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. Matzee
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Für mich ist das der Traurige Tiefpunkt der Pokemon Reihe. Besonders schlecht gefällt mir die Spieleweld.… Expand
  2. IDDQYU
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Even more gamebreaking bugs than in Cyberpunk. My character went out of bonds, glitched into walls and the whole graphics are disgusting for 2022. They should return to the 3DS and stop making Pokemon games for Switch.
  3. Tiro86
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This really feels like a quick made Indi game (no shame against Indi games per se). The Pokemon themed footprint seems kind of cheap this time. But the worst part are the technical issues. This is the 1st totally badly programmed Pokémon I've played so far. (Arceus was just from time to time bad with the graphics)). This time the graphics are bad, the FPS are dropping even in quietThis really feels like a quick made Indi game (no shame against Indi games per se). The Pokemon themed footprint seems kind of cheap this time. But the worst part are the technical issues. This is the 1st totally badly programmed Pokémon I've played so far. (Arceus was just from time to time bad with the graphics)). This time the graphics are bad, the FPS are dropping even in quiet situations hard, the commands take ages to initiate. Sometimes you stuck somewhere and even crashes sometimes. Games shouldn't be released with those kind of hard issues. Game freak did really the first completely bad job (the quality decreased since some years ago, but never thought it would become so hard to play) . I would not recommend this game to anyone. I was just blind because of the new Pokémons and of course the end of online battle areas of sword/shield). Nintendo should extend those services for the other games as long this is here not fixed.… Expand
  4. Cassiop
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El peor juego de Pokémon. Mal optimizado, con unos gráficos y animaciones aberrantes. Un engaño al consumidor
  5. Caminate
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El juego tiene serios problemas de rendimiento y estos vienen acompañados por una gran cantidad de Bugs, esto es inaceptable, por lo tanto hasta que no parchen el juego no lo puedo recomendar.
  6. UmbrellaQ8
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    What happened to all the cool battle/catching mechanics and quality of life changes we had in Legends Arceus? Everything’s gone back to how it was before with even more glitches, framerate issues, Pokemon models not making contact with each other in battle .. it’s honestly disgusting and sad to look at. It feels like it was made with the same engine they used for their 3DS games. It’sWhat happened to all the cool battle/catching mechanics and quality of life changes we had in Legends Arceus? Everything’s gone back to how it was before with even more glitches, framerate issues, Pokemon models not making contact with each other in battle .. it’s honestly disgusting and sad to look at. It feels like it was made with the same engine they used for their 3DS games. It’s slow, laggy and outdated. Save your money.. or get Legends Arceus instead.… Expand
  7. shlugy
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    My first meta critic review ever and I'm just doing this in hopes that the Pokemon Game developers get it someday. Everyone who loves Pokemon, I won't judge you for buying and playing it. Hell, I obviously did too. I love Pokemon and I am planning to play through Scarlet & Violet (unlike Sword and Shield, couldn't finish that one)...but the technical aspect just can't be ignored anymore.My first meta critic review ever and I'm just doing this in hopes that the Pokemon Game developers get it someday. Everyone who loves Pokemon, I won't judge you for buying and playing it. Hell, I obviously did too. I love Pokemon and I am planning to play through Scarlet & Violet (unlike Sword and Shield, couldn't finish that one)...but the technical aspect just can't be ignored anymore. I'm sure everybody who owns the game has seen or at least heard about it and it really is a problem that dampers the enjoyment. I'm not a graphic critic at all but a big game like Pokemon in this state is just unacceptable. Also, why they didn't include the Arceus catching system, even though it would perfectly fit in these games, is questionable. That's coming from someone who has played the games since the first generation! Pokemon Legends feels like a natural progression in the series and not going further with it just makes it seem not well thought out.
    Overall I am just highly disappointed, just like I have been with Sword & Shield.

    Everyone who wants to play it will play it anyway but don't just accept the issues. I hate that every time another Nintendo game gets announced, like a new Mario, Zelda or even Fire Emblem, we're excited because we're sure that the games are going to be great. But everytime a new Pokemon is announced, we now have low expectations.    … Expand
  8. Trocs
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not even a game. They don't show respect to the real fans. Open world is probably a great decision but the result is just s joke.
  9. Badreviewbro
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemonThe graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemon and that these people are now in there mid 20s or older. Yes kids play the game, so add a difficulty option where you actually have to think. The games are getting easier and easier amd worse and worse each gen.… Expand
  10. kirioz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It is unacceptable that one of the most profitable video game franchises, such as Pokemon, continues to release games in this state. Xenoblade chronicles a game from 12 years ago is better done.
  11. gelida
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Gamefreak sembra non essere capce di fare giochi 3D, dovrebbe chiedere aiuto e affidare il lavoro grafico a un azienda che lo sa fare
  12. Alex12345o
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    La mecánica de teracristalizacion es definitivamente la peor de todas y la calidad no es digna de un juego AAA
  13. Azura485
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Bought this game excited with the thought that improvements achieved on gameplay from the Legend of Arceus were passed down. Couldn't be more naive. What I received was an incomplete game with unplayable bugs and, moreover, without the improvements on gameplay from the Legend of Arceus. Save your money and keep playing Legends.
  14. Nao20
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El juego es una mierda, no hay por donde cogerlo, es una putísima alfa. Nintendo nos caiga en la boca y tragamos agusto. SESENTA EUROS SEÑORES, SESENTA EUROS POR UN JUEGO UN POCO MENOS CUTRE QUE EL ARCEUS
  15. Dimoris
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Una palabra define este juego y esa es: incompleto.

    Pokemon violet fue una decepcion esperaba tanto del juego y resulto ser un bodrio, el juego esta lleno de bugs que arruinan la experiencia dentro del juego hay drops de fps que hacen que todo se mueva del asco. Algo que me molesta es la poca customatizacion del personaje en Sword and shield habia mucha ropa para elegir y en violet solo    Una palabra define este juego y esa es: incompleto.

    Pokemon violet fue una decepcion esperaba tanto del juego y resulto ser un bodrio, el juego esta lleno de bugs que arruinan la experiencia dentro del juego hay drops de fps que hacen que todo se mueva del asco. Algo que me molesta es la poca customatizacion del personaje en Sword and shield habia mucha ropa para elegir y en violet solo se puede elegir cuatro conjuntos de ropa in degrado muy grande con respecto a su predecesor, muchos de los nuevos pokemon son horribles solo miren las evoluciones finales de los starters cada vez los hacen mas feos y no estoy diciendo que en entregas pasadas no haya habido diseños horrobles solo miren ageodude literalmente es una roca con brazos, la historia es bien meh yo esperaba que se pudiera vijar hacia el futuro ya que la tematica de violet es el futuro pero ni eso agregaron las historias cada vez son mas aburridas nunca van a superar la historia de bw/bw2 esos juegos si tenian buena historia, no hay torre de batalla eso es algo que siempre habia estado en casi todos los juegos de la saga principal y decidieron quitarla que rasones tuvieron para hacer eso es un misterio o en realidad no la inplementaron porque los de gamefreak son unos incompetentes, el diseño de los personajes en este juego es un asco la mayoria parecen salidos de la propaganda Woke ya lo habian dicho oos japoneses que casi la gran mayoria de los personajes se miran woke, el mundo abierto en violet es un chiste porque los rivales no escalan en nivel le quedo muy grande el proyecto a gamefreak ya que son unos incompetentes, las animaciones en los combates son un chiste los pokemon no se tocan entre si al momento de combatir un retroceso enorme a comparacion de leyendas arceus porque ahi si hay contacto en los combates, de seguro van a "arreglar" el juego con el supuesto dlc que van a sacar lo cual me parece una burrada estoy en contra de los dlc por que es contenido que se supone que deberia de estar ya en el juego y lo cortan solo para vendertelo despues los de gamefreak no tienen verguenza son un chiste pokemon murio en bw/bw2 porque a partir de la 6generacion solo sacan bodrios.

    Gamefreak se merece todo el hate del mundo por sacar un juego incompleto lleno de bugs y fallos graficos aun si arreglaran los bugs y fallos el juego no vale la pena es el peor juego de la switch es una verguenza que hayan sacado un juego asi a la venta, lo mas triste de todo esto es que los fans sin criterio lo defienden a capa y espada y lo califican como el mejor juego de pokemon cuando en realidad el mejor juego de pokemon es bw2 ese si es un juegazo, ojala y le den la franquicia a otra desarrolladora porque es obvio que los de gamefreak no son lo suficientemente buenos para sacar un producto de calidad.    … Expand
  16. vip_leaf
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Like for Pokemon Scarlet I can't bring my self to play the game.
    The removal of set mode feels so random and unreasonable. People now get punished for wanting a little more challenge in the game. Also the performance and graphics are really bad, even for a switch game.
  17. rodrigosan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Disappointing graphics, I'm extremely disappointed, how can a Billionaire company do such a terrible thing?
  18. Nicorattlesnake
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pésimo lo mismo que el otro Pokémon, franquicia dejada pese a ser de una empresa millonaria
  19. Purple_Sylveon
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Incompleto, bugeado, perezoso, hecho a la prisa para vender, un insulto al mundo pokemon y a la propia saga y consola
    Una maldita vergüenza
  20. Damian891124
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Game is total craps, optymalize is very,very bad.frames per second can drop to 8. Character animations in many places are a slideshow. The game is unplayable in my opinion.
  21. azxozx
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The only reason GF released a beta game as finished product because pokemon fanbase will die defending them and still applaud every subpar production not even worthy of being school project if you want proof go see the other reviews.
  22. Orac
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    el juego a ratos se vuelve injugable, la caida de fps es muy comun y se vuelve una experiencia desagradable, no es posible que la franquicia que genra mas dinero en el mundo tenga este tipo de problemas
  23. Obatosi
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It's like they looked at the things people hated about Sword and Shield, improved on that, then decided to ruin everything else. Graphics are awful, visual glitches are rife as well as constant jarring fps drops. Pokemon will only render in about 2m away from you. The gameplay is fun but at this rate you may as well go back to sprite models for the overworld.
  24. Faisuwu
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El apartado técnico es horrible hay juegos DEL 2002 que LO SUPERAN. El apartado técnico parece haber salido de hace 25 años es algo INADMISIBLE para un videojuego .
  25. Serbero
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de quePokemon Scarlet and Violet son de los peores juegos que he jugado en los últimos tiempos, llevaba sin jugar a un pokemon bastante tiempo, Me he comprado este juego porque entreoía esta ambientado en España y me apetecía probarlo, pero gráficamente es de 2009 hay muchos bugs y glitches la historia y jugabilidad son lo de siempre... No lo recomiendo para nada. Me da la impresión de que GameFreak se ríe de sus fans, que la franquicia de videojuegos mas rentable de la historia y que mas dinero a generado no sean capaz de lanzar un videojuego mínimamente aceptable me parece bastante lamentable… Expand
  26. Guitou
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Looks cool but full of bugs, framerate drops, graphics issues...
    A big shame
  27. wtfwtf12
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender,    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender, pretty much the confirmation that Gamefreak doesn't give a **** - that scene in the classroom where the students animations are in like 5 FPS despite the fact that it's only a small room and they are very close to the camera. It's like they tested it, saw how bad it is, but said "who cares" and shipped it as it is    … Expand
  28. ThePieMan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terribly performing, unfinished game. The environments are lifeless and boring. Game freak need a clean out and to hire some programmers that actually know what they’re doing.
  29. JJim
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon is always interesting to play and the graphics are not typically super important. However, this game is a total mess, we could compare against a 10 year old game with less quality assurance that cyberpunk. At least needs 4 additional months to reach Nintendo quality standards. If Game Freak is going to follow this path ok, but then the appropriate price would be 15USD like an indie
  30. Julian_Segarra
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terrible, what a graphics and what a waste of money and time. Nintendo Pokemon should have the leziest workers ever. Very very upset, i wont buy any pokemon game until they change their politics. Btw the new pokemon designs are just boring.
  31. TheRealOnefr
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It's a joke what the Pokémon Company and Nintendo did, the game is just not finished and a joke for the year 2022 I just don't understand why Nintendo lets Game Freak do it that damages the reputation so much. But to be more specific: There have never been so many bugs in a Pokémon game, the graphics are a joke and so many performance problems are embarrassing for the greatest Francias inIt's a joke what the Pokémon Company and Nintendo did, the game is just not finished and a joke for the year 2022 I just don't understand why Nintendo lets Game Freak do it that damages the reputation so much. But to be more specific: There have never been so many bugs in a Pokémon game, the graphics are a joke and so many performance problems are embarrassing for the greatest Francias in the world. That was first my last Pokemon game I can only hope that they change something. A cheek at the moment and you can buy 1000 better games for the money.… Expand
  32. Januzz197
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game isnt complete.. is beautiful and fun, but have a TON of bugs ang glitchies, nake impossible to play alone and with friends.. is sad, we wait years for a open world pokemon and got a unfinished game.. and GM doenst care to fan aparently..
  33. MSpekt
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I’m tired of Pokémon games being a “step in the right direction”.
    Game is unplayable with constant stuttering and frame drops.
    I’m not asking for a ps5 level game, I’m just asking for smooth gameplay.
  34. Gryph
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The following has been removed and added to the game;
    No Daycare center, No reusable TMs, No Set Mode, No ability to look at individual weather on map [it's now all static and randomly chosen every 10 minutes], No cursor memory, Tera shards to change a tera type require 50 of that type, and the toughest raids in the game give on average 1-3. Some pokemon are so small on the overworld you    The following has been removed and added to the game;
    No Daycare center, No reusable TMs, No Set Mode, No ability to look at individual weather on map [it's now all static and randomly chosen every 10 minutes], No cursor memory, Tera shards to change a tera type require 50 of that type, and the toughest raids in the game give on average 1-3. Some pokemon are so small on the overworld you need to squint to see them. Tera Raids online will desync if one player drops frames, sometimes allowing two moves before you can go, while the timer will also penalize you because the timer runs at a static 30FPS independent of game performance, because of this, the enemy pokemons HP will bounce up and down because it doesn't know what to do, preventing some raids from being completed. Lags and drops frames frequently, The target lock on UI and other things have been removed and there's no crosshair to show what you're aiming at, camera is wonky in pokemon battles, and sometimes, your pokemon will just fall through the earth or clip into the ground during battles, just making an empty void.

    Overall...stop letting this company brainwash you into letting this be acceptable. It isn't. If things like Cyberpunk got destroyed online, Gamefreak shouldn't get some magical pass because nostalgia goggles are on. Skip this game, or buy it used somewhere for cheaper, 60$ for this performance is atrocious. You're letting Pokemon become the Madden of Nintendo.    … Expand
  35. Paxton3594
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game by far when talking about performance and bugs, really sad because the story seems cool but virtually unplayable as of now. Stay clear until some performance patches come out, that is if they even do come out
  36. Ranzinz4
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Sem legendas pr-br, péssima otimização, pouca inovação.

    Pokémon parou no tempo
  37. cybersquidz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The copy-and-paste design of the 'towns' in Pokemon Violet and Scarlet are shameful. In the main town with the university, you can find the exact same shops copied and pasted over a dozen times. Sometimes you will find the exact same shop next to itself up to three times. The vendors for crepes and kebabs are stationed across from clones of themselves. The buildings are poorly aligned withThe copy-and-paste design of the 'towns' in Pokemon Violet and Scarlet are shameful. In the main town with the university, you can find the exact same shops copied and pasted over a dozen times. Sometimes you will find the exact same shop next to itself up to three times. The vendors for crepes and kebabs are stationed across from clones of themselves. The buildings are poorly aligned with clipping and hovering. The textures used in many of the major parts of the town are such a low resolution you can count their pixel density on your fingers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    It is astounding to see each new low that GameFreak sinks to with every new Pokemon game released. It is an insult to consumers to charge full-price for this. No care or effort was put into making a product that was worth a consumer forking over that kind of money for. Every release is two steps forward, and a stylish triple backflip backwards. Unless this game is patched to hell-and-back to fix all the bugs and horrendous graphical fidelity, it is extremely difficult to recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  38. Marcieparcie1
    Nov 20, 2022
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Literally unplayable at the moment due to the technical issues at hand. If they don't fix these issues I can't bring myself to finish it as every 10 minutes it just crashes for me or a glitch makes progress impossible.… Expand
  39. DevoB1987
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    SAVE YOUR MONEY!! DO NOT BUY THESE GAMES UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES! To many people giving GameFreak a pass on this buggy game. These apologists are quite literally ruining these games by defending such poor quality, Why would GF try and put effort into the game when these white knights will defend these lazy practices just because its Pokemon...Anyway the game is full of bugs evenSAVE YOUR MONEY!! DO NOT BUY THESE GAMES UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES! To many people giving GameFreak a pass on this buggy game. These apologists are quite literally ruining these games by defending such poor quality, Why would GF try and put effort into the game when these white knights will defend these lazy practices just because its Pokemon...Anyway the game is full of bugs even AFTER the day one patch. Frequent fps drops (I'd be riding that dumb bike pokemon and the game would slow for no reason frequently) on a already low fps system is horrid. The textures on EVERRYTHING except characters are very poor. Generally that isn't an issue but these look especially bad. Like near N64 bad which coupled with the issues is very very poor on GFs part. During battles the ground will occasionally disappear! While exploring the pop in is terrible too. This should have never been cleared for release! Not to mention Co-Op was an after thought. Tried with a friend and with what you could do together the implantation is down right pointless! ALL you can do in Co-Op is run around, catch pokemon and battle all separately. You cannot battle together, you cannot catch pokemon together and the tera raids are basically the same as if they were not in your game. They still have to join like if they were in their own game. WHY? WHY even have Co-Op if you CAN'T CO-OP ANYTHING? Also i know this game is designed for kids but this game is exceptional with hand holding elements. The older games provided more challenge and never held your hand through the game. The story is also basically the same concept that it has been since red and blue too. Most kids games have stories that are not as childish as this..… Expand
  40. GamefreakWHY
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The game does not perform well, and it is so upsetting that it detracts so much from the enjoyment of the game.

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

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

    This game truly sits at about a 6, but because of the fanboys giving it 10's telling you, "if you ignore everything that is horrible about the game, it's actually good!" I have to give it a 0. If you went to pull out your first stake from the ground, saw the black screen with text saying "you pulled out the stake, and it vanished," rather than an animation of it actually happening, you can't give this a 10. C'mon.    … Expand
  41. Tapi_12
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Problemas series de rendimiento, gráficos a la altura de play 2, popping exagerado, Bugs por todas partes, mundo abierto muy vacío y repetitivo, diseño de personajes mediocre, diseño de Pokémons muy inferior a lo acostumbrado, una trama que como viene repitiéndose en la saga deja mucho que desar. Un producto impropio de la saga, impropio de Nintendo y una ofensa a su consumidores y a laProblemas series de rendimiento, gráficos a la altura de play 2, popping exagerado, Bugs por todas partes, mundo abierto muy vacío y repetitivo, diseño de personajes mediocre, diseño de Pokémons muy inferior a lo acostumbrado, una trama que como viene repitiéndose en la saga deja mucho que desar. Un producto impropio de la saga, impropio de Nintendo y una ofensa a su consumidores y a la industria de los videojuegos… Expand
  42. Elias4
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    thought it could be so bad. many bugs and all kinds, performance, map design, caves, plains, design of the new pokemon, the imbalance of the ivs, the gyms do not scale with the level of your pokemon, visual bugs everywhere and in a large part of Sometimes the fps drops below 30 in many areas including the city, even though there is no one or nothing in it, and it still manages to drop thethought it could be so bad. many bugs and all kinds, performance, map design, caves, plains, design of the new pokemon, the imbalance of the ivs, the gyms do not scale with the level of your pokemon, visual bugs everywhere and in a large part of Sometimes the fps drops below 30 in many areas including the city, even though there is no one or nothing in it, and it still manages to drop the fps. Not recommended at all, I hope this will not happen again with the saga.… Expand
  43. Christianito
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Lejos de las falsas criticas manipuladas y compradas por la prensa este juego es el último bochorno de la franquicia de Pokemon, esa que algún dia marcó a toda una generación, y que hoy en dia se conforma con vender juegos en versión beta lleno de bugs y con gráficos patéticos. No puedo expresar el dolor de ver como una parte de mi infancia es tratada con semejante falta de respeto a laLejos de las falsas criticas manipuladas y compradas por la prensa este juego es el último bochorno de la franquicia de Pokemon, esa que algún dia marcó a toda una generación, y que hoy en dia se conforma con vender juegos en versión beta lleno de bugs y con gráficos patéticos. No puedo expresar el dolor de ver como una parte de mi infancia es tratada con semejante falta de respeto a la hora de hacer un producto con su nombre...Solo espero que algún dia Game Freak recupere el rumbo y vuelva a ofrecernos un producto digno del juego que enamoró a millones de niños de los 90'. Solo espero que algún dia vuelva Pokémon.… Expand
  44. Aizen27
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    juste une honte pokemon mérite tellement mieux que ca... le jeu n'est pas finis et il est d'une laideur sans nom pour un jeu sortie en 2022 MEME SUR SWITCH !! dernier jeu que j'achète de la licence pour ma part trop c'est trop
  45. HusuallyHype
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute dog **** performance. Unfinished game. I'd say I'm disappointed, but I've come to expect nothing less from the Pokemon company.… Expand
  46. OliverPerry
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I'm so sick of this game already thanks to the glorious amounts of bugs and glitches, it's so bad that it rivals the level of bugginess in Sonic Colors Ultimate. This game has been "in development" for about 2 yrs and this is the best they can put out??? I genuinely hate GF for what they have done, I hope that the sales for this game tank just like it reputation already has.
  47. BadsonNorges
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Jogo feito apenas pra arrancar dinheiro dos fãs, deviam estudar e aprender que existe outros idiomas na Terra
  48. Teofi
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This game is a trip back in time to Nintendo 64, is sad to see what Pokemon has become in video games
  49. urbancr
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Just as bad as Scarlet.. Gamefreak has shown they can't create a visually good game. Pokemon fans should not support this kind of development and I'm honestly shocked a buggy, ugly game like this has broken pre-sale records.. They should go back to 2D games if that's what they're good at.
  50. ATTJ7628
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    No Set mode
    No toggling off battle animations
    No turning off EXP share
    Bad performance and ugly art style
    Fix the game GF
  51. MatisGo
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This game is the perfect example of how little Gamefreak cares about its players. This game is more bugged and technically deficient than what you would expect of an alpha version, with performance problems so bad that certain animation can't even run at 10 fps. This is the most pathetic game I've sadly played for years.
  52. Hogan77
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This is Cyberpunk 2077 2.0. Horrible performance, terrible graphics, bugs and glitches, light flickering, lagging the whole time, this is a unfinished video game, still in beta stage or even alpha stage really. No jokes, we want our money back, no way you can sell this for $60. Someone from Game Freak/Nintendo should come out and apologize immediately, a compensation or a full refundThis is Cyberpunk 2077 2.0. Horrible performance, terrible graphics, bugs and glitches, light flickering, lagging the whole time, this is a unfinished video game, still in beta stage or even alpha stage really. No jokes, we want our money back, no way you can sell this for $60. Someone from Game Freak/Nintendo should come out and apologize immediately, a compensation or a full refund should be issue. I can accept if it is just bad and ugly, but this is unfinished, no way anyone should accept it.… Expand
  53. 84980230812
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    If this game did not have pokemon in the title, I would not have bought it and now that I have I wish I had saved my money. A half-decent game, the most innovative along with arceus in a long time for pokemon, lies under the surface of a slap in the face by big capitalism - rushed out the door to meet a holiday deadline with so many bugs and performance issues that it is simply unplayable.If this game did not have pokemon in the title, I would not have bought it and now that I have I wish I had saved my money. A half-decent game, the most innovative along with arceus in a long time for pokemon, lies under the surface of a slap in the face by big capitalism - rushed out the door to meet a holiday deadline with so many bugs and performance issues that it is simply unplayable. Pathetic, shameful and disappointing. I guess it is too much to ask for a game that doesn't break to pieces with the slightest movement of the camera.… Expand
  54. Zachwages
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Graphical issues everywhere. Can't go a single minute without finding a major issue. But this review is meaningless bc fans eat this up anyway
  55. Danloz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The new no man's sky/cyberpun 2077.
    Bugs, a terrible frame rate, pop it, textures from the n64 era.
    It's a completely mess. Fix de game game freak.
  56. Juanmon3
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Gamefreak is being lazy, and just want money, this game needs a lot of work, needs to be fixed, a I complete game is a bad game for me. Ugly, and I don't mean the art style. Stuff appearing and disappear 2 meters from you, it's like a amateur studio made it. Say indie is disrespectful for indies companies.
  57. ffmedia
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This is a dumpster fire of a game and if you think this is acceptable probably it's because mommy and daddy are paying for the game anyways.
    Pokemon fans are a different breed, they can spent 120 bucks on both copies of the most lazy and poorly developed game on earth .
    The landscapes look like n64- gamecube era the glitches are unbelievably jarring performance is like trying to run an    This is a dumpster fire of a game and if you think this is acceptable probably it's because mommy and daddy are paying for the game anyways.
    Pokemon fans are a different breed, they can spent 120 bucks on both copies of the most lazy and poorly developed game on earth .
    The landscapes look like n64- gamecube era
    the glitches are unbelievably jarring
    performance is like trying to run an average 2020 pc game on a 98 wndows computer    … Expand
  58. Krillu
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    It should be illegal how bad this game is. Game freak should be embarrassed.
  59. zackan
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The game in itself is fun, but is ruined by all the performance issues and the graphics, which are unacceptable for a game in 2022. I don't understand how a game coming from one of the biggest franchise in the world can be so technically bad and have so many problems.
    I can personally excuse bad graphics as long as the gameplay is fun, but in this case the gameplay is not fun because it    The game in itself is fun, but is ruined by all the performance issues and the graphics, which are unacceptable for a game in 2022. I don't understand how a game coming from one of the biggest franchise in the world can be so technically bad and have so many problems.
    I can personally excuse bad graphics as long as the gameplay is fun, but in this case the gameplay is not fun because it is ruined by all the performance issues, which makes everything feels laggy and slow.
    And on a more objective note, these graphics are totally unacceptable in 2022 for a game under the Pokémon IP.
    If no patch is announced in the next week or two, I will 100% get a refund on the games, and will never buy a new Pokémon game ever again until something is done to finally have the game Pokémon fans deserve.
    I could never recommend the game to anyone while it is in this horrendous state.    … Expand
  60. Spadek
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Stop being doormats to Game Freak, the series has a net worth of 118.5 billion USD and can't hold a candle to it's fellow titles like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and others. Before you say anything, no, it's not an unfair comparison considering they had well over enough to compensate (about well over 3 billion if you considered the sales of the last 3Stop being doormats to Game Freak, the series has a net worth of 118.5 billion USD and can't hold a candle to it's fellow titles like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and others. Before you say anything, no, it's not an unfair comparison considering they had well over enough to compensate (about well over 3 billion if you considered the sales of the last 3 Pokémon games). Why are we making poor excuses for a multi-billion franchise that could so easily give out the games we desire if they wanted to? Why are we so willingly settling for the bare minimum? This is nothing but embarrassing. I know when games like Fallout 76 and No Man's Sky released, people were tearing them up for the poor performance, but when Pokémon preforms poorly, it's "just a little whittle oopsie?" Really?… Expand
  61. The_Gamer_man
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Holy **** are all these "Critics" paid by nintendo? Have any of them actually played the game? Extremely disappointing game, especially when you know how good a nintendo game (like breath of the wild) can look and feel. Graphics wise, not anything different from Legends Arceus.
  62. Chaos_wyvern
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Imposible jugar. Lag, caída de fps, fuga de memoria tras varias horas, texturas, bugs... Lo tiene todo, pero malo. Así no se puede disfrutar de una experiencia de juego. Siento que nos han estafado a todos.
  63. mrojas
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    it's not the visuals and all about graphics we're talking about. it seems the devs rushed the game for the release this year. as the company knows, every die hard fans will buy any game they release. even it's still bug fest and unpolished. xenoblade chronicles 3 is far better in terms of graphics, we know that monolith soft were talented AF. it has few bugs and drops yes. but, not thatit's not the visuals and all about graphics we're talking about. it seems the devs rushed the game for the release this year. as the company knows, every die hard fans will buy any game they release. even it's still bug fest and unpolished. xenoblade chronicles 3 is far better in terms of graphics, we know that monolith soft were talented AF. it has few bugs and drops yes. but, not that worst like pokemon S & V. there's no excuse for gamefreak and the fans who blamed the console for the outdated engine. it's like a hard to swallow pill for the fans and turning blind eye to these issues. without realizing, the quality future of Pokemon games we are talking about. gamefreak should learn from capcom. monster hunter rise and sunbreak as well as monster hunter stories 2. take note, gamefreak is a veteran game company. and pokemon is the top grossing IP/media in the world.… Expand
  64. jeremca
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    This game is promising, but in the current state, it's a shame that GameFreak sell us this piece of garbage.
    Low framerate, graphics bug, game crash.
    They succeeded to make worst every new game....
  65. Rafaelfelipe
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pokemon Company mais uma vez decepcionando. Jogo horrível, gráficos toscos, mal acabados, cheio de Bug, pokedex criada da forma mais preguiçosa, enfim decepção total.
  66. MetBoy
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    What is that even supposed to be?
    Giant landscapes with nothing in it.
    No accessible stores or houses. Animation that are reused from X/Y, AS/OR, Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield Practically no NPCs you can actually talk to The legendary look both dorky (miraidon a little bit less, though) The graphics are giving me the creeps The performance is straight up embarrassing The character HAS TO wear    What is that even supposed to be?
    Giant landscapes with nothing in it.
    No accessible stores or houses.
    Animation that are reused from X/Y, AS/OR, Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield
    Practically no NPCs you can actually talk to
    The legendary look both dorky (miraidon a little bit less, though) The graphics are giving me the creeps
    The performance is straight up embarrassing
    The character HAS TO wear shirt and pants, only shoes, socks, hats and gloves are customizable and every single one of said items have to be purchased at its very own spezialiced store.
    This is by far the worst Pokémon game ever and I just want to scream out of frustration, because the 4th gen remakes felt really polished compared to THIS!    … Expand
  67. YungPerez
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    There is no way the biggest grossing franchise, release a game this unpolished, feels like im playing a fan game
  68. Cgebl
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    This game totally is an insult to everyone who bought it. The seemingly open world is soulless, empty and ugly.

    During my play, a wave of nausea keep sweeping over me. Heavy frame drops (20fps average & sometimes even under 5) and camera falling through the floor are just a few among bunch of huge disgusting problems. Please respect your money, don't buy crap like this. Otherwise you    This game totally is an insult to everyone who bought it. The seemingly open world is soulless, empty and ugly.

    During my play, a wave of nausea keep sweeping over me. Heavy frame drops (20fps average & sometimes even under 5) and camera falling through the floor are just a few among bunch of huge disgusting problems.

    Please respect your money, don't buy crap like this. Otherwise you are signalling to GF/TPC that poor quality like this will keep emerging permanently.    … Expand
  69. Kurome_Kurogane
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Tal y como ha salido el juego se están riendo en la cara de la gente. Mal funcionamiento en general y bastante pobre en todos los aspectos. Va en buena dirección pero se merece un sabotaje por pensar que algo en estas condiciones es aceptable
  70. Megamnx
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Horrible la cantidad de Bugs y las animaciones mediocres ya no se esfuerzan nada en esta franquicia.
  71. ildemaro
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Mas de lo mismo nada nuevo siempre la misma tontearía y de paso rotísimo y lleno de bug
  72. renatovsj
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Bugmon violet esse é para ser o nome, pior jogo com performance técnica que ja joguei, qualquer empresa indie com menos dinheiro faz melhor que isso
  73. yadpr2
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    The frame rate and performance is terrible, Pokemon Legends Arceus was much better and it felt like it had more passion and heart put into it. This game feels rushed and unfinished.
  74. KaittoYT
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Não sei como a crítica sempre consegue passar pano pra jogos ruins, poderia ser muito melhor porém a Nintendo por sempre saber que seu público passa muito pano pra ela lança o jogo de qualquer jeito, poderia ter sido um lançamento incrível
  75. koliveiras
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pelo amor de deus a galera não dá valor ao dinheiro MESMO. 300 reais um jogo cheio de bugs e sem nenhum pronunciamento da empresa... muito triste ver a franquia chegar a este estado.
  76. artichitcuth
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Un juego no acabado con Bugs por el cual se debe pagar 60$ cada vez salen peor los juegos de pokemon de Game freak
  77. Twd042
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Honestly this game is just sad. Everything is there, just the delivery is beyond poor. The game looks like it was made in 2001. Sure, interior spaces and maybe human/Pokémon look ok… however, the vast majority of the game you’re looking at the same 4 textures of poop grass, poop mountain, poop water, and if you’re lucky some poop buildings. It all looks terrible. This is a 10$ game maybeHonestly this game is just sad. Everything is there, just the delivery is beyond poor. The game looks like it was made in 2001. Sure, interior spaces and maybe human/Pokémon look ok… however, the vast majority of the game you’re looking at the same 4 textures of poop grass, poop mountain, poop water, and if you’re lucky some poop buildings. It all looks terrible. This is a 10$ game maybe 20$ if that. It looks like it was designed for a calculator. The appearance is garbage and at minimal, GameFreak could have ensured a solid 30fps, but even that can’t be achieved. Many will say it’s the switch hardware and sure, I’ll agree, the switch is a mediocre, underpowered device running similar to 2012 iPod touch applications, but developers know what they have to work with. This is a cash grab game. DO NOT BUY if you’re over the age of 4 and have any sort of mental capacity. This is a horrible game and is looking and running like a game from 2001. Game freak and Nintendo, please stop trying to rob little kids with your horrible games… rather, output good games that us adults, with money, will pay for and appreciate.… Expand
  78. Aa89
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Worst game in the whole franchise almost to the extend it’s an insult to the fans
  79. Hueso115
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    As i explained in Scarlets review in spanish, this generation is far away from beeing a close to 2023' game. Bugs and glitches mixed with pops, low rendering and framerate explosions make it unplayable, its a dissaster as a game and quality standards in Nintendo need to return to its origins.
  80. Polflietius
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    So... I love pokemon, have always loved pokemon games and this is even a bigger letdown than sword and shield.. the graphics feel inferior to super mario sunshine... This could have been released on a gamecube.. it might have stuttered even less.. it's barely playable and feels like a game which was released 15 years ago.. fair to say i'm extremely disapointed and would not recommendSo... I love pokemon, have always loved pokemon games and this is even a bigger letdown than sword and shield.. the graphics feel inferior to super mario sunshine... This could have been released on a gamecube.. it might have stuttered even less.. it's barely playable and feels like a game which was released 15 years ago.. fair to say i'm extremely disapointed and would not recommend buying the game in it's current state..… Expand
  81. Caosz
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    I only registred to say that this is the worst pokemon i've ever played. I've played better online navigators game than this "indie" game... For real, 80% bugged, horrible mechanics and the only good thing is the story, wich is only playable if you read a guide, cause joy only marks you the closest point on your map, not caring about your pkms lvl at all.
    Pokemons falling out of the map,    I only registred to say that this is the worst pokemon i've ever played. I've played better online navigators game than this "indie" game... For real, 80% bugged, horrible mechanics and the only good thing is the story, wich is only playable if you read a guide, cause joy only marks you the closest point on your map, not caring about your pkms lvl at all.
    Pokemons falling out of the map, npc crossing walls and items or even just a hair floating crossing trhought my combat in the town...
    Dont buy it, if you want to see the story just watch a poketuber playing it... you will waste your money with this sh**:    … Expand
  82. Xyzzys203048
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    **** game runs pretty bad the final questions make me angry. Overall don’t buy this game
  83. kristinaformer
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The game glitches horribly its slow horrible pixels during crystal transformation to the point I don't even wanna do it. The lack of clothing makes me sad like that was my favorite part of the new Pokemon games. Quit pumping out new games just to make quick cash and take time with them. From a Pokemon fan since red and blue do better. i forced myself to put a few hours in but i had toThe game glitches horribly its slow horrible pixels during crystal transformation to the point I don't even wanna do it. The lack of clothing makes me sad like that was my favorite part of the new Pokemon games. Quit pumping out new games just to make quick cash and take time with them. From a Pokemon fan since red and blue do better. i forced myself to put a few hours in but i had to delete it i erased my data and uninstalled it. it just made me sick and sad to see it sitting on my switches homepage. all future pokemon games for me will be bought physically from now on to ensure that I am able to return it if it turns out to be a dumpster fire like violet and scarlet.… Expand
  84. Vinymanzano
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Bugs, glitchs, frame problems everywere…
    Disappointing, this game needs a correction….
  85. Lordvodka
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    I love pokemon since I was very little I grew up with this saga and it has had ups and downs but to say that this is good is to be blind
    I find it offensive that a large company cares more about releasing 2-3 games a year than something decent
  86. Bruhmoment46
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Unacceptable for video game standards in 2022, let alone from the highest grossing media franchise ever. Which is a shame because there is a bit of potential here, buried upon layers of laziness. If you want the series to improve please don't purchase this.
  87. akishopp
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Normally for a pokemon game graphics are not actually the focus. But the constant visual defects destroy the immersion in game.
  88. BluesGP
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    worst pokemon game I ever played. This game made me go walk my dog. My user in steam is BluesGP if someone wants to play dead by daylight
  89. Thorvick
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Por muy entretenido que pueda ser el juego, los bugs, los glitches y los 10fps lo hacen totalmente injugable e injustificable.
  90. Alef1209
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Este juego es una falta de respeto al consumidor, con graficos y diseños de pokemones mediocres, animaciones desastrozas, repleto de bugs y repetitivo hasta el cansancio
  91. JuneRainbows
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    doesn't feel finished feels rushed sooooooooooo much lag and frame drops and some textures look bad, when my pokemon are slept they keep their eyes open not like in other games, joining friends and their heads start turning like the exorcist and sometimes turn huge
  92. Menegatto
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The full game is bad, Game Freak needs to be better.
    The Pokémon is a great franchising
  93. Valexi
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    The technical level of this game made me quit it four hours in. It’s unthinkable that a brand this big is capable of publishing this piece of crap after all the other amazing titles that have smoothly run on the Switch console. It’s time for us to put aside the “but it’s Pokémon” (I’ve been playing since gen 1 and I am a TCG collector) and stop accepting everything they throw at us.
  94. Ranma12
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    as a lifelong Pokemon fan, this game is simply unacceptable. We are talking about the greatest franchise of all times, with the highest gross revenue. For the people defending with "but is the switch, but is a new challenge with the open world but but but " . This is not a matter of preferences or tastes, this game lacks the very fundamental aspects of a decent quality checked AAAas a lifelong Pokemon fan, this game is simply unacceptable. We are talking about the greatest franchise of all times, with the highest gross revenue. For the people defending with "but is the switch, but is a new challenge with the open world but but but " . This is not a matter of preferences or tastes, this game lacks the very fundamental aspects of a decent quality checked AAA product, which is basically a fraud. endorsing this company for this product is insulting toward the good programmers out there doing their jobs or companies not made blind with greed .… Expand
  95. Blind92890
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    I want to love this game but holy f*** how could they let this trash be released. I love the landscape.. if it didn't look like a mine craft beta. I hate the Tera garbage..it's a gimic and does zero to enrich the game or change it. Oh your pokemon can take on a different type. I don't care. I can switch pokemon to counter. BORING. NONSTOP GRAPHIC ISSUES, LAG which I didn't even thinkI want to love this game but holy f*** how could they let this trash be released. I love the landscape.. if it didn't look like a mine craft beta. I hate the Tera garbage..it's a gimic and does zero to enrich the game or change it. Oh your pokemon can take on a different type. I don't care. I can switch pokemon to counter. BORING. NONSTOP GRAPHIC ISSUES, LAG which I didn't even think could happen on a switch since the graphics are basically from a windows 95 to begin with. Idk man. Just a really bad quality product. It looks like it could've been great. But it's not. Needs a stupid amount of patches already.. from arceus to this is just complete bs… Expand
  96. sodosopa
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    How a single game could be released in such a state is one thing, what I find particularly infuriating are the dishonest positive reviewers going around gaslighting audiences regarding how truly atrocious the performance of this game really is - it has to be seen to be believed.

    I feel awful that it took Pokemon Violet/Scarlet for me to create a Metacritic account just because I felt I    How a single game could be released in such a state is one thing, what I find particularly infuriating are the dishonest positive reviewers going around gaslighting audiences regarding how truly atrocious the performance of this game really is - it has to be seen to be believed.

    I feel awful that it took Pokemon Violet/Scarlet for me to create a Metacritic account just because I felt I had to warn others.    … Expand
  97. panchodia
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Pokémon has been releasing half-baked products for years, at high prices. In a way it's disrespectful to its fans and the people who buy the game. This time they went too far, hopefully there will be a change after this.
  98. NablaOW
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Pokémon is the most lucrative franchise in the world.
    Considering this, this game is a big joke. There's indie games that are more well done than this.
  99. Elekx
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Game works Very Bad and looks even worse. I think People from game freak can make once a good game not something like this.
  100. Ag4zz
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Il gioco in se non vale quanto costa, ha mille difetti e l'unico aspetto divertente è giocare online con gli amici, ma anche questo ogni tanto non funziona.

    The game itself is not worth the money, it has a thousand flaws and the only fun aspect is playing online with friends, but even that sometimes doesn't work.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 118 Critic Reviews

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