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. Matzee
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Für mich ist das der Traurige Tiefpunkt der Pokemon Reihe. Besonders schlecht gefällt mir die Spieleweld.… Expand
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Cassiop
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El peor juego de Pokémon. Mal optimizado, con unos gráficos y animaciones aberrantes. Un engaño al consumidor
  5. Caminate
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El juego tiene serios problemas de rendimiento y estos vienen acompañados por una gran cantidad de Bugs, esto es inaceptable, por lo tanto hasta que no parchen el juego no lo puedo recomendar.
  6. UmbrellaQ8
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    What happened to all the cool battle/catching mechanics and quality of life changes we had in Legends Arceus? Everything’s gone back to how it was before with even more glitches, framerate issues, Pokemon models not making contact with each other in battle .. it’s honestly disgusting and sad to look at. It feels like it was made with the same engine they used for their 3DS games. It’sWhat happened to all the cool battle/catching mechanics and quality of life changes we had in Legends Arceus? Everything’s gone back to how it was before with even more glitches, framerate issues, Pokemon models not making contact with each other in battle .. it’s honestly disgusting and sad to look at. It feels like it was made with the same engine they used for their 3DS games. It’s slow, laggy and outdated. Save your money.. or get Legends Arceus instead.… Expand
  7. shlugy
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    My first meta critic review ever and I'm just doing this in hopes that the Pokemon Game developers get it someday. Everyone who loves Pokemon, I won't judge you for buying and playing it. Hell, I obviously did too. I love Pokemon and I am planning to play through Scarlet & Violet (unlike Sword and Shield, couldn't finish that one)...but the technical aspect just can't be ignored anymore.My first meta critic review ever and I'm just doing this in hopes that the Pokemon Game developers get it someday. Everyone who loves Pokemon, I won't judge you for buying and playing it. Hell, I obviously did too. I love Pokemon and I am planning to play through Scarlet & Violet (unlike Sword and Shield, couldn't finish that one)...but the technical aspect just can't be ignored anymore. I'm sure everybody who owns the game has seen or at least heard about it and it really is a problem that dampers the enjoyment. I'm not a graphic critic at all but a big game like Pokemon in this state is just unacceptable. Also, why they didn't include the Arceus catching system, even though it would perfectly fit in these games, is questionable. That's coming from someone who has played the games since the first generation! Pokemon Legends feels like a natural progression in the series and not going further with it just makes it seem not well thought out.
    Overall I am just highly disappointed, just like I have been with Sword & Shield.

    Everyone who wants to play it will play it anyway but don't just accept the issues. I hate that every time another Nintendo game gets announced, like a new Mario, Zelda or even Fire Emblem, we're excited because we're sure that the games are going to be great. But everytime a new Pokemon is announced, we now have low expectations.    … Expand
  8. Trocs
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Not even a game. They don't show respect to the real fans. Open world is probably a great decision but the result is just s joke.
  9. Badreviewbro
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemonThe graphics are terrible. You can see clear pixaling around characters and the game glitches and stutters. I love pokemon, but for £50 you can get a gaming masterpiece like zelda, or god of war. Ganefreak are riding the franchise and putting in no effort. The game is also way too easy. I think pokemon and game freak dont realise that people playing these games have grown up with pokemon and that these people are now in there mid 20s or older. Yes kids play the game, so add a difficulty option where you actually have to think. The games are getting easier and easier amd worse and worse each gen.… Expand
  10. kirioz
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    It is unacceptable that one of the most profitable video game franchises, such as Pokemon, continues to release games in this state. Xenoblade chronicles a game from 12 years ago is better done.
  11. 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
  12. Alex12345o
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    La mecánica de teracristalizacion es definitivamente la peor de todas y la calidad no es digna de un juego AAA
  13. 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.
  14. Nao20
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    El juego es una mierda, no hay por donde cogerlo, es una putísima alfa. Nintendo nos caiga en la boca y tragamos agusto. SESENTA EUROS SEÑORES, SESENTA EUROS POR UN JUEGO UN POCO MENOS CUTRE QUE EL ARCEUS
  15. 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
  16. vip_leaf
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    Like for Pokemon Scarlet I can't bring my self to play the game.
    The removal of set mode feels so random and unreasonable. People now get punished for wanting a little more challenge in the game. Also the performance and graphics are really bad, even for a switch game.
  17. rodrigosan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Disappointing graphics, I'm extremely disappointed, how can a Billionaire company do such a terrible thing?
  18. Nicorattlesnake
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pésimo lo mismo que el otro Pokémon, franquicia dejada pese a ser de una empresa millonaria
  19. 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
  20. 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.
  21. azxozx
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    The only reason GF released a beta game as finished product because pokemon fanbase will die defending them and still applaud every subpar production not even worthy of being school project if you want proof go see the other reviews.
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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 .
  25. 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
  26. Guitou
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Looks cool but full of bugs, framerate drops, graphics issues...
    A big shame
  27. wtfwtf12
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender,    No, this is not a review bomb. This is me saying enough is enough. For years I have let Gamefreak **** slide but not anymore. The performance issues and bugs in this game are unforgivable.
    Shadows show and disappear randomly camera has no borders and sometimes go below ground, memory leak that cause massive FPS drops, Pokemon falling off the map into the water. And the worst offender, pretty much the confirmation that Gamefreak doesn't give a **** - that scene in the classroom where the students animations are in like 5 FPS despite the fact that it's only a small room and they are very close to the camera. It's like they tested it, saw how bad it is, but said "who cares" and shipped it as it is    … Expand
  28. ThePieMan
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Terribly performing, unfinished game. The environments are lifeless and boring. Game freak need a clean out and to hire some programmers that actually know what they’re doing.
  29. JJim
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Pokemon is always interesting to play and the graphics are not typically super important. However, this game is a total mess, we could compare against a 10 year old game with less quality assurance that cyberpunk. At least needs 4 additional months to reach Nintendo quality standards. If Game Freak is going to follow this path ok, but then the appropriate price would be 15USD like an indie
  30. 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.
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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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