Pokemon Sword

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  1. Leo_Trinity
    Sep 28, 2020
    10
    This game's pretty fun if you are a fan of Pokemon. The game isn't that good but I wouldnt give it a 4.6 like the user reviews on Metacritic show. It definetely deserves more then that, at least above 5.5. If you have friends that are interested in Pokemon, you could easily go around having fun in Max Raid Battles. And since DLC 2 is coming and you'll have the ability to catch moreThis game's pretty fun if you are a fan of Pokemon. The game isn't that good but I wouldnt give it a 4.6 like the user reviews on Metacritic show. It definetely deserves more then that, at least above 5.5. If you have friends that are interested in Pokemon, you could easily go around having fun in Max Raid Battles. And since DLC 2 is coming and you'll have the ability to catch more legendaries, that's gonna be even more fun. Give it a chance.… Expand
  2. bothater69
    Sep 26, 2020
    10
    i would giv this game a 7 if it werent for marnie...... 10 best game best game masterpiece 10/10
  3. SobbleAJ
    Sep 21, 2020
    7
    This game is not nearly as bad as the internet makes it out to be. People act like it’s the worst game ever made, when that’s simply not the case. It has flaws such as the lack of a national pokedex, but raid battles and the new gyms are pretty amazing. I also really dig the new designs. Sobble is my new favorite Pokémon now.
  4. Allen_Wolf
    Sep 21, 2020
    10
    Un muy buen juego. No es el mejor pokemon, pero es muy divertido. Tiene unos graficos muy bonitos y unos diseños encantadores en lo que a pokemon se refiere. Un juego que brinda incontables horas de diversion junto a tus pokemon favoritos( de esta generacion, al menos. Esperemos que en el futuro añandan a los de anteriores generaciones, o en los futuros juegos de pokemon al menos). MuyUn muy buen juego. No es el mejor pokemon, pero es muy divertido. Tiene unos graficos muy bonitos y unos diseños encantadores en lo que a pokemon se refiere. Un juego que brinda incontables horas de diversion junto a tus pokemon favoritos( de esta generacion, al menos. Esperemos que en el futuro añandan a los de anteriores generaciones, o en los futuros juegos de pokemon al menos). Muy divertido y recomendable.… Expand
  5. GamePlayer77
    Sep 19, 2020
    3
    A huge downgrade to the Pokemon series, and not for nostalgia reasons. There are so many bugs and dropped features leaking throughout this mess, which is unacceptable for a huge company with a highly anticipated game like Nintendo.
  6. Herowill
    Sep 18, 2020
    1
    Pokemon were used to sell DLC. the Pokedex is not complete. The game is very short.
  7. Alberto_Rahl
    Sep 16, 2020
    4
    Le pongo un 4 porque se enciende y funciona. Solo voy a decir que se nota que era un juego de la 3DS.

    Además como fan de Pokemon de toda la vida estoy cansado de que el nivel de dificultad siga bajando con cada nuevo juego. Por favor Game Freak, para el próximo poned distintos niveles de dificultad y dejad de llevar de la mano al jugador durante todo el juego. 30 minutos de tutorial    Le pongo un 4 porque se enciende y funciona. Solo voy a decir que se nota que era un juego de la 3DS.

    Además como fan de Pokemon de toda la vida estoy cansado de que el nivel de dificultad siga bajando con cada nuevo juego. Por favor Game Freak, para el próximo poned distintos niveles de dificultad y dejad de llevar de la mano al jugador durante todo el juego. 30 minutos de tutorial está bien pero no 30 horas...    … Expand
  8. GhostieGaming
    Sep 12, 2020
    10
    My first experience with the Switch Pokemon games and I was not disappointed. Massive improvement over the 3DS era of Pokemon.
  9. elolugo
    Sep 10, 2020
    8
    Great game. Lots of pokemon. Lots of area for exploring. Yeah the textures are lame but who cares
  10. AleJi0
    Sep 9, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pokemon espada y escudo son buenos juegos, pero las cosas malas destacan MUCHISIMO MAS NOTABLES que las buenas

    Malas

    - La dificultad es NULA, el juego es un paseo en ningun momento te pone una dificultad, el juego perfectamente te lo podrias pasar con los ojos cerrados y aun asi ganarias todos los combates y eso aburre

    - La mediocridad de las animaciones, pokemon sol y luna han demostrado tener una mayor calidad de animaciones que pokemon espada y escudo, esto no seria un problema SI NO FUERA por que masuda dijo en una entrevista que se centraran mas en el apartado tecnico que en poner los 900 y pic0 pokemons, cosa que fue una mentira

    - la historia es un caso perdido, la historia no hay quien la salve, al menos en sol y luna contaban una historia minimamente entretenida, mientras que aqui se resume en:

    vas a un pueblo, ganas la medalla y pasas al siguiente pueblo

    - Los dlc, en que mundo pokemon tiene dlc?, pokemon no es una franquicia apta para contenido extra y no solo eso, los dlc estaban siendo desarrollados a la par del juego habian hecho los dlc a proposito para sacar mas dinero

    Buenas:

    - Si algo se le puede rescatar a este juego son las texturas, a simple vista parecen un copy y paste de la 3ds, pero si te fijas bien notaras una mejora MUCHISIMO MAYOR que las de sol y luna y diran "aY peR0 eZ z0l0 un reEzkalado" no, si juegas en citra a 4x notaras que las texturas de la 3ds son muy inferiores a las de espada y escudo y el salto grafico que dieron estos juegos FUE TREMENDO (sin contar los arboles JASHGGSD)

    - Los rivales (roxy no cuenta)

    Empezemos por paul, paul es.... EL MEJOR RIVAL DE TODOS la historia que se va desarrollando en secreto sobre paul es una maravilla, paul siempre esta intentando alcanzarte mientras que por dentro se va quebrando por sentirse inferior al pensar que no cumple con las expectativas y mancha el nombre de lionen y todo eso termina de explotar en la final, donde se ve a un paul furioso y a la vez triste por que tu le destruiste sus sueños y en el postgame se ve a paul teniendo su ultima batalla contigo y buscando una nueva aspiracion

    Berto, berto crecio en un orfanato adoptado por el presidente rose, el lo crio, berto haria todo por el para traicionar su confianza eso se muestra cuando berto estaba reuniendo estrellas deseo, se le veia muy confiado por que sabia que tenia el respaldo del presidente de la region, imaginate que el presidente te adopta y te cria como su propio hijo para en el futuro confiarte la invitacion al desafio de los gimnasios, que harias tu si eso pasa? y no solo eso, le encargo reunir las estrellas deseo cosa que mas adelante en la historia se demuestra que rose solo engañaba a berto, tratandolo como un titere para conseguir su objetivo, imaginate lo que sentirias tu y despues es adoptado (otra vez) por la lider de gimnasio de tipo hada y de paso berto sanar la herida que rose le provoco para que al final tenga su enfrentamiento contra ti y asi terminar su historia

    - Los arboles, ok no xD

    - El diseño de los pokemon, estamos frente a unos diseños TREMENDOS

    Empezemos por alcremie, quien no quiere a alcremie? una tarta que depende de como la cocines para que tenga una forma u otra, es una delicia (no literalmente)

    Wooloo.... wooloo es... es... EL MEJOR POKEMON DE TODOS, quien no quiere a wooloo? una ovejita con una cara, lana y orejas tan maravillosas que no te resistes a abrazarlo es uno de los mejores diseños habido y por haber, sin duda un pokemon excelente

    En resumen pokemon espada y escudo son juegos con MUCHO potencial desperdiciado y un juego muy mejorable    … Expand
  11. Lochoupp
    Sep 7, 2020
    3
    Étant novice de la série des jeux Pokémon mais friand des Jrpg, je me suis dit que jouer à Pokémon Épée serait plutôt sympathique ou tout au moins divertissant. Hélas, ce jeu n'est honnêtement pas un bon jeu. Gameplay très limité même avec une multitude de Pokémon, animations vraiment pas terribles, peu diversifiées et très saccadées, graphismes honteux pour une switch et clipping abusif àÉtant novice de la série des jeux Pokémon mais friand des Jrpg, je me suis dit que jouer à Pokémon Épée serait plutôt sympathique ou tout au moins divertissant. Hélas, ce jeu n'est honnêtement pas un bon jeu. Gameplay très limité même avec une multitude de Pokémon, animations vraiment pas terribles, peu diversifiées et très saccadées, graphismes honteux pour une switch et clipping abusif à souhait. De plus les modèles des personnages sont recyclés absolument partout dans le jeu (il se peu que plusieurs personnages aient exactement le même skin côte à côte), l'environnement n'est pas du tout diversifié dans un open world triste avec une musique oubliable.
    Pour donner quelques bons points au jeu, je trouve que l'ambiance dans les arènes est plutôt bien reproduite et on sent vraiment une importance au combat avec le dynamax malgré la facilité déconcertante que l'on a à battre les membres de la ligue.
    Malheureusement j'aurais aimé dire que ce jeu était bien, mais c'est pas parce que c'est Pokémon que tous les défauts doivent passer à la trappe parce que c'est Pokémon et que c'est comme ça depuis longtemps... Non, ces défauts sont inexcusables aujourd'hui quelque soit la licence.
    Je n'ai pas passé un bon moment avec ce jeu, mais j'espère que le contenu additionnel saura ajouter du contenu en quantité importante pour rattraper le vide qu'il y a et pas seulement un ajout bête de Pokémon.    … Expand
  12. n_dhruvo
    Sep 6, 2020
    8
    This is my 1st pokemon game on nintendo switch. Devs did a great job but the game has some huge flaws. 3d environments are okay but needs a lot of improvement. For example, tree renderings are bad. Object pop ins are very noticeable. When u climb ladders all objects/ pokemon /npcs around u freeze for some reason. Older Attack animations were simply borrowed from older games with noThis is my 1st pokemon game on nintendo switch. Devs did a great job but the game has some huge flaws. 3d environments are okay but needs a lot of improvement. For example, tree renderings are bad. Object pop ins are very noticeable. When u climb ladders all objects/ pokemon /npcs around u freeze for some reason. Older Attack animations were simply borrowed from older games with no improvements at all. But some new moves are very impressive looking. For example “pyroball” is one of the best looking new moves in the game. Gamefreak has potential but they are lazy. In most areas camera is fixed. Only in the “wild area” camera is fully controllable. Speaking of wild area, the one if of the best addition to the game. U can fully explore huge open areas at ur leaser. Both weak and strong pokemon can pop up when u explore those areas. If u dont have enough gym badges and encounter strong pokemon u wont be able to catch it instead u have to fight it or run. This little change makes the game very rewarding. Also there are raid dens where u can ur friends can encounter huge pokemon. After u defeat that pokemon u will win rewards like TM/TR, berries etc and u will have an option to catch it. Gym battles are really fun especially the dynamaxing. Gym missions/ puzzles are fun to solve. During battle crowd cheers u. Just like a traditional sport games. Devs go as far as to force u to have to change to a gym uniform before facing gym leaders. U can change and customize ur cloths, gear, hair style and color. Camping is another great addition to the game. U can set up camps anywhere in the open areas. In camps u can play “catch” with ur pokemon, pet them, bond with them. U can also cook food by moving ur joycon itself. Food can heal ur pokemon, give exp and even give them stat boost. U can cook food by collecting berries and buying ingredients from the shop. This is no way a bad game. But it is some what disappointing since gamefreak chose to remove a lot of pokemon and some moves from the national pokedex. This needs to be fixed. Otherwise i love this game.… Expand
  13. ZeroBacon
    Sep 5, 2020
    3
    I have been a Pokémon fan for 7 years. I have played all generations except 5, and I can say with certainty that although gen’s 3,4, and the rest had really repetitive gameplay, they still had some charm to them. Good music, great graphics, everything. Sword and Shield were a big disappointment. They had recycled animation, a Pokédex being cut down after spending twenty years of working onI have been a Pokémon fan for 7 years. I have played all generations except 5, and I can say with certainty that although gen’s 3,4, and the rest had really repetitive gameplay, they still had some charm to them. Good music, great graphics, everything. Sword and Shield were a big disappointment. They had recycled animation, a Pokédex being cut down after spending twenty years of working on it, and a bad story with terrible dialogue, and just okay characters. The series since gen 6-7 has been really underwhelming, and has lost everything that made Pokemon pokemon. They think they can just make whatever the heck they want because they know the fans will buy it, and they are correct. Us fans need to step up and tell GameFreak and the Pokémon company itself and tell them in their faces that this is not what we want. Know I am worried if the inevitable Sinnoh remakes will end up the same. Boring and repetitive with a cut Pokédex and recycled animations, just as Sword and Shield was.… Expand
  14. LongHappyFrog
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    Worst pokemon game i have ever played. Didn't even feel like pokemon and it go to the point the story felt like a chore to play though. You could pay me and even then i dread to play though this game again.
  15. Garlands
    Sep 1, 2020
    7
    l'histoire est trop légère , la team ennemie ne sert a rien et le rival est un boulet mais sinon les pokémon , les stades et les combats gigamax sont vraiment cool
  16. Azraelfx
    Aug 31, 2020
    1
    It's really disappointing, not at all what people expected...........
  17. NuiHarime
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    juego incompleto, una mierda en toda regla, no importa si tiene los mejores personajes, el juego es una basura
  18. Link36
    Aug 26, 2020
    10
    Is a fantastic game...............................................................................................
  19. MrGoombs
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    overhated it’s not a bad game it’s not exactly a good game either but it’s fun and that’s what matters i wouldn’t actually give it a 10/10 i just am to counter the trills my real score would be 8/10
  20. Viciousblue
    Aug 20, 2020
    8
    De lo mejorcito que he jugado en Nintendo Switch, y por supuesto me parece una de las mejores ediciones de Pokémon hasta la fecha.
  21. Silaf
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    How can this game possibly be on a sistem that can run skyrim? Confront the wild area with skyrim... it's absurd.
    Online services are terrible and you need to pay for it. It was way better in x y with the gts. The game is getting worse instead of improving.
    Masuda lied and resold us old models instead of improving te game.
  22. Nmzdcb
    Aug 17, 2020
    4
    So forget the graphics, forget the lack of a full pokedex and the mostly bad animation whatever, that's all fluff. This game is just fundamentally bad. Take away the online capabilities and the open(ish) world, this can easily have been made on the DS and maybe even the game boy advance (of course not with the same graphical fidelity). Believe me the the old school formula is fine but theSo forget the graphics, forget the lack of a full pokedex and the mostly bad animation whatever, that's all fluff. This game is just fundamentally bad. Take away the online capabilities and the open(ish) world, this can easily have been made on the DS and maybe even the game boy advance (of course not with the same graphical fidelity). Believe me the the old school formula is fine but the as its first real console outing this game could have been amazing and instead it reeks of laziness. Way too short, way too shallow and no end game what so ever. Game Freak should be ashamed of themselves to release this in the state that they did. Someone new to the pokemon games may find this to be a decent game but as a pokemon bet this is literally the same game we have been getting since Red and Blue (once again, save the openish world environment and online features). This game is an utter disgrace and any long-time pokemon fan should stay far away from it… Expand
  23. FrasierKrane
    Aug 15, 2020
    7
    This game is simply too easy. The first time I played it was almost insane just how easy this game was, so I restarted it and had a playthrough without *any* items except pokeballs and a thunderstone. Even then, it was too easy. This game makes ORAS look like darksouls. However, this game has some great parts about it. The post-game was surprisingly epic, if a bit extra, and theThis game is simply too easy. The first time I played it was almost insane just how easy this game was, so I restarted it and had a playthrough without *any* items except pokeballs and a thunderstone. Even then, it was too easy. This game makes ORAS look like darksouls. However, this game has some great parts about it. The post-game was surprisingly epic, if a bit extra, and the wild-area was a great addition. exploring cities are fun, and everything about Spikemuth I like. Spikemuth is just so unique, it was quite refreshing. It kept the good of the Sun and Moon changes and left the bad, what more could you ask? I also personally like how challenging the Champion changed, that was quite an unexpected bit of fun. Cut-scenes are very boring in the game, I had to switch movies off and I'm very glad I did.… Expand
  24. Xverr
    Aug 11, 2020
    0
    As a pokemon player, this game is a complete disapointments. Graphics are an insult, wild area is bad imolemented, the game is ridiculously easy, no all pokemonas,caves and dungeons are so linear, the history is awfull, to sum up, game is very incompleted.
  25. GabFire
    Aug 9, 2020
    2
    Tutorial de como estragar uma franquia super conhecida e aclamada por todos, segunda parte:
    Passo número 1: Chame a Nintendo!
    Parabéns!!! Você concluiu seu tutorial.
  26. frdifrna
    Aug 8, 2020
    3
    A very shallow pokemon experience, with a story and lore where everything happens under the player's nose, and cities that, no matter how big a populous, you only have access to a few houses, besides the extremely short routes. All this for a very badly executed open world that is the Wild Area, where it relies mostly of the online services that are very primitive in Y-Comm. InterestingA very shallow pokemon experience, with a story and lore where everything happens under the player's nose, and cities that, no matter how big a populous, you only have access to a few houses, besides the extremely short routes. All this for a very badly executed open world that is the Wild Area, where it relies mostly of the online services that are very primitive in Y-Comm. Interesting characters but extremely bad exploited in the game itself. It simply could be a better game with the developers weren't so greedy.… Expand
  27. GinoBuonvino300
    Aug 7, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is amazing, it has a great Lore (who thinks that is too fast to finish, please, read the dialogue)
    -the story isn't that bad, although it doesn't have side quests or too many events, but the few events are epic
    -is a pokemon game with a mental change of the "main" rival (Hop), as opposed to previous games such as Lets Go ... Marnie who fights against injustices towards her city and her brother, as well as gym leader, makes you empathize with the character understanding him ...
    Beed takes on the role of the "bad" rival as were the rivals of the GS and Red and Blue games, which intrigues the player into wanting to defeat him (although the rival will still remain of his opinion, with a few small changes from time to time)
    -the music sector is one of the best ever created
    -the technical sector, unfortunately, is not uniform (just think of the animation of Zacian and Zamazenta in the post-league, but, also looking at the positive sides, of Zacian and Zamazenta against Eternatus)
    -the wild areas are, unfortunately, scarce in content, but the dynamax raids to do with friends make you have fun (moreover those of the dlc are much more detailed and more beautiful)    … Expand
  28. Mr_retro7000
    Aug 7, 2020
    0
    Just spent 60 **** dollars on a half finished game. If you want to play a pokemon game then just download an emulator. You are better off that way.
  29. Lehefir
    Aug 7, 2020
    2
    Desapointing, bad optimized. Playing since red/blue, I give up the franchise. Wild area its not interesting to play, the frame rate goes way down, giving headache. Bad interaction with your friends, compared to XY gen.
  30. Igortxu
    Aug 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. LA PRIMERA PARTE DE ESTA RESEÑA NO CONTIENE SPOILERS, EN CUANTO HAYA UN MÍNIMO DETALLE SOBRE LA TRAMA HABRÁ UN TEXTO INDICANDO QUE CONTIENE SPOILERS

    Para empezar, me parece una vergüenza que este juego sea el TERCER juego más vendido de la historia de Pokémon, superando casi a POKÉMON ORO Y PLATA. Me da igual que no estén todos los Pokémon y no le deseo el mal a ningún trabajador de Gamefreak pero es que la calidad de este juego respecto a entregas anteriores es pésima.

    -Es un juego de Switch, una consola muy potente la cual ha podido soportar The Witcher 3 y tiene juegos con muy buenos gráficos como Mario Oddyssey o Zelda Breath Of The Wild, sin embargo la segunda entrega de Pokémon en Switch y comienzo de la octava generación visualmente es horrible. No me quiero extenderme mucho aquí pero las texturas son de muy baja calidad, los arboles parecen un chiste, tiene graves problemas de distancia de renderizado en humanos, objetos y sobre todo en Pokémon del área silvestre, esto te corta un montón la experiencia. Los modelos tienen una calidad decente pero los humanos al moverse parecen robots y no solo humanos si no también muchos Pokémon y animaciones de combate. Hay algunas animaciones muy buenas pero en general son o recicladas de 3DS o vagas, por ejemplo que un Pokémon haga cabezazo y su animación sea dar una patada o que un Pokémon haga doble patada y su animación sea un saltito. Esto era justificable debido a las limitaciones de la 3DS y que era una portátil pequeña pero en una consola como la Switch esto es lamentable.

    -Sin duda lo peor de este juego es la narrativa, Pokémon en las últimas generaciones como en la quinta o en la séptima nos había entregado narrativas excelentes, cuyas historias paralelas tenían una cohesión excelente y un desarrollo de personajes excelente como con N en Blanco y Negro o Lyllia en Pokémon Sol y Luna, aquí, como decirlo, la narrativa es una p*** m*****.

    A PARTIR DE AQUÍ HAY SPOILERS

    -El comienzo de la aventura es genial, se siente fresco y algo nuevo que ahora el desafío de los gimnasios se torne deportivo y anual en vez de algo que cualquier entrenador cuando alcanzase la edad de 10 años pudiera hacer, se siente en una región nueva y fresca donde no estamos solos si no que hay más entrenadores que aspiran a ser campeones. Aquí tenemos 3 rivales (Sin contar DLCs) Paul, nuestro amigo de toda la vida que podría haber sido un rival excelente pero su equipo al principio es un chiste (Cuando atrapa al Pokémon legendario tiene un equipo bastante compacto), que le costaba escoger al inicial fuerte al nuestro? No pido que nuestro amigo sea un rival que se crea el p*** amo y que nos insulte etc, solo pido que si lo derrotamos al menos que sea justo y no que en cuanto le ganes te sientas mal por que el pobre es un entrenador pésimo. Su arco es sencillo, su hermano es el campeón, quiere ser igual de fuerte que él, es muy malo, venimos nosotros y otros rivales los cuales le revientan y algunos lo humillan e insultan haciéndole dudar de su sueño y tiene una crisis de identidad en la que decide cambiar su equipo por completo incluido su Pokémon de toda la vida Wooloo al cual lo deja en el PC. Finalmente su hermano se da cuenta de lo que le han hecho y le motiva a seguir con su sueño, le ganamos en la liga, queda fuera del torneo, SE PONE A LLORAR y que es lo primero que hace su Lionel cuando ve que su hermano ha sido descalificado y que su sueño se ha derrumbado? Invitarlo a una cena para celebrar NUESTRA victoria, ole tú. Los otros dos rivales simplemente están desaprovechados, Roxy podría haber sido un buen personaje pero aparece 3 veces en la aventura y no muestran nada más allá de su relación con su hermano o el Team Yell y Berto era un rival muy interesante pero su equipo es un monotype, sencillo y encima cuando parece que íbamos a ver como le pasaba lo mismo que a Paul la líder de gimnasio se lo lleva y la próxima vez que lo vemos ala, ya es el nuevo líder, ha cambiado de equipo y se cuela en la liga en donde nadie le hecha a pesar de estar calificado. Pero sin duda ahora que estamos hablando de la liga me toca hablar de Rose. Rose no es un villano pero si el antagonista y bueno, como decirlo, su motivación es absurda, literalmente quiere destruir Galar solo por que en 1000 años va a haber una crisis que será inevitable, en 1000 años eh, no dice nada de que si no la detienen ya es imparable, simplemente dice que es en 1000 años y como él quiere mucho a Galar por que no desatar un caos en la región en vez de avisarle a las futuras generaciones de lo que se viene y que la tecnología del futuro se encargue de solucionar la crisis? Que va, mejor como este juego no tiene un equipo villano vamos a ser nosotros los que desatemos a Eternatus, el Pokémon más fuerte y destructivo de la historia y vamos a capturarlo para usar su energía a pesar de que pueda destruir la región entera, claro que sí.    … Expand
  31. Tinker123
    Aug 6, 2020
    5
    I was able to play the game for the first time recently, and the only feeling the game invoked was one of indifference. While the base Pokemon experience is there, and exactly what the average player would want, there is little more than that.

    Aside from a few new mechanics such as the wild area, or the new bracelet gimmick, the game is another pokemon game. The story is barebones,    I was able to play the game for the first time recently, and the only feeling the game invoked was one of indifference. While the base Pokemon experience is there, and exactly what the average player would want, there is little more than that.

    Aside from a few new mechanics such as the wild area, or the new bracelet gimmick, the game is another pokemon game. The story is barebones, characters (despite the attempt at depth, which is appreciated) feel like one dimensional cutouts who occasionally tell you where to go.

    The new designs however, are wonderful, and I would argue they are up there with generation 4. Characters are also well designed and any animations made from the ground up are wonderful. There is clear skill and talent from Game Freak, but ultimately it is squashed under the fact this game is rushed. There's no two ways around it. Even super fans of the game I have spoken to admit the game does not feel like it had the right amount of development time.

    This rush manifests itself in many minor graphical hiccups, as well as a very shoddy online (which apparently has improved since launch), as well as other minor bugs. These do detract from the experience, but do not ruin it.

    The nostalgia pandering is present, as always, and just as annoying. From Charizard becoming an almost god-like pokemon because "hey, remember gen 1". And the sound design suffers from the insistence to include old sound effects (including the ugly thud sound when you walk into a wall).

    If you want a pokemon game to play, enjoy, and then leave, this game is perfect for you. If you crave that pokemon game you've been imagining since you were six, better luck next time.

    Therefore    … Expand
  32. ArisManimal
    Aug 5, 2020
    7
    this game feels more like a demo of ideas for where the series could go in the future, rather than an actual complete game.
    wild area is a very cool idea but the graphics and animations are totally ridiculous, they look like a ps2 game
    battles looks great when the moves are animated and poor when the moves are not animated. story is ok but not great this game deserves a 6 but i will    this game feels more like a demo of ideas for where the series could go in the future, rather than an actual complete game.
    wild area is a very cool idea but the graphics and animations are totally ridiculous, they look like a ps2 game
    battles looks great when the moves are animated and poor when the moves are not animated.
    story is ok but not great
    this game deserves a 6 but i will give it an 7 because it is the first time i played a core pokemon game in an 55 inch TV rather than an despicable/unacceptable/outrageous 3.53 inch screen of the 2ds/3ds    … Expand
  33. JustTheTruth
    Aug 5, 2020
    2
    Straight to the point:

    1) The music in this entire game is unbearable. From pokemon encounters to gym battles it nearly ruins the game. Sad because pokemon traditionally has a great score. 2) The villians/goal of the game. Say what you want about “focused on selling to children” well so were the original pokemon games and they - to this day - are held as favorites over all the most    Straight to the point:

    1) The music in this entire game is unbearable. From pokemon encounters to gym battles it nearly ruins the game. Sad because pokemon traditionally has a great score.

    2) The villians/goal of the game. Say what you want about “focused on selling to children” well so were the original pokemon games and they - to this day - are held as favorites over all the most recent games. Having corny gangsters in alolan to the weirdest groups in Sword/S, it ruins the premise of competing with a worthy opponent. They need to add better writing and create more memorable realistic characters. No one wants another Hop by their side

    3) Battling - yes fire crushes grass every time but there is 0 challenge to this game. (Yes you can make it hard if u try to by not training pokemon at all and keep substituting) but it eliminates the point. Stop making it so easy to get xp and make battles more challenging, esp trainer and gym battles. The elite 4 used to be so hard to get through, now i can pet my pokemon and “its all okay”. Maybe save that for a spinoff game, ppl want battles and growth not curries and brushes to get to the top. 4) the pokemon out in the wild is very cool and the battle encounters are much better - minus points above. But the battle animations are completely outdated and the environments are limited and barely memorable.

    5) CutScenes and Hop - no one wants to be stopped by an annoying NPC every 5 seconds to be told what to do. Take things like that out of the game completely or leave them as optional. Its okay to let ppl playing figure things out.

    Overall, huge let down by a company blatantly ignoring years of feedback and clearly missing a much larger opportunity, dispute how well the games have sold.    … Expand
  34. TestingTest123
    Aug 2, 2020
    2
    Lazy and rushed game for $60

    - National Dex was cut due to spending more time on "High Quality Animations". Turns out that animations were severely neutered as we have NPCs and the legendary pokemon walking and turning around on the spot in cut-scenes, battle animations were supremely lacking in anything special and quite alot of them were recycled from previous games, no backgrounds    Lazy and rushed game for $60

    - National Dex was cut due to spending more time on "High Quality Animations". Turns out that animations were severely neutered as we have NPCs and the legendary pokemon walking and turning around on the spot in cut-scenes, battle animations were supremely lacking in anything special and quite alot of them were recycled from previous games, no backgrounds for battles (and the fact the backgrounds look so bad that people actually thought they were terrain effects). In the end, only some of the cut dex was then later slowly drip-fed into the game by the form of its 30$ DLCs on top of a $60 game.

    -Graphics look like a PS2 game. You have already seen the screenshots, I don't need to say more.

    -Pokemon designs are honestly subjective, although I did like some of the new designs.

    - Pokemon isn't known for its story so I don't really have much to say, other than that the characters were presented as quite emotionless due to having no voice acting or anything and the actual plot itself was very predictable.

    -The dynamax gimmick was essentially a more lackluster mega-evolution and z-moves combined, which had very little innovation. Now, less strategy is needed for online play as dynamaxing essentially gives your Pokemon more HP and free stat boosts when using some very high base damage moves (max moves).

    -The game is a corridor walking simulator (not counting the wild area) as you literally just walk forward with the occasional battles in-between. Spikemuth literally has only one pokemon center and one gym.

    -Wild area is a big desolate piece of land to roam around in with nothing to do but catch pokemon, battle some trainers, search for items and raids. Pokemon will literally pop in from nowhere for you to catch. The animations for wild pokemon roaming are just bad or overly simple with examples like wingull and steelix that just float around which seriously ruins the experience.

    -Difficulty is just piss easy when you have an exp share that cannot be turned off. I had to try to avoid some battles just so i can make my time just a little bit more challenging. Overall the most difficult part of pokemon battles is mashing A non stop and trying not to fall asleep from boredom.

    -For $60 there really isn't really much postgame content to dive into other than raids, online battling, another battle tower clone and the legendaries. Fans have been asking for years to bring back the battle frontier or literally anything that is not just a battle tower clone but Gamefreak again is either not listening or too lazy to implement more content for postgame, instead charging 30$ for DLC.

    As someone who had been playing Pokemon games since Crystal, I can say that the series is quickly going downhill when Gamefreak realizes that they can ship out a half finished game and then try to justify that with poor excuses and casuals/consoomers will just blindly buy anything Gamefreak throws out.    … Expand
  35. AdamDerMann
    Aug 2, 2020
    5
    This game is so disappointing and it feels very rushed. Most new Pokemon have great designs but that's pretty much all the positives i can come up with. The main new feature of the game is Dynamax which makes your Pokemon larger stronger for a short period of time. This feature is extremely lame and unimaginative when compared to Mega-Evolutions. With Mega-Evolutions, many Pokemon got newThis game is so disappointing and it feels very rushed. Most new Pokemon have great designs but that's pretty much all the positives i can come up with. The main new feature of the game is Dynamax which makes your Pokemon larger stronger for a short period of time. This feature is extremely lame and unimaginative when compared to Mega-Evolutions. With Mega-Evolutions, many Pokemon got new and creative designs which made them more interesting. Their stats were changed in various ways which made them interesting to use in battles. Dynamaxed Pokemon however, are just enlarged versions of the original Pokemon and they don't feel any different aside from being stronger than their original selves. The game is painfully easy, i'd say this is the easiest Pokemon game so far. How hard would it be to have multiple difficulties? The graphics re obviously better than the previous games but when compared to other games on the Switch, this game's graphics are quite awful. The music is okay but not nearly as good as it was in all previous games. These are some examples of what makes this game feel very rushed.… Expand
  36. Gerard51MX
    Aug 1, 2020
    5
    Decepcionante. Esperaba poco del juego después de leer reseñas de todo tipo, sin embargo resultó ser más aburrido de lo que esperaba. Una historia aburrida, muy, muy básica a la que le dan vueltas para hacerla durar todo el juego, totalmente secundaria, el personaje avanza de manera normal y cada cierto tiempo te meten una plática para que sepas que estás avanzando no solo en la meta deDecepcionante. Esperaba poco del juego después de leer reseñas de todo tipo, sin embargo resultó ser más aburrido de lo que esperaba. Una historia aburrida, muy, muy básica a la que le dan vueltas para hacerla durar todo el juego, totalmente secundaria, el personaje avanza de manera normal y cada cierto tiempo te meten una plática para que sepas que estás avanzando no solo en la meta de ser un campeón, si no tambien que estás avanzando en la historia. Es cierto que la historia nunca ha sido el fuerte de la franquicia, pero vamos, ni siquiera sirve de pretexto para otra entrega. Por otro lado, que los Pokémon se hagan gigantes no aporta nada, la dificultad es casi nula, la música es horrible, solo se salvan un par de melodías, gráficamente es pésimo, los controles funcionan bien. En cuanto al apartado online, es recomendable para los que les gusta el metajuego, si el meta te abruma alejate de esta edición porque la poca variedad de Pokémon no ayuda a que lo haga divertido para un casual y terminará aburriendo te rápidamente.… Expand
  37. moose_stash
    Jul 30, 2020
    5
    I had a lot of fun with Pokemon Sword and Shield, I won't lie to you. I have over 100 hours in my save file. It's the most fun I've had in a pokemon game since LeafGreen. I haven't picked up a pokemon game since diamond and pearl. But as soon as I picked up sword and shield, I remembered why. Nothing has changed. There are a few tweaks here and there but nothing to keep hardcore pokemonI had a lot of fun with Pokemon Sword and Shield, I won't lie to you. I have over 100 hours in my save file. It's the most fun I've had in a pokemon game since LeafGreen. I haven't picked up a pokemon game since diamond and pearl. But as soon as I picked up sword and shield, I remembered why. Nothing has changed. There are a few tweaks here and there but nothing to keep hardcore pokemon fans engaged throughout the story. The difficulty is largely abysmal and the fact that there still isn't difficulty settings in a main-line pokemon game baffles me. The removal of the national dex is largely due to a cash grab so game freak can release disappointingly short DLC and add new pokedex entries. It's essentially the promise of an additional 200 pokemon under the guise of an additional 30$. Don't get me wrong, I bought the DLC. You may be asking yourself, if you're so critical of the game then why do you have over 100 hours in your save? Well, funny you should ask. It's for one reason and one reason only. Never has competitive been this accessible in any pokemon game. Competitive was always so daunting, having to grind levels, breeding perfect IVs, and EV training. Well all that has been streamlined. You can accomplish all that in a matter of hours as opposed to days in this game. The post-game content has never been easier to dip into and I love it. As someone who never liked competitive pokemon, this game made me love it. If the game didn't do that, my score would be significantly lower. Buyer beware, if you're interested in playing through a decent story, catching cool mons, or anything reminiscent of your childhood experiences, you are going to be deeply disappointed. If you're down to dip your toe into some post-game content, no other pokemon game has done it better.… Expand
  38. paulbekk
    Jul 28, 2020
    2
    The game is indeed controversial. There are a lot of problems Game Freak should have worked on much better. However, even with those irritating parts, Pokemon Sword deserved solid 6.5. The disaster that made me rate the game lower is INSANE amount of cheaters. Every time you go to boss fight, you end up with at least one level 100 shiny Pokemon owner. For me, it completely breaks theThe game is indeed controversial. There are a lot of problems Game Freak should have worked on much better. However, even with those irritating parts, Pokemon Sword deserved solid 6.5. The disaster that made me rate the game lower is INSANE amount of cheaters. Every time you go to boss fight, you end up with at least one level 100 shiny Pokemon owner. For me, it completely breaks the concept of Pokemon and robs the pleasure of hunting and collecting.… Expand
  39. LewisDisease
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    Hand holding taken to the extreme. Difficulty is non existent, even if you try to make the game harder on yourself like trying to use the new Pokemon only so you have to guess typings, even if you try not to train your team at all before a gym or the elite 4. You can pretty much beat this game just mashing A and walking to wherever the game tells you to go.

    I get the Pokemon Company are    Hand holding taken to the extreme. Difficulty is non existent, even if you try to make the game harder on yourself like trying to use the new Pokemon only so you have to guess typings, even if you try not to train your team at all before a gym or the elite 4. You can pretty much beat this game just mashing A and walking to wherever the game tells you to go.

    I get the Pokemon Company are trying to get to a broader audience, but they are just targeting an audience that is not probably the ones that are actually buying the games, people in their 20s expecting a challenge and good exploration.

    Disappointing visuals, cut Pokemon and cut features, extremely easy and fast to beat game, easily the worst entry of the entire franchise.    … Expand
  40. Xephlogo
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    This game is by far the worst mainline Pokémon game. There is no story, few Pokémon, dynamaxing is basically mega evolution but worse. The fact that the dlc, which costs $30 USD by the way, isn’t even worth is besides adding onto the Pokémon you can get in the game. At this time, the Isle of Armour has dropped and it only added around an hour of story to the game. 0/10 would not recommend
  41. TomasLacerda
    Jul 26, 2020
    1
    I love Pokemon universe, I played the red, ultra sun, h2, emerald, masterpieces! But this one, my god don't buy this one. It's insultingly easy, I tried doing a run without leveling up pokemons just fighting in gym battles and still I managed to finish the game.
    It's also really uncreative, the characters are annoying, the villains are plain pathetic, honestly, such a shame that a game    I love Pokemon universe, I played the red, ultra sun, h2, emerald, masterpieces! But this one, my god don't buy this one. It's insultingly easy, I tried doing a run without leveling up pokemons just fighting in gym battles and still I managed to finish the game.
    It's also really uncreative, the characters are annoying, the villains are plain pathetic, honestly, such a shame that a game with this potential in the Switch is murdered like this. Don't waste your money on this.    … Expand
  42. Luxsy
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    It's a mediocre game overall. Its story is devoid of emotion, with a horrible and wasted ending, lousy resolutions for its characters, a linear and basic map... makes the whole Pokemon saga lose its essence. In addition, the graphics are disappointing considering the graphic power of the console and its gameplay lasts a maximum of 20 hours. It's one of the worst games in the franchise by far.
  43. Dedus
    Jul 25, 2020
    6
    This is not a game - this is a movie. And a poorly written one at that.
    4/10
  44. Tavo1994
    Jul 24, 2020
    4
    $60 game and has less content than a 40 Pokemon game. Gamefreak needs to sell their franchise to another developer who actually cares about their fans
  45. Darros2
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    Juego bastante disfrutable para los fans de pokémon presenta los fallos que tiene la saga hace bastante tiempo, como una historia bastante infantil y sin sentido, no incorpora todos los pokémon con la excusa de realizar mejores animaciones, pero se puede observar que por ejemplo los movimientos y animaciones del rival son las mismas del juego anterior. Lo positivo es que mejora el sistemaJuego bastante disfrutable para los fans de pokémon presenta los fallos que tiene la saga hace bastante tiempo, como una historia bastante infantil y sin sentido, no incorpora todos los pokémon con la excusa de realizar mejores animaciones, pero se puede observar que por ejemplo los movimientos y animaciones del rival son las mismas del juego anterior. Lo positivo es que mejora el sistema de crianza para jugar competitivo haciendo que sea más fácil y rápido que en generaciones anteriores, los combates finales son interesantes y con un buen nivel y el diseño de los pokémon es muy bueno, junto a que a pesar de sus defectos el juego se siente liviana y no se hace aburrido jugarlo.… Expand
  46. Luke191
    Jul 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really wanted to like this game, but there were countless gripes that I had with it which prevented me from enjoying it. Unlike most people, I didn't care for the graphics or the national dex, but the number of issues beyond it was quite saddening. Combat wise you will definitely get everything you love about pokemon battles. I really enjoyed what they did with the gyms and the music was very enjoyable. That being said those things being good do not justify this game being $60 with a $30 DLC

    People who play pokemon a bit more seriously may enjoy the bottle caps, hyper training, and easier breeding process because it makes putting together a competitive team less time-consuming. But honestly, why would anyone waste so much money just to play competitive pokemon when you could literally play pokemon competitively for free elsewhere? Buying this game solely to play it competitively really isn't worth the money. Dynamax was introduced in this game but it really feels unnecessary. Seeing how they removed Z moves and mega evolutions from previous games, it almost feels like I might be wasting my time by learning how to optimize Dynamax.

    Pokemon sword also introduced a new raid battle feature. This idea might seem cool on paper but it baffles me how free mobile games manage to do raid battles better than pokemon. In pokemon raid battles, you choose ONE of your pokemon and work together with other players to take down a wild dynamax pokemon. I hate this so much because all it did was remove my favorite thing about the combat in pokemon. I can't strategize in raid battles at all, nor can I use any pokemon from my team aside from the one I picked. All you do in raid battles is whack the wild pokemon with a strong move till it dies. On top of this, the fact that you have to take turns to use just one move makes raids so needlessly boring. If your pokemon happens to faint during a raid you can't do anything but wait for your pokemon to be revived. Raids might be a bit more fun if you have friends near you to play with, but even then it still gets boring quickly.

    One major thing I expected to change was no voice acting, I was a little bit surprised when I found out that there was none in this game. Sure not all games need voice acting to be good, but there were countless times within the game where it was really uncomfortable to watch. For example, one of the gym leaders is named piers and he has a whole rockstar aesthetic. There's a good amount of scenes where he has a microphone and he's "singing." You can hear his foot tapping to the beat and you can hear the guitar riffs in the background yet he's not actually saying anything. If you want to know how awkward this was to watch, just record yourself lip-syncing in the mirror while listening to your favorite song through headphones. I won't say voice acting is a must, but pokemon sword could've definitely benefitted from it.

    The storyline of Pokemon games were never really anything groundbreaking but they were often enjoyable. I know the storyline of Pokemon games isn't always the selling point of the game, but the storyline of Pokemon Sword was so lackluster it felt like I was playing through a procrastinated high school project. I didn't play through pokemon platinum until about two years ago, so I'm not saying this because of nostalgia. But, I can safely say meeting Giratina was SIGNIFICANTLY better than meeting Eternatus. It really felt like the legendaries in this game were only there for the sake of having legendaries in the game. What's worse is that the game pretty much forces you to catch Eternatus in order to progress through the story. I really wasn't a fan of Hop either. I didn't really hate him as a character but because he pretty much complimented you on a super effective move every single time you used one, and he would do that literally from the beginning to the end of the game. The game keeps the same gym challenges like the past games and as I mentioned earlier, I like that they made gyms pretty unique from one another, but that alone isn't really enough to make the storyline good. The journey between routes wasn't really exciting either. Making it through victory road for the first in the earlier games felt like a real accomplishment, but there isn't anything in this game that comes close to replicating that feeling.

    I do think that the wild area was a step in the right direction but there's a lot of improvements that need to be made. I think that simply making that part of the game a place where players can interact with each other, spectate each others battles, etc. would've made it a lot more enjoyable.

    Overall, I can say that this is possibly the biggest let down for a switch game. I haven't even touched on the DLC but that's a whole different mess in its own right. $60 with a $30 DLC is way too much for a game like this. If there is one thing that this game did extremely well, it's making me feel like I outgrew the franchise    … Expand
  47. vigamo
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    El mejor juego de Pokémon sin duda!! Uno de los mejores juegos para Nintendo Switch
  48. krasnyy_kedr
    Jul 22, 2020
    2
    Simply boring, easy and very short. It has some good characters, which I liked and made the experience less painful.
    Graphics are not that bad, but it is a shame because it could have been done better.
    New Pokémon are mostly great.

    My major complain is it being worth 60€ at launch and during 20 hours at much, while older games where 40€ and lasted at least 40 hours.
  49. Glacebrous_
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    en mi esperiencia pokemon espada estuvo entretenido no es la octava maravilla pero tampoco un videojuego mediocre ,se hizo a las prisas y esto es lo mejor que tienen, si hace otro como este pero com mas tiempo de desarrollo seria considerado un juego de calidad pero hay otro factor que deben mejorar y es que la comunidad harcore lo esta matando lentamente pokemon company debe tomar unaen mi esperiencia pokemon espada estuvo entretenido no es la octava maravilla pero tampoco un videojuego mediocre ,se hizo a las prisas y esto es lo mejor que tienen, si hace otro como este pero com mas tiempo de desarrollo seria considerado un juego de calidad pero hay otro factor que deben mejorar y es que la comunidad harcore lo esta matando lentamente pokemon company debe tomar una decicion o la comunidad veterana o la nueva generacion de jugadores no puede dejarlo a la mitad, que los pokemon salvajes aparescan en el en la hierba la zona silvestre fue un acierto pero los pokemon salvaje aleatorio de la hierba debe desaparecer, los pokemon acompañantes eso se debe explotar como paso con lets go asi debe aplicar en los demas juegos de pokemon y que los graficos a lo mucho debe asercarse a los graficos de dragon quest 11 los graficos realistas nunca debe llegar a pokemon porque su lugar es el estilo anime de ahi nunca se debe salirse, y lo mas inportante deben hacer la novena generacion dentro de 5 años solo asi la calidad sera garantizada si sale antes puede que se arriesgen a cometer el mismo error, pero si quieren recortar la pokedex para luego volverlo a implemetar en actualizaciones haganlo pero que no sea por medio de dlc eso esta mal simpre debio estar pero como cada vez son mas y mas si hay que hacer recorte para luego meterlo en una actualizacion gratuita simpre sera muy bien recibido.… Expand
  50. FelipeGarou
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esperava muito mais desse jogo,vendo que ele viria pra Switch, uma dex capada,a.mecanica super dispensável,usei dynamax 3 vezes apenas no jogo,jogo fácil de doer personagens rasos, até pokémon Sun tem.mais profundidade… Expand
  51. Themat
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    This game is amazing! The Galar Region is beautiful and brought to life by a variety of Pokémon from previous generations. The landscape and semi open world is vast and creative as well as the assemble of characters. There’s always something to do and there are new Pokémon as well. I throughly enjoyed this game and highly recommend it!
  52. 2joJotaro
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    Pretty Mediocre Game, I dont Care About the National Dex, But there Is very limited content and the story Is way too Predictable, I have a lot Of Other reasons to dislike the game too, But those Are more selfish So im not including them, I hope No One Is Offended By My Review and I hope The story Is at least better In Crown Tundra
  53. Gastly67
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Es muy buen juego, no el mejor pero lo intenta. Un amplio numero de Pokémon nuevos, lo malo es que debieron estar todos para que asi el juego sea mucho mejor
  54. LeonardoRox
    Jul 19, 2020
    4
    História não me prendeu no jogo, objetos áreas pokémon mal Renderização" pipocando".
  55. JonathanNavarro
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    Pokemon: Sword, NO es un juego perfecto, esta mas bien lejos de serlo. Pero es un buen juego con el que pasar el tiempo aunque la historia sea corta, y no hay mucho mas que hacer que solo ir a nidos, capturar a los 400!!! Pokemones que ahi (que es demasiados pokemones en mi opinion) y batallar con otros entrenadores en competiciones o batallar amistosamente con entrenadores en online.Pokemon: Sword, NO es un juego perfecto, esta mas bien lejos de serlo. Pero es un buen juego con el que pasar el tiempo aunque la historia sea corta, y no hay mucho mas que hacer que solo ir a nidos, capturar a los 400!!! Pokemones que ahi (que es demasiados pokemones en mi opinion) y batallar con otros entrenadores en competiciones o batallar amistosamente con entrenadores en online. Tambien el curridex y la torre de batalla. Pero al final no me siento satisfecho con el pocontenido de este juego.… Expand
  56. SrRay
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    I played all Pokémon games until the sixth generation, and it's amazing how Nintendo can saturate its games to the point where they become garbage. Pokémon was the franchise that most marked my childhood, but this game is a complete disrespect to fans.
  57. xabier_ml
    Jul 17, 2020
    6
    Si los juegos de pokemon tienen que volver a ser 2D para que sean alucinantes los prefiero
  58. Porgoa
    Jul 17, 2020
    3
    3 since the dlc is kinda decent ngl. The main game is horrible the worst pokemon game imo. It doesn't have the charm nor the love of the other games is just a lazy cash grab. 90€ for a game and 2 dlcs that can be finished in 30 hours tops. Game freak is better than this.
  59. Noctaire
    Jul 17, 2020
    1
    Everything feels so cheap in this game. How could game freak built such a mess with so much budget?
  60. OrangePlasma
    Jul 16, 2020
    9
    I've never really understood why there is so much negativity directed towards this game. The graphics certainly could have been better, there's no real debate there. But some of the most well-written characters in a series not very full of those, the amazing Wild Area and overall good extra content made me like it.
  61. TanukiPiffle
    Jul 16, 2020
    2
    I can not recommend buying Pokemon Sword or Shield. All of the animations are lacking for a console game and the textures for static objects look like they belong in a Nintendo 64 game. Because of the lacking animations the battles feel the same as they did in the previous generations. Experience is now automatically shared among your team and you can't toggle it off. This made the gameI can not recommend buying Pokemon Sword or Shield. All of the animations are lacking for a console game and the textures for static objects look like they belong in a Nintendo 64 game. Because of the lacking animations the battles feel the same as they did in the previous generations. Experience is now automatically shared among your team and you can't toggle it off. This made the game extremely easy and boring.

    The story is full of plot holes and lacking explanations for why things happen. In previous games there was always a scientist, professor, gym leader etc to tell you what and why. Whenever something interesting seems like it is happening one of the main characters will tell you that they'll deal with it and to get back to your gym challenge. It's the first time I've played a pokemon game where I don't feel like the main character even though I still become the champion. It makes sense that the adult characters would deal with the problems but it makes the story boring and uninteresting.

    The wild area has terrible render distance for pokemon, trainers, and berry trees. Although you can see terrain that is 100-200 metres away, pokemon and trainers don't show until they're approximately 10 metres away. This means you have to constantly be spinning your camera to see everything. It also looks really janky when pokemon are constantly bursting up out of the ground.

    The two legendary dogs are not only extremely boring and uninteresting to me but they also don't really look like legendary pokemon. The two dogs are unfortunately just that, dogs, except they're are wielding weapons. Otherwise there is nothing interesting about them.

    The few good things; The rotom bike was an awesome addition but please let me take the clown suit off. Max raid dens were cool but getting exp candies and moves you could teach your pokemon from them made it too easy to power up your pokemon. I liked some of the new pokemon and I don't expect to like all the pokemon anyways.

    By far the 2 best things about Sword and Shield are the music which is just good and the character designs. There are a couple of great songs but the rest are just good or ok. All the gym leaders feel like unique characters within the game and they all seem to have distinct personalities. Sonia is the character with the most depth by far followed by your rival Hop. The "evil" team is just trash though I don't understand what Game Freak thought they accomplished there.

    In conclusion I have very little good to say about Pokemon Sword and Shield and there are a lot more small things that feel like regressions from the previous games that I'm not gonna get into. In my opinion these two games are worth $15-$20 USD. DO NOT spend $60 USD on these games. I don't expect you to find them anywhere below $50 for a used copy so just don't buy it. It would still make a great gift for children who are fans of the franchise and it's a great gift for children who have never played pokemon before because of how easy it is.    … Expand
  62. milopaulino
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    In this new region, there are very few things to do or places to explore. There is practically no post-game content. Criticism aside about having several Pokémon removed, this game does not have much content. They're launching DLC to make up for the lack of content, but I don't think it's fair for a game to cost $ 60, remembering that when the game cost $ 40 there was a lot more contentIn this new region, there are very few things to do or places to explore. There is practically no post-game content. Criticism aside about having several Pokémon removed, this game does not have much content. They're launching DLC to make up for the lack of content, but I don't think it's fair for a game to cost $ 60, remembering that when the game cost $ 40 there was a lot more content

    Other than that, the general criticisms are true. The animations are not good. There is nothing that could not be done on the 3DS, and what was done was done poorly. Cities are empty and there is not much to explore in them. Some scenarios are corridors, without the feeling of exploration

    The game was made in a hurry and was not worth it. It was a throwback to the video game series    … Expand
  63. bomes678
    Jul 12, 2020
    6
    Overall, Pokemon Sword is just so average. It has a pretty lackluster story that only seems to really pick up at the end. Game difficulty is painfully easy, making playing through the game a breeze. It got to a point where i one shot practically every gym leader's pokemon up until maybe the 6th or 7th gym. The starter pokemon are alright, i wouldn't exactly call them the worst, but nothingOverall, Pokemon Sword is just so average. It has a pretty lackluster story that only seems to really pick up at the end. Game difficulty is painfully easy, making playing through the game a breeze. It got to a point where i one shot practically every gym leader's pokemon up until maybe the 6th or 7th gym. The starter pokemon are alright, i wouldn't exactly call them the worst, but nothing too cool. Dynamax and gigantimax being 2 new huge features in these games also just felt so average. Compared to mega evolutions in previous games, this is simply so much worse. It's sort of a combination of mega evolution and z-moves, but it just fails in comparison. What makes it especially annoying is that you can only use this power in specific battles like raid dens, gym battles, or the "pokemon league" type tournament at the end of the game. The wild area and world itself were actually pretty cool and there was a lot of character customization that made it enjoyable. However, other than the fact that the game felt like a slight breath of fresh air simply because it was on the switch, it was just so average overall and not even close to many other title in this series.… Expand
  64. Pokedasher
    Jul 12, 2020
    1
    Rushed game. Terrible graphics and a very boring and predictable story. Clearly a holiday cash grab.
  65. Potatonian
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    When the trailers and announcements first started appearing rumoring the absence of a national Pokédex and the inclusion of only 400 of the 809+ Pokemon (now 893+), I didn't have the urge to buy it like I did for all other main line pokemon games. Especially with the exclusion of Mega evolution, and the poor cutscene animations, the game had needed much to be desirable. Despite gamefreaksWhen the trailers and announcements first started appearing rumoring the absence of a national Pokédex and the inclusion of only 400 of the 809+ Pokemon (now 893+), I didn't have the urge to buy it like I did for all other main line pokemon games. Especially with the exclusion of Mega evolution, and the poor cutscene animations, the game had needed much to be desirable. Despite gamefreaks promise of there being completely new pokemon animations and cutscene animations, both were still clearly present with many pokemon animations appearing as far back as 2 generations prior. This however I believe is not really that perplexing despite the developers' promises as old assets are often used in newer games naturally to save time, resources and production cost which should instead be used to improve upon other parts of a game.

    The wild area graphics such as the infamous tree textures and the stiff pokemon animations are obviously a big let down, I remember the many comparison made to it, most notably the open world of Zelda: Breath of the wild. Despite the wild area being a rather shoddily done job, and being it having much to be desired, I am not particularly displeased as it is the first open world experience, though limited, and the wild area itaelf is magnificent. It also seems that gamefreak has used some feedback on the open world of the Isle of Armor DLC. I bought it near launch regardless and found the story and gameplay to be great,. Contrary to popular opinion I believe dynamax is a great gameplay mechanic added to the game albeit being a less enticing combination of mega evolution and z-moves.
    It has many competitive benefits and are a great aid in any battle. I believe that the competitive scene can truly be cemented with the inclusion of dynamax, mega evoltion and z-moves, allowing for much more stretegic play and a lot less stalling due to an increase in wall-breaking.

    The story itself heavily differed from the traditional stories of old pokemon games as there was no villain team. It had some similarities with Sun and moon's story. The characters however were much more well thought out than in previous games such as the character development of Hop being similar to Wally but much more involved. Leon being made to appear as a great champion much more than any previous game's champion, even going as far as having a remix of the hall of fame being his battle music which perfectly encapsulates his persona and character arc.

    The music in this game was absolutely fantastic with some being nearly or as good as Zinnias's battle theme, PWT final battle theme, Ultra necrozma's theme etc. To name a few, we have Marnies's and Bede's battle themes, the battle tower battle theme made by the illustrious Toby Fox, the champion battle music, the wild area music, Mustard's final battle theme etc. I believe gen 8 music overall is nearly on par with gen 5.

    To name a few unmentioned but nice mechanics: the apparel and customisation in this game, camping and curries, trainer card customisation, pokejobs, max raids, enhanced experience training, nature mints, controllable pokemon league that makes much more sense, and pokebox system.

    One very important and much appreciated thing this game has that no other pokemon game has ever had is a DLC. To explain very briefly why this is the best thing to ever happen to mainline pokemon games: every other mainline pokemon game to come out has always either been a remake or a second version of the game, what concerns us however are the second versions (such as Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2 and White 2, Ultra sun and Ultra moon) all of which had additions and improvements to their older counterparts but too miniscule to be considered worth buying, this is apparent in their sales also as these games have significantly less sales. What the DLC does to benefit us and game freak is rather obvious, it gives us new content for less money whilst guarenteeing a lot more sales than a second iteration would. If this is gamefreak's new formula for the mainline games, it will greatly benefit both parties long term.

    Overall, the absence of key battle mechanics from the past two generations including the absence of many many moves and pokemon definitely knocks off a few points from my rating of the game, as does some poor animations and clear laziness in some parts of the game's development. However, this game is great like any other mainline pokemon game, it has all the mechanics and quirks befitting its status as being part of one of the most illustrious, and important series of games to ever exist. I believe it is a great addition to gamefreak's collection and also an important learning curve for gamefreak. Despite how well-received the game wasn't, I personally still believe that it excelled in many ways and performed better than many of its predecessors in some aspects, and will be remembered as an important game for how great and how bad it was.    … Expand
  66. RickyPDC
    Jul 11, 2020
    2
    As the game came out i bought it on day one as a hardcore pokemon fan who has bought every single game from generation one and even the opposite versions in some of these,

    Also, you might have guessed im an adult by now, which for some might be a biased review sinc eit is a kids game. However, from my viewpoint, i also played pokemon silver as a kid and got through it. This is a spit    As the game came out i bought it on day one as a hardcore pokemon fan who has bought every single game from generation one and even the opposite versions in some of these,

    Also, you might have guessed im an adult by now, which for some might be a biased review sinc eit is a kids game. However, from my viewpoint, i also played pokemon silver as a kid and got through it.

    This is a spit on the face to everything pokemon has established to be in the glory days, the exploration is trash, caves are nonexistant, nonreplayable, there are no actual puzzles, games like pokemon emerald would have actual puzzles with rocks or other stuff that actually made you think for at least 10 seconds, what is this?
    Story hasnt ever been a strong point in pokemon so i can allow it being trash, However what i cannot allow is the CLEAR difference between what you see in the gameand what we got in those short animated clips in pokemons youtube, now THAT is a good use of a mediocre story normal in pokemon games. It just makes no sense, even if the previous games didnt make sense this one takes it to a whole new level. The villain team is just a petty excuse to roadblock the story, they serve the same purpose as smashable ocks in emerald and have the same personality as these rocks. The rival is annoying as hell with the handholding and interrupting every 10 minutes of the game, his character arc was good but they mad eme hate him from the get-go. The legendary plot comes out of nowhere without any single decent explanation as to why and nobody cares about that.
    Finally to add some spice to the game they decided on a repetitive boring predictable and short post game. What the **** happened to having new cities new caves new anything to go after you become champion?
    The gameplay is stupidly easy and i think it would be a decent option to have a difficulty setting in a 60 DOLLAR GAME, when the developers know exactly pokemon has many users who play competitive, hell i dont even play competitive and this game was a joke, the AI is stupid, the NPCs teams are underleveled and monotone to the point where its just a speedrun and when a pokemon doesnt faint in one shot its just annoying.
    Missing animations, missing pokemon, missing medium quality animation from one of the BIGGEST company in the world.
    The wild area is empty and boring, i see the DLC and thats what the entire region should be. A region where you can go anywhere and the gyms and trainers scale with either victories or badges now that would be open world. The rest of the world is linear and short even having abrupt climate changes just like XY it doesnt even feel real.
    So what do we have left? What is the good in the game? 1. its pokemon, i enjoy it and 2, the plot with the gym leaders was actually pretty decent, the rest however was completely forgettable.

    Overall for a company like this to be making trash unfinished games makes me mad. With the funds they have they could make a masterpiece, but this is just a 3DS game
    60 dollars paid in full for 5 hours of gameplay. Im not buying the DLC and im certainly not buying the next pokemon game for the first time in my life ever since i was 6 years old. Congratulations, its ruined.    … Expand
  67. IkOzael
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    It's the same mediocre games we've been gettin' for 20 years but worse. The story an' post-game is hella shallow. Characters are meh (though y'know Bea, Sonia, Nessa, Marnie... (Gloria's a different case)) but some had potential. The pop-in is atrocious. Feels like the inverse effect of the Green Baby's Stand from JBA: Stone Ocean was put on everything. The Wild Area sounded cool inIt's the same mediocre games we've been gettin' for 20 years but worse. The story an' post-game is hella shallow. Characters are meh (though y'know Bea, Sonia, Nessa, Marnie... (Gloria's a different case)) but some had potential. The pop-in is atrocious. Feels like the inverse effect of the Green Baby's Stand from JBA: Stone Ocean was put on everything. The Wild Area sounded cool in concept, but should've been on the same level as Breath of the Wild's overworld, like with Galar in general. Pokémon Camp is buggy an' the curry thing is a li'l interesting but that Pokémon eating cutscene... yeah, that stuff could've been better. The gameplay is as dull an' lifeless as its ever been, especially with the gimmicky Dynamax, but the animations were supposed to be generally improved... except they weren't. While this game does have some quality of life features, it strips away others like the GTS only to sell it back in subscription form an' bein' able to turn off EXP Share. I'm personally not one to "catch 'em all" since I jus' prefer the variety of Pokémon bein' present assumin' I don't feel like catchin' 'em later or whatever, but the reasons for cuttin' over half the Pokemon from the National Pokédex are dumb, mainly because they tried to dance their asses around it. I get that would've happened sooner or later which is why you don't mindlessly churn out the same-ass formula every year. But hm, who cares? They got kids, nostalgia hoes, etc. to keep 'em well-stocked on money. Give it room to breathe instead of aligning it alongside the Pokemon anime that's also pretty lame. This series was already at a decline a looong time ago, but damn.

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

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

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

    While I still love Pokémon, I'm gonna look into Digimon, Temtem, fan games, etc. at this point. An' I'll most likely stick to drawin' Pokémon stuff instead of buyin' their "new" game.    … Expand
  68. publicitystunt
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    I’ve played every single Pokémon game and I can inform you that this is the worst game in the franchise. Gamefreak decided to cut more than 55% of all Pokémon to take more of your money with dlc. Second if they were gonna do that at least make the game good, this game is complete trash, when it comes to story and difficulty. I could give this game to a 5 year old and they would be able toI’ve played every single Pokémon game and I can inform you that this is the worst game in the franchise. Gamefreak decided to cut more than 55% of all Pokémon to take more of your money with dlc. Second if they were gonna do that at least make the game good, this game is complete trash, when it comes to story and difficulty. I could give this game to a 5 year old and they would be able to beat it. In Gen 6 to Gen 7 (excluding the Let’s Go games) the exp share was OP but at least you could turn it off, but in these games you don’t have an option. This makes every battle easy as hell. Also the friendly rival is trash, his Pokémon will always be 2-5 levels below yours. Also the lack of post game hurts. It’s like they took X and Y’s lack of difficulty and lack of post game and called it Pokémon Sword and Shield. Lastly they took away not only mega evolutions but also z moves, making the gameplay predictable. It’s safe to say that gamefreak doesn’t care about their fans, they only care about money… Expand
  69. Phillyphill222
    Jul 6, 2020
    2
    The game is crap, I hate to say it. I didn’t think they could do any worse than sun and moon but here it is. The raid battles are almost impossible without a dedicated team. The den Pokemon through is the 3 to 6 piece barriers, and then they get to attack 4 times in a row. But don’t worry if you can manage to stick with it long enough it with kick out out the den. But only after I hitsThe game is crap, I hate to say it. I didn’t think they could do any worse than sun and moon but here it is. The raid battles are almost impossible without a dedicated team. The den Pokemon through is the 3 to 6 piece barriers, and then they get to attack 4 times in a row. But don’t worry if you can manage to stick with it long enough it with kick out out the den. But only after I hits your entire team back to back to back to back with moves that shouldn’t do much damage. And when any Pokemon dynamaxs or Gigantamaxs their type differences and levels become completely irrelevant(unless it’s yours).Every single gym and rival battle beside the champion is a joke so there wasn’t a real challenge. And since your rival picks the weaker starter now, there isn’t good reason to have to fight him 20+ times before the semifinals.
    Also the fossil Pokemon are a joke.    … Expand
  70. kirnale
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    As a classic pokemon gamer that haven't touched anything past ds I would give this one a six out of ten. No DLC have been applied, since I don't like paying 30€ just for some extras that should have been in the main game. I also don't support the DLC concept, as many time it's overpriced and on top of that, they cannot be shared with a friend (you can share the base game with the cardridgeAs a classic pokemon gamer that haven't touched anything past ds I would give this one a six out of ten. No DLC have been applied, since I don't like paying 30€ just for some extras that should have been in the main game. I also don't support the DLC concept, as many time it's overpriced and on top of that, they cannot be shared with a friend (you can share the base game with the cardridge but there will be no DLC on it).

    Pros:
    + Battle is as good as always
    + Dynamax creates extra challenge and brings a dynnamic change to the old school plays
    + Graphics are top tier
    + Some music pieces are good, others have some classic feels to it which is also nice
    + Actual character development for some characters
    + Gyms that finally makes sense (design-wise)
    + Final Touney was a fun experience
    + No need for pokemon just to use some services (Flying, surfing, chopping, rock breaking etc.)

    Neutral:
    1. Game is short
    2. Leveling is very fast since all pokemons receive exp

    Cons:
    - Some music pieces are very far away from the typical pokemon music, and sometimes not fitting
    - Lack of high end ground, or rather it was put into the DLC which is a disappointment
    - Some character lack depth, especially the villains
    - Lacks secrets or strange dungeons that older games have (which usually leads to legendary pokemon like the Distortion World which was a fantastic experience)
    - level design is way more linear than anything in the older gens
    - lacks a giant mall and maybe a casino, some sort of tower dungeon like the ghost tower (I understand that a casino is bad for kids)

    Just an honest review. Can't say I have a bad experience. This game is "good" but it doesn't go past that since it lacks in level design, character development, additional game elements and secrets, which absolutely hurts the gaming experience. It feels very "basic", older games usually provide some cool stuff you can do besides continuing your path (base buiding+character and pokemon share with friend which can be battled daily, beauty contest). In other words, each pokemon game had a unique gameplay element that might or might not be carried over to the next gen. This game in particular lacks that feature, and a big map isn't changing anything.    … Expand
  71. ShiroGSI
    Jul 3, 2020
    6
    La propuesta de Galar es buena y muchos de sus visuales también lo son. (Si no se ven muy de cerca)
    Pero este juego me ha hecho sentir que pudo dar mucho mas. La historia es extremadamente simple, con un camino lineal y con muchas cosas que claramente quedaron fuera para ahorrar presupuesto. Algunos de los lideres de gimnasio no tienen un lugar establecido como en entregas pasadas, solo    La propuesta de Galar es buena y muchos de sus visuales también lo son. (Si no se ven muy de cerca)
    Pero este juego me ha hecho sentir que pudo dar mucho mas. La historia es extremadamente simple, con un camino lineal y con muchas cosas que claramente quedaron fuera para ahorrar presupuesto. Algunos de los lideres de gimnasio no tienen un lugar establecido como en entregas pasadas, solo te hacen ir a una ciudad por donde ya pasaste y combatiste, para desafiar a este nuevo líder.
    Claramente los 60 dolares que cuesta el juego no los valen, de todas maneras, tuve que jugarlo por que siempre es mejor tener un criterio propio a estar repitiendo lo que dijo algún "Youtuber"    … Expand
  72. ArmorTitan
    Jul 3, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Start with the good:
    - SOME pokemon designs are really well done. Corviknight is a good balance of new and original whereas Alcreamie makes no sense. It's like a redo of slurpuff and they failed to bring anything new or missing to that line of fairy type pokemon.
    - Wild Area scenery isn't bad.
    - Pokemon Camp is innovative
    - Difficulty of gym leaders is solid (Real issue is explained later)
    - Marnie and Bede are well done.

    Bad:
    - Permanent Exp share. There's no option to even turn it off. This is gamefreak forced handholding.
    - Plot Handholding. The game environment doesn't allow for meaningful exploration and when it does, it's in a fenced environment with little to no meaningfulness.
    Example A: Character is consistently directed toward the next checkpoint. (Displayed on mini-map, excessive cut scenes, routes unnecessarily blocked to deny exploration)
    Example B: Character is prohibited from exiting cities that "haven't completed their mission" and not only just prohibited but in a very very obvious pipeline manner. You cannot cross tunnel until mission at town A is done. You cannot cross bridge until mission at town B is done. Etc. Very infuriating.

    - Plot depth: There is no depth to the plot.
    Rose: There's no build up, no backstory, no understanding or series of hints as to why Rose, as flawed as he's forced to become, snaps at the end. The character doesn't have an opportunity to connect with Rose and is essentially brushed aside at every encounter due to more cut scene plot hand holding.
    Team Yell: This is a joke for people of all ages. They serve no real purpose other to be mindlessly annoying. Every other team in the franchise has always dedicated themselves to some greater purpose that explains why they dress, behave and battle with conviction. Team yell has none of this and is a terrible attempt to pleasure kids with silly stupid characters.

    - No National Dex.
    - Graphics Glitch
    - Starters have overpowered moves. [120/90 acc] at level 35? Two 80/100 acc moves with added effects at 36? The game should have pushed these signature moves until later stages. Not at a level where they can abuse every gym.
    - Local pokemon nearby the first town, statwise, are incredibly overpowered. [Corviknight, Orbeetle, Obstagoon and many others] all nearing 480+ stat with many at 500+ stat. On average this is a 50+ Stat increase from competing regions in gen 1-7. And then you try to pawn off the game like it's hard. No it isn't.
    - Nothing to explore. There are 0 subplots, 0 distractions, 0 minigames. There's no pokemon contest , and more pictures and closed off imagery than there are content for exploration. You're practically limited to what the handholding plot gave you. No. Wild area does not count. I'm talking about mini explorations like in pokemon ruby where you had to surf down a hidden river to find a certain spot to catch feebas. That was fun.
    - Post game plot is pathetic.
    - Dynamax is a failed attempt to hype pokemon combat and broke competitive play.
    - Eternatus is very forgetful as a pokemon/legend. It became a scapegoat boss to fit in with Rose's terrible plot.
    - Every character in the game both NPC and important NPC overly panders you for 0 reason. Example A: When you're talking to Leon at wedgehurst station. EVERYONE STARES AT YOU TWO. Why? This is highly unrealistic and is a example of the game's method of pandering players. Microshifts in NPC behavior to really make you think you're the star of this game. Newsflash. You don't need that to to convince people they are the star. They already know. They're going to beat leon and save the world there is no need to excessively make every single NPC pretend you're a huge star when, during pockets in the plot, you're still a nobody.
    - Hop = Hau 2.0
    - Oleana = Lusamine 0.5
    - Leon = Too pandering not inspiring.

    TLDR:
    - Too focused on graphics and imagery. Very little content. Horrible Plot. Dynamax is a failure. Some pockets of good grace but not worth playing compared to Gen 1-5 + 7.    … Expand
  73. alxs621
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This game isn't broken by any means, but it might as well be considering how poorly it plays the AAA JRPG game, in a world in which Nintendo's other subsidiary MonolithSoft has decided that Future Connected is not worthy of being sold as DLC and instead packaged it with the base game for free, the dismal amount of content and nonexistent plot in Pokemon Sword is inexcusable for theThis game isn't broken by any means, but it might as well be considering how poorly it plays the AAA JRPG game, in a world in which Nintendo's other subsidiary MonolithSoft has decided that Future Connected is not worthy of being sold as DLC and instead packaged it with the base game for free, the dismal amount of content and nonexistent plot in Pokemon Sword is inexcusable for the pricetag.

    An extra point subtracted for GameFreak cutting out content and reselling it as DLCs and online services.    … Expand
  74. Chababa
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    Cute little Pokemon game...but I just want more in the roster. I kind of expected more.
  75. ajgbcool
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    Ahhh Pokémon... Far away we have a good Pokémon title, this game is not so awful, but would be better, this game is SOOOO EASY and the challenge left the house so many years. I feel sorry for me, because I REALLY like Pokémon, but game by game every time spectedless.
  76. IsilManCZ
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    I love Pokemon series but this is the worst Pokemon game ever. So stupid easy, can't turn off exp. share, my pokemon are still more than 10 levels stronger. The textures of pokemons are not nice and overall the game looks unfinished in terms of graphics. The series failed to enter the new console. PS. There is no need to make the game more and more simple. You could allow the difficulty ofI love Pokemon series but this is the worst Pokemon game ever. So stupid easy, can't turn off exp. share, my pokemon are still more than 10 levels stronger. The textures of pokemons are not nice and overall the game looks unfinished in terms of graphics. The series failed to enter the new console. PS. There is no need to make the game more and more simple. You could allow the difficulty of the game.… Expand
  77. jcboyer515
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Repetitive story beats, repetitive gameplay, repetitive animations, et cetera. Don't feel too bad for Game Freak,Sw/Sh are also some of the best selling Switch games. The story, like many Pokémon entries, is 100% inconsequential. It turns out to do a really good job making gym battles incredibly fun to complete. The music especially shines in these games, making for an immersive tone. ThisRepetitive story beats, repetitive gameplay, repetitive animations, et cetera. Don't feel too bad for Game Freak,Sw/Sh are also some of the best selling Switch games. The story, like many Pokémon entries, is 100% inconsequential. It turns out to do a really good job making gym battles incredibly fun to complete. The music especially shines in these games, making for an immersive tone. This wasn't a surprise, as most fans of Pokémon usually thoroughly enjoy the single player experience even though the story is never award-winning material. Wild Pokémon are much more fun to catch! Taking a beat from the adorable "Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee", you can now see all the creatures walking around before you initiate a wild encounter. Everything still seems like a typical Pokémon game. I don't want to discuss graphics too much, but it did happen to impact the 'next gen innovation' (which is "Dynamaxing", or "Gigantimaxing" for certain Pokémon) that was added to specific battles. This term, put simply, refers to fighting with literally just bigger versions of Pokémon. Gigantimaxing is entertaining when challenging gyms, but there was an even bigger issue than the graphics: the online. This has basically almost ruined the enjoyment of the game for me. I'm not talking about the extremely optional online battles with strangers or friends, but another feature of these Dynamaxed Pokémon. You can find dens with these special critters in "Wild Areas", the parts of the map that feature decently large spots where you can control the camera angle for the first time in a main series Pokémon entry. To battle a wild Dynamaxed Pokémon, you must team up with 3 other people. The other 3 can be idiot, worthless, garbage, childish AI, or 3 other human players connected to the internet. With one of the 4 players having the opportunity to temporarily Dynamax for three turns, you must defeat the wild giant before your Pokémon get KO'd 4 times total, or 10 turns pass. AFTER beating it, you're given an OPPORTUNITY to catch it. For many Pokémon players, one of the best parts is being able to catch the big special ones, legendaries & stuff. The online connectivity is abysmal for a first party title. Rarely working, I'd say on it's best day it's about a 50/50 shot if you're able to find a team of people to join with no issues. It's extremely frustrating that with two updates released already (time of writing 06/20/2020), that nothing has been done to address these problems. I truly can't defend the practice of selling underdeveloped games. I bought Sword & purchased its expansion pass, $90 total. With this massive of a flaw & such a modest production (minimalist art/animations, no voice acting still) it's utterly shocking to me that Game Freak decided to exclude Pokémon from this generation. The HD textures didn't justify the means, so we're left with a Pokémon that came out seeming even more dated than the 3DS games, with scores & scores of Pokémon being willfully excluded for the first time ever. Even if you pay a subscription fee for Pokémon Home, the new version of Pokémon Bank for trading from the old games. Even if you only buy one months worth of the Pokémon Home service, with a Nintendo Switch Online account you're paying $82.99 ($112.99 with dlc) for a Pokémon game that can't even work with most of the Pokémon. As of the Isle of Armor part 1 dlc, some mild things were added but it was not a lot. Only a couple hours of story, a few new Pokémon became compatible for trading, but the biggest addition was another Wild Area with some of those newly available Pokémon wandering around. Any other things included with the Isle of Armor were cosmetic, such as unlocking the ability for your Pokémon to follow you (again, à la "Let's Go" or the HG SS games) & more clothes. It's a disappointment to say the least. Clearly I'm nostalgic for this series, since I've put in about 180 hours into 2 playthroughs so far. But to forgive this game for the clear robbery it's committing just because I liked this game when I was young is even more depressing, like I'm being used. Unless part 2 of the dlc, The Crown Tundra, has something MASSIVELY interesting to add, I'm not even sure if I'm interested. Unless there is some DRAMATIC improvements to either this game or the next mainline Pokémon games, I don't think I wanna support this series anymore.… Expand
  78. ReeceH
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    This game really didn’t stick with me if I’m being honest. The starter Pokemon were alright at first but everything went wrong for their evolution. It also annoys me when this game came out Charmander was the only GEN 1 starter you could get and now you have to whether trade online for one of the other two starters or pay for DLC, This just shows how overrated Charizard is.
  79. Miguel22
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Es sin duda una de las mayores decepciones que me he llevado con un videojuego:

    -Novedades: El área salvaje, idea muy buena, pero muy desaprovechada, está todo super vacío, popping excesivo, gráficos muy cutres, etc. Y la otra novedad importante es el dinamax/gigamax, que en mi punto de vista es muy inferior a las mega evoluciones/Ataques Z -Gráficos: Respecto a las rutas y a las    Es sin duda una de las mayores decepciones que me he llevado con un videojuego:

    -Novedades: El área salvaje, idea muy buena, pero muy desaprovechada, está todo super vacío, popping excesivo, gráficos muy cutres, etc. Y la otra novedad importante es el dinamax/gigamax, que en mi punto de vista es muy inferior a las mega evoluciones/Ataques Z

    -Gráficos: Respecto a las rutas y a las ciudades, está bien, sobre todo por el apartado artístico, pero los gráficos de la zona salvaje son HORRIBLES. Es embarazoso compararlo con otros juegos como Xenoblade Chronicles 2, juego más antiguo, con una empresa con menos presupuesto, e incluso con menos resolución se ve MIL veces mejor.

    -Historia y villanos: Inexistentes hasta el campeonato de Galar, el Team Yell es una porquería que solo sirve de relleno, por eso ni los cuento. El villano real del juego, el presidente Rose, es sin duda el peor villano de la saga, no hace nada interesante hasta el final del juego, su plan es estúpido, su combate es el más fácil entre todos los villanos(Usa un monotype acero, usas un Pokémon de fuego con lanzallamas y se acabó)

    -Dificultad: Excesivamente fácil, el único combate interesante es el campeón(Único combate donde hay un reto interesante, pero no llega al nivel de otros campeones como Cynthia o Iris) el resto del juego es ridículamente fácil.

    -Postgame: Basura, el Postgame real lo venden en un Dlc.

    -Puntos positivos: La música y los líderes de gimnasio(No por su dificultad, solo por su personalidad)

    -Otros datos: Las rutas son pasillos sin ningún tipo de interés. Siempre hay dos caminos, uno te lleva para una MT o un objeto, el otro sirve para continuar. El rival Paul es un Tilo 2.0, aunque se note un poco más de interés(Mejor desarrollo de personaje) resulta ser excesivamente fácil de vencer y solo molesta, los otros dos rivales están de relleno y combates pocas veces contra ellos(Igual muy baja dificultad), respecto al recorte de la Pokedex, a mi sinceramente no me importa, pero eso no quita que sea inferior a otros juegos, lo peor de todo es que dijeron que no iban a meter a los que quedaran, pero fijaos, ahora los venden en un DLC. Respecto al competitivo, está bien, pero no gastaría 60 euros para jugar con una pokedex inferior cuando lo puedes hacer en Pokemon Showdown

    -En fin, la saga de Pokémon va por el mal camino, ojalá mejore en la novena generación, pero lo dudo muchísimo con lo bien que ha vendido el juego, si no mejora de forma drástica, no volveré a comprar otro juego de la saga.    … Expand
  80. NotShiny
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    I've bought this game because I was hyped for a new generation. However, I can't get an egg shiny. It depress me that this game is so bad that it can't let me get a shiny. Gamefreak pls fix ur game. #BringBackNationalDex
  81. WeRateGames
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    Despite Sword and Shield offering one of the most linear adventures we’ve ever had in the series and
    curiosity failing to provide much in the way of reward, this iteration of Pokemon is still extremely satisfying. There’s nothing groundbreaking here but it’s first steps into the console space are well placed.
  82. Thebigbumaloo
    Jun 26, 2020
    8
    Probably the strongest entry to the series since Diamond and Pearl. The reduced Pokédex is not an issue, for once I actually completed it and caught all 400 pokemon. The level grinding is severely cutdown thanks to the introduction of Raid Dens and their generous rewards for completing them, mainly the XP Candies (think rare candies but the store brand version).

    The cons are that the wild    Probably the strongest entry to the series since Diamond and Pearl. The reduced Pokédex is not an issue, for once I actually completed it and caught all 400 pokemon. The level grinding is severely cutdown thanks to the introduction of Raid Dens and their generous rewards for completing them, mainly the XP Candies (think rare candies but the store brand version).

    The cons are that the wild area is bland, and Isle of Armor was already a big improvement over the originals design. The new pokemon added are meh aside from the legendaries and starters. Oh, and there’s too much story handholding and Hop sucks. It’s aimed at children, so I get it, but kids aren’t THAT hopeless. I beat Pokemon Yellow at 5-6 years old.

    Closing thoughts: To rub salt in the wounds of the people review bombing it, it’s the fastest selling switch game of all time. This was the precursor to The Last of Us 2 review bombing, despite that game being the fastest selling game on the PS4. Coincidentally, they have the same reader review score.    … Expand
  83. DAVIDROBERTSON1
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Overall i love this game even though the pokedex controversy was a minor blow, i kept an open mind and got pokemon sword and just finished the isle of armor dlc pack part 1 and i enjoyed it very much so.
  84. obi12323
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    There is not an aspect of this game that could be considered great. The story is practically non-existent, the evil team, "Team Yell", is easily the worst of the series (which is hard to accomplish). The characters are unlikable and are just shells of characters seen in past games.

    The game is also rushed, despite the 2 previous main-line entries being Ultra Sun + Moon (same as previous    There is not an aspect of this game that could be considered great. The story is practically non-existent, the evil team, "Team Yell", is easily the worst of the series (which is hard to accomplish). The characters are unlikable and are just shells of characters seen in past games.

    The game is also rushed, despite the 2 previous main-line entries being Ultra Sun + Moon (same as previous games) and Pokemon Lets Go (remake with no content). The graphics and animations are far below average compared to other popular games on the switch (BOTW). The game also severely reduces the number of playable pokemon, which was one of the best features of previous entries.

    The music is ok, and is likely the best aspect of this game. As for the gameplay, it is extremely repetitive and has no difficulty other than very specific parts of the postgame. Speaking of postgame, it literally lasts for 1 hour.

    Do not buy this game. If you compare this game to any of the GEN 4 or GEN 5 pokemon games, it looks awful in comparison. There is absolutely no excuse for such laziness when it comes to one of the main IP's of Nintendo. Do yourself a favour and play past games or spinoffs, such as the Mystery Dungeon series.    … Expand
  85. julian20
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    I loved past Pokemon games and seeing sword and shield being so bad is heartbreaking. As a nintendo game I never wanted the highest resolution and stuff, but Pokemon Sword and Shield are so underwhelming it's an incredible achievement for gamefreak. Too much to cover it here.
    Besides that, the overworld design was disappointing, the giganto mechanic is dumb, the wild area is bs and I    I loved past Pokemon games and seeing sword and shield being so bad is heartbreaking. As a nintendo game I never wanted the highest resolution and stuff, but Pokemon Sword and Shield are so underwhelming it's an incredible achievement for gamefreak. Too much to cover it here.
    Besides that, the overworld design was disappointing, the giganto mechanic is dumb, the wild area is bs and I don't like the the designs of the starters AT ALL... Also earlier pokemons are missing (lookup gamefreak lied). And the gameplay felt bland. You are better of playing the gba/ds/3ds games...
    Maybe they don't mess up the next switch games, though I don't have my hopes high.    … Expand
  86. 64152110
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    Many people say they are good games despite all of their many flaws and the dex cut (among various other different cuts), but for me, all of that just ruined the entire Pokémon experience...

    Generally, I don't usually get mad at people when they have an opinion that differs from mine. However, when their opinion affects my lifestyle in a negative way, it's hard not to get mad. I am a    Many people say they are good games despite all of their many flaws and the dex cut (among various other different cuts), but for me, all of that just ruined the entire Pokémon experience...

    Generally, I don't usually get mad at people when they have an opinion that differs from mine. However, when their opinion affects my lifestyle in a negative way, it's hard not to get mad. I am a huge Pokémon fan, and I want the new games to have the quality Pokémon games use to have before... but if fans *do not mind having little innovation in the new games alongside less and less of the legacy content*, Game Freak won't want to put it there; instead, GF will just find this to be an excellent opportunity to explore their consumers.

    But I don't want that, I hate what they are doing, I hate the Sword and Shield cuts, but
    I still love Pokémon.

    Observe, Game Freak has basically already told us that this new "We are cutting random content that was always in the pasts game in this new game. Worry not... maybe (just maybe) we'll include part of it behind a paywall. Also, prepare yourself, because there are probably going to be other cuts in the next new games. What features are we cutting? We can't say" design filosophy is going to be their standard business model from now on.

    Some people apparently do not care for the cuts in gen 8 whatsover, but I do - to the point I refuse to buy new Pokémon games until all the Pokémon species plus the Megas are back. If not enough fans boycott/backlash the games enough, GF won't change a thing. By buying SwSh and making it the fastest selling Nintendo Switch game of all time, people just make the goal to convince Game Freak to put everything back in a single Pokémon game even harder than it already was.

    If things stay like this, people like me will never get what we love - another great Pokémon games, one tat lets us have a great time with all of our favorite Pokémon Friends.    … Expand
  87. Swampie2
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This game is a travesty. If you like Pokemon games, don’t play this one. This game feels like it was slapped together in a week.
  88. DanaelQueen
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Iconic game, haters gonna hate, i love all the new pokemon, the music and the battles
  89. MrZendom
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    Well the game is playable, but gamefreak gave a **** about the community and cut a lot of content, just to release in a paid DLC, and no one expectet all 800 pokemon to be obtainable in the base game, but the fact, that they reused EVERY character model and all the animations from sun and moon paired with the fact, that you cant even trade to pokemon up like you could the last 15+ yearsWell the game is playable, but gamefreak gave a **** about the community and cut a lot of content, just to release in a paid DLC, and no one expectet all 800 pokemon to be obtainable in the base game, but the fact, that they reused EVERY character model and all the animations from sun and moon paired with the fact, that you cant even trade to pokemon up like you could the last 15+ years makes it much worse.… Expand
  90. Goku1032
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    The game looks a lot better than on the 3ds and easier to get shiny's. The only thing I truly don't like with this game is that it's not that difficult to beat the game. Auto exp that will just over level your pokemon.
  91. Wilted_Dust
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    Is a good pokemon game, but the development staff are so lazy and try to sell all the content
  92. Antares_87
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    No National pokedex , No Party. Besides this game haven't a long story , only 15 hours of campaing, I'm sorry gamefreak but this is a Shame
  93. A99wxy
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This game costs like a triple A therefore, in my opinion, as such it should be evaluated, therefore, it does not deserve a higher rating than this.

    The game is really disappointing, certainly as a fan of the saga I would have expected a better debut on a console with the capabilities of Nintendo Switch, however, this game not only does not even reach the quality of triple A games like    This game costs like a triple A therefore, in my opinion, as such it should be evaluated, therefore, it does not deserve a higher rating than this.

    The game is really disappointing, certainly as a fan of the saga I would have expected a better debut on a console with the capabilities of Nintendo Switch, however, this game not only does not even reach the quality of triple A games like Zelda, Mario Odissey, Dragon Quest 11 etc. but it has some mechanics that just don't work.

    The only reasons I didn't give a minor grade are:
    the design and the values ​​of many new pokemon introduced, really interesting (but after all this is an advantage of the whole brand not of sw / sh), the new dynamax mechanics (which is actually not so original but it works), the new metagame and the new features introduced for some time by competitive players (even if I'm not one of them).

    For the rest, however, the game really has problems everywhere. Among the problems there are:

    - the really low technical and graphic level, not in step with the times and not comparable with what a triple A should offer today (poorly detailed textures, bad animations);

    - a level design that is too linear and flat and which eliminates the exploratory component of the title.

    -a setting and a loore with interesting ideas but often left to chance and treated superficially;

    - a story that is too linear, without feelings and tension and in general told badly. There is an absence of cutscene and dubbing.

    -the total absence of valid secondary and postgame activities and missions, present in every jrpg worthy of the name.

    - an excessively low level of challenge, even lower than the previous chapters of the saga. Leveling up is too easy but not only, even completing the pokedex is now very easy (even the rarest pokemon such as Lucario and Tyranitar can be found walking through the Wild Areas).

    - the bad online system prevents you from enjoying mechanics like raids etc. without problems.

    In general, the lack of attention to detail that the game denotes is evident. It has at its base interesting ideas which, however, are left to themselves and not completed.

    I do not want to express myself about the dlc because they must be evaluated apart in my opinion, however, just because they are products separate from the base games and must be bought separately, it does not make sense to say that they solve the situation of the base games. In other words the dlc will not be able never justify the purchase of sword and shield pokemon.

    From Gamefreack I expect more on Nintendo Switch.    … Expand
  94. Leugimpiza
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Con el tiempo a mejorado el contenido es de los que le he didicado más de 700 horas, es el mejor juego para el competitivo
  95. CurryTea
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After more than 400 hours into the game. Its okay but i can say there are many flaws that should have been addressed. [Playing only on handheld]
    Good:
    - Background music is great
    - Wild areas/raid battles/dynamax brought a fresh blend to the Pokemon main series game [although this carries many poor factors - mentioned in bad section].
    - Pokemon Animations are great [battles/moves]. Plus, the design of this gen's Pokemon looks amazing too.
    - Pokemon Camp was fun with the idea of cooking curry, although would be better if we can actually interact more closely with our Pokemon such as the case of Pokemon amie in gen 6.

    Neutral:
    - The game is pretty straight forward compared to other generations as the path is straight forward with even the objective listed on the menu. Some new mechanism such as; nature mints (u can change natures of Pokemon), max a Pokemon IV by using bottle caps, EXP candies, Exp-share cannot be turned off makes training a Pokemon much easier. I do not mind this factor, you can simply choose not to use bottle caps/mints but rely heavily on breeding for good IVs.
    - Storyline is mediocre to average at the end as well as the post-game story. Stronger emphasis should have been to the script such as explaining the history behind galar.

    Bad:
    - Lack of my favorite Pokemon from the national dex.
    - Frame rate drops noticeable when connected to the internet while in the wild area.
    - The Y-comm list displaying max raid battles/trades do not refresh often, can be irritating when you're intending to join others in raid battles.
    - The wild area looks slightly blend or looks like it was filled with "empty space". More terrains can be added to look something like the Pokemon Isle of armor DLC.
    - Raid exploits are available such as the time date exploit, making watts so easy to farm for poke-dollars $ by selling 999x luxury balls.

    Conclusion:
    The issues with the lags and exploits at the wild areas should have been addressed by June 2020 now, but I am not seeing any improvements. However, do not let these factors disappoint you as there are still many ways to get the most fun from this game.    … Expand
  96. LordCooler777
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is garbage the combat animation is **** graphics are awful and the story line is lame.… Expand
  97. gialo
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    piss easy video game, completely mediocre in every respect. buy if you really want it, but leave this one otherwise
  98. AntiArmys120
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    No pusieron a bidoof y ademas pusieron mucho pasto y poco contenido, pero lo peor es que recortaron media pokedex para darla en dlc (ni siquiera pusieron a bidoof x2)
  99. FixR
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    Pokémon Sword (and by extension Shield) make the main series jump from their traditional handhelds to the big screen, though they don't stick the landing as much as many had hoped.

    There's numerous things to complete in the game for players of all fashions and ages, packaged with a creative new setting in the Galar region, a strong showing of new Pokémon designs, a difficulty that leans    Pokémon Sword (and by extension Shield) make the main series jump from their traditional handhelds to the big screen, though they don't stick the landing as much as many had hoped.

    There's numerous things to complete in the game for players of all fashions and ages, packaged with a creative new setting in the Galar region, a strong showing of new Pokémon designs, a difficulty that leans towards easy but isn't laughably so, and plenty of features the series desperately needed like autosaving, specific volume controls, better trainer customization and a movable camera.

    But behind all of the game's good content is an air of infamy, brought forward by a lack of development time, cut features that were well liked, a rolled back story and characters after the better depth of the last three generations of games, lazy programming, graphics and animations the developers essentially lied about, and numerous game design choices that actively undermined the concept of Pokémon itself, enraged even the biggest fans of the series, and were choices that just a few years ago the developers said they'd never even come close to considering.

    For me personally, nothing was a heavy deal breaker, and I was still excited to play and complete these games. They would have been worthy of an eight, or maybe even a nine had more time been given to develop them. But it's too easy to recognize everything that went wrong, and these games are sure to spawn discussions about them for both the right and wrong reasons for a long time to come.    … Expand
  100. Mudkip_Sexy
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    MUCHO PASTO
    POCO POQUEMON
    MUCHO BUG
    MUCHO MICROPAGO
    MUCHO CHARIZAR
    POCA AwA
    MUCHA POKEDEX B)
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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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