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. pablolrferreira
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    I think we deserved a better product from Nintendo and Game Freak. The game has a good gameplay and is an evolution in terms of mechanics and progression. But the game's technical quality is painful: full of bugs, constant frame rate drops, lots of blurry graphics; the open world areas are pretty poor and ugly in terms of design; the open world is empty and generic. I bought it andI think we deserved a better product from Nintendo and Game Freak. The game has a good gameplay and is an evolution in terms of mechanics and progression. But the game's technical quality is painful: full of bugs, constant frame rate drops, lots of blurry graphics; the open world areas are pretty poor and ugly in terms of design; the open world is empty and generic. I bought it and felt cheated as a consumer: from the trailers, one would think the game was more polished and beautiful. And here is the surprise of the final result: a product of poor quality, graphically speaking, although with good gameplay.… Expand
  2. kristinaformer
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The game glitches horribly its slow horrible pixels during crystal transformation to the point I don't even wanna do it. The lack of clothing makes me sad like that was my favorite part of the new Pokemon games. Quit pumping out new games just to make quick cash and take time with them. From a Pokemon fan since red and blue do better. i forced myself to put a few hours in but i had toThe game glitches horribly its slow horrible pixels during crystal transformation to the point I don't even wanna do it. The lack of clothing makes me sad like that was my favorite part of the new Pokemon games. Quit pumping out new games just to make quick cash and take time with them. From a Pokemon fan since red and blue do better. i forced myself to put a few hours in but i had to delete it i erased my data and uninstalled it. it just made me sick and sad to see it sitting on my switches homepage. all future pokemon games for me will be bought physically from now on to ensure that I am able to return it if it turns out to be a dumpster fire like violet and scarlet.… Expand
  3. Elekx
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Game works Very Bad and looks even worse. I think People from game freak can make once a good game not something like this.
  4. TheDude222
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    It's just so frustrating that there's probably an amazing game here but I can't play it without feeling sick from how poor the performance is
  5. DuneK
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    The graphic issues on this are ridiculous. Cannot go a few minutes without them popping up.
  6. DecoXI
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    4 only because there are new pokemon, during my gameplay the game crashed 3 times on my oled switch, never a game had crashed on my switch.
    Not to mention the constant 15 fps that the game offers in doc mode.
    try after a 2 hour session on this game to start zelda breath of the wild to feel the difference between these two open worlds exclusive nintendo switch games
  7. 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
  8. jakido
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    Bugs, lag and empty world, don't waste your time on thus game, best option.
  9. Andre787
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    Fun to play, but the numerous bugs, glitches and terrible graphic, makes it almost unplayable…
  10. Ranma12
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    as a lifelong Pokemon fan, this game is simply unacceptable. We are talking about the greatest franchise of all times, with the highest gross revenue. For the people defending with "but is the switch, but is a new challenge with the open world but but but " . This is not a matter of preferences or tastes, this game lacks the very fundamental aspects of a decent quality checked AAAas a lifelong Pokemon fan, this game is simply unacceptable. We are talking about the greatest franchise of all times, with the highest gross revenue. For the people defending with "but is the switch, but is a new challenge with the open world but but but " . This is not a matter of preferences or tastes, this game lacks the very fundamental aspects of a decent quality checked AAA product, which is basically a fraud. endorsing this company for this product is insulting toward the good programmers out there doing their jobs or companies not made blind with greed .… Expand
  11. Nilaul
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Although the game is fun, it is unplayable due to glitches, bugs and poor optimisation. Nothing to do with how powerful the switch is, but developers simply not going though their code and properly optimizing it, as evident by other more demanding switch games both running perfectly and looking great.
  12. Lucasmduarte
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I'm sorry but until they patch this game it is getting 0 from me!! Such a massive step down!! Fully messy crash grab! 120 Billion franchise!!
  13. fluffyparfait
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    This game is in an unacceptable state. The Pokemon designs are five times worst than any other generation for some reason. Every time I get to new area, I don't feel excited to a find a new pokemon, only disappointed. The environments look way too similar as well.

    I have also crashed multiple times, have been softlocked. It is not rare at all. I don't understand how anyone can give this    This game is in an unacceptable state. The Pokemon designs are five times worst than any other generation for some reason. Every time I get to new area, I don't feel excited to a find a new pokemon, only disappointed. The environments look way too similar as well.

    I have also crashed multiple times, have been softlocked. It is not rare at all. I don't understand how anyone can give this game a positive review. Even with the glimmers of a good formula, It takes ten steps back so that anything positive about the game fades out of existence in my mind.    … Expand
  14. DrgnMastr386
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    The state of the game that Game Freak released is like a Gyarados. It's atrocious!
  15. Gilly8163
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Please fix this game, I have encountered enough glitches and bugs. Every pokemon I had just simply disappeared from my party, trainers fell under the map, and the fps was by far the worst part. Obviously the switch can't handle large worlds, oh wait, zelda breathe of the wild had a huge map and had almost zero problems with fps but pokemon cannot handle it at all. A pokemon game that camePlease fix this game, I have encountered enough glitches and bugs. Every pokemon I had just simply disappeared from my party, trainers fell under the map, and the fps was by far the worst part. Obviously the switch can't handle large worlds, oh wait, zelda breathe of the wild had a huge map and had almost zero problems with fps but pokemon cannot handle it at all. A pokemon game that came out before violet (Legends Arceus) looked amazing and had near to zero problems at launch with a great fps. The story of violet however is great and is a little bit different compared to previous games. The only thing that needs fixing is how the game runs. The price feels like a huge slap in my face too. Fix this game.… Expand
  16. Southernhammer
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Just not finished. Game looks absolutely dreadful and runs so poorly. After the success of Legends Arceus, this game had a lot more to live up to and it just failed miserably. The game itself can be fun if a little predicable but the performance and glitches make it borderline unplayable
  17. Galiansias
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    This is the first game in Switch I had that closes "by an error". Broken game
  18. TwilightWind
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    Everyone who defended, apologized for, excused or otherwise allowed Sword/Shield to be the highest selling entries in the Pokemon series shares blame for how Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are. This utterly broken, buggy mess does not deserve to be placed in the same league as games I would consider a 2/10.
  19. plop159
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    the poor technical aspect ruins the whole game ! it's a shame, and even if it's super ugly, the framerate is always below 30FPS.
  20. Lucifer45
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    THE MOST PROFITABLE IP IN THE WORLD, AND GF GIVE US THIS SHXT, HELLO?
    They definitely have enough money to get it right, but they chose not to.
    Why bothered? A garbage with pokemon's name can gain money, it's how successful this IP was.
    So disapointed with the poor quality.
  21. SleeperHold
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    Runs like a N64 game, looks like a Ps3 game. Nintendo should be embarrassed!
  22. eugenji
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    10 von 10 Game, wenn nicht ...
    - Low FPS
    - Spiel bleibt manchmal für 1-5 Sek hängen - FPS Drops/Stutter - mehrere Abstürze (vermutlich DER Grund, weshalb das Spiel ständig automatisch speichert) - der letzte Bereich kommt aus der Hölle. Leer, trist und PS2 Niveau, falls überhaupt - Glitches, vor allem im letzten Bereich. - Clipping Fehler - und noch soviel mehr Man kann mit    10 von 10 Game, wenn nicht ...
    - Low FPS
    - Spiel bleibt manchmal für 1-5 Sek hängen
    - FPS Drops/Stutter
    - mehrere Abstürze (vermutlich DER Grund, weshalb das Spiel ständig automatisch speichert)
    - der letzte Bereich kommt aus der Hölle. Leer, trist und PS2 Niveau, falls überhaupt
    - Glitches, vor allem im letzten Bereich.
    - Clipping Fehler
    - und noch soviel mehr

    Man kann mit Freunden spielen, wenn dann nicht...
    - es gibt keine Freundesliste
    - Man setzt auf ein Passwortbasiertes System, aber
    - man kann nicht einfach einer Session joinen. Man muss unbedingt bei einem Pokecenter sein und wird im Anschluss dann "irgendwohin" geportet
    - Ist mal die Verbindung weg (weil z.B. Pause gemacht, Absturz), dann kann man NICHT mehr in die alte Session rein. Diese muss abgebrochen werden und ... siehe oben.

    Geschichte
    - Neutral: Weder gut noch schlecht. Wie man es von Poki halt kennt

    Terakristallisierung
    - Neutral: da in weiten Teilen belanglos

    Fazit:
    2 von 10, weil die Musik ganz gut ist. Aber die Immersion (bzw. eher Spielspaß) leidet massiv am technischen Zustand des Spiels.

    PS: Hab ca 70h gespielt    … Expand
  23. Phalcore
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    I understand the frustration, I played Shield, I played Arceus and I understand it, I really do. But the game is far from unplayable (unlike Cyberpunk and ME 4) and will most likely get patched. So let me enjoy my f*cking game :D
  24. tianfranto
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    I am a Pokémon fan since Pokémon Yellow. I've played almost them all. I played all Switch games but I cannot see any improvements on the technical side. Even the specialized critics are lowering their score for the brand and Pokémon Violet/Scarlet has received one of the lowest score for the main games of the brand.
    It is not acceptable that The Pokémon Company and Nintendo give green    I am a Pokémon fan since Pokémon Yellow. I've played almost them all. I played all Switch games but I cannot see any improvements on the technical side. Even the specialized critics are lowering their score for the brand and Pokémon Violet/Scarlet has received one of the lowest score for the main games of the brand.
    It is not acceptable that The Pokémon Company and Nintendo give green flag to a product which has a lot of problems from the technical side.
    There is no excuse for selling that. Other brands and other company would have been massacrated if they released a game in that conditions.
    It is time to reconsider Game Freak as a developer of the games and apply Nintendo standards for other brands (Zelda, Mario, etc...) to Pokémon.
    A fan here wants Pokémon to became the best they can be.    … Expand
  25. cucholix
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    S/V is the result of an ambitious game in hands of a developer that still struggles with 3D worlds, combine this with a limited hardware where you cannot hide technical shortcomings with horse power. The technical problems are too distracting, blinking textures at far distance, poor geometry draw distance, poor level of detail, capped NPC, Pokémons animations all these issues are presentS/V is the result of an ambitious game in hands of a developer that still struggles with 3D worlds, combine this with a limited hardware where you cannot hide technical shortcomings with horse power. The technical problems are too distracting, blinking textures at far distance, poor geometry draw distance, poor level of detail, capped NPC, Pokémons animations all these issues are present in open world areas, that’s without mention the graphical glitches that become a meme on internet. At this point I have not faith in Game Freak to make a pleasant open world Pokémon game… Expand
  26. eigentlicher
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The performance of these new pokemon games is atrocious. It doesn't make sense when there are so many open world games on the switch that look 10 times better and perform much better. Also many mechanics that were fixed on Arceus are absent in that game. Go figure. Nintendo please force game freak to patch the game and make it run better than this mess.
  27. Bruceiscontent
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    I've literally seen reviews on here that say, "If you care about performance or graphics, you're not a fan of Pokémon."

    I'm sorry, but what other Pokémon game has launched in a completely broken state with no follow-up patch or even an apology from Game Freak? I've played every game in the Pokémon series since I was a child. But now I'm an adult, and these games cost over $60. Decent    I've literally seen reviews on here that say, "If you care about performance or graphics, you're not a fan of Pokémon."

    I'm sorry, but what other Pokémon game has launched in a completely broken state with no follow-up patch or even an apology from Game Freak?

    I've played every game in the Pokémon series since I was a child. But now I'm an adult, and these games cost over $60. Decent performance (especially given how mediocre the graphics are) is the BARE MINIMUM. I'm glad that some of you are able to look past the fact that you were ripped off because of your fandom for the series, but this is absurd. The Switch hardware is being scapegoated for the issues, even though countless titles prove that the Switch is capable of running massive open world games, and running them well.

    You mean to tell me that I can play Witcher 3, Skyrim, and Breath of the Wild on this console, but an open world Pokemon game with mobile quality graphics simply can't hack it? Nonsense. I'd be willing to give Game Freak the benefit of the doubt if they came out with a statement, an apology, or if they promised a future patch to optimize some of the problems. But nothing. Radio silence. I didn't preorder this game with the hope that it would be playable six months from now.

    This is a prime example of the worst trend in modern gaming: Releasing broken, beta builds of games at full price, and expecting the consumer to just accept it.    … Expand
  28. Vileguyver
    Nov 24, 2022
    2
    The gameplay itself has so much potential, however the game is let down by utterly disgraceful graphics and performance.
    In all honesty the game should have been delayed or "unlaunched" until it is given the time and care needed. As literally one of the largest franchise, money should be no object to make these games look great and run smoothly.
    I'm sure it will be improved over time,    The gameplay itself has so much potential, however the game is let down by utterly disgraceful graphics and performance.
    In all honesty the game should have been delayed or "unlaunched" until it is given the time and care needed. As literally one of the largest franchise, money should be no object to make these games look great and run smoothly.
    I'm sure it will be improved over time, but it kicks game preservation out the window for first to buyers, as the patch downloads won't be around forever and in 50 years time will be left with only rubbish versions.    … Expand
  29. Bent3ndo
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Pokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP withPokemon titles are a marmite topic for many people when it comes to more recent releases. Half the fanbase forgive the series' technical and visual flaws and appreciate the premise of catching them all (not that you can "catch em all" any more within standalone titles). The other half, and the half of the camp I sit within, expect the largest franchise in the world to treat its IP with respect, and more importantly treat its fanbase with respect. Scarlet and Violet are no exception to this opinion. If anything, the issues presented this time around are WORSE than what people criticised with Arceus' arrival at the start of the same year.

    Game Freak are not only too small a team to be expected to deliver the content asked of them, but their release schedule is far too crammed to deliver the quality of games expected of what should be the slickest, most polished looking gaming franchise there is out there.

    The Pokemon Company need to pull their act together and provide Game Freak with the budget, team and time that these modern Pokemon titles need. Otherwise people can expect less and less quality from these bigger and bigger titles as time goes on.

    Pokemon deserves better, we deserve better.    … Expand
  30. UglyBunny
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    I will change my review if GF fixes the disgustingly egregious performance and graphical issues. The actual battles are cool, but the game looks like it's an N64 game in the level of detail and graphics. The performance is terrible with low and inconsistent framerates (even after the "fix" of closing it out and reopening it).

    It's still a Pokémon game, though, and the core formula,    I will change my review if GF fixes the disgustingly egregious performance and graphical issues. The actual battles are cool, but the game looks like it's an N64 game in the level of detail and graphics. The performance is terrible with low and inconsistent framerates (even after the "fix" of closing it out and reopening it).

    It's still a Pokémon game, though, and the core formula, although beaten to death, has charm and fun. The pre-rendered stuff looks fine. The idea of an open-world core Pokémon game is fantastic, and this can be great - but GF really needs to patch the hell out of it, and soon. Hopefully this will be the No Man's Sky of Pokémon games and turn out to be patched and updated into what it could and should be.    … Expand
  31. Mene0
    Nov 25, 2022
    5
    Pokemon Violet(and Scarlet) is a clearly unfinished product. There is a very fun game beneath all the catastrophic performance issues, ugly graphics and animations and terrible design decisions, but these are very hard to overlook. If this wasn't a pokemon game it would have been bashed to hell and back by everyone, but apparently it's just "taking steps in the right direction" despitePokemon Violet(and Scarlet) is a clearly unfinished product. There is a very fun game beneath all the catastrophic performance issues, ugly graphics and animations and terrible design decisions, but these are very hard to overlook. If this wasn't a pokemon game it would have been bashed to hell and back by everyone, but apparently it's just "taking steps in the right direction" despite being a 30+ years old franchise that makes billions of dollars. The worst part is that this will never change, given the game's absolute sales success. Gamefreak will keep pumping out terrible products and holding a series dear to many hostage to terrible development. The amateurish is display here is staggering, and it saddens me to see a good game squashed by terrible decisions.… Expand
  32. Latios___
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Rating is because, as an AAA flagship game of Nintendo Switch, Pokémon is unacceptable to release such a buggy game in this state. This shouldn't be the norm and we customers should never accept this. Very unfortunate because I wish the developers gotten more time for their ambitious and creative open world game from their decision makers.
  33. TeOne
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Dopo aver incassato milioni di dollari, questi ancora fanno giochi con questa grafica... Invece di inverstire questi soldi in programmatori capaci, noi dovremmo comprare sempre giochi che tecnicamente fanno sempre più schifo? Vergognatevi, Game Freak e Nintendo
  34. LorenaZoro
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Schlechteste Spiel je das ich gespielt habe technisch gesehen. Story super Openworld geil Aber das Spiel ist sowas von unfertig bugt und hängt und die Grafik bohaa einfach **** Gamefreak.
  35. TadaoKou
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    Just gonna copy/paste my Scarlet Review in here. Basically the same game, so doesn't really change anything:

    I won't get into the issues with this game here, due to 606 other negative reviews already pointing out the obvious stuff, and I agree with everything. I will just say briefly, this game is a technical mess, but even the game itself is terrible. A dead Open World with no actual    Just gonna copy/paste my Scarlet Review in here. Basically the same game, so doesn't really change anything:

    I won't get into the issues with this game here, due to 606 other negative reviews already pointing out the obvious stuff, and I agree with everything.
    I will just say briefly, this game is a technical mess, but even the game itself is terrible.
    A dead Open World with no actual life in it. No real improvements in terms of gameplay (the same battle system as Gen 1-8, but now even SLOWER.)
    And a really weird difficulty balancing. There is no level scaling in this game, almost like they either didn't have time to put that in or this game originally was not supposed to be as open as it is now.
    The game feels like they took an actual normal linear Pokemon game, but chucked it apart and threw it around in a bland boring Open World.

    But one thing I really want to address:
    To anyone who claims this game is the best Pokemon game ever made:
    Please...stop insulting the 2D Pokemon games.
    Even really old games like Pokemon Crystal are way better than this. Especially if you judge the games based on the timeframe of their release.
    For a GB Game, Pokemon Crystal is awesome.
    For a Switch Game, Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is a disgrace.
    And if we include the timeframe both of these games released in, every single Pokemon game is better. Yes, even Sword/Shield due to being a more polished and working experience.

    And no. The Switch hardware is not at fault here. We have seen how the Switch can handle games with Xenoblade 1-3 or even something less impressive, but still better than Pokemon...Breath of the Wild.

    And to anyone who actually claims this is one of the best games ever made...
    Please...play a good game for once...something made by people who respect your time and money.
    Claiming Scarlet/Violet is one of the best games ever made is honestly an insult to actually good games.
    For example: The Digimon series is made by people who have a clear passion for Digimon. How is it that these games have maybe 1/100 of the budget Pokemon could have, but pump out far more polished experiences?
    It's simple. The Digimon Devs take their time to actually finish their product. They don't spam new games every new year.
    This is the problem with Pokemon and why these games keep on getting worse.
    Why is it that Zelda Breath of the Wild gets a sequel roughly 6 years after it's original release, but Pokemon just keeps on spamming games as hard as they can?
    Why can't we get a polished experience LIKE Breath of the Wild for once.
    Well, the reasons for ,,why" are all there. You just have to open your eyes. Stop defending Gamefreak.
    Or more likely...Stop defending the Pokemon Company in general.
    Support games made by people who actually respect their playerbase instead of bullying it with 60$/€ Shovelware games.

    ,,Hey, let's spend 60$/€ on a game made by people who spit in the faces of their playerbase.
    What? It's a fun game."
    This topic shouldn't be about if the game is fun or not.
    This whole topic should be about if the Pokemon Company actually deserves your money for spitting in your face.
    Please...everyone who gave this game a 6 or above. Have some selfrespect for yourself. Don't let big companies spit on you. Don't just accept that blindly ,,because it's fun".

    Nintendo America started to give out refunds for the game.
    Let that sink in. NINTENDO(!) starts to accept refunds for a POKEMON(!) game.
    If you don't know how huge this is and how big the insinuations here are, you obviously don't know Nintendo very well.    … Expand
  36. Merro
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    I don't belive this is the experience that a new generation deserves. I refund it after first 10 hours was unbearable even for my kids.
  37. GRX3m0m
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    It seems good, but the performance is abysmal, which makes it unplayable. And Nintendo's comedic response is 'We haven't received any complains, no patch is needed', when the whole internet is on fire. Good job on handling the world's biggest franchise! Should the performance be fixed and I am able to actually play the game, I will update.

    PS: How can critics give a game full of bugs    It seems good, but the performance is abysmal, which makes it unplayable. And Nintendo's comedic response is 'We haven't received any complains, no patch is needed', when the whole internet is on fire. Good job on handling the world's biggest franchise! Should the performance be fixed and I am able to actually play the game, I will update.

    PS: How can critics give a game full of bugs and glitches such high rating?    … Expand
  38. Meskalyne
    Nov 23, 2022
    1
    This is disrespectful. To all the fans and Pokemon players in the world.
    This game is a shame. The graphics don't just look outdated, they look for another time in the past.
    You think you can keep playing ignoring them, then you suddenly enter the classroom, and they are even worst, for your classmates, with a 2step animation like a good old gameboy. The camera is a mess in many ways. I    This is disrespectful. To all the fans and Pokemon players in the world.
    This game is a shame. The graphics don't just look outdated, they look for another time in the past.
    You think you can keep playing ignoring them, then you suddenly enter the classroom, and they are even worst, for your classmates, with a 2step animation like a good old gameboy.
    The camera is a mess in many ways. I played 2 hours by now, but I already need an eye surgery in emergency.
    You should really be ashamed to release that game.    … Expand
  39. tdetomi
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    Worst pokemon game ever. Everything in this game is awful. Visuals are worst than a PS2 game. Performance is even worst, 20fps in average with an unacceptable console memory usage that makes you restart the game to keep playing. This game is a joke. Pokemon and game freak must end. Thanks Nintendo, I will never buy a pokemon game again.
  40. DUELMARIO
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Sin duda alguna para quienes lo tienen y ven lo horrible que se ve este juego ¿ no ven increíble como una compañía no multimillonaria mas bien multibillonaria como Nintendo, gamefreak y the pokemon company permitir este tipo de productos? Osea osea es increible lo descarados que se vuelven cada vez y no sienten nada de vergüenza sin duda alguna la tragedia CYBERPUNK 2077 y la tragediaSin duda alguna para quienes lo tienen y ven lo horrible que se ve este juego ¿ no ven increíble como una compañía no multimillonaria mas bien multibillonaria como Nintendo, gamefreak y the pokemon company permitir este tipo de productos? Osea osea es increible lo descarados que se vuelven cada vez y no sienten nada de vergüenza sin duda alguna la tragedia CYBERPUNK 2077 y la tragedia ANTHEM Vuelven a ocurrir y esto sin duda alguna va a tener bastantes consecuencias para Nintendo y todos sus juegos no es por ser hater solo se que se perderá la confianza al consumidor y ellos tienen la culpa ylos fans también… Expand
  41. Antiwoke
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Full of bugs, terrible graphics, terrible stage design, terrible character designs and pokemon. It seems that game freak now prioritizes easy money and indulgent nonsense over the quality of their games.
  42. DuskHound
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring mess of a game in technical, visual and gameplay aspects, a shame of a game… Expand
  43. Gamer12Pre
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Its a big piece of garbage, the amount of bugs among the game make me want to refound it, the performance issues and the **** frame rate too
  44. bocles
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    When the game runs smoothly (which is rarley) its decent to roam around, the expansive open wild areas are fun to roam around and catch pokemon. The story, like every pokemon game after black/white 2, is uninspired and weak. Battling is fine, but the fixed camera is a step down from arceus. A lack of character desgn is disappointing and the school setting adds nothing to the story. TheWhen the game runs smoothly (which is rarley) its decent to roam around, the expansive open wild areas are fun to roam around and catch pokemon. The story, like every pokemon game after black/white 2, is uninspired and weak. Battling is fine, but the fixed camera is a step down from arceus. A lack of character desgn is disappointing and the school setting adds nothing to the story. The biggest dealbreaker is the constant gameplay glitches, graphical errors, and worst of all the terrible frame drops. The graphics are also just sad, crazy how this multibillion dollar franchise looks worse than games that cameout on the switch in 2017.

    For the love of god Gamefreak and TPC, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME ON YOUR GAMES. If Gamefreak just took an extra year for developing their games instead of releasing on every goddamn year they could create quality and polished pokemon games that run well and look good.    … Expand
  45. divegold
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Grotesque performance errors! There's no way to evaluate a game that doesn't give you a satisfactory performance to play!
  46. kringle
    Nov 24, 2022
    5
    The game is fun, but with all of it's performance issues and glitches, it's barely passable. The best aspect of this game is the mixture of free open world exploration with the classic Pokemon formula, but even that isn't perfect. Gym battles strongly encourage the player to challenge the gym in a set order, and the three stories consist of battling, battling, and battling, with very fewThe game is fun, but with all of it's performance issues and glitches, it's barely passable. The best aspect of this game is the mixture of free open world exploration with the classic Pokemon formula, but even that isn't perfect. Gym battles strongly encourage the player to challenge the gym in a set order, and the three stories consist of battling, battling, and battling, with very few changes to make each story stand on its own, making the choice to focus on certain paths less engaging. Like most Pokemon games, this one introduces new features, but also lacks ones that made older titles appealing. Most new Pokemon are cool, the soundtrack is catchy, and QOL upgrades enhance the open world exploration, but for all good features, there's several aspects of the game that make it hard to enjoy these. The game looks more or less better than the previous title, Pokemon Legends Arceus, but at the cost of the framerate costantly chugging and Pokemon constantly popping up frustratingly clise to the player. Another downgrade from Pokemon Legends is the lack of any ability to catch Pokemon without battling. One would think Legends style catching would be a priority to make the open world experience more convinient, but the feature is unfortunately absent. As of writing this post, I have around 50 hours clicked into the game, with the three stories close to completion, but I don't find myself playing the game as much since the cons of the game are starting to wear me down. If Pokemon Scarlet and Violet get performance patches that fix various issues in a reasonable amount of time, I would love to return to review this game with a more positive outlook, but if these issues remain unaddressed, I can't see myself return to this game, or even the series if The Pokemon Company sweeps these issues under the rug and start development on another rushed game. I'm sorry if my writing style came across as sloppy, I haven't written any long posts in a while.… Expand
  47. RottieWaff
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    Crashes and bugs aside, this game is really underwhelming. The designs are getting lazier, the story isn’t better, and though you can “do things in whatever order you want” there’s clearly a level order you’re supposed to go in. You may read this and think I’m just another person is just review bombing this, but you can’t even fathom how excited I was for this game. I wanted this to beCrashes and bugs aside, this game is really underwhelming. The designs are getting lazier, the story isn’t better, and though you can “do things in whatever order you want” there’s clearly a level order you’re supposed to go in. You may read this and think I’m just another person is just review bombing this, but you can’t even fathom how excited I was for this game. I wanted this to be amazing! I thought it was going to be amazing! But all I got was mediocre. I’m lease don’t look bad reviews aside as “haters”. There is validity in them.… Expand
  48. Rasettsu
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    en cada entrega el juego es mas fácil, en esta las peleas contra otros entrenadores son opcionales, los lideres de gimnasio ya no suponen ningún reto, y esto sumado a la pésima calidad técnica del juego hace que no merezca mas nota, gamefreak ya no debería hacer los juegos de Pokémon, no dan la talla.
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. MrDaruma89
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    Frame IS an issue. My character clipped through the ground twice and most of the hills look like they come from some Windows 95 screensaver. I hope I could return the game and get my money back, but eshop doesn’t let you.
  52. Cgebl
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    This game totally is an insult to everyone who bought it. The seemingly open world is soulless, empty and ugly.

    During my play, a wave of nausea keep sweeping over me. Heavy frame drops (20fps average & sometimes even under 5) and camera falling through the floor are just a few among bunch of huge disgusting problems. Please respect your money, don't buy crap like this. Otherwise you    This game totally is an insult to everyone who bought it. The seemingly open world is soulless, empty and ugly.

    During my play, a wave of nausea keep sweeping over me. Heavy frame drops (20fps average & sometimes even under 5) and camera falling through the floor are just a few among bunch of huge disgusting problems.

    Please respect your money, don't buy crap like this. Otherwise you are signalling to GF/TPC that poor quality like this will keep emerging permanently.    … Expand
  53. 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
  54. Edeny
    Nov 22, 2022
    1
    15fps laggy game. So much bugs.
    These detailes is Really Horrible! Give mě back my money
  55. jasen34375
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    A big wasted opportunity. As the first Pokemon game set in a true open world, you'd expect there would be tons of mechanics that would make use of all the available freedom, but nope, the game still plays the same as SwSh and somehow has downgrades when compared to their latest title, Legends of Arceus. All they really did was increase the size of the world, so instead of a linear routeA big wasted opportunity. As the first Pokemon game set in a true open world, you'd expect there would be tons of mechanics that would make use of all the available freedom, but nope, the game still plays the same as SwSh and somehow has downgrades when compared to their latest title, Legends of Arceus. All they really did was increase the size of the world, so instead of a linear route with many paths to explore, you get an empty and, most of the time, ugly overworld with a few mob spawns here and there. Story wise it's really mediocre even for pokemon standards, they tried to tell some weird tale about bullying, but it boils down to the generic (and almost verbatim) "the true treasure was the friends we made along the way", while making the characters seem they were the true villains in the end, even after their redemption.
    I'm not even going to talk about the performance and bugs in detail, this game is riddled with them and you are probably tired of hearing complaints at this point. Cut content from previous titles? There are a bunch of these too.    … Expand
  56. Generalsherman
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    This is frustrating. The games can be great, but there's just so much holding them back. I had a magical moment of awe when I was battling a wild Jigglypuff, just a random encounter, but it was along a dusty road surrounded by fields of dried grass, the sun setting in the background as a flock of Fletchling fluttered by slightly up the hill. In that instance, I saw that golden flash ofThis is frustrating. The games can be great, but there's just so much holding them back. I had a magical moment of awe when I was battling a wild Jigglypuff, just a random encounter, but it was along a dusty road surrounded by fields of dried grass, the sun setting in the background as a flock of Fletchling fluttered by slightly up the hill. In that instance, I saw that golden flash of greatness this game has. Sadly, it didn't last. Soon, I noticed the flock aggressively shift to their bumpy long distance models while I could still plainly see them. After the battle, I turned back to look at the town behind me, and watched with disappointment as my framerate dipped into the 20's, only being able to sigh as I rode back to the Pokemon Center with game handling like it was full of mud.

    This game is a dream that will keep jolting you awake with painful reality far too often for some (myself included) to enjoy. If you want to buy, wait for a patch or something. It just needs too much work.    … Expand
  57. Vinymanzano
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Bugs, glitchs, frame problems everywere…
    Disappointing, this game needs a correction….
  58. Lordvodka
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    I love pokemon since I was very little I grew up with this saga and it has had ups and downs but to say that this is good is to be blind
    I find it offensive that a large company cares more about releasing 2-3 games a year than something decent
  59. PollyTurbo
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    people are used to tolerating anything that is related to pokemon as magnificent.. and they forget the huge company behind this game with so many bugs... why the comunity didn't tolerate cyberpunk 2077 in the same way? and it was a tiny company compared to nintendo, wake up!!!!! get your money's worth
  60. Bruhmoment46
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Unacceptable for video game standards in 2022, let alone from the highest grossing media franchise ever. Which is a shame because there is a bit of potential here, buried upon layers of laziness. If you want the series to improve please don't purchase this.
  61. twinmannequin
    Nov 22, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ahh, Pokémon Violet. Where to even begin...

    I feel like there are two sides of this game to discuss: the actual game, and the performance.

    So, first off, for those of you who are of the opinion that the majority of the reviews being negative is indicative of some trolling or review-bombing, that isn't what this is about. At least for me personally, the only reason I would be so passionately frustrated by this game in the first place would be because I love this series. Pokémon is a staple of my childhood, and like a parent, I've been waiting for the day my child would finally mature and become the beautiful person I knew they could. That has... sort of happened here.

    If you're like me, then this is the first game in the mainline series you've played since X and Y, though you've watched the series through a window for the past decade, wondering when it would change. If we ignore all the technical stuff (which we definitely will come to), then this really is the best Pokémon game I've ever played.

    The combat is actually difficult now, where a super-effective move doesn't just one-shot your opponent, there are many new moves that incentivize more strategic plays that aren't just about doing the most damage as soon as possible. The story is actually enjoyable??? The narratives in these games have always just been "I love Pokémon so much :))", "I want to steal Pokémon >:)))", "Nooo!! Stop right there Mr. Mean, Pokémon are our friends", and while it's still no Breaking Bad, I have actually found myself smiling and laughing at the dialogue and being genuinely intrigued by some of the concepts. The first Team Star boss battle where I get to the final opponent and realise it's the CAR ITSELF, really did make my jaw drop - I never thought a Pokémon game would be capable of giving me those sorts of memorable and unique moments.

    The designs of this generation are honestly some of my favourite ever, especially since you see them naturally walking around in herds in their natural habitats - it's really immersive and helps ground this series in a way it's been begging for for years now.

    But, but, but, but, but, BUT. MY. GOD. The performance of this game is just awful. It's PLAYABLE. But that is literally the lowest possible bar for any game to pass let alone POKÉMON, the largest entertainment franchise in the entire world, and it frustrates me to see the fans who are willing to defend this at any cost. I'M A FAN! We're all in the same boat here! I agree that this is a fantastic game! But dude could you imagine what a memorable masterpiece it would be if it looked beautiful too? Imagine if all the NPCs further than 5 feet from you moved at more than 2 frames per second, what if the city off in the distance didn't look like a school science fair model of itself made out of cardboard and paper mâché, what if the lighting from the Terra crystals didn't make the ground become pixelated like TV static? And this isn't me saying I need this game to have more conventionally "good" graphics, which nowadays basically means "realistic", I'm just saying that so many games of this caliber have pulled off this simple, cartoonish, but vibrant and engaging style in a way that looks amazing on this same hardware: BotW, Xenoblade 3, Dragon Quest 11, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Mario Odyssey, MH Rise, etc. etc. etc. I'm not sure what exactly lead to the game releasing in this state, but I really don't believe it was due to a lack of passion on the part of the developers, because this game shines in that regard in every other aspect: the music, world design, Pokémon design, characters, activities, narrative, the UI - specifically the PokéDex which is just super neat and fun this time around - the picknicking with your team, the slapping music, the interesting new gyms, the Titan encounters.

    I absolutely adore this game, it really is amazing, but it's just such a terrible shame that I'm essentially ignoring how bad it looks and feels in order to enjoy it fully.    … Expand
  62. 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
  63. akishopp
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Normally for a pokemon game graphics are not actually the focus. But the constant visual defects destroy the immersion in game.
  64. 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
  65. Thorvick
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Por muy entretenido que pueda ser el juego, los bugs, los glitches y los 10fps lo hacen totalmente injugable e injustificable.
  66. Alef1209
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    Este juego es una falta de respeto al consumidor, con graficos y diseños de pokemones mediocres, animaciones desastrozas, repleto de bugs y repetitivo hasta el cansancio
  67. 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
  68. JuneRainbows
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    doesn't feel finished feels rushed sooooooooooo much lag and frame drops and some textures look bad, when my pokemon are slept they keep their eyes open not like in other games, joining friends and their heads start turning like the exorcist and sometimes turn huge
  69. 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
  70. Magus501
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    Es un juego que no cumple lo que promete,
    no es libre elección elegir con que gym ir primero y perder infinidad de veces y después llegar sobre leveleado a ganar de one shot a los primero gym, si no ponían un auto nivel para los lideres para que decir que es de libre elección.
    el mundo sigue pareciendo desconectado de los pokemon, no hay una interacción real con el entorno ni entre los    Es un juego que no cumple lo que promete,
    no es libre elección elegir con que gym ir primero y perder infinidad de veces y después llegar sobre leveleado a ganar de one shot a los primero gym, si no ponían un auto nivel para los lideres para que decir que es de libre elección.

    el mundo sigue pareciendo desconectado de los pokemon, no hay una interacción real con el entorno ni entre los mismo pokemon y están ligeramente bine ubicados aunque no es algo que destacaría, pokemon go tiene mejor ubicación de pokemon en las areas.

    y ni hablemos de los Bugs que son incansables y la cámara saca de onda varias veces    … Expand
  71. marcovoltaire8
    Nov 23, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No sé cómo sacaron un juego tan mal optimizado, entiendo que fue por fechas de entrega pero no valoraron su trabajo. Una lastima y una oportunidad perdida, Pokemon podría ser lo máximo y se conforma con ser lo mmmmm pasable pero en esta ocasión, con un rendimiento por los suelos. Ojala hagan algo al respecto.… Expand
  72. ayoade
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    awful performance. should not have released in this state. game is kidna ugly, uninspired open world. pokemon designs are excellent though.
  73. Ag4zz
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Il gioco in se non vale quanto costa, ha mille difetti e l'unico aspetto divertente è giocare online con gli amici, ma anche questo ogni tanto non funziona.

    The game itself is not worth the money, it has a thousand flaws and the only fun aspect is playing online with friends, but even that sometimes doesn't work.
  74. W0LF2612
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This product absolutely blows in every possible way. You reap what you sow.
  75. 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
  76. Catgirl1992
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    I'm really sad, i love pokemon so much and the games keep getting worse :/ the new mons are super cute tho! But everytime i play the game for a long period of time it crashes and starts turning into a slide show basically, i believe the fans deserve better, this is unacceptable, i was really hyped up for this game and it was a very big disappointment.
  77. rizrizriz
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    The worst Pokemon game I've ever played. Empty, flat, and bland open world ridden with bugs. Not worth your money and I wish I could get a refund.
  78. The_Expert_Game
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    God. i Should of known I should of stopped buying Pokemon games after White and Black 2. These games just take no risk at all, you think the hand holding in the last games were bad? This game treats you like you were still 4 for the nealy 30 years these game have been out! Nintentdo, stop treating kids and us like we're stupid!!!!
  79. DavidZephyr
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Juego asqueroso, un robo. No puedo creer que la gente llegue a defender un producto así sin terminar. Pokémon se está transformando en el FIFA y la gente idiota fanática lo seguirá comprando solo por ser Pokémon.
  80. Geladeira
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    a shame. A game released in an unfinished form and full of bugs, the content is good and fun, constant frame drops, terrible animations. I don't know how a company like Nintendo let a game like that get released.
  81. Eddnav
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Game is outright a technical mess, Gamefreak should be embarrassed to deliver this kind of quality in 2022. This same year has seen games like Xenoblade 3 and this is what we get from the biggest media franchise on earth. Pokemon fans deserve better.
  82. Dqturs
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    Unacceptable. Such level of mediocrity should be banned. Everything feels rushed, unfinished, badly executed. What's worst is that they don't apologize or provide a patch to fix everything that's wrong with this game. They just create a lot of buzz to sell this as if it were worth the price. Terribly disappointing.
  83. valdinei
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    the game has no subtitles PT-BR, has many bugs, it is unplayable, the graphics are terrible
  84. 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
  85. OncleToc
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Un jeu qui rame, qui est laid, même Arceus était mieux et plus joli. une honte
  86. Tyra_Jade
    Nov 25, 2022
    4
    I had a fairly long writeup here about this game, but sadly MetaCritic gave me a 404 error and lost it.

    Instead, I'll summarize: Pokemon Violet (and Scarlet) are fun games, even beyond just "it's Pokemon." I'm not an open world fan, but the open world worked... at least when the game worked, that is. The writing is among the top of the series, not that this is a massive compliment    I had a fairly long writeup here about this game, but sadly MetaCritic gave me a 404 error and lost it.

    Instead, I'll summarize:

    Pokemon Violet (and Scarlet) are fun games, even beyond just "it's Pokemon." I'm not an open world fan, but the open world worked... at least when the game worked, that is. The writing is among the top of the series, not that this is a massive compliment considering the Pokemon games aren't known for spectacular storytelling.

    But the problems with the game are significant - from removal of quality of life features and customization at the minor end, to the massive framerate issues, bugs and glitches, and overall lack of polish on so much of the game. A released game can't be called good if it's not finished, and that's what this game feels like. It needed more time, and whoever is behind the rushed scheduling - likely a higher up at GameFreak, The Pokemon Company, and/or Nintendo - hopefully will at least have to acknowledge that with the negative feedback from players. Sadly, the sales mean that's not likely - but for the miniscule amount it's worth, this game was my attempt to see if getting back into buying the games was worth it, and I don't plan to buy any more mainline Pokemon games moving forward without significant change.    … Expand
  87. 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.
  88. takumi90
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame
  89. Extincy
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    This game is not finished, I am very sad, I love pokémon, but this game is terrible. I don't recommend anyone spend their money on this, simply a disgrace to the pokemon franchise
  90. OutrSpace
    Nov 26, 2022
    2
    This feels like one of those awful knock-off 3D pokemon games that came out in the mid 2000s. I had a really well thought out review, but it got erased. But I reliazed it's not necessary because this says it all. I feel insulted.
  91. samjcjc
    Nov 28, 2022
    2
    Horribly buggy, ugly low quality textures, Looks like a bad gamecube game yet is £50 in 2022. This is just a joke.
  92. Fury72888hshu
    Nov 29, 2022
    9
    Damn the angry crowd is review bombing this game with their emotion and not actually giving some useful and fair review, which definitely not deserved. Yeah, sure its got lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT of bugs, but its not like Cyberpunk 2077 first day where there a lot of game breaking bugs. People tend to ignore the game's core that are beside graphics which is the gameplay, the story,Damn the angry crowd is review bombing this game with their emotion and not actually giving some useful and fair review, which definitely not deserved. Yeah, sure its got lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT of bugs, but its not like Cyberpunk 2077 first day where there a lot of game breaking bugs. People tend to ignore the game's core that are beside graphics which is the gameplay, the story, the innovation and the music when they are enraged, which will gave an incorrect review. So, to player who plans to read the review before buying the games, make sure the review is actually have some points in it and not something that just write by people who just try to review bomb it, positive and negative review. Alright, time to get to the main points.

    With the 4 points I mention above, let's start with 1) The Gameplay:
    The gameplay adapts some mechanics from Pokémon Legends: Arceus like backstabbing (yes, using your Pokémon's pokeball) and giving you a first strike advantage. Your riding Pokémon which depends on which version you purchased (in this case Miraidon) also got new overworld ability like Sprinting, Swimming and etc. which is also adapts from PL:A. This game is also the first Pokémon game to feature full-open world, with loading time only occurred on cutscenes loading and entering and leaving buildings. The level scaling, I can't defend this one, they have Nemona level scaling with your current gym badge and your champion status, but they can't level scale the gym and other wild Pokémon, but I still got a good laugh when my level 10 Quaxly suddenly battling a level 35 trainer, and you know what happen next, blacked out, lost some of my Pokédollars and back to Pokécenter. Speak of Pokécenter, this new Pokécenter absolutely fit the open world style gameplay. Need to heal, found a Pokécenter, heal up, go back to adventure, repeat. Simple and quick, no loading time except maybe the healing animation, which is also quicker than past games. And now, the new mechanic: Terastellize. By default, every wild Pokémon's Tera type is by their original's type, if it have two original type, its one of those as Tera type. There one exception for wild pokémon, there some Pokémon sparkling in the wild, and when you battling them, they will immediately Terastellize, which the Tera type is often not the same with their original type. You can also change your Pokémon's Tera type by defeating the Medali City Gym first, so you can talk to the cook and change your Pokémon's Tera type with 50 Tera Shards, which can found in the wild and as a Raid Rewards. Speaking of raid, it is time to talk about the Tera Raid. Some of the things in Tera Raid is adapts from SW/SH's Dynamax Raid, like the four players to raid and the Tera Shield. Now lets talk about new things in Tera Raid, you have 3 different Cheers skill and can only use 3 times combined in a Tera Raid, "Go All Out!" raise you and other player's ATK and SP ATK, "Hang Touch" raise you and other player's DEF and SP DEF and "Heal Up" heal you and other player's Pokémon;s HP and status condition. So carefully plan your cheers skill to help you and your team to win the Raid. Tera Raid use time now and not the Dynamax Raid's 4 fainting counts. And trust me, you will have enough time to win the raid even if there Pokémon get fainted a lot, not saying 7 stars Tera Raids though, you need a good team for that. Speaking of overworld multiplayer, I cant say anything about it because I don't have friends (Cry in the background), so lets move to the next points.

    2)The Story
    I'm going to be honest, this might be the best story alongside B/W's Story. I can't said anything here since its will be count as spoiler, but trust me, the story is very freaking good. My recommend steps to play the 3 paths is: Path to Legends => Victory Roads > Starfall Street.

    3)The Innovation:
    The "Let's Go" feature. Its a very good feature when you just want to exp grinds, since its save a lot of time to battle and wait for all the animation to finish, and its also wont beat the Shiny Pokémon so don't worry accidently kill a Shiny Pokémon with this feature. Now on to the things that is not new gaming innovation, but more of a Pokémon franchise's innovation, the full-open world which I mention above, so I won't talk about it again. The Riding Pokémon that is more improved version from PL:A, just one Pokémon and you can explore the entire maps (of course you need unlock the ability first which is in Path of Legend).

    4)The Music:
    Good ol Game Freak, still making banging music, and now with the help of Toby Fox, the creator of the popular indie games: Undertale and Deltarune. You will enjoy the music in this game.

    Conclusion, the games will be, if not, the best Pokémon games if it without the bug that everybody angry for. So I recommend to play this games despite everybody being angry about the bugs, because underneath the bugs, its a gems. (I'm reaching text limit so no picnic part)    … Expand
  93. edta_na
    Dec 5, 2022
    6
    The story of this game, is one of the better ones since the days of B/W and B/W 2. But, the performance issues are atrocious. It would have been better, if Scarlet and Violet were scheduled for a late 2023 release instead.
  94. UCHIHA_JACK
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    Si salva (forse) solo il finale della storia di Pepe e del Team Star, il resto è uno schifo su tutti i piani: tecnico, scrittura e difficoltà.
  95. ZulianPlay
    Dec 6, 2022
    1
    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...
    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida... Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a    Pokemon é uma das minhas franquias favoritas.
    O game anterior, Legends Arceus, eu zerei com gosto, amei, o mundo aberto é incrivel...

    Já seu sucessor, tinha tudo para ser tão bom quanto ou melhor, afinal voltaria para a formula original, mas dessa vez com o mundo aberto incrível... e de fato ele é incrível, divertido e cheio de vida...

    Mas o que me faz dar uma nota tão baixa é a quantidade abusiva de bugs, o jogo roda a 1 fps em algumas partes... mano, ele não é um porte, ele é feito para um único console, não tem justificativa para isso, ainda mais em um console que roda o zelda brath of the wild...    … Expand
  96. Crissaegrimm
    Dec 7, 2022
    4
    Bug, Glitch, Lag, , Crash and a lot off issues with this game. It's messed up! Only a parch can fix this game. The story it's ok, but it's NOT an open world, the graphic it's bad and the gameplay it's boring. Fix this.
  97. Aliengamer
    Dec 7, 2022
    1
    This game is by far the worst Pokémon game I have ever played. The lack of care that GameFreak has done to ensure a smooth game experience is astonishing. I want my money back as they showed a smooth experience and it is not but rather a PowerPoint presentation at times with so low fps. Ridiculous. Greedy. Disgusting to the fans.
  98. jwise1596
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This game is terrible and not worth completing. It's lazily/hastily made, should have never gotten past QA, and the graphics are god awful. It's FULL of glitches,bugs, ugly graphics, there's no accessibility features, it's ridiculous. They literally did work to undo things that are necessary and we're included in past titles. Sword & shield, and legend of Arceus are much better. ThisThis game is terrible and not worth completing. It's lazily/hastily made, should have never gotten past QA, and the graphics are god awful. It's FULL of glitches,bugs, ugly graphics, there's no accessibility features, it's ridiculous. They literally did work to undo things that are necessary and we're included in past titles. Sword & shield, and legend of Arceus are much better. This series should have continued that and it didn't. Incredibly disappointing as a Pokemon fan since '96. I am so disappointed in Nintendo/Gamefreak. Especially for their nonapologies. Waste of time.… Expand
  99. Menegatto
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    The full game is bad, Game Freak needs to be better.
    The Pokémon is a great franchising
  100. GreendelaBean
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    This game is insulting bad. I didn't even pay for it and I feel owed a refund. There's almost nothing redeeming about this miserable experience, the game is fantastically simple with repetitive grinding to get anywhere and poor level scaling across the world. You have very little agency in how you play; my team of 6 lechonks couldn't even beat the tutorial fights, I feel it's very heavy onThis game is insulting bad. I didn't even pay for it and I feel owed a refund. There's almost nothing redeeming about this miserable experience, the game is fantastically simple with repetitive grinding to get anywhere and poor level scaling across the world. You have very little agency in how you play; my team of 6 lechonks couldn't even beat the tutorial fights, I feel it's very heavy on you learning them meta. There are points where you get dialogue choices, but these never matter as even if you tell the director you don't like his paper maché school or reject the over-friendly girl's advances, you're still forced to go along with it. All of that is ignoring the elephant in the pokéball: the horrendous visuals and performance. I fully expect this game to win the "Innovation in Accessibility" category at the Game Awards this year as Game Freak have pulled off something truly remarkable with this game: it's the first that's actually more enjoyable if you're blind. The overall polish and feel of the game is appalling and easily one of the worst games I've ever played. Even very old 3D games have better rendering distances than this, and often look better since they were pushing the limits back then. This "game" was very clearly made by an incredibly passionless team on a deadline and no regard for customer satisfaction. It's hard to imagine how the game could be in a technically worse state than this without literally not starting up. Nintendo and Gamefreak should be ashamed of this miserable showing, almost six years after Nintendo themselves put out much more competent games on the same hardware. The correct thing to do would be issuing a full recall and apology, but of course, the game is already a bestseller, so the greedy executives will instead be laughing and plotting the next quarter-baked entry. In my opinion this game is worth no higher than a 0 out of 10. Even if you enjoyed parts of it, I cannot understand how anyone could rank this above a 6 when the game is so evidently unpolished. I'm sure other game companies are already taking note of people's willingness to tolerate unpolished games, and that's why this insulting product must be boycotted. Do not buy this game under any circumstances.… Expand
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  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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