Pokemon Sword & Shield Really Dropped the Poke-Ball.
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Hey so, think some of yall are missing the parts where I say I'm really enjoying the game and I like it overall. Everything else is just my opinion ❤🥴
How DARE you have an opinion
But also... leave sobble alone ❤ although his evolutions creep me out 😂
So good there still youtubers that actually have autonomy to say things just like they are
I think the games should be more like Pokemon origins.
Hey man, there's no need to defend yourself from them. You're entitled to your opinion and everything you said was absolutely fair. People hear what they want to. Not much you can do.
I’m honestly more shocked that Hello Kitty is the second highest grossing franchise in the world
The Sanrio universe is literally Gigantic, it's not just hello kitty
Caleb Burch I didn’t know hello kitty was a subsidiary of something else
Really? I thought it was known from years already
Same
@@ryanmuller4996 I'm a gen 1 veteran since I was 5 before you were born I didn't really like swsh. I beat the game and never felt the need to go back to it.
'Oh my God he's so cute. I want to get him as a plushie.'
Nintendo - 'our work is done'
Should be 'our work is done' said by the Pokemon Company instead
And that's why the only Pokémon I buy is the mainline games. Don't even play go
I know, it feels bad enjoying anything from this game.
@@Xapheion101 ???
Thanos said that first
This is why I respect companies who make an announcement stating that they will take their time to make the game great
Like Nintendo admitting to resetting Metroid Prime 4's development, and admitting to BotW getting delayed. ...And Animal Crossing.
The culprit is the Pokémon company since they want to have everything roll out at the same time with the anime and possibly game freak could get the blame as well since their team isn’t very big and I’m assuming don’t want any more new people because everyone in the Team is comfortable working with each other but that’s a bad excuse on not expanding, the Pokémon company also probably doesn’t fund them as much as they should and game freak could also have a lack of passion for it.
I also believe they’re kinda incompetent in developing games.
@@darkneji190 With how much money the games make, they absolutely have enough money. Plus, they had a lot of time to make it, and even got a full game out before it was even announced, so they should have the experience to optimize it.
TheAbsol ever since iwata passed their games been suffering, the Pokémon company should fund Game freak to hire more staff members which they have the money to do so but they most likely won’t because they’re gaining profit and not wasting much money to begin with, on top of that gamefreak is known of horribly optimizing games so at this point I wouldn’t mind having new developers giving it a shot and gamefreak could focus on their town game that they made by splitting their already low staff by half
@@darkneji190 It's not since he passed, but since he stopped being involved.
Pokémon Sword and Shield:
It’s a good 3DS game
The Holy Wooomy with 69 Nuggets of Toasted Chaos ....Don’t the 3DS games have all the Pokémon??
OOF
Battle Memes By Omari OOOOOOHHHH.
The Holy Wooomy with 69 Nuggets of Toasted Chaos I love your username
The Holy Wooomy with 69 Nuggets of Toasted Chaos no. Its in nintendo switch.
Side note about the trees:
Fans were able to make a mod to fix the trees. In under an hour. GameFreak just really didn't care.
Bc Game Freak was too busy spreading their resources thin working on Little Town Hero
I mean true, but Pokemon- being bigger than Disney- didn't have the resources to make a change that took fans less than an hour of work to fix?
@@johnnyboy7777 in 2018 Game Freak was estimated to have around 143 employees so no I don't think they had the resources to be working on two big games at once, especially one no one was asking for
I'm not arguing that they should've been fine splitting their attention, I'm saying that if all it took was a single hour of work to fix the trees, that's all it should have taken GameFreak. Even with a small team, it wouldn't have taken much effort or time at all. It was a very easy fix.
@@johnnyboy7777 yeah I agree with what you're saying I just don't understand why no one is talking about them wasting time on developing a rando game when their full attention should've been on what could've been (and should have been) the biggest Pokemon game to date. I think it just boils down to sheer laziness and cutting corners to save $
I'm like 90% sure this game was originally being developed for the 3ds and then halfway through they decided to put it on the switch
Monkeylord omg your comment give sense to all the laziness . I think this would have been the best 3ds game . The models really look like sun and moon .
@@sebastianpolo6271 Nawh man, Sun and Moon still better. And I don't just say that because of the National Dex thing.
@@Rustyhound-Cartoons I actually preferred this game over SUMO/USUM. The only good thing to come from gen 7 was Alolan Marowak. Gen 7 is my second to last favorite gen, it was just so boring and hand holdy. I preferred the "look" of gen 6. The chibi look was too cute. But this game should have been 40 dollars. It is not worth the 60. But toxtricity has become one of my favorite Pokemon of all time.
@@idontdiscriminateihateever6017 What is your least favorite gen out of curiosity? Gen 4?
And if were talking about Pokemon to come from each gen 7 is my favorite line up since Gen 2. I mean we got Salazzle, Tsareena, Mimikyu, Lycanrock, Hakamo-o, Bewear.
Kinda gotta agree with you on the chibi look thing though
@@sebastianpolo6271 the models have been copy paste since gen 6
-2 minutes of video left
“Let’s talk about the good”
Not much good other it's pokemon on the Switch console with new pokemon. Dynamaxing is so niche that it's reserved for important battles what's the point of making models for every pokemon. The story and characters are boring in how they interact. This game is for addicts who will eat up an unfinished product at the mercy of game freak because they'll release an Ultra Sword or Pokemon Armor or whatever at full price again next year and you'll eat it up as well enroute to a Let's Go Silver or w/e and then the next Generation.
I been playing Pokémon since red and I had a absolute blast with this game I lost to the 6th gym and I was happy about it because he last time I lost to a gym was in black and white it really gave me a good challenge. Love the game
And keeps talking about the bad
There were 3 minutes left.
akatsukileader6 what crack are you smoking. gyms are a breeze.
They cut half the team to focused on Little Town Hero that was also rushed and having the same problem as Pokemon with animation problems too
Yeah I think most people would be ok with waiting a couple of years for another Pokémon game if it meant the devs weren’t splitting their focus and workforce.
Who knows, maybe Little Town Hero would’ve gotten some attention if it wasn’t stuck in the shadow of the Pokémon controversy
Not to mention that Pokemon sword and shield is so bad that it’s coding is wack that it has a virus glitch or wat is happening in the code is making the game itself destroy its entire data making it unplayable and not just that but also destroying the entire save data of the console itself of other games data it’s that bad going on at gamefreak you think people hearing about this news with the evidence that shows this u think they not buy and reconsider I hope that gamefreak does consider on adding in patches and fixes to the game as well as adding content that should be in the game also fixing the story and changing and adding in animation that should be in there were it needs to be the most but we all know about game that they only fix something when it’s in a completely new game even if that new game is taking place is same region
@@orthodoxfob2389 im sorry but the story is far better than any other pokemon game in recent years
Dox Fob238 It destroys data? Ok now Pokemon 76 is justified of its title
@@ShadowClod I think BW has better story than SwSh.
Honestly, no matter how you feel about the game, it's obvious that game freak could be doing better. the potential the pokemon series has is out of control, and it feels like they don't care to capitalize on that potential
Overrated Main reason why is cause the games sell insanely well with Game Freak doing as little as possible. Game as already sold over 1million copies just in Japan. This will easily be the #1 selling game this generation. So why would Game Freak put any effort into it when the game will sell regardless?
I agree it should be better. They can easily make the best game ever but they’re simply not going to.
that's because their money doesn't come out of the games, it comes from merchandise. Why put alot of time into something that just makes them pocket change.
GrimdE true, New Main line games at this point is just the first stepping stone to the real money.
@@GrimdEGaming You underestimate how much money the games still make for them.
Yes, the merchendise makes more,but the games still make a HUGE profit and all of the new pokemon that are made jnto merchendise start in the game
The thing is how can you make everyone happy, no ones ever going to accept the changes game freak makes.
Not gonna lie. I wasn't expecting you to be critical of this game, like at all. But I greatly appreciate your honest in this review. You're one of the very few creators/influencers actually critiquing the game for its faults and not just being like, "Oh well, that's how it's always been with Pokémon and GameFreak." Thank you for holding them to the standard I feel like everyone should be holding them to.
@@letsgetfluffy3138 I guess some people prefer playing their games blind. It's for the surprise effect.
@@letsgetfluffy3138 Most of us knew, but still held out hope that we might be wrong. Unfortunately though, we largely wound up being right.
Just wait for the next version where they won’t fix a thing
@@dylant32 a lot of people are in denial sadly
@@letsgetfluffy3138 Well, there really isn't much of a story, imo. So I'm not sure what he could really critique there.
Eh. Being in the wild area just makes me want to play Breath of the Wild.
At least that game isn't lying about being open world. You can go straight to Ganon right away after the opening and it actually lets you.
Aurablasé I’m getting Shield and Breath of the Wild for Christmas. I literally just told my friend that I am more excited for Breath of the Wild
TheFedericohiguain2
I think it’s better if it’s long. You can seriously do anything you’d want to. And in my opinion it’s better when you don’t have a lot of free time. It makes you wonder where you left off and suddenly start doing things that you wouldn’t expect you should do. Just explore it, that’s what the game’s about after all!
@@TheFedericohiguain2 The game can end pretty much whenever you want it to; you can challenge Ganon at any time. The vast majority of the game is optional. I can understand feeling overwhelmed by a game that feels too big, but I personally loved that aspect of it. It took me months to beat and I never got tired of playing it. It's a personal preference whether that type of game is enjoyable or not.
TheFedericohiguain2 I work two jobs and take 12 credit hours right now. I got to right before the final fight. The side missions and fast travel make it pretty easy to pick up. Like do a temple? That doesn’t take incredibly long.
the switch can run doom and witcher 3 but they release their biggest franchise as a half baked product.... the game obviously doesnt use the switch to its fullest.
Barely runs the witcher tbh
@@SinisterPlauges i agree but at least it has some sort of graphical consistency it might look bad but it shows the switch has more then enough power to make a next gen pokemon game. pokemon has a smaller map and less going on yet it has bad animations and glaring graphical issues that break immersion in a game i want to be immersed in. not to mention the frame rate drops. they could've done better if they didnt rush it for an xmas release. plus the auto heal after the championship battles is a bad addition and the exp share that shares it to your whole team. these things shouldve been a choice not a forced feature. the wild zone is empty and lifeless. pokemon and npcs pop into frame right in front of your face. gamefreak needs to grow up and act like the billion dollar company they are or they will keep getting bad press. i love pokemon and it deserves better.
@@praisethesun6078 I personally enjoyed the game. Had no fram issues unless I was playing online in the wild area. Animations were fine some were meh others were great imo. I had no problems with the game besides weak story and pop ins were funky but didn't ruin it for me. I've been playing games since the Sega genesis graphics only mean so much. It be different if pokemon had looked better at some point but graphically it's still 6he best we've got and I was satisfied. Exp share is there to help people get into competitive more smoothly
@@SinisterPlauges im more bugged that its graphical consistency wasnt there. i love games like battletoads, sonic, doom, t.m.n.t. etc. i grew up playing those games and they had a consistent graphical style. it breaks immersion when a pokemon just jumps and doesnt move its limbs. or having a nice looking berry tree next to a crappy looking tree. its the consistency thats the issue not the good aspects of the graphics. they had a prime opportunity to make the most immersive pokemon to date but they rushed it out and they shouldn't have kept making excuses and just took it on the chin and promised updates to at least fix the animations.
@@SinisterPlauges and i know why the exp share is there. it just shouldnt be forced. if they made this just for pvp they should have a strictly multiplayer pokemon. they need to respect the story as well as the multiplayer. if they dont thats being lazy.
Honestly when we say "change up the formula" we kinda mean a huge overhaul:
-Starters that are different types than the generic picks (fire/grass/water)
-More open than linear, let us explore instead of setting us on a very planned path
- A thought out plot, or world
- Have the rival battles less frequent so they have more significance
- etcetera
The Pokémon World is very well built though
@@simok8443 Aesthetically, yes. But I want to see more of how the world outside the Pokemon league works, like how Pokemon affect every day life for the average person. For example, the Corviknight flying taxi was great. But outside of that, we don't get much world-building, the Pokemon just... exist.
@@Dr_Smash hey plot was better this time, a lot better. The gym leaders actually felt like humans instead of waiting in one area forever guy XD. I think starters based on different types will not work. It will work for veterans but newcomers might get confused. Fire Grass water circle is easier to understand. I agree with the rival battle part. And i think the wild area was their experiment for the next main game, knowing how game freak does things. So most of your wishes might come true soon XD
@@taslimoyan4938 The plot isn't that great, it's the typical journey for the badges. The gym leaders are just developed that's all. The "final boss" kind of came out of nowhere and most of the interesting stuff was taken care of offscreen by Leon
@@taslimoyan4938 the story was rather weak imo. Except for battling Eternatus we did nothing to the story we were just bystanders that witnessed the story beeing unfolded by others.
For the gym leaders I partially agree. They are more lively than most of the older ones yet still are mere shadows of the Unova leaders that took part in the story which makes SwSh story even weaker imo.
Cant agree more on the starters though I just wish they be more brave with the typings. We got some good typing in Gen 6 & 7. The pure monos of this gen were a pleasant surprise as well but there are still many type combinations they didnt try
This game on the 3DS would feel fantastic. On the switch is underwhelming. The switch has a lot of potential so why did they not exploit it?
yup, felt like I overpaid for a 3ds game. its not terrible, but definitely not worth 60 bucks. I'd put it down to $40 to feel more fair.
@@---jt5wg 11 month old 20 dollar gamestop gift card came in clutch for me there
Having the wild area on a 40 dollar price tag would be sick af! But this...for a game thats supposed to have switch quality control from nintendo...this is way too unsatisfactory to be out jn the market thats advertised as a switch game
Because they genuinely don't care.
@sway4all OMG you figured it out
To all the game freak apologists falling on their swords; none of us wanted anything other than the best for game freak.
By constantly berating and attack gamefreak for the smallest of things
sway4all This a hundred times. I’m not a pokemon fan, haven’t been one for a long time but I followed closely the whole mess pre-SW/SH release and I DEFINITELY saw more tOxiCiTy being thrown by the blind fans towards the fans who had legitimate criticism and valid arguments than the other way around. I can’t imagine defending a multi-billion company who does the bare minimum and cares so little for their fans, you know, the ones that make them rich.
@sway4all Honestly who cares? the gameplay is what counts i had a blast with sword and shield and i loved the new features its not like one stupid tree or some stupid animations made me hate the game. if you can enjoy an 8 bit game then whats the point in bitching about animations and graphics
@nerdtronis141 the gameplay has been the same in every pokemon game so i dont really see the problem also i really like the new features like dynamaxing and overworld encounters so the gameplay seemed good to me sorry
@nerdtronis141 So?
People should stop supporting mediocrity. Then again, not everyone looks for excellence. Number of sold units does not usually reflect how great a game is. Some just sell because of the hype or name built around it.
It's sad because these GameFreak apologists are all like, "tHeSe ArE tHe fAsTeSt sELLiNg sWiTcH gAmEs oF aLL TimE sO yOuR oPiNiOn dIDn't mAttER!! REEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
Maybe what you determine as mediocre isn’t what others determine as such. As long as YOU don’t support what YOU feel is mediocre is what should matter most.
@@adamdevereaux2713 Fair enough
I don't think you can blame the people who support it. It's an issue of the competition doing very little to get in the way of the series' success. If you're a parent looking for a game for your kids, what do you get? With these new Pokemon movies out, and so many fans having already pushed Pokemon onto their kids, your kid is left behind if you don't buy them a Pokemon game. The kids also love Disney IPs, but where are the Disney games? Inifinity failed, and the standalone games made for each movie aren't any good. Skylanders used to be a thing, but that was an even worse cash-grab and there hasn't been a new one out anyway. Most game studios have accepted that the market for kid-friendly games is already cornered by Nintendo, it seems like, and the ones who haven't make small budget garbage that's even worse. It's not like the actual gameplay for Pokemon is taking a hit here, either, so it's not hard to see why addicted fans are still hanging on. Do you get what I'm saying? Instead of attacking fans who buy the games and complaining to Gamefreak, maybe let's start asking other game studios for something that genuinely competes and outdoes Nintendo. I mean I almost literally have no games my kid would want to play on my Xbox or PS4.
@@machineofadream Good point too man. Good competition might work, although for the type of game Pokemon is in, I doubt it will be coming anytime soon. So for now, me and my kid will stay away from Pokemon till this is fixed (even my kid hates what they've done). National Dex cut is too much for us. There's a ton of other games to keep us busy anyway. We know we might be missing on a good game, but we don't care till we see this fixed.
yearly pokemon release is a mistake..
they should take 2 years gap every release and do in-game events every week for current game.
Techinically this game took two or three years. The main team focused on this game since Sun and Moon I believe. Side teams worked on Ultra SM and Lets go
@shugo 332 yes i agree..and i'm here just waiting battle event such as versus Red, Blue, Past Elite Fours,Champions from other region, anime characters and etc. from time to time instead of rate up pokemon appearance..or we could have Christmas, Halloween, Summer event as well that awards some good stuffs..
man, all of those character model already exists in Pokemon Masters, just use it GameFreak! LOL
This is a classic excuse people keep making, STOP believing that this game is a 2 year project. Its more like a half year project.
The numerous technical faults with zero end game content etc, for their number of employs could have been don WAY faster then 2 years, they clearly have massive mismanagement issues, giving them like a 3 year cycle would likely not help at all. They did this game with as little effort as possible
It would be like assassins creed really and Im all for a two year project really, if it means a rehaul and revision of there graphics adding in a larger portion of content Im all for a two year gap
Okay Professor, whatever. That's not what people out there (the Real World) buying the game think, clearly your comment has a lot of errors in it's thought process
seems like the game needed another 6 months to a year of polish even without any content being added.
Internet updates
I feel like it was more of a nintendo decision rather than a gamefreak decision
It was
Howema updates
Even though this game was in the making since 2014
Guess we’ll just have to wait for The Legend of Ash: Breath of the Pokemon
That sounds like a cool Pokémon title.
Pokemon of the Wild*
*Call of Burmy: Infinite Warfare*
The Legend of Pokémon: The Breath of Ash.
Underrated comment
"It Doesn't Feel Like It Has Any Heart Or Any Soul Anymore...Ironically."
I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I laughed lol! 😂😂😂
Those games were amazing. I really want another game like those 2. Following Pokemon, multiple regions, certain elements of challenge, etc.
Hydro Cookie I wish I've played Heart Gold and Soul Silver, but I didn't get into the series till Pokemon Black and White...They are the ones that got me into Pokemon, and I hope one day that I'll find all the generations, so I can play them myself! 😄😁👍
@@colleenglanville8293 you should probably find an emulator if you cant find the games, its free too, so thats a plus
A really mean person I just might do that, thank you! 😊😄😁👍
@@colleenglanville8293 np dude
I really love this honest opinion, the game is fun but really not up to standard for such a popular franchise
Its literally like all the other pokemon games minus the national Dex, the problem isn't the game at its core its the fact that its still stuck in the past and is taking too long to evolve. No pun intended.
I'm so sick of people making the excuse "it's the same as every past game " every time the games went to a new console they got huge improvements in my eyes ... this however didn't
@@dstack18 I will say the 2D to 3D transition was at least awkward because a lot of design ideas like less exploration and kinda "easifying" (see Amie being too OP when its effects show in battle) of mechanics happened, and still is an issue in these new games -- 3D look is mostly nice though, but at the moment are just portable level IMO.
@@zjzr08 they need two teams making these games gamefreak makes a 2d release game and a 3d game comes out from a different company or division.. like they do with zelda
@@dstack18 I think we could agree we don't need another Pokemon game next year, and maybe prepare for the 25th anniversary instead.
Games from early 2000s have better looking trees
Games such as?
@@alucard8433 animal crossing
@@alucard8433 far cry
pikmin actually
@@alucard8433 XD and Colosseum
Seeing how much money pokemon makes really makes me disappointed at how Sword and shield turned out. I legitimately have more fun playing indie games like Hollow Knight over this
I agree. Recently, I got Downwell. It's an indie game that I got for a dollar on the eShop. Also, it was originally made for mobile. Let me get this straight, a game that's a dollar is more fun than a 60 dollar game. I'm glad indie developers are picking up the slack that AAA companies have created.
They really should add voice acting by now tbh.
Yea like botw did voice acting and got a 10 for it
No that would be so annoying
The reason they do not is because the pokemon games are released world wide and being an rpg with a ton of dialogue..it would take a ton of voice actors to accomplish that!
Irie Island Gaming if anyone has the money to do it it would probably be the biggest franchise ever...
My main complain
Omg, I would love a Pokémon game where you started wherever and could go into any towns instead of being restricted to a linear storyline.
Alphonse Plays Games my dream is to one day have a Pokémon game botw-style, where you can go to any gym you want in any order bc the gyms will scale to what badges you have
Yeah. Like if they could do what they did to the wild area to the whole game.
There are fangames that do this.
you mean an open world pokemon game? that actually sounds cool. Finally a good comment here
Pokemon Crystal Clear, look it up, it's amazing.
When it comes to edorsments, they have a minor league, so why not have to go through them before you qualify for the main gyms and get an endorsment.
It's too much work for game freak
@@Strawberrymilkdrink lazyfreak*
@@rickshiandmoku4128 Thanks for the salt man. My fries needed some.
@@Hydra_X9K_Music its not salt man, its just accurate, they really are just lazy, face the facts
@@Hydra_X9K_Music yeah they really are lazy, just look at the new games, reused models (including the giant ones), reused animations, pokemon that don't move, really bad graphics, NPCs that just pop in and out, terrible weather effects, cut over 50% of the pokemon and features like mega evolution and z-moves, etc, all on a game that they spent years making.
I actually wonder what they were doing for three years when it comes to the new games, it seems all they did it make different curries and different versions of that one pokemon based off of cream, they definitly weren't doing what they said they were doing (which was their reasons for cutting so much).
So either lazy or just bad at making games for home consoles, they can no longer hide behind the whole it's made for hand held consoles excuse. These games were badly made and on top of that weren't given the attention needed with staff (even though they have the money to hire more staff but just refuse to for some insane reason, they could be helping those who want to get into the indestry and making their own work loads easier but nope, they prefer a smaller team) and resources being split between two games at the same time (why?).
2:14 you think that feels empty? When you reach the Dark gym, the leader is meant to be a punk rock singer and "sings" on numerous occasions. They fill up the lack of lyrics with mic screeches and the sound of his foot stomping, it's honestly pathetic to watch
Yeap, that hurt my eyes and ears, is like... why!?
They couldn't even bother put in a song with lyrics. Not even a kk slider type singing.
Gamefreak has gotten so lazy it's sad.
The voiceless speech with grand gestures was unnerving. xD
It's probably because they animated the characters talking even though they aren't making noises
also, the dark gym leader singing a song on stage in complete silence
I wish they at least have gym leaders and cutscenes has voice overs
William Owens oh gosh that too. Why. Why was there no ... anything. Heck even animal crossing gibberish
The story is interesting if you look at it as
Pokemon: Hops dive into depression.
IKR, clearly this video is rushed as he hasn't even progress the story further. I'm sad that wood got this lazy, as he said about game freak themselves. So sad
@@DumbestDumbFool he is still playing the game. he just wouldn't recommend it to people bc i guess he just didn't like it that much.
@@DumbestDumbFool The story still sucks any way...
I’d rather watch bojack horseman deal with depression instead of hop
A big misopportunity to say "Pokemon Hops into depression".
Funny how in the old games, your rival chose the pokemon opposing your own. Now they choose whichever is weaker to you.
This makes me appreciate Breath of the Wild even more. Two great franchises but one knew how to evolve with time and captured the hearts of both old and new fans where as the other which in it's own stubbornness to "evolve" (which btw is the main point of the game) has started to alienate their loyal fanbase.
Made me appreciate Breath of the Wild and Fire Emblem Three Houses more in my case. Honestly its fair for people to compare Pokemon to those titles now. Pokemon isn't on a handheld anymore but on the Switch with titles like Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Astral Chain, Fire Emblem, and Luigi's Mansion. Now people may have specifically argueed FE has PS2 graphics, but they are entirely missing the point considering Fire Emblem made up for this and had cut some corners to its benefit with its excellent full voice acting even for the most miniscule interactions, they shook up the mechanics and took inspiration from other JRPGs like Persona without losing its identity similar to Breath of the Wild taking inspiration from Zelda 1 and western open world games like Skyrim specifically, they had a compelling story and a butt load of content, and they pleased old and new fans of classic and modern Fire Emblem. So the trade off for PS2 graphics was pretty justified for me. Now, Fire Emblem 3 Houses may not be perfect considering you can tell that some things had to be cut in the game, but you can really tell Intelligent Systems put a lot of love and effort into the title. However the same cannot be said with Game Freak considering the inconsistency with it's highs and lows in Pokemon Sword and Shield. The trade off in graphics and cut Pokemon didn't bring in an efficient amount of content to make up for it. It was kinda unnecessary and more of a detriment in Game Freak's case for cutting corners compared to Intelligent Systems.
@@michaelolegario6399 IMO, GameFreak are just being lazy and at this point they don't even wanna try. The last time they truly tried to be ambitious was in Gen 5
IMO, Breath of the Wild is one of the worst looking games on the Switch and didn't get nearly the criticism it deserved for it's washed-out palette and terrible terrain. But yeah... it also got great reviews by sheer virtue of being a Zelda game. I honestly wish they'd take a note from The Wind Waker and give their entire world a color palette makeover.
@@lllCTHULHUlll it's a art style....
@@knilinfinite5559... A bad art style.
"It makes me wonder what they did with their free time"
In an interview GF said they were pondering about the grass textures for half a year. Cue in the "Grass Half Year" meme the japanese have been spouting around.
Grass half year! Love that line
What? Half a year, how? And who was responsible for the final decision of just ripping the ground textures from Elder Scrolls 3?
@@SwiggleMcJiggle hey hey hey... don't insult Morrowind like that. At least it has variety.
@@tyranitararmaldo which is quite sad, considering Morrowind is heading towards its 20 year anniversary in 3 years.
@@SwiggleMcJiggle great game. The lore and world-building is frankly astounding.
I find the lack of voice acting disturbing in this game
So did you forget that all pokemon games had no voice acting or?
@@1spidog the thing is there are some scenes that feel made for voice acting, like in the beginning of the game when rose speaks to the crowd. Also, pokemon masters, a mobile game, has voice acting, so theres no excuse
@@1spidog Grunts like Pokemon Masters a 1 or 2 lines for important dialog could add life.
It’s weirdly jarring.
I agree!
It’s okay to be honest. This game is way too average. Solid 5/10.
Funny how so many people are giving it a 5/10, myself included.
More like 2/10
4/10 below par, especially for a full priced console game in 2019. Go back to the 3DS if this is the best you can do.
You all are too nice for this game.
What pokémon game would you recommend to a new player?
It's fun, but at the same time: "What are we doing to make changes to the game?"
"Uhhh we moved the camera."
Fans actually modded the trees the day of release. lmao
you mean those home brew switch users which getting frequently their nintendo accounts banned ö.ö? they may have nice trees now but cant use the online stuff and probably pirated the game anyways.
Because it would be so damn easy to fix, I don't get why gamefreak didn't.
@@reno2934 Pikachu agrees
@@reno2934
Here is your explanation.
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Sakurai that’s highly debatable for multiple reasons. You pirate a game you will more than likely have your account banned and just because someone pirates it won’t mean everyone does you pirating the game really isn’t a penny lost to the Pokémon developers in this case. You don’t really win if you pirate these games in particular. If you don’t like it your best bet is to not get it at all and not have to worry about the risk of losing your account.
The fact that someone who was really hyped for the games is having a lot of the same issues the so called ‘haters’ complained about, that should say a lot about the actual quality of the games.
I think its okay, graphics shouldn't make a game fun
@@JoseLopez-qt2fx what you don't expect a current gen game to at least have decent graphics, even on switch, especially when that is literally the reason that gamefreak cut out so many pokemon and features. Of course graphics don't make a game, just because star wars battlefront looks good doesn't men it is good, this game is trying to look good, and it fails spectacularly. I'd actually say that sword and shield is pretty good, if it were made by an indie studio or second hand company, but when held up to the standards of a AAA company like Nintendo, it feels lazy and uninspired.
The game was actually really fun and I used to not like it
@@peaches8732 I think the game is good to an extent too, but not what we should expect from a brand as big as pokemon.
@@goocheeno7798 you should let game freak hire you, as they got all the money and not pokemon clearly. I mean, there's no way those merch is the main income for pokemon is bigger than the game right?
"The glowing forest looks amazing, it looks creative for the first time" Sick burn. Lol
Gentle Giant he said created for the first time
I really don’t understand why it looks so awful in some spots. I just keep finding myself comparing to Breath of the Wild - that game was gorgeous....and it was a Wii U game!
brandonisi well a switch game. It was definitely meant to be played on switch tho
@@Littleton3513 The shiekah slate actually did more (2014 footage of the game shows off the gamepad stuff) before the switch was conceived.
@@omgazr0 switch was probably conceived way back when but didnt really take off till the tech provided
Meeb it was developed for Wii U and ported to Switch. BotW was never a switch exclusive. Just a port. The sequel will be the first original Zelda exclusive for switch.
brandonisi now that i así, what does the gamepad show while playing Zelda in the Wii U
MAD MAD MAD respect for Wood for this review, didn't expect an HONEST review because all this "It's fun cause it's a pokemon game." Reviews I have seen so much. Big fan before, bigger fan now!
and now comes the hater's because he was being truthful lol ........... I ended up getting a refund on the game 6 hours in I can't get into the new pokemon I'm more old school lol
Don’t watch his new video lol. You’ll probably be thinking he’s lying in that one.
Amen
@@Boulder7685 Just watched it. He just tried to said he is enyojing the new game but didn't "get addicted to it" in a clearer way, and it's fair. With the pokemon formula is a no brainer to do an entertaining game, but the franchise could be a lot better, it was a lot better years ago.
I’ve seen a lot of theories that Sword and Shield were meant to be 3DS games. The game began production shortly after Sun and Moon and Tsunekazu Ishihara apparently believed the Switch would flop. Although there’s no evidence to say so it paints the picture that it was a late decision to port the game to the Switch after seeing its early success. None of this is in defence of the game, I very much agree with all the criticisms, even if I am enjoying the game regardless
Good theory. Makes sense.
But the 3DS games have all the Pokémon.
@@LordOberic1 they probably intended to include all, but after the sudden rush to convert the project into a half-assed switch game, they made a lot of compromise to meet the deadline
@@EscaVODS From everything I've read, it seems that Gamefreak has intended for a while to not include all the old Pokemon in the new games. There has to be a breaking point with how many Pokemon actually exist now... it's just a shame that Gamefreak made the decision to do so on such a pivotal title in the series.
Philip Roberts i’d like to think they have a game up their sleeve that has all of the Pokémon in it once they reach 1000 kind of an ultimate Pokémon game so to speak
@@LordOberic1 Fun fact: He also said the same thing for the WiiU to fail as well
"what they did with that time ?": Town
More like Town (and several other games by small teams), Ultra Sun/Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! and Sword/Shield (not to mention likely some work on next year's games) all at once on a very high-pressure timed release schedule.
That's exactly why im NOT buying it
what is... Town
@@burningxspirits5088 a new game from game freak that's has the 'A team' of developers there working on it while the 'B team' worked on Pokémon
@@Xapheion101 what is.... A team
“Keep your expectations low and your never disappointed”
-Kratos
You're*
"The world shall now pain"
@@misia_lina shut up
At least Wood is being honest with an actual critique of the game. Sad to see the dislikes cause someone wants to express their opinion.
Zachary Snyder they dislike it because... that’s their opinion?
You literally just contradicted yourself there bud. “Being honest, sad to see dislike cause of their opinions”
I think the guy was trying to say that people are dislinking the video, just because it's a person critiquin their almost flawless game...
Charlie Freeman I never said anything other than he contradicted himself and you should go look up what dislikes actually do to a video before commenting that. They don’t directly affect revenue it’d be highly unfair if they did. And they are only there for a reason of feedback and a form of engagement from content creator and viewer. What they do however is effect the recommendations tab slightly but only if you have tons more dislikes.
@@westinian5502 But dude... affecting the recommendation tab, affects his revanue... O.o (And it's not slightly sorry to inform you that)
The wild area works off what irl time you're there, it was daytime when I first played because I was playing it during the day
This exactly!! Same for me!
I was about to say this too! Everything happens in real time because I was introduced to it during late evening so it was dusk in game. Exceptions for some events for the story.
Same, i had day time!
Me too. Daytime.
Don't think Game Freak was intentionally hiding anything in the area's intro.
It's been like that since gen 2 lol
I would like a Pokémon game that is like Breath Of The Wild
I'd prefer one like Xenoblade 1. Big open areas and many optional paths and areas, but still linear.
@@TheAbsol7448 I agree.
I'd like one like DBZ where you are able to take full control of your pokemon and run, jump and fight mid battle
EDIT: Its battle mechanics are just Pokken Tournament
Any game like botw is basically an automatic win
Just imagine... You walk out of your house, ready to get your first pokemon, you walk out to a town that looks like Hateno Village, you come down to the gate, where the champion, Leon, is waiting for you. His younger brother at his side, he let's out three pokemon, Sobble, Grookey, and Scorbunny, you pick your first pokemon, and are told to go to a new town to meet the professor, to get a Pokedex-
Why did IGN give this a 9.3?
Money
Cause IGN are losers
You mean the same guys who hate water?
Because there is less water. IGN is basically fire type and they hate anything water.
Leon doesn’t endorse the two characters when they have the first fight. He endorsed them after talking to professor magnolia. Leon is reluctant to endorse them at first but then magnolia makes him.
Great, so instead of taking the aspect of the series that you can do anything if you train hard enough, you're relying on someone else (who your friend is related to) to endorse you so that you are allowed to participate.
That's the point I realized he was biased going in
I mean he straight up said he didnt read the texts
@@zjmw1521 Aren't you biased yourself lol
I don't think endorsement was quite necessary??? cause we saw other trainer and they weren't endorsed by Leon.
Damn when you said it’s bigger than Disney it really drove it home for me. There’s no excuse at this point
Edit:
It’s the biggest franchise* if you combine Disney’s they’re bigger which I didn’t realize. Still, they have fat cash they could definitely make this as polished as other Nintendo games have been lately
Raymond McVeety It’s not actually the bigger than Disney. It’s just the biggest franchise
Like how Super Mario is a franchise from Nintendo Or Mickey Mouse for Disney but in saying that it is still terrible that it is the biggest franchise in the world and make a poor game like this.
Excuse for what? Making an incredible game
Doodle Bob shut up your opinion is wrong
Raymond McVeety yup..... that’s what got me too.... like you know what? 🤔.... you’re right..... no excuse.
I dunno. Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, and Star Wars are all Disney. If you combine those three, that tops Pokémon. according to these numbers anyway.
IGN
THIS IS HOW YOU REVIEW A GAME
Exactly
nah too much water
Pokemon Colosseum & XD were the FIRST open world Pokemon games, whether they're main line or not doesn't matter and they're still much better than these Switch games.
DIGITALBEATBOX X FACTS I LOVE THOSE GAMES STILL
They're so good, i haven't played XD but they played around with shadow pokemon in collosseum, it was so interesting.
I loved Pokemon colosseum on my GameCube.
DIGITALBEATBOX X heck, it even had better animations
I love how you can hear how bored wood is when he's explaining the story
Yeah he didn't even get the bicycle yet.. He sure has seen all the story has to offer.
@@basti__ He has litterely put footage of him using the bycicle.
Also, the story is objectivly garbage, no matter how much you have seen of it
@@boltmix7294 literally*
@@boltmix7294 Didn't see it even though I watched it twice but now I found it lol
Still he said it himself that he mashed through the story and didn't read any of it and then he complains..
I don’t recall a single Pokémon game being bought because of its amazing “story” 😂 it’s always been a rinse-repeat title. You can hate on it all you like, it’s still making millions and half the haters are still buying it
The funny thing is that it will become the 3rd best selling game of the year. Mediocrity doesn't matter when your target is the pokémon fanboys.
6 million physical copies of sword & shield sold in the first week worldwide, fastest selling Nintendo Switch games, highest gross launch. Yep this gen is a huge success because it's a Pokémon game on the Switch. These games benefited highly in sales from all the public discourse.
It's the sad truth brother. Game Freak has absolutely no reason to put more effort into a game when they can whip together an "ok" game with name pokemon on it and break records.
The next games will likely be the same standard. It would be a miracle if they pulled something different.
I'm a Pokemon fan and have been dreaming of a mainline Gamefreak line that took cues from Stadium and Colliseum. And I know they weren't made by Gamefreak, but you would think Gamefreak would make their game, I don't know - play like an anime. In truth what I desired was the anime experience, in my Pokemon game. I wanted the world to feel alive, the pokemon to feel like living creatures with their own personalities and idle animations that gave cues to this. I wanted more of a storyline in the likes of BW and BW2. I am not buying Sword and Shield because its not up to par with the Switch's library, Code Vein, Deus Ex Machina, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Mario Odd, and so and so forth. This game doesn't meet standards. Especially with the Fire Emblem House game out. I want that, but Pokemon.
Because God forbid people wanna buy the game right?
"What are your thoughts on Pokemon"
... I want a Pokemon game where it takes you FIVE DAYS of adventuring in the wilderness, LOST, before you even reach the first town after you get your Pokemon. Where you have to camp out every 6 hours of real time when you realize that not only is it night in real life, but your Pokemon are so low on health that they're gonna need to rest for a couple of hours, preferably 6 hours. I'm talking a game that not only is it hyper focused on exploration, but it could arguably be called a game about survival, if not for the fact your Pokemon have only fainted.
... not that it should be easy or convenient to UNfaint them if you don't have a revive though. The way I see it, 6 hours of rest to get them to 1 HP... Another 6 hours for full health. If you get to a town, and can use a Pokemon Center, you should be so relieved that you're crying tears of joy.
The easiest way to do all of THAT is to make the routes procedural dungeons like something out of Mystery Dungeon.
Spot on.... Sounds like the old pokemon games where there was no xp share and you had to switch in and out to level and evolve pokemon, ahh the good ol days
Bruh...
This game is fun, but it feels very bare bones and was certainly not worth $60.
Then check out Temtem. I just learned about it today.
aj supreme No
Im happy to finally see someone talking about all the flaws that i see. Alot of reviewers and youtubers are saying "Yeah, well, its game freak. What did you expect? And its pokemon! Suck it up and have fun!" Thank you for talking about the things no one else will!
avocadokilljoy it’s okay. Not worth 60 though.
If this game was on the 3ds it would not have all these complaints.
Other than being why isn't it on there flagship console.
Well... yeah, the 3ds was a far more limited console, technologically.
Lord Wooloo exactly
Honestly, if they kept all 1,000+ Pokemon in the game, it would not have all these complaints. People are mad their favorite Pokemon got cut so they seek out things to complain about.
It also wouldn't be $60.
Despite the many flaws of this game.
Snom is the hero I never knew I needed.
Its sad that they said they balance the pokemon to be good in competitive but Frosmoth is terrible in battle. I really love the design of the pokemon but it lacks speed, hp sp def and def, it just DIES, cant even attack with it...
Honestly, the art style and textures of the environments are so bad, the character models look photoshopped in.
I wish there was voice acting this time around, it would have been epic.
Especially if you consider that it is a consol game now. I really felt like it has to have voice acting
True. They have animated series and now this new game felt kind of empty. Will still buy it in hopes that they will add more to it.
Nope, it wouldn't have been epic. It would have been a BARE MINIMUM in 2019 game industry standards.
they couldnt due to the mass amounts of language translations they already due text wise. they want to have them all or none at all. maybe one day but probs not the first one on home console
@@Jp5codforever Thats a bs argument, recording voices can be done in one or two days. Sicne the text is already written at that point. Not like they have to rewrite everything when all the VA's just have to read the text from the game.
You have earned my respect with this review.
You had nothing really to gain by giving a bad review. But you was honest which is a + for me.
nothing to gain by giving a bad review? I can guarantee if he had given a positive review he would have lost subscribers.
@@doughdreads he's got 3k dislikes. This got negative reception even though it's a good review.
@@doughdreads That's not true. Blind fans have been dishing out tons of support since the game's release. Sure it won't be like that in a few months, but by then they will have already earned their ad revenue.
I want a legendary console Pokémon game.
Game freak: We have Pokémon at home.
Pokémon at home:
One thing I'd like, and I've thought this from day 1 with Pokémon blue way back when.
Encounter starts
Wild Pokémon appears
"Who will you send out?"
I just felt like I was being rushed to each gym without anything happening in between. Like the thing about these games for me is that the journey is such a big part. Atm it just feels like go to gym battle take next route to next gym battle repeat. The story elements or side story just do not seem to be present in this game.
And the routes are tiny. Overall the game feels really small because most of the places are glazed over. Some of the coolest places like that one dark gym and glimwood tangle actually are really cool, but they just didn’t flesh them out enough.
I beat all 8 gyms in 13 hours. I've tried playing it slowly too, I beat all 8 gyms (trials) on pokemon sun in 35 hours for comparison, so you can see how much more they rush you in this game, and how much more story is lacking. I also beat all 8 gyms on X/Y in 27 hours for another comparison.
I spent probably 35 hours beating the gyms in this game but that was because I was constantly going back to the wild area to see what new pokemon I could catch with the last badge. It definitely added a lot of extra time and I enjoyed it quite a bit but that extra training made me one shot almost every single pokemon in the gyms.
My concerns:
* The reused models and animations. I'm not angry at them, just a little disappointed because they lied to us, next time just say the truth GF.
* The routes between towns are really short :c
* The story is a little lackluster.
Also
Removing Pokemon is a no no
Needs new features
Better, interactive world
Make it look like it was built for a console
If you've played any handheld Pokemon game in your life, then you've already gotten the same experience
but what is the truth though. is it: "sorry, we dont care about making pokemon better by using more resources, go pay 60 bucks for our old crap you morons"?
Sucks the story is still about becoming a champion......again
Not sure why you expected different
Gumball the issue is, if they change things like the things they have changed in gen 8, people get upset.
@@SicklySeraph what do you mean by things changed in gen 8?
Gumball Was hoping it can be like Pokémon black and white where you vs the final boss which are N and ghetsis or something besides the champion.
@@420illion does it really matter that much? It's just one battle
Everything you pointed out here is absolutely a valid criticism. New fans and old fans alike deserve something that feels new, inventive, and inspired.
I’m really enjoying the game, but I can definitely see some of the criticisms. Maybe they’ll address some of these new concerns with the next iteration of the game.
Preston Tackett I wish I had that optimism, but Game Freak doesn’t respond to player feedback. We’ve been begging for minor features to come back or remain for a long time and gotten only more cut. The only time they reacted was when BW sold poorly for not having old mons, so from then on they made sure to keep plenty of Kanto Pokemon in the spotlight. SwSh are selling too well, they’re not going to “fix” anything.
They won't dude. The only time they've ever tried something fresh was on GameCube, sadly. I hope I'm wrong, and you're right.....I just don't see it happening until the diehards quit covering for GF
JACpotatos The GameCube games weren’t made by Game Freak. That’s why they were so new.
Don't worry, I'm the same way. We've been blessed with a great year of video games. A "lack luster" pokemon game isn't going to ruin my life. I'm having fun with it. It seems like literally everyone is pissed off at the game, if game freak doesnt reply with a better game next year (or year after) then I think the pokemon fan base will wither away year by year. So I'll just enjoy what we have now and hope for the best
Whenever they add anything, they take out other things. I cant dream about the greatest pokemon game ever since they will never do it..
As you and everyone else has said, the game looks lazy. Ten years ago this would have been a sweet looking game but we've seen so many better looking games on Switch with more interesting mechanics and superb voice acting that this just seems lacklustre.
Baaaaa
Have your own opinion you little sheep. Sounds like you haven't even played it.
@@tswan137 Aren't you the sheep since you dismiss any criticism?
@@tswan137 you don't have to play it to see how bad the graphics are lol
@@tswan137 Everything he is saying doesn't require him to play it, I mean it is clearly doesn't feel like a product of the biggest media franchise(and this is a mainline game), the production quality is so low in comparison of other switch games, Luigi's mission 3 just came out,look at it filled with so much unique and great stuff and also looks great,animations are sooo good (and it is a B tier franchise)
Don't support laziness, Gamefreek didn't add good stuff to do didn't made it look good and at the end of it removed so many Pokemons.
GF is lazy and they should be criticized.
@@mathieul4303 I'm not dismissing it. They're expectations that have no foundation. None of that stuff was planned for the game. How is that criticism? It's a wish list and a baby who didn't get what they wanted.
I’m really glad I didn’t waste my money on Pokémon this generation
Its actually a really fun game. A big part he missed is that when you defeat a gym leader you normaly go to the wild area and catch the ones that you couldn't before . I never really played that much pokemon and this has been a really good experience for me. You should give it a chance.
@@LOpeji-oq5iw Don't care. I don't want to support utter bs
@@fabr1cated if you're not gonna listen to the other side then you're basically the representation of the toxic in this community. how you gonna make an opinion on a damn game when you won't even listen to the good?
EngravedinDeath so you only want to hear the bad? At least listen to both the good and bad to make a good judgment.
EngravedinDeath I mean it doesn’t matter much. SwSh has the biggest launch of the whole switch till now. So a lot of people bought this
hold up hold up hold up....how can a tree bearing a single fruit (berry in this instance) also bear several other types of berries???????
Grafting.
Lazyness, in previous gens each berry had its own tree.
@@nidohime6233 Exactly. We have to start defining the success of a game or product other than sales since most products are bought on name alone. You are 100 percent correct, this is laziness on Game Freak's behalf. Sad.
The wild area has a day/night cycle. Mine was daytime when I walked in for the first time.
Actually the entire game has day/night cycle, and it deppends on the Switch clock
@@MarcosBarbosa31 which most people have synced up with real time so
Ah really the Switch ⏰ I thought it was its own like fast Cycle. Not that I would play the game like almost a day straight...
I felt the same way about the opening scene it really fell flat without any voice acting , Pokemon needs to take a couple of years off and give us something truly special
Nah, it was fun lol
The one problem I have with some of the new pokemon designs is that they look too underdetailed. ie: compare growlithe and yamper.
Ya know, Let's go Pikachu/ Eevee are the games that made me really WANT to splurge on a Nintendo Switch. But Sword and Shield... I really love the new 3 features we got, but there was room for SO much more. I'm holding out for Animal Crossing in 2020.
spankymonsterr in the meantime there’s Luigi’s Mansion at least:)
Let's Go is what made you want a Switch? Jesus. You can't really have an opinion on Sword/Shield until you play it yourself.
@@katieellen1084 Lol I have Sword and I was playing it when I wrote my original comment (thats why I said "i really love the new 3 features we got") so idk where that assumption came from?
@@spankymonsterr Because you said Let's Go of all things made you want to splurge on a Switch but you were holding out until Animal Crossing. Which isn't related to Pokemon at all. Also confused by the three new features? There are way more than that. Didn't get the impression that you actually played it.
@@katieellen1084 I meant I'm holding out for AC because I think it's gonna have better gameplay than Sword and Shield. Not because I'm waiting to buy a switch until AC comes out. I said Lets Go is what made me buy a switch, which came out ago a year ago. Why would I say that Lets Go made me want to buy a switch if I never even bought it to play Lets Go when it came out so long ago? Lol no one else seemed to have misunderstood my statement but ok
I don't care what anyone says, These games could have used at least another 6 Months of development, They feel like they're half-done
6 months later they gona release pokemon sword and shield ULTRA and make money once more 😂
Its the first main line pokemon game ever I haven't picked up on release. From what I have seen of it, it looks more like a port than a full fledged console game. Like you, I really would like to know where they spent that extra time...
Great review! 5 Stars!
Your opinion is invalid cause u never played it
@@RealSkyeBlue LMAOOO WHATS THE POINT OF TRAILERS IF PEOPLE ARENT ALLOWED TO FORM OPINIONS ON THE GAME
@@dinkylinky2552 because you have to play the game to form a opinion. It's like saying you won't by the game cause the cover art looks bad
Lol hate it without playing it. As a Pokémon fan for over 20 years, this has taken place as my favorite Pokémon game ever. It's that good. Sorry you're gonna let herd mentality ruin what could possibly be your favorite game. 🤷
@@tswan137 You loved it without playing it either, stop lying, you wouldn't buy it if you didn't liked it first.
People can dislike or like anything they want. You're just trying to damage control or close your eyes and ears to all of the criticism
imagine thinking you have to defend a company cause some people on the internet said bad things about them. remember folks consume product! (good review btw)
I'm willing to defend a product of it has redeeming qualities that make the overall experience worth it. For example, Xenoblade X does have a few fairly serious flaws, but god damn it, it's a masterpiece and my favorite game ever.
...SwSh doesn't have redeeming qualities, and hid behind lies in development. Its single best quality is regional forms not being limited to Kanto, but... That's it. And it still panders to Kanto in other ways.
Don't ask questions just consume product then get excited for next products
@@TheAbsol7448 uhh I liked the game I thought that most of the new Pokemon looked great and, the wild area yeah being the most graphical mess of the game was the most fun part of the game. The gym challenge was great because it hyped it up and made it seem like it was a big deal. These are one of my favorite games of Pokemon (my first being usum)
@@juanroberto8460 "Hyped it up" doesn't mean much if the end result isn't spectacular. Kinda like Nintendo making a big deal out of Sticker Star and Amiibo Festival.
If you haven't played any older ones, you should give them as shot. They blow post 3DS to Switch completely out of the water to the point where it's embarrassing.
@@TheAbsol7448 I've only played gen 6 and above
" ihope they keep the wild area" is such a sad statement on its own already. don´t even dare dream of a true open world game. everyone is so far into how little pokemon does new that your own expectations are that low
*Makes valid critiques *
*gets thousands of dislikes from fanboys*
i loved the franchise and i would also love to give this video a thousand likes
@Jesse James congratulations on missing the point
@@Estwood9 the graphics of a Pokemon okay? lol.
Nintentard dont wanna admit it.. "its pokemon it shouldn't have good graphics "
@@benjamincamden3985 The point was to explain how unpolished the game was, he says this at 10:40 . I can't believe that went over your head. Did you actually watch the video or did you just skim through it?
Don't pick on Sobble wtf, he's going through tough times
Funny enough Sobble ends up getting a great moveset with good stats
My main is Sobble. He’s great.
@@sirspookybones1118 Scorbunny to, I mean Pyro Ball is pretty f*cking good. But I must say, Sobble latest evolution is also really good.
Developers really hate sobble. I picked him, but evolution really sucks...
Sobble is life.
I also don’t like how you can’t make your Pokémon follow you around. It’s a small thing but I just always liked seeing my favorite Pokémon follow me
5:55 you paint that picture, I'm right there with you. Pokemon did us all dirty.
I feel like I definitely had a more positive experience than you did but I appreciate how honest you are! Still got my thumbs up despite differing opinions!
Ryan Long Well said bother
Antim8ah you can still enjoy a game even with it’s hard flaws. Like he said in the end of this video, he still enjoys playing it. Even I see MANY flaws as I play, but I still enjoy playing it.
The games have always been "convenient" like you happen to live in Pallet Town and they gym order just happens to work chronologically (obvs with the exception of Virdian) or you just happen to live in New Bark and the path you travel just happens to coincide with gym order. That's always been the thing. I do feel what has robbed pokemon of its soul a bit has been the full 3d world. It's just so different from the sprite based gameplay that most of us grew up with. It's also why White and Black hold a special place in my heart because it was the final games like that.
I always liked how b2w2 changed the order of some of the gyms and their locations
I feel like you missed the part where Leon DIDN'T WANT TO ENDORSE EITHER CHARACTER
But he did anyways
@@MrKevin486 Myip! Either because GameFreak's writing is meh or because nepotism overrides conscious thought
I trained so much in the fields before I advanced on to each gym. I ended up one hitting everyone and I also ended up with lol 60-70 pokemon during the semi finals. Lmao
im having fun with it, even if they made pokemon even more casual than it already was i have high hopes for the eventual Sinnoh remakes and the next gen
Competitive is much better
@@kieranpearson5096 get lost
kieran pearson There is no reward for those who really trained their Pokémon. They are literally giving away the competitive experience like candy.
High hopes after this? Yikes.
@@Sonic171K After this fantastic game? Yes. You crybabies are a vocal minority. That's all. Don't believe me? Best selling game in the UK, sold 1 million copies in Japan in 3 days.
So you crybabies just need to form a circle jerk and whine on reddit about how disappointed you are in the game and each others loads.
Wood- "Let's talk about the good!"
*continues to complain more before getting to the good*
Makes me glad I didn't buy this full price.
Gonna wait it out and get it used later.
I understand not buying full price but it is a good game.
@Ryoshikari lmao, the problem is, its really not bad at all. If you are a working adult then you can afford to buy this game, you havent played it and yet you think you'll be able to "see" wether its good or not. Its just another pokemon game, its fun, unique, sure the experience is a little more streamlined now, but, damn, its just a fun game to play.
@Ryoshikari well, thats fine, I had alot of fun with both those games too, so you cant go wrong. I agree the gameplay is always about the same, the uniqueness I was talking about was concerning the pokemon designs, to each their own, but if down the line this game gets slashed to 30$ its worth a go at it.
Monkey Boy my wife and our friends spent almost four hours just running around doing Max Raids, before even moving on with the story. Haven't noticed most of the things people are complaining about, maybe I'm just not nitpicking it that much. People keep saying it "looks really bad" - maybe my standards are just low but I prefer a locked frame rate over better assets, I guess.
I'm a game design student, they didn't even have to bloody remake the tree. All they had to do is repaint the texture and change the texture resolution of the UV map to something a bit higher.
I agree with most of what you said. The need of voice acting, the design of the starters' evolutions (there are better fanart designs), and specialy I have always wanted to have freedom to choose which city or gym to go next
I would pay an additional $60 for DLC that just allows me to strangle Hop to death in his sleep. God, I hate Hop.
why?
@@DONIMATOR-pn5rp how could you not hate hop
@@YanaBana hes cool though. he's competitive and awesome.
DONIMATOR 2266༎ຶ‿༎ຶ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ I agree
Galarian Hau is trash
Also, I get tired of hearing people say “they’ve really run out of ideas for new designs” when gen one had 2 piles of sludge, a ball with magnets that turns into 3 of the same balls with magnets, and a woman that used black face.
Toribio Romo also one of the legendaries is literally a flaming chicken.
Omfg exactly and like another example is just
giant pokeball
and upside down giant pokeball
There's really nowhere to go except up from there like, even the Pokemon That's Literally A Living Garbage Pile looks more appealing
Building onto that new concept for pokemon games that you made, being the open world walk around do what ever gym you want first kind of game, have the game level up with you. Sort of like fallout 4 in a way where the game never gets less difficult, even if you level up.
I love the middle stage of sobble. He is supposed to be a rebel which explains the new colors and the fact that he throws water balloons is sick
Wood: “It has no heart or soul”
Nintendo: “Pokemon Heart and Pokemon Soul coming soon!”
We had heart gold and soul silver and those games were great.
@@ShadowRaider91 they were just modernized versions of old games. Nothing special
@Hayley Maries Maybe they will turn them into Let’s Go Heart and Let’s Go Soul games.
nintendo 10 years ago***
@@JACpotatos Disagree with you, just in that games (HGSS) alone there is more content than sword and shield (and even more pokemon XD).
2019 Sword & shield Y-Comm make 1998 Battle.net looks like Skynet technology
I’m a relatively inexperienced Pokémon fan, started with Go! On the smartphone, then it got me interested in trying the main series...
Got a 3DS and “Y”, liked it, then got Sun, and that’s my extent of experience, the Let’s Go series on Switch looks interesting, in that it’s combining Go and main series....
Sword/Shield though.... even as a novice Trainer, they both just look cheap and rushed, like they were just going for a quick money grab based on the reputation and history of the franchise, I have absolutely no interest in SW/SH
When I do eventually get a Switch? It’ll most likely be one of the original dockable models, and one of the Let’s Go series, not interested in SW/SH
GameFreak, if your rush job is this bloody obvious to a casual newb like me, it’s clear you really dropped the (poké)ball on this one....
First off Pokémon’s marketing strategy had been to get new fans like you to buy the most recent Pokémon games
I think they absolutely failed but sword and shield sold 6 million copies in 3 days, outselling smash ultimate for fastest selling switch video game so even when they’re lazy they’re earning so much money $$$, I hâte rushed games
Try getting the DS, IMO the Gen 4 games are great, and apparently did love Gen 5.
Grab an old school game boy and play pokemon blue or yellow, you will take 6 months to complete it, it has no special look, design, colour, two tone music in the background, no special dynamaxing or mega evolutions, the game play was so good, it replaces everything that these current games have.... The classics are too good after pokemon Y and X, the franchise started to dip in regards to game quality
@@nonsense9911; you're definitely right about the lack of replayability of the modern series (X/Y/S/M), I've rebooted and beaten Sun at least 3 times, and I may be going for the fourth time, maybe choosing a different starter, but I don't really like any starter in Sun other than Litten, the owl-ish looking one has that stupid "bow tie" looking leaf thingy, and I *HATE* ties, and Popplio, well, it's Popplio… ;)
I do have a classic GB Pocket I bought mainly for Tetris, so it comes down to R/B/Y, it's just difficult choosing the starter, as I love Blastoise, Charizard, and of course, *Everyone* likes Pikachu...
...and I do need an excuse to add a GBC to the collection, but that no backlight thing is annoying, maybe a second gen Advance SP with the better backlight?
Why does every starter evolution have noodle limbs? I wish they'd return to the classic red and green style.
people would complain about there being similar starters
@@MorrisseyFr There will never not be complaints because most of the pokemon community are entitled crybabies
@@MorrisseyFr I think people would rejoice at the sheer badassery, actually.
@@Hydra_X9K_Music While I do agree, the complaints I've been seeing this gen are justified.