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. Obiwanshenobi1
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Great story, I like the idea and concept, but game freak should be embarrassed for letting such an un finished and untested game release to the public. We paid 60 dollars for a game that feels like it skipped beta. I feel like the massive fan base would have understood and even welcomed a delay in release if it meant a solid product. The fact that game freak hasn't even acknowledged theGreat story, I like the idea and concept, but game freak should be embarrassed for letting such an un finished and untested game release to the public. We paid 60 dollars for a game that feels like it skipped beta. I feel like the massive fan base would have understood and even welcomed a delay in release if it meant a solid product. The fact that game freak hasn't even acknowledged the technical issues to the public to ease minds while they come up with a patch feels like a slap in the face to a long time fan. Save your money and wait like I and lots of others should have.… Expand
  2. Eduguerod
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    There is a big worldmap but empty and soulles. The pokemon sprites ara so tiny that you don't see them and constantly touch them, moving is difficult.
    Shadows, npcs and some animations glitch a lot making this game a shame for nintendo and Gameftrak.
    Its. It's shame that old GC videogames look more developed than this game. Its 2022 and pokemons can't talk (only pikachu or evee), neither    There is a big worldmap but empty and soulles. The pokemon sprites ara so tiny that you don't see them and constantly touch them, moving is difficult.
    Shadows, npcs and some animations glitch a lot making this game a shame for nintendo and Gameftrak.
    Its. It's shame that old GC videogames look more developed than this game. Its 2022 and pokemons can't talk (only pikachu or evee), neither the characters. It seems the can't paid for voice actors. The combat music was great in sword and shield, not in this one.
    It looks like only moneymaking is the goal of the company, they don't hide their intentions at all.
    As a 35 y. Old pokemon fan, this was my last attempt on the Franchise.
    Surely The DLC will add more content and "fun" for an unfinished game.
    See you game freak    … Expand
  3. Asragot
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Bajo un gran número de problemas técnicos y baja calidad gráfica se encuentra un buen juego con interesantes mecánicas, innovación dentro de la franquicia y geniales nuevos pokémon.
    El gran problema de esta entrega es la dificultad que tenemos los jugadores para poder disfrutar todo lo bueno que nos ofrece ya que, y desde experiencia personal, hay un gran número de problemas técnicos como    Bajo un gran número de problemas técnicos y baja calidad gráfica se encuentra un buen juego con interesantes mecánicas, innovación dentro de la franquicia y geniales nuevos pokémon.
    El gran problema de esta entrega es la dificultad que tenemos los jugadores para poder disfrutar todo lo bueno que nos ofrece ya que, y desde experiencia personal, hay un gran número de problemas técnicos como quedarse atascado en una posición extraña, que puedas ver bajo el suelo un vacío al batallar, que al lanzar una pokéball el mundo empiece a cargar en el fondo relentizando todo el proceso. El "lag" que se ve cuando llegas a un lugar con más objetos o personajes e incluso dentro de una sala de clases, que sólo esta cargando una habitación, presenta un "lag" y baja notable de FPS. Al parecer no todos sufren los mismos problemas ya sea por la consola o modo de juego, jugando en el modo portátil en una consola más reciente favorece pero aunque menos recurrente los problemas siguen presente. Y lo más extraño es la demora de carga de los iconos de pokemon en las cajas, algo que no debería ser.
    Ahora dentro de lo gráfico los pokémon se ven genial, las texturas y animaciones en el mundo abierto lo hacen sentirse más real y vivo... pero el mundo le quita todo esa emoción con texturas de baja calidad, sombras pixeleadas que parecen más un trabajo abstracto, caminos desérticos o con pocos detalles. Simplemente parece un mundo echo por un estudio indi hace más de 10 años. Se entiende que es la primera experiencia de Gamefreak en este estilo pero con todos los recursos y conocimientos actuales pareciera que el orgullo de hacerlo a su manera destruyó cualquiera visión que tuvieran de un MUNDO Pokémon.
    Jugabilidad, interacciones, los pokémon en sí son los mejores hasta la fecha. SI no fuera por estos problemas el juego sería la mejor representación de pokémon.
    Notas: La obligación de compartir experiencia y el retiro del modo fijo es bastante molesto, el minijuego de los bocadillos es muy general y parece más un simulador de subway de baja calidad. El que al batallar tu personaje tenga que saltar sin una buena transición entre dos posiciones se ve mal, que los pokémon ya no cierren los ojos al estar dormidos se ve mal, aún pero cuando tienen animaciones para dormir en el mundo abierto. La demora de tomar decisiones en el juego donde el cuadro de dialogo se repite cada vez sólo ayuda a hacer más tedioso el proceso.
    ¡El que ya no hayan edificios donde poder entrar! las tiendas son sólo menús y las casas parecen cubos de relleno.    … Expand
  4. 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.
  5. NeroHao
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    I can't believe this is a game coming out in 2022, even worse than some indie games. Is gamefreak using your feet to develop games? I have played for 20 hours so far, and encountered no less than 10 bugs, and some bugs even happened repeatedly. Gamefreak has been spoiled. As a fan for 20 years, I would buy and play every Pokemon game. This time I was very disappointed and angry, I'm 30I can't believe this is a game coming out in 2022, even worse than some indie games. Is gamefreak using your feet to develop games? I have played for 20 hours so far, and encountered no less than 10 bugs, and some bugs even happened repeatedly. Gamefreak has been spoiled. As a fan for 20 years, I would buy and play every Pokemon game. This time I was very disappointed and angry, I'm 30 years old this year, and I'm not sure if I will buy the next Pokemon game, maybe it's time to keep the good memories in my childhood.… Expand
  6. zachi2
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Right now, the technical issues make playing this a little jarring. The jerky models, low frame rate, camera not liking slopes and at times, your player model can break that get you stuck.
    I also feel alot of the personality they added in Sw/Sh was taken away. The NPCs just feel so stiff and emotionless.
    The review may change if TPC/GW patches this rushed mess, but we will have to wait and see
  7. Siderium
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Una decepción absoluta. Después del respiro que significó Leyendas Arceus, Gamefreak vuelve a sorprendernos con un lanzamiento inaceptable, apresurado y desprovisto de cualquier atención o cariño. Pokémon se corona, una vez más, como la franquicia que pese a haber calado tan hondo en la cultura (al punto de convertirse en el símbolo de una época) sigue decepcionando.

    Pokémon no es    Una decepción absoluta. Después del respiro que significó Leyendas Arceus, Gamefreak vuelve a sorprendernos con un lanzamiento inaceptable, apresurado y desprovisto de cualquier atención o cariño. Pokémon se corona, una vez más, como la franquicia que pese a haber calado tan hondo en la cultura (al punto de convertirse en el símbolo de una época) sigue decepcionando.

    Pokémon no es cualquier cosa; es, de hecho, la franquicia más lucrativa de toda la historia y, sin embargo, por razones incomprensibles, recibimos una obra rota, injugable y con un apartado artístico mediocre. La entrega roza lo delictual, sobre todo si consideramos el peso económico que tiene la saga tras de sí.

    Con cada entrega siempre albergo la esperanza de que Gamefreak y The Pokémon Company viren el rumbo. Pero mientras Pokémon pueda sacar cualquier trasto y venderlo sólo por tener un Pikachu, la excelencia —acostumbrada en Pokémons antiguos— está perdida.    … Expand
  8. valedgo69
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. la teracritalizacion es un asco ... esta muy roto no tiene sentido tener los objetos potenciadores si con teracristalizacion se bufea mucho, la tematica inclusiva es un asco, graficamente esta bien tienen q arreglar bugs y lags ... despues d unu rato se torna aburrido… Expand
  9. Predlalo
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Juego sin corazon y echo al aventón, Nintendo es famoso por sus altos estándares de calidad pero en esta ocasión nadie lo verifico, glitches, Bugs, bajones de framerate, Game Freak es un estudio que ya no puede seguir con la franquicia de Pokémon y seder a otro estudio serio comprometido con lo que el fandom pide y merece
  10. ZeBrickie
    Nov 21, 2022
    2
    Very Shallow. The open world is empty and unintresting and most new Pokemon look horrible. Just collect Neo Pets instead.
  11. ValkyrieR0SE
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    The good: it's pokemon. The open - ish world is fun to move through. Seemless integration of battles into the overworld (except for performance and the camera dropping through the basement). A grand vision with so much potential... Unfortunately, most of that potential didn't make it.

    The bad: locked into an extremely ugly school uniform (all 4 season apparel is atrocious, your bad    The good: it's pokemon. The open - ish world is fun to move through. Seemless integration of battles into the overworld (except for performance and the camera dropping through the basement). A grand vision with so much potential... Unfortunately, most of that potential didn't make it.

    The bad: locked into an extremely ugly school uniform (all 4 season apparel is atrocious, your bad taste in style doesn't change this fact). I get that being a student is part of the story, but you could have at least made the uniform half decent.

    The really bad: how did a game with this many performance issues make it to release? Clipping. So. Much. Clipping. Don't blame the Switch. We have plenty of Switch games that are seamless. Rendering. God. Awful. Rendering. Again, it isn't the switch causing this, we have plenty of bigger games with higher resolution graphics rendering just fine. Graphics. Why is it that there are nintendo ds games with better quality graphics? One would think that amazing graphics could be responsible for the abysmal rendering, except both the graphics AND the rendering suck. Framerate. Why. Just... Why? Cutscenes with framerates so bad it's almost laughable, except this is supposed to be a professionally developed game, not a slapstick high school project.

    Seriously disappointing game quality. It IS pokemon, and it is, therefore, fun. I love the change in play style, some very cool new pokemon, and I can have an eeveelution team rather early on. They hit the mark on some basic quality of life aspets. Definitely a good direction to be going, but it is very shameful how carelessly this game was developed. The half decent story and updated play style does not excuse poor craftsmanship.    … Expand
  12. Magus501
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Es un juego que no cumple lo que promete,
    no es libre elección elegir con que gym ir primero y perder infinidad de veces y después llegar sobre leveleado a ganar de one shot a los primero gym, si no ponían un auto nivel para los lideres para que decir que es de libre elección.
    el mundo sigue pareciendo desconectado de los pokemon, no hay una interacción real con el entorno ni entre los    Es un juego que no cumple lo que promete,
    no es libre elección elegir con que gym ir primero y perder infinidad de veces y después llegar sobre leveleado a ganar de one shot a los primero gym, si no ponían un auto nivel para los lideres para que decir que es de libre elección.

    el mundo sigue pareciendo desconectado de los pokemon, no hay una interacción real con el entorno ni entre los mismo pokemon y están ligeramente bine ubicados aunque no es algo que destacaría, pokemon go tiene mejor ubicación de pokemon en las areas.

    y ni hablemos de los Bugs que son incansables y la cámara saca de onda varias veces    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. Gilly8163
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Please fix this game, I have encountered enough glitches and bugs. Every pokemon I had just simply disappeared from my party, trainers fell under the map, and the fps was by far the worst part. Obviously the switch can't handle large worlds, oh wait, zelda breathe of the wild had a huge map and had almost zero problems with fps but pokemon cannot handle it at all. A pokemon game that camePlease fix this game, I have encountered enough glitches and bugs. Every pokemon I had just simply disappeared from my party, trainers fell under the map, and the fps was by far the worst part. Obviously the switch can't handle large worlds, oh wait, zelda breathe of the wild had a huge map and had almost zero problems with fps but pokemon cannot handle it at all. A pokemon game that came out before violet (Legends Arceus) looked amazing and had near to zero problems at launch with a great fps. The story of violet however is great and is a little bit different compared to previous games. The only thing that needs fixing is how the game runs. The price feels like a huge slap in my face too. Fix this game.… Expand
  15. marcovoltaire8
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No sé cómo sacaron un juego tan mal optimizado, entiendo que fue por fechas de entrega pero no valoraron su trabajo. Una lastima y una oportunidad perdida, Pokemon podría ser lo máximo y se conforma con ser lo mmmmm pasable pero en esta ocasión, con un rendimiento por los suelos. Ojala hagan algo al respecto.… Expand
  16. jakido
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    Bugs, lag and empty world, don't waste your time on thus game, best option.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Andre787
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    Fun to play, but the numerous bugs, glitches and terrible graphic, makes it almost unplayable…
  20. OutrSpace
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    This feels like one of those awful knock-off 3D pokemon games that came out in the mid 2000s. I had a really well thought out review, but it got erased. But I reliazed it's not necessary because this says it all. I feel insulted.
  21. aRuubie
    Nov 27, 2022
    2
    Worst Pokémon game until now, hands down.
    Funny to play, difficult to enjoy
  22. 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
  23. samjcjc
    Nov 28, 2022
    2
    Horribly buggy, ugly low quality textures, Looks like a bad gamecube game yet is £50 in 2022. This is just a joke.
  24. 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.
  25. pommidoroumami
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This game has an awful art style. It’s not mandatory for me drop a game without bugs and problem, but this is unacceptable.

    The Monster design is sufficient.
  26. lucaspgs92
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    The game is very fun, but it has so much performance problems that I can't give it a good score.
    It feels like Gamefreak is insulting me with this unfinished product that have AAA price. Performance is bad, really bad. Stable 30 fps is the minimum requirements to launch a game, and GF launched it with A LOT of lag, all the time.
  27. 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
  28. DennSan85
    Dec 1, 2022
    2
    Die Software Abstimmungen sind so schlecht....Spiel Stürzt öfter ab und von der Flüssigkeit und Grafik wollen wir gar nicht erst Anfangen.
  29. Raizon_98
    Dec 3, 2022
    2
    It deserves two points only for the narrative component, very mature and detailed. The rest of the game is not enjoyable due to technical issues (lag, stuttering, lighting, low quality textures...). A video game with a potential rating of 9.5 points ruined due to haste.
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. DexExplosion
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    Bad frame-rate. Misses button presses. Looks below average. Bland gym challenges. Good pokemon design. Missing features. Neat plot twist. Well below its potential.
  33. rekuhs
    Dec 6, 2022
    2
    As much as its changed, there's still more that's the same as its always been.
    It's still a game that has zero respect for your time, making you read the same action descriptions over and over again.
    Graphics and performance are well below expectations for a 2022 release for a property as huge as Pokemon.
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. 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
  38. Chao777
    Jan 6, 2023
    2
    A game that exists. It barely functions and has 0 post game. Not even a Battle Tower!? How!?
  39. 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
  40. Lucabym
    May 22, 2023
    2
    Soo many bugs, you cannot enter into buildings and the game design is no good
  41. Mellmi
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    I only created this account to give this game a bad review, I hate it that much. As a passionate fan of the Pokemon franchise this pile of 10 fps garbage really hurts my heart, hardly ever was I that disappointed.
    I dont even want to mention the few things this game actually does right or at the very least okay, because there is nothing that this game does better then any other of the    I only created this account to give this game a bad review, I hate it that much. As a passionate fan of the Pokemon franchise this pile of 10 fps garbage really hurts my heart, hardly ever was I that disappointed.
    I dont even want to mention the few things this game actually does right or at the very least okay, because there is nothing that this game does better then any other of the Pokemon games and that could motivate me to play past the relieving credits.
    First, as everyone knows who saw eally anything of the game, its a technical desaster. I have a really high tolerance for pretty bad technical performances, I played Fallout New Vegas on a day 1 PS3 and loved it, but this game doesnt convince me to look past the absolutely horrible technical issues it has on mass.
    And, as nearly every Pokeom game is, this game is way to easy, even for Pokemon standarts. You can just blast through absoluitely everything and even skip earlier stroy events for the entire game, what makes them an absolute joke when you finally engange with them.
    Why tf does the player ride a god damn motorcycle?! I theorize they did it because some people found it awesome in Botw, I hated it anyways, but they forced the two weels on pokemon even. The cover legendaries! It is not even hilarious anymore, that is outright a war crime.
    And they really took too much inspiration from Botw and worked it out very, VERY poorly. The nuture zone in Pokemon Sword and Shield worked quite well because it wasnt so big and sprawling, thus never as empty as Paldea feels. Everything looks uninteresting, you can interact with nothing and it looks like they just let a toddler spam Pokemon onto a plain. It isnt fun to traverse these leftovers of a landscape, it feels like the worst thing you could do with a modding tool.
    And adding to that, all of the cities that should act as the islands of interaction and fun in that desolate wasteland, are as bland as it could get. You can go into non of the buildings, restaurants are now just a menu on your screen, the arenas are at their absolute lowest point and not a single character really stands out.
    Nearly all of the gym leaders are absolutely interchangable, the champ is a joke and the cheepest Cynthia ripoff I couldve imagined, and your two companions are either extremely forgettable and cosplay your neighbors kid from Hoenn or their extremely annoying. Pepper is annoying as hell. At least I think so, my friends really liked his story line in fact. I just guess that I was so pissed off by everything I played through that I couldnt bring up the patience for his stroy line at all.
    And coming back to the fact that everything feels remote, empty and meaningless, none of the characters, not Team Star, not your companions, not anyone interacts outside their little pockets of camps or cities. The "evil" team is never really established as a serious threat, they mocked one student, but thats it. Every other game has the evil team cause trouble here and there, sometimes even very serious one. But Team Star isnt presented in that manor at all so they hust are a bunch of children who are missing out on school and drive monstertrucks. (Seriously wtf)
    And going further, a factor that contributes to the overworld feeling so boring, which is the main selling point of the game, is that they feel like the exact same location with another bucket of paint on them. That is heavily supported by the usage of the same music piece throughout several different areas. The music in Pokemon in general is really, really good and has a lot to do of how we feel about the games, in my opinion. But this game has not really that great music, only the theme from the east zone really stuck with me.
    Back to the samy areas, all of them feel the same because nearly all of them are equally wide and empty and there never is a unique route like, for example route 8 and 5 in Galar. You never have a different expireince, you just bike through everything and thats about it.

    I wont buy the DLC for the game, it already disappointed me more than enough. It just makes me angry what GameFreak has become and that their garbage games are selling so damn good. It really angers me as I sencerely love Pokemon and what it can and could be. I just hope that the ones responsible got fired or something.    … Expand
  42. 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
  43. MoonSpeir
    Aug 9, 2023
    2
    Perhaps the single-most soulless, bland and pathetic Pokémon entry thus far, that only insults the beloved franchise as a whole.

    The now-infamous performance problems and visual issues aside, here are some criticisms of the game design itself; - The game is presented as 'open-world', this is only true conceptually, not in practice. The lack of a level-scaling system for wild Pokémon,    Perhaps the single-most soulless, bland and pathetic Pokémon entry thus far, that only insults the beloved franchise as a whole.

    The now-infamous performance problems and visual issues aside, here are some criticisms of the game design itself;

    - The game is presented as 'open-world', this is only true conceptually, not in practice. The lack of a level-scaling system for wild Pokémon, trainers, and gym leaders effectively gates the player into following a linear path around the map, otherwise you are very quickly defeated or trapped in encounters you can't run from.

    - The 'open world' is purely transversal, where no thought has gone into making it in any way unique or interactive. It's simply a stretch of empty space between locations, with the occasional building ruin or broken down pickup truck that serves no purpose other than to try and break the monotony.

    - Pokémon on the overworld only exist to move around, there is little to no interaction between them with each other nor with their environment, they move and lie down to sleep, that's about it. Biomes are poorly constructed and weather systems don't affect species that appear; fire types are present in rain, water types wander around on grass under the sunshine, dark types are found in caves rather than rock or ground types, ghost types appear at night - this is the only attention to detail found within the spawn system. What's worse is that spawns usually result in dozens of the same species appearing and saturating the area, rather than smaller numbers with more species diverse.

    - Pokémon designs themselves are still reminiscent of balloon animals with no depth or discernible features, eyeballs for example are still white orbs with a black dot, slapped on to the face rather than sculpted into it. Some surface textures have been improved slightly, but we're a long way off from believable skin, fur, scales, and feathers.

    - Catching has now reverted back to the battle screen interaction format, despite PLA introducing the widely-praised overworld Pokéball throwing system. Weirdly enough, you can aim and throw a ball at Pokémon here, but only to initiate a battle, not to attempt to catch the Pokémon you're targeting.

    - The gym challenge has gone back to the old format of inconsequential interactions with uninteresting characters that treat the gym leader role as merely a side-hustle. This is a huge step back from the previous generation, which reimagined the gym challenge as a national sport, broadcast all over the region, with battles taking place in sold-out stadiums full of high-energy spectators, with gym leaders characterised as pro-athlete celebrities who were the pride of their hometown/home city.

    - Towns and cities all adhere to the exact same aesthetic, constructed from duplicated assets using the same boring grey-block buildings. Despite having the largest locations in the entire series, buildings generally can't be entered or interacted with in any meaningful way, you can approach the door of some shops or cafés and it instead opens up a menu displaying clothing/accessory assets that take several seconds to load as a preview. Some towns have the exact same shop or café pasted several times in a row and they think you won't notice. All towns are full of copy-pasted static NPCs that again can't be interacted with, instead only displaying a text-box above their heads.

    - Battles are horrifically slow, no QoL changes whatsoever have been made to the combat system which at this point is beyond archaic. "It's supereffective!", "It's not very effective...", "Critical hit!" etc. along with status effects each still require their own unskippable text box following the move used, rather than simply being incorporated as a splash effect upon use of the move itself. Animations are recycled from generations past and have not been streamlined in any way.

    - The in-game camera is pitifully slow and there are no options to change its speed. The camera itself has a fixed active preset so it constantly moves against your own inputs to face in the direction your player faces. The camera can also be controlled in battle, yet defaults to a flat overhead view and resets your movements after every turn, the dynamic camera system with multiple angles from the previous generation is now gone too.

    - Cutscenes cannot be skipped without changing an in-game setting to skip them *all*. Rather than simply provide a means to skip a specific scene as it's happening, as most other games do, your options are binary - you must either watch all cutscenes or none of them.

    - The lack of voice acting and the text box with the chiming sound effect is no longer a quirk of the series but an example of how far behind the times it is. Emotional scenes are completely diminished by the lack of spoken line delivery, music is used constantly and inappropriately to cover up the lack of voice acting, otherwise there would only be silence.    … Expand
  44. YaeYae
    Sep 2, 2023
    2
    This game is an insult in so many ways. Pokemon has always been a very low effort concept but they can't even keep up with that..

    - Low render distance and FPS. Pokemon literally spawn inside you because the render distance is so short. - The whole theme of this game is visiting an academy. You enter the academy a total of TWICE in the main story for a total of 10 minutes. Must've    This game is an insult in so many ways. Pokemon has always been a very low effort concept but they can't even keep up with that..

    - Low render distance and FPS. Pokemon literally spawn inside you because the render distance is so short.

    - The whole theme of this game is visiting an academy. You enter the academy a total of TWICE in the main story for a total of 10 minutes. Must've graduated off screen!

    - There are barely any new Pokemon introduced in this "new" generation.

    - There is no post game after finishing the story. None at all! Stop looking! Or pay 30€+ for the DLC!

    - All characters have zero personality. They are just happy residents of the continent. How interesting, right?! Even the "villain" team is just a bunch of misunderstood nerds.

    - You can ride a Pokemon like a bike, even glide on it. Sounds good right?! NO. The faster you travel, the more problems you see with the render distance and FPS drops mentioned previously.

    - You can customize your character! Only problem, the majority of outfits straight up suck massive D!

    - There are barely any legendary Pokemon. The only ones you can find are hidden behind a stupid mechanic that forces you to explore the whole map to look for stakes in the ground. 32! Placed so badly, half of them you probably won't find without a guide!

    If Game Freak continues like this they deserve to go bankrupt. Sword and Shield at least got the performance and looks part right. This one doesn't even get that done. Hope they either pull their heads out of their asses or another franchise takes up the dropped torch.    … Expand
  45. PaulGR
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    We are beta-testing a Pokémon open world for them.

    Technical Issues: - Performance is atrocious for a triple-AAA company releasing on a stable console OS. - The game has serious fps drops on my new Switch OLED. I get drops that feel as low as 4-8 fps, and the game seems to barely be above 25 fps. It’s giving me a headache. - There are shadows flickering all over the place. NPC and    We are beta-testing a Pokémon open world for them.

    Technical Issues: - Performance is atrocious for a triple-AAA company releasing on a stable console OS.

    - The game has serious fps drops on my new Switch OLED. I get drops that feel as low as 4-8 fps, and the game seems to barely be above 25 fps. It’s giving me a headache.

    - There are shadows flickering all over the place. NPC and Pokémon shadows are barely 10 pixels each. It feels like trying to run a PC game on low because you do not meet the recommend specs.

    - NPCs move around like robots at 3 FPS like a slideshow, unless you are very close to them. - Many times the camera clips underground and you can see the abyss below. This happens often in trainer battles that are on elevated ground. - On several occasions I have fell through the floor and had to reset my Switch OLED because I was stuck in the “falling” animation.

    - Character movement is so weird and clunky. You move like a robot too, snapping into a locked position when ascending/descending. Movement isn’t fluid and realistic. - Lighting is as bad as it gets. Many times the time of day causes your character to look pitch black (even though you are white). Other times the lighting causes your character to look completely white like a ghost.

    Weird Graphics:
    - Graphics are atrocious in my opinion. I’d rather have the more cute, bright and “cartoony” style of SwSh than this more “realistic” style mode. It’s creepy because Pokémon now look like actual real animals.

    Empty World:
    - The world is big but barren and depressing. There is no depth and detail to anything. The world is as big as the ocean but as deep as a puddle. There is just nothing to see or do, other than traverse large distances that are empty of content. The cities are entirely dead, the majority of the NPCs can’t be interacted with, and all the stores pop-up Trade UI menus to buy and sell. There are no store interiors any more. The lazy failures didn’t even design a simple clothing shop. Character: - Character customization is terrible. There are only 4 outfits that are just ugly. Tights pants that are orange with stripes? Who thought of that? It’s like you are wearing clown pants. Every player looks the same now. There is zero diversity. Zero role playing value. The accessories you can change (gloves/hat/bag) are a few recolors that feel pointless since the main attire is disgusting. SwSh had the best clothing options, especially with the DLCs. You could role-play as anything. Not any more. You are stuck wearing clown-pants with suspenders throughout the game. Pokémon: - The new Pokémon are mediocre. They are literally a pig, a flamingo (named Flamigo), and a few birds. It looks like Animal Planet. Not a Pokémon game.

    Verdict:
    This is definitely an early alpha version of the game released to the public. People need to start getting fired at Game Freak because this garbage is not a video game. This is really sue-able; especially if they do not offer refunds.    … Expand
  46. Galiansias
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    This is the first game in Switch I had that closes "by an error". Broken game
  47. 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.
  48. plop159
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    the poor technical aspect ruins the whole game ! it's a shame, and even if it's super ugly, the framerate is always below 30FPS.
  49. Nihelus
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game itself is decently fun but when the frame rate is sub 30fps nearly the entire game and pop in is worse than on any game I can remember in the last decade, that’s inexcusable. The frame rate is so bad it gives me a headache. I’m tired of paying full price to alpha test games for companies. I wish Nintendo owned Pokémon so we could get some decent coders to fix these games. ForThe game itself is decently fun but when the frame rate is sub 30fps nearly the entire game and pop in is worse than on any game I can remember in the last decade, that’s inexcusable. The frame rate is so bad it gives me a headache. I’m tired of paying full price to alpha test games for companies. I wish Nintendo owned Pokémon so we could get some decent coders to fix these games. For those that played Arceus and experienced similar issues to what I described, the issues are FAR worse in Scarlet/Violet.… Expand
  50. Dtizet
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Unacceptable, worst than previous entries. Gamefreak and the pokemon company needs to start doing the right thing, test their games and no rush it.
  51. AdrianMendez
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    It is the game with the most bugs and worst graphics on switch so far. Obviously with performance issues that seriously affect the gameplay. I could say an infinity of bugs that would not end. the lighting is too bad and the quality of the shaders too, they tried to make a game more "realistic" adding micro details on the pokemons and what they have achieved is a mixture of environment andIt is the game with the most bugs and worst graphics on switch so far. Obviously with performance issues that seriously affect the gameplay. I could say an infinity of bugs that would not end. the lighting is too bad and the quality of the shaders too, they tried to make a game more "realistic" adding micro details on the pokemons and what they have achieved is a mixture of environment and characters that does not fit with the composition, you can se a green tree with a poor black shadows, so no indirect lighting, every single issue make the game looking so horrible . There are more animations added to give more life to the pokemons but it's still not enough, not to mention the animation of Sandwich... And the multiplayer mode could be much better. It's a great shame since there are cool things and the music is very good, but as always, as long as they continue to receive so much money they will never change... It's very sad.… Expand
  52. Tagfelix
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This state of play is disrespectful to the players. Technically, the game is not ready and there are a lot of mistakes that do not allow you to enjoy the game. I hope Nintendo will make conclusions and change their attitude to developers and testers.
  53. TheDude222
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    It's just so frustrating that there's probably an amazing game here but I can't play it without feeling sick from how poor the performance is
  54. Kthugha
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game performance is so bad it should not have been released in this state. The FPS drops and bugs are numerous and terrible. I regret pre-ordering, I should know better by now.
  55. blitzkrieg2121
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    No way this game needed to be released to consumers for $60. Don't make a date that is not possible to meet. Game Freak (and Nintendo) messed up here. Let their employees down most importantly, I can't imagine the pressure and hours they were made to work. They also let down the fans and consumers. The bones for a good game are here, they just did not give the development teams enough timeNo way this game needed to be released to consumers for $60. Don't make a date that is not possible to meet. Game Freak (and Nintendo) messed up here. Let their employees down most importantly, I can't imagine the pressure and hours they were made to work. They also let down the fans and consumers. The bones for a good game are here, they just did not give the development teams enough time to produce a quality title. No excuses. They just knew they could get money from people because it's Pokemon and it's holidays. People will still buy it so nothing will change unless they just want to do better by their people and their fans.… Expand
  56. 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
  57. Ambimunch
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    These are worse than SwSh!!! They’re buggy, glitchy, slow, crash, lack many basic features past games had, and overall don’t work half the time. Don’t buy it, it’s an unplayable mess. These games needed another 1-2years of dev time.
  58. SleeperHold
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Runs like a N64 game, looks like a Ps3 game. Nintendo should be embarrassed!
  59. KettuF1N
    Dec 28, 2022
    1
    Works really badly, using TV mode.
    worse looking than earlier switch pokemon versions, very poorly optimized.
  60. 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.
  61. oortcloud15
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    the performance is so bad that any other factors cannot outweigh this. unreal that a game is released in 2022 by one of the largest developers in the world and this is the result
  62. lype98
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Although I've had some fun playing this game it has been because I've been enjoying seeing bugs and reproducing them. But other than that this game is incredibly broken and feels unfinished. Please stop buying these games for a while! Gamefreak keeps pumping out these unfinished low effort games because of the community
  63. paperowl
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I was totally exited when i heard Gf wanted to make the next gen Pokemon main game open world.
    But o boy i wish they didn't. The world just looks bad. Bland empty grasslands with mountains and a few copy pasted trees. FPS drops everywhere. You go into town and the npcs are lagging around.Really can't recommend it sadly.
  64. Aboughtcritic
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Even without the embarrassing amount of severe technical issues this isent worth anybodys money. Its an ugly, dead openworld game without anything intriguing to see or interesting to do other than catching pokemon. No voice acting, terrible sound design and no endgame.
  65. Jarack25
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    You've already seen 100 reviews of people complaining about the graphics, but is this game fun and an improvement upon the previous formula?

    Sadly, no. Removing Switch mode completely takes out the element of preparing for type advantages mid-battle because you will always take a direct and lethal hit from the advantage against your set Pokemon. I know the games were developed    You've already seen 100 reviews of people complaining about the graphics, but is this game fun and an improvement upon the previous formula?

    Sadly, no. Removing Switch mode completely takes out the element of preparing for type advantages mid-battle because you will always take a direct and lethal hit from the advantage against your set Pokemon. I know the games were developed simultaneously, but I do wish that some PLA elements were carried over. I don't want PLA 2, but after playing it, I realized just how good some of the ideas presented would be for the series as a whole, for both presentation and gameplay. (EX: There is a glowing beam of light telling you where to go as a Pokemon sits idle, with you needing to run into it for a cutscene to play. (Compare this to PLA just displaying a small signal on your map, with the cutscene beginning automatically once you enter the area.) The animation for things like battles, Pokemon in the wild roaming around, and the "Let's Go" action all felt off. It was a fun idea to sneak up on wild Pokemon and doge attacks that could cause them to fight you, forcing you to flee if you didn't want to fight those Pokemon. EV and IV training being streamlined were all great additions. I don't want game-overs, a genre change, or crafting systems; I want a shakeup of the formula and better presentation. Scarlet and Violet show glimpses of a good game before delivering more of Pokemon Sword and Shield with worse performance and glitches.

    I love this franchise, and I sincerely hope that these reviews reach the Pokemon Company's ears and that what they take away from them is "Give the developers time and hire help." rather than "Never try anything new again."    … Expand
  66. affus
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Very poor performance, lots of bugs. You could call this game as cybermon or pokepunk 2077 and it would be totally correct. It is a shame a professional reviewer gave 100 to this game just to appear at the top.
  67. 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.
  68. pokemonmaster9
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Never have Action RPG, bring it back.
    Not evolving to Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, and Kleavor in this game without evolution items, such as Peat Block and Black Augurite.
    Also, poor graphic and technical issue should not release next three year. Make it graphic realistic and better technical performance for next 4 years rather than three years. Look how awful is.... 4 years next generation release    Never have Action RPG, bring it back.
    Not evolving to Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, and Kleavor in this game without evolution items, such as Peat Block and Black Augurite.
    Also, poor graphic and technical issue should not release next three year. Make it graphic realistic and better technical performance for next 4 years rather than three years.
    Look how awful is.... 4 years next generation release date, no three years release mainline.    … Expand
  69. seojoon98
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Their arrogance went too far. It is a clear fraud to launch into the market without even doing basic testing.
  70. 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
  71. Meskalyne
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This is disrespectful. To all the fans and Pokemon players in the world.
    This game is a shame. The graphics don't just look outdated, they look for another time in the past.
    You think you can keep playing ignoring them, then you suddenly enter the classroom, and they are even worst, for your classmates, with a 2step animation like a good old gameboy. The camera is a mess in many ways. I    This is disrespectful. To all the fans and Pokemon players in the world.
    This game is a shame. The graphics don't just look outdated, they look for another time in the past.
    You think you can keep playing ignoring them, then you suddenly enter the classroom, and they are even worst, for your classmates, with a 2step animation like a good old gameboy.
    The camera is a mess in many ways. I played 2 hours by now, but I already need an eye surgery in emergency.
    You should really be ashamed to release that game.    … Expand
  72. 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
  73. Theplayfulgamer
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Poor graphics, glitches, fps drops, there's a lot of games with better graphics on switch than this and don't haven 10% of problems pokemon scalet has. Lacking of PT-BR localization, again.
  74. ulisesdoblaje
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Es muy divertido,no puedo decir que no, pero le falta muchisimas cosas, que claro la iran poniendo de a poco mas los fallos, así no, para eso sigue haciendolos estilos nds, y nos va a gustar mucho con un montón de cosas
  75. Stevenkls
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Leider hat sich meine Vermutung bestätigt. Ich hab das Spiel nun durchgespielt und muss leider sagen dass ich vom technischen Aspekte sehr enttäuscht bin von dem gehen. Die neuen Pokémon sind sehr cool. Die Geschichte und deren Umsetzung ist auch ziemlich akzeptabel. Was halt leider am meisten stört und das zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch das ganze Spiel ist die Grafik oder besserLeider hat sich meine Vermutung bestätigt. Ich hab das Spiel nun durchgespielt und muss leider sagen dass ich vom technischen Aspekte sehr enttäuscht bin von dem gehen. Die neuen Pokémon sind sehr cool. Die Geschichte und deren Umsetzung ist auch ziemlich akzeptabel. Was halt leider am meisten stört und das zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch das ganze Spiel ist die Grafik oder besser gesagt der ganze technische Aspekt. Bitte GameFreak nutzt euer Geld und steckt da ordentlich mal was rein es kann nicht sein dass hier so ein Spiegel raus bringt… Expand
  76. 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
  77. localnativeeemi
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Terrible performance would ruin this game even if it was pleasant as a game. Even in curated cutscenes in small rooms with a small number of characters on-screen, their animations drop to literal slideshows where you can count 2-3 individual frames in their looped animation.

    Beyond being essentially non-functional on the technical side, the game's another creative downgrade. Player    Terrible performance would ruin this game even if it was pleasant as a game. Even in curated cutscenes in small rooms with a small number of characters on-screen, their animations drop to literal slideshows where you can count 2-3 individual frames in their looped animation.

    Beyond being essentially non-functional on the technical side, the game's another creative downgrade. Player customization in terms of clothing has been almost entirely removed. The little bits we have left, like socks, hats and gloves clash with the game's uniforms.

    Cities are basically empty. 90% of houses are inaccessible facades. And 90% of the remaining 10% are shop menus. You don't even enter a shop anymore and see customers/mannequins. It's just a menu where you select purchases from.

    Lacking around half of all Pokemon is, of course, still a major turn-off from the franchise that, for over 2 decades, said "Gotta catch 'em all".

    Awful games.    … Expand
  78. Daniel44
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    After ignoring the unacceptable graphics of pokemon the cuts on the dex and the previous realised pokemon remakes of diamond and pearl this game made all of that look pretty good games yes I love the fact pokemon scarlet and violet is open world it is mo excuse for the performance of the game the glitch of the camera and more and I found all of this with only 3h of gameplay
  79. HarryHD
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    1 star for how disappointing and disrespectful this product is. Potentially fun game held back by bugs, frame rate stutters, bad graphics. Absolutely unacceptable, unfinished game. Feel so bad for the artists who made this game, only for Gamefreak/the Pokémon company to ruin it.

    Xenoblade 3 looks and runs great on the switch. Gamefreak is the problem, not the hardware. Looks like a muddy    1 star for how disappointing and disrespectful this product is. Potentially fun game held back by bugs, frame rate stutters, bad graphics. Absolutely unacceptable, unfinished game. Feel so bad for the artists who made this game, only for Gamefreak/the Pokémon company to ruin it.

    Xenoblade 3 looks and runs great on the switch. Gamefreak is the problem, not the hardware. Looks like a muddy wasteland.
    Legends arceus was a step in the right direction. What happened here?

    Pokémon is the highest grossing media franchise in global history, yet Gamefreak can't be bothered to release a finished game. You need to add voice acting (why do you even bother animating lip movement, incredibly awkward); significantly improve graphics and animations; balance megas and add them back in; and actually finish the product for release.

    Review for violet and scarlet as they are practically the same game    … Expand
  80. ApeironStrife
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Worst graphics and glitchy as hell
  81. Monoture
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Bad UI / Bad Performance sometime framedrop/ outfit customization is very limited
  82. Javier1224
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    Performance and texture issues is unbearable , I can’t believe this is the world most valuable franchise game, cost USD 59.99 for the game and feel like PS2 game
  83. Snojarlz
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    I was really looking forward to this game and sadly, I had to return it. After Pokémon Legends Arceus blew me out of the water, the trailer for this game looked beautiful (AT FIRST). But after seeing other trainer's (people) gameplay and reviews of the game, I feel ashamed to agree with them. The switch is more than capable of handling AAA games (BOTW & Mario Odyssey) and running themI was really looking forward to this game and sadly, I had to return it. After Pokémon Legends Arceus blew me out of the water, the trailer for this game looked beautiful (AT FIRST). But after seeing other trainer's (people) gameplay and reviews of the game, I feel ashamed to agree with them. The switch is more than capable of handling AAA games (BOTW & Mario Odyssey) and running them smoothly as well. GameFreak has been the developer behind generations of games and this will be the first time I do not play through or buy (Returned copy) a newly released Pokémon game. I am extremely disappointed in Nintendo for being okay with a sub-par game and even more so with GameFreak for their lackluster game and a excuse of what is a "Pokémon" game.… Expand
  84. shikasar
    Nov 19, 2022
    1
    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far. As much as we love    It's hard to imagine this being a 2022 game. While the frame rate and picture performance are disappointing, there are still many bugs.
    As a game development company, if you don't pay attention to the technology of game development, the gap will only be widened by other companies.
    Just enjoy the dividends brought by IP all the time, one day it will not go far.

    As much as we love Pokémon, we hate Game freak's complacency in recent years.
    Pay more attention to technology, Game freak.    … Expand
  85. myllercardoso
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The fun that this game should give us is overshadowed by the lack of care in the technical and visual construction of the game. Gamefreak was completely remiss in this release, the only feeling is disappointment.
  86. CloudLike
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    For a mainline game from the worlds biggest franchise, this is outrageous. The graphics look like a N64 game and the technical problems are making this game litterally unplayable. The new Pokemon look good and a few things are actually good, but there are so many bad decisions made: E.g. Exp Share, no levelscaling, you cant turn off battle animations etc... and some old QoL festures didntFor a mainline game from the worlds biggest franchise, this is outrageous. The graphics look like a N64 game and the technical problems are making this game litterally unplayable. The new Pokemon look good and a few things are actually good, but there are so many bad decisions made: E.g. Exp Share, no levelscaling, you cant turn off battle animations etc... and some old QoL festures didnt even make it in the game? Why??

    This is a disgrace of a Pokemon Mainline game, Gamefreak/Pokemon Company need to step up their game, give Pokemon the effort it deserves and stop rushing a new game every year.    … Expand
  87. YMHNaiken
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches - Lighting glitches - Background glitches - Texture glitches And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment. I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu    The game is a straight up **** show... The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo should be ashamed of them selves putting this game out like this.

    - Terrain glitches
    - Lighting glitches
    - Background glitches
    - Texture glitches

    And the game runs on a average far bellow the 30fps... I don't think it runs on a 20 fps. Huge disappointment.

    I bought the dual pack so that is 120eu down the drain! They are never going to be able patch this.    … Expand
  88. arimacena
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    You can't even have fun with such a low frame rate. It's broken, not for good.
  89. megayadoran
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    This game just doesn't feel finished. GameFreak did an incredible job with PLA. They had us wondering what they could truly pull off with a 3D game if given proper feedback, but now it seems like they've taken a step back in every way possible.
  90. Dabs_
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game surffers from many performance issues and glitches. It was not ready for release at this time. In addition, many beloved pokemon were cut from the games. They also have removed postgame battle facilities and set mode battle options. The game had potential but unfortunately was not followed through
  91. N1725
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Realmente una mierda el desarrollo, historia básica (pero era esperable), rendimiento malisimo es una vergüenza que llegue en ese estado de desarrollo, lo único que sostiene este juego es el post game
  92. Andresrl01
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Agh man so disappointed with this game, for the first time on switch I have a game that bugs so much that ruins my experience, I can see this game coulf be fun, but looks so ugly and empty and the constant errors make it worse, I have npcs disappearing, pokemon popping in rocks, frane rates my teleporting so disappointed
  93. MildorZalost
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I mean this is not a bad game but performance issues and bugs area just annoying, distracting and does interfere with general enjoyment of the game at the point where your really question if you're playing a tested version or a beta. I would wait in other for more patches to be released but I don't think there will be any since they already sold your an incomplete game
  94. 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.
  95. Pomtsi
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Laggy piece of trash, it is unforgivable they released this game in this state. Shame on you GameFreak, please nintendo give this franchise to another publisher this is a disgrace.
  96. bdog77s
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I purposely did not look at much information about the newest gen of pokemon since this was the first game I've pre-ordered since gtav. I really want them to fix this because there is so much potential here but I'll sum it up like this.

    This game is like buying a brand new Ferrari. A Ferrari that comes with holes in the body and rusty metal and sometimes when you round a corner the    I purposely did not look at much information about the newest gen of pokemon since this was the first game I've pre-ordered since gtav. I really want them to fix this because there is so much potential here but I'll sum it up like this.

    This game is like buying a brand new Ferrari. A Ferrari that comes with holes in the body and rusty metal and sometimes when you round a corner the steering jolts back and forth and your adrenaline spikes with the danger. And sure sometimes you have to pump the brakes to get it to stop and the blinkers don't work and a headlight is constantly burned out. But at its core it is still a Ferrari despite all of its issues and the soul is somewhere hidden under all the problems and annoyances and migraines. But it is deep under and I don't know if it is even 100% fixable and it is so heartbreaking to experience. I wish all the love to all the people who put their heart and soul into developing and producing this game, they don't deserve the hate they are getting. But I simply cannot recommend this game to anyone and am contemplating making this my very first video game I've had refunded. I hope after some soul searching game freak can find its way again to producing amazing pokemon games but after this one, I think corporate greed may win out again. Game freak take a page from hello games and just own up to this failure and work on fixing it. You need to earn our trust back, this will be the last pokemon many of us play if this is your strategy from here out. So much potential wasted and turned into utter disappointment. Don't ignore the fans who put you in this position, we deserve better.    … Expand
  97. Ludomancer
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Some of you people REALLY think that the technical issues are the biggest problems?? L. M. A. O.

    The stutters and stalls on a battle starting are identical to the over-long intro animations and musical scales from other series. This is just what happens when there's nothing to distract from the horrendous waiting. It is the EXACT same bland and joyless combat as every other Pokémon    Some of you people REALLY think that the technical issues are the biggest problems?? L. M. A. O.

    The stutters and stalls on a battle starting are identical to the over-long intro animations and musical scales from other series. This is just what happens when there's nothing to distract from the horrendous waiting.

    It is the EXACT same bland and joyless combat as every other Pokémon Game.

    It's the best plot in the series by far because it took a cheap shot with a sick dog that barely went anywhere. It's Trash but it's the best GameFreak has ever put out.

    The Open World and "non-linearity" is a bald-faced lie because levels dictate everything.

    Who gives one if you can count the polygons, There's not a single interesting place to be. Three quarters of the damn region is just named "West Province Area 420" because they can't be bothered to make this place memorable.

    I would like for the Pokémon Company to disown GameFreak.    … Expand
  98. Keitanito
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Unfortunately, the game is clearly unfinished and was clearly rushed, leading to have a terribly high amount of issues which go from performance (awful framerate), decent/good environment but map completely empty (there is literally nothing between a city and another, not point of interests such as a battle tower, pokemon tower, ruins of alph, etc could be), uninteresting/dull/bland storyUnfortunately, the game is clearly unfinished and was clearly rushed, leading to have a terribly high amount of issues which go from performance (awful framerate), decent/good environment but map completely empty (there is literally nothing between a city and another, not point of interests such as a battle tower, pokemon tower, ruins of alph, etc could be), uninteresting/dull/bland story clearly rushed just to have a story in the game.

    GameFreak has decided to set for themselves a new goal: releasing two games per year, as opposed to the previous practice of releasing a unique one (not counting remakes with minor changes) every two years, doubling the number of products while halving the time dedicated to production. All of this is clearly a problem if the level of the released game is this one.

    Unsure if relevant for a review, but I would say that 60$ for an unfinished and rushed game of this level is not reasonable at all, specially if you compare it the other Nintendo titles released for the same, or lower, price (Breath of the Wild, Bayonetta, Xenoblade, etc)    … Expand
  99. tdsantos
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Tecnicamente o jogo é muito porco, framerate muito baixo e vai piorando com o tempo. popIns constates, serrilhados em quase tudo e qualquer coisa a mais de 5 metros do personagem a textura é horrível. Era pra ser um jogo muito bom, mas tem tanto problema que irrita demais.
  100. niclas_sunde
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I had no expectations going into this, basically steered clear of all trailers. And yet it still managed to disappoint. And I feel bad, you really see the developers tried within their timeframe. There's a solid game here, somewhere. Probably buried 3 more years in the future, and quite a bit of optimization in.

    You really see the cut corners in the cities, scratch that. You see the cut    I had no expectations going into this, basically steered clear of all trailers. And yet it still managed to disappoint. And I feel bad, you really see the developers tried within their timeframe. There's a solid game here, somewhere. Probably buried 3 more years in the future, and quite a bit of optimization in.

    You really see the cut corners in the cities, scratch that. You see the cut corners everywhere.
    But they're especially noticable with cities. Every house is a copy-paste model, without good shading. it feels like a proof of concept, rather than a game. One of the cities is literally built on a platform, since they didn't have enough time to work it into the environment..
    And don't get me started on the textures.. people compare them to GameCube games. A fair comparison, only GameCube textures looked so much better. I've been playing a lot of Twilight Princess, and that game looks infinitely better than this tech-demo of a mainline Pokémon. The buildings feel like a part of the world, and altough dated, the textures are carried by phenomenal lighting and effects. Nothing of the like can be said about this empty husk of a world called Paldea.

    I honestly don't think the open world adds anything to the experience. I challenged myself a bit, and did one of the later titans early. At level 20 I took on Iron Treads, and I even caught it. But my ingenuity was never rewarded, as I couldn't use him before I'd beaten another five gyms. The progression is extremely whacky. Instead of leveling the entire world just a smidge above the player, everything is treated as a normal "on-rails" pokémon world. After wandering around the empty wasteland, I made my way back to the Crab-titan. Thinking "Oh! This'll be a challenge, seeing as iron Treads put of so much of a fight!" - I OHKOd it. Didn't feel satisfying at all.

    The story is virtually non-existant. It feels like they ran out of time with it, and just stuck with their concept-drafts.

    I'm very disappointed, and I know my childhood self would be as well. It feels as if my younger selfs dreams of a open-world pokémon have been curb-stomped. My hopes for this franchise has continually been let down, and this might seal the nail in the coffin for me. I don't think I'll ever return to modern Pokémon "games". It just hurts.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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  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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