I hate that they decided to close off all buildings (like residences and offices) and made most entrances storefront screens with no interiors that all sell the same shit. so yeah, the cities may look big and pretty and expansive, but it’s all surface level with no depth to explore or people to talk to.

@Jayheysay

Жыл бұрын

Same, this is one of my least favourite parts of this game :/ I’d rather the buildings just not be there

@kreevisful

Жыл бұрын

Wow! How low the mighty GameFreak have fallen ay? They deserve all the loss to their revenue that is coming. I'm so glad I didn't pay for a pre-order which the U.S. got the short end of the metaphorical stick as well. Like just a digital backpack? FTS 🤭🤣🤡

@thegoodvillain777

Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is that Pokémon has had big cities full of stuff to do before, like Castelia and even Lumiose.

@ridensroom6957

Жыл бұрын

It's a bit like FF13 where shops were just an item list in an orb. Except that was in 2010 on a console much older than the Switch. What a joke.

@zy2239

Жыл бұрын

Yep … even final fantasy vii from the 90s Npc’s have more depth than the hollow walking mannequins of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet 😞

Never thought being stuck in school uniforms would bug me so much….

@ericleal4931

Жыл бұрын

ong

@mcm426

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was pretty disappointed when I realized there are only 4 outfits. SWSH had much better customization

@oo0024

Жыл бұрын

@@mcm426 😵 seriously that sucks 🫣 so no dresses or anything 😭

Honestly what I found the most shocking is that there’s still no voice acting. Do you think they’re just never going to take it in that direction? It just seems to make the characters feel very lifeless. The world is pretty the Pokémon are wonderfully animated and designed but the characters are very hollow. Having said that I’m only five minutes in but it just struck me immediately how off it felt having no voice acting.

@jed23ify

Жыл бұрын

It really is unfortunate at this point that this is where the Pokémon game franchise is at the moment. They have a generous amount of funding and people for development and still can’t do voice acting.

@stefanmaart

Жыл бұрын

Those two trailers that had voice acting with the electric gym leader and the professors were so good so why can't we get that for the game?

@thatdog2472

Жыл бұрын

Id literally pay for dlc for voice acting.

@jarde1989

Жыл бұрын

Ehh with a Pokémon game dropping ever single year… most with a 2 year development cycle… I dont think we’re ever getting voice acting Voice acting takes a good bit of time and GF isn’t going to be given that time

@Cibbic

Жыл бұрын

Pokemon games don't need that to be a good game bru

I'm bored of ignoring the problems with Gamefreak and acting like they don't exist. I would never "feel bad" for Gamefreak. They've churned out games with basically the same story, minimal animations, minimal any innovation and despite being the most profitable franchise EVER. They always play it too safe and do the bare minimum. The combat system is massively underutilised and the game has terrible AI. Fan games made by a handful of people have better AI. People use this dead excuse that "It's for kids" as a way to let them be lazy.... where most of the fans are 25-35... It's pure lazy copy and paste stuff. The makers of Xenoblade work for Nintendo, they could easily get tips/ideas. The whole Island of this Pokemon game is being rendered in inefficient ways. We should expect better, this is why they get away with just making passable games. Pokemon has SO MUCH more potential.

@holyheretic3185

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but then they make two verisons of the same broken game with small differences.

@ThomastheDankEngine8900

Жыл бұрын

Blame the people who gave them a pass for years on end. Pokémon was never this masterpiece franchise that suddenly crashed and burned once the Switch released. The vast majority of problems that Pokémon have on Switch (two versions, bad graphics, paywalled content) is a series staple.

@elite6657

Жыл бұрын

I don’t see a problem with the same game over and over all I can say is the weird lag and blurry news needs to be addressed

@anthonyrizzo9043

Жыл бұрын

100% they make this crap knowing it will sell anyway. I think gamefreak is terrible and making a modern game. I'm not sure why Nintendo let a game like this release in this state. Number 1 selling Nintendo franchise and this is what they feed us? No more, I won't buy this, I didn't buy Arceus either. This is PS2 level and the switch is way better than that.

@unioneye1087

Жыл бұрын

Cry about it 😢

They can't argue it's a hardware problem when they built the game from the ground up specifically for this hardware haha....

@Hirotoro4692

Жыл бұрын

They can't argue it's Hardware problem when witcher 3 and xenoblade are far more graphical and yet run better

@EdwardSnortin

Жыл бұрын

@@Hirotoro4692 Not to mention Breath of the Wild, which while having some pretty intense frame rate drops at certain places ran perfectly just in the open world lol. Something this game is having issues with

@mizutsunebubbledragon3382

6 ай бұрын

​@@EdwardSnortinAlso Monster Hunter Rise exists and that game runs well on the switch too. It's no MH World graphically but still looks really good. Pokemon just likes to do just enough to get optimal sales but this time they did much less and the flaws just cant be shrugged off. You know it's bad when ppl are now looking at SwSh and thinking it looks great when that game had similar issues and rants towards it.

Crazy how excited we get just being able to rotate the camera... 😅 Sadly, it's lacking everything else regarding camera options that are standard in 3D games these days. Zero camera controls whatsoever is baffling. It feels slow & choppy (I guess to match everything else?), so not even being able to adjust camera sensitivity in 2022 is just lazy. Then again, that's about the least significant issue in a laundry list of issues 😔

@moggingyou

Жыл бұрын

To be fair that’s the standard for pretty much all nintendo games

@xxscarfaycexx8152

Жыл бұрын

@@moggingyoubotw?? Almost any 3D Mario game ? 😂

@Patr1ck2332

Жыл бұрын

First thing I checked and wasn’t there

@Kamilo204Again

Жыл бұрын

Remember When We got excited for being able to sit?

@dewinter1411

Жыл бұрын

Right. In 2022…..we are excited about a rotating camera. I feel like it’s 1995/96 all over again. Ha.

I just snuck by Elijah with all the gold bars in New Vegas right as I got this notification. Heart is pounding.

@meyes9362

Жыл бұрын

What’s your stats?

@Tcarnage559

Жыл бұрын

Basically impossible that is impressive

@n8doggy733

Жыл бұрын

New Vegas is awesome

@onebuffalo5402

Жыл бұрын

Bde

@Anthony32126

Жыл бұрын

Dang I remember doing that when I 100% the game, took me so long, good job! Not an easy feat!

I saw a floating purse and then a floating head of hair a few times. No bodies, no people, just weird stuff Edit: also I don’t think gamefreak realizes that the people who grew up with the franchise as children are now older and the current largest portion of the player base. I’ve seen less kids playing these games compared to adults/older teens more often than not.

@KiraSlith

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, more or less had to bait my baby brother into playing Legends Arceus, and he has exactly 0 interest in Scarlet and Violet.

@Ludwig1970

Жыл бұрын

That’s why nowadays I’m much more of a Final Fantasy fan. Square Enix seems to understand exactly what you’re saying and FF always tends to grow with the audience that Square knows is playing them.

@andrewsoto1861

Жыл бұрын

They do know! In fact they even acknowledged it in an interview were they said they know that more than half of their audience are not kids anymore. They just don’t care and just wanna keep pumping half baked games.

@ixaldorran7867

Жыл бұрын

They did try to grow with the audience. Black n white was a more teen focus player base and it financial struggled to sell. So Gamefreak panicked and when back to child audience.

@Ludwig1970

Жыл бұрын

@@ixaldorran7867 That’s a straight lie! When Black and White came out they sold 11.5 million copies making them the highest selling DS game of that year and the third highest selling Nintendo game overall that year just behind Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort which is a technicality because every Wii already came with Wii Sports. Today Black and White have sold almost 16 million copies making them the 8th best selling Pokémon game out of 18. How are you comfortable just spreading lies like that?!

Also absolutely agree. The coop in this game is EXACTLY what I've been wanting. I've been saying for 25 years on so many single player games that should have this kind of coop, just let us just be in the same world with no barriers. I'll be so mad if they take it away in the next entry

@PedroMatos482

Жыл бұрын

They will take it away. They only keep whatever is absolutely bare-bones essential to the Pokémon experience in every game. They've even removed the options of Set-style battles and turning off animations this time. They do not care

@raikiriramen6257

Жыл бұрын

Stop the cap. There is no coop

@karissaanne2916

Жыл бұрын

This game doesn't need co op

@toam7638

Жыл бұрын

sadly they will because every hates it ( not me tho )

●Poor framerates ●Bad textures ●Non-enterable buildings ●only ~400/over 1000 total Pokemon are in the game ●No turning off Exp. Share ●No changing outfits ●No turning off the "switch pokemon?" prompt ●No turning off battle animations ●Slow battles in general ●No battle tower/frontier ●NO LEVEL SCALING ●No voice acting What am I missing? I know there's plenty

@theallan5860

Жыл бұрын

@Sleepy 🐉 A "Negative Nancy" for calling out real issues. I hope you are being sarcastic.

@shadowbowser5674

Жыл бұрын

@Sleepy 🐉 so pointing out legit issues with something is being a Negative Nancy? Okay then….keep telling yourself that

It is a joke how bad Pokémon has looked for this long now 🤣

@ThomastheDankEngine8900

Жыл бұрын

True it lags ass behind every Nintendo franchise and has since GBA. Even worse is when GF was making games a middle school program enthusiast could do in their freetime (2D, top down, tile based) they were still the worst quality of any Nintendo franchise. Iwata had to remake Gold and Silver from scratch because the GameFreak spaghetti code.

@danielforgesson6389

Жыл бұрын

Lol did you play the original games pokemon has come a lonnnng way

@Training_Wheels

Жыл бұрын

It's a bigger joke that people actually like pokemon. It's the gheyest franchise out there 🤣 Definitely top 5 👩🏾‍🍳

@speedforce8970

Жыл бұрын

@@danielforgesson6389 HGSS looked ten times better than this shit. The pixel art of that game completely beats this game in every possible way. Pokemon let's go was probably the best looking pokemon sort of 3d game ever.

@ext609

Жыл бұрын

@@danielforgesson6389 Compared to other franchises that come out at around that time now? No that's not a long way dude

This game is really addictive and there is so much interesting stuff to do here that I spent an entire day just running off in a random direction and getting in trouble. It is a shame that the technical performance is really horrendous, the textures pop in and out as if coming out from pokeball itself lol. If the technical issues are polished out this would be a solid entry ngl.

@enjoshi-godrez8775

Жыл бұрын

Solid for pokemon. So 5/10

@sindri1447

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a solid entry for a Pokemon game. A solid 3/10.

@kevinv171

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I hit an area and the entire cliff on my side the textures would shift in this funky way, I could keep stepping forward and backwards and the cliff would just keep warping

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

I hope they fix it soon because personally it’s the only issues I had with the game the rest I’ve been loving

@whocares3701

Жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed this more than Arceus and enjoying it more now that you are able to link trade and see what the other person doesn't have to complete your Pokedex as well as theirs

I haven’t been watching your videos for too long but by god you have become my favorite reviewer. You touch on everything in such a calm and brilliant way. You know how to praise and critique. I love you and your content. Keep it up!!! 💕

Fun game so far. Haven’t even battled the first titan or gym and I have 6 hours of playtime and found a shiny in the first 2 hours. It’s fun getting lost and just exploring. The frame rate does stutter way too much.

@praisethesun6078

Жыл бұрын

Is it really easy like the other recent entries?

@daniellizarraga1453

Жыл бұрын

@@praisethesun6078 the frame drops are fucked up but besides that its the best pokemon game ever made no doubt if it had a decent performance man best pokemon game its open world literally

@praisethesun6078

Жыл бұрын

@@daniellizarraga1453 but is it really easy? Also does it have forced exp share? The last game I played sword and shield was way to easy and experience share constantly had me over leveling.

@CheddaDaddy

Жыл бұрын

@@praisethesun6078 It does have the forced exp share on

@praisethesun6078

Жыл бұрын

@@CheddaDaddy is it easy af? Forced exp share was annoying af. I had to constantly take members of my team out so they wouldn't get over leveled.

The amount of DLC that's been teased in the game files makes me nervous. Pokemon as a franchise doesn't lend itself to DLC at all but there's an entire second half to the game that's just not IN THE GAME, and won't be PLAYABLE until after the current story is over. (Edit: Corrected my phrasing, corrections are in caps. Sorry if anyone thought the DLCs were on-cartridge, they aren't thankfully.)

@DOSFrost

Жыл бұрын

is it complete on disk dlc?

@KiraSlith

Жыл бұрын

@@DOSFrost From what I could find? No. But trying to remember from off the top of my head (It's 8PM here) there are tags for 3 whole new world maps and about 100 slots for new pokemon to be added via DLC, some of which are pre-tagged as "paradox".

@audi.6106

Жыл бұрын

I mean the third version of the games like emerald, platinum, were essentially dlc

@currentlydead303

Жыл бұрын

@@KiraSlith New outfits please nintendo :')

@Metanoia000

Жыл бұрын

Live service gaming. Welcome to the horrible future. Devs have singlehandedly ruined so many series this past year alone. Pokémon, Call of Duty, Halo Infinite and Overwatch 2 were all flops as well because of greed.

The thing is we HAD a good step forward. Pokemon Legends Arceus. Here, we have five giant steps back.

@eodyn7

Жыл бұрын

Legends Arceus was awful. Not even a real Pokemon game.

@ichigothetrainer7185

Жыл бұрын

I feel you are exaggerating a lot I have both and they both are fun

@estebanfigueroa9177

Жыл бұрын

@@eodyn7 I agree but this is also awful and disgraceful. As was last gen and the one before and the one before and… Everything after gen 4 (MAYBE 5) has been a step back

This is on track to be one of your highest performing videos on the channel. Well done Matt

I know Sword/Shield gets a lot of hate but I absolutely loved it.

@iisanulquiorrahara8

Жыл бұрын

I played Shield for the first time, like, last year? And I had a fun time with it. Liked the characters, loved the presentation in the gym battles specifically. Should have been better, could have been worse, however.

@Training_Wheels

Жыл бұрын

Every pokemon game is gae as heII 🤣 What tf is wrong with y'all 😅

@Chandlaman

Жыл бұрын

I hate that game so much. I have all of the mainline Pokémon games and that is by far my most disliked.

@TheAlienman123

Жыл бұрын

@@Chandlaman yea they were way too easy and way too linear. An animal could probably play those games with how easy they are.

@praisethesun6078

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlienman123 someone actually had a group of goldfish play one of the older Pokemon. You should check it out.

Thanks for always coming up with the day one reviews, it’s been very helpful multiple times now

I think you give great honest reviews I’m shocked you don’t have more subs. Great job 👏

I really hate how you can't enter most of the houses and interact with the NPC's properly anymore :(

The new release of today is the retro of tomorrow. You are just ahead of the curve.

this is a great review dude. this game can be really fun but is held by gamefreaks poor attempt of optimization, and its weird people blame it directly on just switch hardware, they could've made it way smoother. There are lots of things as a long time fan that are worth trying in this game, but desperately needs another patch.

Dude, this is the most comprehensive review I’ve seen. Thank you, dude!

I love the game and am liking the new direction the game is going in (minus there not being shiny sparkle and sound in over world). The frame rate definitely needs to be fixed. If not for that it’d be the best Pokémon in forever IMO. It actually has some good challenging moments too where i was at with the fire team star boss. I would like to be able to move my character in battle like PLA and throw Pokémon balls to actually catch Pokémon in there too

I agree with a lot of stuff you've brought up but I just wanna throw something out there. It was good that the game removed styles. I felt they had this unfair nature to them and did reward skill but a lot of the time, the way your pokemon and your opponent's pokemon moved was out of your control. I feel that it was a smart balance change to remove this feature.

You said everything I was thinking. I especially love how you mentioned reviewers review this game without playing.

You said the Bathesda thing and I knew I could try it out lol thanks!

I really loved Arceus alot. Love aiming the ball and catching it I will help others. Great game

I don’t play Pokémon but my wife plays them all… I know the switch isn’t a powerful console but how is it possible for these games to run so poorly when they basically look like a wii game. It’s also baffling that Pokémon has been around for soooooo long and they have endless amount of feedback to create their games with but every time it seems like no one is really happy and they are always missing features that people want

@erosennin4444

Жыл бұрын

Wii game?? Even the PS2 loads better then this game

@zorozyx1347

Жыл бұрын

" I know the switch isn’t a powerful console" - Zelda BOTW 2017 vs Pokemon SV 2022.

@ErraticFaith

Жыл бұрын

Hardware isn't a problem, the unit is capable of more actually not less. The issue is in a very rushed and shoddy code. Which didn't have nearly enough development time. It needs clearing up. Entire elements redone. Hopefully they spend some time doing so and then release a more extensive patch in time for the holiday season.

Got it today like an hour ago. It has an update to download. Is it just a normal update or is it the patch?

The question is in co opp if all 4 players have the shiny charm will players get a 4× shiny charm buff?

The coop might not seem like a huge deal, especially since it’s not very cooperative, but being able to play on release with my girlfriend was such an amazing bonding experience. Pokémon was such a big part of both of our childhoods and to be able to play together in the same game was so amazing for both of us. Wish the game was in a better state, but for what it was I don’t regret buying it for that experience alone

@Gabeee097

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking of buying the game for me and my girlfriend. I’d imagine just being able to see them right there next to you is cool 😂

I guess I’m in the minority who actually liked sword & shield. I’m gonna stick with it until newer hardware gets released and hopefully game freak supports scarlet & violet in the long run.

@enjoshi-godrez8775

Жыл бұрын

There is always someone that likes something if its popular enough. Sonic 06 has a lot a fans.

@Roxus1

Жыл бұрын

Why. Caves were 2 corners. Did you ever play black2? Heart gold? Smh

@MrJroc21

Жыл бұрын

@@Roxus1 Played them all since red and blue, still like Sword and Shield alot. Don't get all the hate honestly, including the dlc of course.

@aeroga2383

Жыл бұрын

No you're in the majority. Every Pokemon is widely beloved across the board. The opinions of internet trolls mean nothing when the games continue to sell well for 20 years

Great review! Totally feel ya with SWSH and yea mega evos were sooo much better then these other

@eazystorytelling

Жыл бұрын

Other gimmicks* lol

Played Arceus and really enjoyed it. The omission of the mechanics in Arceus may make e want to wait for the next Gen hardware and playing Pokemon without limitations. There is so much that is realeased this past month and more to look forward to so I can miss this game.

The pop-in is nuts

Literally been playing for 3 hours, already caught a Shiny Pig and Psyduck lol. I'm feeling lucky, should buy a lotto ticket

I think if it weren't for the technical and performance issues of the game, this would have been a resounding success, because the story and content and mechanics are really great, this is in many ways the kind of mainline Pokemon game that we need. I love being able to play the game on my own pace and just spend hours running around in the open world picking up items and battling Pokemon, and I love being able to co-op with my friends and have fun together. TBH this is a genuinely great game that is undermined by the technical problems.

There’s a memory leak problem that is probably easy to patch so if you see the game downscaling try to close it and open it, pretty sure they forced them to release it early and this makes me think it’s maybe not even using the CPUs boost mode because in emulators the textures and shadings are way better, I don’t think they would’ve added those to the game only to not be used at all

I've played the first 2 hours so far I think it's great I do hope they fix the fps

The most shocking thing for me was how widely available the game was on launch day 😊

Did you play without the Day One Patch?

Great honest review! Thank you!

Most honest review I’ve seen. Painting this game as unplayable or overtly flawed is a flat lie. But Gamefreaks feet should be held to the fire going forward.

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

Fr I’m so tired of people either saying the game is perfect or that it’s the worst game ever, people need to chill I hate this fandom ngl

Can’t agree with you more bro, this shouldn’t be happening. I wish I had continued my game dev career so I could get in to GF and change this lol

There was about 30-40 adults at the midnight release where I live at. Was nice to see there's still interest in that. Some of the people I recognized from back at the sun and moon launch. Was neat

Really like to play but the glitch and lag from ive seen people playing on stream and reviews is a dealbreaker

I respect your opinion I personally didn't care too much for Arceus. And I had a blast playing last night with my friends on Scarlet and Violet I just love that you can do everything in multiplayer Like I can run the story if I want while they're out doing whatever and if they find a rare pokémon they let me know I run over there and I catch it

If not for the performance issues, this would be top 5 pokemon imo

@Worick_

Жыл бұрын

It’s true and such a damn shame

@simpgod2170

Жыл бұрын

Is it top 10?

@crispymelon2114

Жыл бұрын

@@simpgod2170 I would say so, I’ve played all the Pokémon games and if you ignore the technical stuff, this game is definitely the best switch Pokémon game. I also found it to be more fun than Sun&Moon, and X/Y but those games are more polished than this one. I have yet to beat it yet but This game checks all my boxes as of now. Just poor performance does hurt it.

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

@@crispymelon2114 yeah even just playing through the exposition made me genuinely wonder what the storyline is about, as opposed to sword and shield where 5 minutes in you already can tell what’s gonna be the entire story except for the part where your rival gets depressed for like three gyms which was the only interesting part tbh

@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos

Жыл бұрын

There aren't any performance issues though

Such a good review. It makes sense when you think about that under-mentioned multiplayer. It is a little disappointing tho and you hope gamefreak does do this but the whole tm system is super exciting and I may be the first to not miss arceus’ catching style even as an athlete who does love any and all throwing of things… maybe it’d be cool to have as an option in settings. Also just like performance settings I was hoping that I could turn my graphics from fancy to fast 😅😂 But yeah I’m in scarlet if anyone has a squad I may have two, three soon potentially but definitely one in myself… breed our starters and trade at least & version exclusives but more-so get this multiplayer goin, have some fuun 🎉🎉

Really good review man!

The games structure and gameplay is great. But the visual issues/glitches is pretty appalling for such a rich game company. I’d expect more from them. But I will give credit where credit is due. The gameplay and open world is very cool

Lol literally just got back from Best Buy. I’m gonna eat my five guys and then play Scarlet and Violet but first I watch your video Maddie.

I waited all day for Amazon to drop off my double pack. It finally shows up at 7 pm in Bubblewrap. I open it and it’s destroyed so now I just got back from Best Buy with a minty copy. I’ll be sending Amazon’s garbage back. I can’t wait to play.

I'm behind on the new Pokemon releases. And was wondering for an OG Pokemon Fan if you would recommend SV or Legends Arceus?

This game was developed alongside Arceus, so I fully expected it to be a step back, especially since they themselves didn't expect Arceus to be such a success. I feel Gen 10 will be the one everyone wants if these people are at all competent.

@nickchivers9029

Жыл бұрын

People have been forlornly hoping the next gen will be "the one" since the gen 6 hype.

@ThomastheDankEngine8900

Жыл бұрын

@@nickchivers9029 Pokémon fans are the equivalent of Charlie Brown kicking the football.

@jamesgratz4771

Жыл бұрын

Imagine being such a pathetic defender

@garrettwilson9664

Жыл бұрын

@@nickchivers9029 yeah I gave up like 2 guns ago.

Just did a couple of raid battles and I must say they are way better than they were in sword and shield. I can actually join a raid lol.

Question, why are there always two games? (Sun and moon, etc). Just which Pokémon are on them? No other differences?

honest question - can the 100's of performance issues be fixed (gradually) with patches? Or will it be like this forever? Im not sure how patches work - but Id imagine there would need to be A LOT of them. Is that even possible?

@joshholland9020

Жыл бұрын

I’m no expert, haven’t a clue how anything like that works but wasn’t cyberpunk 2077 absolutely atrocious day 1? Never played it myself but didn’t they also fix it over time

@pokene_pokemon

Жыл бұрын

@@joshholland9020 i remeber that - it got about as much hate as pokemon honestly...so they did fix it?

In hindsight working on Arceus at the same time as this was a mistake. Splitting the team between two big open world games, especially for a small company like GameFreak, was not the best plan.

@dw1419

Жыл бұрын

I hate hearing the "GaMEfreAK's JuSt a sMaLL cOMpaNy" excuse when Pokemon is the world's biggest media franchise.

@dw1419

Жыл бұрын

@Sleepy 🐉 If GameFreak can't make good Pokemon games, then the franchise should be given to a developer that can.

@JIreland1992

Жыл бұрын

@@dw1419 GameFreak is a small company though. That’s part of the problem.

@dw1419

Жыл бұрын

@@JIreland1992 When you put out some of the world's top selling videogames on a yearly basis, you can afford to expand your company staffing enough to put out high quality games. The problem is enough people keeping buying the (mediocre) games despite the problems that GameFreak has been able to "get away with it."

The lack of voice acting stood out right away. The game feels slow as well w/o the catching mechanics from PLA. I really enjoyed that game. With more trainers its perfect. I really hope they go back to that formula.

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

They’re never adding voice acting and I sure hope they don’t

@Warshipgamers

Жыл бұрын

@@tearsintherain6311 then you're part of the problem

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

@@Warshipgamers why would anyone want VA in a Pokémon game that would be so horrible especially because it would have English dub anime VA which always suck

@Warshipgamers

Жыл бұрын

@@tearsintherain6311 we’re about to be 2023 stop dickriding

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

@@Warshipgamers and??? Bro if they added va that’s a deal breaker for me this is Pokémon not nhl or fifa or whatever you play hockey man

Great review with fair criticism. Cheers 🙌

Pokémon for me is still an iconic franchise, but I’m very much an old school fan. There’s a big part of me that wish there was a more adult evolution of the franchise as well, building on things I remember from the early days of the franchise. I mean, we got a Pokémon for protection against a dangerous world. We butted heads with mobsters, dealt with death, cruelty, and sci-if horror stories like the creation of MewTwo. Pokémon were cute then too, but some were also terrifying and monstrous- especially with the early sprite art and 8-bit cries and music. I know I’m probably an old geezer on this, but I kinda miss the “generic” designs of Pokémon looking like forms of real animals, more than colourful combinations of base shapes. I’d love to see a game that wasn’t mainly aimed at kids. I’d love to set out on a journey where catching Pokémon is difficult so you have to limit your options and connect with your team. Have trainers you meet be challenging so they come across as more than XP-pools in the shape of an NPC. Maybe use online features in ways similar to GTA where other players can exist within your world and you can happen to come across them? How cool would it be to arrive at a Pokémon centre and meet a player at a similar level and chat with them about your experience so far, maybe go out back to a field and have a battle? Ehh, I understand tho. The IP has set its direction for a long time now, and it makes sense to keep it for kids. But then thinking of the tone they set with the older games or even the Origins anime, it’s hard to not ponder on what other directions they could’ve taken..

The catching mechanic of Legends Arceus is really needed in an open world pokemon game. It felt weird that I can throw the pokeballs of my pokemon but I can throw pokeballs to catch them. Also feels weird that I can't just walk away to run away from wild pokemon battles. It's an open world but the main gameplay isn't.

I love how balanced this review was. Definitely gonna look into the coop aspect

I really hope they fix the technical issues, I am going to wait for a patch though.

Dynamax was literally your Pokemon getting bigger, but it's far more controversial than that if you look at the competitive scene. Pokemon may be basic in structure, but competitive really shows how wild things can get. The campaigns may tend to be weak, but play online and you'll see what kind of madness happens

@thetabbyguy921

Жыл бұрын

Still I find the competitive argument dumb, shoving an unbalanced mechanic in single player down everyone's throat isn't justified just because of the maybe 2% of people who play competitive.

@TheDevourerOfUniverses

Жыл бұрын

Dynamax is stupid bring back mega evo

@tearsintherain6311

Жыл бұрын

@@thetabbyguy921 everyone I know who is not a kid plays Pokémon for the competitive

@thetabbyguy921

Жыл бұрын

@@tearsintherain6311 I personally don't know a single person who does

@brandonslone8937

Жыл бұрын

@@thetabbyguy921 I only play these games for the competitive battles.

I agree they should’ve took the catching and fighting from the previous Pokémon game it made catching Pokémon actually feel like a mini game, sort of a skill to get better at, and take focus, then sometimes when you messed up you missed that Pokémon and that made it feel so much better

@jackkawf4449

Жыл бұрын

Typical GF "oh, we did something you like? "... Well time to change it up

@andrebillups4079

Жыл бұрын

@@jackkawf4449 I think they intentionally do this though so people still buy the previous games lol

"I was at the midnight release and it was a bunch of adults/young adults......." Yeah dude.... Not expecting a bunch of 9yr olds at a midnight release

Did you play it on the OLED switch or on the normal one? I am wondering if the performance differs between the two.

@ftu2021

Жыл бұрын

i played it on oled, its still laggy as hell

I agree Arceus battle and catching elements need to be the standard! It’s sorely missed! So bummed it wasn’t in this game. Hopefully it was a trial run to see how people liked it, as I know these games were developed around the same time. My hope is they see how well Received. Arceus was and add it to the next generation. Please!! 🙏

@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos

Жыл бұрын

Arceus was a different style of game. It's a different genre. Of course it's gonna have different mechanics.

@TheKniteOwl2686

Жыл бұрын

I understand that. But if they can combine some of those mechanics the potential for the next generation will be huge. It would possibly be a breath of the wild moment for Pokémon. They are so close to making the ultimate Pokémon game that we all imagined when we played red and blue years ago

@Furkward

Жыл бұрын

@@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos What genre is it then? Action RPG

I really wanna see into Game Freak's inner workings cause everyone always seems to expect modern AAA standards from them, using the "most profitable media franchise" argument as a reason why. I've always just heard that they're a small company, but I really wanna know just how small it is that after four years of releases on the Switch, this is still how these games come out. Most of the profit from this franchise comes from the merch, but it really starts to feel like The Pokemon Company considers the video games supplementary to that. And that's sad. They wouldn't have a brand if not for these games.

@vivid8979

Жыл бұрын

SwSh sold over 20 Million Copies and that's the GAME ALONE.. 60$ x 20 Million, so there's no denying the games alone are profitable... And Gamefreak is making games faaaaaaar back 2 decades ago, the studio is f*cking older than most of it's fans so it's not lack of experience as well.. They're just simply disrespectful at this point and I think the Fans deserved the treatment since they will still buy the games and even defend the criticisms it gets..

@insentia8424

Жыл бұрын

The harsh release schedule for games release doesn't do them any favour. They basically have 0 time for optimization, because they must keep their deadlines which are solely based on the anime... rather than the other way around. I'm afraid as long as that doesn't change, we can't really expect to get truly, properly polished games.

@thelastwindwaker7948

Жыл бұрын

@@insentia8424 Not to mention they spent most of their time making 2D games on small, handheld consoles. Now suddenly they're expected to jump ahead multiple console generations AND program 1000+ individual creatures, so I'm not surprised Pokemon's being cannibalized by its own brand.

That mountain view at 6:34 looks like a scene from the 1996 Super Mario 64 Nintendo game.

i always love to see new content from your channel! always a pleasant surprise to see a new title on the feed ☺️

I’m returning my double pack because of the performance. I wanted to like this game so badly, but unfortunately the frame rate renders it unplayable at points. Edit: Also all of the shadows are comprised of cubes and it’s laughable.

@ProtoBrown

Жыл бұрын

You’re wrong

@Aenima308

Жыл бұрын

@@ProtoBrown sorry if you like the game man, but the performance of it is atrocious.

@jackkawf4449

Жыл бұрын

@@ProtoBrown except everyone is saying the same thing

@NineToFiveGamerUC0079

Жыл бұрын

Why did you buy the double pack?

@Aenima308

Жыл бұрын

@@NineToFiveGamerUC0079 that’s a good question 😂

they need to take longer when making their games because it’s clear that a 3-year gap isn’t enough, especially when they’re making games in between the gap as well. i think scarlet and violet is a massive upgrade to SWSH but it still could use a few improvements

I will likely pick it up before long, because most people seem to agree there’s a good game under all the issues. But you’re right, it really is inexcusable for them to release the game in this state. I’ve seen lots of people blame the hardware, but like you pointed out, there are plenty of Switch games that look and perform better from franchises that don’t make half as much money as Pokémon does. More powerful hardware won’t change the fact that these games keep getting bigger but have to be made super quickly with no possible delays in order to coincide with the release of trading cards, anime, McDonald’s promotions, etc. Pokémon games need longer development cycles to reach their full potential.

My main complaint so far - and I’ve just started - is that everything is so tiny I can’t see anything on my Switch Lite. It’s hurting my eyes :(((

14.6 hours in and all I've done is get 1 gym badge. Despite it's glaring issues it is SOOOOOOOO FUN and teaming up with 3 of my friends is a great time.

I remember seeing a clip on its bad performance but it's just the same clip each time, so I appreciate you showing more examples of that

@onion_____

Жыл бұрын

frame rate is dog but overall better than sword and shield

@twinkletoes8094

Жыл бұрын

Supposedly there's a memory leak, restarting the game may fix issues if you see a bunch of problems back to back. At least until they patch it

The best review so far I've seen of this game. Thanks

Pretty much everything you say in this video, I agree with. Honestly, it might be the most fun I've had with a Pokemon game since the original release of Diamond and Pearl. Even with all its issues. If you have friends to play it with, the co-op alone I think sells this game.

@Gabeee097

Жыл бұрын

What can u do besides just seeing ur friend in the coop mode? Just seeing ur friend in open world was enough to intrigue me to want to buy the game but I don’t know

I think you nailed it right on the head. We're not trying to totally crap all over the game BUT there has to be some level of accountability in it's awful performance. There's "stylistic choice" and there's "we did the bear minimum". If the perfomance of a game is poor, all the new features and cool additionals fall by the wayside. The performance issues I'm seeing right now are why I'm keep my double pack sealed till either a series of patches come out to fix it or my 14 day return window closes. I am also disappointed in some of the AMAZING nuances from Arceus that didn't get brought over. I hope these performance issues do get patched because it's the MAIN THING holding me back from opening my games right now. And I want nothing more than to enjoy these games. I had an absolute blast with Arceus and loved it SO MUCH so this main title launch has been a let down.

WHY did they not include the awesome mechanic of throwing a pokeball and catching them in real time? That was essentially one of the fundamental reasons why Arceus was amazing and practically a new mechanic that could've revolutionised the franchise' gameplay. SUCH a miss, but so glad it's open world. I hope in the next generation they maintain the open world theme and bring back the catching mechanic of Arceus. FOR now I'm gonna complete my Pokedex in Violet, Woohoo!

@SleepyGraugans

Жыл бұрын

My guess would be that, since both games were in development at the same time and Arceus was more of a test project/trying something new, they stuck to the classic main game formula for SV. Arceus turned out to be a success and many people love the new mechanics, but implementing them into SV might have delayed the game. Something the game would have profited from anyway, if just for more polish. But yeah, unlikely with TPC. Hopefully, the next game will have the best of both worlds!

@davidmacy411

Жыл бұрын

Its also entirely possible that they knew this game would suffer with performance and decided that this would take too long to implement or would hurt performance even more so they didnt put it in.

@insertnamehere0112

Жыл бұрын

It's because Arceus was a spinoff, not a main series game.

@kvngjaygamez2570

Жыл бұрын

@@insertnamehere0112 that doesn’t mean they couldn’t also use the mechanic

I pretty much agree with everything you said. awesome impressions.

I’m def waiting for future gameplay for any future releases, i dont think I’m buying Pokémon games on release anymore. The games performance is really killing me.

Definitely getting it, it would be my first Pokémon game and I think it looks great, I’m gonna wait for them to release a patch first though

@least.insane.femboy

Жыл бұрын

if you can, please start with an earlier game. gen 5 is and always will be the perfect generation for me, and i think it's a great entry point

@NineToFiveGamerUC0079

Жыл бұрын

@@least.insane.femboy How about you let the dude enjoy whatever entry he wants? Instead of trying to cram your biased opinion down a stranger's throat?

@least.insane.femboy

Жыл бұрын

@@NineToFiveGamerUC0079 i'm trying to give a recommendation. i'm not being rude or dismissive - like you are - they can enjoy what they want. but on the other hand, i don't want their introduction to the series to be a rushed, unfinished DLC trap.

@ishowabnormalbehavior

Жыл бұрын

@@least.insane.femboy thanks will check it out

@avocadeous

Жыл бұрын

@@least.insane.femboyI suppose the problem with recommending gen 5 is that it has the second most expensive resale price behind gen 4. I’ve seen copies of BW go for for no less than £80 and I haven’t seen a copy of BW2 that goes for under £100. Great games but I would not pay eighty quid for them lol

I love Legend Arceus so much. It's a complete game without version exclusive bs. Though it lacks endgame component.

@parkerholberton4664

Жыл бұрын

Oo that’s tru just some legendary “have to own other games” exclusive bs that kept meee from finishing the dex 😍 (on a hyper focus binge in the first two weeks and kinda haven’t touched it since 😮😵‍💫😦) I’m taking scarlet a lot more chill but super excited to try and finish it with some 400 and at least a few trades needed 😮😮😼

It’s crazy but if it was sword and shield I would’ve given up on Pokémon with the techiniqual issue but with how different and fun it is I love this game and man thank god you mention co op cuz no one is talking about it love your review dude

I do think that if they solve everything technology wise, and it runs smooth, this could be one of the best pokemon games.

I think the game took some great elements from other prior Pokémon games. Yes, the technical problems do hunt this game but underneath it is a GREAT game.

The fact you couldn’t just throw a ball was the most disappointing moment for me. I loved that so much and it doesn’t feel right without it.

@gabet5247

Жыл бұрын

It seems like a big step backwards for a mechanic that isnt very complex 🤦

This is one of the best takes of Scarlet and Violet I’ve seen on KZread so far. I don’t agree with everything you said but You were able to see all of the good the games have to offer, something I think everyone else is overlooking. As a person who’s very detail oriented I can’t be too hard on Game Freak because of just how much they did here. It still has some things to iron out and fix but in my opinion, this was the BEST Pokémon experience I’ve ever had on Nintendo Switch. They gave me what I wanted and because of that I can’t be too mad at them.

Could they do a dlc of new areas where it is more arceus style ? Then beside the performance issues I’m not mad

My all time favorite game is New Vegas. I don't care about super smooth performance as long as the game itself is fun and the story is compelling. Yeah yeah, biggest richest property, blah blah blah. Is the game fun? Can you play the game? That's all the fucking matters.

@michaelmatthews1567

Жыл бұрын

No, that’s absolutely not “all that matters”

@PrsnmanGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmatthews1567 Yes it is

@PrsnmanGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmatthews1567 As long there isn't anything totally game breaking (i.e. most bugs in Bethesda games), the game just needs to be fun and enjoyable.

@ThomastheDankEngine8900

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmatthews1567 ever heard of personal opinion?

Imagine the auto battles with the arceus style catching

I clipped out of the houndour cave and wondering when everything is going to start scaling with you

Not one to hate on games but that scene in the classroom was insane. The frames were so slow. I thought it was just my switch having an issue

For all the bugs & glitches I'd call it the premier pokemon experience a very close second to Arceus in my opinion at least