosoft
  22. Metalcritico
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Excelente muchas horas de juego como siempre en las sagas de pokemon!
    Super adictivo!!
  23. RODREZA
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    It lacks all the things that makes the Pokemon saga a good game. So disgusted.
  24. xsomberlain
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Look, it's just pokemon guys. This is a fun/relaxing playthrough, with a lot of great new features. As someone who's played through every pokemon game, this is some of the most fun I've had in the series in a long time.
  25. DrGoodKiwi
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    Pokémon Sword (and Shield, by association) are games that follow the safety of trends developed by previous installments, many of which are unfavorable for a thoroughly engaging experience. As these games are the 8th installments of the main series games that are not remakes and introduce core elements or ideas shared between previous connecting games, it only makes sense that innovationPokémon Sword (and Shield, by association) are games that follow the safety of trends developed by previous installments, many of which are unfavorable for a thoroughly engaging experience. As these games are the 8th installments of the main series games that are not remakes and introduce core elements or ideas shared between previous connecting games, it only makes sense that innovation is compared.

    This game holds many small improvements that I found. For example, while the Pokémon models derive from models used in previous installments with slight tweaks to the base, the model textures of the Pokémon themselves have a less washed out color than those in the 3DS titles. Trainer customization is improved with a larger variety of options when designing your player character. Although this aspect is subjective, many of the new creature designs seem to keep the wide range of personality found in other generational installments. Some are very cute, some are cooler, and some are just bizarre. There are a few Pokémon designs that would have benefited from another draft to provide more cohesion in their designs, but because this is Pokémon it is likely that every new creature will become the favorite of at least one person.

    The main problem that these games face comes from a lack of time to fully implement the ideas that they wished to introduce. The Wild Area for exploring Pokémon and engaging in cooperative raids with friends, while a fun idea, has some glaring technical issues that break the immersion of the world it tries to create. The area itself is more flat than expected, and it is easy across the whole main area without the need of a vantage point. This becomes a problem with the sudden weather changes that envelop the whole map and happen without subtlety, which makes it feel as if the game designers wanted to include actual climates and geography differences but couldn't. These changes blur your scope of view from what you had previously been able to see within seconds. In addition, areas both inside and outside of the Wild Area utilize a method of graphical "pop-in" where objects of importance are only visible to player when the player is close enough to the object. While not as awkward in normal routes and towns, the scope of view in the Wild Area causes the whole area to feel empty rather than populated without the Level of Detail that could have been utilized.

    The story has fewer aspects than previous installments, as the main goals and development of characters come from the gym challenge aspect of the game. There is a story regarding the featured Legendary Pokémon, but most of it lacks development throughout the main story and feels less integrated into the adventure as seen in previous installments. Some of it is only explored in the post-game content which covers roughly 2 hours. The adventure from exploring the routes with your designated companion, Hop, draws parallels to the character Hau in Sun & Moon. This is an aspect of the previous games and these that both railroaded my exploration and broke my flow of play often, something I wish would have been changed. Many mannerisms of Hop match Hau as well.

    When comparing game additions to previous installments, many parallels can be drawn (especially in regards to the Sun & Moon games).
    Many interesting move animations are introduced for the Legendary Pokémon and Starter Pokémon, but only for their signature moves that would only be used by them. Sun and Moon did this for their Legendary/Starter Pokémon exclusive moves as well.
    Dynamax moves per type are large with many particle effects, but this was the same with Sun & Moon's Z-moves by type.
    The Gigantimax unique Pokémon moves are the same, but this was also done with Sun & Moon's Pokémon exclusive Z-Moves.
    Various animations or expressions found in the new Camping and Curry Cooking features of the game match the amount of depth as feeding or petting found in XY's Pokémon Amie or Sun/Moon's Pokémon Refresh. The main difference is the addition of Pokémon walking around, similar to unused assets found in Sun & Moon.

    Many small features have questionable changes to them, such as the controversial requirement of experience gained for all units (Pokémon) that had been an option of play style available previously. Options for sound adjustment, a common feature in video games, are restricted to a key item given later through the game.

    Overall, this game feels like a product of less ambition with a new coat of paint that doesn't hide the problems. What's bad about this is the expected trend these games are said to lead for the future. At the risk of using an analogy, it's as if a car company you love started making only boats. You can enjoy the boat, it is similar to your car, you can still enjoy your car, but you wish they would still make cars.
    The given scale is 11 choices (0-10). 5 falls in the center as the median choice, these games are below that choice.    … Expand
  26. PandaHerop1990
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    this game isnt perfect, but all look rly beatiful and the music is awessome. the problem is the animation of the pokemon and some details in the battle. i will miss my old pokemon and i think is the problem, but the people didnt play competitive dont understand that, because they didnt see a fkn landorust, and same team every game.
  27. Zasfe
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Tiene gráficos muy malos, muchos bugs, sin pokédex completa, fallos con el autoguardado, sin Megas, sin Movimientos Z, mucho curry que no se pidio, una historia muy mala y aburrida, no explican el lore de eternatus.
  28. billythorton198
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Just cutting half the pokemon brings it down to a 3, then all of the other features that were available being cut?! This game should have never been sold
  29. Jonathan1910
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    El juego es perfecto se nota el salto grafico y 94 nuevos pkm muy bien diseñados ligeros detalles pero que merece la pena
  30. 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.
  31. lanchoo
    Nov 16, 2019
    7
    The game is not NEARLY as bad as people are making it out to be. There are minor problems here and there, and yes, the lack of all 890 Pokemon is a bit frustrating. but it still doesn't make the game any less fun than the average Pokemon game. Of course, the average Pokemon game isn't too fantastic to begin with, but a more than enjoyable experience is provided through and through.
  32. 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
  33. 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.
  34. Sukikyo
    Nov 16, 2019
    6
    The only things holding this game back are the lack of the national dex and a higher difficulty, aside from those points it's a fun and cute game with many cool new features and pokemon. If the lack of national dex get's revised this game is easily an 8 or 9
  35. GazedUpon
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Here's the issue with these games:
    While the basic concept of "Catch monster, Train monster, Fight with monster" will always be fun no matter what, that isn't a trait unique to Sword and Shield.
    The game simply feels... unfinished all around. I got this game day 1, excited like a little child to finally play it. And then the game made me feel like a small child that should have listened    Here's the issue with these games:
    While the basic concept of "Catch monster, Train monster, Fight with monster" will always be fun no matter what, that isn't a trait unique to Sword and Shield.
    The game simply feels... unfinished all around. I got this game day 1, excited like a little child to finally play it. And then the game made me feel like a small child that should have listened to their parents to not spend their money on video games.

    Positives:
    - As mentioned before, the basic concept of "catch, train, fight" just works.
    - Most of the new Pokémon do look appealing, which is subjective, of course.
    - The trainer customization is fantastic! I had a lot of fun dressing my character up.

    Negatives:
    - The game sometimes doesn't load things in properly, which causes things to "pop in".
    - The game often freezes when anything happens, such as talking to an NPC
    - Areas within the game are empty and feel flat.
    - Routes might as well be hallways, since you can't go anywhere except straight forward
    - The Dynamax/Gigantamax feature feels underwhelming. The gym leaders that use them have this build up where they power up their Pokémon, just to have it die to an attack or two anyways.
    - Speaking of Dynamax/Gigantamax, you can pretty much only use it during gym battles, which made me wonder why it's even in the game
    - Some of the newer Pokémon are either ridiculously strong OR weak. There seems to be almost no consistent middle ground.
    - Somehow your own Pokémon always have a WAY higher level than the opponents, which is weird since I avoided quite a few battles. This makes fights often laughably easy.
    - I noticed that a few moves were missing. For example, I caught a Vespiquen and it couldn't learn ANY of it's signature moves. (Heal Order etc.) This was a bit weird to me.
    - The story is... not really existent. It consists of "The champ is so great! Look at him! Did you know how great the champ is?", which really ruined the immersion for me
    - For a console game that tries to look modern graphically, it simply fails

    Other things you should know:
    - This game will not let you trade over most of your Pokémon from Sun and Moon later on
    - There have been a lot of reports of the game damaging or deleting data on the Switch it was played on

    Summed up:
    Sadly, I'm sorely disappointed with Sword and Shield. I could barely bring myself to finishing the game, as I found myself bored out of my mind a lot of the time. If you're a hardcore fan or somebody wanting to try out Pokémon, stick to the previous entries in the series. This game isn't worth your money.    … Expand
  36. PokePines
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Once you look past all the controversy, at its core the game is still very charming and fun like any pokemon game, and the encounter mechanics are just amazing. The graphics can use some work but ill give gf a pass for their first time.
  37. JettFueled
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    Pokemon Sword is a game that gets carried up the ladder with higher scores due to it's merit as a Pokemon game. However, as this stands by itself, it is a very very empty and rushed game. As is tradition with Gamefreak, for some reason, they decide to randomly remove features, (A Full Pokedex, Reusable TMs, now called TRs, togglable EXP share) and add new ones no one asked for (LikePokemon Sword is a game that gets carried up the ladder with higher scores due to it's merit as a Pokemon game. However, as this stands by itself, it is a very very empty and rushed game. As is tradition with Gamefreak, for some reason, they decide to randomly remove features, (A Full Pokedex, Reusable TMs, now called TRs, togglable EXP share) and add new ones no one asked for (Like Pokemon Camp, Galarian forms, Wild Area, Dynamaxing) instead of listening to fan feedback and determining which mechanics work and which ones don't (You know, like a normal Game developer, especially an INDIE company would do? Or what a, well rounded, smart, LARGE game company would do?) because they can afford to. It's the largest grossing franchise in the world in merchandising, period.

    Pros
    I must say, they did add some great GREAT features in this game that I do enjoy. The character customization is phenomenal. The customization options for your character are where the previous games, Sun & Moon and X&Y, fell a little short. Good job to whoever worked on this.
    The accessibility of Pokemon in the wild is higher than ever. You can build a completely new team and raise them relatively quickly in the blink of an eye.
    The graphics of the character models look good. The shading was a little weird to me at first, but it's a nice touch.
    The New Pokemon. Once again, I was a little iffy about some of them at first, but I like most of them. Just like every generation, there are good ones, and there are bad ones, but overall, the designs are alright. Some of the bad designs however, look almost fake, so I'll have to rate the designs a 5/10 at best. Yamper, Scorbunny, Sobble, Grookey, Dottler, Eiscue, and a handful of others look like an clay project from a 2nd grader who doesn't enjoy arts & crafts, but Wooloo, Corviknight, and Nickit are amazing, and I'm glad they exist.

    And now, the Cons.
    Holy sweet jesus, this list is far too long. The Story is almost non existent, yet the cutscenes are just as abhorrent as they were in Sun & Moon. The absolute railroading and bland, uninspiring routes are a total yawn to navigate. Optional routes are extremely obvious, and downright optional to the point at which you look at it and ask yourself "Do they think I'm that stupid?" Yoshi's Crafted World respects my intelligence as a collectathon more than this by actually requiring at least SOME thought to try new things, and that game is legitimately made for a much younger audience.

    The Big One. The Dex Cut. #BringBackNationalDex as it's called on Twitter.
    I get it. There's a lot of Pokemon. We can't keep them all in the game forever. But they cut MORE THAN HALF of the entire National Dex, and that completely destroys the point of the Wild Area and the Pokemon accessibility if trainers can not catch and raise their favorites. They did the cut to balance the meta? Why not just set rules for your online battles and allow those Pokemon to still exist in the game?
    ..........No seriously. I want an answer to that. Are you stupid? I can't have Spheal and Shinx, but Stunky and Klink are A-OK? It makes no sense. Add limitations to the online battles, NOT THE FULL GAME!! You have two versions of the same game! The least you could do is add one half to Sword, and the other half to Shield! That would least raise incentive to tra-
    ......What's that?
    THERE'S NO GTS?? You can't trade online?? Excuse me???? Nope. -9/10 choice right here.

    Next, Recycled assets.
    Yes, all games recycle assets at some point, true. However, this is the Nintendo Switch. It is capable of handling better attack animations than the crappy default ones you've used for years. The TRs and Items that you pick up have what look like terribly compressed JPEGs of the classic pixelated icons used in FR/LG. Really? You couldn't scale up how your items are displayed? That's pathetic.

    #GameFreakLied
    The Public Relations for this game are the absolute worst. Gamefreak has always kept most of what they work on a secret, which was acceptable, because it garnered hype for the games.
    But this time around, they kept secrets because THEY KNEW how badly they messed up.
    Their excuse for cutting the Dex was said to be because they had to redo all of the models from scratch. There is evidence that that is not the case.

    The Wild Area
    What a boring waste of space. You're basically on a glorified Golf Course doing 1 of 3 things: Catching Pokemon, Picking up Items, or doing Dynamax Raids.
    Where are the elevation changes? Where are the trainers? Where are the obstacles? Why bother using the Wild Area when you can just run right through? Why is it there if it can be skipped entirely?

    I could go on forever, but just use your head. Would there have been a backlash this large if there were no problems with these games?

    Save your money. Watch a Youtube tutorial instead.    … Expand
  38. JuanDMX
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Excelente juego, todo el hate es injustificado. La jugabilidad es muy buena.
  39. 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.
  40. nickdos
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Graphically the game is absolutely hideous and it's not just the quality of the assets used but also the amateurish way that mechanics are implemented that cause the stuttering and slowdowns.
    Meanwhile the developer removed hundreds of moves and characters to "improve the quality of everything else" but it turns out nothing is really different, as many animations are terrible, almost    Graphically the game is absolutely hideous and it's not just the quality of the assets used but also the amateurish way that mechanics are implemented that cause the stuttering and slowdowns.
    Meanwhile the developer removed hundreds of moves and characters to "improve the quality of everything else" but it turns out nothing is really different, as many animations are terrible, almost amateur quality, if they exist at all as is the case for some moves that aren't animated.
    It raises many questions why this cut was done because both the hardware is definitely capable, and the assets already exist from past games of the series. The possibility of creating artificial shortage of them only to add them back in the next entries or turned into dlc is surely there.    … Expand
  41. Swilli
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    Judging the games on its own merits it is a well put together entry into the Pokémon series. Looking past the controversial topics (most of which would involve comparing it to other games in the series) this game brings me back to when I first started playing Pokémon and how my imagination drew the world as a child.
  42. avtrs
    Nov 16, 2019
    5
    I've split my main impressions into 4 sections (great/good/bad/awful), then included my final thoughts at the end.

    The great stuff: - The moves they bothered to animate look great and really are what most long term series fans hoped a console mainline game would look like. Moves like pyro ball, extrasensory, no retreat. - The wild area and the new concept of overworld pokemon (taken    I've split my main impressions into 4 sections (great/good/bad/awful), then included my final thoughts at the end.

    The great stuff:
    - The moves they bothered to animate look great and really are what most long term series fans hoped a console mainline game would look like. Moves like pyro ball, extrasensory, no retreat.
    - The wild area and the new concept of overworld pokemon (taken from LGPE with a few changes) is fantastic. This really captures the imagionation of what fans have always wanted.
    - The Regional dex and variety of pokemon available even from a very early stage is great.
    - The "magic" of the games is still there when played.

    The good stuff:
    - Gym battles and the champion are well done. I think the stadium dynamic, background, music and overall impression of these fights is awesome. Could it be harder? Yes. Does the spectacle make up for that? Yes.
    - The new pokemon and Galar forms definitely get an overall thumbs up for me. Some are great, some are... less great. Overall I think the design team has done a great job.
    - The music also gets a thumbs up. Some tracks are awesome, some are slightly subpar, but the overall OST is a great compliment to the game.
    - Some (mostly new pokemon) models and animations are great. Scorbunny has a great idle animation, and Falinks has some great variety of animations, including when its first sent out. These animations are so important to give the pokemon some life and personality.
    - Various quality of life upgrades are great. GF has done a number of small things to help players.
    - I like the cast of characters for the game. Hop is annoying because of cutscenes, but I think his character is great. I like Leon, the Gym Leaders, the chairman and the various other cast.

    The bad stuff:
    - Too many move animations just basically do not exist. Double kick is the infamous one, basically the pokemon's model moves up and down, then a big foot appears on the opponent. This is not an animation and honestly pre-gen 5 animations provided better immersion in the game.
    - Too many pokemon animations suck. A lot of these are older models, but some of the new ones also just lack life and personality. This is a mainline switch game which we KNOW can animate models well (because some are animated well!) and yet so many models just remain still, like a statue almost.
    - Lack of voice acting (VA). Personally I think VA would really enchance the experience. It's 2019 and this is a big RPG release, so I'm a bit disappointed to not see it as an option you can toggle on/off.
    - Lack of a national dex, with no alternative. There should be a separate pokemon-stadium like game for all pokemon which is connected to the pokemon Home app, so that old pokemon aren't useless/forgotten.
    - The wild area really is much smaller than it initially appears. Although you can run around it, there isn't really much else to do apart from interact with pokemon and do raid battles.
    - The routes are really boring. There is almost nothing to go and explore/discover. Most of them are pretty much linear A to Z with some grass for wild pokemon.
    - The story is really bland, not much to say.

    The awful stuff:
    - Complete lack of good postgame content. This is really at an almost embarrassing level. There is almost nothing and the battle tower somehow has even less content than in gen 7. I remember when the best part of the games was the postgame, and this is really disappointing to me.
    - Removal of the GTS with no good and simple alternative.
    - Way too many cutscenes. I constantly would get into a boring conversation with a character, then run 10m, then they would stop me again to talk. This may be ok if the talking was actually relevant or provided some backstory, but most of it is just useless chatter to make sure the player goes in a certain direction.
    - (Because of the above) the game is extremely linear, especially for an RPG. You are basically on traintracks in a straight line, with no real challenges or problems to solve about how to move forward. In this sense I do feel that the game is really insulting the intelligence and passion of its playerbase.
    - The animations of characters is really awful in the overworld. Honestly this is 3DS tier or worse. I can compare the game to any modern (or even old) console game and it comes off worse.
    - Not having free camera control, even in a game that partially has it in the wild area. There are RPGs which are almost 20 years old that support good 3d models with a moveable camera. Embarrassing.
    - The complete lack of any traditional pokemon (heck, even traditional RPG) style dungeons or long, arduous routes that are challenging to get through. There is no E4 in this game, there is no victory road, there is no real dungeon at all.

    Don't get this game unless you are already a fan.    … Expand
  43. Hoenn
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Not only one of the worst games I have ever played, it is one of the worst RPGs I have played, and absolutely is the WORST Pokémon game I have played.
  44. 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.
  45. Kophice
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Really bad game!! Game Freak is literally making fun of his fans! They think you're going to buy it whatever the crap they make! Don't buy this game! If you want to try yourself, wait a friend who already has the game finish it and borrow from him. Just not give give your money to Game Freak, they don't deserve it! At least they don't deserve for this game! But im warning you, it's not good!
  46. PoryZPlayz
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    The game is amazing! The music is so good. When they announced that the national dex was cut, and I learned my favorite Pokemon wasn’t in it, I was upset, but one of my other favorite Pokemon is in it, so that sort of makes up for it. snom
  47. Nichwors
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    If you like Pokemon then you will love this game. The reduced DeX makes for a great experience, not bogged down with 900+ Pokemon and the ability to focus on the new amazing Pokemon added to the game. I have loved my experience.
  48. Thibz
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    I own the game and I’m 10 hours in. Is the game fun, yes. Could the graphics be better, yes. Does that take away from the experience, no. Is the game fundamentally broken, no. The lack of a national dex and above average graphics are the reason I’m knocking this down to an 8 however that does not deter from this game being fun and engaging. The game plays perfectly fine, haven’t seen aI own the game and I’m 10 hours in. Is the game fun, yes. Could the graphics be better, yes. Does that take away from the experience, no. Is the game fundamentally broken, no. The lack of a national dex and above average graphics are the reason I’m knocking this down to an 8 however that does not deter from this game being fun and engaging. The game plays perfectly fine, haven’t seen a glitch, frame rate drop or hiccup yet. Regardless, the game is good, pick it up and judge for yourself before becoming a sheep like the rest of these wonderfully bitter people who love to make opinions on subjects they have no experience in.… Expand
  49. 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
  50. falloutcoyote
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Overall feels like a rush job by a half-rate studio, not one of Nintendo's flagship titles. The game is weirdly buggy, looks bland and recycled and just...overall lacks content. For the little bit of content that is there, since I can't import a lot of my favorite Pokemon from previous titles I can't even get the usual replayability I would out of the game.

    I have tried to keep positive    Overall feels like a rush job by a half-rate studio, not one of Nintendo's flagship titles. The game is weirdly buggy, looks bland and recycled and just...overall lacks content. For the little bit of content that is there, since I can't import a lot of my favorite Pokemon from previous titles I can't even get the usual replayability I would out of the game.

    I have tried to keep positive during all the online hate and had high hopes all the way up to launch since Gamefreak said they would use that extra time from the cut content to add new animations and polish the game, but this is basically a rehashed 3DS game (and a bad one at that) with a higher price tag, half the content and the worst gimmicks yet (looking at you Gigantamax/Dynamax/Raids). For how well Nintendo's been doing with the Switch and its flagship titles so far, this is a confusing inexplicable mess and the first game in awhile that just doesn't feel like its worth the money.    … Expand
  51. Jedi4Jesus13
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    Lots of fun. Best Pokemon game yet! No, it doesn't fully take advantage of the Switch's hardware, but let the company get used to the hardware and the next one will be better. But there's so many great improvements made to this game! Most fun you can have with a Pokemon game
  52. onewhoknowsall
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    I've been a avid player since 6 years old and ever since X and y it's been pretty hard to stay interested in this franchise. Don't get me wrong pokemon will always have it's fun moments but I deffenatly believe the franchise has been in a decline. Pokemon sword and shield has a few good moments and I enjoy the new pokemon but it feels rushed and many good features were removed like pokemonI've been a avid player since 6 years old and ever since X and y it's been pretty hard to stay interested in this franchise. Don't get me wrong pokemon will always have it's fun moments but I deffenatly believe the franchise has been in a decline. Pokemon sword and shield has a few good moments and I enjoy the new pokemon but it feels rushed and many good features were removed like pokemon and moves. The switch has many better titles worth the 60$ unlike this game.… Expand
  53. Mutthear
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Big disappointment! Just cut most important features and made the journey bland
  54. ClockworkHawk
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    An awesome experience so far. This game has changed it up a bit from previous entries, but it's a fun and exiting evolution of the series.
  55. Syeo
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Where should I start? I'm pretty sad about the development of the Pokemon series. First of all, I play the games since Yellow came out. I collected each and every Pokemon so far, waiting to be used again.

    Story: There is almost no story. You simply go through the gyms and meanwhile some things apparantly happen. Even the Champ says he wants to take care of everything by himself so the    Where should I start? I'm pretty sad about the development of the Pokemon series. First of all, I play the games since Yellow came out. I collected each and every Pokemon so far, waiting to be used again.

    Story: There is almost no story. You simply go through the gyms and meanwhile some things apparantly happen. Even the Champ says he wants to take care of everything by himself so the player can rush through the game. Also, the "story" always is the same. A 10 years-old kid becoming the very best, ruining the plans of the evil group then. Nothing new at all.

    Graphics: Miserable. Of course, compared to the 3DS games it now looks much better, but compared to other games, also indie games, geez. The shadow make it look like you're floating, the areas are top down perspective but even there things don't look good. When you can look into the distance it's the worst: Nothing going on, just when you are close enough, NPCs, Pokemon and trees will pop up and disappear.
    Here and there framedrops, especially when playing online in the wild area.

    Music: The best thing about this game. The music makes the gym battles quite epic.

    Content: Well, this is the worst about the game. It is a series about collecting Pokemon. But they simply cut away more than half of all existing Pokemon. You don't even really get 100 new Pokemon, it's less. Most of the old features are cut, Dynamaxing is useless since you can 1-hit them as well. When Gamefreak already says it's a surprise to have bicycles back, well..
    There is no post-game content. Once you got through the game, that's it. And collecting only 400 Pokemon in total isn't a task that lasts forever.

    It's not a good game at all. The developing of two games simultaneously was too much for Gamefreak to handle. They should have released the game later or at least outsource some stuff to other developers. They made promises, they lied to us. They simply recycled animations and models and even used this as a reason why to cut Pokemon at all.

    But.. it's Pokemon, of course it sells well so why even bother. If I was in charge, I would make it completely open world, make it a mix between Monster Hunter and BotW. Taking professions, making groups to find certain Pokemon. And not the same stuff all over again for like 20 years.    … Expand
  56. 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
  57. cloud444
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Pretty sad this is all they can come up with for a AAA title on the switch.Bad character animations, no amazings dungeons, pretty straight forward linear path of just pressing the a button will get you through the game. With the power and money this company has this is pretty embarrassing this is all they could come up with. Im extremely disappointed with this. Terrible textures this couldPretty sad this is all they can come up with for a AAA title on the switch.Bad character animations, no amazings dungeons, pretty straight forward linear path of just pressing the a button will get you through the game. With the power and money this company has this is pretty embarrassing this is all they could come up with. Im extremely disappointed with this. Terrible textures this could have been a 3ds game. They need to rethink this whole formula, pokemon fans deserve something new and fresh like open world and 2 leagues, maybe have ALL the pokemon in the actually game. I can't believe they keep getting away with this highway robbery selling the same **** over and over. Do yourself a favour and DONT buy this TRASH game… Expand
  58. CLJgamer
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    #GameFreakLied
    Total descaso com fans de anos da franquia, Pokedex super capada, jogo ficou muito mais casual, reutilização de modelo 3D, gráfico meh. Não vale nem perto dos R$300 gastos
  59. jthm4013
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Best looking pokemon game i have ever seen, wish they would of given voice audio to the characters, other than that the game is amazing
  60. SirGotMilk
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    So good! Very fun pokemon game, I enjoyed playing it very much. There were lots of improvements that made the game very enjoyable.
  61. kangaruu
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Phoned in and a backwards step for the series. Gamefreak should be ashamed of this trash. Nintendo needs to do better.
  62. Fuswl
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Gutes Spiel nette Grafik. Kann nicht verstehen wieso sich alle drüber aufregen. Pokemon immer wieder gerne
  63. Xkayz
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Unfinished game, animations make no sense sometimes, game feels rushed. Game feels limited. Little to no post-game content
  64. Felink2019
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Amazing game, amazing New forms, enjoy and stop de stupid hate. Is a big jump to the next open world in franchaise.
  65. zkmugen
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    it doesnt even look like a game made for the switch. so much wasted potential. i;d be fine with the dexit if the graphics, animation, mechanics, content made up for it. but no. they just made an awful game and slapped the name pokemon on it. then ka-ching!
  66. FireGF1231
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Complete joke of a game. Removed a significant amount of content from the series in cut moves, z-moves, mega evolutions and worst of all half the roster of pokemon. Graphics look like they are from last decade at best. Models are re-used from the 3DS era with only a few new model. Little to no post-game content outside of one battle facility. I remember thinking Let's go was the worst gameComplete joke of a game. Removed a significant amount of content from the series in cut moves, z-moves, mega evolutions and worst of all half the roster of pokemon. Graphics look like they are from last decade at best. Models are re-used from the 3DS era with only a few new model. Little to no post-game content outside of one battle facility. I remember thinking Let's go was the worst game in the serie, but it's now looking like the better pokemon switch game.… Expand
  67. spnc2217
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    An unambitious mess that shows GameFreak is out of its depth with HD/console development and have rushed this game. The reasons given for the removal of tons of content like half of all pokemon do not add up - animations, graphics, and performance are not at the level expected of cutting so much content for them. GameFreak lied.
  68. Guerreroo
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Hate the new Pokemon design they look like zootopia characters, the worst Pokemon so far.
  69. VafT
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    I'll try make it simple, we're in 2019 and this games isn't better than ANY other pokemon version.

    Gamefreak did what every company is doing, using a big franchise to make a game using the lowest budget possible and selling it at AAA price to profit the most, without caring a single bit about gamers. I'm sorry but it's the truth, and if you're a REAL pokemon fan and you've played all or    I'll try make it simple, we're in 2019 and this games isn't better than ANY other pokemon version.

    Gamefreak did what every company is doing, using a big franchise to make a game using the lowest budget possible and selling it at AAA price to profit the most, without caring a single bit about gamers.

    I'm sorry but it's the truth, and if you're a REAL pokemon fan and you've played all or even some of the other versions you know this one is just a 9 years old parents or Kiku fans unfinished money scrapper...

    Please Gamefreak, do a litle effort and stop selling this kind of BAD BAD copy paste "games"!

    You're a big company with big budget, and since you like COPY PASTE so much, try copying Breath of the wild and mixing it with pokemon with a REAL character creation and customization, make a REAL GOOD GAME! We're in 2019 for fu&$% sake..... Thank you for your time    … Expand
  70. abaddon169
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    1-. Gotta Catch em alln't
    2-. Cortar la dex a la mitad para crear modelos desde 0 y terminar usando los mismos modelos con animaciones y modelados de escenario bastante pobres
  71. stratosf
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Really funny pokémon game. Keep on this game freak a love this game and I'm having so much fun with it. Awesome graphics and really nice moves. Story is long not like other pokémon games and I love the new battle system and also the legendaries and new pokémon species.
  72. Josep79
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Los que dicen que los graficos de este gran juego para mi el mejor en muchos años están al nivel de la ps1 o ps2 esta claro que no han jugado a esas consolas en su vida xq cuando quieran les reto a que me enseñen un solo juego de la época que tenga los gráficos al nivel de este pokémon en lo que se refiere a que no tenga todos los pokémon vamos señores que eso es lo más grave manda naricesLos que dicen que los graficos de este gran juego para mi el mejor en muchos años están al nivel de la ps1 o ps2 esta claro que no han jugado a esas consolas en su vida xq cuando quieran les reto a que me enseñen un solo juego de la época que tenga los gráficos al nivel de este pokémon en lo que se refiere a que no tenga todos los pokémon vamos señores que eso es lo más grave manda narices yo recuerdo con mucha nostalgia el primeros pokémon que tendrían que ver ustedes esos gráficos que si que eran para verlos y echarse a llorar yo espero que a partir de ahora todos los pokémon sean como este por dios que lo espero.… Expand
  73. Lagssss
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    El juego está bastante bien, a pesar del recorte de pokemon, ciertas texturas bastante malas y un bug que se puede solucionar,todo lo demás es bueno.
    En cuanto a jugabilidad, posee la misma con la que estamos familiarizados, el gigantamax y dinamax, no deja de ser una mega evolución más grande,por fuera se ve bastante épico. La historia es la misma de hace 20 años, pero posee ciertos    El juego está bastante bien, a pesar del recorte de pokemon, ciertas texturas bastante malas y un bug que se puede solucionar,todo lo demás es bueno.
    En cuanto a jugabilidad, posee la misma con la que estamos familiarizados, el gigantamax y dinamax, no deja de ser una mega evolución más grande,por fuera se ve bastante épico. La historia es la misma de hace 20 años, pero posee ciertos matices que la hacen interesante,como el hecho que los gimnasios sean un evento nacional, que sepas que no eres el único juntando medallas da una ilusión de compañía, de que el mundo está vivo, que se mueve sin que tu te muevas,lo cual ayuda a la inmersión mayor, ayuda a que sientes que estas en el mundo pokemon. Los rivales son un acierto, devido a que tenemos 3 tipos de rivales, cada uno con una personalidad distinta, que para estándares de pokemon es bastante buena,
    Paul a simple vista parece un tilo 2.0,pero es mucho más rival que tilo, carismático y te ayuda a sentirte como si de verdad haya una amenaza amistosa ahí afuera, la personalidad de paul se puede comparar con el típico protagonista shonen. Lo cual para una historia de pokemon calza como anillo al dedo
    Los otros secundarios son bastante carismáticos, como por ejemplo lionel, el cual desde que lo ves por primera vez te gana el corazón.
    El equipo villano es algo bastante diferente a lo que gamefreack nos tenía acostumbrado, el hecho de representar las barras bravas, es una idea acertada para el tipo de desafíos que son los gimnasios esta vez, a pesar de esto, el team yell tiene un limitante, al quedarse al margen solo siguiendo a una aspirante, se vuelve un tanto repetitivo, además que no da el juego que tenían otros equipos, como un plan maquiavelico o un objetivo totalmente sucio, llevando a los límites el mundo para obtener su meta, como hemos visto en otras entregas de pokemon La cantidad de pokemon que hay es favorable, es un desafío completar la dex y a pesar de no tener los 900 pokemon aprox, no está nada mal, la cantidad de pokemon incluidos ayuda a mantenerte pegado a la consola, sin sentir la falta de contenido. En cuanto a las texturas, uno de los apartados más polémico, las texturas de los árboles deja mucho que desear, pero generalmente, las bajas de texturas se dan solamente en la zona silvestre, después de eso, la rutas normales poseen unas textura razonables para un juego de switch. La baja de texturas no afecta lo más mínimo la inmersión en el título. En cuanto a las animaciones, tenemos 2 ramificación. 1. La animaciones de combates están bien logradas, pero existen ciertos movimientos los cuales dejan mucho que desear, como por ejemplo doble patada en cuel es la misma animación que ya vimos en xy, a pesar de esto, no rompen con la inmerción lograda. 2. Las animaciones de cinemáticas, están muy bien logradas, se ve con excelente cálida en modo portátil y son totalmente disfrutables, El problema más grande del juego y que lo deje al final,devido a que es el único problema el cual no se le puede defender, es la duración del título, el cual va desde las 8 horas hasta las 15 horas, el cual se convertiría en el pokemon principal más corto. En resumen Pokemon sword and shield es un excelente título, que a pesar de la polémicas que ha resivido hay gente que simplemente no ha escuchado razones y basura el juego sin siquiera jugarlo, posee temas innovadores para ser pokemon, la cantidad de pokemon no es deficiente y no quieta la experiencia. Los personajes son más carismáticos que en las 2 entregas anteriores, sintiéndose vivos, tienen metas tangibles y dan lo que sea por llegar a hacerlas realidad, el equipo malvado no da para mucho juego, pero se sale de los estándares de equipos malvado de pokemon. Nintendo y Game Freak tuvieron 3 graves errores, que han dejado el título muy mal parado, a pesar de ser un título con un calidad que sólo gamefreack sabe darnos
    . Los errores de Game Freak fueron el recorte de pokemon, el tiempo de desarrollo y sobre todo la mala publicidad del juego,. Pero sin dejarnos llevar por otras opiniones, pokemon s y s es un excelente juego que posee bajas, que no afectan la experiencia, por eso le doy un 8.0 sobre 10    … Expand
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. rencecond
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Despite the dexcut and graphical shortcomings I was aware of before playing, I was pretty hyped about this game, but turns out it's less of a package than even the 3DS games were that will cost you an extra 20 USD, compared to previous mainline Pokemon entries. It suffers greatly from a gimped, poorly paced storyline that doesn't give enough time for it's cast to shine and develop, asideDespite the dexcut and graphical shortcomings I was aware of before playing, I was pretty hyped about this game, but turns out it's less of a package than even the 3DS games were that will cost you an extra 20 USD, compared to previous mainline Pokemon entries. It suffers greatly from a gimped, poorly paced storyline that doesn't give enough time for it's cast to shine and develop, aside from Hop, who is a carbon copy, down to several animations, of the last gen's Hau. The story itself is re-using a lot of tropes from the last mainline entry, and overall, while starting strong, feels rushed and shallow towards the end. Just as shallow as it's story is the game's world, the Galar region, featuring only 10 routes, 6 out of 10 of which are basically staright, fairly short lines that have little to no exploration to them or branching paths. The game features no traditional dungeons, and those locations that are intended to be them hardly ever have more than two branching paths. The most advertised feature of the game, the Wild Area, is a disappointing mess that showcases most of the technical issues with this game: the insanely small draw distance (which is an apparent issue even outside of wild area), questionable gameplay design choices and low resolution texutres and unstable framerate, coupled with the barren game world, lacking in detail or meanwhile content to do. But unfortunately, issues don't end there. More than 100 moves were deleted from the game, the abovementioned pokedex cut leaves out more than 50% of past generations pokemon, the postgame is incredibly disappointing and expects player to play competitively, meaning there is little to no single player content for a player to chew on. The new gimmick of this generation, Dynamaxing, has a promising theme - Kaiju-inspired giant monster fights, which, sadly, it doesn't live up to. The new pokemon designs and characters are charming and creative, but do not justify a 60 USD purchase in any way, shape or form.… Expand
  77. Quinneyboi
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Sword is a pointless game that they knew they could get away with. Graphics are not up to par. Wild area is okay but could be improved. Not happy with the game. Disappointed that they did mediocre work.
  78. huskyandsushi
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    I'll be honest the game makes too much money to get this kind of low production value. Music should be orchestrated, not 2002 midi instruments, performance should be polished, the wild area struggles to run. And animations should be fluid, like not having Trainers and Pokémon turn left and right like military tanks. And of course, I'm going to say it. It's a Pokémon game, it should haveI'll be honest the game makes too much money to get this kind of low production value. Music should be orchestrated, not 2002 midi instruments, performance should be polished, the wild area struggles to run. And animations should be fluid, like not having Trainers and Pokémon turn left and right like military tanks. And of course, I'm going to say it. It's a Pokémon game, it should have all the Pokémon in it. It's very obvious they limited the Pokédex only to create a necessity for people to buy subscriptions to Pokémon Home. It's just a cash grab. People are putting Pokémon that weren't suppose to work into the game like old starters and legendaries- and surprise, they just work. It baffles my mind that the Pokémon that they chose to remove even contained starters let alone fan favorites. I think the worst out of all of this is how the company chooses to not talk about it or address concerns, it just says "we don't care about our customers" and I can't trust a company that acts like that.… Expand
  79. xxRaaphs
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    I was not paid to do this review.
    I'm 28, not a kid. I'm a consultant as work.
    Yes, I'm a big fan of the series (as most people who have already played the game, of course). ... and this is the best game in the series ever. Seriously the best pokemon I ever played (I played at least 1 game of all generations, usually 2) I played 10 hours of the game before getting to the second city,    I was not paid to do this review.
    I'm 28, not a kid. I'm a consultant as work.
    Yes, I'm a big fan of the series (as most people who have already played the game, of course).

    ... and this is the best game in the series ever. Seriously the best pokemon I ever played (I played at least 1 game of all generations, usually 2)

    I played 10 hours of the game before getting to the second city, because there's this amazing thing called wilf area in the way, which to me felt the same way as playing Breath of The Wild with pokemon.

    It's crazy to be a huge area with 50+ first evolution stage pokemon and you barely just picked your starter and did some random talking with some characters.

    I see a lot of ppl complaining of being overleveled, but it's clearly because the wild area is super fun, and Game Freak couldn't have been sure that have imagined that most of the ppl would spend so much time there (a lot of ppl don't care that much about wild pokemon, just wanna get the game done, for example) that it would impact level throughout the rest of the game.

    anyway, dont listen to all the unreasonable hate. the game has just released and I hear it has some bugs, but what game doesn't launch with bugs these days? most of them will be fixed with 1-2 patches. I myself have played over 13 hours and did not run on a single bug-drop of fps.

    Sincerely hope ppl start playing this game as soon as possible and see how fun it is... it must be s complete bummer to see all the work Game Freak put into this and so much hate. I would lose my will to do it, you know? it's an amazing game. really.

    repeating: I'm not a robot, not paid, not involved with GF or anyone, simple person really enjoying the game.    … Expand
  80. Bruhnohomo
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Renders are horrible and so are the starters evolutions, the legendary aslo doesn't even look like a legendary
  81. sunsid
    Nov 16, 2019
    6
    The core Pokemon experience remains addicting as ever but the whole experience is marred by mediocre graphics that don't belong on a home console. Despite many moves and pokemon getting cut, the quality of the animation doesn't even match that of the N64 games released eons ago. Most Nintendo games have plenty of attention to detail, but this one completely lacks any of that - one jarringThe core Pokemon experience remains addicting as ever but the whole experience is marred by mediocre graphics that don't belong on a home console. Despite many moves and pokemon getting cut, the quality of the animation doesn't even match that of the N64 games released eons ago. Most Nintendo games have plenty of attention to detail, but this one completely lacks any of that - one jarring example is where shadows are missing/at the wrong place making the character look like they're floating. Dynamax was more fun than anticipated but is extremely limited where it can be used. The Wild Area, the other new thing, is barren and lifeless with pokemon popping out of the ground like they're all Digletts, robotic wingulls that glide without losing height and turn at sharp right angles, N64 era trees and other environmental items that pop in and out of existence. This area could have been like Gormott plains from Xenoblade 2, but completely squanders that opportunity. The cities and routes look graphically impressive but are empty - there's no city that comes close to Castelia City or Lumiose City from previous generations in terms of how lively they were. The music is mostly great as usual. The only good things to say about this game apply to every other game in the series, so you would be better off saving your money and spend it on the games that don't charge you as much. Hell, upscaled Sun/Moon would look as good as this game, so do yourself a favor… Expand
  82. SamPorters
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    - Less Pokemon species than previous games
    - Less moves than previous games
    - Core mechanics of previous games are removed
    - Worst looking graphics than the average PS2 game
    - Close to every animation is reused from previous games
    - The only thing when this game overcome previous Pokemon games is in the lies of the developers
  83. Mi4_Slayer
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    Painfully mediocre and lazy. The final battle was a joke. Hop is annoying. The champions theme is garbage. The game is way too easy. While it's still pokemon and you can fin enjoyment out if this. You expect more from the top grossing media franchises in the world that made the jump into console. I feel like they've just bee. Exposes in terms of skills and efforts
  84. Guyincognito14
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Dexit + NO GTS + Scaling Issues + animation issues + no postgame content = terrible game
  85. Geoeg
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    After the company said they were reducing the amount of characters in order to improve animations and models, only to reuse the same models from previous titles, it’s obvious Game Freak cafes more about their other project, Small Town Hero. The copy I received has an issue where after ANY command is input in battle, the screen has a few frames of a completely random angle and it is quite jaring.
  86. Sirasseater
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Terrible graphics combined with removed Pokémon and bland animations these features combined to create the biggest cash grab Pokémon game of all time.
  87. Flareon
    Nov 16, 2019
    6
    A lot of drop frames in wild area, to much programming errors. The game is nice but don't worth the price
  88. maai
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    una gran salto en la generacion, los escenarios se ven increibles han añadidos nuevas opciones utiles en los menus interacciones en las batalla y en los enfrentamientos con los lideres de gimnasio. muy bueno lo recomiendo. a todos los fans.
  89. 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
  90. GalarSword
    Nov 16, 2019
    1
    Beautiful Wild Area with mediocre graphic. Played for a day. Returned back for refund.
  91. 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
  92. Captain_karen
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thoroughly enjoyed this game thus far and found it very deserving of a 10!… Expand
  93. Jp117
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Game is great yea I miss the Pokémon that weren’t there but had fun playing been a fan since red/blue
  94. kbrooks25
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Awful cut-ins and graphics, and a terrible cut to pokemon and moves. Honestly worse than the 3DS games.
  95. gawlf
    Nov 16, 2019
    8
    Obviously far from perfect, but largely enjoyable and a very decent entry in the series. The games look great (thought specially the Wild Area could use some technical improvements), the new pokémon and characters are filled to the brim with charisma, and Galar is just gorgeous. The games take a few steps in the right direction, though they still feel very continuist in many other aspectsObviously far from perfect, but largely enjoyable and a very decent entry in the series. The games look great (thought specially the Wild Area could use some technical improvements), the new pokémon and characters are filled to the brim with charisma, and Galar is just gorgeous. The games take a few steps in the right direction, though they still feel very continuist in many other aspects and they could certainly be more ambitious.… Expand
  96. Jess16
    Nov 16, 2019
    5
    Love this Game play all the game I actually think when they started introducing stuff like mega stone z crystal and now dynamax they were making the game to easy to Beat Also games fo feel short but it depending on how you playare you playing to catch all the Pokémon or are you playing more for the story the other thing that make a difference is also how much have you played and howLove this Game play all the game I actually think when they started introducing stuff like mega stone z crystal and now dynamax they were making the game to easy to Beat Also games fo feel short but it depending on how you playare you playing to catch all the Pokémon or are you playing more for the story the other thing that make a difference is also how much have you played and how long have you had it Also I been playing mostly blind like I don’t know most of the new Pokémon type or evolution or even knowing the gym leader pokemon level. The other thing is when defeating gym I only use one Pokémon that has the type advantage of the gym leader and that made the gym leader harder to defeat. I do think they made this game easy but I think game freak did it for those that are new to to Pokémon that might of started with Pokémon go or let go As for the Pokédex don’t treat this game like a gen 8 game think of it like a gen 1 game… Expand
  97. Angelds_1
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Me encanta este pokemon ...... Ya tenia tiempo que deje de juagarlo y esta ves que vuelvo siento muchos cambios pero me encantan.
  98. Aaaaaahhhhhhh
    Nov 16, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game isn't perfect. I bought the double pack because I've played Pokemon for a while now (since ruby and sapphire). I was really excited for this game. It's fun because it's pokemon but the graph8cs look for the 3ds at
    times. I was okay with the graphics of the 3ds but on a HD system it's not great at all. Some of the new Pokemon are great eternus is a great Pokemon and i really like it i just wish there was more Pokemon in the pokedex considering Pokemon x and y had an entire national sex over 700 Pokemon.    … Expand
  99. YueOrigin
    Nov 16, 2019
    4
    First of all, I would like to say that this review of mine is from the point of view of a fan who played for decades and also mainly play for the competitive aspect.

    If you're thinking about competitive... This might not be the best game for you, obviously, the fact that they removed a lot of pokemon do affect it but the scene will somewhat adapt, it's more of a personal feeling and the    First of all, I would like to say that this review of mine is from the point of view of a fan who played for decades and also mainly play for the competitive aspect.

    If you're thinking about competitive... This might not be the best game for you, obviously, the fact that they removed a lot of pokemon do affect it but the scene will somewhat adapt, it's more of a personal feeling and the fact that you'll be forced to make new teams to fill up your empty spots...

    But how is it now ?
    If you are like me and you like the farming and breeding aspect of the game.
    Welp, it's gonna be less fun.

    The competitive scene definitely became more welcoming that way.
    But come on, it is pokemon, everyone is cheating their team anyways, at the end they just made training less interesting for the people.
    But who cares about them anyway? The minority doesn't matter lol...

    So,
    you can now change the nature of your pokemon, which btw makes no sense since it's supposed to represent their personality and physical aspect they get from birth...
    And seriously, nature is the easiest part of breeding.

    Ev training just got harder thought and not in a good way. The forced EXP share means that you can only train one pokemon at a time unless you want to foram one stat for multiple pokemon.
    If you want only one of you pokemon to get attacks EV?
    Well, you gotta put everyone else away. Deal with it.

    IV is more or less the same which is weird since it's actually the most annoying process of breeding...

    So to resume, they made the easiest part of breeding which is nature filtering easier and made the hardest part which is EV training more annoying.
    Good job Gamefreak.

    Now, the most interesting part, the reason why the famous dexit or the Pokedex snap, the animations, and graphics...

    Nothing changed, we were promised high-quality animations and better graphics...
    Well, for the graphics it's as expected, I never expected something at the level of Pokken anyway.
    The animations? We got new ones alright.
    Better ones? Nope !

    As always the animations are at the level of a mid-budget indie game.
    The first thing they promised was better animations...
    Well, I guess for they "better" means "more" to them.
    And don't expect them to be all new, we can find a lot of animations that were recycled from Sun and Moon.
    Now do you know how much pokemon is worth, I don't think I need to give you numbers for you to know that the franchise is worth quite a lot even when the profits are split between three companies.
    So now, why does Gamefreak still can't afford to make new animations?
    I could give you quite a lot of theories but this review is already way too long.

    Last one, models?
    Still the same, a bunch of models made years ago that were updated for this game to not look even worse.
    They still, managed to cut most of them in this game anyway...

    But you know, with all those negatives aspects I wrote, the game is still not worth a "0" like some noted it.
    It's definitely not worth a 9/10 too.
    It's average at best, it is a fun pokemon game with fewer features, like always.

    I noted it 5/10 instead of 4 since I still had fun. until I've seen the new competitive part which why it's never gonna get over 5.

    I at least hope the post-game is good, Sun and Moon were pretty bad in that part. Ultra Sun and Moon did good tho. let's hope they don't repeat that formula and we don't get Royal Sword and Shield... TL;DR : Average Game. Breeding got weird and annoying even tho they tried to make it easier Dexit is dexit. Models and animations are at the quality of a mid-budget indie game, they were mostly recycled from the 3DS games anyway. The game is not that bad but definitely not worth a 9/10 like some think. If you like casual, you'll like it. Semi-hardcore? You might be ok with it. Competitive player who play the games to death ? You might get angry over a lot of things... Edit: I actually forgot, what the hell Gamefreak, the hell is that "TR" thing Gen 5 did an awesome thing at making TM infinite and you bring back that limited **** ?! Gamefreak is just encouraging people to cheat to make the pokemon and teams they want at this point... I'm getting back my 1 point just from this bull**** regression...    … Expand
  100. Cruzeta
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    A mk me parece junto a pokemon sol y luna lo mejor que han hecho pokemon y gamefreak quieren implementar nievas mecanicas y pokemons y vosotros os quejais ningun juego es perfecto los juegos estan para disfrutarlos
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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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