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. AndyJoker
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This could be a good Pokémon game, but the awful developer job Destroy everything. It is not my phone Nintendo switch not powerful enough, there are lots of switch games much better graphic and design. How dare Pokémon company create such a horrible graphic games with huge amounts of bugs in 2022? Shame on you. I bought this game but it doesn’t mean I support it, I feel so disappointed.
  2. Art_Kampfmann
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Pude jugar el juego por medio de un amigo y de verdad me alegro mucho de haber cancelado mi compra, decir que este juego es malo es halago. Tiene muy buenas ideas ejecutadas a, ya ni digamos a medias, sino como a cuarto de camino, es un juego hecho con prisas y se nota muchísimo, está infestado de glitches, las animaciones da vergüenza verlas, el reto del juego en sí mismo no representaPude jugar el juego por medio de un amigo y de verdad me alegro mucho de haber cancelado mi compra, decir que este juego es malo es halago. Tiene muy buenas ideas ejecutadas a, ya ni digamos a medias, sino como a cuarto de camino, es un juego hecho con prisas y se nota muchísimo, está infestado de glitches, las animaciones da vergüenza verlas, el reto del juego en sí mismo no representa ningún desafío, te quieren vender la idea de que "tú eliges tu aventura" pero el mapeado tiene ya predefinido por dónde querían los programadores que iniciaras y donde termines por el nivel de los pokemon salvajes, salta de lo ridículamente fácil a lo ridículamente imposible de pasar por ahí. Por último, yo entiendo que un buen videojuego no lo hacen los gráficos, pero el rendimiento aquí es para llorar, vas avanzando y aparecen y desaparecen pokemons, árboles, edificios... los dientes de cierra los verás todo el tiempo... mientras xbox y PS dan un 4K a 60fps, a nintendo solo le puedes pedir 30 y si bien te va, porque aquí el promedio son de 15fps y es en serio, vean videos en internet por si no me creen, de verdad su rendimiento es como de nintendo 64. Este juego tiene buenas intenciones pero de buenas intenciones no se vive, es un juego que no está terminado y que muy probablemente no lo haga o lo haga super lento si nosotros los usuarios se lo consumimos.… Expand
  3. rimbaud33
    Nov 23, 2022
    10
    Best Pokémon so far even with performance issues most hosted GOAT of GOATS
  4. Nboober
    Nov 22, 2022
    8
    Asside from the obvious performance issues this game was a blast to play. The open world was refreshing and a much needed change. The most fun I have had with a pokemon game in a long time.
  5. FreeRunner29
    Nov 19, 2022
    5
    For starters, I love Pokémon, therefore this is far from a review bomb. It's just the truth...people stating they have experienced no frame drops or slow downs in the games current state are either bots or blind..As of right now the slow downs, and choppy frame rates are worse than anything I have ever experienced since W2K18 on Switch. (I only played that to see how awful the frame rateFor starters, I love Pokémon, therefore this is far from a review bomb. It's just the truth...people stating they have experienced no frame drops or slow downs in the games current state are either bots or blind..As of right now the slow downs, and choppy frame rates are worse than anything I have ever experienced since W2K18 on Switch. (I only played that to see how awful the frame rate and slow down was.) Game freak clearly needed an extra year to work out the bugs, considering they were also working on Arceus. (Which I feel is the best Pokémon game I have played since Sapphire version) As of right now the game is virtually unplayable, lighting disappears at times, Pokémon clip through the environment and constant skips and jitters plague cutscenes...whoever optimized Arceus needs to help with a patch on Scarlet and Violet..underneath all of the crippling tech issues could have been the best Pokémon game yet.… Expand
  6. gaiatiful
    Nov 25, 2022
    10
    Game has some graphical hiccups, mostly because it may have been pushed to release sooner than intended by nintendo, and the internet are doing the biggest child tantrum because they can't be bothered to stop focusing on the graphics of a game that never ever was about graphics. If you think it runs like hell and is worthy of a 1/10, go back and play call of duty. This game is amazingGame has some graphical hiccups, mostly because it may have been pushed to release sooner than intended by nintendo, and the internet are doing the biggest child tantrum because they can't be bothered to stop focusing on the graphics of a game that never ever was about graphics. If you think it runs like hell and is worthy of a 1/10, go back and play call of duty. This game is amazing aside the fixable performance problems.… Expand
  7. Vidril
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    If Game Freak patches the game to fix the pop-in and frame dips the score bumps to an 8.
    This is the best game in the series by a relatively large margin otherwise.
    The already refined, fundamental gameplay of Pokémon gets so much out of being able to go wherever you want to find the Pokémon you want to use. The new Pokémon this gen introduces are all really well designed and the    If Game Freak patches the game to fix the pop-in and frame dips the score bumps to an 8.
    This is the best game in the series by a relatively large margin otherwise.

    The already refined, fundamental gameplay of Pokémon gets so much out of being able to go wherever you want to find the Pokémon you want to use. The new Pokémon this gen introduces are all really well designed and the returning ones are all fan-favorites. The story, while dumbed down for the absolute youngest audience, kept my enjoyment and the final section was a marvel for Pokémon. The music is fantastic as always, with the addition of Toby Fox returning for the best tracks in the game.
    The pure gameplay is the best the series has to offer, if only they learn what the hell software they're using and actually fix the pop-in and nauseating frame issues.    … Expand
  8. Vladamir8
    Nov 23, 2022
    9
    this game is very fun but the visuals and performance suck. it would have been perfect if it wasn't so buggy, and the fact that you can choose what you do is phenomenal.
  9. RedBurrito
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Looks worse than a PS2 Game. Not worth the Money. A lot of bugs. It feels like playing an Alpha Version.
  10. Teggo24
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    I know that is a Pokemon game, and have fun for any user, but the graphics do pain in my eyes. Is so hard can play some hours cause you cant watch this fails so many time. I love Pokemon, but I think that this would be the first game that I'd not finish...
  11. Nombrerandom
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Le hace falta un parche de urgencia para arreglar los múltiples Bugs que el juego pose, sin mencionar las caídas de FPS por cada paso que das, en la actualidad el juego no es recomendable comprar.
  12. Raphtaliaa
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    Idea is good, but execution is terrible. The bad performance, as in low fps and lag, is giving me an actual headache. I love Pokémon, and I really want to enjoy the open world, but that's really difficult when the bad performance is giving me a headache. This is the first Pokémon game that I consider returning and getting a refund.
  13. arimacena
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    You can't even have fun with such a low frame rate. It's broken, not for good.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. N1725
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Realmente una mierda el desarrollo, historia básica (pero era esperable), rendimiento malisimo es una vergüenza que llegue en ese estado de desarrollo, lo único que sostiene este juego es el post game
  17. Kinglaus
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Disappointed to be honest, Gamefreak and Pokémon have limitless funds and the biggest franchise in the world. Yet this come out with mediocre half baked games time after time. They should of stayed with the sprites it gave my imagination the ability to emerge me more into the game. & I love Pokémon I want to enjoy the game, but like a toxic relationship I have to know when to let it go. BeDisappointed to be honest, Gamefreak and Pokémon have limitless funds and the biggest franchise in the world. Yet this come out with mediocre half baked games time after time. They should of stayed with the sprites it gave my imagination the ability to emerge me more into the game. & I love Pokémon I want to enjoy the game, but like a toxic relationship I have to know when to let it go. Be better Game freak!!… Expand
  18. 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
  19. oliiver_k
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    The story and mechanics of the game are great, I can say that it is one of the best, but the game arrived completely broken, full of bugs, terrible FPS and there is no excuse for that, not even because of the console not be powerful as there are much prettier and well made games released earlier. GameFreak slipped a lot in refinement.
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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 .
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. Reasonableguy
    Nov 20, 2022
    5
    The game is not as bad as the drones on this website say. YES theres problems and glitches, but the game is crazy addicting. I've not enjoyed a region like this in a WHILE. NEED a patch tho, the frame rates are def not good, but the content is MOSTLY solid. **** the sandwiches tho
  27. 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
  28. dohpamine
    Nov 21, 2022
    3
    This game feels half done. The potential was definitely there, but it’s lacking SO much. It’s unacceptably glitchy, and lots of areas of the map just feel empty. Stuff doesn’t always load properly, textures are missing. It’s a bit of a mess. I’ve been playing Pokémon for a long time, and this is easily the worst of the modern iterations.
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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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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