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. UseTheBoost
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    What would only otherwise be a decent Pokémon, especially compared to the brilliant gameplay advancements of Pokémon Legends Arceus, is completely botched by avoidable and inexcusable performance issues. God forbid The Pokémon Company and Nintendo wait and produce something quality and not force a half-assed game put for Black Friday and the holidays. When are fans going to finally putWhat would only otherwise be a decent Pokémon, especially compared to the brilliant gameplay advancements of Pokémon Legends Arceus, is completely botched by avoidable and inexcusable performance issues. God forbid The Pokémon Company and Nintendo wait and produce something quality and not force a half-assed game put for Black Friday and the holidays. When are fans going to finally put their foot down and say that they've had enough of this cynical corporate cheapness? It's a step backwards mechanically and technically. The new Pokémon are even disappointing and the open world is bare-bones. Oh. And the appeal of doing things in whatever order you'd like is completely negated due to gyms not scaling to your level. I'm continuously disappointed by these companies.l, and both developers and publishers are at fault. It's shameful. Please don't buy it.… Expand
  2. Endymion_Var
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Que clase de juego es este Pokémon; le pasa lo mismo que al Escarlata. ; lleno de Glich y bugs a más no poder.
    Esto es injugable, arruina la experiencia. Vamos Nintendo me estáis cobrando precio completo
  3. Phildee
    Nov 20, 2022
    9
    It always feel like the small development cycle of game freak will never produce the top AAA game the serie deserves.

    Nonetheless, a lot of freedom and openness makes this game wonderful to play at, after those 20+ years playing the serie. It's fresh and well received as a new formula.
  4. vionai
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Pros: The characters clothing has textures and the pokemon have fur. The overall catch scheme on the overworld is fun, the open world ness is nice. Cons: Gamefreak backtracked on character customization and you are stuck with 1 of 4 uniforms for the entire series. 3 of which are ugly as hell. The textures on the terrain are terrible, constant clipping under ground. Frame rate issues.Pros: The characters clothing has textures and the pokemon have fur. The overall catch scheme on the overworld is fun, the open world ness is nice. Cons: Gamefreak backtracked on character customization and you are stuck with 1 of 4 uniforms for the entire series. 3 of which are ugly as hell. The textures on the terrain are terrible, constant clipping under ground. Frame rate issues. Boring story, and the character is treated like an infant - constantly being referred to as "kiddo, kid, child". I get the protagonist is young but I remembered being annoyed at 11-12 when people did that to me, it's not fun, and finally gamefreak removed all character customization for clothing, back peddling to the days of pokemon gold and silver. Gamefreak released the bare minimum because they know they can - regardless of how poor the game is, it will sell.… Expand
  5. Javichuxd
    Nov 20, 2022
    6
    Terrible graphics, but worse optimization. Also, It's so enjoyable, great story, and more complete that any last pokemon on switch.
  6. Chelin1995
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    El juego tiene muchísimos bugss, además de correr en muchísimas partes a bajos fps. Lamentable.
    Las animaciones de los pokemones son muy bonitas, pero hasta ahí queda todo lo bueno.
  7. DEVILPORK
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    INCREDIBLE. Nintendo and game freak don't have programmer, they have little boy who doesn't know anything about good programing principles.
  8. 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.
  9. MildorZalost
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    I mean this is not a bad game but performance issues and bugs area just annoying, distracting and does interfere with general enjoyment of the game at the point where your really question if you're playing a tested version or a beta. I would wait in other for more patches to be released but I don't think there will be any since they already sold your an incomplete game
  10. 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
  11. Kthugha
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game performance is so bad it should not have been released in this state. The FPS drops and bugs are numerous and terrible. I regret pre-ordering, I should know better by now.
  12. Koka_One
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    I really like it so far. The new Mons are pretty cool and fun to use, the whole academy-thing feels pretty unique and the Open World is perfect. Can only recommend!
  13. Jarviss
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    It’s really just embarrassing how little effort gamefreak puts to the games that made them relevant in the first place, all because they decide to rush **** for a quick buck and the worst part is that pokemon dicksuckers will eat that **** up and even go as far as defensing a buggy mess, im just saying if this was sonic then it would’ve gotten absolutely crucified, but nah it’s pokemon soIt’s really just embarrassing how little effort gamefreak puts to the games that made them relevant in the first place, all because they decide to rush **** for a quick buck and the worst part is that pokemon dicksuckers will eat that **** up and even go as far as defensing a buggy mess, im just saying if this was sonic then it would’ve gotten absolutely crucified, but nah it’s pokemon so it gets a pass… Expand
  14. Nicorattlesnake
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pésimo lo mismo que el otro Pokémon, franquicia dejada pese a ser de una empresa millonaria
  15. therockman
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    What a utter disappointment this was, filled with awful animations, low res textures and horrible bugs. Please skip this game. Gamefreak needs to take a blow to know they have to do better.
  16. CaiqueDeodato
    Nov 20, 2022
    7
    O jogo é bom e é uma evolução em relação a Sword/Shield, mas considero um retrocesso a Legends: Arceus, onde tudo era mais dinâmico e fluia bem. A performance desse jogo é ruim, o grafico é inferior ao Legends, as cidades apesar de serem abertas no mapa, são mais mortas e sem nada pra fazer, a customização do personagem sofreu um retrocesso gigantesco, onde além de não poder trocar aO jogo é bom e é uma evolução em relação a Sword/Shield, mas considero um retrocesso a Legends: Arceus, onde tudo era mais dinâmico e fluia bem. A performance desse jogo é ruim, o grafico é inferior ao Legends, as cidades apesar de serem abertas no mapa, são mais mortas e sem nada pra fazer, a customização do personagem sofreu um retrocesso gigantesco, onde além de não poder trocar a roupa, os acessórios são espalhados em muitas lojas sem necessidade. O ponto forte do jogo é a liberdade, pois você pode escolher o que fazer e em que ordem fazer (apesar que o nível de seus Pokémon restringe bastante essa liberdade). Se não tivesse existido Legends: Arceus, provavelmente eu veria esse jogo como um avanço absoluto na franquia.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. rodrigosan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Disappointing graphics, I'm extremely disappointed, how can a Billionaire company do such a terrible thing?
  19. Andresrl01
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    Agh man so disappointed with this game, for the first time on switch I have a game that bugs so much that ruins my experience, I can see this game coulf be fun, but looks so ugly and empty and the constant errors make it worse, I have npcs disappearing, pokemon popping in rocks, frane rates my teleporting so disappointed
  20. 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.
  21. Linebeckk
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Why doesn't the most lucrative entertainment franchise on the planet invest in making a polished game? The amount of problems this game presents is unbelievable. Clearly they have no intention of changing this since the complaints in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
  22. dnising2
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    Overall a great Pokémon experience with some refreshing new elements that make for a sophisticated playthrough experience. Certainly, it is dimmed a little by the partially poor graphics (for TV players, especially), but hopefully this can be fixed in the future. High hopes!!
  23. rrqq92
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    There seems to be a fun game under all the performance issues, but at the state this was released it is just unacceptable. Headache inducing frame drops, graphical glitches, ugly graphics, and most important of all: terrible lag when any action happens. Battles are slow and clunky as it takes a while for every animation, message or UI element to happen. There are so many nice things inThere seems to be a fun game under all the performance issues, but at the state this was released it is just unacceptable. Headache inducing frame drops, graphical glitches, ugly graphics, and most important of all: terrible lag when any action happens. Battles are slow and clunky as it takes a while for every animation, message or UI element to happen. There are so many nice things in this game it really is a shame it works so badly. And it's an insult to the costumers they released it in this state.… Expand
  24. srb302
    Nov 20, 2022
    10
    This is my new favorite pokemon game. Yes, it has performance issues. Other than that it's a perfect entry to the franchise, and the most fun I've had playing a pokemon game in years other than Arceus.
  25. nopantscarl
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    One the wrost games i have ever played. I could go on endlessly on bugs and how horribly the graphic are. The music is awful and the game performance just unplayable.
  26. Xportu
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    Es cierto que pueda tener algunos bugs, pero ninguno afecta a la jugabilidad. Es el primer mundo abierto real en Pokémon (ya que Arceus no era abierto del todo). Buena jugabilidad. Buen ritmo. Mucho que explorar.
  27. Nihelus
    Nov 20, 2022
    1
    The game itself is decently fun but when the frame rate is sub 30fps nearly the entire game and pop in is worse than on any game I can remember in the last decade, that’s inexcusable. The frame rate is so bad it gives me a headache. I’m tired of paying full price to alpha test games for companies. I wish Nintendo owned Pokémon so we could get some decent coders to fix these games. ForThe game itself is decently fun but when the frame rate is sub 30fps nearly the entire game and pop in is worse than on any game I can remember in the last decade, that’s inexcusable. The frame rate is so bad it gives me a headache. I’m tired of paying full price to alpha test games for companies. I wish Nintendo owned Pokémon so we could get some decent coders to fix these games. For those that played Arceus and experienced similar issues to what I described, the issues are FAR worse in Scarlet/Violet.… Expand
  28. Marston12345
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Completamente roto, lleno de bugs, rendimiento malo, graficos de hace 15 años, una absoluta verguenza de juego. Y los seguidores de cierto calvo defendiendo esta pedazo de M
  29. CEX_MYLFOCLAST
    Nov 20, 2022
    3
    There is no excuse for a game of this quality to be released by such a well known and popular franchise. This would be borderline acceptable for a $10 indie game, but charging $60 for this is robbery and taking advantage of your fans.
  30. 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.
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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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