Pokemon Violet

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2050 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 635 out of 2050
  2. Mixed: 205 out of 2050
  3. Negative: 1,210 out of 2050
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  1. UCHIHA_JACK
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    Si salva (forse) solo il finale della storia di Pepe e del Team Star, il resto è uno schifo su tutti i piani: tecnico, scrittura e difficoltà.
  2. ZulianPlay
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...
    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida... Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...

    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida...

    Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a quantidade abusiva de bugs, o jogo roda a 1 fps em algumas partes... mano, ele não é um porte, ele é feito para um único console, não tem justificativa para isso, ainda mais em um console que roda o zelda brath of the wild...    … Expand
  3. Crissaegrimm
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Bug, Glitch, Lag, , Crash and a lot off issues with this game. It's messed up! Only a parch can fix this game. The story it's ok, but it's NOT an open world, the graphic it's bad and the gameplay it's boring. Fix this.
  4. Aliengamer
    Dec 7, 2022
    1
    This game is by far the worst Pokémon game I have ever played. The lack of care that GameFreak has done to ensure a smooth game experience is astonishing. I want my money back as they showed a smooth experience and it is not but rather a PowerPoint presentation at times with so low fps. Ridiculous. Greedy. Disgusting to the fans.
  5. jwise1596
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This game is terrible and not worth completing. It's lazily/hastily made, should have never gotten past QA, and the graphics are god awful. It's FULL of glitches,bugs, ugly graphics, there's no accessibility features, it's ridiculous. They literally did work to undo things that are necessary and we're included in past titles. Sword & shield, and legend of Arceus are much better. ThisThis game is terrible and not worth completing. It's lazily/hastily made, should have never gotten past QA, and the graphics are god awful. It's FULL of glitches,bugs, ugly graphics, there's no accessibility features, it's ridiculous. They literally did work to undo things that are necessary and we're included in past titles. Sword & shield, and legend of Arceus are much better. This series should have continued that and it didn't. Incredibly disappointing as a Pokemon fan since '96. I am so disappointed in Nintendo/Gamefreak. Especially for their nonapologies. Waste of time.… Expand
  6. Menegatto
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The full game is bad, Game Freak needs to be better.
    The Pokémon is a great franchising
  7. GreendelaBean
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This game is insulting bad. I didn't even pay for it and I feel owed a refund. There's almost nothing redeeming about this miserable experience, the game is fantastically simple with repetitive grinding to get anywhere and poor level scaling across the world. You have very little agency in how you play; my team of 6 lechonks couldn't even beat the tutorial fights, I feel it's very heavy onThis game is insulting bad. I didn't even pay for it and I feel owed a refund. There's almost nothing redeeming about this miserable experience, the game is fantastically simple with repetitive grinding to get anywhere and poor level scaling across the world. You have very little agency in how you play; my team of 6 lechonks couldn't even beat the tutorial fights, I feel it's very heavy on you learning them meta. There are points where you get dialogue choices, but these never matter as even if you tell the director you don't like his paper maché school or reject the over-friendly girl's advances, you're still forced to go along with it. All of that is ignoring the elephant in the pokéball: the horrendous visuals and performance. I fully expect this game to win the "Innovation in Accessibility" category at the Game Awards this year as Game Freak have pulled off something truly remarkable with this game: it's the first that's actually more enjoyable if you're blind. The overall polish and feel of the game is appalling and easily one of the worst games I've ever played. Even very old 3D games have better rendering distances than this, and often look better since they were pushing the limits back then. This "game" was very clearly made by an incredibly passionless team on a deadline and no regard for customer satisfaction. It's hard to imagine how the game could be in a technically worse state than this without literally not starting up. Nintendo and Gamefreak should be ashamed of this miserable showing, almost six years after Nintendo themselves put out much more competent games on the same hardware. The correct thing to do would be issuing a full recall and apology, but of course, the game is already a bestseller, so the greedy executives will instead be laughing and plotting the next quarter-baked entry. In my opinion this game is worth no higher than a 0 out of 10. Even if you enjoyed parts of it, I cannot understand how anyone could rank this above a 6 when the game is so evidently unpolished. I'm sure other game companies are already taking note of people's willingness to tolerate unpolished games, and that's why this insulting product must be boycotted. Do not buy this game under any circumstances.… Expand
  8. asdfgrand
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Nothing to praise, Pokemon now is synonym for terrible quality game. No optimization, no actual "non-linear" gameplay, no Natdex back, no great post game, not even well designed new Pokemons, only some gross ripoffs from Digimon, Megaman and Minecraft.
    I can not believe GF could make something worse than BDSP. The dev team should hang themselves, shame on those retards.
  9. AsimovXCV
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    El juego prueba algo distinto a lo antes visto en la franquicia pero tiene tremenda cantidad de bugs y le falta pulir demasiado para ser un juego decente de una franquicia que bien podría dar más de su parte.
  10. Anlaki
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Wonderful work devs for trying to make this game better and not monotonous.
    But this game needed more time. Optimization doesn't exist, new mechanics are fun but after 3rd same mini boss and hilariously easy side games it gets monotonous as well. This game would be such a good move, but
  11. xChrisMas
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    I'm trying to write an honest review here. I will not gloss over any flaws I've encountered.
    First of all: I've played all 3 paths and I have finished the Zone Zero Storyline, caught about 100 Pokemon and explored the world for the most part. So I think I gave the game a fair Chance before writing this review.
    Pros: -Cool Rirval -Good new Pokemon and evolutions to prior ones -Nice    I'm trying to write an honest review here. I will not gloss over any flaws I've encountered.
    First of all: I've played all 3 paths and I have finished the Zone Zero Storyline, caught about 100 Pokemon and explored the world for the most part. So I think I gave the game a fair Chance before writing this review.

    Pros:
    -Cool Rirval
    -Good new Pokemon and evolutions to prior ones
    -Nice concept of 3 Paths/Storys to follow
    -Mostly decent graphics
    -I havent encountered any gamebreaking bugs
    -the 3 main storys are decent for a pokemon game (but badly told due to the badly thought out Open World and the limitations that came with it)
    -moving around on your mount is fun when you got all upgrades

    Cons:
    -Open World is not level scaled
    -Open Wolrd is at times bland and empty
    -There's nothing to gather for crafting in the Open World, only Potions, Balls and X-Items (which I can just buy), So why would i go out of my way to explore? There are not Dungeons either
    -The Story cutscenes are repetitive and always play in the same locations due to Open World limitations, which takes all liberty away.
    -Gyms are all the same texture
    -Towns are uninspired and boring, i cant name a single one after finishing the game
    -there are a grand total of 0 NPC quests which would allow for emotional binding with the world and its inhabitants
    -Gym trials are uninspired at best and boring at its worst
    -Every Gym leader except Iono is forgettable
    -Story Cutscenes are barebones and feature no memorable interactions like pokemon battles
    -If you don't follow the intended order of Gyms the game is either too hard (levels are too high) or too easy (if you grind to beat the high level gym) afterwards. The difficulty is fine if you follow the intended path, so why is it fully Open World again if you don't actually have a choice?
    -The battles are awfully slow. Why is there a delay after every action? It could be so much snappier
    -Why are there so many trainers in the open world that only have one pokemon? Where's the difference between that and a random encounter? It just takes 3x as long to battle them so I started avoiding them at a certain point in the game
    -Team Star Bases and trials are boring and repetitive. They're literally the same every time. They almost feel like an afterthought and very rushed
    -The Pokemon league was the most disappointing climax in the whole game. Whos idea was it to make it literally just two boring rooms, one being out of minecraft diamond blocks? There was no reason in making this so boring (unlike the caves or gyms who had to be the same due to interchangeable story cutscenes)
    -The Elite 4 are boring and have zero character (but I think that is like this in every pokemon game, at least they are present outside their League-Rooms, but I too wouldn't want to stay in that depressing room all day long)
    -The last story arc is literally just a walking-sim with your new friends...
    -Most of the story of the last arc is just dumped on you during a boring elevator ride
    -Arven is the only one who got a decent and meaningful character development (and even that is barebones)
    -The last story arc is rushed, there is no sense of urgency and no real dilemma since it's clear what to do and it's over after at max 1,5h depending on performance

    So overall I would rate this game a 4/10 and this is with not even mentioning the common performance issues since i think most people are focusing too much on them when they don't say much about the game at all. I tried to focus only on the game itself and it was ultimately not a good game. I can see most people have fun on a surface level with the core-pokemon mechanics like battles and gyms and some well working additions like the mount. But overall I don't think this offering enough to call S/V a good, replayable game.    … Expand
  12. Irarius
    Nov 29, 2022
    3
    bad game
    keeps crashing, unfinished, too much text in battles so it takes forever to do things
    long lopading times
  13. Agonistes
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Laziest Pokemon game to date. As someone who has played since Blue/Red, this is such a disappointment.

    Game Freak isn't worth supporting anymore, they're just shilling their fans.
  14. squallara
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Game Freak sell IP.
    Pokemon series deserve to evolve properly and apparently you are incompetent.
  15. Multality
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    Pessimia otimizacao do jogo, quedas de FPS, pokemons sumindo, Bugs para todo os lados, crash de jogo. E tudo isso custando 300 Reais. O pokemon Arceus e muito melhor que isso. Gamefreak nao sabe fazer jogos em mundo aberto.
  16. Nixav
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance, practically unplayable, a really bad game which saddens me
  17. DEVILPORK
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    INCREDIBLE. Nintendo and game freak don't have programmer, they have little boy who doesn't know anything about good programing principles.
  18. lucasnascimento
    Nov 28, 2022
    1
    It's been a while since Game Freak has treated Pokemon fans with disdain.
    We have a habit of accepting whatever **** they throw at us for being Pokemon fans, and they take advantage of that. It's no different in this one. The open world is a wonderful addition and one that every Pokemon fan has been waiting for a long time. But not everything is flowers, the game is ABSURDLY buggy, with    It's been a while since Game Freak has treated Pokemon fans with disdain.
    We have a habit of accepting whatever **** they throw at us for being Pokemon fans, and they take advantage of that. It's no different in this one. The open world is a wonderful addition and one that every Pokemon fan has been waiting for a long time. But not everything is flowers, the game is ABSURDLY buggy, with terrible fps drops and all that with afully serrated graphics.

    Save your money.

    OBS: GAME FREAK/NINTENDO, SUBTITLE YOUR GAMES IN PORTUGUESE, PORRA!    … Expand
  19. Wenke
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    To be honest, knowing other people's opinions, I bought the game solely because it was inspired in my country. But I just can't play it while seeing the whole world acting randomly in a horrendously bad optimisation and graphics from the past. If the Nintendo Switch is able to make TLoZ: Breath of the Wild work without problems, why does the Pokémon world, which is way simpler in graphics,To be honest, knowing other people's opinions, I bought the game solely because it was inspired in my country. But I just can't play it while seeing the whole world acting randomly in a horrendously bad optimisation and graphics from the past. If the Nintendo Switch is able to make TLoZ: Breath of the Wild work without problems, why does the Pokémon world, which is way simpler in graphics, give us so many problems? The answer is simple: Nintendo wants Pokémon to make money even if the games they throw to us every year are not even optimised enough not to bug every single second.

    This game was honestly a deception and I hope the next Pokémon game doesn't come out until 2024 at least, because this one feels void, a relatively open world full of bugs and, of course, short, easy and simple. No effort, no love, a lot of visual glitches. I can't wait to buy TLoZ: Tears of the Kingdom, but I'm not going to pay 60€ for a game that isn't even finished. If the next game comes out in 2023 and seems a deception, I surely won't add it to my collection. Put effort in games or Pokémon's franchise will die sooner than later.    … Expand
  20. kamic
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    horrible graphics, horrible artstyle, decent pokemon, ok music, too easy battles, mediocre story, insanely horrible performance, low detail, decent, but shallow open world (no entering houses etc).

    honestly a pretty bad game.
  21. zyferkazumi
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    this game made me stop buying pokemon games jsut cuz its pokemon, i would rather play an actuall good pokemon game like mystery dungeon sky or legends arceus.
  22. CEX_MYLFOCLAST
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    There is no excuse for a game of this quality to be released by such a well known and popular franchise. This would be borderline acceptable for a $10 indie game, but charging $60 for this is robbery and taking advantage of your fans.
  23. rrqq92
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    There seems to be a fun game under all the performance issues, but at the state this was released it is just unacceptable. Headache inducing frame drops, graphical glitches, ugly graphics, and most important of all: terrible lag when any action happens. Battles are slow and clunky as it takes a while for every animation, message or UI element to happen. There are so many nice things inThere seems to be a fun game under all the performance issues, but at the state this was released it is just unacceptable. Headache inducing frame drops, graphical glitches, ugly graphics, and most important of all: terrible lag when any action happens. Battles are slow and clunky as it takes a while for every animation, message or UI element to happen. There are so many nice things in this game it really is a shame it works so badly. And it's an insult to the costumers they released it in this state.… Expand
  24. PandaInDaGame
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    This game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you canThis game has amazing ideas... One of the best mechanics they created using the idea of the mega evolution which naturally evolved into this one (really, will make competitive quite better and funnier). But, doing it open world just spoils the entire level design, it's a nice idea but poorly implemented, they didn't add a level cap or something like scaling levels to yours, so you can easily break easily the game. Not gonna spoil story or so, it's quite nice, not high level but enjoyable.

    I would rate it a bit higher because of those nice things, they don't annoy me enough to not enjoy the ride, but the moment you notice they are a AAA franchise, they sell full price of an AAA, it looks worse than some indies and they don't really innovate that much as indies do... and give you this badly optimized game, which is even more criminal if you think that they literally developed it to work with Nintendo Switch, it's not a port like a third party. A Game that is exclusive and does not work perfectly fine in it's console is a failure.. That plus nonexistent post game that they will probably sell apart as a "DLC" just like they did with Sword and shield.. Still, it's called Pokemon so even if this one is a disaster they will keep selling millions and decreasing the quality because they can.    … Expand
  25. nongplub
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    Pokemon S/V is a combination of good and bad traits of pokemon games.

    Let's start with something good first. - Big map with freedom to explore like Arceus - Auto Battle make life a bit easier - Crafting TMs instead of making it unlimited right from the start - LP is a nice way to lessen the load on Money management Now about the bad things - Lagging and Warping graphic. I know    Pokemon S/V is a combination of good and bad traits of pokemon games.

    Let's start with something good first.
    - Big map with freedom to explore like Arceus
    - Auto Battle make life a bit easier
    - Crafting TMs instead of making it unlimited right from the start
    - LP is a nice way to lessen the load on Money management

    Now about the bad things
    - Lagging and Warping graphic. I know this is Pokemon but... now is 2022 and you still can't solve the problem of lagging? Dropping in FPS is annoying. Other games with much more beautiful graphic has no problem running on Switch. Why can't you improve your graphic a bit? Maybe you did something wrong?
    - Lack of trainer customization. You are locked out of Skirts or Fashion throughout the game. Seriously, this is 2022 and female character can only wear shorts in the game. This is a big downgrade. The choice of shirt is also limited to 4. This is so bad.
    - No Mega evolution.
    - You BAN Skirts but ALLOW Wiglett in the game. What a freak.    … Expand
  26. lks8492
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    The frame is **** The gameplay is good. Gonna give it a 2, Game Freak shouldn't exploit the consumer like this. We pay full price for this game, and what we got was unacceptable; a half-baked game. Disgrace from the highest gross franchise.
  27. Deadgun31
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    The game is fun but the glitche, the framerate issues and overall overheating Switch ruins everything that is remotely fun.
  28. Kerofutii
    Nov 27, 2022
    2
    I’m sorry but I just cannot justify more than 2 stars on this game. Compared to its previous entries, it’s no secret that scarlet and violet are severely lacking in some of their timeless qualities. You can no longer enter other people’s homes, fully rendered interiors are replaced with a simple menu and the number of bugs/performance issues have made this entry somewhat of a laughingI’m sorry but I just cannot justify more than 2 stars on this game. Compared to its previous entries, it’s no secret that scarlet and violet are severely lacking in some of their timeless qualities. You can no longer enter other people’s homes, fully rendered interiors are replaced with a simple menu and the number of bugs/performance issues have made this entry somewhat of a laughing stock. I will say I truly see the potential, I think if they were to release an update with bug/performance patches and were to update the rendered world, this would be a fantastic game. It needed more time in the oven, and I can only hope that Nintendo and gamefreak will be a lot more diligent in future releases. This is just not acceptable, and I hope an update rolls out soon to iron out these issues … Expand
  29. JoeDiMaggio_
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Definirlo un bel gioco è disonestà intellettuale. Credo con fermezza che, chi recensisce in modo positivo questo pattume, sia un fan del brand o non ha mai giocato a nessun videogioco in vita sua. Esistono videogiochi indie sviluppati con 10 euro da una singola persona nello scantinato di casa di mamma più stabili e godibili di questa roba imbarazzante.
  30. Marchez69
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    The graphic issues on this are ridiculous. Cannot go a few minutes without them popping up.
  31. Swi418
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    This game is an absolute **** . There Glitches everywhere and the performance is god awful . Gamefreak should be ashamed of releasing such a broken mess of game.
  32. JoaozinTikTok
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    Disappointing game for any Pokemon fan. Even I have never played Pokemon, but I know how disappointing it is to be a fan and buy this game only to receive bugs and bad optimizations. Along with the fact that the company itself pretends that the problems do not exist. It really sucks. Not worth it.
  33. Burno
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    This is a shameless piece of software that should've required more time to come out. More than a message to Game Freak, this is for The Pokémon Company.
  34. Nerppy
    Dec 4, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A **** game.

    Honestly the only thing carrying this game is the fact that it’s open world and 3D. Everything else is **** The plot is basically written by your average 12 year old who uses wattpad, literally just a bunch of kids who got bullied but the school is different and changed so its up to you to beat their ass to come back. Like wtf? Who the **** approved that **** Way too much dialogue for characters who keep repeating the same **** “I got bullied and decided to come to Team star     … Expand
  35. rirotto
    Dec 5, 2022
    4
    I finished playing violet just yesterday, 8 monthes of hype and all i got is 15 medium fps and a criminal group formed by bullied people, im a huge fan of pokemon but this is just ridicolous. I enjoyed this game pretty much cause of my passion for this but if we want to be objective this is pure **** Nothing else to say. Paradox past pokemon the only thing i aprreciated
  36. m2d2
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Terrible graphics, awful controls, not fun at all. A boring grind in an environment that's worse than FF10 was in 2001.
  37. F8gamblr
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    For $60 dollars, this game is not worth it. It is not a great open world set up. Instead of populating the world adequately they have multiple shops that sell similar clothes or food in inconvenient locations instead of a single department store. The world feels open, but empty especially with characters that are seemingly missing frames in the background. All of these things ruin theFor $60 dollars, this game is not worth it. It is not a great open world set up. Instead of populating the world adequately they have multiple shops that sell similar clothes or food in inconvenient locations instead of a single department store. The world feels open, but empty especially with characters that are seemingly missing frames in the background. All of these things ruin the immersion. No outfits for your character (pants and shirts) took away from the the customizing aspect that many games have embraced. My starter was my best pokemon and designs for new pokemon were lackluster. They had "students" that were old people in game? A strange, lazy choice. Glitches galore removed you from game play. I have seen better and more complete indie games. The story was good though and earned it the two.… Expand
  38. jjboy1208
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    This gen came out with innovative aspects and changes to try shaping Pokemon world another step closer to completion. However, everything seems to pause in the middle and not being finished up. (open world map lacking details & losing access to small buildings, different zone theme lacking details ... etc)
    FPS is the major issue as it critically strikes the gaming experience. When facing    This gen came out with innovative aspects and changes to try shaping Pokemon world another step closer to completion. However, everything seems to pause in the middle and not being finished up. (open world map lacking details & losing access to small buildings, different zone theme lacking details ... etc)
    FPS is the major issue as it critically strikes the gaming experience. When facing more objects in the screen, your character will experience lag or even being stuck easier.    … Expand
  39. aoaked046
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Been playing this and everything is just sad. The textures, the world, the gameplay, the bugs, and the performance are all very bad. I don't think I will buy another pokemon game again at this rate.
  40. Circassian
    Dec 7, 2022
    2
    Worst pokemon game in my opinion. From performance issues to bad looking humanoid gen 9 designs, the new concept of terrastilizing, its overal a bad experience and dissapointing for me. It doesnt have the feel of a Pokemon game that used to excite me as in former game titles. Pokemon has lost its touch.
  41. Pi421337
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    A shame. Purely and simply. Don't buy this game. Don't encourage mediocrity.
  42. darxodia
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This game could've been the best in the series but the experience is severely hindered by technical problems, it's clearly an unfinished game.
  43. killermichiZ
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    lazy greedy company relases a new game that is extremly lackluster in every way


    not worth it
  44. Dogumentary
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    A game at the level of ten years ago. And yet it has its moments.

    From a technical point of view, the game is an insult to the buyers. The world looks like a mobile game (which is certainly due to the hardware), there are heavy frame drops, the camera likes to fall through the floor. Small things are also unfortunately lazily implemented, such as status changes. Sleeping Pokemon no    A game at the level of ten years ago. And yet it has its moments.

    From a technical point of view, the game is an insult to the buyers. The world looks like a mobile game (which is certainly due to the hardware), there are heavy frame drops, the camera likes to fall through the floor. Small things are also unfortunately lazily implemented, such as status changes. Sleeping Pokemon no longer close their eyes like in Sword/Shield. On the world map, however, they do so when they are asleep. Sloppy.
    There is little customization for the player.
    The areas are quite dead. NPCs function like puppets without a soul. But that's always been the case with Pokemon, unfortunately.

    On the positive side - the Pokemon themselves are cool (except for some sloppy solutions like the status changes). Catching them is fun thanks to the new implementation, because it's faster.

    All in all, it's a game that excites me because of the technology. Still, I can't put it down. Is it worth the price? No. But for under $50, you can definitely pick it up.    … Expand
  45. Poyaya
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    **** you gamefreak & the pokemon game company. Making a pokemon every year just to grab money, instead of making good pokemon games, so trash...
  46. HusuallyHype
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute dog **** performance. Unfinished game. I'd say I'm disappointed, but I've come to expect nothing less from the Pokemon company.… Expand
  47. ildemaro
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Mas de lo mismo nada nuevo siempre la misma tontearía y de paso rotísimo y lleno de bug
  48. koliveiras
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pelo amor de deus a galera não dá valor ao dinheiro MESMO. 300 reais um jogo cheio de bugs e sem nenhum pronunciamento da empresa... muito triste ver a franquia chegar a este estado.
  49. BluesGP
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    worst pokemon game I ever played. This game made me go walk my dog. My user in steam is BluesGP if someone wants to play dead by daylight
  50. Younari
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Is GameFreak a Indie?
    Sword and Shield was better as this

    Generation 9 so many fun with low Performance bugs crashes and more
  51. Shimmybimmy
    Nov 25, 2022
    2
    Wow. This game is the most unfinished game I have played. It has SUCH potential with the setup and overall environment, but really depressing that such a large company can release such a low quality game. Not just the graphics but actual lag. Surprised the world can accept such a low quality game and a site like this could give it such a great review given it's low quality and almost fakeWow. This game is the most unfinished game I have played. It has SUCH potential with the setup and overall environment, but really depressing that such a large company can release such a low quality game. Not just the graphics but actual lag. Surprised the world can accept such a low quality game and a site like this could give it such a great review given it's low quality and almost fake open world.… Expand
  52. MatisGo
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This game is the perfect example of how little Gamefreak cares about its players. This game is more bugged and technically deficient than what you would expect of an alpha version, with performance problems so bad that certain animation can't even run at 10 fps. This is the most pathetic game I've sadly played for years.
  53. SammyDelicious
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    I need to start off by saying my favourite video games of all time are Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue (1998) were the first video games I ever owned. I think Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004), alongside Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) are the best Pokemon games I have ever played.

    It pains me to say this, but I do not think Nintendo is capable of making a good Pokemon    I need to start off by saying my favourite video games of all time are Pokemon games. Pokemon Red and Blue (1998) were the first video games I ever owned. I think Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004), alongside Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) are the best Pokemon games I have ever played.

    It pains me to say this, but I do not think Nintendo is capable of making a good Pokemon game anymore.

    Since the release of Pokemon Black and White (2010), Pokemon X and Y (2013), and Pokemon Sun and Moon (2016) the Pokemon franchise has been heading on a downward trend. These games when compared to their predecessors and contemporaries in the industry are lackluster, medicore products, seemingly selling their games based purely off of nostalgia.

    Pokemon GO (2016), despite the popularity is the worst Pokemon game I have ever played.

    The greed at Nintendo has led them to exploit their fanbase by releasing rushed and poorly designed games with massive technical issues.

    I was extremely hopeful when the Nintendo Switch came out and I anticipated finally receiving a fun and beautiful new open world Pokemon game, similar to other fun, new, and beautiful Nintendo properties for the Switch. (You know the ones I'm talking about. The games that don't have 3.4 ratings on Metacritic.) But unfortunately the Pokemon games for Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Lets Go Eevee and Let's Go Pickachu (2018), Pokemon Sword and Shield (2019), and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (2022) have been terrible games. These games are incomplete and far less fun than previous Pokemon iterations. I would NEVER recommend these Pokemon games on the Switch to anyone. I have never been more disappointed in a game then with Pokemon Sword and Shield, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet turned out to be FAR MORE DISAPPOINTING.

    The new Pokemon games are not 'triple A' titles, they are rushed, glitchy, poorly designed, graphically terrible monstrosities that Nintendo and GameFreak should be ashamed to ask full price for.

    Because of these reasons, and the downward trend of Pokemon games over the past THIRTEEN YEARS, I feel as though Nintendo has exploited me enough, and I will not be buying anymore Pokemon games for the Switch.

    I cannot believe a culture that is deeply concerned with shame would release such a disgraceful, imperfect product and then charge full price knowing very well that product is unfinished.

    This comes across to me as though the people releasing Pokemon games, and the CEO's in charge have no shame.

    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are the fastest selling Nintendo games (within the first three days of sales). However, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been so highly criticized for the technical issues that it seems Nintendo is now issuing refunds in response.

    The fastest selling Pokemon games are being issued refunds for technical issues.

    Think about that. That is shockingly unacceptable.

    There will be no change in the culture at Pokemon until fans start letting Nintendo know exactly how they feel, I am protesting by not buying anymore Pokemon games. Nintendo can also have this review.    … Expand
  54. JohnArhea
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a lifelong Pokémon fan I can say I was very disappointed. My favorite Pokémon has yet again been excluded from the Pokédex but that’s not even the half of it. The game runs horribly, even considering the low performance of the switch. It’s ridden with frame rate issues. New Pokémon pop in only when you get near them. The software crashed randomly and erased about 2 hours of progress. Blurry visuals and lag were even apparent in cut scenes where I wasn’t even physically playing. There is a surplus of older games that blow this out of the water visually and overall it just looks and feels bad.… Expand
  55. cocacola16728
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This is one of the worst-optimized games I think I have ever seen from a AAA developer. By far the worst from Nintendo and far from the quality that one would expect from them compared to the rest of their supported catalog. I have a hard time believing that if this was anything but Pokemon, it would have been allowed to launch in this state. Simply unacceptable. The laziness and greed ofThis is one of the worst-optimized games I think I have ever seen from a AAA developer. By far the worst from Nintendo and far from the quality that one would expect from them compared to the rest of their supported catalog. I have a hard time believing that if this was anything but Pokemon, it would have been allowed to launch in this state. Simply unacceptable. The laziness and greed of Game Freak and the Pokemon Company have gone too far. Pokemon is the highest-grossing media franchise in the world. If taking more time to create a proper game is not possible, then hiring more developers to ensure quality surely is. There is no lack of funding, it is a lack of support and more than likely mismanagement by stuck-up old Japanese businessmen who refuse change and accept new ideas. Anyone who accepts such a trash product from this massive of a company needs help.… Expand
  56. Alepernicolo
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    A little foreword:
    I grew up with Pokémon and always bought games on release. PLA was a masterpiece in my eyes as it brought fresh new mechanics and a new way to experience Pokémon. Of course I was delighted when I saw Scarlet and Violet being announced and being open world. This must have been a dream come true. So fast forward to a bad marketing company, the games content leaking early    A little foreword:
    I grew up with Pokémon and always bought games on release. PLA was a masterpiece in my eyes as it brought fresh new mechanics and a new way to experience Pokémon. Of course I was delighted when I saw Scarlet and Violet being announced and being open world. This must have been a dream come true. So fast forward to a bad marketing company, the games content leaking early and finally the game releasing.

    Now, I was never the person to blatantly insult a game despite bad graphics and low frame rates but god damn. This is just something else. I played it for 8+ hours and it really saddens me seeing my favorite franchise ending up in such a state. The performance issues were so bad that we were literally thinking that my switch was broken. We tried it on my girlfriend's for about 2 hours just to see that it is in fact the game. Additionally information has come out that there is a memory leak in the game. As a long time software developer myself I was stunned to see that a game gets shipped / released without proper testing. I knew that this was common for triple A studios such as CD Project Red with Cyberpunk but as a first party developer of Nintendo this might be the worst release of a Nintendo exclusive title. I already set the bar low when it comes to Game Freak but this time they need to sit down and reflect and maybe consider expanding or handing the Mainline games to someone that actually cares. I will ask for a refund and will not be part of the problem anymore. And no I won't buy it again after they fixed it. I am done.    … Expand
  57. abedejo
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Embarassing production values for such a huge and reveered franchise. I'm not sure how Nintendo allows this for their close partner.
  58. BlueAmbers
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not a single negative review from "official" critics? On a game that runs as low as 8 fps, with assets popping in 10 ft from you? A rehash of the previous entry with an even weaker gimmick? (crystal texture with a hat)
    The corruption really is blatant
  59. Purple_Sylveon
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Incompleto, bugeado, perezoso, hecho a la prisa para vender, un insulto al mundo pokemon y a la propia saga y consola
    Una maldita vergüenza
  60. cybersquidz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The copy-and-paste design of the 'towns' in Pokemon Violet and Scarlet are shameful. In the main town with the university, you can find the exact same shops copied and pasted over a dozen times. Sometimes you will find the exact same shop next to itself up to three times. The vendors for crepes and kebabs are stationed across from clones of themselves. The buildings are poorly aligned withThe copy-and-paste design of the 'towns' in Pokemon Violet and Scarlet are shameful. In the main town with the university, you can find the exact same shops copied and pasted over a dozen times. Sometimes you will find the exact same shop next to itself up to three times. The vendors for crepes and kebabs are stationed across from clones of themselves. The buildings are poorly aligned with clipping and hovering. The textures used in many of the major parts of the town are such a low resolution you can count their pixel density on your fingers.

    The shops are all just veneers aside from the sandwich shop and the barber shop which is just recycled from previous games. No interiors, no NPC shopkeeps, no themes, no design, no style, no aesthetic. Just a flat matte backdrop with the same item selection as every other shop. The shops have been dissected into a handful of vendors making it annoying and inconvenient to find what you want. A single nice restaurant could have taken the place of the ten or so food vendors. A food court even.

    So many building are just facades with no ability to interact or explore. Often when the player is inside of a building they can no longer rotate the camera freely. This is despite the whole room being rendered, such as the classroom the player is first brought to. The cutscene shows the view from the professor's perspective, showing that the fourth wall has been detailed and rendered. The towns have nothing to offer. Most NPC's don't even have dialog and are just window dressing. You can find the same 6 npcs copied and pasted ad nauseum throughout every town.

    Many textures are either stock from some asset pack, or so low quality it would look out of place in Mario 64. The singe texture used to blanket the entire ground for mountains is an eyesore. Look out from the main town and you can see a nearly endless sea of repeating hideous grey 'rock' texture covering 100% of the mountains. Go on the other side and it is the same but it is a single low resolution red 'sandstone' texture. The biomes have no transition between them; The red rocky plateau area clips hideously into the grey mountains. I have seen solo projects from students learning their first handful of skills in unity put out better work than this no-effort cash-grab.

    The camera is a joke. It will incessantly clip into ceilings, walls, and through the floor. If you have the camera above you inside the main hall of the university it clips into the ceiling but the rings around the recessed light fixtures are in front of the camera. During battle if you are on an incline the camera will either be shoved beneath the ground during the victory animation or will be behind the incline making your entire view nothing but that 40x40px blob of ground texture.

    The pop-in and graphical glitches are abysmal and should not be tolerated by consumers. Entire chunks of the distant mountain ranges will flicker in and out of existence. NPC's and Pokemon in the towns will blip in and out of existence 2-5 times as you approach them and will repeat that process if you back away from them. The lack of anti aliasing makes every angle in the game flicker and shimmer as the player moves around the game world. The framerate of animations will go from full down to 2-10 FPS if you get slightly further away from an NPC, or if you are in a cutscene - for example, during the intro cutscene in the classroom half of the students are doing the exact same animation with them slapping their hands and kicking their legs. All of these will be at 2-10 FPS during the whole cutscene. Then, once the cutscene is over they are back to normal FPS. Many textures are not solid or connected to their neighboring objects. An example is the columns in the main hall of the university; they do not connect to their bases or top blocks. You can look downward at the pillar and see the floor below in the gap between the pillar and its top.

    The lack of clothing options is staggering when past games have had so much more. Go to the main hat store in the huge hub city and your options are a whopping TWO styles of hat (plus a single white beanie). Bag store has a whopping TWO styles. Clothing store has another hat variation. Glasses store has ONE style of glasses. The shoe and hat store both show six to seven different styles in their window, but both only have TWO when you go inside to buy, and for the shoe store neither of those two were in the window.

    It is astounding to see each new low that GameFreak sinks to with every new Pokemon game released. It is an insult to consumers to charge full-price for this. No care or effort was put into making a product that was worth a consumer forking over that kind of money for. Every release is two steps forward, and a stylish triple backflip backwards. Unless this game is patched to hell-and-back to fix all the bugs and horrendous graphical fidelity, it is extremely difficult to recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  61. GamefreakWHY
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game does not perform well, and it is so upsetting that it detracts so much from the enjoyment of the game.

    I think it’s because the poor performance is indicative that other issues with the game are also a result of time constraints on development. So whereas before, you could look at things you didn’t like & attribute them to questionable game design, now anything that isn’t right    The game does not perform well, and it is so upsetting that it detracts so much from the enjoyment of the game.

    I think it’s because the poor performance is indicative that other issues with the game are also a result of time constraints on development. So whereas before, you could look at things you didn’t like & attribute them to questionable game design, now anything that isn’t right you know 100% for a fact it’s due to the game being so rushed. For example, no level scaling for an game where you “can” challenge gyms in any order, not an intentional design choice, just not enough time to get it right. No battle mode set option, never been absent before, not intentional, just rushed. No shop interiors, no homes to walk into, and only pop up Pokémon centers? Not minimalist game design, just no time to fully flesh the world out. No voice acting? Not because of tradition, just the most profitable franchise in the world refusing to spend a dime on making these games better.

    This game truly sits at about a 6, but because of the fanboys giving it 10's telling you, "if you ignore everything that is horrible about the game, it's actually good!" I have to give it a 0. If you went to pull out your first stake from the ground, saw the black screen with text saying "you pulled out the stake, and it vanished," rather than an animation of it actually happening, you can't give this a 10. C'mon.    … Expand
  62. Luigithemetal64
    Nov 21, 2022
    4
    The open world and large items list are the positives. I would love to see those in the Kanto-, Jouto, Houen, and Shin'ou Pokémon games. The adventuring freedom like being able to challenge different gyms is fun as you are not blocked away from paths. The auto battling makes leveling up quick when you have better type matchups. You are able to buy type-boosting items and Mints with eitherThe open world and large items list are the positives. I would love to see those in the Kanto-, Jouto, Houen, and Shin'ou Pokémon games. The adventuring freedom like being able to challenge different gyms is fun as you are not blocked away from paths. The auto battling makes leveling up quick when you have better type matchups. You are able to buy type-boosting items and Mints with either money and League Points you have from beating trainers and getting Pokémon. You can also craft TMs.

    The physics are the negatives. Everything flickers, you tend to teleport to far spots when you send your Pokémon out to battle, and you can get stuck on some land when riding. The Abilities never work outside of battles. Synchro no longer changes any wild Pokémon's Nature. That is taking away the variety of getting Pokémon that I often find myself reseting the game to look for a different Pokémon with the Nature I want. It is frustrating when you got a Synchro Ralts with any neutral Nature from the first area. It used to work in the past games since Emerald and even in Generation 8. It is as if SV were made around Legends: Arceus where that action RPG does not have Abilities, and even that was annoying. The character customization seems nice, but the problem is that TPC has a problem with separating the options by sex where the boys have the same hairstyle option as the female's, and can wear lipstick where even if the idea is based on kabuki actors, it is still pointless and weird. The character designs are doll-like like in New Pokémon Snap, and are just kind of creepy when seeing the bumps on the cheeks and depth around the eyes. Pokémon is supposed to be like an anime. It is not like we are expecting Grand Theft Auto graphics or whatever. Cel anime graphics like in the Nexomon and Gal Gun games should have been used to allow potential for much added content, fixed glitches, and smoother gameplay. Nexomon, Gal Gun, and even the Xenoblade games played fine on the Nintendo Switch.

    People say that the Pokémon games should have went back to being 2D games. You can make video games like an anime, and they will sell if you can get the gameplay, physics, and graphics right. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX looks like the Generation 6 games for the 3DS in HD, and looks great and possibly play great too where even if the graphics are "bad", you do not see pop ins and outs nor get stuck in levels. I feel like I am better off with playing ports of old Pokémon games. Code Mystics and Inti Creates might make Pokémon games better without TPC rushing Game Freak, and be better than ILCA.    … Expand
  63. fvincentj
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Game could have been really enjoyable - the main quests (titan, gym, star are pretty cool). The music is pleasant as well. I really do want to enjoy the game, but the biggest problem is the ghastly performance and graphical bugs...Mobile phone games runs better and faster than this. Also, if you like hunting shinies - sure itts easier to spawn with the tent thingie, but good luck if you'reGame could have been really enjoyable - the main quests (titan, gym, star are pretty cool). The music is pleasant as well. I really do want to enjoy the game, but the biggest problem is the ghastly performance and graphical bugs...Mobile phone games runs better and faster than this. Also, if you like hunting shinies - sure itts easier to spawn with the tent thingie, but good luck if you're looking for tiny pokemon shinies cause they removed the bell sounds.

    And, before they release any DLC they should fix these issues first.    … Expand
  64. Monoture
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Bad UI / Bad Performance sometime framedrop/ outfit customization is very limited
  65. MSpekt
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I’m tired of Pokémon games being a “step in the right direction”.
    Game is unplayable with constant stuttering and frame drops.
    I’m not asking for a ps5 level game, I’m just asking for smooth gameplay.
  66. Endymion_Var
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Que clase de juego es este Pokémon; le pasa lo mismo que al Escarlata. ; lleno de Glich y bugs a más no poder.
    Esto es injugable, arruina la experiencia. Vamos Nintendo me estáis cobrando precio completo
  67. TT_Hipster1941
    Dec 7, 2022
    2
    In all my 30+ years of playing and reviewing I ever saw such a disaster. Been playing Cyberpunk since day 1. Still playing No Man Sky doing expeditions with friends rn. Which proves it is possible to redeem yourself. Pokémon Violet got returned and reimburse by my local Videogame store to cite them : This is worst than Battlefront and No Man Sky, this is unacceptable.
  68. Ender7887
    Dec 1, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great story, held back by some of the worst graphics I’ve seen on a modern console. Pokémon is going down hill and will never get better especially with 10M copies sold.… Expand
  69. Xyzzys203048
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    **** game runs pretty bad the final questions make me angry. Overall don’t buy this game
  70. MeterSmash2022
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    The conversation surrounding this game shouldn't be about whether it's "Fun" or not, it's about the utter disrespect to the loyal Pokemon fan base by releasing an unfinished, rushed and buggy product, it's completely broken. Under there, there's a good game, I saw a lot of potential here but it's ruined by the performance and how ugly the game looks. If the Switch is capable of moreThe conversation surrounding this game shouldn't be about whether it's "Fun" or not, it's about the utter disrespect to the loyal Pokemon fan base by releasing an unfinished, rushed and buggy product, it's completely broken. Under there, there's a good game, I saw a lot of potential here but it's ruined by the performance and how ugly the game looks. If the Switch is capable of more impressive games, why did Gamefreak do the bear minimum here? Hell, Arceus was more stable and looked better than this, and that shouldn't even be a compliment since that game looked extremely bad.

    Overall, I am completely disappointed, I could look past Arceus' issues and still have a great time, but this? This is pushing it, have more respect for the consumer, and to blind fanboys have some respect for yourselves, don't support this lazyness or defend it, you are all pathetic.    … Expand
  71. brssena
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Um lixo, gráficos horríveis, Nintendo não respeita os clientes, o jogo é o pior de todos os tempos
  72. AVAVT
    Dec 2, 2022
    3
    I loved Arceus, and upon hearing this game will be fully open world I pre-ordered the game. Yet another bitter lesson about not pre-ordering game.

    If you're reading review then you probably already know the development quality is terrible. But as a game dev myself I can also tell you this: no future patch will be able to fix this game. So don't keep your hope up. The fandom might be    I loved Arceus, and upon hearing this game will be fully open world I pre-ordered the game. Yet another bitter lesson about not pre-ordering game.

    If you're reading review then you probably already know the development quality is terrible. But as a game dev myself I can also tell you this: no future patch will be able to fix this game. So don't keep your hope up.

    The fandom might be telling you Game Freaks will fix it in later patches. That won't happen. This game was made by amateurs, probably half the team are interns they hired to fill in the vacant spots. The only way to properly fix this game is to remake it from the beginning, which won't happen.

    Frame rate spike, jerky animations, camera running underground, 3 meters pokemon view distance. These things will never be fixed. So wait for next pokemon game (and don't pre-order this time) or replay classic version or find another monster-taming game. Just don't buy this.    … Expand
  73. Supah69
    Dec 26, 2022
    2
    It was one of the worst gaming experience i ever had, it is ugly, slow and repetitive, the story is ok and music is good, the three "stories" are not really stories but 3 main quests, and the frame rate can go down to 10 fps, even with ugly graphics and an empty world with nothing to do. Do not buy
  74. ZangBang
    Dec 3, 2022
    3
    38/100
    Pokémon Violet's open-world map is heterogeneous, both visually and structurally, and offers a seamless exploration with great emphasis on layered vertical progression, rich of treasure to encourage exploration, progressively expanded through mobility upgrades. Even so, the world feels disappointingly dull at its core, due to Pokémon almost never interacting with each other or the    38/100
    Pokémon Violet's open-world map is heterogeneous, both visually and structurally, and offers a seamless exploration with great emphasis on layered vertical progression, rich of treasure to encourage exploration, progressively expanded through mobility upgrades. Even so, the world feels disappointingly dull at its core, due to Pokémon almost never interacting with each other or the environment. on top of their slow, passive reactions to the player's presence. Furthermore, most of the treasure throughout the region of Paldea is redundant or functionally useless, leaving only the discovery of the new Pokémon species to act as the main incentive for exploration, but they're not enough to carry the entire journey. The new open-world progression allows players to tackle the various challenges in any order, but the lack of level scaling virtually strips the player from any real agency lest they'll retroactively make the other challenges terribly easy, which happens anyway since the game's difficulty offers no excitement whatsoever outside from venturing dangerous areas. The game tries to add flavor to its fights through the Terastalization mechanic, which adds a decent twist to strategies, and to add flavor to its trials with various minigames, but these are excruciatingly, embarassingly simplistic. Customization received a massive downgrade, with a lot less clothing options. The story is bland and offers very little substance, that is until the last few hours, when it haphazardly unveils its true potential and interesting concepts in a rush.    … Expand
  75. Chelin1995
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    El juego tiene muchísimos bugss, además de correr en muchísimas partes a bajos fps. Lamentable.
    Las animaciones de los pokemones son muy bonitas, pero hasta ahí queda todo lo bueno.
  76. vionai
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Pros: The characters clothing has textures and the pokemon have fur. The overall catch scheme on the overworld is fun, the open world ness is nice. Cons: Gamefreak backtracked on character customization and you are stuck with 1 of 4 uniforms for the entire series. 3 of which are ugly as hell. The textures on the terrain are terrible, constant clipping under ground. Frame rate issues.Pros: The characters clothing has textures and the pokemon have fur. The overall catch scheme on the overworld is fun, the open world ness is nice. Cons: Gamefreak backtracked on character customization and you are stuck with 1 of 4 uniforms for the entire series. 3 of which are ugly as hell. The textures on the terrain are terrible, constant clipping under ground. Frame rate issues. Boring story, and the character is treated like an infant - constantly being referred to as "kiddo, kid, child". I get the protagonist is young but I remembered being annoyed at 11-12 when people did that to me, it's not fun, and finally gamefreak removed all character customization for clothing, back peddling to the days of pokemon gold and silver. Gamefreak released the bare minimum because they know they can - regardless of how poor the game is, it will sell.… Expand
  77. Tsteelfirst
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    It could have been a pretty game. The new Pokémon look overall pretty nice! The idea of an open world is also a nice step towards the right direction. But as stated multiple times by others is the game lacking core things like the possibility to enter buildings and explore those new cities which - from outside- are looking great. The constant frame drops etc shouldn’t be on a console onIt could have been a pretty game. The new Pokémon look overall pretty nice! The idea of an open world is also a nice step towards the right direction. But as stated multiple times by others is the game lacking core things like the possibility to enter buildings and explore those new cities which - from outside- are looking great. The constant frame drops etc shouldn’t be on a console on which you are able to play fortnite, BOTW or Witcher 3.

    If the team would have had the time and hasn’t been rushed like this, this game could probably had the potential to be one of the best of the series.    … Expand
  78. Yuuikari
    Nov 20, 2022
    4
    La personalización del juego es HORRIBLE, me sorprende que tiene la mejor personalización de rostro, pero la PEOR de ropa, de verdad, esos 4 uniformes predefinidos son HORIBLLES, incómodos de ver, ni una maldita tienda hay para cambiarse la playera, pero claro, hay 4 tiendas de lentes Una basura la ropa del juego, la odio
  79. rosettastone
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Game is extremely laggy. Frame drops everytime you enter a new place. Game goes slower the longer you play it due to memory loss. They took the interior out so you can't walk into buildings it's just menus now. Not happy.
  80. MiguelonSama
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Is Such a shame how the most profitable video game franchise is releasing a game with so much bugs. After an awesome change from the Legends Arceus game (which is not so bugged as this one), this game sinks the franchise.
  81. el_raviolo
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    Would be great if the game was finished. It is sadly not. The game mechanics are great, but the bugs...
  82. Slothbear
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    The state this game currently is in is an insult to the fans.
    There are a lot of good ideas to renew the franchise but the technical issues cannot be ignored.
    Gamefreak, The Pokemon Compagny and Nintendo should never have allowed the game to be released with such poor performances ( the Switch is not to blame, Xenoblade 3 and Zelda have shown us what we can expect).
  83. carota
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    It is just bad. I hope for the next pokemon game they give it to another studio because otherwise it could be the end for the brand.
  84. Lenny957
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    this is a beta version. it is unacceptable in 2022 to pay 60 euros for a game like this. Too many bugs that prevent you from fully experiencing the adventure.
  85. Fabqaz
    Nov 30, 2022
    2
    Game is a hot mess, bugs and glitches everywhere, textures and pokemon popping in and out of existence and worst case scenario, half of the games features randomly gets Thanos snapped out of existence till the next day or if youre more unlucky the next few days
  86. minimite
    Dec 5, 2022
    2
    Great open world, too bad it looks like a game from 2005. Something casual fans won't realize is how horrible the balancing is. Some Pokemon are useless. Some are so OP that it completely ruined Competitive. Not to mention the automatic XP share, removal of Set Mode, and that every trainer is easier than ever.

    If you're a gamer, be prepared to be disappointed. Again. If you only play    Great open world, too bad it looks like a game from 2005. Something casual fans won't realize is how horrible the balancing is. Some Pokemon are useless. Some are so OP that it completely ruined Competitive. Not to mention the automatic XP share, removal of Set Mode, and that every trainer is easier than ever.

    If you're a gamer, be prepared to be disappointed. Again.
    If you only play Switch games, I'm sure you'll love it.    … Expand
  87. Bro91
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    Gioco a questi giochi sin dagli albori e non mi sarei mai aspettato che si cadesse così in basso, la parte tecnica è un 1 anche peggio di spada e scudo la storia è molto carina ma bloccata da momenti ripetuti costantemente dando al giocatore noia in tutti e 3 i sentieri, l'unico che si salva veramente è "la polvere di stelle".
    Il finale è molto bello ma anche lui sporcato da problemi    Gioco a questi giochi sin dagli albori e non mi sarei mai aspettato che si cadesse così in basso, la parte tecnica è un 1 anche peggio di spada e scudo la storia è molto carina ma bloccata da momenti ripetuti costantemente dando al giocatore noia in tutti e 3 i sentieri, l'unico che si salva veramente è "la polvere di stelle".
    Il finale è molto bello ma anche lui sporcato da problemi tecnici e scelte di gameplay surreali, c'è una scena che avviene prima dello scontro finale e da me non è stata riprodotta... Voto più che meritato, di certo non preordinerò più entrambe le versioni....    … Expand
  88. danny8hart
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Unplayable for me. The extremely low and stuttering frame rate gives me nausea. DF review sums up the poor graphics and feeling of emptiness in the game.
  89. JeremyvT98
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Utterly dissapointed. Lack of post main story content. I'm not buying any future pokemon games again if no consistent changes happen.
  90. Helifano
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    The direction for the series overall is good but I regret spending money on such an unfinished product.
  91. Azok28
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Remplie de bug en tous genre, la map est fade et sans saveur, si ce n'est vide, une histoire complètement bancale probablement inventée en 2 jours. On se demande ce qui as pris du temps pour créer ce jeu du coup, tous simplement une honte pour Pokemon.
  92. Jan346
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    The game have really good new pokemon and the story is good.
    I would say thet the game is a 5 out of 5 but there is the problem with the grafic.
    When they do a nice patch thet fix the grafic then the game is a 5 out of 5 but now its a 4
  93. MalkavianBro
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    It's simple, fix your **** game and the reviews will change. Coming out and telling people that there is "nothing wrong" with it is insulting to your consumers and fans. We aren't stupid. The game runs like **** and looks like **** You can't defend this game with the arguement that because it uses the lacking power of the Switch that it's bad when you have similar games like Breath of theIt's simple, fix your **** game and the reviews will change. Coming out and telling people that there is "nothing wrong" with it is insulting to your consumers and fans. We aren't stupid. The game runs like **** and looks like **** You can't defend this game with the arguement that because it uses the lacking power of the Switch that it's bad when you have similar games like Breath of the Wild that looks fantastic.… Expand
  94. Gold_Lion
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    Semplicemente un insulto per i videogiochi, pieno di bug, senza una trama (ma vabbè non c'è trama quasi in nessun gioco pokemon ), risparmiatevi i soldi.
  95. Mech7
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    Gioco dal 1998 e non ho mai visto un gioco con questo budget così rotto, è terribile sotto ogni punto di vista
  96. CupidVue
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    I came to review bomb this because Pokemon needs to be better. Like w.t.f. How do you go from Legends Arcues to this junk. So glitchy and slow. Be better game freak. Smh
  97. Kzuplayer
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever, i'm sorry but there is no post game content, we ask for a battle frontier as emerald version one, but gamefreak seems like they dont care about our wills. there is so much framedrop at some places, impossible to play like that, too easy to get a shiny pokemon, etc.
  98. AnimeGirl
    Jan 8, 2023
    2
    Terrible. Glitches everywhere, woke nonsense being added and skirts/dresses removed, strict dress code with very little chance to change it up except for accessories and shoes. Keeps freezing or dropping me below the map. Terrible. I'll likely trade this game for a different one later. Worst pokemon game ever made.

    The only good thing about it is the open world, being able to play with    Terrible. Glitches everywhere, woke nonsense being added and skirts/dresses removed, strict dress code with very little chance to change it up except for accessories and shoes. Keeps freezing or dropping me below the map. Terrible. I'll likely trade this game for a different one later. Worst pokemon game ever made.

    The only good thing about it is the open world, being able to play with friends, easy leveling of pokemon without always getting into a full on battle, and the story line is interesting too. So my score is a 2.

    No point playing a glitchy game with an agenda. Too frustrating.    … Expand
  99. Luisguerreroa
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    No me gustó nada este juego, esta mal optimizado, tiene muchos bugs y su historia no es la gran cosa.en conclusión es un juego terriblemente malo
  100. wokeke
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    What an embarrassment. It is one thing to have **** graphics, which is not what pokemon games are about anyways, but to couple that with horrific framerate is just unacceptable. I'm sure there are new features about this open world game that is to be liked and praised, but what is the point if you can't even play the game for more than 5 minutes because it makes you want to throw up fromWhat an embarrassment. It is one thing to have **** graphics, which is not what pokemon games are about anyways, but to couple that with horrific framerate is just unacceptable. I'm sure there are new features about this open world game that is to be liked and praised, but what is the point if you can't even play the game for more than 5 minutes because it makes you want to throw up from all the stuttering?… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 61 out of 118
  3. Negative: 2 out of 118
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    60
    Not a bad game. It still has its solid core, new Pokémon, and what's worked for years continues to work. The open world is a questionable addition in my opinion. [Issue#324]
  2. VideoGamer
    Dec 14, 2023
    70
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet take the long-awaited step into a fully open-world, but one poorly implemented and marred by frustration. A compelling story and characters are a saving grace in what is ultimately a fun game, but Pokemon's attempts at modernising continue to fall disappointingly short.
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  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    20
    A square wheel spins more smoothly and fluidly than this game. If three Pokémon or characters come into view at once, the whole game creaks and falters. Edge-off unplayable. And that's a shame. Because the addition of an open world is "on paper" a puffy idea to refresh the franchise. No more linear walking that takes you past gyms and ever stronger and different Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all. You can go wherever you want. With some tactics, you can take on some very tough challenges with Pokémon that aren't nearly strong enough. Fun! Except this game just wasn't ready. It's shameless that Nintendo and Game Freak are still throwing it on the market. Nevertheless: 10 million games sold in just three days.
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