Pokemon UNITE

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

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  1. GutiOut
    Jul 22, 2021
    4
    Casual AF, looks good.
    It's not trash, but it's worse than LoL, Dota 2, Smite, Dawngate, Paragon, HoN, Arena of Valor, Vainglory, Battlerite. Unite is at the same level as HotS for me.
    Just for fans, no hxc players.
  2. GreenMenace
    Sep 27, 2022
    4
    I loved Remoat Stadium. I really, really dislike Thea Sky Ruins. Tencent is changing tack, and I’m not changing with it.

    Pros Easy to learn Mobas have a lot of replayability Short games Cons Takes a long time to receive Pokemon Two abilities Stiff competition In a moba style game, I like chaos. I like team fights. And Pokemon Unite took deliberate steps to be “just like”    I loved Remoat Stadium. I really, really dislike Thea Sky Ruins. Tencent is changing tack, and I’m not changing with it.

    Pros
    Easy to learn
    Mobas have a lot of replayability
    Short games

    Cons
    Takes a long time to receive Pokemon
    Two abilities
    Stiff competition

    In a moba style game, I like chaos. I like team fights. And Pokemon Unite took deliberate steps to be “just like” other mobas, leaving its niche of essentially what was a straight up team-fight for 8 minutes (out of 10 minute match) of wholesome fun. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step was to lengthen games because it has deliberately slowed down farming and scoring. Now there always has to be one person in each lane so you can’t fully team-fight in most cases. The result? People sit in their goal zones and deadlock the lane—there’s nothing to farm, and you can’t leave your goal zone because if you do—you get hit and they heal, or worse, they score while you get a tiny bit of farm. Deadlocked lanes aren’t the player’s fault; this is what the game has pushed for—to add a lot more idle time in games.

    This game feels a lot more like League of Legends, and I’m more likely to go play that than play Thea Sky Ruins because there are more characters, better skins (for the same price), and more abilities—which leads to a greater variety of gameplay. Pokemon Unite will never be able to compete against other Mobas if it copies them because less moves = less variability per Pokemon.

    To be clear, I mastered the game and made it to high level masters. I know what I’m doing and how to win. I loved Remoat Stadium. It was clunky and frustrating, but also a lot of fun. There are things the game is working on—like the reporting system—but I’ll be taking a break until, if ever, Tencent decides to make changes to the game to make it feel fast paced again.

    The money practices have changed significantly as well. Skins were always expensive, and I’ve actually bought a few to support the game back in Remoat Stadium. Players can earn about 3000 coins per week grinding the game. The last two Pokemon released cost 14k. Now, Pokemon are getting harder to purchase with in game currency and you can’t buy new Pokemon with in game currency for a week after they’re released. It’s crossed a line of ethics in my opinion. You want me playing your game because it makes it easier to matchmake, giving a better experience for everyone. When I like your game I will spend money on the Pokemon I like. Do NOT try to frustrate me into spending hundreds of dollars. That’s not promoting a game, that’s just disgusting.    … Expand
  3. FunkyBoi
    Jul 25, 2021
    4
    I wish I could give this game a higher score, but I'm unable to do so in good moral conscience. The game itself would serve as a fantastic introduction to the MOBA genre, with matches more simplified and concise than other MOBAs on market, allowing the player to grasp the core concept of the game and the genre at large quite intuitively. The introduction of chooseable movesets and itemI wish I could give this game a higher score, but I'm unable to do so in good moral conscience. The game itself would serve as a fantastic introduction to the MOBA genre, with matches more simplified and concise than other MOBAs on market, allowing the player to grasp the core concept of the game and the genre at large quite intuitively. The introduction of chooseable movesets and item builds in the pre-game lobby lends an interesting depth to the strategy of the game, and having it done at the start of the game removes a lot of the tedium of menu navigation during the games themselves.

    However, as has been stated by numerous users before me, the predatory monetisation and addiction tactics clearly utilised by the company are morally deplorable, particularly given Pokemon's appeal with younger audiences and the accessibility of the game itself allowing for young audiences to participate in the game. The game is rife with monetarily complex and predatory micro-transactions, be it for new Pokemon to play, new cosmetics, or even the aforementioned items which provide a direct advantage for any players seeking to play the game more competitively. To heavily monetise a game without any regulations or age requirements is completely irresponsible, and quite frankly revolting. I've long since lost faith in the Pokemon company's commitment to publishing quality products rather than relying solely on the appeal of the branding, but to see them stoop to such blatant levels of money-grubbery disgusts me to a point I can't ignore, and I'm inclined not to support the game at all. I only hope the negative backlash might prompt the Pokemon company and Tencent to make more ethical adjustments to their monetisation scheme, as a truly welcoming and enjoyable game does still exist beneath it all.    … Expand
  4. Axomarine
    Aug 25, 2021
    4
    Pokemon UNITE comes off as another Pokemon side game to forget about, but isn't as bad as some others.
  5. Foolkner
    Jul 24, 2021
    4
    Pretty fun but needs some balancing and yet another micro transaction game in a MOBA no less. Has potential if they can fix these and some other issues.
  6. Dalwaut
    Jul 24, 2021
    4
    Good - It's a polished MOBA and a good time when everything goes right, it has lots of potential.
    Bad - Pay to win for sure. More bugs than I've experienced in almost any pokemon game. Matchmaking has to reconnect 4/10 times. Ranked is trash leaving you stuck playing with beginners when your anything other than a master (highest rank). Character select bugs out and won't let you pick    Good - It's a polished MOBA and a good time when everything goes right, it has lots of potential.
    Bad - Pay to win for sure. More bugs than I've experienced in almost any pokemon game. Matchmaking has to reconnect 4/10 times. Ranked is trash leaving you stuck playing with beginners when your anything other than a master (highest rank). Character select bugs out and won't let you pick anything. People leave the match 3/10 times. SLOW progression. Capped coin earnings causing you to have to spend actual money. Barely any way to communicate with your team other than barely useful canned quick chats or voice chat that no one I've played with in over 125 battles has used.    … Expand
  7. LtngScourge
    Jul 26, 2021
    4
    I'll try to be as fair as possible.

    I'm a huge pokemon fan and I've played a couple of MOBAS in the past both mobile and pc ones. The game itself has cool and innovative mechanics, additionally, the game is easy to learn. My GF has never played a MOBA before and she really liked this one: Usually, it takes a while to say whether you like it or not. The visuals are great too, and the    I'll try to be as fair as possible.

    I'm a huge pokemon fan and I've played a couple of MOBAS in the past both mobile and pc ones. The game itself has cool and innovative mechanics, additionally, the game is easy to learn. My GF has never played a MOBA before and she really liked this one: Usually, it takes a while to say whether you like it or not. The visuals are great too, and the music is ok

    On a not-so-good side, we have the fact that the game itself doesn't tell you which pokemon uses Sp. Attack and which one doesn't. Thankfully some websites got you covered, still is a big fail here.

    Another not-so-bad thing is that matches sometimes feel so QUIET, the announcer needs to be more active in my opinion. Additionally, the menu has some slight lags.

    The real problem comes with the microtransactions method. If those were like a regular MOBA in which you pay only for cosmetics or experience boosts or the battler pass It wouldn't have been too much of a deal, however, here you can pay2win which is really discouraging. MOBAS are games about skill and strategy not about how much is your credit card's limit.

    If there were not a pay2win mechanic I would've given this game a 7 or 8.    … Expand
  8. rybufc
    Aug 5, 2021
    4
    Played this game for ~2 days and now i can write small review.

    Positives: 1. This game is pretty balanced (excluding zapdos buff, which is overpowered) 2. If you know how to play mobas - you can climb in ranks without problems (I, myself, after playing for ~1 day, climbed to Expert 4) 3. The base conception of 10 minute-limited moba game is nice, I like it. 4. This game is pretty    Played this game for ~2 days and now i can write small review.

    Positives:
    1. This game is pretty balanced (excluding zapdos buff, which is overpowered)
    2. If you know how to play mobas - you can climb in ranks without problems (I, myself, after playing for ~1 day, climbed to Expert 4)
    3. The base conception of 10 minute-limited moba game is nice, I like it.
    4. This game is pretty fun to play(imho).

    Negatives:
    1. Weekly limit of 2400 coins is garbage. To buy all the pokemons you need to play this game for months or donate. I don't like it.
    2. Currently, Zapdos is way too powerful, it needs to be nerfed.
    3. This game don't have good way to talk with your teammates, this is pretty garbage (you can't even write message before game start to simply ask your teammates to let you get fast lvl 5 in jungle).
    4. It is possible to play with newbies even in decent rank.

    If tencent will remove weekly coins limit, make some balance changes, add more pokemons and make money on skins - this game'll be awesome, but in current state it is only 4/10. (in my opinion)    … Expand
  9. StrawberryKitty
    Aug 9, 2021
    4
    The game is super fun but there are major balancing issues currently. Everything you do at the beginning of the game doesn't matter because whichever team gets Zapdos wins the entire game. Zapdos allows you to get double points per cap AS WELL AS allowing you to cap points immediately. So basically whoever gets Zapdos runs it into your spawn and gets double points immediately ALWAYSThe game is super fun but there are major balancing issues currently. Everything you do at the beginning of the game doesn't matter because whichever team gets Zapdos wins the entire game. Zapdos allows you to get double points per cap AS WELL AS allowing you to cap points immediately. So basically whoever gets Zapdos runs it into your spawn and gets double points immediately ALWAYS resulting in a win. I don't think I've ever seen a team win Zapdos and lose yet, they'd literally have to go afk.
    The Pokemon to choose from are kind of limited and some are 1000% better than others, like Snorlax. When it's a new game and it's free there's some things you can excuse as they work on it and patch it, but really? Nobody who play tested the game saw the Zapdos problem? You could literally afk the first 8 minutes of the game, come back and steal Zapdos and then xd you win. It's ridiculous.    … Expand
  10. ShadowRose
    Jan 12, 2022
    4
    The game is quite good and fun of course it still needs updates since it is new but the thing that brings it down so much it that the held items in-game are really hard to level up over level 20 so you are encouraged to buy aeosgems with real money to get more item enhancers which it brings it down allot as it is practically pay to win. It also has a weekly coin limit so then you areThe game is quite good and fun of course it still needs updates since it is new but the thing that brings it down so much it that the held items in-game are really hard to level up over level 20 so you are encouraged to buy aeosgems with real money to get more item enhancers which it brings it down allot as it is practically pay to win. It also has a weekly coin limit so then you are encouraged to buy aeosgems from the shop again so you can buy coins for new characters (which cost 6000 to 10000 coins and the limit is 2100 a week)! The energy tank limit is quite an unnecessary cash grab as well. Quite disappointed but to be expected from a free to play game.
    Update: They have kind of made it easier to get your items to level 30 now but they have added more very expensive skins.    … Expand
  11. paleojuanito
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
    this game had sooooo much potential, it's fun, easy play. UNFORTUNATELY, there are some walls preventing it to be what it can. first of all is the new moba community. turns out there are people in 2021, who have no idea of the MOBA fundamentals, and it hurts to play this game as it were league season one. wrong laners, team comps and troll pics. on the other hand there's zapdos. i'll checkthis game had sooooo much potential, it's fun, easy play. UNFORTUNATELY, there are some walls preventing it to be what it can. first of all is the new moba community. turns out there are people in 2021, who have no idea of the MOBA fundamentals, and it hurts to play this game as it were league season one. wrong laners, team comps and troll pics. on the other hand there's zapdos. i'll check the game again in a year or two… Expand
  12. awalker
    Dec 25, 2021
    4
    Never before have a waited in such anticipation for a game that returned my anticipation with fury, stress and rage. The absolutely ASININE matchmaking that went into this game reminds me of the type of programming that a 6 year old would design with a 2 month subscription to code ninjas and a 3 day pass to work at Nintendo. Honestly, every PROFESSIONAL MOBA player in the freaking worldNever before have a waited in such anticipation for a game that returned my anticipation with fury, stress and rage. The absolutely ASININE matchmaking that went into this game reminds me of the type of programming that a 6 year old would design with a 2 month subscription to code ninjas and a 3 day pass to work at Nintendo. Honestly, every PROFESSIONAL MOBA player in the freaking world could have told you that balanced matchmaking is #1 for a making a MOBA game enjoyable. Hell it’s imperative to make any competitive game enjoyable, and last I checked, this is not Nintendo’s first competitive game. So why is it, you made the simple and brilliant decision, to pair solo queue players up against full squads of players who are partied up and communicating? That’s like having a game of dodgeball where one team has to wear blindfolds. STUPID. How did this even get approved? Was this even considered in the 2 weeks you took to plan how this game would work? This is one the BIGGEST barriers standing in between this game being 10/10 and the 3.7 user rating that it has. This and properly training players HOW A MOBA WORKS need to be PRIORITY #1 for the next update. You have YouTube, you have professional MOBA players, you have reviews. F the skins for 1 bloody month. And fix this game.… Expand
  13. Toasttt
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    no .
  14. Dyl_lionaire
    Feb 10, 2023
    4
    For what it's worth the gameplay is alright, not good but I didn't suck, I just feel like once one team started winning there was no way of coming back, also all the pay to win stuff yadda yadda.
  15. Jippe89
    Aug 9, 2021
    3
    The 3 is because I throughly enjoy this game, and I want to give it a higher score. But it's predatory microtransactions, combined with pay-to-win, just butchers the game experience.

    And ofc, the one team that gets Zapdos are most likely to win. Nerf!
  16. Nati
    Aug 3, 2021
    3
    Generic tencent MOBA with some Pokemon stuff slapped on to make money.

    Extremely lazy, SUPER IMBALANCED... Theres 3-4 amazing Pokemon everyone rushes to pick, then absolute garbage. Also hacking??? people seeing you in hidden locations, people one shotting me as a slowbro literally 75 seconds into the game??? Big big yikes... Crap cash grab... ill go back to Fire Emblem Three    Generic tencent MOBA with some Pokemon stuff slapped on to make money.

    Extremely lazy, SUPER IMBALANCED... Theres 3-4 amazing Pokemon everyone rushes to pick, then absolute garbage.

    Also hacking??? people seeing you in hidden locations, people one shotting me as a slowbro literally 75 seconds into the game???

    Big big yikes... Crap cash grab... ill go back to Fire Emblem Three Houses gladly.    … Expand
  17. MaelstromZ
    Sep 26, 2021
    3
    Let's see... a Generic Tencent Moba with Pokémon skin taking advantage from our love for the franchise (Literally, I would have liked to OTP Lucario bcs being my avatar in PMD: Explorers of Sky file save)

    What do I see after reaching Expert 4 (Gold 2 in LoL) rank? -Item level gaps start to get very noticing when facing stronger enemies, which is **** -In Expert (Gold) rank, yes    Let's see... a Generic Tencent Moba with Pokémon skin taking advantage from our love for the franchise (Literally, I would have liked to OTP Lucario bcs being my avatar in PMD: Explorers of Sky file save)

    What do I see after reaching Expert 4 (Gold 2 in LoL) rank?

    -Item level gaps start to get very noticing when facing stronger enemies, which is ****

    -In Expert (Gold) rank, yes RIGHT THERE you see how people play like literally Silver 4/below lol players who should be learning the basics of ranked matchs, even low Bronze (no map awareness, no clue about when to do/ignore objectives, when to def, score etc. If you have negative jungler gap, you are more likely to lose). It gets even worse when you see your partner in lane to go against the opponent with more lvl/moves. WTF, how don't people in Gold rank start playing serious? They LOVE to gift Zapdos in the Endgame even if you are winning to throw the game for fk sake and never watch opponents trying to score. (No complaining about the lack of skill, much audience will be new with this game BUT... HAVING THEM IN EXPERT RANK IS POINTLESS! LET THEM LEARN THE GAME! IF YOU PUT THEM WITH PPL WITH SOME MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE THEY WILL SUFFER AND WE WILL SUFFER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LEARN AT THEIR OWN PATH AND WE NEED MORE EXPERIENCED TEAM MATES!) --> THIS will take me to the next point.

    -In that mentioned rank you can come across with... Beginners and Greats... (Bronze and Silver) and Elite or Above (Platinum+), does that mean... YOU HAVE TO FACE MUCH STRONGER OPPONENTS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING MUCH WEAKER ALLIES? DO YOU EVEN REALIZE HOW COINFLIP IS THAT?

    -Balance sucks. Assassin/Speedster class is as bad as in LoL, because they have too much damage or escapes. Their job is to kill a squishy target not to wipe the entire team (Zeraora/Absol...) furthermore, when you see Blastoise doing so much damage BEING A TANK and nullifying you skill giving you FULL COOLDOWNS you start to feel how something is NOT RIGHT. Balance team seems a bit drunk. Even the damned Charizard who is curiously placed in low tier, the generic basic edgy guy because yes pokemon. It gets annoying when uses ult and gets literally busted for like 10 secs. In any scenary it's plain ****

    As a conclussion... it could be great but is not. As almost everything in this rotten genre where if you aren't Gold+ you don't worth a **** for people. I saw the difference because I've been between Silver and Gold ranks in LoL, how do people act and the community is a very important aspect of such games, this is not gonna be different so if you don't like clasist and egoplayers better stay away. Better play Pokémon D/P/PT BW1/2, Conquest, Colosseum or Explorers of Sky. These are the peak of the franchise in content and quality. Save your suffering, MOBA genre is not meant to be fun, even if you win.    … Expand
  18. AmigoGrenouille
    Jul 24, 2021
    3
    Edit: I changed my score after learning just how bad the freemium aspects are. A fully kitted out item set gives a player such a ridiculous advantage that it trivializes the game. For a game with casual controls to force players to grind so endlessly or pay up up to $100 just to keep up, that's just unforgivable. This could have been a chance for a pokemon game with pure fun gameplayEdit: I changed my score after learning just how bad the freemium aspects are. A fully kitted out item set gives a player such a ridiculous advantage that it trivializes the game. For a game with casual controls to force players to grind so endlessly or pay up up to $100 just to keep up, that's just unforgivable. This could have been a chance for a pokemon game with pure fun gameplay without any baggage, but I guess that was just too good to be true.

    For a MOBA, it's very accessible. Controls are very easy and the moment-to-moment gameplay is simple to understand. Definitely made with children in mind. The unique mechanics are a bit odd and have some balancing issues. The game favors steamrolling, if a group of enemies win a teamfight and all score, they instantly get to full health and there isn't much your team can do about it.

    The mechanics are well-explained but the meta and objectives are poorly directed. Nobody's really sure where to go and it's easy to forget that you don't make any progress defeating enemies without getting points and scoring, which can be unfairly difficult if you're pushed back by a steamrolling team. Especially so with the 10-minute timer, which makes the game more casual but makes comebacks very rare.

    Outside the gameplay, there's classic Tencent scummy freemium practices. The game entices you with beginner quests that dry up and rewards will become scarce. I expect opinion of the game to go down sharply after the 14th day of its existence.    … Expand
  19. mah_eyes
    Jul 22, 2021
    3
    Pokemon unite has everything it needs to be a good game but things like the gold cap, the ingame timer (which makes it almost impossible to do comebacks) or items that are purchasble through microtransactions hinder the games fun factor imensely. It feels like the game developor tried to hinder you as much as possible to have a fun time. I hope they change certain things to help it in thePokemon unite has everything it needs to be a good game but things like the gold cap, the ingame timer (which makes it almost impossible to do comebacks) or items that are purchasble through microtransactions hinder the games fun factor imensely. It feels like the game developor tried to hinder you as much as possible to have a fun time. I hope they change certain things to help it in the long run or i fear it will be another nintendo rep that will die down just as fast as others before it… Expand
  20. Buwaro
    Jul 22, 2021
    3
    Tldr, the game will shower you with free stuff for the first two weeks and easy challenges to work through, and even then it's very meager for what you really need to unlock more stuff. However after those two weeks you'll progress so slow you be forced to spend money to keep up. Unfortunately this game has to be recommended to avoid
  21. MapleMaple
    Jul 23, 2021
    3
    The game itself is decent and the graphics look alright. The game is very vanilla compared to other MOBAs but that doesn't mean that it's bad. Unfortunately, the pay-to-win aspect in very intrusive. The more you buy, the more matches you'll win, which is disappointing considering that the game is marketed towards children who will be susceptible to the practice. Don't get invested in thisThe game itself is decent and the graphics look alright. The game is very vanilla compared to other MOBAs but that doesn't mean that it's bad. Unfortunately, the pay-to-win aspect in very intrusive. The more you buy, the more matches you'll win, which is disappointing considering that the game is marketed towards children who will be susceptible to the practice. Don't get invested in this game unless you are willing to spend well over the price of a AAA game to stay on an even playing field with other players.… Expand
  22. KemoFurrir
    Jul 31, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game will be really good game excepet P2W. You can pay your real world money to upgrade item in the game. P2W player very strong at early game you no way to fight P2W Player 100%
    Play For Fun Player need very very long time to max 1 item in the game this game is 100% P2W    … Expand
  23. Gwennifer
    Aug 7, 2021
    3
    The game is REALLY imbalanced. Even for a moba. The game is fun for a bit, but if you even care about winning at all it gets old quick.
    its so imbalanced, the pokemon "classes" or "roles" are imbalanced. Speedsters do more damage than the "damage" roles. There is only one support in the game, which equates to a healer that you kinda NEED on your team in most cases or you just lose any    The game is REALLY imbalanced. Even for a moba. The game is fun for a bit, but if you even care about winning at all it gets old quick.
    its so imbalanced, the pokemon "classes" or "roles" are imbalanced. Speedsters do more damage than the "damage" roles. There is only one support in the game, which equates to a healer that you kinda NEED on your team in most cases or you just lose any 5v5.
    The map is imbalanced. Drednaw is way more impactful than Rotom. Making bottom more important than top. Zapdos straight up wins the match if you get it, making the 8 minutes before Zapdos irrelevant.
    AND the pokemon themselves are imbalanced, some pokemon suck some are OP which is typical, but for christ sake I don't expect the game to be balanced but pick your poison not all of em.

    Rampant AFKers and leavers
    Horrible monetization, weekly cap on how much in-game currency can be earned to basically force players to by the Pokemon that they want to play.

    I do want to like the game, I'm an avid pokemon fan, I play a lot of competitive VGC and love the games even some of the worse ones, I also played league of legends for over a decade. So, I thought I would love this game but its obvious Tencent is just looking for some more pennies for their pockets, and don't have their heart in this at all.    … Expand
  24. retropacman
    Oct 14, 2022
    3
    Could have been the best Pokemon multiplayer game to date but between the horrible players, poor cosmetics, and rotten match making this game is dead. Played 300 hours on Nintendo Switch since launch and nothing ever gets better only worse. Menu is almost unusable due to frame lag both on Switch and mobile. They are trying to save it, but people are still leaving en masse. You get mostlyCould have been the best Pokemon multiplayer game to date but between the horrible players, poor cosmetics, and rotten match making this game is dead. Played 300 hours on Nintendo Switch since launch and nothing ever gets better only worse. Menu is almost unusable due to frame lag both on Switch and mobile. They are trying to save it, but people are still leaving en masse. You get mostly bot matches these days. They have made the bots AI better but only because there aren't enough real people playing the game.… Expand
  25. loafofchickenes
    Feb 7, 2023
    3
    they addes all my favorite dogs into T
    GHIS game but i wish they made a mode where i could plat with people
  26. Eyean
    Aug 5, 2023
    3
    Unite started out as promising, but quickly devolved into just another Tencent cash grab. While the gameplay is quite good, the dozens of terrible additions to the game have ruined it beyond repair.
  27. Ultradeath
    Aug 6, 2021
    2
    Has every form of microtransaction. The game is as basic as it can get and never is a close match. Maybe its just me but every game of the 50 I've played so far has been a close call. Either losing by alot, or winning so much they surrender... a surrender feature means the game isn't designed to even be a 10 minute battle... I hope I can change this review one day but in its current stateHas every form of microtransaction. The game is as basic as it can get and never is a close match. Maybe its just me but every game of the 50 I've played so far has been a close call. Either losing by alot, or winning so much they surrender... a surrender feature means the game isn't designed to even be a 10 minute battle... I hope I can change this review one day but in its current state it is a Pokemon money grab.… Expand
  28. Janinel
    Sep 12, 2021
    2
    P2W, unbalanced AF, you're limited in the weekly coins you can get (4 weeks for a 8k coins pokemon, 5 weeks for a 10k coins). Zeraora, a pokemon lowkey worth 3 in one, is timelocked. Means that mobile players won't be able to get him, because players who started after 31/08 can't get him.
    Autoaim is the trashiest you can imagine. Whatever setting you take, it will act in the opposite:    P2W, unbalanced AF, you're limited in the weekly coins you can get (4 weeks for a 8k coins pokemon, 5 weeks for a 10k coins). Zeraora, a pokemon lowkey worth 3 in one, is timelocked. Means that mobile players won't be able to get him, because players who started after 31/08 can't get him.
    Autoaim is the trashiest you can imagine. Whatever setting you take, it will act in the opposite: set remaining %HP and it'll target full HP trashmob instead of the fleeing guy almost dead that you were chasing. And you can't disable it.

    Competitive play is impossible in a game where OP heroes are timelocked, aim is dumb and P2W.

    Dead game in a few months at best.    … Expand
  29. Bnois
    Aug 29, 2021
    2
    1) Remove weekly coin limit.
    2) Remove weekly energy tank limit.
    3) Make new events appear on a weekly basis.
    4) No more held item upgrades with money.
    Until then, the score stays.
  30. rojcyk
    Jul 25, 2021
    2
    In a nutshell, standard free to play game. Avoid.

    - The animations and visuals are there.
    - The gameplay is fun.
    - But the whole game is plagued with Pay 2 Win microtransactions. To be fair, they are quite hidden, unless you start exploring how is the enemy pokemon 3 lvls lower still one shoting you.
    - Cap on in game currencies (so you can only get so much)
  31. KenniG
    Aug 1, 2021
    2
    The good…It’s Pokémon and it looks good.

    The bad… It’s pay to win. Nuff said.
  32. Nxbyte
    Aug 9, 2021
    2
    Still better than playing League of Legends

    Game is fun to an extend but in general it's a Pay-to-Win disguised as a Play-To-Fast, Tencent really sucked out all the potential the game had to begin with the Microtransactions and Upgradable Gear.
  33. B3jn
    Aug 20, 2021
    2
    Wow what a trash game. I come from a Dota background and it is sad to see these pathetic clones get worse and worse.

    I have played around 100 games of Pokemon Unite and I can honestly say it's horribly unbalanced, basically the game is decided in the last 2 minutes (the game lasts a constant 10 minutes), regardless of what happened earlier. At 8 minute mark Zapdos (Roshan) spawns that    Wow what a trash game. I come from a Dota background and it is sad to see these pathetic clones get worse and worse.

    I have played around 100 games of Pokemon Unite and I can honestly say it's horribly unbalanced, basically the game is decided in the last 2 minutes (the game lasts a constant 10 minutes), regardless of what happened earlier. At 8 minute mark Zapdos (Roshan) spawns that gives the team that LAST HITS it ridiculous advantage. I repeat: LAST HIT, so you can be stomping the game and then someone from the opposite team happens to steal Zapdos and you lose.
    Don't even get me started on the fact that you have to buy heroes and upgrade items, which can be done with real money.
    Uninstall and play Dota 2, or hell, even League.    … Expand
  34. jemjd
    Jul 23, 2021
    2
    The game itself is fun and entertaining to play. The problem comes with how it's sold as a free-to-play MOBA. The game is predatory with it's micro-transactions locking away items and characters away. You can purchase the characters with in-game currency you can gain but with a weekly cap it's not even worth playing the game other than maybe a match here or there. Overall it had greatThe game itself is fun and entertaining to play. The problem comes with how it's sold as a free-to-play MOBA. The game is predatory with it's micro-transactions locking away items and characters away. You can purchase the characters with in-game currency you can gain but with a weekly cap it's not even worth playing the game other than maybe a match here or there. Overall it had great potential and ends up being a disappointment.… Expand
  35. Frenchkov
    Jul 26, 2021
    2
    Don't play this game until they fix their monetization system.
    Pokemon Unite has a lot of flaws. Balancing is not great, the short-timer is pretty constraining for a MOBA, the P2W aspect is unacceptable and present in every basic aspect of the game, and what think about Zapdos that is not a bonus but a complete game-breaker.
    You can have a huge lead during 8 minutes and lose because of    Don't play this game until they fix their monetization system.
    Pokemon Unite has a lot of flaws. Balancing is not great, the short-timer is pretty constraining for a MOBA, the P2W aspect is unacceptable and present in every basic aspect of the game, and what think about Zapdos that is not a bonus but a complete game-breaker.
    You can have a huge lead during 8 minutes and lose because of Zapdos mechanic in less than 1 minute which is a horrible balance and that leads to way too much frustration.
    Also, it's hard to communicate with your team.
    The weekly cap to obtain a new character is also a bad choice, just made to make money and it's so obvious that it's disgusting.
    I'm not surprised that Tencent/Timi did the gatcha system in the addition to all the monetization systems this game already has, they do the same on many of their games.
    But for a pokemon license and a game targeting children, it's **** as hell.    … Expand
  36. MrAzeo
    Aug 1, 2021
    2
    Gros problème entre chèques perso sur ce jeu. Certains Pokémons ont des attaques complètement inutiles. De plus quand un autre Pokémon one shot ont peut rien faire (Makogneur)
  37. XyrisStrom
    Aug 2, 2021
    2
    The game is about as pay to win as it could get thanks to how upgrading your items work. It also caps you out in how much resources you can earn in game per week, and they’ve already proved they care more to put out more content than fix already existing issues. Standard matches last 10 minutes, and the first 8 minutes are essentially a waste of time as it almost never affects the outcomeThe game is about as pay to win as it could get thanks to how upgrading your items work. It also caps you out in how much resources you can earn in game per week, and they’ve already proved they care more to put out more content than fix already existing issues. Standard matches last 10 minutes, and the first 8 minutes are essentially a waste of time as it almost never affects the outcome of the match. The final 2 minutes where all points scored are doubled and if you die in this time span it hits you with around a 50 second respawn time. To top it off you can defeat zapdos, essentially earning your whole squad of 5 50 points, in the part of the match where all scored points are doubled. You often find ppl with no way to participate in the last 2 minutes at all once they’re knocked out thanks to the majorly crippling 50 second respawn and the time it takes to travel the map. Let’s not forget the team that defeats zapdos and got all those free points I talked about earlier, also get to score on your goals uninterrupted now once they reach em. This game has all the regular issues you can expect from any moba, and plenty more far worse issues than the others.… Expand
  38. Prideforce
    Aug 12, 2021
    2
    I do really enjoy the game, but the big thing that ruins the fun is zapdos.
    It needs a big nerf, ive had alot of games that my team was winning big time, but if they get the last hit on zapdos its done and the winning team loses big time.
    2 things has to change, first thing is to nerf the stupid zapdos. second thing make it so the team with the most damage gets rotom/drednaw or zapdos.    I do really enjoy the game, but the big thing that ruins the fun is zapdos.
    It needs a big nerf, ive had alot of games that my team was winning big time, but if they get the last hit on zapdos its done and the winning team loses big time.


    2 things has to change, first thing is to nerf the stupid zapdos. second thing make it so the team with the most damage gets rotom/drednaw or zapdos.
    Most of the time people hide in a bush and wait till they can do the last hit, its stupid.    … Expand
  39. anonnity
    Aug 17, 2021
    2
    if you like league of legends, cool this game is probably more made for you
    but objectively, its not good
    i wanted to like this game so badly, but i just can't bring myself to. The controls are irritating, the movement speed is terrible, and the matching system doesn't seem to work. You either end up getting completely swept or completely dominate. I have yet to see an in-between, and    if you like league of legends, cool this game is probably more made for you
    but objectively, its not good

    i wanted to like this game so badly, but i just can't bring myself to. The controls are irritating, the movement speed is terrible, and the matching system doesn't seem to work. You either end up getting completely swept or completely dominate. I have yet to see an in-between, and it's no fun either way. the combat had potential, but the absurd cooldowns and, again, the painfully slow movement speed just makes for a boring experience. Characters aren't balanced, with some being able to stun/freeze you before one shotting you and others just being able to one shot you for no reason, even at the same level, max hp
    Then, after dying, the respawn cooldown is obscene- so if you end up in a situation where you get swept you just end up twiddling your thumbs the whole match.
    If you end up dominating, that also isn't fun because you just end up spawn-killing the opponent and scoring goals for however long the match lasts. It's boring. I'd rather be playing bookworm adventure deluxe, unironically.
    as a side note, I don't think this game is pay to win. I want to make it clear that that is not my issue with this game. I do not care about the purchases you can make, and I don't see a problem with them. I have a problem with everything else.

    tl;dr:
    boring game unless you are sweaty and play league
    then its just league for babies    … Expand
  40. wakingandroid
    Aug 22, 2021
    2
    So I'll start by saying the game is good and fun! Gameplay-wise it's solid and just fun to play.
    I have lots of experience with mobas including lol, dota, and various mobile games and I've been playing Pokemon unite from release and I've been enjoying it.
    However, the games communication features are almost none existent. You can turn voice on (has to be turned on with every individual    So I'll start by saying the game is good and fun! Gameplay-wise it's solid and just fun to play.
    I have lots of experience with mobas including lol, dota, and various mobile games and I've been playing Pokemon unite from release and I've been enjoying it.
    However, the games communication features are almost none existent. You can turn voice on (has to be turned on with every individual game) but in all my games I never once encountered another player who turned it on. There is a wheel to choose from a list of phrases but beyond signalling what lane you're going to it's useless.
    The ranking system is all over the place. It's really hard to make any sense of it at all. Worked my way up to expert rank and even in the expert ranks, I was frequently put into games with four great ranked players. And when I say frequently I mean I could honestly count the times I had a team at my rank on one hand and it just felt unfair at the end of the day. That combined with the lack of communication results in a team that just doesn't have any coordination. Which brings me to the player base.
    Oh boy... Oh dear... Oh man...
    The player base is something else. Even at the higher ranks, I seen afkers all the time! And I'm not exagerating there. It's a real problem. You will encounter many many afks.You'll see people feeding lanes, people running around like headless chickens is a near-constant. I honestly felt like making a public apology to the league of legends community for every bad thing I've ever said about them. You will see some stuff playing this game that I guarantee. From what I gather there are a lot of children playing this game, which is understandable it is a Pokemon game after all. But you will have players doing crazy things and you have no way of trying to communicate to that player at all. It really is the communication features and the mess of a ranking system that is massively letting this game down.    … Expand
  41. Shadowslines
    Sep 4, 2021
    2
    The game feels rubbish and slacking balance between players, character and game system. A lot into pay to win system. Character looks cool, zaptops can ruin your game from not able to stop the enemy team from scoring. Rank are filled with AFK players and even at a higher rank you are playing with or against a super low tiers player. I don’t mind waiting longer to match up with good player,The game feels rubbish and slacking balance between players, character and game system. A lot into pay to win system. Character looks cool, zaptops can ruin your game from not able to stop the enemy team from scoring. Rank are filled with AFK players and even at a higher rank you are playing with or against a super low tiers player. I don’t mind waiting longer to match up with good player, SO I CAN ENJOY A GOOD BATTLE!… Expand
  42. Suckysuckygames
    Sep 6, 2021
    2
    The developers are so cloak and dagger. 1) Game is very pay to win. Just to fully upgrade ONE item costs ~$147!!!! 2) Padded bot games disguised as online matches occur frequently 3) The game mostly doesn’t give any numerical values for items, Pokémon stats or updates. 4) there are seven or eight different currencies for purchasing things which is absurd. 5) there are hidden deceptiveThe developers are so cloak and dagger. 1) Game is very pay to win. Just to fully upgrade ONE item costs ~$147!!!! 2) Padded bot games disguised as online matches occur frequently 3) The game mostly doesn’t give any numerical values for items, Pokémon stats or updates. 4) there are seven or eight different currencies for purchasing things which is absurd. 5) there are hidden deceptive mechanics in the game. Uninstalled. Could have been a simple, fun experience.… Expand
  43. Supremewiz
    Sep 14, 2021
    2
    Penalizes you for their game crashing to the point you can’t play. There is also no way to get rid of these and explain which is sad seeing how people do put money into it. Wish I had a time machine. Game is not worth even $10.
  44. DobisPR72
    Oct 3, 2021
    2
    This game shows a lot of promise but there are too many frustrating elements to this game that prevents me from continued play for now. First and most egregious is the $40 cost for a single cosmetic skin for Ninetales. The information on the game is incredibly limited which leads to a LOT of improper play from other people. There's not many incentives or mechanics that encourageThis game shows a lot of promise but there are too many frustrating elements to this game that prevents me from continued play for now. First and most egregious is the $40 cost for a single cosmetic skin for Ninetales. The information on the game is incredibly limited which leads to a LOT of improper play from other people. There's not many incentives or mechanics that encourage teamwork. I've been stuck at Ultra 2 for nearly 2 months now. I'm not an elite player by any margin. I know at the end of the day if I was really good I'd be on masters by now, but I know my role and think I do it well at least. Also, i can't tell you how many games I've lost thinking we're ahead but lose because the score is not shown during the match. There's always going to be disagreements with how a game is run but I refuse to play this game. Pokemon franchise has made and continues to generate an incredible amount of money. Seems like a slap in the face for a $40 skin.… Expand
  45. JoeyPL5
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Disgusting cash grab by the Pokemon Company. Pay to win trash. The core MOBA gameplay is alright I guess.
  46. SammyHauguth
    Jul 30, 2021
    1
    Pay to win, do I really need to write more? It would be fun if it was more "fair play" as even the game itself use but pay to win is not FAIR.

    And the CPU need to have difficulties, because now It's too hard. It's impossible to match it, even if we use team work.
  47. HappyPhilXD
    Jul 26, 2021
    1
    After reaching a certain level (Lv.9) you can upgrade the Items your Pokemon can hold. Items you can buy with real money. But that's not the worst part, you still can get items fairly fast from playing, but! You can upgrade these items and that costs a lot of Aeo Gems ( the paid currency) but then you have Items that can give you a boost like 7.5% more Attack Speed and +15 ATK right fromAfter reaching a certain level (Lv.9) you can upgrade the Items your Pokemon can hold. Items you can buy with real money. But that's not the worst part, you still can get items fairly fast from playing, but! You can upgrade these items and that costs a lot of Aeo Gems ( the paid currency) but then you have Items that can give you a boost like 7.5% more Attack Speed and +15 ATK right from the start of a match.
    Since you can hold 3 Items, someone who pays money can get a crazy boost, overpowering everyone who doesn't pay2win.

    Removing an in match shop like in every other MOBA where you can get Items with the Gold gained from killing players and mobs, took away deepth and replaced it with an environment where wealthy players can always dominate those with less money.
    I don't understand why they couldn't just stop at the paid skins, paid Pokémon and paid Battle Pass.

    Without the Pay2Win, the game could've been a very good MOBA on the Switch.
    I can't believe this is a Nintendo game...    … Expand
  48. Surma
    Sep 27, 2021
    1
    Just terrible game.

    1. Problem is lack of communication and planning. People just KS your jungle camps just because they want to have higher level. Well that ally was already level 6 and I'm still struggling at 4, no matter, still steals. 2. There's just too much wrong type of damage in game. There's plenty of people shooting 30% of hp away from you from range, while someone who    Just terrible game.

    1. Problem is lack of communication and planning. People just KS your jungle camps just because they want to have higher level. Well that ally was already level 6 and I'm still struggling at 4, no matter, still steals.

    2. There's just too much wrong type of damage in game. There's plenty of people shooting 30% of hp away from you from range, while someone who dives in close with 3 extra leaps can hit you 30-40% hp away in each jump. Once you get behind, you fall down even faster than in League of Legends, which for past 2 seasons has introduced the worst types of balance changes and increased snowball significantly.

    3. UI is confusing as hell. There's like 6-7 different tabs that track your "progress". There's one where you get login rewards, there's one where you get level rewards, there's one where you can complete quests, there's one for personal achievements, there's one for... Oh and then there's WEEKLY, MONTHLY, ONE TIME rewards that you keep digging from the system.

    4. The pay to win aspect. BUT it's not that bad as you would think. I was able to get 2 items to level 20 without paying a dime, and there is promised 3 items that can permanently boost item level to 30. So this means if you know what you're doing, you can boost any major role item to maximum and not have any competitive disadvantage.

    But bigger issue is that once you are forced in Off-role, meaning that instead of lets say you play support, you're going to play tank, you're going to be picking 1-2 Pokemon Available in free roster or whatever you're unlocked, and then equip 0 defensive items for them.

    5. Battle preparation There's not enough time to prepare for combat, and it's incredibly difficult to do without going into the Match Ready screen to change items for each played unit. There's 3 items for passive gains, there's 1 item for active, and then you got to inform which lane you're going. It's just too much for too little time.

    5. The actual combat is pretty terrible. This could have been great game for PC, but this got released mobile controls or switch. Aiming is too hard to do right and there's just too many missclicks... which I guess could be practised...

    6. The game itself vs other franchises. This game just doesn't seem to have too much effort behind it, compared to other big Pokemon Games. It's (just like with Pokemon Go) they did the least amount of effort, least amount of innovation, least amount of joy added to the game, to just make it another milking machine for whales. (Whales are people who spend ridiculous sums of money on usually Free to Play games).

    If this was lets say 15 euro purchase on PC, with full roster and reasonable systems behind it, good enough roster for me to actually care (I literally didn't give a **** about current roster), I would have been interested.

    But I'm sure this game will despite it's horrible score, somehow reach billion players who all have their parents credit card to burn, just like with Pokemon Go.

    You watch this ACTUAL reviews you see this game is 3.8 (or probably worse since writing of this review), that's the REAL score, not the fake score the company is pushing in Google Store with possibly deleting low scored reviews and paid reviews.

    Like I said it's not that hard pay to win, but I don't think you should spend any money on this game... or if you do, only spend the maximum 19.99 to get double the income and then never put a single dime on it. Don't do it like these dumb streamers who donate 2000 euros for this free to play game to "I'm just showing how bad the system is", basically feeding them the revenue they gain from your eyeballs watching their advertisements.    … Expand
  49. darksoulw
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    A game full with greedy monetization practices, in a kids platform. This game use all the phsicology tricks used by the worst greedy mobile companies
  50. chocapic
    Jul 23, 2021
    1
    El juego está bien, entretenido y bastante adictivo, muy simple pero como digo, cumple. Lo peor es el balanceo de ciertos pokemon, unos son muy malos e inútiles y otros que apretando todos los botones matas al otro equipo entero tú solo (no es coña, lo he hecho). Un 6.5 le pondría. El problema es el online, en lo que se basa el juego además, va muy mal, caídas de frames constantes, 90% delEl juego está bien, entretenido y bastante adictivo, muy simple pero como digo, cumple. Lo peor es el balanceo de ciertos pokemon, unos son muy malos e inútiles y otros que apretando todos los botones matas al otro equipo entero tú solo (no es coña, lo he hecho). Un 6.5 le pondría. El problema es el online, en lo que se basa el juego además, va muy mal, caídas de frames constantes, 90% del tiempo lag que no te deja moverte... es injugable vamos, y no es problema de mi conexión, porque nunca me ha pasado a esta magnitud en mi consola, vale que el online de switch es muy posiblemente el peor en la historia de los videojuegos, pero juegos como mario kart o spaltoon al menos se pueden jugar medio decente, pero a este juego no, al menos sin tener la oled o un puerto ethernet, en ese caso ya no sé como irá, pero con wifi NO SE PUEDE JUGAR.… Expand
  51. DarkGemini
    Jul 29, 2021
    1
    This game could've been great, but this pay to win monetization killed the potential. I wanted so badly to like this game, but the unfairness of it all just absolutely ruins it. I would go into how unbalanced some pokemon are, but right now this whole game needs a mechanic overhaul before it's too late. At this point it's useless to compete with anyone with maxed out items. You absolutelyThis game could've been great, but this pay to win monetization killed the potential. I wanted so badly to like this game, but the unfairness of it all just absolutely ruins it. I would go into how unbalanced some pokemon are, but right now this whole game needs a mechanic overhaul before it's too late. At this point it's useless to compete with anyone with maxed out items. You absolutely will lose. Such a huge potential went down the drain. How disappointing.… Expand
  52. CloudXz
    Aug 9, 2021
    1
    I had really Fun at the Start. But it is now only a pay to win Game. The only reason why it dosen't get a 0 from me was the first Week.
  53. In_between
    Aug 15, 2021
    1
    Absolutely no.

    It's a Pay to Win abuse of the Pokemon franchise. I mean, no one was actually expecting it to be a good game, but if they had chosen a standard economic model it would have been a light-hearted and simple MOBA, much like the Adventure Time MOBA on Cartoon Network site. Right now it's a scam, and also a very clear way to see the actual state of the Pokemon franchise: a    Absolutely no.

    It's a Pay to Win abuse of the Pokemon franchise. I mean, no one was actually expecting it to be a good game, but if they had chosen a standard economic model it would have been a light-hearted and simple MOBA, much like the Adventure Time MOBA on Cartoon Network site.

    Right now it's a scam, and also a very clear way to see the actual state of the Pokemon franchise: a constant cash grab.    … Expand
  54. B387pp1
    Apr 7, 2022
    1
    Thankfully this game isn’t p2w, but it is very bad. The matchmaking is the worst I’ve ever seen in a game, and you can’t check delay or ping before accepting the match. Sometimes the game won’t even load the arena so you’re stuck.
  55. Arkensark
    Jul 27, 2021
    1
    Game is fun but it's massively pay to win, so avoid if possible. Don't let Nintendo exploit your kids with predatory microtransactions.
  56. Efbiaiopenap
    Jul 23, 2021
    1
    It's the most generic moba you could imagine with a Pokemon texture pack spraypainted on it. Also, it's pay 2 win, which is unacceptable. Did anyone even remember that this game got announced?
  57. Brickdoor
    Jul 23, 2021
    1
    Could possibly be an interesting take on Pokemon, but it's ruined with predatory micro-transactions. Items upgrade at a glacial pace, unless you pay to upgrade them for significant stat and speed boosts, on top of other gacha style gambling mechanics. In a franchise aimed at a younger audience this is unacceptable.
  58. Jacudibu
    Jul 28, 2021
    1
    Man, if it wasn't for Held Items I'd really love and recommend this game! But sadly everyone who claims that it isn't pay to win hasn't seen the Item Upgrades (and their costs or effects) yet.

    A full upgrade for one item (you can equip up to 3 at once) costs you around 40 bucks. This yields a stat increase from just +1 Attack to +15 (with an extra 7.5% attack speed and some damage    Man, if it wasn't for Held Items I'd really love and recommend this game! But sadly everyone who claims that it isn't pay to win hasn't seen the Item Upgrades (and their costs or effects) yet.

    A full upgrade for one item (you can equip up to 3 at once) costs you around 40 bucks.
    This yields a stat increase from just +1 Attack to +15 (with an extra 7.5% attack speed and some damage based on missing HP% on top) for just one item. I think mid-term using just the in-game rewards it's possible to reach level 20 on your main items, but level 30 is outright impossible without the use of a credit card.

    If you want to find out more about why it's pay 2 win and why everyone who claims otherwise hasn't done proper research, check out this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/oqal4o/pokemon_unite_how_pay2win_is_pokemon_unite_i_did/

    Either way, really like the game in itself, but a MOBA that outright sells you an insane stat boost for your in-game characters is absolutely not worth playing long-term. Coming from someone who spent years playing LoL and Dota.

    Oh, and the UI feels really unresponsive for some reason (double presses to move the cursor multiple times just don't work most of the time, as if the menus are running at 10FPS or so). Although that doesn't affect normal gameplay, obviously... unless you need to change some of your Items last minute and it just doesn't work because everything is so damn slow! :'D    … Expand
  59. ShadyGuy
    Jul 27, 2021
    1
    This game is pay to win. Period
    Items are a minimal advantage but huge in the competitive scenario. This move was disgusting. Get monetization from skins, pokemons, etc. Nintendo. Fix this plz
  60. Joberg
    Jul 29, 2021
    1
    I really enjoyed this game. The graphics are alright, the selection of characters is nice and controls and game mechanics work well, too. BUT: Unlike any other MOBA I’ve played, the matches in this game are NOT fair, because it’s possible to spend real money to get in game advantages which would take years to get by playing for free. People who wi start the game in a year won’t stand aI really enjoyed this game. The graphics are alright, the selection of characters is nice and controls and game mechanics work well, too. BUT: Unlike any other MOBA I’ve played, the matches in this game are NOT fair, because it’s possible to spend real money to get in game advantages which would take years to get by playing for free. People who wi start the game in a year won’t stand a chance against people who already grinded for a year.… Expand
  61. Aloz00rd
    Aug 4, 2021
    1
    It's a shame that this game is called a MOBA, because, if u have ever played any MOBA game, there can't be any feature that influences in the game that requires you to pay to get, or, the way that it's really not intended to do: grinding. A literally pay to win game, that calls himself a MOBA to get some LoL/DoTa players that enjoys pokémon to play it.
  62. Lair0
    Aug 5, 2021
    1
    This game is not only pay2win but you also gonna get paired with fu**ing kids every single time, kids that you can tell for their behaivor that they are just learning how to read, because of this you are going to lose no matter how good you play
  63. Pocahuntress
    Aug 11, 2021
    1
    Would be fun but you have people that sit in the spawn for 7 minutes with no way to kick them. Would be fun except you play against people who sink tons of dollars into upgrades. Or it would be fun, it’s just that Zeraora is stupidly overpowered. And then you just can’t up your rank past a certain point because of all these facts. I’m done until the game gets fixed.
  64. SnowyTod
    Oct 6, 2021
    1
    The game is fun at the first time, but while the time passes the game becomes very frustrating, dumb people that doesn't know how to play but with good people at the other team, bad losers(people that doesn't accept that the match is lose even if they are very **** playing and doesn't help), afk or trolls, bugs that kills you with one hit, p2w, very expensive skins, is just the worstThe game is fun at the first time, but while the time passes the game becomes very frustrating, dumb people that doesn't know how to play but with good people at the other team, bad losers(people that doesn't accept that the match is lose even if they are very **** playing and doesn't help), afk or trolls, bugs that kills you with one hit, p2w, very expensive skins, is just the worst competitive game, the matchmaking is very bad in comparison to other games, even Fortnite that matchmake you with kids that leave the match if you don't have a mic, is better than this "game", you really depend of your team to win and most of the time they are very useless, even a bot is better than your mates, the game really needs a skill based matchmaking or something like that, just like, calculate the average score in the matches and a damage calculator to see how good are you, it will really help to improve the game, and it needs a solo or a co-op game mode to at least have some variety, meanwhile, the game only have to do one thing, be a moba, if the game doesn't do that right, there is a problem… Expand
  65. OCPhoenix177
    Oct 8, 2021
    1
    Beautiful looking game with subpar controls without customization, semi interesting game mechanics, and possibly the worst character balancing I’ve ever seen in a MOBA. Strategy plays less of a role than it should, with nearly every game having one team obliterate the other within the first 2 minutes - the rest of the game is just stalling for how long until you lose or (if you’re reallyBeautiful looking game with subpar controls without customization, semi interesting game mechanics, and possibly the worst character balancing I’ve ever seen in a MOBA. Strategy plays less of a role than it should, with nearly every game having one team obliterate the other within the first 2 minutes - the rest of the game is just stalling for how long until you lose or (if you’re really lucky) steal Zapdos. Quick matches are fun for simple games, but not an ideal characteristic for strategy MOBA games. There is an optimum build for every Pokémon with the other abilities hardly ever seeing the light of day. Builds are set at the beginning of the match so you’re stuck with what is optimal and no room for counter building. Ultimately you are playing by yourself against a team that has some minor coordination, and hopefully your teammates are cooperative. Communication is possible but does not exist as all - only pings which nobody pays attention to. If you need help or need your jungle to pay attention to your lane - good luck because no amount of “I need assistance” will encourage any teammate to assist - you can’t depend on anyone.… Expand
  66. drakensingyt
    Jan 16, 2022
    1
    I've played many mobas both PC & Mobile as a moba enthusiastic, this game matchmaking has the worst no doubt. Reached Master 1850 solo q after got a match with clueless players 5 times leading to lose streaks 5 times as well 1850 to 1801. I guess its time to stop playing this game for good, uninstalled. Time is just more precious to be wasted by these no cluers Masters or Ultras. Even whenI've played many mobas both PC & Mobile as a moba enthusiastic, this game matchmaking has the worst no doubt. Reached Master 1850 solo q after got a match with clueless players 5 times leading to lose streaks 5 times as well 1850 to 1801. I guess its time to stop playing this game for good, uninstalled. Time is just more precious to be wasted by these no cluers Masters or Ultras. Even when I hypercarrying 12-16 kills they still losing objectives including zap. It just feels great not to play this game anymore.… Expand
  67. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unite = 1/10
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  68. kindmodo
    May 21, 2023
    1
    the game could be great but the eintire playerbase is sadly too stupid to play theyr position and half of the games one of your team is just going to leave lane so ur center cant farm sadly this doesnt change even if u are vet+.
  69. Ajetris
    Jul 23, 2023
    1
    First it was Gengar The broken pokemon, then Zoroark, then Zacian, and now Mewtwo. I will don't play pokemon unite anymore. And from my point of view Gengar and especially Zoroark are still a bit broken. P.S. Overpriced gems, P.S. 2 I can't play with friends if we are not in the same rank THX!
  70. lexgamer
    Aug 2, 2021
    0
    Made myself cry thinking about it the other day. Like, I know it's just a game, but the series has meant a lot to me over the years and carries a pretty heavy nostalgia. But this? This is a new low. For starters, the idea of 'premium currency' is a trick to begin with. Why not just say in the shop that a given skin is, say, "$7.99"? Instead, they create an illusion that de-values money,Made myself cry thinking about it the other day. Like, I know it's just a game, but the series has meant a lot to me over the years and carries a pretty heavy nostalgia. But this? This is a new low. For starters, the idea of 'premium currency' is a trick to begin with. Why not just say in the shop that a given skin is, say, "$7.99"? Instead, they create an illusion that de-values money, into shiny little "gems" or whatever a given game might call it. THEN, back when this idea was new it was an easy conversion, like $10 for 1000 gems, but over time it's shifted, just a bit, such as $12 for 1000 gems, so that when you see something like 800 gems in-game FEELS about $8, but it actually cost you around $10. THEN, interweave it with a bunch of other in-game currencies, which further dis-associates your real money, with in-game mechanics. THEN, some items are labeled as "coins/gems" and others as just "tickets", but when you try to buy a ticket item without enough tickets, it prompts you to use gems, hiding that possibility of real money. Oh, and these items are used to increase your stats, giving you an edge over those who do not pay, praying on human susceptibility the way a casino does. THEN, all this happens in a game series typically targeted to our CHILDREN. All this seriously upsets me. The next time the pokemon company president, sitting at his desk with pokemon plushies all around, tries to tell me about the next new pokemon game, I don't know if I'll be able to look at him in the face. Business is business, but this is disgusting.… Expand
  71. Itsapaul
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    Disqualified for being overtly pay to win. You really thought you'd sneak that by cuz its pokemon huh?
  72. gabriot
    Sep 16, 2021
    0
    First off let's get one thing clear, regardless of whether or not the advantage is small or large - the fact that you can pay money to gain an advantage over free to play players is the DEFINITION of "pay to win", so anyone saying it isn't pay to win is objectively a liar.

    That aside... this game is complete trash. Bugs and horrible servers aside, I've never seen such a mess of    First off let's get one thing clear, regardless of whether or not the advantage is small or large - the fact that you can pay money to gain an advantage over free to play players is the DEFINITION of "pay to win", so anyone saying it isn't pay to win is objectively a liar.

    That aside... this game is complete trash. Bugs and horrible servers aside, I've never seen such a mess of control/design decisions in a moba, EVER. Which is laughable because we've had how many examples of how to properly do a moba now? And tencent is just like nah, we'll do it our way.

    But the most horrible aspect of this game BY FAR is the comeback mechanics. WHOOOO BOY the comeback mechanics just trivialize the entire first 90% of any match. The final 2 minutes of every match completely invalidate the entire match leading up to it, and the game does EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER to punish the team that actually fought hard to outplay the enemy for the entire game leading up until then.    … Expand
  73. Psyrecx
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    Trash game made by a trash company for trash people. Everything Tencent does echoes the 'Made in China' ideology. Make the most dysfunctional crap you can at the cheapest rate, for pure morons. This game would only appeal to mentally challenged weeb kids with no taste.

    Controls don't work, matchmaking is garbage, and the ranking system is lazy and dumb. Rank is based purely on wins, and    Trash game made by a trash company for trash people. Everything Tencent does echoes the 'Made in China' ideology. Make the most dysfunctional crap you can at the cheapest rate, for pure morons. This game would only appeal to mentally challenged weeb kids with no taste.

    Controls don't work, matchmaking is garbage, and the ranking system is lazy and dumb. Rank is based purely on wins, and nothing else. You can be worthless, and be a master. Taiwan and Hong Kong are both counties and should remain free. Screw China.    … Expand
  74. Leppits
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    Just no.
    Right out of the gate the games balance is actually trash. The entire premiss it's built on is not that great for a MOBA.
    It feels like if you lose early bouncing back is near impossible because of how neutral mons are set up and how the leading team can easily bully the losing one with even just small leads. The mid to late game are completely dumb unless you are a tank or    Just no.
    Right out of the gate the games balance is actually trash. The entire premiss it's built on is not that great for a MOBA.
    It feels like if you lose early bouncing back is near impossible because of how neutral mons are set up and how the leading team can easily bully the losing one with even just small leads.
    The mid to late game are completely dumb unless you are a tank or invested into tanky stats in some way you just instadie in normal battles.
    In teamfights it follows the cowboy standoff principle. Shoot first = win. That is if you didnt lose till then.
    Would be a kind of okay game that needs balancing so far right? yeah BUT
    It's pay2Win. You can equip held items for your Mons which you can upgrade. For money or by playing the game for something around 500+ days. Since it's competitive you either cash in hard or you sit in low rankings no matter your actual skill.    … Expand
  75. dexterisdex
    Aug 4, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game lacks tutorial specially to those who are stupid in playing this game.. no communication to tell the dumb mfs to not feed! The game interface is clunky, buggy, unbalanced, and full of noobs. I mean im almost ultra and there are noobs in there. Stupid matchmaking! F**** you all Tencent! Highway robbers… Expand
  76. Dovahnoob
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    Another sh*tty moba. As a Pokemon fan though, I thought I'd try it anyway but I honestly just don't see the appeal in these type of games. They're just not fun. On top of that though, pay 2 win.
  77. Calamity_Jones
    Aug 2, 2021
    0
    Predatory pay-to-win game flooded with microtransactions aimed at exploiting children.
  78. donanja
    Oct 1, 2022
    0
    Another Diablo Immortal esque cash grab designed to manipulate players... no, PAYERS... into spending all of their hard-earned money on garbage.
  79. Confusion999
    Oct 2, 2021
    0
    The most successful MOBA developers worked on a game based on Nintendo's most successful franchise, and it's as lazy as lazy can be. Unite's a game that doesn't work and just wants your money that it never earned. It doesn't matter how free it can be, give it a pass, you'll thank yourself later for not wasting your time.
  80. BruceMcGoose
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    It's pay to win with held item upgrades. That's enough of a problem on its own.

    The first 8 minutes of a 10 minute match don't matter. One incompetent teammate can easily throw the whole game. The ranking system sucks. The quick message system sucks so you can't clearly communicate with your team, which also leads to your teammates that haven't played mobas before doing some super    It's pay to win with held item upgrades. That's enough of a problem on its own.

    The first 8 minutes of a 10 minute match don't matter.
    One incompetent teammate can easily throw the whole game.
    The ranking system sucks.
    The quick message system sucks so you can't clearly communicate with your team,
    which also leads to your teammates that haven't played mobas before doing some super stupid things.

    I enjoyed the game at first. Now the problems with it are really making it more of a chore than something enjoyable.    … Expand
  81. Vile-Okami
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    This is actually a pretty good game, but you have to play with four other people who are most likely retarded, so don't bother.
  82. Zebunker
    Jul 28, 2021
    0
    nintendo goes pay 2 win. is this game signaling the downfall of nintendo? one of the worst games.
  83. Huddi
    Jul 25, 2021
    0
    Pay to win in a MOBA. Do you need any other explanation? Nintendo had chances to have a long-standing esports title here, but of course, they decided to go for the quick and easy money.
  84. JustSayNo
    Jul 24, 2021
    0
    P2W micro transactions everywhere. For the low price of ~100$ you too can upgrade your held items to be leagues better than anyone else!
  85. Policcio
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    Mobas have never been my type of game, but i understand where free to play games become pay 2 win, and this is one clear example. Furthermore, kids can get adicted easily to this kind of games, and its monetization is dangerous. Like selling drugs with animal shape to children
  86. thedaarkbatty
    Jul 25, 2021
    0
    Pokemon is quite possibly the worst creation of all time. Non of the Pokemon games including this one are ever worth your time playing.
  87. dani10gl
    Aug 9, 2021
    0
    Unbalanced match + Pay to win = Pokémon Unite... 50+ hours playing this ***** game... don't do it
  88. jediroshi
    Aug 2, 2021
    0
    The gameplay loop is not fun. I have played Moba's before and this one is as simplistic as it gets. I don't feel the strategy in this one and lets not even get to the pay to win elements. It's a F2P game I expect micro-transactions for skins, the battle pass, and boosts to exp and such. However none of them feel that fun, plus why do I get to customize my trainer. Because they only show upThe gameplay loop is not fun. I have played Moba's before and this one is as simplistic as it gets. I don't feel the strategy in this one and lets not even get to the pay to win elements. It's a F2P game I expect micro-transactions for skins, the battle pass, and boosts to exp and such. However none of them feel that fun, plus why do I get to customize my trainer. Because they only show up on the loading screen and win screen. Good use of customization options there.… Expand
  89. guigows
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    Pokémon characters 5/5
    Crossplay 5/5
    Accessibility 5/5
    Music 5/5
    Pay to win mechanics -20/5
  90. RavenWraith
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    Pay to win. It can be a fun game but it’s not worth the money and it is sooooo expensive. Predatory is a good description. I just can’t recommend it and there are so many games that are better and won’t have you shelling out hundreds pods of dollars repetitively.
  91. B-Bog
    Jul 23, 2021
    0
    Incredibly predatory monetisation scheme in a game aimed at children. See here for more information from a pro: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/oopfvl/please_be_very_mindful_of_the_predatory/

    What is becoming of you, Nintendo? You used to be better than this.
  92. AllySky
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    I have played moba games for over a decade and I have played pokemon games for longer, but, you don’t need to be a pokemon fan to like pokemon unite, as it is primarily a moba game with a pokemon skin slapped over it. So the question is, will moba fans like pokemon unite?

    The short answer is, hell no. Pokemon Unite does not follow the traditional rules of a moba, now this is fine,    I have played moba games for over a decade and I have played pokemon games for longer, but, you don’t need to be a pokemon fan to like pokemon unite, as it is primarily a moba game with a pokemon skin slapped over it. So the question is, will moba fans like pokemon unite?

    The short answer is, hell no.

    Pokemon Unite does not follow the traditional rules of a moba, now this is fine, perfectly fine in fact, no moba needs to. They, being the random plethora of moba makers out there, have mostly seen league and dota and then copied that success. But have gamefreak and co. made a good and different moba? No, and here’s why.

    First off, this game is pay to win. While, you can play and play and play and get up to the levels of others in the game, that doesn’t prevent the fact that you can spend money, and take a shortcut, that’s what pay-to-win is, to the alternative, play-to-win option.

    But excluding the monetization of the game, there are several core problems with the game in general. You are given three abilities/skills and not four compared to PC mobas, this is normal for mobile mobas, but what with the "ultimate" being on such a long cool down or charge rate, you're often stuck with two abilities, which makes combat very limiting and combos very scarce. I can’t tell if pokemon are extremely squishy, or if it’s because some others have stacked items to make it appear so, but it’s very hard to survive and function in the game when you’re being hammered so relentlessly. In traditional mobas you have minions to rely on for coverage, and turrets to rely on for shelter, but in this game, excluding the terrible regen rate on your goals, there is no safety to rely on. In addition to the goals only giving you regen effects as well as a small shield, it’s almost pointless to poke your opponents and wear them down, heavily relying on a third player to come in and change the tide.

    Speaking of third players, the junglers, or speedsters to be more specific are a little on the op side. While anyone can be op with maxed out items, speedsters in general can one shot even tanks/defenders of the game, leaving you wondering, why pick them to begin with. Defenders in general are in a poor state, they aren’t very good at, well, defending. Sure they are tankier, and have cc, but it’s not enough if again, you’re getting hammered by more than one player. One defender can not prevent three players from scoring the same goal.

    Most of the mechanics in the game are not done well. I get the theme of the game, but it just doesn’t work out as a moba. You have to farm to level up but then that means you’re not scoring goals, you have to defend the goal so others can’t score, but that means you aren’t farming to level up, if you’re scoring goals you’re leaving your goal unprotected, leaving enemies the option to score, and with the **** meta right now, you can’t rely on anyone.

    Worst of all, something so terribly broken to the point it doesn’t even matter if you were **** all doing jack **** for the first eight minutes. If you manage to kill zapdos, your score is likely to triple, and it is likely. VERY LIKELY, mind you, to pass the opposing teams score, even if they were curb stomping you prior.

    All in all the game just does not work as a competitive game, there are too many loopholes that hinder the games integrity. Even worse, gamefreak decided to partner with tencent on this, the same company who made arena of valor, the same company who ditched their own moba on the nintendo switch a couple months in. So yeah, the future of pokemon unite is not a bright one.

    P.S: Do not listen to the critic reviews, most of them are not moba players and will not understand the issues with the game out right. If you're given one star food, and you've never tried five star food, then you have nothing to compare your poor experience with. pokemon unite is fundamentally, mechanically, and strategically inferior to games like league or dota by several, SEVERAL accounts, as I've listed a few reasons why already.    … Expand
  93. turitz
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    The Game itself is Pretty Fun, but the Technical Problems are kinda annoying and I hope that they fix them.

    Pros
    The Game and its Mechanics are very good.

    Cons
    Its' kinda laggy
    The Game is straight up pay 2 win and that's a big no no for me, It's not Pay to win forever, but maxing the Held Items to max is a pain and ruins the fun competetiv Aspects of the Game.
  94. greninjaX
    Jan 24, 2022
    0
    this is some real gross, anti consumer bull crap and the pokemon company should be embarrassed that it exists.
  95. DTM12NY
    Dec 15, 2021
    0
    The balancing is ridiculous, worse than any similar game, obviously pay to win
  96. cabezon_003
    Jun 20, 2022
    0
    Matchmaking is bad, plus it lacks fun game modes. In-app purchases are overpriced, and it has a lot of bugs that they never fix.
  97. munichi_jasuda
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    It's P2W and filled with bots.

    Hardcore fanboys will jump to defend saying the items, pokemon and emblems being locked behind paywalls isn't P2W, because of course, what else do brainless fanboys do.
  98. Lapin3IG
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    Pay to win meh

    Imbalance meh

    Character must buy meh

    where Solo Rank? Teeam rank?
  99. Starfree
    Jul 30, 2021
    0
    Not only is this a Pay to Win mirco transaction game that is extremely simple. Not only does it have an in game currency system that will be exploited by both the tyrannical company running the game and by hackers. But read the user agreement, just me you want your cards to be connected to the email connected to this game.
  100. gabrieuum
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    Pay to win, I'm out. Shame on you, Pokémon Company.........................
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. RPG Fan
    Nov 29, 2021
    75
    Overall, Pokémon UNITE is a MOBA with a lot of potential. It’s already great as a casual game with friends, but I believe with some tweaking to Zapdos and removal of the “pay for held item upgrades” option, a strong competitive MOBA lives in Pokémon UNITE. Until then, it’s hard to call it much more than an above-average entry in the crowded MOBA space.
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  2. CD-Action
    Oct 12, 2021
    85
    Pokémon Unite is the first attempt at creating a MOBA with the pocket monsters – and I must admit it’s a successful one. The game is fast and intense, but also easy to get a grip on. I don’t expect it to take the esports scene by storm, but it’s very enjoyable and works great in a doctor’s waiting room or on the bus. As for me, I can’t force myself to stop playing Pokémon Unite and hope the developers will keep updating it. [10/2021, p.61]
  3. CGMagazine
    Aug 17, 2021
    65
    Pokémon Unite's potential is undermined by its balancing, and might not have enough to offer either of its target audiences.
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