Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Nintendo Switch Review - Are They Worth It?
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
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I think that GameFreak should start outsourcing some of their graphical stuff to Monolithsoft, like Nintendo did with BOTW. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a technical marvel on the Switch, in my opinion.
The idea is not bad but Pokemons technical problems run deeper than a shortage of overworld Designers. It was datamined that their engine has A LOT of old code waste and clutter from previous generations in it which prevents it from running smoothly. As long as they don't throw away the whole thing and build it up from scratch, more Designers are not the solution I'm afraid. Doing that would in turn be quite expensive and why wouldn't they squeeze every bit they can out of their messy foundation if we're all gonna buy it anyway.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 looks way worse than 2 for some reason it has atrocious anti aliasing for example. It is far from a marvel even though it looks a quadrillion times better than any Pokémon game.
@@-siranzalot- Source? And i dont say that to be annoying, i genuinely wanna see a UA-cam video about it if there is one
@@FelixS. I disagree. I pretty much share the same thoughts about it as the guy from Digital Foundry, so you can watch that to get a more detailed perspective of why I think it looks better than 2. It’s not perfect, but I do think it’s impressive.
monolithsoft also did some work in splatoon3. they’re amazing and should be tapped in
Every Pokemon game is a step in the right direction.... but look, we don't need another step, we need a destination.
You hit the nail on the head. How many incremental games do we need before we get the game we imagined back in 1998? Gamefreak is useless.
Take it away from gamefreak is the only way
Well said
TPC has a destination: *money*
It's like a step in a wavy line, we already know how to have that line straight to the destination, but keep veering off here and there.
The story of, “its a step on a right direction but not a good contemporary game” is getting so tiring and frustrating, but the worst of it is that this will be the eternal cycle this games will be in since Pokemon as a whole will always sale well despite delivering average experiences in their main line console games… It’s sad but there’s not much that can be done… unless few people buy this games which will probably never happen…
Parents will buy their kids the game regardless of how it plays and it will sell great. It can be a ps2 game with minimal budget. Pokémon is a brand at this point. They don’t have to try anymore.
I think that Pokemon should be a once in a generation game, like Mario or zelda. It would still sell zillions of copies. They can easily make spin-off games throughout the years to get more merch, cards, TV episodes, etc.
Then again, this will probably sell zillions, and even more than sword and shield. Why bother fixing your square wheel when it sells, and it sells well.
you dont understand
they get a *MASSIVE* paycheck every single gen no matter how bad they are
THEN they get a far far bigger paycheck after that due to all the cheap sh!tty tcg cards, merch, food, ect. they sell BASED on the sh!tty mainline games
they dont care.
they dont care about the games, pokemon's legacy or any of us.
they only care about the money.
and this trend will not end anytine soon.
A square wheel that sells off of pure nostalgia and novelty is pretty much exactly how I'd describe Pokemon. Sure, they may have chiseled off the edges in recent games to round them off, but the glaring issue of four flat sides that refuse to budge more than an inch at a time is still far too prevalent an issue.
guess thats one way to look at it. then again if thats true, they wouldn’t even gone for a open world style of gameplay this time. they could just slap a coat of paint on sword, and shield and sell it again. but they at the very least tried to mix it up.
I didn't expect stellar performance...but wow...I would ask how anybody could release a game in this state, but then I remember it's Pokemon so it will still sell millions even at 10 fps.
I've been excited for the game but after seeing that performance it's really put a damper on that excitement. Feeling a lot more patient to play than I was before.
Yep I just can't understand why they are not able to achieve some decent performance 😢
@@RuuyG keep coping, this video is reviewed with 1.0.1 patch, just accept that this game's performance is terrible even with the "patch" that you're boasting
@@RuuyG they are testing on the day one patch…did you listen to the review? lol
Now that we got open world, we need vr running at 120fps
@@harrys1946 Nah he just wanted to run to complain like everyone always do because if he did he would have known that
I’m looking forward to Digital Foundry’s coverage on this - performance this bad deserves to be criticised
same lol, its gonna be (the best kind of) murder i suspect. they are always so impressed by well-optimised switch games and this is anything but! and its not even a portl ol
Facts
Can issues like these be fixed through patches?
@@iJooney It can.. But then it needs a huge amount of time and money which Gamefreak is not well known to be bother with it....
@@vivid8979 game freak never usually have issues with performance that’s why they will fix it for sure
highest grossing media franchise ever btw
Are we at that point where sonic has to give up his crown for worst mainline franchise that makes bad games away to pokemon?!
Oh how times have changed...
Which is exactly why it shouldn't have performance issues whatsoever, or very few at the least. They have the money to make that happen.
@@HandheldGamer1991 pokemon has been bad for the longest time. it's the fans. I mean if you slap the pokemon logo on a pile of turd people would literally scream for joy. its the reverse sonic.
@@stygy9929 COMPLETELY TRUE. Pokemon is so engrossed in World Culture now that even if these games are at their worst the pokemon fans will keep buying them. If anything the fans need to show Nintnedo the games need to improve dramatically by being more creative with story, gameplay and much more.
@@stygy9929 Even if pokemon sold a game with completely black screen with only text dialogues for $60, fans would not only buy it but also defend it and praise it by calling it innovative. The current state of this franchise is because of developers’ incompetence as well as fans’ inability to accept that the games are becoming worse
Remember when everyone said the previews weren't the final build and the technical issues will definitely get sorted?
Look at those sunflora. Yikes
That’s an older version of the game there’s a patch when you play for the first time
@@Nephes1988 they are already playing on that day one patch, they mentioned it in the review.
5fps Sunflora 🤣 dont even get me started on the pop in and dreadful textures lol
They always say that with SwSh, Legends and now with Gen 9
That's some high copium
@@Nephes1988 did you not listen to the video? They literally said they are playing with the day1 patch applied I'm not a huge pokemon fan literally PLA is my first game since X/Y yall can not keep giving GameFreak passes like this or these issues will never be fixed! The animations on those Sunflora was beyond atrocious and unacceptable for a billion dollar company who's had years to get this type of shit right
At this point, Pokemon really need 1 - 2 rival franchise that can show to us this type of game can have stellar performace and beautiful stylistic world. Temtem, MH Stories or even Digimon need to step up and capitalize this when many people questioning game freak capability to create a game with stable and solid performance.
I love Pokemon but I also love Digimon and the way Bandai Namco handles Digimon deeply infuriates me. They're leaving the marketing up to the fans and I'm tired of it. One of the biggest reasons Pokemon is so successful is bc of the marketing. Pokemon marketing is REALLY good. Digimon marketing by comparison is almost nonexistent.
@@duskvortex yeah! I really like Digimon Survive and am so sad it's not popular because Bandai are allergic to marketing.
@@duskvortex You’re entirely wrong. As someone who’s deep into Digimon to the point of ordering limited edition items from Japan, it’s not Bandai. It’s the western market. People instantly compare Digimon to Pokémon which harms the franchise.
They also compare all releases we do get to the original Digimon World game which isn’t that great. Bandai also doesn’t budget for international releases and have failed multiple times to break into the western market because of Pokémon’s clutches fans. The Cybersleuth games were a massive hit in the west and the switch version killed it because of the dexxit situation. Survive did pretty well in reviews but western fans didn’t like the gameplay because it was a visual novel.
The other issue is Bandai as a whole doesn’t properly fund Digimon outside of Japan. They aren’t like Nintendo who expects a new Pokémon game every 3 years. Digimon games are reliant on what they earn. They are heavily advertised and promoted in Japan and Asia because that’s their main market. If a previous Digimon game doesn’t sell well in the west the chances of getting the next is slim to none. That’s why we missed a 2 versions of a world game and a story’s game.
It’s also why Bandai in the west is known for all their anime games because those will sale.
@@gomamon8439 my bad, but yeah. I really hate the western Bamco branches, they barely do ANYTHING to advertise Digimon at all. also I honestly blame the Pokemon comparisons on Saban/Fox bc they tried so hard to imitate Pokemon and 20+ years later it's still fucking Digimon over even when it's not being compared to Pokemon/using Pokemon tactics in marketing material anymore
it's all so baffling too bc Yokai Watch did rather well in the west despite the Pokemon comparisons until it all came to a screeching halt around the release of YW3, and years later we still have no idea if YW4 is getting localized or not (I've completely lost hope at this point)
Temtem is awesome. Way better than pokemon.
I wonder how many steps multi billion dollar franchise can step in the right direction before it actually gets it right
Never . Money = what matters
An important lesson on why competing companies is always great for product excellence. Gamefreak have no competitors in this niche so they can release whatever the hell they like and it'll pull record sales. These graphics and performance are borderline hilarious.
Why’s it gamefreaks fault no one else can make a Pokémon like brand and compete?
There are and have been many competitors the problem is the tunnel vision fans that have 0 standards
@@LOLxUnique actually people can’t but fan boys don’t accept it. Oh Dragon Quest has some way better Pokémon style games and actually did it before Pokémon. This was DQm joker Which came out the same year that pearl and diamond did for the DS but I had a four 3-D open world no Random Encounters and a interesting story that actually goes places unlike the Pokémon games. ua-cam.com/video/71hSYzZfo_M/v-deo.html
I think the only game that had similar vomi-inducing FPS similar to this was Rune Factory 5, a company that filed for bankruptcy, so they made the game with scraps. Gamefreak, the most profitable franchise, made a game with similar performance issues to a bankrupt company. Unacceptable...
Are you nuts? Nexomon is the seconding coming of mons
/s
I’m very, very concerned about what’s going to happen when online co-op launches, I can’t imagine the performance being any better in that mode and I don’t think people are going to tolerate an even choppier framerate
Tbh I feel co-op would have much better performance tho. One thing about the new title is as PLA, the battles take place right on the map. But pvp would be in a specific stadium like previous titles tho
I wouldn’t be surprised if people would go back to swsh for pvp
@@superbowyiming I think the OP refers to the Co-Op mode inside the game itself, not for PvP Battles. This game is said to include the option to play the entire game in Co-Op with other 3 players, on the same game world.
Let's face it. People don't seem to actually care about pokemon performance and it sells millions no matter what. Not until people stop buying it will they care at all. They're dogs.
@@superbowyiming When you turn on online in SwSh, the framerate tanks and the game starts to stutter, as it pauses to load in other players. You can feel a lot, but my money is on performance not becoming better.
I see alot of folks saying its a step in the right direction, so imma wait until they actually get there.
Exactly! hahaha
Hahaha yep. Although I doubt we ever will with Gamefreak at the helm
Gamefreak does 1 step forward but takes 2 or 3 steps backwards
At 30 years old a franchise shouldn’t be “taking a step” in the right direction 😭😭
That’s the Pokémon motto. Always a baby step in the right direction. It’s pathetic they don’t live up to the potential that is there. They can afford to hire as many devs as they’d need. But they’ll keep doing minimal effort because why not, everyone buys it anyway.
Such a shame that a multi-billion dollar company doesn't put more effort into their games. Worse still, these latest ones will certainly be a financial success so they'll have no reason to learn from some clear mistakes.
Gamefreak are very inexperienced with 3D engines and open worlds ..
@@Al3XB85 you can see that clearly. But they aren't some small indie studio. They have enough money to hire the best, they simply choose not to. They do the bare minimum every single time and they're rewarded for it.
As long as the fans keep buying it for the name sake it'll never change. Nintendo knows their audience and their never gonna change this tactic as long as fans just keep buying it even at it's worst.
@@supermiketendo1562 I think they could do with hiring some new talent but I think mostly they need support and they will get there, they're improving with every attempt. Remember this is essentially their 3rd proper 3D game.
Well, Pokémon games has been pretty fun for 26 years! Every new generation has new additions and things to discover that make them addictive! I don’t think that 60fps make some game good or bad.
I can confirm to you that Pokémon is not in the top of the world for 20 years making bad games...
Why the heck didn't they scale the level of the pokemon in an open world game?
Laziness?
Because that makes no sense for a game based around catching and fighting monsters
@@PeaceArt1 That‘s the thing, I think writing an equation that sets every level in the game is so much less work than hardcoding everything 🤔
I have the feeling, GameFreak are just so deeply set in their ways they can’t even think beyond their usual approach to everything.
@@Al3XB85 how so? It would simply ensure that you can truly go everywhere at anytime and fight every gym leader and still have a fun challenge, as is the CORE IDEA of this generation.
@@unninspiriert but that's the point.. you only want the illusion of being able to go anywhere... It still makes way more sense to have something to work towards, you may go and find the best gym leader and challenge them and get destroyed then set off on a journey to become good enough.. in a game like Pokémon where the Pokémon and their ability are the actual game it doesn't make sense that you could in theory find and catch a charizard within an hour and then struggle to catch a pidgey after 40 hours... You want the progress of your Pokédex to make sense
1:00 - this is what reviewers say every time a new generation is released. It’s *always* the most special feeling since Red and Blue…. except it’s really not. And once the nostalgia goosebumps go away the cracks start to show quickly.
This really gives "old man yells at cloud" vibes. Red and Blue weren't exactly rock solid either. Nostalgia makes those games better than they are. There are plenty of great newer games that hold up just fine. Gen 1 may be insurmountable for you, but that's not the case for everyone.
@@Flaris Exactly. Gens 2 and 3 were the best in the franchise!
This, I think XY were the games that fit that role the most, the way it referenced Gen 1 coupled with wing the first full 3D game felt tailor made for people who stopped playing after GSC.
@@Flaris You completely missed the point and intentionally misconstrued what OP said, good job.
Yeah but remember this guy just bumlicks Nintendo. They could release a turd and he’d say it’s the greatest thing since the last greatest thing.
Agreed with this. The game runs abysmally .. even for game freak’s standards it’s bad. Too bad because the game does have a lot to offer. It’s just such waste. I wouldn’t even call this a “lack of polish”. I think it’s more than that. The game simply does not run properly.
Pokemon pop in right in front of you. Could you imagine a game coming out in 2022 where an enemy pops up right in front of you.thats a broken game
Pokémon deserves so much better, game runs so poorly and looks bad as well. Imagine what MonolithSoft could do with the franchise
@@mjay8055 I would love this game weren't it for the performance issue. If this game had a solid fps, this game would prob be my game of the year.
Nintendo Seal of Approval?
@winged hussar If it was anything other than pokemon, it would get crucified. Pokemon always gets a pass. That's a universal law at this point.
Since PLA and S/V were being made at the same time, i hope that whatever they are doing for their next game (Be it another Legends game 🤞) takes a lot from PLA (catching mechanics, sense of wonder) and marries it with S/V to create a game that is just fantastic. It seems like Game freak didn't think that PLA would do as well as it did, and so i hope they are starting on... Legends... Rayquaza? I know if i had a choice, I'd rather play a Legends game than a mainline game, but if they took both and put them together, I'd 100% play that
The childlike wonder this video talks about, I found with PLA. It was a lovely pick up, put down game that I still enjoy spending time in. Haven't enjoyed a main game like I did with PLA in years. Won't buy this gen, only got S&S as the region was UK based. Sigh. I'll be holding my money for BoTW2 and Silksong instead
Pla? Platinum?
@@thejoker2846 Pokemon Legends Arceus. Sorry for the confusion 😆👌🏻
Yeah, the exclusion of the catching mechanics from Legends makes this game a hard pass for me. If they release another game with those same mechanics, I'll be interested again but I'm done with turn based Pokemon catching.
so I kept myself completely blind to any of what S/V was going to be. and after seeing that they kept the traditional battling style I'm kinda flabbergasted. Like yeah I agree they didn't expect Arceus to do well and it isn't a "mainline" game . but after seeing how positively it was all received I can't believe they kept it traditional like I swore after they saw how badly SW/SH got lambasted for laziness they would lean a little Heavier into the legends side of things. now I'm almost exclusively waiting for another Pokemon legends. and Maybe it'll be like Celebi, Jirachi, or Zeraora.
The 'Step on the right direction' saga. I don't get why this traditional and consistent dissapointment sells that well, with only the promise than the next one will be better.
This is just the usual Pokemon fan cycle. Buy each game and compliment it by saying it's a step on the right direction.
How many games have they said that for? When are they going to start walking instead of just taking steps?
We spent 15 years with steps in the right direction...just give the series to another developer
Or perhaps more companies should try to pursue the market garned by Pokémon. It way easy to say the developers are the problem when in reality TPC give a hard deadline for the games to meet other avenues to maximize earnings.
@@DankMemeCenterX If only Atlus could appeal to a higher public as a monster catching series, but unfortunately Smt/Persona/Even Demi kids lol would never really make any kind of high sucess because it's way better if the series where you can kill God at the side of Lucifer stay as a niche
@@Joseto_1305 that and only having 3 years to be ready with a game that they won't delay. Also, I have a feeling that they don't really add anything to the game in the last 6 months or so of development and only care about fixing exploits and glitches(the only fun part of bad games) during that time.
Omg I’ve been saying this for years since Pokémon sun and moon. Just give the franchise to another studio! Intelligence systems or retro studios.
Honestly no they don't need another company Pokémon needs hard-core competition because giving it to another company they could do the same, make a halfassed game and sell because people love pokemon no matter what if Nintendo/GameFreak had a competitor let's say the next Tem Tem game comes out and absolutely shits on Pokemon in every aspect or Monster Hunter Stories 3 and reviewers are giving those games 10/10's very good reviews and Pokémon drops and gets 5, 6 or 7's GF and Nintendo will start to see they need to do better and can't just put out anything because they will lose its player base to the competition if any other company put out a game in such a bad state S/V is in they'd been hung and crucified but nostalgia and that need for the next hit of mainline pokemon games makes this okay and acceptable for some...not all but enough to warrant this bs
I knew there was going to be technical issues going in but wow, this is something else.
I preordered the game on eshop but I don’t even know if this is worth playing now at its current state
@@Zekon05 cancle it and wait for a price drop
@@EmpireZzzz these games never drop in price unless they’re purchased used
@@mittromney6052 Just wait 3 years for the next Pokemon game to come out, right now Sword and Shield are like half off.
@@BasedMamaJames617 who wants to wait 3 years to play a game just to save $30. People waste more on Netflix in like 2 months without realizing. Just buy the game if it’s good and don’t buy it if it’s trash.
I hope the performance issues get fixed soon. I was really looking forward to play these games since I've been putting off on buying any Pokemon games on the switch
They probably will. Probably be a lot of patches down the road.
I feel like the played the 1.0.0 version
They will probably fix some stuff but from the way these games are built I doubt it'd be anything significant
@@Nephes1988 no, they mentioned using the latest patch too. I want to say it’s going to be a future patch fix but I don’t bet on it either..
@@anonwalkerr also the game runs better on handheld we got that option too
No voice acting bothers me every time I play a modern Pokémon game. It breaks the immersion so much
In my opinion the Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee games were the last good-looking games in the series, since then their art style has just gotten more confused and muddy.
I get that they're struggling with the limitations of the hardware here, but other games have managed to do open world and make it run AND look much better than this. I guess I'm just a little sad that a series I once cared about looks like it's been developed by a small-time indie studio.
I agree
Freakin' No Man's Sky runs on Switch
@@Patpizio Exactly! There's no excuse to release a game that looks and plays like this when you have as much resources as GameFreak does
Yeah, the Switch is super weak, but the solution to that limitation isn't to just ignore the problem.
I agree. I think they should have stuck with that engine/style. It's funny in the weeks leading up to SV's release all i kept seeing were people saying how good SV looks. I'm like...."Where?"
To be honest the art style and performance seem really quite offputting. I enjoyed arceus but don't think i'll pick this one up.
Why are people upset with the art style and acting like Arceus was acceptable? Arceus looked much less cohesive and polished. This game actually has an art style that makes sense and looks relatively polished compared to the past 3 releases.
@@philipsparks6089 I don't think Arceus was a nice looking game but personally I think this looks worse. I mean the frame rate for some of those pokemon when they move or sway is just rough to look at.
Same here, Arceus at least gave us a fresh take on catching pokemon despite the issues. SV isn't deviating from the norm to justify why it looks this bad as a main entry
@@philipsparks6089 what art style ,everything looks generic as he'll like environments tht look ps2 level .arceus at least looked like it had historical art style
SAME
Can you imagine a game releasing in a state like this back on the SNES or before patches were a thing? Yeesh
Can you imagine having an open world, 30-60 hour adventure game with multiplayer, PvP, etc while looking like this on the SNES? Yeesh
@@Adalon- Brain rot
@@theelephant2117 Nope. Simply pointing out it's a retarded comparison that has no basis and makes no points. It's a waste of words and pure whataboutism.
That did happen, all the time on systems before patches and the games were ignored if they weren't from a huge company
Ahhh man, thank you for reminding me just how old I am. Because yeah...yeah, that happened all the time. Same with (hell, _especially_ during) the N64/PS1 era. Greedy CEOs forcing an unequiped team of devs to crunch and ship broken games for maximum benefit is a tale as old as the medium of video games itself.
I really hope that they throw a lot of patches at this game. Sounds like what I've been wanting for a long time and I'm just sad that performance sucks!
Have they ever done that before? No. So stop hoping.
@@sechabatheletsane9784 someone’s mad lol. We get it, you don’t like the game, but every hopeful comment i see under this video is harassed by ppl like u being angry and telling everyone why they should be angry
@@mittromney6052 what have they done in the past to make you confident things will change?
@@mittromney6052 i agree with both. I hope they fix things, but I know for a fact that they won’t.
@@DaBeastRay1234 Things might not change, and I see it not changing anytime soon. I can still be hopeful, they can surprise us...They make enough money to hit record sales with minimal work, but hey I'm still going to buy the game and "hopefully" enjoy it. Maybe one day they will make a game that's leagues ahead and won't have any performance issues.
Only legends know this is a Reupload
I did know that, but I don't know why they did so. I only saw the first 2 minutes lol.
I wonder why they did that 🤔
I am curious as to why it was taken down. I was halfway through the video when it became unavailable.
This happened before with Nintendo Life. They likely added a clip of something they were not supposed to show yet, and had to take it out.
I was in the middle of the video when it just stopped 😂
Pokémon is the biggest multimedia franchise in the world. They need to support Game Freak more. I’m in my 30s now. My hard earned cash doesn’t mean as much as the billions of dollars in card sales, plush sales, et al that can be used to hire people who are capable of making this a better quality series of games so hat things like storytelling and new Pokémon can shine. These visuals muddle all of that intention into a mushy letdown.
I don’t understand. So you want to buy a bad product to “help them make better games”??
So when the game is good you’ll stop buying?
@@Shark00n1337 Clearly you don’t understand. I’m not supporting this franchise. They’d benefit more by allocating their resources to making the game better. My money is better off in my pocket.
@@petecolombo Ah! Sounds good. Vote with your wallet.
Too bad most of the copies are bought by parents who have no clue.
(MY REVIEW) Tbh is not only the technical issues, the world itself is also empty and poorly designed. You CAN'T go anywhere want, or well, i guess you can, but even if you beat or catch over leveled pokemon they won't listen to you, and koraidon won't have the tools to traverse most regions, sometimes youre actually are heavily encouraged to follow a certain path to be even able to progress since you're surrounded by unclimbable mountains and unswimmable lakes, and when you finally have the way to reach paths you weren't able before, there's nothing there. A huge cliff? Nothing on top, a cave with a lot of unreachable platforms in the beginning? A few worthless TMs, the top of an island in the middle of a lake? Just a few regular pokemon.
The game just doesn't reward your curiosity and ends up feeling bland and just randomly put on together.
Also these must be the worst gym trials ever, literally, won't spoil them but rest assured that you will ask in disbelief how were they able to put together the laziest gym trials, or how the team star raids are so boring and how only one of the titan pokemon events actually is interesting as you actually have to hunt him, the rest are just there walking.
It's still pokemon and the formula will always work, so even the worst games are still somewhat fun, but that doesn't mean game freak should always be so lazy, they need to continue being called out, and this is once again, one of those moments. It's a fun game, but not a good one, a ton of potential wasted. 7/10 (it's still pokemon an it is fun but extremely poorly executed)
Nice review!
I think Nintendo went the open world route just because they are not able nor interested in doing a nice linear story-driven gameplay. They tried with Alola (SM, USUM) but it was horrible, with too much hand holding and uninteresting, non skippable cutscenes.
Open World is/was hyped (sincerely I don't know why for a franchise like this) and GF just threw it in there for the fans asking for it. Now we have an open world with nothing to do in it, but catch and express battle pokémon.
The postgame is just another example and sometimes i think they thought: "Well, kids today just like to play online. Cut the interesting competitive offline postgame, throw a bunch of online raids and a stripped down version of a battle tower".
It's just sad seeing a very good franchise going down the drain :(
After watching this I think I finally realized that I’m far more excited for the new meta on Showdown than the actual game. Better performance and the players make their own epic stories (and salt)
I can't wait for them to ban Terastal Pokemon and go back to the same stale meta.
@@Kewlgabe The paradox Pokémon are going to mix up the meta game at the very least. Tera might be very broken, although I’m really looking forward to playing with it!
Showdown salt videos are fake
@@Kewlgabe It's not their fault gamefreak's generational gimmicks are unbalanced AF for singles. Besides with the healing moves being nerfed to 8 pp and a ton of new offensive options this meta is looking very promising.
This comment made me realize the same thing. I’m in no rush to play this game and increase my collection, but I really wanted to get into the new battle mechanics. Showdown is exactly what I’ll do while playing actual good games.
I hope that people do enjoy Scarlet and Violet, but I'm not in a big rush to pick one of these up. It's kind of hard to believe that this is the newest big Nintendo game considering how much lower quality the visuals are than something like Super Mario Odyssey or BOTW that dropped so early in the Switch's lifespan. I don't think it's a stretch to say that generation 4 or even generation 3 pokemon games look better than the 9th generation does today.
good 2D always looks better than bad 3D, and since Gen 6 Pokemon has been very ugly 3D
My daughter is excited for the game, that’s the main reason I’m picking it up.
@@incognitod8444 I think gen 6 looks better than this lol, I mean I still don't like how gen 6 looks but do to ita more limited scope and controlled camera angle it was able to keep a decent amount of detail
@@The_MEMEphis nah Gen 6 had many issues but graphically it looked really good overall. But Gamefreak absolutely failed in the Switch era (except Legends Arceus - despite thr crap graphics)
It would have been interesting if the gym leaders scale up and have different teams according to, for example, how powerful your starter is, or how many badges you've gotten. Oh, well -- too interesting and ambitious for gamefreak.
Holy guacamole, that frame rate, that one guy jumping at 15 fps behind Iono, and he isn't even that far away, and the sunflower 😢
I'm still wanna buy it, but I feel i have to vote with my wallet on this.
Please stop. If we never stop buying these unfinished games, we will never see an amazing pokemon game of our dreams in the future.
A real shame that the performance issues are bad enough to ruin some of the experience. I like some of ideas here and I think it could be a fun game if not for those issues
As someone who's played every gen, I think I'll hold off on buying these until they've been patched (if that ever happens) or they're on sale down the line. It's just another gen where they've made few improvements that I personally care about, on top of there being huge frame rate issues (which is a big deal to me). It's too bad because the open world structure seems fun. I'll echo everyone else saying I wish they would just give these games more time and treat them like Mario and Zelda. Maybe Gen X!
I was debating whether to get this or Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. This review settles it. Xenoblade it is!
Thank you for your honest review!
Xenoblade DE is pretty amazing tbh
That game was good I miss playing it 😭 way better than this in my opinion
The problem with buying xenoblade is that once you play it you will also have an unquenchable desire to play xenoblade 2 and 3 so it’ll end up costing you more money :P
@@josephn1000 but the money is worth it
XBC 3 I played over 90hrs and still not 100% done xD
Xenoblade series is brilliant and so much better than this slop from Gamefreak
Seen both this video and your review on Splatoon 3. Splatoon 3 feels like a competitive beast of a pokemon that had it's stats raised over the years through its many major improvements, but it had an everstone that prevented it from evolving in the fact that no new major game modes like Salmon Run were introduced. Still it's a great game, and if they were to add something revolutionary it should be something like a custom map maker like Halo's forge to make fun mini games like Infection (I'd call it Sanitization after Octo Expansion) possible, perhaps it was just limited by the hardware.
As for Scarlett and Violett, it feels like that one pokemon you loved as a child (for me it's Pachirisu) that never got buffed by the devs to make it competitive since they never cared about it because it always made it to the top of game sales without trying. We've had other jrpgs and franchises like Final Fantasy and Zelda become more creative over the years to become the giants they are in gaming, yet Pokemon has not kept up with the times in both innovation or performance but it stays together with other franchises for the immense bias it has.
Every Pokémon review I hear “it’s a step in the right direction”. After so many tries, it’ll never get to that final destination.
I can honestly deal with a game having inconsistent performance as long as it’s actually a fun and enjoyable time (looks at Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity), so hopefully it’ll be the case with this game. It’s just a shame that the technical side of Pokémon always seems to be it’s weakest aspect, which was the same case for Legends Arceus despite still having a blast with that game.
Not even Age of Calamity ran as poorly as what I've seen in this video.
@@ux92 what the fuck are you talking about? Age of Calamity dropped into the single digits with frame rate. Like if you’re gonna lie, at least make it a lie that people can’t fact check. 😅
@@SnowCoveredKK I bought the game a couple months ago, played it and that never happened to me? At least not constantly... I don't remember it being so slow tbh.
the sad thing is i dont think the technical side of pokemon was always its weakest aspect, pokemon on the 3ds played sooo beautifully from what i remember😞
This is inexcusable if the company has billions of dollars.
I miss the DS era, that 2D pixel art with some 3D was the best for Pokémon
Sad to see this game has performance issues like this when PLA is somewhat similar and runs so much better.. PLA had its issues but performance wasnt anywhere near this level and was super pleasant... I hope they do patch this to fix this issue but as you said.. I don't see it happening. Game Freak needs to kinda step up in this department. One of the highest selling franchises shouldnt be this poor or behind the times at this point. They gotta stop sitting on their laurels in my opinion. Took too long for the series to hit this point now
I haven't felt this addicted to a Pokemon game since Pokemon Platinum. The FPS is bad but the open world 3d pokemon environment is what I have always wanted.
If a patch fixes the horrible issues it has this could be the best game in the series.
Just play digimon
@@timopheim5479 What? Which Digimon?
The only patch you will get is the Switch Pro, which comes out in about a year or a half. Only 350€ :)
HgSs & BW2 are some of the best ds games and blows platinum out of the water.
I wish this game played more in the style of Legends Arceus tbh. Catching and starting battles in that game felt amazing to me and smooth. This still feels restricted in gameplay.
I know everyone expected this to build on the barebones, proof of concept game that was arceus. But it seems like they didn't take the best parts of that game.....which seems extremely odd.
Both games were made alongside each other, so they didnt realize how successful the Arceus formula would become. Hopefully they implement those features in the next game.
There’s only one good thing about PLA: Catching.
And those catching mechanics do not translate well into a main line game because it’s turn based combat.
I don't get why you're surprised at all. Most of the time they don't carry over features that past games have.
And, once again, the apologists who claimed "they still have time, they will iron out the technical issues" were wrong. Like they were also wrong with Sonic Frontiers. Like, you know, they are always wrong. Lol
Shut up…
Can we pls get a stronger switch already? The thing is having problems runing ps3 games XD
I finished sonic frontiers on switch yesterday and didn't had any performance problem, I really glad they released it on switch.
the problem here is gamefreaks they're just bad developpers,
X and Y runs bad on 3ds they said it's because of the 3d,
they said with sun and Moon that they pushed the 3ds to the max, really have you seen it ?? and they didn't make it 3d except for combat, Sword and shield it was just corridors and ugly textures. Legend arceus the environnement were ugly but really fun because of the gameplay. Scarlet and violet look bad, runs bad and they removed what made legend arceus Fun the gameplay...
the performance looks really bad when you have games like xenoblade 3 that runs great with bigger zones or even sonic that can runs really fast in big zones without any stutters and with lokked 30 fps.
they didn't take the time to optimize the game because they wanted to released it for the holiday season like always.
And the worst part is that I'm buying the game because I have a 6 years old that really wants it.
@@NathanaelRibeiro GF are not bad developers…
@@HandheldGamer1991 the switch is not the issue. Zelda, Xenoblade and Witcher all run fine. They've just rushed.
I think at this point we genuinely dont expecting graphical greatness from pokemon games anymore lol
Graphics don't matter. The problem is performance
@@WiiFan20XX yea they do...this is a tired and boring argument, the game objectively looks like shit, games from 2009 look better then this.
@@WiiFan20XX speak for yourself, I want a pokemon game with good graphics. Good Performance goes without saying
@@WiiFan20XX Performance is more important than graphics, but graphics still matter. It doesn't need to be top of the line but it should be nice to look at.
@@victino1684 Yeah, good graphics are a plus, good performance is bare minimum stuff
What is so hard.. to just create an open Pokemon Game with polished Gameplay?
Some bugs and stuff are very... very... SHAMEFUL for 2022 to have it.. i mean.. we speak about a huge company and not an indie developer, which does a much better job!
I really hope they fix the bad fps drops, shadow issues and camera stuff
I think this is a perfect storm of the fact that Gamefreak already doesn’t get enough time to put out great games. I don’t care how much money you have an open world game in 3 years just isn’t going to happen. Combine that with Nintendos terribly dated hardware and it was doomed to be technical failure sadly.
@@chrisblair9272 Sorry.. but no sorry
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 had a total development time of 3 or 4 years too ONLY
And you see the difference!
And nope.. some stuff is standard 08/15 stuff in current time
You have a lot of engines and things you can do
And if you think the time is too short.. hey.. outsourcing and asking other companies/developers to help you?
I dont need HD graphic, or 4k textures and things like that
But come on.. we speak about... bugs and stuff which everyone sees in the quality check.
I know its hard to development a game.. no question and bugs can always happens. but not so bad things, which feels awkward in 2022.
Same goes for games like Cyberpunk for example and others, which had a terrible release.
The game dosent even have 4k hyper realistic graphics for starters. It runs on something i have seen on my psp in 2006! I belive cyber conec had naruto games back in 2002 that used the same engine and looked better then this!
@@HandheldGamer1991 hyperbole much? The game doesn’t look great, but it’s on par with the PS3/Xbox 360 at least.
I think it is about time that *Genius Sonority* stepped-up to make a "mainline" Pokemon game. They did an OUTSTANDING job on *Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii)* that not only graphically looks better, but also ran VERY SMOOTHLY on old Nintendo hardware and that game released *more than 15 years ago* back in 2006, believe it or not.
Unpopular opinion- you’re allowed to like a game even though the internet doesn’t. Y’all need to form your own opinions, I basically see the same comments copy pasted from every video. We get it, y’all like to cry about Pokémon games.
More like, low IQ opinion. Get some taste.
man stop coping and get real for once
Can I run the game on my N64 or do I have to upgrade to gamecube ?
LMAO!!!!
The footage speaks for itself. Glad your criticism turned out to be valid, since other apologist channels tried to claim you were lying or exaggerating or were playing a beta not representative of the final product.
Wow! I knew that performance was going to be an issue, but this is rough. The 24fps choppiness is starting to hit PS3 era levels of performance. But I'm sure this will sell like hot cakes because it's Pokemon. 😮💨
you're doing a disservice to the PS3 there lol
@@incognitod8444 🤣🤣🤣 my bad
@@incognitod8444 yeah the ps3 had uncharted 3 lol
@@baldlyrudy tbf the ps3 got bad around 2014 but never THIS bad. games like GTA 5 were still in a acceptible state even with the Online patches that bloated the game a bit
@@toone1562 That's true. I'm just being cheeky.
Whatever happened to Gamefreak taking its time with every new generation? Scarlet and Violet is now the fifth game that they have released within 4 years.
When did they ever take their time? They have been on a steady schedule of releasing every game.
Btw Diamond and Pearl were not made by gamefreak. Probably why your comment sounds stupid.
@@Daniel_AurA literally, right after arceus dropped they hinted scarlet and violet, its clear they dont
The most unfortunate thing about the performance issues is that the Switch has the ability to safely overclock to the point where these framerate issues would mostly go away but Nintendo won't let devs have access to the extra power in docked mode outside of loading.
It doesn't need to be Overclocked. It needs better devs. This looks like a GameCube game, Wii at best.
@@drowningin That is true but not my point, the Switch is intentionally underpowered and games like this really speak to that, it can be overclocked which will increase performance in docked mode quite a bit without additional optimization but Nintendo refused to let Devs have access to that boost outside of game loading. Switch 2 needs to be announced in Q1 of 2023 it is insane how behind the Tegra X1 chip is. There are chipsets that are better AND cheaper now than the X1.
There has to be a reason why they do that, though? Are they scared of heat issues? Problems with the power supply?
@@Jokerwolf666 except it won't. This game still runs like crap on PC. That's Overclocked.
switch runs Dragon Quest 11, skyrim, dragons dogma, smt v. All open world, all look way better than this. Overclocking isn't the problem. Crappy devs who can't program and optimize is the problem
@@Howitchewstofeel5gum its obvious only smooth brains make that comment. Imagine a company allowed it people download some $1 game on the store that bricks thousands on consoles
It sounds like they should have had some kind of consultation or collaboration with Monolith Soft.
The difference in performance between S/V and games like Xenoblade or Breath of the Wild is staggering to say the least. Feels like less of a hardware issue and more of a bad development prioritization issue.
I'm so glad Alex's personal opinion at the end almost saves the review. The whole "performance is bad but u get over it" sentiment in the actual review is just shill talk. I'm fairly forgiving with technical issues but from what I've seen and played there should be outrage at this game similar to that of Cyberpunk and AC Unity, its an absolute joke they shipped it like this. It seems just because its a Japanese studio and Pokemon game its getting a pass
“The game’s wavering performance did nothing do diminish the excitement of discovering the new Pokémon”
“The developer gets away with it just thanks to things it does get right with the open world”
This is why games release in this awful state today, they hand over a technical mess with no effort to make it even the slightest bit pleasing to the eye, but they get away with it cuz, new Pokémon yay?
There are just so many things I wish these games were offering by now.
Pokémon just feels like a mindless hoarding game. You don't do anything with the creatures you collect except for battling and maybe the stupid camping feature. I want to feel a connection with them. I want to use them for traversal, exploration and for solving riddles. I want fire types to burn bushes, fighting types to smash rocks and ice types to freeze waterfalls etc. I want to ride my own Pokemon. I want to interact with interesting NPCs that give me sidequests that are fun. I want dubbed cutscenes. I want Pokémon to actually live in the overworld and not just idling and walking aimlessly. And for the love of god GameFreak needs map designers and storywriters. The past few iterations of these games just felt so unambitious, but then people are going to say it's a game for children. But in my opinion, children deserve more.
This is a game in 2022 by the biggest franchise on Earth, and it looks like a ported GameCube game. I'm so tired of the incompetence of GameFreak.
How many steps in the right direction do we need in order to get a good game
4:26 GO FRAME BY FRAME BACKWARDS WITH THE "," and "." KEYS DURING THE CAMERA CUT FOR CREEPY LADY MODEL
The camera cuts are so jarring that I feel like the game needed a few more months at least. Its weird how Legends Arceus feels more polished in its presentation, UI and even moving during battles which is gone now.
PLA and SV being described as steps in the right direction is a bummer cause I want a new game that is THE definitive experience rather than being something that a future game can benefit from
The reviewer: "The performance did nothing to take away from the excitement of pokemon.."
These comments: "Performance is trash, game is thus trash, skip, lulz"
Anyone complaining just go play GOW and shut up, this is the best POKÉMON game of years and they will just continue getting better. Pumping out games is great when you enjoy the Pokémon aspect itself, who cares about your tech
Would be interesting to hear Alex's numerical Review score with his opinions at the end. Definitely sounded like it would be far less than the 7/10 by Alana.
a 7/10 for a Nintendo exclusive game is pretty much an F for them. they give everything at least a 9, even Mario strikers lol.
Honestly, Alex was speaking the truth but this official review he was reading sounded like some proper shill talk.
Would love to get this but those technical problems really look like they would ruin the immersion for me. Why do some people walk with slow frame rates while others walk normal? Also the pop in sucks again!
They def need to fix this but I doubt they will. This might be the worse visually looking Pokémon game I’ve ever seen and that’s sad because it actually looks like it’s fun
@@Kaarijaendedyourfav The worst is X&Y to this day.
It's a shame that the frame rate is still rubbish after the day 1 patch. Performance was my biggest fear for this game, I'll still play the game but I have to say I'm disappointed.
No patch is going to make this look decent, they should rework everything from scratch
The Pokémon Company is no different from EAs approach to their annual sports game releases. Consistently lacking meaningful improvements or innovations. Basically the masters of minimum viable products.
I’m really hoping it will run well enough to enjoy. It’s Pokémon, doesn’t need to be 60 frames per second or 4K for me to have a good time. But I would rather it didn’t chug along at 10 frames per second. Let’s cross our fingers for a few patches in the first week that clean things up.
Yeah this is how I feel. At least get the FPS to a steady 30 and it’ll be fine. This does not have to be a 60 FPS game. Just get it running decently!
Where’s the fun in the game? That’s my question
@@rdtx2049 I think for a lot of us nostalgia fuels fun. I’ve been playing Pokémon for over 20 years now, it’s almost like a comfort game I think at this point. I don’t necessarily look to it for the deepest of stories or the most impactful gameplay but I can pretty much always guarantee I’ll enjoy the process of building a team that I like, and completing the story. But I understand why it’s not everyone’s thing, that’s why there are millions of games in the world
@@Hiiiiiiiiieeee I wish the nostalgia still kept me interested honestly. Don't know why since I've played Pokemon since I was 5, but at some point I just got tired of it.
@@keeysOST I’ll be honest, I did too around the X/Y generation. But legends and the jump to fully 3-D worlds got me interested again.
Performance issues/graphics have never stopped me enjoying a Pokemon game before, and I don't think this will be the start of that, but it would be nice to see Game Freak hire more people to work on these
They won't since you keep buying
You are the problem , thats why they dint care anymore
Developers and publishers love consumers like you. They'll never do better as long as you keep buying what they put out no matter how bad it is
You’re exactly why Gamefreak doesn’t improve the games you blind fanboy. Stop buying their garbage products
You are the problem
Crazy how we got a game that performs and run like this but also got games that can run 60fps continuous cut with beautiful graphics like gow ragnarok. Crazy how 2 companies can have such different approaches and passion and the bad one is the bigger one lmao
Can´t compare PS4 / 5 performance with Switch
@@hitpeppens2932 i agree, but considering that pokemon is the MOST SUCCESSFUL MEDIA FRANCHISE TO EVER EXIST, it's still completely unacceptable that they have these issues
I hope the performance gets better after a few patches. If not, ill pass this one/two😮
Bruh this looks like a mobile game
This performance is unacceptable imo
@@UFCWWE69 I can run genshin impact on my phone at 60fps on ultra graphics, this is worse than mobile.
@@UFCWWE69 like a Cheap ripoff mobile game
@@unnderneath but that would unfortunately require playing Genshin Impact.
I didn't plan on getting sw/sh or arceus but changed my mind at the last minute and played them and was disappointed in both, not falling for it again on this one lol. Maybe next gen
Aside the performance issues, if the affection mechanic still exists and you still can't turn off exp share, then this game is another huge blow for me. I don't want my pokemon to survive on 1HP because "he loves me" and i'd like to be able to manually train up my party again. The games just keep getting easier while also holding your hand in all aspects.
Looks like a fun game If they can fix the performance issues then sure i am gonna buy it .
Unfortunately they don't have a history of really fixing their games
Low standard garbage fans of a garbage game!
Why fix it when fans will buy it either way
The issues won't be fixed
“looks like a fun game” maybe if ur a gamefreak garbage disposal
There is no way im the only one who thinks sword and shield looked better than this
Honestly apart from the wild area, sword and shield didn't look anywhere near as bad as people said.
@@soltandvinegar It did look worse than games adjacent to it, but somehow scarlet and violet look worse lol
Bruh if you scale up oras on citra emulator they look much better than this ao
Thanks for the excellent review ... Games like this really made me buy a PS4 and it was the best decision, because for the price of one Pokemon-Game with miserable performance, terrible graphics and not even voice acting in it , I can get 2-6 incredible Topnotch-PS4-Games that play perfect ...
SAME. Thanks Nintendo lmao. Gave me motivation. Now I’m playing all the dark souls games and I can go on the PlayStation store and find endless hours of fun. Not just one or two aaa games and loads of weird mobile games like the eshop.
@@CarlosHigg true tho, only bought the switch when it first released because of BOTW. Was having high expectations for the future of the system's games as botw was such a blast. Fast forward to today botw is still my fave game from the switch, and im finding much more cool ps4/pc games than the ones on eshop 😫
While most of the games I play is on playstation, the switch does have good games that look good and run well, which is why pokemon should not be getting a pass. Other developers have proven that awesome games can be made on the switch, but somehow, gamefreak can't. I guess the difference is gamefreak has no incentive to improve since pokemon sells regardless. Performance issues like these are a death sentence for other games.
@@goat7921 Lol i bought the Switch for BOTW as well and after a year of playing i guess 20 games or more it still is the best … 🙈
@@CarlosHigg ohh Dark Souls… Looking forward towards it… I am „suffering“ through Elden Ring since a while… A mix of i love it and i hate it and it hates me way more than i love it… 🙈😂
●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
the biggest franchise in the world should have AAA budgets, production times and optimisation. instead we get uninspired visuals and a technical nightmare alongside a few bright ideas. if TPC want Game Freak to make massive games on an indie development cycle and schedule, revert to 2D pixel art and give us a massive Pokemon experience that will at least run well on Nintendo's own hardware. still waiting to buy a compelling Pokemon title on Switch (New Snap does look good though)
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME !!
We need to show Gamefreak that they can't just shit out a game that looks this atrocious for the amount of money they have. There are so many wonderful open world games, play those that actually care about their franchise's fans. If you want to play a new Pokémon game, play the countless rom hacks filled with great game design and new content. You can watch UA-camrs and Streamers buy and play this for you. Otherwise, Pokémon games are just gonna keep getting worse, with less effort put in each year.
yall go play blaze black 2 redux its incredible
I'm still playing Arceus, too many games. I'm always late buying the latest release when they come out.
Happy Gaming 💯👾
im excited for the game but my question is hooooow did this happen when they make so much money? how does the performance suffer this bad. i just dont get it i really hope the performance doesnt take me out of the immersion.
Because it's the Nintendo Switch, and the Pokemon Company doesn't delay games like Nintendo delayed Breath of The Wild for years, which still released with sub par performance.
Instead of asking TPC to throw money and developers at the problem, ask them to yell at Nintendo to update their hardware. Xenoblade 3 and Bayonetta 3 suffered for it as well.
The devs aren't optimising for Switch, as much as I can follow what people with technical knowledge say. (Looking at Zelda or Xenoblade, the problem is definitely not the console.)
Plus, on my end, there's always the general suspicion of TPC caring solely for profit and not for gaining a good reputation at this point because people keep throwing money at these games.
I know you want to believe in your heart of hearts that it isn't the console. But it's the console. As a dev, I've dealt with management making questionable things priorities, but if the hardware is crap, then you have to make concessions, and as a fan, you have to accept that if you're playing on the Switch, you're going to be getting subpar performance compared to whatever better spec hardware there is out there. If the design of the game is solid, you'll still have a fine experience, but if you have little VRAM or compute, then you can't just download more. The Switch is operating on nearly 10-year-old hardware at this point.
Pokémon most of their money aren’t on the games or just the games. It’s also the anime the trading card game, merchandising, manga, movies, and much more. As well as spinoff game as well and not just the mainline game with remakes including. With each generation of games comes with all I just mentioned. The games are somewhat like the spine of Pokémon. But with each generation, game freak was always bad at optimization.
@@malaki7123 XC3 or Bayo3 don't look anywhere near as bad as this... This looks like a crappy, fan-made free mobile game that doesn't even run at 30fps. The switch is more than capable of running that crappy textures and animations at stable frames, they just did an awful job!! There's absolute no excuse. It's just because they don't care, they know they'll make a sh*t ton of money nevertheless
The open world textures look like something from the N64 era.
Do you think they will fix the performance issues with an update? I was really looking forward to this game and now I'm losing hope. I was going to buy it day one in my country, guess I'll get another switch game from the backlog
Considering Game freaks track record I wouldn't hold my breath.
Since they release a game or 2 every year, I would wait and see how the next one is instead of buying this one.
They wont
NGL, the concept and the direction of where pokemon is going is amazing. I mean back in 1999 I was thinking to myself "man... wouldn't it be sick if they could make a pokemon game like Mario 64 all 3D and stuff!" 20 years later they finally got here! However, them frame rate drops and graphics just don't make sense. I mean, I know they can do better. Looking forward to the next gen console and next gen game. It's going to be a pass for me on this one though. I'll just youtube watch it.
We need to start rooting for TemTem to become a threat to GF/TPC. This is beyond ridiculous, they need to start developing the mainline series with more time on their hands otherwise we'll be stuck with this quality for the next 5 generations.
Gamefreak/pokemon could do with some competition but tem tem isnt it imo. Its just kinda empty. What I want to see is a really story heavy game with cute creature designs and stylish animations. Sort of a persona 5 setup but, frankly, with better monster designs and more aknowledgment of them as something other than tools which is the one key area where pokemon still wins out.
Gamefreak really are the EA of the RPG world.
Nah, more like the Pokemon Company and Nintendo. I have no doubt Game Freak wanna take their time, but Nintendo and TPC forces them to launch these things practically yearly now.
Dragon Age??
I don’t care about fps man the game looks much better than all the previous main series ones
3:58 the reduced framerate animations on the Sunflora say everything I need to know. Amazin.
I'd just love to finally know who to blame. Is it TPC pressuring on time because of the rest of media branches (show,cards) or is it Game Freak just really being stubborn and staying as a small team (in comparison to other Devs). It's massively dissapointing either way. I hope I'll still enjoy them but dang they do look messy!
It's a variety of factors from reusing old code from as far back as Sun/Moon if not older, not having the proper resources/time allocated to fix/create new tools, to the Switch hardware being limited on various fronts, to Nintendo and TPC's "good enough" approach to the Pokemon games in particular.
Whoever is getting the money will say there is no one to blame and will simply not care.
The game already had the biggest pre orders of any Pokémon game ever. Their strategy worked.
It sounds like a good game but the technical and graphical issues are big. I’ll get the game but they better sort out these issues in the next main line series. The story sounds better than Sun/Moon and Sword/Shield. These games are just a blur in my mind, hopefully this one will stick.
@@richardforde7903 lmao.
don't get it, it won't improve, just accept GF missed this time and move on
don't get poorly done games
@@marcusclark1339 i agree with you people buying bad pokemon games just shows GF and Nintendo that people will buy anythinf pokemom related not giving AF about quality
I'm glad they released this game now because the amount of hate they're going to get might just be what they need to make a decent game.
Already happened with the last gen, looks like it didn't make a difference.
Random guy here, I got the game early! I played on handheld, I still think it's worth it if you know what to expect
My main complaints vs compliments:
Complaints:
1. Graphical Issues / Performance*
2. Battery may drain faster than I expected?
3. Towns are boring, usually not much to do other than beeline for the gym
4. I haven't really found info on the food that you can buy everywhere, but maybe I missed something in the opening hours?
* I was expecting it to be bad. It mostly annoys me in cities. Sometimes, it delves into "it looks so bad it's funny". Like, when you're running around with a bunch of sunflowers, for example 😂
My main compliments:
1) One of the three storylines got me emotional for just a split second.
2) I like some quality of life improvements, like the autobattle or the TM stuff, or the healing, or pressing ZL in the menu to easily see and move Held items between pokemon, or *remembering moves*
3) There ARE some pretty neat ideas. I came in expecting, well.. garbage, but I felt pleasantly surprised that there was some effort made. It's not all great, but enough of it is to make me feel content
4) The general gameplay loop has been pretty good for me. My specific route may have been why this happened, but I haven't felt overpowered for most of the game. Gyms were still somewhat easy with the right type matchup, mostly. There were several times where I felt like "okay, I'm significantly over-leveled from my grinding" and then ran into wild pokemon that were... about the same level as me? Or several levels higher. Some other times where they were much weaker than me, but I usually used status effects for an easy capture
4) Trainer battles are optional, but that really doesn't sink in until you realize "hey I'm poor", and then check your LP balance or go to a gym and think "well hey, nevermind!"
5) Some characters are super charming. I like: Nemona (thirsty rival girl), Arven (emo sandwich boy), School Nurse, Salvatore (Positive vibe man), Larry (the most relatable gym boss ever). Not all of them have depth, but many of them are nice.
Heck, I was surprised by our sandwich boy. He gets better as the quests go on. He actually beat me in a battle near the end of his thing. It felt surprisingly good, I wish they let that loss continue the story, since it would have been good. Still, pretty cool
Tips for a better time:
1) As mentioned above, check out the quality of life stuff. The item switching is useful when you get Quick Claw (it'll help sometimes if you're just barely under-leveled)
Another thing is remembering moves. It is the best thing ever. Always check out new moves that pop up when your pokemon evolve. I would give my Pawmi line pokemon the move Nuzzle for a guaranteed Paralysis effect if I wanted an easier time catching weak pokemon that were too feisty to get in the dang ball
2) Autobattle mechanic generally seems to think "if they have a super effective move, it'll be an easy win with little/no health loss". Get Pawmi when starting maybe for status effects (covered above). Try to get a team that covers most types, and actively rotate when you need to. I initially filled my team with ones from the starting area and got an electric and water that have stayed with me for most of the game.
Also: Auto battles DO NOT use PP. You can literally -murder- defeat hordes of innocent forest creatures for an hour, and be fine. Doing so also gets you LP, which is able to be used as cash.
I hardly battle trainers, but the LP and gym battles usually give me enough to be comfortable.
One more thing! Try to fight bigger creatures. If you're lucky, there will be an outbreak of say, a dark looking bull, which can normally kill much of your party with minimal effort. You can grind forever with a psychic type, while taking no damage, thanks to autobattling. They'll net you a good amount of exp too
3) The Tera thing looks kinda lame/okayish to me, except it can be useful if you switch types to surprise a friend that thinks they'll get you with a super effective move. Of course, in game it's also free damage I guess
4) Grass type starter is what I chose, it's signature move later is pretty good.
5) One of the storylines (the best one) improves your ride. Try getting 2 of those objectives if you can, they'll make traversing more fun
6) Take your classes. When you finish them, your rewards initially make you think "eh, that's it?", but that is not in fact it. They'll let you converse with teachers and build bonds.
Work with the.. Bio teacher I think? And he will give you False Swipe. It'll make things much easier later on, I promise
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Unnecessary explanation of how to build bonds
Basically, go to each exclamation point on the school map, find the teacher highlighted, and yeah. They'll usually give good stuff. Except Salvatore, but... Salvatore is still really cool, so maybe consider him regardless
Just want to say this because they make it easy to know if you can improve relationships. They'll only be available to progress when a prompt is there. I do not know how long you need to progress exploring before you can get them maxed out, but maybe check in after every 2 quests or so
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And yeah, that mostly covers it I guess. I could go on, but hopefully this will be enough to help someone out there
Performance issues aside entirely: no fishing? Battle tower/frontier? FORCED exp share From the start of the game? Unable to see stat boosts upon level up? Free camera during battles and inability to switch on and off attack animations? 70% of All Pokemon omitted from game despite Game Freak wanting a competitive atmosphere? Having Co op available but only for breeding and cooking? Making interiors of buildings no longer a thing and just have nothing but menus? Boring copy paste NPCs with nothing interesting to say at all. They have Made good games Before. Emerald. Fire Red. Platinum. I would even say X and Y. They are capable of it they're just Lazy because people Throw money at them because games have "Pokemon" slapped on the case. As long as people forever continue paying them for lazy garbage, garbage Is all we will ever receive. What reason do they have for making actually good games anymore if they're getting paid for way below standard? Wake up people. As a long time fan of the franchise I'm very tired of seeing them release far less than they are capable of. Speak to them with your wallets, It's the only thing they listen to. I'd love to see a great Pokemon game again before I pass.
So is this game worth playing or not ?
Fantastic review, Honest and direct
I really think that pokemon needs to go back to the gen 6 or 7 style. Those games looked beautiful and didn't struggle with performance. Gamefreak is spreading the quality too thin and needs to focus on a few things instead.
Did you even play gen 7? That shit was struggling to maintain 15fps during double battles- let alone the Battle Royals, Triple battles, Ultra Space, Mantine Surf…
@@doodle-oh I did play. Pokemon is on more powerful hardware now. I would hope that they could make a gen 7 style game look really good.
I got Xenoblade 3 late so I'm still finishing it and I think it will be rough going from that to Pokemon. I'll either wait or skip this one
I recently started playing Xenoblade Chronicles X again. That game came out on the Wii U in 2015, yet it looks better than Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and also runs better. X is 7 year old game that has 5 huge continents to explore, and it puts this game to shame. I don't understand how Pokemon games can look so bad.
My onlyguess is that Gamefreak is too used to making games for weak handhelds and still haven't quite figured out how to make games for consoles optimally.
Pokemon will forever be "a step in the right direction" but never reaching its destination.
They've been saying that sense 2016