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  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Aug 25, 2021
    4
    Pokemon UNITE comes off as another Pokemon side game to forget about, but isn't as bad as some others.
  4. 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.
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  5. Feb 19, 2022
    10
    I have keep playing it everyday since it released, and never get bored. Me and my friend working as a team, and playing with our favorite Pokémon, and we really enjoyed it. I don’t know why there are so many negative review. I love this game.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Oct 11, 2021
    7
    Amazing idea gameplay, but KO system is ridiculous. You can do 4000 damage and someone can come up and do 300 and take the kill and KO EXP. You can be a better player and do so much damage but have your kills taken and then youre at a disadvantage in comparison. KO system shouldnt be whoever got last hit, but whoever did the most damage OBVIOUSLY
  11. Oct 12, 2021
    10
    Pokemon Unite delivers an exceptional Pokemon and MOBA experience. Recent updates rendered the (overwblown, but real) pay-to-win elements null. If you're upset about content creators monetizing their product, high quality digital media might not be for you.
  12. 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
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  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. May 29, 2022
    5
    good few hours of fun
    gets really repetitive and pay to win the more you get along though.
  16. 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
  17. Dec 9, 2021
    7
    Under the right circumstances, this game is really fun and addicting, but it has plenty of problems that need worked on, like a pretty poor system for dealing with disconnected players, and of course the microtransactions, but still, get in a good match with competent players, and the game's fun as hell lol.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Feb 6, 2022
    10
    Pretty good cute lol game.......................................... .......
  22. 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.
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  23. Apr 6, 2022
    6
    As a MOBA it has a lot of potential. Probably worst thing about it is the pay to fast held item system. Besides that, graphics and mechanics are cool and enjoyable. It's superb for casuals because of the fixed 10 minutes length matches, but lacks a competitive factor in a meh elo system and the held item issue.
  24. 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
  25. Aug 19, 2022
    0
    an extremely unbalanced MOBA, poorly done gameplay and the game suffers from a lot of slowdown on the switch version
  26. 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.
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  27. Nov 15, 2022
    7
    It is a fun game, but of you play solo it can be so frustrating. You can be in the lead a whole game and all of the sudden when the final and most important objective shows up, your team is nowhere to be found. Resulting in the enemy team flipping the game in their favor.

    Also people going afk can be a real problem and those peoples sometimes get away without a punishment. A large
    It is a fun game, but of you play solo it can be so frustrating. You can be in the lead a whole game and all of the sudden when the final and most important objective shows up, your team is nowhere to be found. Resulting in the enemy team flipping the game in their favor.

    Also people going afk can be a real problem and those peoples sometimes get away without a punishment.

    A large collections of characters to chose from (and the roster keeps growing). A mix of fan favorites and nearly forgotten pokémon nobody expected.
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  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. Mar 17, 2023
    8
    This is a very enjoyable game, and is a very fun game to play with friends, but it's biggest flaw has got to be the microtransactions, but they are not required, and are only used for cosmetics.
  31. May 8, 2023
    8
    There are a lot of bad reviews because of the "paying" and "rage". Although the game can be frustrating, especially if your teammates do nothing or play bad, the game itself is pretty fun. The amount of different things that the Pokemon can do is fun. The thing that it is "pay to win" is not true. The gems are a lot like v-bucks and things, but you don't have to waste your money forThere are a lot of bad reviews because of the "paying" and "rage". Although the game can be frustrating, especially if your teammates do nothing or play bad, the game itself is pretty fun. The amount of different things that the Pokemon can do is fun. The thing that it is "pay to win" is not true. The gems are a lot like v-bucks and things, but you don't have to waste your money for winning. If you have skill, and your teammates aren't bad, then you have a fair chance. But since a lot of players are idling or are just bad, the game can get annoying. Other than that, it's a fun game. Expand
  32. 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+.
  33. 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
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  34. 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!
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Aug 23, 2023
    5
    Not that bad of a game, but it's clearly a cash grab, having a bunch of popups whenever opening the game.
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. 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.
  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. 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.