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. BlueDante
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game is obviously not finished. I haven't encountered any bugs like others have but I have had constant fps drops and long pauses in between any sort of interaction whether in battle or when shopping.
  2. damidang
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Come on it IS that bad. Giving one point because it is a pokemon game. The graphics is so broken. I don’t really care if you are saying, hey it’s on switch it’s already pretty good. Seriously compare it to botw you will easily find it’s not the problem of switch. It’s just a money making game based on the pokemon IP.
  3. Scottymoh
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The most disappointed and confused I've ever been after forcing myself to play it all weekend. There's not a single aspect of it that doesn't leave something to be desired. The bugs/glitches can be easily overlooked but what you're left with is a comical, disrespectful attempt of a game tied to this franchise.
  4. Mewsky
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The quality control & game test department of this game seem not being responsible for their jobs. The significant low levels of game performance and graphic quality should be unacceptable and can be observed within 5 minutes game play.
    The game systems and idea are fun and attracting. However, if we look into details of any game feature, we can tell that the developer don't care about    The quality control & game test department of this game seem not being responsible for their jobs. The significant low levels of game performance and graphic quality should be unacceptable and can be observed within 5 minutes game play.
    The game systems and idea are fun and attracting. However, if we look into details of any game feature, we can tell that the developer don't care about players' actual experience at all. For example, the tedious courses in school, scarce interactions in multiple player mode, imbalanced battle tempo, so-called open paths only can be beaten if levels are matched, and etc. The developer only built the skeleton of the game, but there is no flesh of the game and not mention to polish it. The developer really should present more details for players. The only thing they actually finished in this game is creating the new Pokemon.    … Expand
  5. Agormley
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Honestly if it wasn’t for Fidough this would be a 0. Ugly school uniforms, terrible performance, glitches everywhere. I changed my hair style and I can’t even wear a hat, even though it’s just hair down, and the hat store isn’t even loading any options. WTF is that eating animations. Why have such a big world when it feels so empty. They took out so many options. Entering buildings,Honestly if it wasn’t for Fidough this would be a 0. Ugly school uniforms, terrible performance, glitches everywhere. I changed my hair style and I can’t even wear a hat, even though it’s just hair down, and the hat store isn’t even loading any options. WTF is that eating animations. Why have such a big world when it feels so empty. They took out so many options. Entering buildings, clothing options, people disappearing randomly while they are in the middle of their 5fps walking animations, the amount of Pokémon in the world and for what??? Crappy performance??? This is not a hardware issue. This is a rushed unfinished game and game freak and the Pokémon company should be ashamed of themselves. There are no patch updates that could remotely fix this. This is insulting to Pokémon fans everywhere.… Expand
  6. FacuEx
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...Pesimo juego... por lejos el peor de la saga. En parte creo que ponerle tan baja nota no es del todo justo, pues tiene varias cosas buenas y es divertido. Pero la verdad ya estoy cansado de los abusos de Gamefreak. Claramente no les interesa crear un buen producto, ni uno decente siquiera... Solo hacen el minimo esfuerzo posible porque sabe que la gente lo va a comprar de todas formas...
    Los npc caminan a 2fps a solo dos pasos de distancia del jugador. Las ciudades vacias, los entrenadores de las rutas son muy pocos y en su mayoria ancianos con uniforme de escolar (turbio). Casi ningun NPC dice o hace nada relevante, le quita las ganas de explorar y tratar de hablar con todo el mundo en busca de secretos o cosas utiles... En fin, omito más cosas, como la calidad del terreno, los bugs en las sombras y las caidas al transpasar el suelo de la nada.    … Expand
  7. kale_e
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I’m giving this a 1 instead of a 0 because I think it has massive potential. GameFreak should have given the developers more time. The game is not worth the money I payed for it, I think everyone who bought the game deserves ATLEAST a partial refund. I will likely not being playing it again until there is a massive patch to fix frame rate issues, clipping issues, and lag. The world alsoI’m giving this a 1 instead of a 0 because I think it has massive potential. GameFreak should have given the developers more time. The game is not worth the money I payed for it, I think everyone who bought the game deserves ATLEAST a partial refund. I will likely not being playing it again until there is a massive patch to fix frame rate issues, clipping issues, and lag. The world also feels empty, I wish the colours were more vibrant, and I want to be able to go into the buildings!! Also please let me wear a hat, just because my hair is curly doesn’t mean I can’t wear hats. Don’t buy this game, or any new pokémon game for that matter, until GameFreak starts giving the game devs more time and respect.… Expand
  8. Roxas_XIII_13
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    Nintendo and Gamefreak. You have to be kidding me. Are You serious? The Game is literally unplayable. Framerate and graphics are like an n64 Game or even worse. Even the Gamecube games were better than this. I stopped playing and i am hoping for a patch for this mess. I really want to play this but i can't. It is not acceptable. I only like the 3d Models of the Pokémon so far. For theNintendo and Gamefreak. You have to be kidding me. Are You serious? The Game is literally unplayable. Framerate and graphics are like an n64 Game or even worse. Even the Gamecube games were better than this. I stopped playing and i am hoping for a patch for this mess. I really want to play this but i can't. It is not acceptable. I only like the 3d Models of the Pokémon so far. For the Gameplay and the rest of it ..... i can't really tell because i don't want to play this mess of a Game. FIX THIS PLEASE… Expand
  9. BeefyAlpaca
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    I honestly don't know why fans keep accepting this level of abuse from Gamefreak. By now you really have to gaslight yourself into thinking this is a good game. Unacceptable graphics, lots of glitches, same old boring mechanics, bad character development, a shallow story with no real message whatsoever. Instead of buying it, just watch a Let's Play or something. I bought it, finished itI honestly don't know why fans keep accepting this level of abuse from Gamefreak. By now you really have to gaslight yourself into thinking this is a good game. Unacceptable graphics, lots of glitches, same old boring mechanics, bad character development, a shallow story with no real message whatsoever. Instead of buying it, just watch a Let's Play or something. I bought it, finished it and I feel scammed.… Expand
  10. VoltrenXytech
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    between the performance issues, the game crashing, and the outright lies in the promotional material from the Pokémon company, this game is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen.

    to start with, no the customization is NOT expanded upon, sword and shield had far better clothing options, and hair options. there is no open capture system like in Arceus, your forced to run up and    between the performance issues, the game crashing, and the outright lies in the promotional material from the Pokémon company, this game is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen.

    to start with, no the customization is NOT expanded upon, sword and shield had far better clothing options, and hair options.

    there is no open capture system like in Arceus, your forced to run up and enter combat every time you want to catch a Pokémon

    you CAN'T challenge the gyms in any order you want, you either follow the story route or fail

    there are very little to no indoor areas, making it feel like your just walking around an all natural commune.

    would have like to get further in the game, but i didn't want to risk it bricking my switch with the very obvious memory leak in it, and the crashes that most likely are caused by overflows, one wrong step and id bet the switch would over heat like crazy, i already had one full system crash from the game, not worth the risk.

    i have currently refunded the game after almost 2 weeks of no response from either Nintendo nor Gamefreak on the state of the game, the chances of getting a patch for all these problems (some very dangerous for the switch) is slim to none, and at this point they took our money and ran...    … Expand
  11. Atriganth
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    La verdad el juego me gusto bastante es quizás uno de los mejores pokemon, pero se gana una nota NEGATIVA POR ESTAR ROTO y me quedo corto, esta lleno de bugs y Glitch, sin mencionar la tasa de fps que parece que se quiere suicidar todo el tiempo simplemente el juego no esta terminado en la parte técnica,
  12. lavaking
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    You need to take time game freak!! Like really you have not even designed the inside of the buildings I can't even enter house like what is this. Also the game is buggy as ****
  13. BrunoZard
    Nov 21, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bugs Bugs e Bugs , jogo mal programado , feito sem nenhum respeito aos milhares de fãs. Tomem vergonha na cara e atualizem para que seja descente.… Expand
  14. Vandji
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    the current gamestate is far from final, it looks more like an open beta. Tera raid dens are unplayable, until gamefreak properly patches this game i wouldn't recommend getting it
  15. Edeny
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    15fps laggy game. So much bugs.
    These detailes is Really Horrible! Give mě back my money
  16. Razal
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Une Honte en terme technique... Le jeux a des fuite de mémoires qui obligent de le redémarrer toute les heures si on veux éviter de se retrouver à 5fps... Les textures son dégueulasse, quand il y a des texture, spéciale dédicace à la Zone Zéro qui doit porter ce nom car c'est le temps qu'il y a été investis. L'alliasing est dégueulasse on voir des pixels dans tous les sens franchementUne Honte en terme technique... Le jeux a des fuite de mémoires qui obligent de le redémarrer toute les heures si on veux éviter de se retrouver à 5fps... Les textures son dégueulasse, quand il y a des texture, spéciale dédicace à la Zone Zéro qui doit porter ce nom car c'est le temps qu'il y a été investis. L'alliasing est dégueulasse on voir des pixels dans tous les sens franchement pokémon Rouge sortie en 1999 nous en montrait moins... Tous ça atteint sont paroxysme quand on débarque dans une ville ou les PNJ marché en 2 FPS si il sont à plus 5m de la caméra c'est clairement du foutage de gueule de la part de gamefreak qui n'a pas laisser le temps au Dev de peaufiner, d'optimiser et même de terminer leurs travail... Tous ça est vraiment dommage car le pokédex est clairement méga fournis le monde ouvert est plaisant a parcourir même si j'aurai personnellement aimé que les niveau des zones soit dynamique en fonction de notre niveau mais bon je pense qu'il n'y avait pas assez de temps !!! L'histoire est sympas le faite d'avoir 3 arc narratif est très sympas la monture est cool et devoirs débloquer ces pouvoir est plaisant mais tous manque de difficulté. Bref le jeux est sympas, c'est même un bon pokémon mais complètement gâcher par une optimisation inexistante est une technique au fraise de bout en bout. Très décevant ....… Expand
  17. silentsnowfall
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    I lowered my expectations for what a new Pokemon game should be like after Sword and Shield disappointed me. Somehow, this game took even my lowest expectations and managed to be worse. It's an absolute abysmally-optimized lag-fest that was CLEARLY not ready for release. Almost every motion in the game is laggy, stutters, or drops the frame-rate. Everything is choppy and buggy. The gameI lowered my expectations for what a new Pokemon game should be like after Sword and Shield disappointed me. Somehow, this game took even my lowest expectations and managed to be worse. It's an absolute abysmally-optimized lag-fest that was CLEARLY not ready for release. Almost every motion in the game is laggy, stutters, or drops the frame-rate. Everything is choppy and buggy. The game moves at a literal crawl. Almost everything in the environment is un-textured and super ugly. On top of this, the series continues going in the direction of anti-fun, with a forced experience share for the whole party, not showing stat improvements on level-up, a massively long and hand-holding tutorial, and (this is just what I heard) is still linear in terms of levels. You can *go anywhere* but if you do you'll just get the snot beat out of you for going somewhere you're not a high enough level for yet. Clearly Pokemon is not yet ready for the transition to Open-World gaming, as it somehow breaks everything whilst also being incredibly boring. Not to mention it's 2022, this is the NINTH main title for the series, and there is STILL no voice acting. Just tons of boring text on screen and awkward NPC mouth movements with no noise coming out. Now, before you think this is nothing but a hate-fest, I will say this: There are several improvements I can see they have made that I like. They are trying some new things out and some of the changes actually look interesting. That being said, those nice changes are pointless when made in such a terrible game as this. As someone who has ALWAYS bought a new Pokemon game on release, I now have to sadly say that I simply cannot do that anymore. What a waste of $60. It's insane how awfully this franchise is treated by its creators when its one of the most popular franchises worldwide. If you're on the fence, or just curious about it, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Heck, even if you're a die-hard Pokemon fan I don't recommend it. I love Pokemon, but these new games are simply sheer garbage.… Expand
  18. F0xhunt3r
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Nintendo with Game Freak keeps doing games like this. Besides the technical issues from glitches and bugs (you can already know that from other reviews) the story is poor, nice music, bad models, bad animation and map interactions(textures), Think about it before buying, I totally regretted seeing spent on this garbage, nothing really new that contributes, good for the developers andNintendo with Game Freak keeps doing games like this. Besides the technical issues from glitches and bugs (you can already know that from other reviews) the story is poor, nice music, bad models, bad animation and map interactions(textures), Think about it before buying, I totally regretted seeing spent on this garbage, nothing really new that contributes, good for the developers and designers of pokemon are living in the 2250, the reality is garbage and I don't think the switch console can give more, without problems a Nintendo wii could run that game, zero gameplay, it does not contribute anything an empty world a zero in the modeling textures etc map bugs, the Pokemon designs already leave much to be desired, I have seen much better Fan designs.… Expand
  19. vakuo
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Poor game, games are created to provide users a great experience and entertain them, this game has a good intention of doing that, but really disappointing quality. This is the worst Pokémon game I have ever played in terms of quality, it’s unbelievable Nintendo agreed to release this game with this performance. I understand Nintendo Switch is it a powerful console, but the quality ofPoor game, games are created to provide users a great experience and entertain them, this game has a good intention of doing that, but really disappointing quality. This is the worst Pokémon game I have ever played in terms of quality, it’s unbelievable Nintendo agreed to release this game with this performance. I understand Nintendo Switch is it a powerful console, but the quality of this game is not poor due to the Switch, it’s poor because Game Freak didn’t make the job. I am surprised to see comments telling the game is good and it can be played, I have played Pokémon for more than 20 years, and this one is crap, I’m really disappointed, just played 1 hr and drop it, this is not what gamers deserve for $60… Expand
  20. Billiborg
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Outrageous, the worst Pokemon game (in terms of achievement), really a shame. I was hoping for something decent after Arceus, but that's how it went. It would have been enough to sell it with the pre-Alpha wording and everything would have been fine haha
  21. Jack_Clinker
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    Quite literally the worst pokemon game to date. It has great ideas but doesn't execute any of them well. The performance sucks and I've had it crash multiple times. The bi-annual release schedule obviously does not work with this franchise anymore with the amount of resources Nintendo and GameFreak are willing to put towards this IP
  22. MrRedNemesis
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    This game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games whenThis game is a perfect example of everything wrong with the videogame industry. A shameless cashgrab made without care, broken and unfinished. They put it on the market because they knew that most people would buy it anyway, it's a pokemon game after all! and they were right. It was the best launch ever for a pokemon game, why should they spend money and time to make actual good games when they can get rich with things like this. This game is an insult and every 10/10 review is another dirt shovel on the coffin of the pokemon franchise.… Expand
  23. delow92
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    The game design is probably the best of the last 10 pokemon games but, it is not acceptable at all that a company this big delivers an unplayable game. The frame rate drops and the variable time between frames are literally making me sick while playing. I can't play for more than 20 minutes in one session.
  24. Keizrel
    Nov 25, 2022
    1
    9 and 10 reviews of this game are the main problem of this industry, people who buys whatever dogsh*t their favorite company launches. The state of this game is unacceptable and is plagued by a ton of bugs. The story sucks and the npcs are constantly interrupting you to say trashy dialogues.
  25. Deadgun31
    Nov 26, 2022
    1
    The game is fun but the glitche, the framerate issues and overall overheating Switch ruins everything that is remotely fun.
  26. victor2742
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    the worst of the Pokémon games in the main series. There are nice ideas, but they are placed in such a horrible and wrong context as to be in vain. it's basically a pre-alpha game, lag, graphical render, all wrong. this game needed at least another year before it was released
  27. jamartinezm
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Unpolished buggy release that constantly crashes. It's a disappointment that they released a game in this state.
  28. ShrekXGrinch
    Nov 30, 2022
    1
    Very annoying characters, poor graphics quality, bad animations, lots of pokemon characters removed, too easy, insultingly babyish dialogue, features removed, poor story. Game functionality breaking glitches, godawful pop in. Save breaking errors and glitches. Memory leak makes switch overheat and CAUSE HARDWARE DAMAGE
  29. Itstimayyy
    Dec 1, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. God this truly is the paradox game of all games. It’s the best and worst Pokémon game at the same time. World building is complete trash. You can’t go into other buildings, lack of other cities. You mean to tell me the only important places spread around are where the gym leaders are? Lack of side quest to further enrich the world. The game is suppose to be based off of Spain, so why do we have a sushi chef for a water gym leader, and a salaryman for a normal gym leader that’s eating at an izakaya. That’s Japanese culture. The 4 hidden legendaries are Chinese based. Belibolt is literally a chansey reskin if you look closely. Pawmi LITERALLY just stands up when evolving. Constant clipping throughout the world. Pokémon not loading in fast enough and LOD distance is complete trash. AND YOU MEAN TO TELL US WE CANT CHANGE OUR SHIRT AND PANTS AND ARE STUCK WITH SCHOOL UNIFORMS!?!?!!?!?!?!? Plus the plethora of exploits people are using to cheat in the game goes to show how much effort they did during playtest. Don’t ban people for your negligence shipping out a game that’s not ready. For a company that makes the most money they can’t afford playtesters???? The lack of love the Pokémon company has for its fans is starting to show more often and it leaves more of a bad taste than the sandwhich recipes you have us make in game.… Expand
  30. 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
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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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