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. Steotbf
    Dec 18, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only good thing that this game has is that some of the new designs are cool, the rest sucks, everything from the game and level design to the story (which i don't think is surprising at all at this point), i just wish they took the few things that legend arceus had to give and made a decent game.… Expand
  2. CosmiCat
    Dec 18, 2022
    3
    Technical issues and you have to spam A to get through the most tedious story that I've encountered in a Pokemon game.
  3. Defqon
    Dec 18, 2022
    0
    I can't believe Nintendo let games like these be published. Performance is the worst I've ever seen. I dropped Arceus after 3 hours, this one was even quicker. Pokemòn is dead. Ty GameFreak.
  4. CircuitLive
    Dec 19, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was ok I loved the added pokemon however, the game felt so empty... Sure we had 3 storylines do the gym challenge to become champion and defeat the new team star and get the legendary... pretty basic stuff for a Pokemon game ....but that was it really... After a while it just kinda became repetitive wandering this vast empty world the game appeared to have so much we could do but it just fell blank... I enjoyed the character designs however I believe we shouldn't have been set to a uniform... Yeah maybe we could change our uniform when we're in school however we where stuck in the same few outfits...we could add accessories but that's really it... It was disappointing to say the least… Expand
  5. Obama999999
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THIS GAME SUCKS

    THE TERA RAIDS ARE RIGGED AND THERE ARE TOO MANY BUGS

    IVE BEEN PLAYING A LOT OF THE GAME AND I FINALLY BECAME CHAMPION, AND THE FRAMERATE IS GARBAGE AND THE TERA RAID POKEMON IN 5 STAR TERA RAIDS ARE JUST ATTACKING TWICE AND HEALING WHEN I ONE SHOT A 4 STAR POKEMON TERA RAID

    **** THIS GAME 0/10    … Expand
  6. jailsondx
    Dec 23, 2022
    0
    Absurda quantidade de bugs que estragam a experiência, além de um design de mundo POBRE e sem sequer legendas em PT-BR
  7. ProjectHMF
    Dec 24, 2022
    0
    Worst game ive played in my life. Literally gamecube tier graphics in 2022 at 15fps and on top of that its ugly as **** Pokemons spawn at like 2m im not even joking huh dont even consider buying this bullcrap. Do the world a favor and pirate the game.
  8. Oriiba
    Dec 26, 2022
    0
    Just lost 70 eggs from half an hours worth of progress all because I joined my girlfriends group and opened THE MAP and by the way auto save WAS ON why would a game not automatically save when joining someone else’s game, it’s a basic thing that is standard in every game that has the same mechanic. A game should not be released in a condition where opening the map crashes the game letJust lost 70 eggs from half an hours worth of progress all because I joined my girlfriends group and opened THE MAP and by the way auto save WAS ON why would a game not automatically save when joining someone else’s game, it’s a basic thing that is standard in every game that has the same mechanic. A game should not be released in a condition where opening the map crashes the game let alone a game where I get crashes on it at-least 3 times a day on my 5 month old new OLED,

    When I first started the game my skybox wasn’t even there that’s how broken this game is, I’m tired of defending this game I really do like it but I can’t give it any redeemable points because it simply isn’t complete enough to classify as a game. It is absolutely ridiculous that a game can be released in this condition… I’ve constantly fought against the complaining Pokémon fanbase for years as I think this game is really fun and has so much potential but you absolutely cannot play it at the minute , it is not worth half price and yet they are charging so much for a game that has only been play tested on high tech industry switches and not consumer ones.

    If the game is fixed I will give it a rating higher than 0    … Expand
  9. Eldaoron
    Dec 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visually looks like a beta at most, some areas you can clearly see the repetition of the same texture all over a mountain, with no fine-tunning whatsoever. Glitches and small errors all over the place. I found visual mistakes with pretty much any aspect of the game, specially on menus and the Pokédex.
    Gameplay is ok-ish (being generous), mount is incredibly slow even when "fast". The glide mechanic is nerfed to the absurd for some reason. Teraraids (offline) are wonky, turns are unpredictable and "allies" do absolutely nothing when the player is out.
    Pokédex is useless, can't search or filter, you have to go through everything each time you want to look for something.
    I wasn't expecting something on "Nintendo-seal-of-quality" level, but this is even worse than Sword/Shield in terms of "polished".    … Expand
  10. Youngsmith361
    Dec 26, 2022
    1
    Game is broken, first Pokémon game I’ve played since diamond and Pearl and wanted that old Pokémon experience again. I have not wanted to play any of the 3D console Pokémon games but decided to give violet a try and I regret my purchase. Buggy game, ugly Pokémon models, 30 fps is a joke, the list problems on but the worst offense is how generic the entire game zones and world look.
  11. Plinio95
    Jan 3, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst Pokémon game ever, it abandons almost all the improvement present in Pokémon Legends Arceus and has eaven a worst grafic desing, the game keeps repeating the same patterns of the 3 main stories again and again, the effect is that, once ended the main line story you'll immediately stop playing the game because the side quests simply doesn't exist just like the post-game because, maybe, you'll have to pay for a DLC in order to capture the 3rd legendary.
    The worst Pokémon game ever!!!    … Expand
  12. ArcturusDrake
    Jan 1, 2023
    3
    Story: 7/10
    Gameplay: it's pokemon 8/10
    Raids: 1/10 buggy af
    Game stability: 4/10
    Customization: 1/10
    If I Didnt recieve this game as a gift, I would have refunded it.
    Honestly would rather go back to sword over this game.
  13. mrSilkie
    May 29, 2023
    0
    Incredible gameplay changes from the GBA and NDS series, everything i ever wanted bundled into one package.

    I had little performance issues using the R name emu.
  14. OurEntity
    Apr 12, 2023
    0
    The reality is this game was given no actual thought. Fact that there is no shiny indication besides visual is problematic. What else is problematic is that when using the front view camera you are unable to see 75% of the actual Pokémon that are spawning around you. You cannot catch shiny Pokémon if you cannot see them. An auditory way of detecting Pokémon should had been incorporated.The reality is this game was given no actual thought. Fact that there is no shiny indication besides visual is problematic. What else is problematic is that when using the front view camera you are unable to see 75% of the actual Pokémon that are spawning around you. You cannot catch shiny Pokémon if you cannot see them. An auditory way of detecting Pokémon should had been incorporated. Also the fact that I cannot get apro ball other than from the stupid Auction house is ridiculous. It's those reasons why I will NOT be paying for the DLC unless the DLC fix the issues I have mentioned.… Expand
  15. Hoodude
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    Unplayable trash. I love Pokemon, I played Arceus to death. But this is a horrible piece of garbage. The camera is terrible, the movement is awful, there's all kinds of graphical glitches, the framerate is poor, the graphics are bad, it's so distracting that I can't even begin to pay attention to the story because it's such a horrible experience just trying to navigate within the game!Unplayable trash. I love Pokemon, I played Arceus to death. But this is a horrible piece of garbage. The camera is terrible, the movement is awful, there's all kinds of graphical glitches, the framerate is poor, the graphics are bad, it's so distracting that I can't even begin to pay attention to the story because it's such a horrible experience just trying to navigate within the game! Ugh. Wish I had not preordered this. Total waste of money, will not be playing this. Time to uninstall. In fact, I think this does it for me. I won't be giving Nintendo any more of my money.… Expand
  16. Barrator
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    The game is very good but unfinished. It's still unplayable, 1.5 month after release.
  17. DeadSmack
    May 17, 2023
    0
    While on paper it is a great effort, it simply don't deliver what they wanted. The bugs, the poor optimization, the emptiness of the world can't take this game to the higher grounds. It's such a shame to see my beloved franchise in this matter. Simply not good enough. GameFreak, Nintendo, Investors, someone needs to change.
  18. aleqhz
    Apr 22, 2023
    0
    Honestly, I expected to be disappointed and they did deliver.
    Garbage/10. No need to elaborate.
  19. Jardanes
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    After the best pokemon game ever (Pokemon Legends:Arceus), the Pokemon company releases their worst game yet. Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruins the experience of playing the game. Terastal Pokemon look stupid. The idea of bicycle legendary Pokémon is just ridiculous. The design team should go back to school and learn a few things with the Zelda BotW and TotKAfter the best pokemon game ever (Pokemon Legends:Arceus), the Pokemon company releases their worst game yet. Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruins the experience of playing the game. Terastal Pokemon look stupid. The idea of bicycle legendary Pokémon is just ridiculous. The design team should go back to school and learn a few things with the Zelda BotW and TotK teams. They charge you US$60,00 for a R$5,00 game. Huge cash grab.… Expand
  20. Magnox
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    This game is totally garbage. It has been over a month, and the hit rate glitch in the online battle is even not been fixed, let alone the perfunctory scene design, Gamefreak is truely a unrespectable company.
  21. ZoroGust
    Jun 2, 2023
    0
    Game suffered for being the first in the franchise after Pokemon Arceus. He is inferior in everything to the former. Graphically the agony of the white lines in the connections of the elements, like roof and house. In rank, from the Switch generation, it is the second worst game in the franchise, just ahead of the horrible remake of the fourth generation. It may be working now, but theGame suffered for being the first in the franchise after Pokemon Arceus. He is inferior in everything to the former. Graphically the agony of the white lines in the connections of the elements, like roof and house. In rank, from the Switch generation, it is the second worst game in the franchise, just ahead of the horrible remake of the fourth generation. It may be working now, but the franchise has to make a huge change in the games that justifies the absence of all the little creatures, since the game no longer presents the possibility of playing with all the creatures, as it was until the 3DS generations. Overall, 2 out of 10. It's almost throwing (a lot) money away.… Expand
  22. KettuF1N
    Dec 28, 2022
    1
    Works really badly, using TV mode.
    worse looking than earlier switch pokemon versions, very poorly optimized.
  23. nusoul
    Jan 7, 2023
    0
    How is it even possible that game passed QA?
    They have all these issues with graphics in previous versions, how is it possible that Game Freak made that bad game when noname-company made almost perfect Shinning Diamond/Pearl?
    Why Zelda and Fire Emblem developers can do a great product but Game Freak can't? Disappointment.
  24. lalahand
    May 27, 2023
    0
    Open world feels empty and dead. This can be a good game if it was released 10 years ago
  25. OctaneNitro
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Unfortunately, more of the same mediocrity that has been bogging down the franchise for years.
    Taking even a cursory at glance at any other major Nintendo franchise, or even a majority of AAA franchises period, the shortcomings and limitations of Pokémon become impossible to ignore.
    Violet and Scarlet may move some aspects of the franchise forward, namely in the open-world environments    Unfortunately, more of the same mediocrity that has been bogging down the franchise for years.
    Taking even a cursory at glance at any other major Nintendo franchise, or even a majority of AAA franchises period, the shortcomings and limitations of Pokémon become impossible to ignore.

    Violet and Scarlet may move some aspects of the franchise forward, namely in the open-world environments and less linearity, but still suffer from a chronic lack of ambition, scope, and polish.

    Ever since the franchise's transition into 3D with XY in 2013, Gamefreak have been open about their desire to remove features, difficulty and complexity from the franchise, in an attempt to appeal to the "kids of today". Unfortunately, coupled with an increasingly brutal yearly release schedule, this has led most modern Pokémon games feeling barebones, empty, and at times, unfinished.

    The abysmal performance and presentation of these games alone would be enough for me to not recommend them, but the added context of how little Gamefreak are utilising the Switch, how much better far smaller franchises consistently are, the laundry list of missing, basic features (voice acting, difficulty options and multiple save slots being big examples), and the rapid rate between releases, just make the situation so, so much worse.

    In 2022, Pokémon has far more in common with franchises like FIFA, Call Of Duty, and Assassins Creed, than other premium Nintendo franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Smash Bros.    … Expand
  26. thompsonmelo
    Dec 28, 2022
    2
    And a worse game than the previous ones, the fight by turns remains the same without modifications that make the game more fluid, only now with at least 500 bugs throughout gameplay and fps in constant drops and more controlled Pokémons
  27. spreyz
    Mar 20, 2023
    0
    The worst pokemon game i ever had the misfortune of playing, either you're on an overdose of copium or have nothing else to play. I ordered Sword while playing this and i dont even wanna touch it now.
    Last pokemon product i will ever buy.
  28. Vinivitorioyo
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Foi triste, frustrante. Eles acertam do conceito de jogo mas da dor de cabeça jogar e me deixou furioso e triste jogar. Não recomendo, não valeu o valor que paguei. Me senti mal jogando.
  29. CptCaleb
    Feb 11, 2023
    3
    Didn’t even experience major bugs and still didn’t like it. It just wasn’t fun. Huge areas looked they were made by a freshman game design student as part of a term project. There’s nothing worth seeing here. Wouldn’t have been able to finish it if I hadn’t had covid at the time and needed something to do in quarantine. I had low expectations from the reports about poor performance, butDidn’t even experience major bugs and still didn’t like it. It just wasn’t fun. Huge areas looked they were made by a freshman game design student as part of a term project. There’s nothing worth seeing here. Wouldn’t have been able to finish it if I hadn’t had covid at the time and needed something to do in quarantine. I had low expectations from the reports about poor performance, but was way more disappointed by how low quality the underlying game actually is. Conspiracy theory: the bugs were put in to distract from how bad the game is!… Expand
  30. Zoro_strife
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Bland, ugly, glithed, wokeness, rushed **** this game isvthe worst gen of pokemon
  31. Tikur
    Mar 9, 2023
    4
    I like Pokemon, I really do so.
    I have spent more than 1200 hours into Sword and Shield and I knew that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet wouldn't be the best games on a technical side.
    However, these games are technically crap. It is like playing a mid 90 's 3D Game on PlayStation before Mario 64 comes out and sets the standards for 3D-Gaming, Clipping, bugs and NPC 's which are moving on    I like Pokemon, I really do so.
    I have spent more than 1200 hours into Sword and Shield and I knew that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet wouldn't be the best games on a technical side.

    However, these games are technically crap. It is like playing a mid 90 's 3D Game on PlayStation before Mario 64 comes out and sets the standards for 3D-Gaming,

    Clipping, bugs and NPC 's which are moving on five fps, when you are not standing next to them. Pokemon can clip into a wall and are not catchable for you anymore. On top a lifeless and empty environment. No city you are visit is appealing to explore, because the only buildings you can enter are the arenas and the ones which you have to, to make progress in the story.

    If you enter a shop, only a menu drops in where you can choose what you want to buy.

    Or to make it short. Waddle Dee Town in Kirby and the forgotten land is more charming, appealing, full of life and beautiful, than the entire world in Scarlet and Violet.

    And if this is not enough, the raids are even worse. Because they simply doesn't work so no fun can be created. The raids are unbalanced, a technical disaster and on top, because of this two major problems are five stars raids or higher online with others not understandable.

    The reason is a huge delay even when you play local and your friends are sitting next to you.

    This is so embarrassing and disappointing, especially when you see that the new pokemon are all really nice and behind some of them is an interesting concept. I like the new Pokemon of Generation nine overall.

    These games could be easily the best Pokemon games, but the huge amount of problems, which are mostly on the technical side reduces the potential fun I could have with these games to a minimum.    … Expand
  32. daklar808
    Jul 5, 2023
    1
    Lazy cash grab that has forever changed my opinion on pokemon games. i will never ever preorder another mainline pokemon game. It's unfinished and unpolished. Glitch fest with terrible graphics and not what i expect from a pokemon game. Unforgivable and a game changer in the wrong direction, so SAD! Violet or Scarlet same trash. Worst pokemon game in the mainline series.
  33. drsantos21
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    Bad gad, game freak released an alpha game or even a beta game

    It is a shame, I requested a refund from Nintendo
  34. saulsa_dip
    May 7, 2023
    4
    The game brings a few unique new monsters to the franchise, but I cannot stress enough how poorly the game performs. Even in docked mode, the frame-rate is abysmal and the camera and characters/pokémon do not stop clipping through the floor.
    I bought this game at release and stopped playing after a couple hours due to how many game-breaking bugs I was experiencing and waited for an    The game brings a few unique new monsters to the franchise, but I cannot stress enough how poorly the game performs. Even in docked mode, the frame-rate is abysmal and the camera and characters/pokémon do not stop clipping through the floor.
    I bought this game at release and stopped playing after a couple hours due to how many game-breaking bugs I was experiencing and waited for an update. Some months later I've delved back into the game, and the update has some minor fixes but this still feels like a very unfinished game.

    At the core of the gameplay, of course Pokémon is a solved franchise - solid turn-based combat and a capture system, however this game breaks so often that even the tried and tested formula of the franchise doesn't redeem it.    … Expand
  35. Why_username
    Dec 27, 2022
    3
    I said this game was getting better after the patches, but, the DLC is corrupting the saved data LOL. Also, the game doesn’t stop crashing, and the FPS is awful.
  36. Metacrot
    Dec 17, 2022
    0
    Automatic and permanent 0 as long as there’s an unbearable and non skippable intro teaching the same thing in the most most boring and painful way possible. Feels like the intro just takes forever and ruins the excitement I had wanting to explore this universe. I don’t care who the target market is for this game, find away to make it enjoyable for people who are new fans and also fans thatAutomatic and permanent 0 as long as there’s an unbearable and non skippable intro teaching the same thing in the most most boring and painful way possible. Feels like the intro just takes forever and ruins the excitement I had wanting to explore this universe. I don’t care who the target market is for this game, find away to make it enjoyable for people who are new fans and also fans that have been playing since Gen 1.… Expand
  37. adityash8
    Apr 10, 2023
    0
    I paid just $40 for this **** game and I still want my money back. What a joke.
  38. pokeymanchild
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Really bad performance and visuals. It has many bugs that ruin the experience of playing the game. But it's okay as it will still sell thanks to blind nostalgia and brand loyalty.
  39. pprjackjr
    Jan 18, 2023
    4
    After seeing all the reviews and videos I simply could not believe a pokemon game could be like this so i had to buy it. I want to say that i'm a pretty chill pokemon fan, I enjoyed more or less every title, even sword and shield. This game is truly an insult to the player. It runs just like in the meme videos, laggy all the time, mountains, trees, bushes, entire pieces of landscape appearAfter seeing all the reviews and videos I simply could not believe a pokemon game could be like this so i had to buy it. I want to say that i'm a pretty chill pokemon fan, I enjoyed more or less every title, even sword and shield. This game is truly an insult to the player. It runs just like in the meme videos, laggy all the time, mountains, trees, bushes, entire pieces of landscape appear and disappear, trainers will animate weirdly and sometimes flat out dissapear. The game is "open" and you "can go where you want to" which is a flat out lie. You have access to every area of the game but the game still has them set out in a level progression. I went with a lvl 10 team to an area where the pokemon were level 35 and as you can imagine i got my ass kicked. Sometimes its fun I'll give it that but it feels worse to play and enjoy compared to any title released so far. I forced myself to come into it with a positive view but i cant like this game. The game looks way worse than sword and shield, runs way worse, has worse animations. It feels like this is the beta version. Had it been delayed 6 months im sure it would have been a 10/10 but the way it comes now, its just sad to play.… Expand
  40. CoffeeCup99
    Dec 27, 2022
    2
    If you have a young child who likes Pokémon then they will probably be happy with this game if they receive it as a gift. Other players probably shouldn't waste their time or money.

    The well reported graphical glitches make this feel like a budget offering (in an age when even many free to play games have excellent graphics). The story is standard fare for a Pokémon game - good    If you have a young child who likes Pokémon then they will probably be happy with this game if they receive it as a gift. Other players probably shouldn't waste their time or money.

    The well reported graphical glitches make this feel like a budget offering (in an age when even many free to play games have excellent graphics).

    The story is standard fare for a Pokémon game - good enough.

    The gameplay is sub-par - a failure to move beyond the game's Game Boy origins.
    The combat system in particular feels like a relic, made even worse by it's sluggish speed. This combat system would be an embarrassment to even a free to play game. The developers should perhaps take a look at other modern turn based RPGs' combat systems before embarking on their next project.
    The UI is also disappointing, many screens lacking information that obviously belonged there.
    When playing one also gets a general sense that either the developers or the hardware (or both) were out of their league and they couldn't succeed in making the game that they envisioned. The draw distance of Pokémon has them appearing out of nowhere just in front of you. The Pokémon wandering around while you battle, often stopping right next to you resulting in a chain of battles one after the other. The lack of any indication of enemy level - in an open world game there needs to be some way to know if you're going somewhere inappropriate for your level, that shouldn't mean entering a battle and only then finding out that the enemy is 20 levels higher than you. This consistent lack of polish just further adds to the feeling of a budget title.

    The quality of this product would be appropriate if the developers were making a low budget Pokémon knock off title to make a quick buck. For this to be released as a full priced Pokémon game the developers should be ashamed.    … Expand
  41. Blaski
    Jan 11, 2023
    2
    I am not writing it all again since i did it in the scarlet one, you know what? Thats another **** thing, why tf do we still get 2 versions of the same game? The pokémon fanbase is consuming trash for so long and acting like the 2 versions of the same thing is a normal thing already, its like getting stockholm syndrome LOL, and they are still going to do it since morons continue to buy andI am not writing it all again since i did it in the scarlet one, you know what? Thats another **** thing, why tf do we still get 2 versions of the same game? The pokémon fanbase is consuming trash for so long and acting like the 2 versions of the same thing is a normal thing already, its like getting stockholm syndrome LOL, and they are still going to do it since morons continue to buy and praise it. Anyone who ever believes that this game is good or the best is either stupid or stupid again because thetes literally no reason to think those are good games. I give it a 2 because: AWESOME new pokémon and some of the main characters and all the pokémon got sick textures. Thw resto looks and performs like garbage.… Expand
  42. Umbra30
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement - Accessibility improvement - Good soundtrack CONS: - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga) - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs    PROS:
    - Open world pokemon game
    - Wild exploration improvement
    - Accessibility improvement
    - Good soundtrack

    CONS:
    - Ugly graphics, Pokemon X/Y (2013) looks better
    - They changed the iconic humans art style from the series (why? It's like removing Akira Toriyama's art style from Dragon Quest saga)
    - NPCs design are ugly with few exceptions
    - Bad performance, some crashes, bugs and frame drops
    - The new pokémon design is ridiculous and they don't look like monsters anymore (a half motorcycle lizard? who had this idea? a 5 years old kid?)
    - The new cities are forgettable, they have no content, the houses no longer have interior, there is no reason to explore
    - Gym challenges are pathetic
    - Visual issues like texture pop in or NPCs and distant objects running at 5 FPS

    CONCLUSION:
    - Rushed game with good and bad decisions, sacrifices quality in favor of innovation    … Expand
  43. CrispChum
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    It's a disgraceful, messy excuse of a game. If this game has a title of anything other than Pokemon, it wouldn't sell a single copy. The framerate can barely hit 30 and it's full with poor textures and graphical glitches.
  44. someonewhocares
    Dec 17, 2022
    1
    Pokemon have officially become a cash-grabbing name than a change-your-kid's-life name. Nothing about this game is fun, it has horrid graphics that just look unfinished, and the buggy game-play is just so frustrating! Pokemon wasted their time on this game by not putting in any time or effort into this at all. They tried to take advantage of the "Pokemon Legends Arceus" success, and makePokemon have officially become a cash-grabbing name than a change-your-kid's-life name. Nothing about this game is fun, it has horrid graphics that just look unfinished, and the buggy game-play is just so frustrating! Pokemon wasted their time on this game by not putting in any time or effort into this at all. They tried to take advantage of the "Pokemon Legends Arceus" success, and make another open-world game for Generation IX. Also, the pokemon look terrible!… Expand
  45. Catsup
    Jan 19, 2023
    4
    This game is a broken buggy mess and the balancing of the game is so bad. Every minute your gonna find a new glitch and some of them can cause a seizure. The performance of the game is so **** since its only runs at 30 FPS and it struggles to load things ahead of you. The story is very mid for a modern RPG and the new music is so bad. Please do not buy this game, it's so rushed andThis game is a broken buggy mess and the balancing of the game is so bad. Every minute your gonna find a new glitch and some of them can cause a seizure. The performance of the game is so **** since its only runs at 30 FPS and it struggles to load things ahead of you. The story is very mid for a modern RPG and the new music is so bad. Please do not buy this game, it's so rushed and unpolished. If you want to play this game still, you should pirate the game. The rom can be found on Reddit and zipperto then you will need to get your steam deck and then emulate it through the yuzu or ryujinx emulator.… Expand
  46. SlimX93
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing Pokémon for so many times, I've never seen one so bad, I think it's time for The Pokémon Company to put aside its pride and give the programming of Pokémon titles to serious and competent Development Teams, unplayable, bad framerate, story is also good, but much more can be done, these are no longer games for an audience of children, children now play something else, you have to admit and understand your mistake, many people like me, always give hope in games that come out, but S/V are really horrible, maybe for the N64 they were fine, but we really don't like that, I'm sorry to put this vote, because I spent so many years on Pokémon, but from S/M this one had a terrible fall series. Just take us for children, we have grown up since 1998 and it is time to move forward and improve, not get worse, you have money anyway, you earn it anyway, so you are interested in us. Shame on Nintendo, don't you have the slightest interest in the products you have on your consoles? Charging games that are long gone from being launched on the market at full price after so many years and releasing things like Pkmn S/V doesn't bother you? Don't you care about your users? I do not think so. I recommend buying the game used.… Expand
  47. Garde_Mystik
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Pokémon has always had its fair share of shortcomings and hiccups. The games have always been rushed most of the time, yes even and especially before X and Y, but if someone told me during Gen 7 that in two generations they'd release $60 main series games significantly more half-baked than any other core series game, are less stable than Generation 1, not even have basic lore explained forPokémon has always had its fair share of shortcomings and hiccups. The games have always been rushed most of the time, yes even and especially before X and Y, but if someone told me during Gen 7 that in two generations they'd release $60 main series games significantly more half-baked than any other core series game, are less stable than Generation 1, not even have basic lore explained for the legendary mascots in the main story, give less postgame than any of the games from Crystal to USUM, and have their actual postgame placed behind a $35 paywall while other companies are pushing out some of the most legendary releases ever on the same console, I would have not believed them. They've stooped to far bigger lows than ever here and it's quite shocking to get this for not only the pedestal Pokémon is on, but the console it's on and the company allowing those games to be published in the first place.

    Unfortunately we're in this position because they know their games will sell millions no matter what. There has to be no bigger component than this.

    What we received from Gamefreak is fully unacceptable for a AAA company ran by the biggest media franchise in the world, especially as games meant to run an entire generation of events, merchandise, competitive scenes, fanmade content, anime, TCG, and other forms of media. The "story being good" simply cannot cut it here. Pokemon will die with Scarlet and Violet being defended. If you genuinely care about this franchise at all, stop defending these games.    … Expand
  48. lilkamcfar
    Jan 1, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So disappointing, definitely the worst game in the main Pokemon series and such a let down after arceus was so brilliant.

    Loved the open world aspect being carried forward but other than that this game was terrible. The storyline/s are boring and I felt I had to force myself to persevere and finish the game. The end game ground zero was meant to be a special place but again was empty and repetitive - same as the rest of the game. The performance issues are also ridiculous too, the game feels rushed, careless and massively lacking.    … Expand
  49. Trixiath
    Jan 4, 2023
    0
    Horrible game, waste of money. Frame rate is ridiculous. Can't join raids. Waste of life.
  50. Chao777
    Jan 6, 2023
    2
    A game that exists. It barely functions and has 0 post game. Not even a Battle Tower!? How!?
  51. Number7305
    Jan 13, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** looks like for a calculator, the game is extremely incomplete and begs for a DLC, i highly regret buying this garbage digitally, i should have bought Xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition or any other good rated RPG instead of this crap. We all should review bomb this game so they can hear us. Many things are incomplete: the gym challenges, the towns, the open world with freely exploration is a lie, since there are set levels for everything, and the zones are just grass, mountains, caves, water, basic stuff, no secret areas.
    The elite four is also bad, you can't refight them, the Champion uses an horrible team, she is uninteresting in comparison to other champions, well, the GAME is Uninteresting, heck, they even removed the **** battle tower and replaced it with a stupid series of 4 fights that only serve as money grinding! In conclusion: The game is horrible, I don't suggest buying it, even if they fix the enormous amount of bugs in the game, or they add a good DLC, which I doubt if that will be possible, but anyway, it's too late, you know the franchise and it's games, they print money even if it's the worst thing ever.

    PD: If you want the battles, i suggest playing Pokemon showdown, it's free, so you don't need to spend $60 on bad stuff.    … Expand
  52. Vayraaa
    Jan 16, 2023
    0
    Most unfinished Pokemon game ever. This is a disgrace and everyone knows it, including Gamefreak. Its boring and ugly as hell. What the f*ck have you done to my childhood, Gamefreak?!
  53. jermainecm
    Jan 18, 2023
    0
    I don't know why people obsessed with these same old traps garbage. An empty open world doesn't save a plotless RPG and make it even worse.
  54. penefrito
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    es basura no sirbe ni para prenderle fuego
    basura basura basuar basura
    basura aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  55. Darking-94
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Really boring and dispersive. A giant map without sense. Lag, bad graphics, bad mechanics... WTF nintendo?!
  56. Razerfree
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    I have played Pokémon games since Red/Blue so you can believe me when I tell you this is an embarrassment of a game both Nintendo and Game Freak have allowed to be released. I'm not going to elaborate on the bugs or the (bad) performance since pretty much everyone out there already mentions this and I'd just be kicking a dead horse.

    Fact: Even if the game didn't have bugs and the    I have played Pokémon games since Red/Blue so you can believe me when I tell you this is an embarrassment of a game both Nintendo and Game Freak have allowed to be released. I'm not going to elaborate on the bugs or the (bad) performance since pretty much everyone out there already mentions this and I'd just be kicking a dead horse.

    Fact: Even if the game didn't have bugs and the performance was constantly 30 fps, this game is FAR from a fun experience and Game Freak clearly fails time and time again to include things the community liked from past games and exclude the ones that weren't popular. Instead they do things nobody was really asking for, like a huge map that is mostly boring and barren or making raids even less fun than they already were in Sword/Shield.

    The story in this game is barely something you will remember in years to come and feels more like an afterthought than actually important to the player. Most uninteresting league champion I've seen, even worse than Diantha from X/Y or Wallace from Emerald. Your rival is SUPER annoying and seems to have absolutely no reason to exist but to want to fight you 24/7. Game Freak even went out of their way to design entire conversations in such a way where at the end you're given a choice (yes/no) which is only an illusion since they will force that "yes" upon you or you will remain stuck forever.

    Trading Pokémon online still remains just as basic as usual, you'll have to give in a code and hope the person on the other side is playing the other version. Don't know why they cant just make it like the Online TCG where you can book trades, or filter them. This is just as tedious as 20 years ago where you had to connect both consoles with a cable.

    Game Freak also did a terrible job of explaining most of the new mechanics of the game to the point where you have no choice but to look online for answers. This feels like the old days when people had to read a magazine to know where to go to or which NPC did what. But everyone knows that's crap game design nowadays.

    They have somehow managed to make a game that is graphically worse than Sword/Shield, Let's Go or Arceus. By worse I mean that they put priority in making it 100% open world even if it means the decision is detrimental to both looks and performance of the game. I'd rather have a game that is 2D, 2.5D or even linear 3D but is well built and inviting instead of a Zelda/Elden Ring copycat because the copy is seldom better than the original and most of the time creativity will suffer.

    These people out here giving this game scores of 10 are either fake bots employed by Nintendo themselves to try to save the average score, or they have no clue and just autobuy anything with Pokémon in the name and are incapable of critical thought and actually looking at the game from an unbiased perspective. There is NO excuse for both Nintendo and Game Freak to make a game this bad and lackluster in 2022 with all the experience and community feedback they have accumulated over 25 years.

    PS: If you're sceptical because this is my first and only review on Metacritic, just know that Pokémon Violet has infuriated me to the point of actually taking the time to write this.    … Expand
  57. Snitchy
    Jan 29, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Such a big **** down grade for this series ı think game freak is out of idea teralize thing is a piece of **** story line is mid starters is mid animations is mid theres no eat animation bro sword and shield haves eat animation come on titan pokemons is **** robots ı want fight with pokemons not a robot from robocop so game freak is out of idea.pokemon game series needs to end… Expand
  58. StinkySmeller
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    Imagine finding a piece of dog **** that kinda looks like a dinosaur at a park. You decide to take it home and polish it up to make it look a little nicer. You have to leave for work in 5 minutes so you try to polish it really quickly but end up breaking it into pieces. Even though it just looks like a normal piece of **** now, you take it with you to work and show everybody. The piece ofImagine finding a piece of dog **** that kinda looks like a dinosaur at a park. You decide to take it home and polish it up to make it look a little nicer. You have to leave for work in 5 minutes so you try to polish it really quickly but end up breaking it into pieces. Even though it just looks like a normal piece of **** now, you take it with you to work and show everybody. The piece of **** is this game.… Expand
  59. HirschiPuffi
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Tut mir echt leid für jeden der das Spiel gekauft hat. Hab mir das Spiel ausgeliehen weil sind wir ganz ehrlich dafür sieht Gamefreak nicht einen müden Cent von mir. Alles in allem die gute alte Pokemon Formel nur das auf alles andere g*******en wurde. Wer gerne 2 Stunden Textboxen durchklickt um dann ein unglaublich verbuggtes Spielerlebnisse zu haben ist in dieser Generation ganz genauTut mir echt leid für jeden der das Spiel gekauft hat. Hab mir das Spiel ausgeliehen weil sind wir ganz ehrlich dafür sieht Gamefreak nicht einen müden Cent von mir. Alles in allem die gute alte Pokemon Formel nur das auf alles andere g*******en wurde. Wer gerne 2 Stunden Textboxen durchklickt um dann ein unglaublich verbuggtes Spielerlebnisse zu haben ist in dieser Generation ganz genau an der richtigen Stelle. Mehr gibt's dazu eigentlich nicht mehr zu sagen außer das ich hoffe das Gamefreak langsam Mal sein Fett weg bekommt und realisiert das sie jetzt endlich abliefern müssen oder bankrott gehen. Da bei deren Fangemeinde aber eh genau das Gegenteil der Fall sein wird freu ich mich schon auf den Weltrekord für die lächerlichste IP auf diesem Planeten mich haben sie jeden falls ab diesem Punkt komplett verloren.… Expand
  60. hunterverde
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    O jogo é horrível, parece que foi feito por uma empresa indie de fundo de quintal, tem gráfico pior do que jogo de playstation 2, tudo é travado e roda a 15 fps, fora que não tem legenda em português. Acorda Nintendo!
  61. BlueStarGundam
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Waist of money game is absolute trash I want my money back it should be illegal to sell a game this bad
  62. WillyWomby
    Apr 23, 2023
    2
    Just plain bad, the games have no charm to them and just feel empty, the story is slow paced and feels like a drag and the only redeemable thing about it is aero zero (Which is like 2 hours long), also the game just looks awful, it even looks worse then sword and shield. The game also doesn't run well and during my playthrough it crashed 3 times they may have improved it in updates sinceJust plain bad, the games have no charm to them and just feel empty, the story is slow paced and feels like a drag and the only redeemable thing about it is aero zero (Which is like 2 hours long), also the game just looks awful, it even looks worse then sword and shield. The game also doesn't run well and during my playthrough it crashed 3 times they may have improved it in updates since I've last played it back in December but I reckon it is unlikely.

    Overall, do not buy this game if you are not a hardcore Pokémon fan and just play any other Pokémon game (Except BDSP).    … Expand
  63. Tora790
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Everybody is saying all the regular stuff: bugs, lag, etc. but most of the Pokémon and Character designs are absolute garbage (especially the gym leaders and team star members, only good ones are Iono, Larry and Grusha)! There’s only like 15 Pokémon in the entire game that don’t disgust me.
  64. JhonattanGiron
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    Escarlata y purpura son unos juegos mal programados y mediocres. Gráficamente se ve como una game boy pero más horrible.
    Lleno de bugs y ciudades acartonadas sin diseños de interiores.
  65. Ale98
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    It's been 5 years in a row, yet another **** Perhaps the worst. Non-existent game. Open World empty, objects dropped at random and useless on the map, npc useless and add nothing, badly done and unexplorable cities. Unexplorable houses and shops copied and pasted over and over again. 0 experimentation, leveling handled terribly, you can start wherever you want, right or left, but once youIt's been 5 years in a row, yet another **** Perhaps the worst. Non-existent game. Open World empty, objects dropped at random and useless on the map, npc useless and add nothing, badly done and unexplorable cities. Unexplorable houses and shops copied and pasted over and over again. 0 experimentation, leveling handled terribly, you can start wherever you want, right or left, but once you finish one or the other part, pokemon are too strong compared to pokemon, trainers and gyms on the other side of the uncharted region. Biomes are obscene, empty, careless. There is no exploration, the caves are tunnels with textures that are all the same and applied very badly. The pokemon are only half or a little more beautiful, the others are lazy, lacking in originality. Future forms, on the other hand, are garbage. Pure garbage. The Pokemon League is done with your feet, the 4 coaches all challenge you in the same room which however resembles a public latrine with those horrible tiles that you see. Reflections are very bad, if you reflect in a crystal inside the cave, your reflection is in the wrong place. Rehearsals before gyms are dumb gimmicks. The olive roll is the most cringey and fake stuff I've ever seen. The boss battles in general are all super easy, like the rest of the game. The graphics are obscene, but as if that weren't enough, the framerate is really the straw that breaks the camel's back. A total disappointment, from a generation that really shouldn't have come out. This game, indeed this beta is an insult to the intelligence of consumers. To be kind, those who gave big votes don't objectively understand anything about video games.

    Sono 5 anni di fila, ennesima presa per il culo. Forse la peggiore. Gioco inesistente. Open World vuoto, oggetti droppati a caso e inutili sulla mappa, npc inutili e non aggiungono nulla, città fatte male e inesplorabili. Case inesplorabili e negozi copiati e incollati più e più volte. 0 sperimentazione, il leveling gestito malissimo, puoi iniziare da dove vuoi, destra o sinistra, ma una volta finita una o l'altra parte, i pokemon sono troppo forti rispetto a pokemon, allenatori e palestre dall'altra parte della regione inesplorata. I biomi sono osceni, vuoti, senza cura. Non c'è esplorazione, le caverne sono tunnel con texture tutte uguali e applicate malissimo. I pokemon sono belli solo per metà o poco più, gli altri sono pigri, privi di originalità. Le forme future invece sono spazzatura. Pura spazzatura. Le Lega Pokemon è fatta con i piedi, i 4 allenatori ti sfidano tutti nella stessa stanza che assomiglia però ad una latrina pubblica con quelle piastrelle orribili che si vedono. I riflessi sono fatti malissimo, se ti rifletti in un cristallo dentro la grotta, il tuo riflesso è nella parte sbagliata. Le prove prima delle palestre sono espedienti stupidi. La rotolata dell'oliva è la roba più cringe e farlocca che io abbia mai visto. Le boss battle in generale sono tutte strafacili, come il resto del gioco. La grafica è oscena, ma come se non bastasse, il framerate è davvero la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso. Una delusione totale, da una generazione che non doveva proprio uscire. Questo gioco, anzi questa beta è un insulto all'intelligenza dei consumatori. Per essere gentile quelli che hanno dato votoni non capiscono oggettivamente nulla di videogiochi.    … Expand
  66. im_on_crack
    Mar 21, 2023
    0
    SO MANY BUGS TIS TRASH TRASH tRASH TRASH LAGGY ASS FRAMES 0 FPS POV DOGWATER
  67. hexeli
    Mar 25, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only god think is that is a pokemon game, the bad thing is literally every part of the game… Expand
  68. Fraafont
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Un gioco veramente brutto, ho giocato assiduamente pokemon per anni, ma dopo aver visto questa roba sono rimasto veramente triste e deluso
  69. VonAxt
    Mar 29, 2023
    1
    As someone who played every single major pokemon game, including the spin off tittles and has some save files stuck at 999:59 hours, and play vgc on a competitive level, please do not buy this game.
    This game is below mediocrity. And this is a trend we have been seeing in this franchise since Gen5.
    The history is below average, the UI is much inferior compared to Sword and Shield...and    As someone who played every single major pokemon game, including the spin off tittles and has some save files stuck at 999:59 hours, and play vgc on a competitive level, please do not buy this game.
    This game is below mediocrity. And this is a trend we have been seeing in this franchise since Gen5.
    The history is below average, the UI is much inferior compared to Sword and Shield...and the performance..omg the performance. You basically gonna play the game most of the time at 16 fps, in some areas going as bad as 2-5 fps). These games are clearly unfinished products. It is embarrassing seeing the ugly open world of paldea almost 6 years later than the beautiful Hyrule in breath of the wild.
    If you play pokemon vgc the game can be good, since the new seasons in the online stadium are fun and the meta is very decentralized. However, if you want to play this game just for the single player experience, you are throwing your money away and you would be much better with Sw/Sh for a better experience (and I thought I would never say this in my life).
    In summary, these games were clearly shipped early and are far from finished...and you know they never gonna fix it because it already 10 million copies and they already got the money.
    Just do not give them any more.    … Expand
  70. Yeahwh7
    Apr 1, 2023
    0
    This game is sooooo bad! its sooo boring you cant do anything in it. graphic sucks badly, you cant go into houses or explore or do anything everything feels dead. No voice acting its **** slow and the raids are a absolut laggy disaster. this game is literally so bad i,m speechless. i create extra an account to write this cause i feel scammed beyond for my 65 euros. what an absolut shame!
  71. MetaBones
    Apr 3, 2023
    3
    The expansive map and places to explore didn't make up for an enjoyable experience when it came to the countless anti-immersive issues and problems the game had. If I had spent $35-$40 on the game, I wouldn't have been so harsh but spending the amount of money I did for the game while it was severely unfinished felt like a burn of the worst kind.

    Still, there is fun to be had. The world    The expansive map and places to explore didn't make up for an enjoyable experience when it came to the countless anti-immersive issues and problems the game had. If I had spent $35-$40 on the game, I wouldn't have been so harsh but spending the amount of money I did for the game while it was severely unfinished felt like a burn of the worst kind.

    Still, there is fun to be had. The world is gorgeous and fun to explore, there's lots of new mechanics and content introduced to a Pokemon game, and it generally is a bolder and fresher take on the franchise. While I respect the risks taken, the games technical flaws were simply too many to count and it bogged down every minute of enjoyment I had throughout.

    After completing the core game, I decided to sell my copy since I didn't feel much motivation to return to additional side quests or explore further. At that point, my love for the game was long dead and it simply wasn't enjoyable. The sheer amount of issues, bugs, and poor graphical and frame rate performance was just simply too much to be acceptable.    … Expand
  72. Okdan
    Apr 28, 2023
    0
    **** trash, better play the og diamond and pearl bro. Or if you want to play comp just play showdown.
  73. lucas_taliani
    May 11, 2023
    3
    This is the game that put me off the license. Between an empty world, no interest in exploration, bugs, graphics. The worst Pokémon game of the license.
  74. Ceriss
    May 12, 2023
    4
    It's absolutely maddening to me that ANYONE can say that this is the best Pokemon game since gen 5 or whatever their favorite generation is.
    This game is almost entirely irredeemable in how bland, tedious, formulaic and boring it is. I'm a fan since Pokemon Yellow... or rather I was a fan, I haven't liked a Pokemon game since gen 6. Every gen after that has been a drop off the cliff into    It's absolutely maddening to me that ANYONE can say that this is the best Pokemon game since gen 5 or whatever their favorite generation is.
    This game is almost entirely irredeemable in how bland, tedious, formulaic and boring it is. I'm a fan since Pokemon Yellow... or rather I was a fan, I haven't liked a Pokemon game since gen 6. Every gen after that has been a drop off the cliff into mediocrity.

    Firstly let's start with the latest feature. The open world. Gamefreak, the owners of Pokemon, a franchise that dwarfs the likes of Call of Duty still can't make an artistically pleasing 3d game that runs smoothly. This is one of the worst running and worst looking Switch games available and it's not only embarrassing for this ultra rich mega company but it's disrespectful to the fanbase. The incompetence is dumbfounding. They have all the money in the world and they still can't hire enough talent to make a decent game anymore.
    There's NOTHING to do in this open world. You can collect items, Pokemon, battle pointlessly weak trainers spread out randomly across the empty fields and that's it. Exploration is rarely rewarding, everything looks and feels the same.

    Story, I guess the bar has been set so low that any trash can please the fanbase now. There's three storylines that.... well they function. They're fine. Basic anime tropey crap that is serviceable but you'd think Gamefreak had written a masterpiece. It's dull, it's predictable, it exists to give purpose... I guess. I'll admit to not having finished it, I needed one more team star and the elite four but the game is just too boring and I refuse to punish myself more. You can help a dude make sandwiches and help his Pokemon, if you turn your brain off it's a basic feel good anime plot. You have you weird hyperactive super talented genetically modified rival who is always really happy and excited for no reason. Oh great cool. The third path was so repetitive and dull I can't even recall it. It's all some variation of battling repackaged with a slightly different plot line with very little hook. The world is dead, the characters are basic, why should I care? Why should you?

    Gyms, they exist... Level scaling isn't a thing though in their free open world so the game is either going to be a breeze if you like tediously curb stomping every npc trainer before the gyms, or it's going to wall you with levels and you'll have to go grind with those same tedious braindead trainers over and over and over.

    Oh and they introduced temporary TMs again, I think they're called TRs? And guess what? You get to craft them by grinding! Isn't that fun? No. No it's not. It's pointless, it's a regression of the previous reusable TM system, and it only serves to pad this already painfully tedious disgrace to the franchise.

    Oh and towns aren't unique or interesting anymore. There's not really any buildings to enter, except the gyms which all look the same. There's also like multiple of the same shop slapped around the larger cities in some baffling attempt to bring life to the area by making it clear the dev team didn't care about the city feeling like it's in a magical world of pocket monsters.

    To top it all off character customization has been utterly butchered. Sword is a terribly dull game too but at least you could make your character yours. Now because Gamefreak made a new better character model they would have had to make new clothing models and textures, so they decided to be lazy and not do that. You get one outfit with three slight variations and a few socks, backpacks and hats. I'd like to remind you that Gamefreak COULD have the biggest development team of any single development company and they simply choose not to, because they're idiots I guess.

    I'm just exhausted with this franchise. Every generation since 6 just gets worse and worse and worse. Uglier, grindier, duller, easier and btw I'm fine with an easy option for peeps that don't want to grind or deal with battle difficulties. Cool, just like, can we make that an option?

    If you gave this game a 7 or more, ask yourself what you really like about this game. Ask yourself what you really liked about Pokemon, cause this slop is nothing but a shadow of its former self. This game has one of the worst open worlds to date, the kind of Ubisoft style open world that's used as an argument for why open worlds suck. Then all you have left is Pokemon but worse in every single way. I can't anymore. I couldn't finish Sword or Violet. Amateurs on RPG maker make better Pokemon games than this utter tripe. Please, as a fanbase can we have some quality standards? And no I don't mean a mediocre game that runs well, I mean a GOOD game that runs well, something that like Pokemon R/B/Y was at least ambitious for its time and console. Not the bare minimum full of bugs and mediocre even when its running bug free.    … Expand
  75. ryan_1999
    May 15, 2023
    1
    Terrible looking game, and it is very buggy.
    It's a shame Game Freak has only made one decent Pokemon game on the Switch.
  76. dbegonja18
    May 16, 2023
    1
    Very bland. Nothing like arceus. Very glitchy seems rushed. The environment is boring.
  77. Eterna97
    May 19, 2023
    0
    Gioco ancora in pre alfa, una vergogna che sia potuto uscire un gioco del genere
  78. Lucabym
    May 22, 2023
    2
    Soo many bugs, you cannot enter into buildings and the game design is no good
  79. Ortana
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    More buggy than Minecraft on a risc v processor. I rather watch paint dry. Lousy.
  80. Thefatum
    Jul 8, 2023
    2
    This is probably one of the worst games I've played for a long time. I tried so much to get into it. After 10 hours I had enough. I had no strength to continue the adventure. I love Pokemon games. I had a blast in Let's Go Pikachu even. I played the whole Pokemon sword. But violet killed the last spark of joy I got. The graphic is hideous, literally hideous. I was playing some beautifulThis is probably one of the worst games I've played for a long time. I tried so much to get into it. After 10 hours I had enough. I had no strength to continue the adventure. I love Pokemon games. I had a blast in Let's Go Pikachu even. I played the whole Pokemon sword. But violet killed the last spark of joy I got. The graphic is hideous, literally hideous. I was playing some beautiful games on Switch, I saw The Witcher 3 without any fps loss. So wtf is going on with this game? The story is 1/10. It's childish, dull...just stupid. They create these games for 8 years old and I don't know any child playing it, I know a lot of adults tho.

    I think we should stop buying their products until they make something that is worth our time and money. For now, I am abandoning their ship. This game should be in Alfa in the state it is right now. Not as a full product costing 50$. Shame, a real shame.    … Expand
  81. GuyHasAFork
    Jul 15, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played both games and Pokemon scarlet is the one i like the battle form for Miraidon looks like something a big flying Weiner i feel if there is a kid that is going to play this game i would make them play Scarlet version but play this game if you want this is really just my review.… Expand
  82. Mng32140
    Jul 16, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse jogo e uma merda quebrou muito a franquia pokémon trouxe um pokemon que parece uma pika mano melhora pra um jogo bom nessa porra … Expand
  83. voiceofreason69
    Jul 22, 2023
    3
    trash, unpolished, this game looks like it is 3 or more years premature, the only thing saving it from 0 is the fact that it's pokemon, however, again, its pokemon, one of the most sold series to date. the game might have been fine if it was made by a indie game studio with a team of 10 or so people, but it's gamefreak. Gamefreak gets loads of money every year, yet they couldn't have usedtrash, unpolished, this game looks like it is 3 or more years premature, the only thing saving it from 0 is the fact that it's pokemon, however, again, its pokemon, one of the most sold series to date. the game might have been fine if it was made by a indie game studio with a team of 10 or so people, but it's gamefreak. Gamefreak gets loads of money every year, yet they couldn't have used an actual budget and a over 1 year development cycle? really? this game had 500 people working at a company with money that most gaming companies would never be able to accumulate over their existences, yet they couldn't just make a decent game, to add insult to injury they literally released pokemon arceus just a few months prior which is an excellent game. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY? I NEED TO KNOW!!!
    3/10 garbage, absolute trash, (im suprised I didn't rate this a 2)    … Expand
  84. blizzScamusHard
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Unfinished, Trash Game. Charging full Price, shame on them. No Recommendation!
  85. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  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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