Pokemon UNITE

 Switch
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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 332
  2. Mixed: 50 out of 332
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  1. GRX3m0m
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    The only positive thing about this game is the quick battles. Unfortunately, it has faaaaar too many issues. Rayquaza is too OP; whichever team gets it, it's 90% their win, regardless of what happened in the first 8 minutes. The matchmaking system is the worst I've seen by far (a six years old child would be able to do a better job tbh), to the point I had team members in master thatThe only positive thing about this game is the quick battles. Unfortunately, it has faaaaar too many issues. Rayquaza is too OP; whichever team gets it, it's 90% their win, regardless of what happened in the first 8 minutes. The matchmaking system is the worst I've seen by far (a six years old child would be able to do a better job tbh), to the point I had team members in master that clearly didn't know left from right. Finally, almost half my games I get ridiculous lag, which I can't fix for the life of me, when my internet connection is working perfectly.

    Edit: The matchmaking was updated recently. You get great teammates and complete idiots for opponents for 5 games straight, then you get idiots for teammates and great opponents for 5 games straight. And once every dozen games, IF you are lucky, you get a balanced match.    … Expand
  2. Nightmare666
    May 18, 2023
    0
    ****

    Used to be fun but now! It just SUCKS garbage events laggy menus new pokemons are eighter trash or flat out broken making it **** playable also F@#$% MEWTWO
  3. 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.
  4. tailonflame
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Everybody is afk all the time. Ranked mode is frustrating as me, a bad player, had to pit off against the masters. Also, Aeos gems are only buy-able with irl money. I really wanted comfey's old-timey merchant holowear but it's only obtainable with gems. To top it off, licences are getting more and more costly.
  5. 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!
  6. Spaferitz
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Như cứt, không công bằng và không bao giờ có chuyện thắng
    Quà tặng cũng không công bằng và nhàm chán    … Expand
  7. 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+.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 2015exe
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unbalanced classes. Carried, broken characters. Constant updates where unnecessary characters are added instead of ACTUALLY BALANCING THE GAME. Too many comeback mechanics. Terrible matchmaking. Troblesome in-game mechanics. Pay-to-win EVERYWHERE. A BLATANT rip-off of Smite. Need I go on? Was anything in this game even PLAYTESTED!? They need to tear the whole thing down and start all over again, because this just isn't working. This whole game is just piss-poor. And the sad part is that IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE!!! This is anal sauce! It's so bad, it's a work of art! It's a fine, delicately crafted sculpture of ****… Expand
  11. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unite = 1/10
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  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. PancakeGriff
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    A stupid pay to win cash grab made by the pokemon company to fill their pockets just a little more. Any decent outfit you have to pay for, all the good stuff in the battle passes you have to pay for, you can pay to get every pokemon right away instead of grinding for coins, you can pay for a special "membership", you can pay for every outfit.
    Everything in this game is pay pay pay. And    A stupid pay to win cash grab made by the pokemon company to fill their pockets just a little more. Any decent outfit you have to pay for, all the good stuff in the battle passes you have to pay for, you can pay to get every pokemon right away instead of grinding for coins, you can pay for a special "membership", you can pay for every outfit.
    Everything in this game is pay pay pay. And then you get to the ranked battles. Instead of separating people out by each rank, only master rank people get their own ques to join and battle other master rank trainers. I've been stuck in expert rank class 1 for so long it is getting ridiculous. If you end up getting stuck with a bunch of noobs or people only paying half attention you drop a rank point AND loose performance points. But they decided to make up for it by giving you back some performance points if they catch a team mate idling. Wanna know how many they give you? 20. When loosing the battle removes 100!!!! That is no way fair.
    Also Zapdos is a pain in the absolute ass. Someone from the other team can sneak right up to Zapdos after your team does all the work and deliver the final blow to get the boost. And the boost is basically an auto-win. Each team member gets 50 energy, all your scoring zones become defenseless so they can score right away, and points are DOUBLED. So the other team can score up to 500 points off of Zapdos alone. And it is impossible to coordinate or talk to people who you get randomly paired with in the game, so you are basically all running around trying to guess what your team mates are planning or thinking
    Also levels are WAY too important in this game. One level can make the difference between defeating an opponent or dying yourself. And some pokemon are way more overpowered than others. Pikachu has an attack that holds you in place, one that slows you down, one that strikes a huge zone of the map causing damage as long as you are in it, and one that launched them straight at you and drags you into the air.
    This game is not worth the time, and I don't recommend it if you are looking for a fun time.    … Expand
  17. MewN
    Aug 19, 2022
    0
    an extremely unbalanced MOBA, poorly done gameplay and the game suffers from a lot of slowdown on the switch version
  18. 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.
  19. HokageSamaBR
    Jun 3, 2022
    0
    dishonest game. a pay-to-win in disguise. There is no balance between teams. The items win if you have them at lvl 30. The whole game is worthless, whoever gets the zapdos at the end wins. Is there a way to get the points back? No, because there is less than 50sec left to finish the game. ****
  20. Arischok
    May 31, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very slow progress in acquiring coins to buy new Pokémon. ( also limited coin gain per week!!) Super unbalanced due to worse match making. AFK,DC and feeders in Highest Ranking Matches. I just hope there would be lesser of those people but it’s same. Auto Skill take almost for ever to choose the skill u preset outside the match. It’s just super annoying so far. Also getting spammed with useless accessories like clothes for your trainer that no one actually care about or has any impact on anything… Expand
  21. AlexTheUnicorn
    May 9, 2022
    0
    The game has an excellent game design, it has a very low entrance floor, but still has enough room for variety and high ceiling both for skills and tactics. It brings so much innovation to the MOBA genre. The character design team did an excellent job too, all pokemons are fun to play and everyone has unique mechanics that don't feel the same. The balance between all characters is veryThe game has an excellent game design, it has a very low entrance floor, but still has enough room for variety and high ceiling both for skills and tactics. It brings so much innovation to the MOBA genre. The character design team did an excellent job too, all pokemons are fun to play and everyone has unique mechanics that don't feel the same. The balance between all characters is very good, there aren't any obvious weak or overpowered pokemon.

    Unfortunately, everything is ruined by how both The Pokemon Company and TiMi treat their player base. The in-game matchmaking is the worst I have ever seen in a MOBA game. Standard and quick mode matches are unplayable because high-skill and experienced players are matched with novices who played 10 games at most. Ranked matches are not much better, you can have three or more low-skill players in your team when you queue solo against a full stack team. So be prepared to be stomped in the dirt just because you don't have 5 friends who are willing to play with you all the time. Moreover, the game teaches you to play badly because you still can grind to the highest rank and still get all high-rank rewards just grinding rank points and you can get it with a 45% win rate or even below. Because of that, the game is full of careless players who can go into AFK mode for 2 minutes (20% of a match), do the most stupid things, or troll you and other teammates. And they won't be punished for such behavior at all.

    On top of that, both companies don't want to communicate with their player base. They do a survey every major update but don't improve anything from it, they have many official accounts on different social media, but these accounts post only ads for paid content and esport announcements. The game has support, but it feels like you are talking with a bot because you would get only standard replays in which it will be clearly stated that they won't share any information with you about your issue, so you would never know if they do something.

    As a verdict, I don't recommend this game even to a hard pokemon fan. Believe me, just skip it, it is the worst Pokemon game.    … Expand
  22. 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.
  23. Toasttt
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    no .
  24. 88023560
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    The match making completely ruins the game i get paired up with children or idiots or foreigners who cant play games or stupid hood rats in majority black cities stealing **** wifi connections if you aren't paired up with white adults u r ****
  25. 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.
  26. greninjaX
    Jan 24, 2022
    0
    this is some real gross, anti consumer bull crap and the pokemon company should be embarrassed that it exists.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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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