Pokemon UNITE

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. jutin
    Jul 26, 2021
    0
    Dumbed down and gutted MOBA. Infuriating to play. There's also the issue of pay 2 win items. The only reason to even look at this game is because it contains Pokemon IP, which is slowly mattering less and less as the Pokemon brand continues to decline. If you want an enjoyable mobile MOBA look elsewhere. If you want another half-baked cash grab of a Pokemon themed game, look no further.
  3. Itsapaul
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    Disqualified for being overtly pay to win. You really thought you'd sneak that by cuz its pokemon huh?
  4. 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.
  5. greninjaX
    Jan 24, 2022
    0
    this is some real gross, anti consumer bull crap and the pokemon company should be embarrassed that it exists.
  6. Trullin
    Jul 28, 2021
    0
    Nintendo, the first to put Pay to Win on a racing game (Mario Kart Tour) and now on a MOBA.
    disguised on upgradable items, Disgusting.
  7. frank71
    Aug 3, 2021
    0
    WORST MOBA and WORST Nintendo Switch game ever! NEVER give it a try, although it's still pretty new when I wrote this comment, I am totally angry about it. This game is completely not friendly to players who doesn't have experience with MOBA. Comparing to other MOBA game, like MLBB and LOL, this game is super fast paced, it only has 10 mins each game, if you lose in the beginning, you haveWORST MOBA and WORST Nintendo Switch game ever! NEVER give it a try, although it's still pretty new when I wrote this comment, I am totally angry about it. This game is completely not friendly to players who doesn't have experience with MOBA. Comparing to other MOBA game, like MLBB and LOL, this game is super fast paced, it only has 10 mins each game, if you lose in the beginning, you have very little chance to come back. You have to fight from the beginning to the end, there are no other strategies that you can win. You cannot defense to win, you have to be aggressive to win. REALLY REALLY BAD EXPERIENCE, NEVER TRY UNLESS YOU ARE SUPER GOOD AT MOBA.… Expand
  8. 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
  9. kazathur
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Worst piece of trash game I've ever played. Its so sad, this idea could have been great but its terribly handled by Tencent games who are supposed to be veterans at creating such type of games called "MOBA" but instead they added unfair mechanics, pay to win, broken characters and no penalty for anyone who throws teamwork out the window.

    If you download this game and you play it you    Worst piece of trash game I've ever played. Its so sad, this idea could have been great but its terribly handled by Tencent games who are supposed to be veterans at creating such type of games called "MOBA" but instead they added unfair mechanics, pay to win, broken characters and no penalty for anyone who throws teamwork out the window.

    If you download this game and you play it you will lose, lose, lose and lose till you throw your controller in the ground in agony and frustration. This is due to their poor matchmaking system which will be pairing you up with the dumbest people on earth, also due to their game breaking mechanics such as Zapdos.

    Zapdos is a pokemon that appears near the end of the match and which ever team kills it, get this, they get 50 orbs each, instantaneous scoring, double the points when they score, and a damage and stun to the enemy team, thats too many, and I repeat, TOO MANY BENEFITS.

    In other Mobas you will find this sort of mechanic to give the losing team a chance to win, but its usually a temporary buff or such and if the team that successfully obtained said buff does not strategize properly the buff itself wont win them the game, but Pokemon Unite says "nah", and literally hands the team who defeated Zapdos the whole game in a silver platter. This mechanic alone makes the game meaningless, skill doesn't matter, strategy does not matter, the only thing that matters is Zapdos and that is the unfortunate truth.

    In conclusion, this game is garbage of the stinkiest kind, don't bother downloading it, and if you have pre-registered for their mobile app please un-register, trust me, your money, time and sanity are better spent elsewhere.    … Expand
  10. 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)
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. DTM12NY
    Dec 15, 2021
    0
    The balancing is ridiculous, worse than any similar game, obviously pay to win
  15. 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.
  16. helladarionx
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    Não está em português, é muito paytowin e extremamente casual. Só isso ja seria suficiente pra esse jogo levar 0, mas pra piorar tudo não tem pra STEAM. Esse jogo errou em tudo, falhou em tudo que podia falhar.
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. Shakomakako
    Sep 12, 2021
    0
    Make Zapdos less decisive
    Buff pokes to make the average better instead of nerfs
    Role limit (3 supports in 1 game?)
    adjust move targeting to make it work.
    Make ranked play feel like ranked play. (no bronze players vs veteran)
    Tweek battle prep menu. (laggy before you even play really?)
    and please, please please give this game to a company that does know how to make a game fun.
  22. DumpsterFire25
    Sep 13, 2021
    0
    Total trash game with terrible matchmaking. No communication meta so you have to pray that you're matched with someone who knows how to play otherwise good luck winning any games.
  23. 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 $10.
  24. Andrizzle
    Sep 22, 2021
    0
    Laggy. Lot of down time. Everything cost money. The game is pay to win to a level that's extreme. I've spend 50$. Normal price for a triple A game. And I still can't keep up with items.
  25. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unite = 1/10
    ..............................................................
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. AlexTheWise
    Oct 9, 2021
    0
    Gross microtransaction, very gross to see nintendo join the scum club. one of the only reasons to stick with it... and prices of skins... wow I don't want gov intervention but they make me want it a bit for gambling and microtransactions the businesses use to turn loyal small group into hunted whales
  35. Warbringer
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Another pay to win game. Stay away guys,i played a lot of hours to get to this conclusion. No voice chat no chat to communicate no role picking before matchmaking so every game ends up with 2 junglers for example,so bad.
  36. 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. ****
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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.
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. leoOT7
    Oct 5, 2021
    0
    Worst money grabbing MOBA SCUM ever. Worst Ranking System Ever. It completely ruins Pokemon brand. I am spending for pokemon games for years (NDS,3DS,Swtich) and am willing to pay, but not for a FREE POKEMON game depending on fuking micro transactions, not for a POKEMON game which lacking balance (grab the fuking 10000$$ gengar/sylveon and win), not for a MOBA game which ranking system isWorst money grabbing MOBA SCUM ever. Worst Ranking System Ever. It completely ruins Pokemon brand. I am spending for pokemon games for years (NDS,3DS,Swtich) and am willing to pay, but not for a FREE POKEMON game depending on fuking micro transactions, not for a POKEMON game which lacking balance (grab the fuking 10000$$ gengar/sylveon and win), not for a MOBA game which ranking system is a mess (AFK, Ultra league noobs(highly suspect it is AI)). Worst MOBA, Worst POKEMON game, combined together, man it ruined my love for pokemon....… Expand
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. supersssss
    Oct 16, 2021
    0
    if you wanted to start hating on society then this game is your ticket to that train. 5 random standard match in a row with a team made up with 4 other stupid morons that didn't know what their roles are and how exp and lvl work and won't let you kill a single wild pokemon to evolve and get past lvl 4.
    the matchmaking will always match you up with 1 **** who will going to troll/AFK/DCed    if you wanted to start hating on society then this game is your ticket to that train. 5 random standard match in a row with a team made up with 4 other stupid morons that didn't know what their roles are and how exp and lvl work and won't let you kill a single wild pokemon to evolve and get past lvl 4.
    the matchmaking will always match you up with 1 **** who will going to troll/AFK/DCed after 3-4 minutes every single **** match or throw you in a team with a bunch of **** newbies/noobs while the other team always an organized, veteran team, always moving out in group and always backing up each others while your teammates just fooling around/soloing and never back you up.
    10/10 best matchmaking system    … Expand
  47. Guoguosheng
    Oct 19, 2021
    0
    Since Pokemon unite allowed players from IOS/Android to play with Nintendo Switch/Play station, the amount of hackers and pay-to-win have raised significantly. Before my win rate is high, but now my lost rate is much more higher than win rate. I only win in the ranked match with NPC. I was thinking that I would be relax and had a lot of fun with this game, then all I received are anger andSince Pokemon unite allowed players from IOS/Android to play with Nintendo Switch/Play station, the amount of hackers and pay-to-win have raised significantly. Before my win rate is high, but now my lost rate is much more higher than win rate. I only win in the ranked match with NPC. I was thinking that I would be relax and had a lot of fun with this game, then all I received are anger and anxiety. Write this review after delete the game. Never play again!… Expand
  48. boeingboy99
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    this is literally the worst game i've ever played. It would take thousands of characters to expose every one of the things wrong with this game. Basically its league of legends if it was UNBELIEVABLY more **** up.
  49. JzckTheKid
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    les joueurs sur le jeu ont un niveau médiocre, ça fait flipper pour le futur du jeu vidéo et des parties classées, le niveau de jeu, même en master, moi qui était master saison 1, mon dieu délivre nous du niveau de noob, mon dieu, c'est affligeant, atroce, ça gâche des vies, le niveau de jeu des joueurs mon dieu, ils sont tellement nuls, tellement mauvais, wao c'est dingue, c'est horrible,les joueurs sur le jeu ont un niveau médiocre, ça fait flipper pour le futur du jeu vidéo et des parties classées, le niveau de jeu, même en master, moi qui était master saison 1, mon dieu délivre nous du niveau de noob, mon dieu, c'est affligeant, atroce, ça gâche des vies, le niveau de jeu des joueurs mon dieu, ils sont tellement nuls, tellement mauvais, wao c'est dingue, c'est horrible, j'arrête le jeu il ne restera plus que des gros lows pourris, les joueurs ne sont que des gros trash poubelleux, leur niveau est une insulte pour le jeu vidéo, je ne sais pas comment ils font pour être aussi nuls, même en étant afk je joue mieux c'est pour dire, les mecs sont pourris et j'en ai marre de jouer avec des plots de chantier à chaque game, c'est atroce je les laisse entre gros tas de demer entre eux éclatez vous bien bande de gros nazes… Expand
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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.
  59. 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+.
  60. 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
  61. 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!
  62. 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.
  63. 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.
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  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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