Pokemon Violet

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2050 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 635 out of 2050
  2. Mixed: 205 out of 2050
  3. Negative: 1,210 out of 2050
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  1. Bearyunite
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    Actually even though most people don't like the game i do recommend it as it has a great story but it is bare bones so i wouldn't buy it unless you want to also get the DLC
  2. hexeli
    Mar 25, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only god think is that is a pokemon game, the bad thing is literally every part of the game… Expand
  3. marvsfontanilla
    Mar 22, 2023
    8
    Story: 8
    Graphics: 6
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 8
    Game Time: 50 Hours (Main Story + Extra)
  4. im_on_crack
    Mar 21, 2023
    0
    SO MANY BUGS TIS TRASH TRASH tRASH TRASH LAGGY ASS FRAMES 0 FPS POV DOGWATER
  5. spreyz
    Mar 20, 2023
    0
    The worst pokemon game i ever had the misfortune of playing, either you're on an overdose of copium or have nothing else to play. I ordered Sword while playing this and i dont even wanna touch it now.
    Last pokemon product i will ever buy.
  6. Ale98
    Mar 14, 2023
    0
    It's been 5 years in a row, yet another **** Perhaps the worst. Non-existent game. Open World empty, objects dropped at random and useless on the map, npc useless and add nothing, badly done and unexplorable cities. Unexplorable houses and shops copied and pasted over and over again. 0 experimentation, leveling handled terribly, you can start wherever you want, right or left, but once youIt's been 5 years in a row, yet another **** Perhaps the worst. Non-existent game. Open World empty, objects dropped at random and useless on the map, npc useless and add nothing, badly done and unexplorable cities. Unexplorable houses and shops copied and pasted over and over again. 0 experimentation, leveling handled terribly, you can start wherever you want, right or left, but once you finish one or the other part, pokemon are too strong compared to pokemon, trainers and gyms on the other side of the uncharted region. Biomes are obscene, empty, careless. There is no exploration, the caves are tunnels with textures that are all the same and applied very badly. The pokemon are only half or a little more beautiful, the others are lazy, lacking in originality. Future forms, on the other hand, are garbage. Pure garbage. The Pokemon League is done with your feet, the 4 coaches all challenge you in the same room which however resembles a public latrine with those horrible tiles that you see. Reflections are very bad, if you reflect in a crystal inside the cave, your reflection is in the wrong place. Rehearsals before gyms are dumb gimmicks. The olive roll is the most cringey and fake stuff I've ever seen. The boss battles in general are all super easy, like the rest of the game. The graphics are obscene, but as if that weren't enough, the framerate is really the straw that breaks the camel's back. A total disappointment, from a generation that really shouldn't have come out. This game, indeed this beta is an insult to the intelligence of consumers. To be kind, those who gave big votes don't objectively understand anything about video games.

    Sono 5 anni di fila, ennesima presa per il culo. Forse la peggiore. Gioco inesistente. Open World vuoto, oggetti droppati a caso e inutili sulla mappa, npc inutili e non aggiungono nulla, città fatte male e inesplorabili. Case inesplorabili e negozi copiati e incollati più e più volte. 0 sperimentazione, il leveling gestito malissimo, puoi iniziare da dove vuoi, destra o sinistra, ma una volta finita una o l'altra parte, i pokemon sono troppo forti rispetto a pokemon, allenatori e palestre dall'altra parte della regione inesplorata. I biomi sono osceni, vuoti, senza cura. Non c'è esplorazione, le caverne sono tunnel con texture tutte uguali e applicate malissimo. I pokemon sono belli solo per metà o poco più, gli altri sono pigri, privi di originalità. Le forme future invece sono spazzatura. Pura spazzatura. Le Lega Pokemon è fatta con i piedi, i 4 allenatori ti sfidano tutti nella stessa stanza che assomiglia però ad una latrina pubblica con quelle piastrelle orribili che si vedono. I riflessi sono fatti malissimo, se ti rifletti in un cristallo dentro la grotta, il tuo riflesso è nella parte sbagliata. Le prove prima delle palestre sono espedienti stupidi. La rotolata dell'oliva è la roba più cringe e farlocca che io abbia mai visto. Le boss battle in generale sono tutte strafacili, come il resto del gioco. La grafica è oscena, ma come se non bastasse, il framerate è davvero la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso. Una delusione totale, da una generazione che non doveva proprio uscire. Questo gioco, anzi questa beta è un insulto all'intelligenza dei consumatori. Per essere gentile quelli che hanno dato votoni non capiscono oggettivamente nulla di videogiochi.    … Expand
  7. Tikur
    Mar 9, 2023
    4
    I like Pokemon, I really do so.
    I have spent more than 1200 hours into Sword and Shield and I knew that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet wouldn't be the best games on a technical side.
    However, these games are technically crap. It is like playing a mid 90 's 3D Game on PlayStation before Mario 64 comes out and sets the standards for 3D-Gaming, Clipping, bugs and NPC 's which are moving on    I like Pokemon, I really do so.
    I have spent more than 1200 hours into Sword and Shield and I knew that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet wouldn't be the best games on a technical side.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    These games could be easily the best Pokemon games, but the huge amount of problems, which are mostly on the technical side reduces the potential fun I could have with these games to a minimum.    … Expand
  8. TJD2
    Mar 5, 2023
    7
    The game is fun to play and the Pokemon designs are pretty good. That said, the game is marred by technical issues and poor performance. The framerate will stutter and the game will slow down to a crawl even when nothing is going on. It feels like a power point at times. The open-world ambition is offset by these issues and they are too glaring to overlook. I wanted to absolutely loveThe game is fun to play and the Pokemon designs are pretty good. That said, the game is marred by technical issues and poor performance. The framerate will stutter and the game will slow down to a crawl even when nothing is going on. It feels like a power point at times. The open-world ambition is offset by these issues and they are too glaring to overlook. I wanted to absolutely love this game, and I like it enough not to return it, but Pokemon Legends Arceus is a much better game that does not suffer these problems. If a patch is not released soon I may not even end up beating this one.… Expand
  9. Fonkoglasses
    Mar 4, 2023
    10
    I LOVE IT. Pokemon violet is my fav pokemon game gameplay vise. It has alot to offer in gameplay and story. I really like playing it and it always makes me happy.
  10. TheQweast
    Mar 3, 2023
    7
    Is the performance bad. Yes. Are the textures pretty damn low quality. Yes. Is the game fun to play. A million times over yes. The open world format fits Pokemon so well it's a great game I think the biggest issue is that it's a shame it couldn't have been done better some of the new Pokemon are a bit lackluster like all of the future forms being all samey. Also compared to the twoIs the performance bad. Yes. Are the textures pretty damn low quality. Yes. Is the game fun to play. A million times over yes. The open world format fits Pokemon so well it's a great game I think the biggest issue is that it's a shame it couldn't have been done better some of the new Pokemon are a bit lackluster like all of the future forms being all samey. Also compared to the two mainline games before it the dialogue is kept to a minimum.… Expand
  11. The_Hunter_x
    Mar 2, 2023
    10
    Sendo honesto não é um 10 mas as notas dos usuários estão baixas demais, por favor não caia nessa armadilha, se você tiver as condições de comprar esse jogo, e for um fã da série de jogos pokémon e estiver com receio de comprar, compre!
    Tem bastante conteúdo e é bem entretivo, não tem uma das melhores mecânicas dos jogos de Pokémon mas é ok, e a história é 8 ou 80 ou você se indentifica    Sendo honesto não é um 10 mas as notas dos usuários estão baixas demais, por favor não caia nessa armadilha, se você tiver as condições de comprar esse jogo, e for um fã da série de jogos pokémon e estiver com receio de comprar, compre!
    Tem bastante conteúdo e é bem entretivo, não tem uma das melhores mecânicas dos jogos de Pokémon mas é ok, e a história é 8 ou 80 ou você se indentifica muito e chora compulsivamente ou você só fica com uma vontade de chorar mas não chora.
    O que eu quero dizer, é mais um jogo excepcional da franquia Pokémon mesmo que os recentes jogos não tenham sido muito bons    … Expand
  12. DarkQuill
    Mar 1, 2023
    6
    The game is actually pretty dang fun. Most of the bugs and glitches are visual-based, and those that affect gameplay aren't too big of a deal and usually correct themselves.

    The problem is that fans were promised a high-quality polished game in exchange for cutting Pokemon out, and now we've got neither of those. If this was the demo release it'd be another story, but it's a full-priced    The game is actually pretty dang fun. Most of the bugs and glitches are visual-based, and those that affect gameplay aren't too big of a deal and usually correct themselves.

    The problem is that fans were promised a high-quality polished game in exchange for cutting Pokemon out, and now we've got neither of those. If this was the demo release it'd be another story, but it's a full-priced game with a day1 patch and it's ridiculous how bad things are.

    I played this for a few hours but ended up returning it after finding out my favourite Pokemon was cut. Losing the motivation to find your favourite Pokemon coupled with the constant stuttering and camera glitches was too much, and not worth continuing. Gamefreak rushed this game out in such a poor state, and still can't put Pokemon in a Pokemon game, so why should anyone be anything but critical of them.

    6/10, because the game is a lot of fun, you can very easily see that when you play it. The problem is that what you see runs at 5FPS.

    01/03/2023 - After the v1.2 patch, the game runs significantly better. Hopefully there are still more optimization updates to come, but it is shaping up to be a better game now. The biggest thing the game has going against it is how extremely slow battles are, which unfortunately will probably never be updated. 6/10 for now, this is what the game should have at least been on launch.    … Expand
  13. Edele
    Feb 28, 2023
    6
    This is my first Pokemon game on the Switch. After the 3DS, I haven't played any Pokemon games for a long time. It's not a bad game, but once I finish it, I won't be opening it again.
  14. mepphy
    Nov 22, 2022
    7
    cool game,hope dlcs and next one can ACTUALLY evolve the formula also fixes were appreciated, would be cool to enter in houses
  15. Mrpokemon
    Feb 25, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pokémon violet is a 10 out of 10 game when I played there were no bugs whatsoever the ending is so epic with professor turo and the new Pokémon are amazing armarouge is my favorite and as a Pokémon fan these games are amazing!… Expand
  16. Daniel1516
    Feb 24, 2023
    7
    esta culero mazizo lleno de errores en ocaciones ni se puede disfrutar Puntos(3)

    Nueva reseña el juego con las actualizaciones esta bien ya no estan tantos problemas tecnicos pero se ve la verdad muy mal a comparacion de otros de la misma nintendo yo en lo personal se siente algo vacio la idea es buena pero como que le faltaron ganas para que este bien implementad    esta culero mazizo lleno de errores en ocaciones ni se puede disfrutar Puntos(3)

    Nueva reseña el juego con las actualizaciones esta bien ya no estan tantos problemas tecnicos pero se ve la verdad muy mal a comparacion de otros de la misma nintendo yo en lo personal se siente algo vacio la idea es buena pero como que le faltaron ganas para que este bien implementad .    … Expand
  17. WaddleDee58
    Feb 23, 2023
    9
    Has many glitches, but despite all this probably my favorite Pokémon game since Black and White
  18. JhonattanGiron
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    Escarlata y purpura son unos juegos mal programados y mediocres. Gráficamente se ve como una game boy pero más horrible.
    Lleno de bugs y ciudades acartonadas sin diseños de interiores.
  19. Me12347
    Feb 21, 2023
    10
    Under rated, not really as bad as most people say, yes there are glitches but that is the same for any game. Myself I have had no issues whatsoever with this game, them start and the end have been really good ( I haven't quite finished it yet). The middle has a bit lacking in story but that's to be expected with a pokemon game. Overall a really enjoyable experience.
  20. Tora790
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Everybody is saying all the regular stuff: bugs, lag, etc. but most of the Pokémon and Character designs are absolute garbage (especially the gym leaders and team star members, only good ones are Iono, Larry and Grusha)! There’s only like 15 Pokémon in the entire game that don’t disgust me.
  21. Zoro_strife
    Feb 18, 2023
    0
    Bland, ugly, glithed, wokeness, rushed **** this game isvthe worst gen of pokemon
  22. Subpargamer
    Feb 16, 2023
    9
    I’d say this game is great! It’s buggy, but that adds to the fun for me. The story is excellent.
  23. Darkmaster2713
    Feb 14, 2023
    9
    Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are one of the best Pokemon games ever released and the best considering only the mainline games. I absolutely love the Open-world and the choice to go through 3 different paths.
    The plot of each path is really well done especially the Starfall Street.
    However, the graphics are a bit broken and the game suffers memory-leaks occasionally (as soon as you    Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are one of the best Pokemon games ever released and the best considering only the mainline games. I absolutely love the Open-world and the choice to go through 3 different paths.
    The plot of each path is really well done especially the Starfall Street.
    However, the graphics are a bit broken and the game suffers memory-leaks occasionally (as soon as you enter a city)
    Overall, the 9th Generation games are wayyy better compared to their predecessors Sword and Shield    … Expand
  24. Degia24
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has a good potential, but it's too glitchy and with a lot of FPS drops (and certain wild Pokémon hordes makes the framerate more lower)
    Plus, the game could crash very easily in certain cases ("The software was closed because an error occurred") - especially during rainstorms, playing co-op or in some areas where FPS drops are common.
    Plus again, why gave to the player characters an absurd suit-and-tie 1960 style school uniform instead of a complete customizable set of clothes?

    Peccato!    … Expand
  25. Marcooooooooooo
    Feb 12, 2023
    10
    amé, devoraron, almorzaron, desayunaron, publicaron, crearon, ejecutaron, diseñaron, comieron
  26. CptCaleb
    Feb 11, 2023
    3
    Didn’t even experience major bugs and still didn’t like it. It just wasn’t fun. Huge areas looked they were made by a freshman game design student as part of a term project. There’s nothing worth seeing here. Wouldn’t have been able to finish it if I hadn’t had covid at the time and needed something to do in quarantine. I had low expectations from the reports about poor performance, butDidn’t even experience major bugs and still didn’t like it. It just wasn’t fun. Huge areas looked they were made by a freshman game design student as part of a term project. There’s nothing worth seeing here. Wouldn’t have been able to finish it if I hadn’t had covid at the time and needed something to do in quarantine. I had low expectations from the reports about poor performance, but was way more disappointed by how low quality the underlying game actually is. Conspiracy theory: the bugs were put in to distract from how bad the game is!… Expand
  27. Eggdoegg
    Feb 11, 2023
    9
    Apart glitches and stuff it was the best pokemon game ever, loved the story, the characters and the new region overall
  28. BlueStarGundam
    Feb 9, 2023
    0
    Waist of money game is absolute trash I want my money back it should be illegal to sell a game this bad
  29. Super_Oshawott
    Feb 8, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After the review bomb that happened on the day of the release and playing it all the way through, I can say that everyone that reviewed negatively docent know what fun is.

    It's not perfect, especially with the stability of the game, but this is way better than Pokemon Sword by a long shot. The story is fun, Arven is a great character and the connection your character has with the main legendary is a lot more unique than anything Nintendo put out for the series since Black and White.

    It's has its issues, but it's fun. And that's all a game really needs.    … Expand
  30. Tebij
    Feb 6, 2023
    9
    The pokemon I've been waiting for a long time ! The few technical weaknesses have taken nothing away from the pleasure I had playing this game.
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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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