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. JoaozinTikTok
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    Disappointing game for any Pokemon fan. Even I have never played Pokemon, but I know how disappointing it is to be a fan and buy this game only to receive bugs and bad optimizations. Along with the fact that the company itself pretends that the problems do not exist. It really sucks. Not worth it.
  2. Swi418
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    This game is an absolute **** . There Glitches everywhere and the performance is god awful . Gamefreak should be ashamed of releasing such a broken mess of game.
  3. BEW9000
    Dec 3, 2022
    9
    Genuinely one of my favorite Pokemon games, while frame rate issues were constant throughout my playthrough the game itself had some of the best writing out of any of the mainline games.
  4. Marchez69
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    The graphic issues on this are ridiculous. Cannot go a few minutes without them popping up.
  5. ZangBang
    Dec 3, 2022
    3
    38/100
    Pokémon Violet's open-world map is heterogeneous, both visually and structurally, and offers a seamless exploration with great emphasis on layered vertical progression, rich of treasure to encourage exploration, progressively expanded through mobility upgrades. Even so, the world feels disappointingly dull at its core, due to Pokémon almost never interacting with each other or the    38/100
    Pokémon Violet's open-world map is heterogeneous, both visually and structurally, and offers a seamless exploration with great emphasis on layered vertical progression, rich of treasure to encourage exploration, progressively expanded through mobility upgrades. Even so, the world feels disappointingly dull at its core, due to Pokémon almost never interacting with each other or the environment. on top of their slow, passive reactions to the player's presence. Furthermore, most of the treasure throughout the region of Paldea is redundant or functionally useless, leaving only the discovery of the new Pokémon species to act as the main incentive for exploration, but they're not enough to carry the entire journey. The new open-world progression allows players to tackle the various challenges in any order, but the lack of level scaling virtually strips the player from any real agency lest they'll retroactively make the other challenges terribly easy, which happens anyway since the game's difficulty offers no excitement whatsoever outside from venturing dangerous areas. The game tries to add flavor to its fights through the Terastalization mechanic, which adds a decent twist to strategies, and to add flavor to its trials with various minigames, but these are excruciatingly, embarassingly simplistic. Customization received a massive downgrade, with a lot less clothing options. The story is bland and offers very little substance, that is until the last few hours, when it haphazardly unveils its true potential and interesting concepts in a rush.    … Expand
  6. 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.
  7. Adelson54
    Dec 3, 2022
    0
    Foi tão ruin o jogo que não recomendaria pra meu inimigo as taxas são horríveis! Nota 0!
  8. killermichiZ
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    lazy greedy company relases a new game that is extremly lackluster in every way


    not worth it
  9. GigaCritics
    Dec 3, 2022
    1
    The bugs, glitches graphics the empty overworld and fps drops make the make unplayable for me. It had some good and sure u can have fun with it... But the reasons o showed destroy all the fun for me right from the beginning. I played the hole game and I that I really dislike to say
  10. Descoses
    Dec 3, 2022
    3
    Este juego con cada bug que sale se hace cada vez mas y mas injugable,con texturas decepcionantes para una empresa como game freak,lo unico rescatable es la historia y las animaciones pero pedia actor con voces pero tampoco,ya ni se que pensar
  11. Soliwhite
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    Game Freak this Game is technical a disgrace you don’t care about your consumers anymore!
  12. MrEmpee
    Dec 2, 2022
    5
    "Pokémon ha toccato il fondo e non contento si è messo a scavare" ... Questo è il commento più sincero che posso fare sui videogiochi di nova generazione, problemi di game design evidenti, world building grezzo, bilanciamento della difficoltà rotto, zero contestualizzazione delle creature nelle mappe, nessun interno di negozi o abitazioni, grafica da pre-alpha ps3, trama interessante ma"Pokémon ha toccato il fondo e non contento si è messo a scavare" ... Questo è il commento più sincero che posso fare sui videogiochi di nova generazione, problemi di game design evidenti, world building grezzo, bilanciamento della difficoltà rotto, zero contestualizzazione delle creature nelle mappe, nessun interno di negozi o abitazioni, grafica da pre-alpha ps3, trama interessante ma raccontata come se il pubblico avesse sei anni e tutto questo pattume è condito da bug e glitch di ogni tipo. Un prodotto nel migliore dei casi molto lontano dalla forma finale e nel peggiore perfettamente conforme alle scarse abilità dello sviluppatore, sicuramente il punto più basso della saga.… Expand
  13. Senessis
    Dec 2, 2022
    9
    In my humble opinion, this is the best "modern" Pokémon game. I love graphics, an open world and the soundtrack. Haven't noticed any bigger glitches except broken online mode ( I hope, the developers will patch this soon).
  14. Fodeyay
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    It's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared toIt's the same old pokémon formula (catch pokemon, defeat gym leaders, become champion) but poorly disguised as an open world. The map is not fully accessible from the beginning unless you use glitches to reach later areas. Gym leaders' pokémon have fixed levels, that means if you like exploring different areas and catching pokémon before tackling gym challenges, you better be prepared to be greatly over-leveled. This takes away the feeling of "choose your own route" and trivializes any encounter as your team will most likely be way more powerful than your opponent's.
    The story had some good points, but the awful performance of the game, the constant glitches and the empty cities, terrible npc model animations and constant dips in framerate overshadow every good aspect that the game might have had. As a life-long fan of the franchise, this is definitely a step back.    … Expand
  15. Fili7k
    Dec 2, 2022
    3
    Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are perhaps among the greatest concepts GameFreak has ever put on the table for a Pokemon Adventure. However, the lack of a well-constructed open world architecture, an insignificant story that only shows a spark of originality in it's final moments, and, perhaps, the worst technical, graphical and artistical emplants i've ever seen in a modern AAA game to date,Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are perhaps among the greatest concepts GameFreak has ever put on the table for a Pokemon Adventure. However, the lack of a well-constructed open world architecture, an insignificant story that only shows a spark of originality in it's final moments, and, perhaps, the worst technical, graphical and artistical emplants i've ever seen in a modern AAA game to date, mix into a disastrous formula which renders GameFreak's latest adventure a complete failure.… Expand
  16. MastroQQ
    Dec 2, 2022
    3
    The day you gonna actually fix performance issue (especially fps ones), you gonna get a good rate. The story is beautifull yet, the framerate ruining part of my explorative experience.

    Fix it, Slowpokes.
  17. Murkrow067
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    I don't think it's acceptable in any way. Not only a big downfall compared the previous games of the franchise, it doesn't provide enough quality for a game in it's period too. A complete disgrace.
  18. AVAVT
    Dec 2, 2022
    3
    I loved Arceus, and upon hearing this game will be fully open world I pre-ordered the game. Yet another bitter lesson about not pre-ordering game.

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

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

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

    Frame rate spike, jerky animations, camera running underground, 3 meters pokemon view distance. These things will never be fixed. So wait for next pokemon game (and don't pre-order this time) or replay classic version or find another monster-taming game. Just don't buy this.    … Expand
  19. Pokemonhater13
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    Story is okay, characters are great but the bugs AND THE 7STAR CHARIZIARD RAID is **** IT‘S **** BUGGY I KILLED IT 3TIMES in ONE BATTLE IT SUCKS IT IS BUGGY AND I WANNA **** GAMEFREAK ON THEIR DESK


    (btw I‘m not a real Pokémon hater I love(d) that franchise, but this game is a **** no go)
  20. Ferraz_10
    Dec 2, 2022
    0
    This game is a joke. Unfinished, unpolished, ugly, hollow, boring and full of bugs and glitches. Can't believe they actually published this thing.
  21. GrimmjowUK
    Dec 2, 2022
    10
    Never seen a bug or lag in the game. I bought my switch this year, and the game is the memory card version, not digital. I played %90 of the pokemon games and i can say that this game is wonderful. I liked all of the small details. When you use a skill to a pokemon, it shows its type advantage next time you use it. All places looks great. If u want dubbing and vocalization, this game is aNever seen a bug or lag in the game. I bought my switch this year, and the game is the memory card version, not digital. I played %90 of the pokemon games and i can say that this game is wonderful. I liked all of the small details. When you use a skill to a pokemon, it shows its type advantage next time you use it. All places looks great. If u want dubbing and vocalization, this game is a japanese game and it doesn't have vocalization as %99 of japanese games. But i hope there will be vocalization in the next games. Really great game if you like pokemons and turn based combat mechanics. I like how you catch pokemon more than pokemon legends arceus. People give Persona 5 more than 94 points but giveing this game 7 is a shame. I love persona 5, but this game is not worse than persona, it deserves a 9 minimum … Expand
  22. Metacrictik
    Dec 2, 2022
    8
    I am generally a game over graphics guy, but the graphics are bad, even for a system that has graphics worse than a potato pc, and i can’t go 5 seconds without seeing performance issues. For the glitches, there are almost none if you play the game as intended (for example don’t go in that one corner where if you start a battle it clips out of bounds). The story is one of the, if not the,I am generally a game over graphics guy, but the graphics are bad, even for a system that has graphics worse than a potato pc, and i can’t go 5 seconds without seeing performance issues. For the glitches, there are almost none if you play the game as intended (for example don’t go in that one corner where if you start a battle it clips out of bounds). The story is one of the, if not the, best in all Pokémon games and it’s really enjoyable and I can say I had a lot of fun fighting the gyms, titans and team star members. The tutorial is really long but overall it’s a good game. I recommend it.… Expand
  23. Ahtom458
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Demasiados glitches, el juego carga muy lento los escenarios y aparte segun te dicen que puedes escoger tu camino como quieras y eso a medias ya que te obligan ir por caminos que yo no deseó, ejemplo quiero evitar al 100% la liga pokemon y noooo debo recorrer ese camino del entrenador para mejorar a mi montura si quiero seguir pfff que estafa
  24. 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
  25. niksonleonard
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Nintendo released a game that claimed to have online appeal and friends coop but it is a shame o
    what they haven’t delivered. Online Raids just doesn’t connect properly when accessing by Pokeportal. Coop for nintendo is see other 3 friends running through the map basically, it is silly.
  26. Zero7812
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Não tem nem como joga isso, parei antes do primeiro ginasio, de tão insuportavel que estava a performance
  27. SrPyddinPops
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    Truly an unfinished game and a criminal act by a multi-national company to say it is anything more than a paid beta.
  28. Chano_eng
    Dec 1, 2022
    9
    I was really eager to had a really great time when I turned on the Nintendo Switch with Scarlet cartridge for the very first time. I noticed that Game Freak released a "day 0" update, so I got my game copy up to date... The suspicious thing here is that Game Freak recognized that the game may not be ended with the "naked" cartridge without the 1.0.1 update. What they actually wereI was really eager to had a really great time when I turned on the Nintendo Switch with Scarlet cartridge for the very first time. I noticed that Game Freak released a "day 0" update, so I got my game copy up to date... The suspicious thing here is that Game Freak recognized that the game may not be ended with the "naked" cartridge without the 1.0.1 update. What they actually were recognizing was that they ran out of time, so that they didn't finish the game at flashing cartriges milestone.
    What I experienced at the really first hours playing Scarlet was that the game feels so laggy. Every time I open Pokedex the game takes 1 second or so with a kind of transition of laggy black screen, also when opening the Pokémon storage box.

    Saying this about this game is very painful for me. I was expecting this game so much. And also have to say that the historiy, the enviroment and everything related to the game (without the technical aspects) is extraordinary. Brilliant. The score would have been much higher in my case just if Game Freak didn't just remove the Quality Assessment phase in their development.

    They have published an update which fixes some of the problems. The game is 9/10 for me (not considering technical issues).    … Expand
  29. rhoxwen
    Dec 1, 2022
    4
    The open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy. 3- The battle System is painfully SLOW. 4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty. 5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by company    The open World addition is not that and story is actually really good. But all these flaws ruins the experience:
    1- Art direction is the worst it's ever been, Pokémon and Human characters look like Garbage.
    2- The game is WAAAY too buggy.
    3- The battle System is painfully SLOW.
    4- The Open World feels lifeless and empty.
    5- Horrible Performance for game that was developed by company with a multibillion brand behind it... and running on a console that is capable of so much more.

    not worth of your time and money, Pokémon fans deserve better    … Expand
  30. Ajudinhas
    Dec 1, 2022
    10
    Very good pokémon game from start to finish. The performance issues are not as bad as they seem. In general, I liked the game a lot.
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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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