Pokemon UNITE

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 332 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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)
  5. KenniG
    Aug 1, 2021
    2
    The good…It’s Pokémon and it looks good.

    The bad… It’s pay to win. Nuff said.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  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. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. JoeyPL5
    Nov 16, 2021
    2
    Disgusting cash grab by the Pokemon Company. Pay to win trash. The core MOBA gameplay is alright I guess.
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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?
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Metascore
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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