Pokémon Sword & Shield Nintendo Switch Review - Are They Worth It?
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2019
- Pokémon Sword & Shield have caused quite a stir in the Pokémon fanbase, but what it comes down to are these two games.
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the reason they called sword and shield cause you either attacking or defending the game
So damn true lol
I wish I could give you more likes for that
@@chaoszero11 Thought that counts thanks
Facts
But what if you’re too torn to do either
Bro we just gonna ignore how homie over here rapping at a giant Pokemon?
Very cool thanks Kanye
@@emotionalnpc No its most likely battle animations
like how you can stand still or do a pose etc
Right lol 😂
He just releasing his diss track is all.
@@emotionalnpc you can take NPCs into battle with you for raids if you have no friends. It was probably a musician trainer
Pokemon: here is a lvl 50 pokemon at the start
Xenoblade: *laughs in territory*
ah yes, who can mistaken the territorial rotbart?
aRandomPersonThatJustCommentsOnOtherPeoplesChannels
Xenoblade fans: lol
Why are Xenoblade fans thinking it is only Xenoblade that has this?
Pokemon player: "why do I suddenly hear uncontrollable in the distance?"
The Gonzalez was just complete bullshit.
"The leaks didn't help"
>shows a clip of Sirfetch'd
>leeks
I see you
thumbs up... but boooooo. *throws tomato*
@@keithsvenson568 Wha- it wasn't MY joke!!
I was going to make this comment 😢
These Games are a Shame and it's a shame people
often dont even notice.
Like this Hotel-Scene, where they tell you many times to get into the hotel. And again and again.
Not only does thinking your Fans are all Little Kids show that
you dont know your Audience but fact of the matter is, even LIttle Children dont need this like this
Hotel-Scene-Nonsense!!
6-Years old are actively stopping in their track, playing though these scenes and wondering by themselves what
Gamefreak is doing. Literally.
Gamefreak embarasses itself again and again and many Fans still defend this.
Fans not understanding those Games are literal Trash is literally a Problem causing those games to be worse than they can be.
That's Cause and Effect, people. Cause and Effect.
Fans mindlessly and delusional defending the new Games are part of the problem - this is an objective fact if you know Cause and Effect.
“Inspired by Great Britain...”
Why is the sky blue?
Blargleflakes bEcAUse oF PoOr gaMe DESigN. (The sad thing is, someone is probably going to not only take my joke seriously, but also agree with it)
Must all take place in that one day of summer we get 😂
And where are the spice heads
oh no blue sky no rain????...in Britain!!! huuuuu Game Freak L I E D
@@chrishoran7042 i know you're joking but at this point I'm just waiting for someone to go gAmEfReAk LiEd
“This review was originally written by me”
*shows “fan the flames” curry footage* 😂
You cant write curry video
@@airbear6028 likely, but also he wasnt allowed to talk about a lot of things in the game, so possibly left bad things out.
Mandiness Entertainment OK and...
R-Star Fan 4ever I thought it was a tongue in cheek way of trying to say “don’t flame me”. Seeming most people with an opinion about this game (whether it’s good or bad) seem to be on the receiving end of a flame war.
@@Mandiness Hmmmm, I see....
This review is actually how I thought the games would be like.
Yeah, I get that. I already preordered the game, and I'm hyped now.
Exactly. Ppl thinking I'm gonna be rioting cuz of muh Pokemon. Well appreciate it guys! Hopefully it does something so next game it happens, but that ain't gonna keep me away!
People dont like change
@Isaiah Kern Deleted? Or just put on a rotation? I really don't get why people keep ignoring that detail.
@@theotherky Yeah, seriously, Masuda himself even stated that none of these Pokemon would be permanently removed from the franchise yet everyone getting all up in arms about the removal of the National Dex treat it as if they really will be gone forever.
That Pop-in though. Everything looks like it was just pasted in a rush. They don't fade in or anything. Jesus.
People have discovered that a lot of this game seems to have been the exact same kinda structure as the 3DS games Ultra Sun and Moon and as such the current theory is this game was supposed to be on 3DS originally and was quickly ported to Switch.
kagatoASUKA Interesting theory, but I wouldn’t say “quickly” lol.. we had to hang tight for a year with Pokémon Let’s Go
@@levi5930 a year is quick... its the end of the year almsot for gods sake lol
@@KagatoAsuka
I work at Best Buy.
Employees pay 5% ABOVE cost that the company paid.
And guess what? It costs 42 bucks for us. Meaning they're probably right. It WAS on a 3ds budget, but got released for switch
@@Shakiahjprod let's hope the pokemon company gives the next games a bigger budget
God I feel bad for anyone reviewing this game. Positive or negative.
“You like the game? Fuck you!”
“You don’t like the game? Fuck you!”
Legit, it seems people genuinly like these games and others are refusing to accept such a notion.
@@Lone_Rocket The unfortunate truth. But a wize guy/gal knows to ignore such behaviour
GameXplain is the only one who reviewed it correctly. It felt genuine and not like they’re being overly positive with the game to appeal to Pokemon. They gave the good and the bad about the game. That’s what a review is meant to be
This is the Death Stranding situation all over again.
So nobody is gonna talk about how jarring it is to watch Pokémon and npcs pop up out of nowhere as soon as you’re within 10 meters?
I want to. Because its so annoying! It's like Game Freak can't program past 360p (or whatever res the 3ds was at). This engine is really lacking.
If draw distance is really your only complaint, you should be a happy cappy
Poohbear01x I’m still hyped to play this game but my main issue is the draw distance. Not the cut dex, not the bad textures, not the poor animations. The draw distance. It’s not good.
No, because no one cares.
Poohbear01x certainly not, this game has exceeded my expectations for how disappointed I would be after it’s release
Remember when Iwata walked in during gold and silvers development and walked out having help add kanto in as end game content. Where is that passion?
The investors killed it off after Iwata passed.
That was in the very early 2000's, when video game companies still had passion for their products. Now it's all about $$$$$$$.
You people have no idea what goes into making a game. Most of these people making the Pokemon games have been grown up with the games, art design, programming, and more. The passion never left.
@@dannylopez5976 Interesting way of coping with your loss of $60. Perhaps a refund would be a better remedy than trying to convince yourself that the game has met its full potential.
Not saying it bad, on the fence bout buying it. Just saying it could and should have been push back till everything was added.
Sees overleveled pokemon on the wild.
Me:Finally all my experiences of xenoblade will finally pay-off!
*Starts running away*
Man, I remember that shit. Didn't matter how strong those monsters were, You Will Know Our Names made me so pumped up that I always thought I stood a chance (spoiler: I didn't)
LMAO you nailed it
"The leaks didn't help"
*Shows sirfetch'd*
Haha 'leeks'
Inkymation Next level humour
Damn I was gonna comment that
@no on damn, I was gonna comment that.
@@cecilk729 LMAO
That wasn't a leak because Nintendo showed him off.
Those suddenly appearing pokemon and npcs look really terrible. What is this? A 10 meter sight-radius?
It's bad game design. They've been doing it for years but people only are waking up to it now... That's what I call a short sight radius.
0:57 God those pop-ins are painful.
@Jacob Bielski
No one fucking cares entitled baby.
@@UndertakerU2ber I think you are the butthurt baby here
UndertakerU2ber nice come back.
@@elizabethc2856
It's annoying to hear babies cry day in and day out who are never satisfied. When I'm away from the babies, and playing Pokemon Sword, it's peaceful, relaxing, and I'm having fun. But then I get on the internet and see some PC babies crying over non-issues, and then you can't help yourself and scream "Shut the fuck up!"
@@theretherebearbears7631
Thanks.
These entitled babies need to learn their place.
that one guy that was rapping at a giant mandibuzz is a mood
He was jus vibin
He was making a vibe check to that mandibuzz.
yang gang 2020
Christ I almost choked on my drink
I cant stop laughing lmfao
"High lvs right out in the open!?"
Xenoblade fans: First time?
Finally it's time for Ryan time once again.
@@DragoonBB You're thinking of Reyn Time, my guy.
@@fluidsquid always get his named spelled wrong. Even though you can't have a rainbow without him.
_TERRITORIAL ROTBART_
@@DragoonBB *OH YEAHHHH*
They have the walking animations for all the Pokemon (overworld and camp), but they still won't LET us have Following Pokemon.
You're not going on an adventure WITH your Pokemon. They're in your pocket.
I wish they brought it back again :(
this is literally the most valid complaint abt the game
probably because the game struggles to run as is. adding in an extra model everywhere would probably turn it into a slideshow at times.
I guess you could call them
pocket monsters ;)
@@blankname3816 With how the game looks, it shouldn't struggle to run at all if it's optimized. It looks so much messier than other games on the Switch. BotW manages to look a LOT cleaner despite being huge and with 3D blades of moving grass everywhere.
You know Pokemon is in trouble when people ask: “Is it worth it?”
You realize they make an "is it worth it?" video for every game??
What Alex said. It's click bait. This game will sell extremely fine. Can't wait to see its sales it's first week. All the trolls are buying it I guarantee you, no one is not going to play a Pokémon game. Even if us fans don't like it, we play it, beat it and at most will just admit it wasn't what we thought or wasn't our favorite but we will buy it and play it for sure. So it will sell like crazy.
@@DenonGregory for me im actually not going to get it since there are other games that intrigue me more. Plus I'll stick to sun and moon where my of team from way back is, I don't want to abandon them lol
Watts Sad but true.....
Buying mine on ebay, fuck game stop. Why go to the store when I can just order it in the mail?
Fire Emblem leaped to the Switch perfectly. Too bad this game doesn’t have that ‘oomph’ to really sell us
Fire Emblem leaped pretty well, but good god is it ugly.
@@BlizzyAdeline if its ulgy, then pokemon is as hideous as a child between you and lord voldemort.
BlizzyAdeline The Monastery looks a lot better than anything i’m seeing here in S&S. The open area looks like it was made in MS Paint with clear lines between grads and water. But yeah, FE Character models are a bit of a mess and Pokémon is looking better on that, albeit still looks like 3DS models.
Thats because Intelligent Systems needed the help of Koei Tecmo
Texture wise Fire Emblem doesn’t look too great (except for the battlefields!) but my god is it so. Much. Better. At everything else. It revitalized the series in a way that still feels fire emblem, the writing has so much care put into it, and all around has much less shortcuts than SaS :/
I've watched several reviews and this is the most understandable, clean cut, and bias free review and I really respect it
@Dale Gribble I am talking about this specific review of Pokemon Sword and Shield, not this Channel's reviews of any other game, so I dont know what that has to do with anything.
That being said I also give Breath of the wild at least a 9.something out of 10
@Dale Gribble ok boomer
@@_KungFuBarbie_ lol perfect
Bias is in every review. People have different opinions and likes mate.
@Dale Gribble botw deserves a 10/10. I've never played a better game in my life
Pokemon Sword and Shield: Entry level political environment.
PFFFTH HAHAHAHAHA yeah everyone is just acting like a bunch of babies
Eh i could care less about the complaining at this point
@@nightstar4912 then why don't you...?
Start 'em young!
I feel like the big problem right now is that the biggest issues plaguing this game are not a result of the game but of the company. As of right now, those of us who have not been granted a review copy can only speculate on rumors, datamines and leaks, all of which may very well be 4th or 5th person retellings, but my gosh does it look like there's been some serious mismanagement at best and malicious dishonesty at worst. You can't really translate "The game is good, but the trends that are being started here with the company may be worrisome enough to consider where your dollar goes" into a numerical review score. It's even harder to balance that when the biggest sins of the game seem to be "I mean, it's good, by why isn't it as good as these other Switch games?" (and I am fully of the argument that The Pokemon Company makes enough money that it /should/ be BotW level, if not better) Ultimately it feels like this game needed more time, and since the game has been so decisive that from where I stand I can't tell where it will fall. I'll be personally waiting till after the holiday season to pick up the game, assuming the overall opinion is positive. There are other games that are on the switch that have very obvious levels of love put into them that I can pick up this Christmas.
Chris Ray well said dude
I want a Pokemon game that looks like Sheffield; social deprivation, homelessness...and a decent music scene.
Isn't that basically Team Yell?
RED D oddly enough, two of my favorite bands ever are from Sheffield, although drastically different from each other: Bring Me the Horizon and Arctic Monkeys
@@atomicpunk2360 artics are legendary of course. But also one of my favorite bands the fat white family pretty much reside in sheff now.
@Nick Monkton I approve of this greatly
You might enjoy looking into a Pokemon RPG Maker game called "Pokemon Reborn." Not quite as edgy as what you are describing, but certainly in that direction. I too would enjoy a Pokemon game with a darker twist, a "Majora's Mask of Pokemon."
This is by far the best review I’ve seen for this game so far. The ones from IGN and other such reviewer‘s seem to completely overlook any and all issues with the game, but this one actually highlights both the good and the bad and says that there’s value in the game either way even if it’s not the greatest game ever or the worst game ever. Thank you for the great review, I think you’ll be one of my more trusted sources from here on out!
And than gives it a 8/10...
Fosso I mean yeah, but who am I to judge his opinion on a game I haven’t played
@@Cmattgamerguy True. Just seems strange. But than again most people think a 7/10 is bad nowadays maybe that's why.
Fosso I suppose you might be right lol
he was more on the pro side of the coin. the review wasnt balanced. the negative things were often just sidenotes. countered with massive positive emotions for a too long time. and the negative things in the game are clearly more dominant. butni guess he does it because fanboy and to keep a good reputation in the eyes of nintendo.
I feel sorry for Nintendo life, because no matter the rating they give for these games, the video is still gonna get hate nonetheless :(
Vsauce Puppet i dont they need to be more candid and take input from the ppl that are actually buying games not casual consumers that arent buying games at every launch day im not a dexer but both sides have very good points it just seems like the dexers have concrete reasons for being mad
it's not gonna get the hate you think it's gonna get dude. you're thinking way ahead -and without waiting to see what is gonna happen. i know it won't be through cursing, but rather something else. idk what it is, but i am nervous about what's gonna happen o-o;;...so i rather wait and just see.
he was extremely honest about the problems the game has hopefully he doesn’t get hate for no reason.
Well the game has so many issues yet its still 8
That doesnt make sense
It’s not Nintendo Life. It’s a lot of Pokémon fans. Go to Gamespot and IGN reviews. It’s uncanny how consistent their ignorance is across all videos.
We will get the good stuff in Ultra Sword and Ultra Shield two weeks after release.
Nysetari Vera'liath yep lmao they ruined my trust with sun and moon. Corporate greed knows no bounds
Ive been kinda out of touch with the pokemon series, but how big were the differences between sun/moon and ultra sun/ultra moon?
Aleph Bot They made ultra sun and ultra moon harder than the originals because fans complained that sun and moon were way too easy. Then you have people like the gentlemen in this comment section who complain about it whether because they know the reasons why the newer versions came out and don’t agree or they just simply like to complain about things that don’t need to be complained about
Aleph Bot Me personally I really liked ultra sun I thought it was a lot of fun and a good challenge (compared to other Pokémon games)
Yeah! We don’t need sinnoh remakes! Wooooooooo!
I'm pretty pissed at the shortcuts GF took but this is honestly a fair review.
u have a girlfriend? yea right
Jose's Planet Fair? Yes the review itself was fair but all I got throughout was mediocre, mediocre, disappointing- and then it somehow gets 8/10 GREAT. ??? That’s the weird part.
@@zoozbuh yes u can tell hes says the negatives quickly then try to say something positive lol
@@Vulpori most people will still enjoy playing the games, as despite their issues, they're still Pokémon games. Most of the reasons people have, are basically them nitpicking due to the whole GameFreak lying and removing half the Pokémon ordeal (I'm treating it like Pokémon cycling out like in TCGs, but many people hate it because of that)
@@Retrodaniel Pokemon cycling out TCGs cant be compared to the video game though, lol. The more apt comparison is not selling older games or saying these Pokemon can't be used in competitive play (which they do already for tiers and such.)
Here’s my take on not being able to catch high level Pokémon. There was already a solution for this that existed, it’s called your Pokémon not following your orders. I’m sure everyone remembers as a kid trading your lv100 Rayquaza to a new file. You didn’t have to worry about destroying everything because trying to reliably use it was frustrating as hell, thus discouraging you from playing that way. This is a feature that at least allows choice in your play style while not completely trivialising the game whereas this new system feels like an inorganic road block. It’s one of the many things I’ve seen that disappoints me about this game.
It's normal for open world Games, pokemon is moving toward open world so they have to add this in, its a normal feature in every open world game, you can't go up to a lvl 30 and level 10 and win, you'll get slaughtered, there's no difference here, not sure why people think this is a problem
"I can't catch a lvl 50 pokemon at the start of the game wahh wahh"... Yeah that makes sense
Edward Woodward It just seems weird with how the mechanics of Pokémon work. There had never been any indication that you could not at least attempt to catch higher level Pokémon. Not allowing this just feels weird especially since there already exists a counter in continuity in the form of Pokémon not listening to you, if they are to high level.
on previous gen it only works for trade pokemons but for catch pokemons they always follows your order even they are high level. I think the not catching high level monster is understandle. it will make the game alot more easier.
Edward Woodward you know there is a better way to do that without a message popping up saying “you are not high level enough to catch this Pokemon” right? Like scale the catch rate with the difference in levels since you could get destroyed by the Pokemon if you take to long. But the point is to have a chance despite the Pokemon being too high level to use without it ignoring orders.
@@WoodstarForges but the pokemon not following orders is already a good work around evidently. Stop coming up with shit
holy, the pokemon and NPCs popping in and out was so distracting, the draw distance is like arms length away from the player lol, I hope they release a patch to fix that
Nintendo does patches? I always thought the games on their platforms come as is.
@@Usmvalor3 it's been a slow process, but for games like smash they started doing patches in the wiiu days, now games like smash(of course), botw, and even Mario Odyssey have had updates
@@Usmvalor3 huh? Have you played any games the switch?
Gr1mADHD ...well have you played or seen Xenoblade 2? When you run in Gormott you can literally see a circle of grass around the character popping in and out of existence, same with the monsters there. Or when you port yourself to another location the textures are always non-existent and sometimes you stand for a few seconds in the void before the ground loads.
In BotW the loading issues aren't there but everything else mentioned above is also present. When you glide from a tower you can see the world forming around you and enemy's also pop up. Walk on Hyrule plains and you can see the guardians spawn inn and so on.
The problem aren't the games but the switch. I love BotW, Xenoblade and Pokemon will also be great but these pop inns are just a switch problem in general. I have over 600h in both BotW and Xenoblade 2 and I can assure you it really isn't that bad. You don't care for it after a few hours.
They’ve done patches to Smash, and still doing them
just wanted following pokemon and voice acting :/
Voice acting? Hahahahaha
I mean you got follow pokemon in dlc q
They way i see it, is buy it, in a month or 2 when the hype is dead and people who played it are selling their copy used.
TBH, occasional Dialogue everyone wants to skip is a JRPG norm.
Ah yes “because it is the norm we should not ask for better”.
@@biffyguybiffy6292 I never said that. You can't get everyone to care about every NPC's dialogue. Some people like it. So they should remove it?
someone hasn't played Fire Emblem Three Houses
mrEkli, literally just add a skip button. It’s really not hard.
Siddy Fisher, yeah. Having a skip button on a game meant to be replayed many times is quite helpful.
I was really surprised by the 8/10 at the end. That didn’t seem to match up with all of the harsh criticism in the video.
This could be your advertisement! Yeah seemed more like a 6.5/10 to me
so far i would say its a 7-7.5/10
Tori theKlepto more like a 7 to 8 not even close to 6 from what the reviewers said
Honestly, I'm not too surprised, there was about 13 minutes of positive or neutral criticism during the video, and the negatives weren't game breaking. Yes, the lack of national pokemon sucks, but as he said, the new ones are also pretty well developed and I'd much rather see something new too.
@Matteo Leonardi As someone with the game. The bugs aren't actually as common or bad as people are leading you to believe
10:43 "The leaks didn't help" being said when Sirfetch'd was on the screen was purposeful, right? Thumbs up!
Just remember, you're paying $60 for a whooooooole lot of justification
Or, $80 CAD. I'll wait for the Diamond and Pearl remakes.
This is literally what I've been saying this entire time it's outrageous it's an unfinished product that is what it is at the end of the day
Wooloo is all the justification I need
or R$200 in my country
64$ wity taxes
Tbh I don’t think the wild area was a “brave stride forward.” Everyone’s been asking for an open world Pokémon since before the beginning of time and when BotW dropped, it only showed everyone that it could definitely work. SwSh just doesn’t have any notable area where it really excels, whether that’s graphics, battle mechanics, Pokémon themselves, story anymore even etc. when so many previous games have already done it better. I find it easy to like, but it’s a hard game to be proud of.
Personally I think trainer and pokemon design is great, and I think trainer customization is at an all time dramatic high, and competitive obstacles have been axed for the better.
But yeah outside of that damn there are a lot of shortcomings.
I love open world games but I don’t feel that main series Pokémon are a good fit for that genre.
@@laurafrakinroslin I think main series can be done well open if there are elements of exploration and scaling based on story milestones and a metroidvania-esque reward for visiting old locations.
But I'd really love an open world game as an action rpg. Maybe a dex no bigger than 200, but the action elements can make them and their moves feel really fresh.
I think even Poke park 2 does a better job...
How would you know that? You haven't even played it. You literally watched other people rerun the same 20 second clips and you already made up in your mind that isn't notable.
"Sweet goggley goodness, this is a spicy set of jingles" -Alex
Real life Ned Flanders
Mamma mia, that's a spicy a' meat ball!
My expectation was botw world with the pokemon walking around
I think that's what a lot of us thought before this game was even shown. Looks like the 3ds versions in a lot of ways.
That'd be cool but wouldn't make much sense
Thats my expectation as well..
were they met?
That's what I thought it was gonna be too. At least the wild area but you can't even see any Pokemon unless they're right in front of your face
Alex: "What's done right is done really bloody right, but what's done wrong feels like it's come frome a decade-old design document"
Also Alex: *proceeds to give the game an 8/10*
Well, maybe he found that at least 80% of the game was done right in his eyes...
8/10 sounds about what I expect for Pokemon's first mainline go on the switch. Hopefully the next will be better.
@Soupmaster101 The point of a review is to talk about the things that are bad/disliked as well as those that are good/liked. A review score is typically not derived from a strict mathematical algorithm, such as "precisely 20% of the game is affected by these bad things, so I gave it an 8/10."
Reviews are far more often a general scale of "I hate it, overall" to "I ABSOLUTELY love it". An 8/10 is on that scale right around "it has problems, but they're not enough to ruin the game, and overall I really like it".
The bulk of the game's problems seem to be graphical, and that's an absolute shame caused by Game Freak's refusal to get help from other teams that have more experience with the Switch and console hardware. But any longtime fan of Nintendo games knows that if the gameplay is outstanding, graphical problems don't matter as much.
That just goes to show how right they did the stuff that was done right.
Cant say I didnt expect it from a channel called nintendo life
10:43
“And the *leeks* didn’t help.”
Nice visual pun!
Oh so I'm not the only one who caught that. :P
I disliked your comment in order to get the 69 likes
Grookey has a moved originated by him... Has a stick already in his hand, but summons a magic air stick for branch poke. 🤦♂️
Cubone and marrowak have existed since gen 1 with the moves bone club and bonemarang doing the same. Oshawot and dewott had the exact same thing with the move razer shell. This has been a thing for a while.
@@cbored3778 The point is that it shouldn't be a thing on the Switch if the pokemon company had actually put as much work into it as they claimed.
@@adriannanailo3549
I understand that but then you have to take into consideration pokemon that can copy moves like with sketch, mimic, me first etc.
For me the issue is that currently, the 3ds games can somehow perform better than a switch game.
@@cbored3778 No I get that. I do understand that it would be difficult to be able to make unique animations for every single move especially with the copy moves. However, that would only really be a valid excuse if GameFreak had actually put in the work they claimed they did. It is looking more and more likely (and now not just by visual comparison,) that they did not actually create these models from scratch. So reusing old models should have given them time to improve other aspects but from what we've been shown they haven't even done that.
@@adriannanailo3549
In that case wouldn't the time and effort be better spent on the national dex instead of unique animations for moves? YET GAMEFREAK CAN'T EVEN GET THAT RIGHT!
Who's excited for Dunkey's review?
CAN'T WAIT!
RPG's aren't exactly his forte though, so not sure if he would do it. I'm waiting for his review on death stranding though
Maybe he would do it like the Eevee and pikachu one. One positive and one negative.
I am not. He’s gonna shit all over this and people are gonna follow him and attack those of us that like the games.
Finally, a FAIR review. One that isn’t on one side of attacking or overly defending the game.
AkiPonDog Just because they try to balance praise and criticism doesn’t make it a fair review. If a game is really good or really bad, then it follows that it would either be heavily praised or heavily criticized. Considering this game’s issues relative to the rest of the series, other RPGs, and other Switch games, I’ve seen very few fair reviews offering the criticism that these games deserve.
AkiPonDog yeah, I definitely appreciated that.
SynysterDawn what?
@@gamemonchie1500 SynysterDawn's comment is basically referring to how most of the reviews seem to be leaning in favor of giving high scores despite having good criticism. Take this one for example, yeah Alex gave a good review of the game but a lot of can see the review score being too generous just because it's Pokemon.
E1ite Yoshi oh I see. I guess So. I kind of ignore the score for all reviews personally. I was referring to just the review in general.
The amount of models just popping up outta nowhere is embarrasing
I felt like you didn’t really acknowledge that at all
That's because he didn't.
...the alternative would be having them fade in and out, which adds extra effects to render on the processor. No, it is absurd to expect every model/NPC/environmental detail to be statically loaded in while simultaneously having a consistent resolution/frame rate. Either accept the concession, or just go play something else.
I personally would prefer fade in and fade out; but not if it had a detrimental affect on the general smoothness of the feel of the game.
@@MHUDZONE people love to criticise game design when most people don't know base level stuff. I am thankful for your insight
Mikko Winters I don't mind a bit of pop up and I understand why it's necessary, but in this game the range at which things pop is.... really, really close. Especially compared to other contemporary games. :/
I mean yes but that’s kinda always been Pokémon’s thing. In a lot of the games that’s the case.
Now I wish these games did have voice acting so we can spit mad rhymes during Max Raid Battles.
GameFreak is done making pokemon games. They have made that obvious. Let someone else do it.
Yes, I want more love and Time put into these
Would be about time but still a few years too late.
HighLanderPony bullshit. I would still buy a new game, and so would a lot of people. You don’t have to, of course, but fact is Pokémon isn’t going anywhere.
sixstringpsycho Just because people buy doesn’t mean it’s good. Isn’t that obvious? The problem is that this plays and looks more like a 3DS port than a game that was made for the switch. With games like odyssey, and botw, on the same console the new Pokémon game is just bland in comparison.
@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged Way to miss the point which was that it's time for GameFreak to stop making them. The work of other devs could still be welcome.
Sun and Moon ultra may have flaws but I really liked the ambience and how a lot of the npc had their own little thing going on. Pokémon Sword and Shield just feels empty in comparison.
You comment before you’ve played it.....
@@MrJudda1994 The whole game is literally leaked right now and they already showed a bunch of the wild areas. Also if people weren't allowed to comment on a game before buying it we would all be broke.
Sun and moon was probably the best pokemon game, if you take your nostolgia glasses off you can see how it outclasses the past generations
Wild area looks a lot like monster hunter stories on 3DS.
Read this and broke out my 3DS. Curse you :'D
I’d play dat right now, but my 3ds broke so rip
Staples rip ur 3DS I’m still playin it tho
Wish they went world
Boring Name İ KNOW RIGHT..
"Its a good start. There's room for improvement."
-Said about every Pokemon game ever. You'd think they'd stop getting this pass eventually.
Right? They have walking animations but won't let our Pokemon follow us.
All games have room for improvement man. I'm not saying these games don't have flaws that need to be fixed, but expecting every game to be the best one yet and utterly flawless is just too much.
@@sakuramiracles Expecting a game to be more than "a good start" is the standard for every other franchise.
Yeah I find it pretty funny to watch/read reviews about this game because quite a few are really honnest and list the problems and shortcomings of the games and then end with 8/10 or 9/10 ... okay, so how did you go from "Its a good start. There's room for improvement." to one of the best grade possible ?
@@sakuramiracles "A good start" is what you say for a first game in a series.
I hope the "good boy's and girl's" quote lasts at least till the end of the year.
Dante Barcenas yeah I’m probably getting it for Christmas
@@casper189 No, please no.
@@casper189 Did you get it?
Malvina Coronel no
For what i've seen I will start with the bad part:
This game uses the same
graphics engine(it has literally the same animations on battle and the same walking animations + same flaws about cutting NPC's and trees to save FPS's) and they maybe ported the models(like on the emulators they putted a filter or something because they hacked back pokemon that they were cut on the "wild area") so devs maybe lied about that making the #Dexit a very bad
excuse.
Now for the good part:
It brings back a lot of saving time mechanics from previous games, it looks very interesting that they used Europe on the thematics like X/Y , has
according to the reviews a pretty enjoyable history like on the previous games. Gyms are like Footbal/Soccer matches on the graphics design and following to the music itself it is fantastic. The wild area looks pretty neat and the "Big Pokemans" looks like a grind festival so as an JRPG fan.
Conclusions:
For one part, this game looks as a budget tittle and for the Switch they could do much better and made it from scratch, for the other part, looks like a normal enjoyable Pokémon experience. Pokémon fans, don't fight each other but be critical please.
I'm playing right now, for what I've seen so far is that the "draw distance" but still apreciable. Some Pokemon npc's by moving and pressing "a" their mouths bugs. On the other side of things, Dynamax is enjoyable and the "wild area" is a good idea I dunno why they didn't do a game full "wild area" . The tutorials are skipeable and that's very good. Still, I'm only at the start of the game .
The problem isn't that the game is bad its just not as good as other switch games 3-4/10 at best itx s disappointment
Playing with Wi-Fi makes some drops, the game engine crashed me 1 time on the "wild area" and 3 times on Route 06 and it's village. It's soo broken that fighting against Hop and the second rival made that when they talk in the middle on the fight, the camera goes away and you can't see them, really really bad.
On the other side of things, the exclusive gym it's an
absurdity on the max. Every single gym hypes you about the gym leader and it's personallity, this was absolutely blank. Now I just passed 7th gym, I have to say that the 5 first gyms are awesome at least the game doesn't treat you like a dumbass but still if you are a hardcore JRPG or played at least 1 game of the series, this game is easy.
Yikes to anyone who encounters a shiny ... that’s overleveled
Avoid the wild area majority of the playthrough and just stick with the main objective badges story and leveling
then focus on that location and max raids they seem to be more end of game ( level training grounds ) part of the game opened to you from the start
Shiny pokemon dont appear shiny in the overworld. So the odds of you running into an overly high Pokemon that's shiny is extremely unlikely unless you go running into every high level looking Pokemon. So I doubt you're going to run into a shiny high level pokemon in the wild area before you're capable of catching it.
Pokemons you cant catch are shiny locked
@@dragonballzgoku5566 that's even more of an issue, people loved seeing shiny pokemon in the over world, there is no reason to limit the player when they're making an area "open world" that's the exact opposite of open world
@@dragonballzgoku5566 The law of very big numbers. If millions of people play this, that's millions of high level encounters every day. It's bound to happen.
Almost all review are just to afraid too say, in conclusion, “good” or “bad” due to the shit storm that happen to the community
Or because while its not a bad game, it is disappointing. Thats mechanically what they said. Even the leakers badically said that
It’s underwhelming and the same Pokemon experience that we’ve had for years. I will be going for Digimon on the Switch instead.
@@jimmymackinnon8474 they are totally different types of games
@@jimmymackinnon8474 As someone that REALLY enjoyed the Digmon Story Cyber Sleuth games...the combat is massively dumbed down from Pokemon (and yes that IS saying something). If the new Pokemon games come out and were like those Digimon games there would be even more of an uproar imo
@@jimmymackinnon8474 oh yeah as if the digimon games aren't lazy cash grabs that are poorly made
I like the review a lot, I would just like to correct one thing: Dinamax moves do more than just deal damage, they have side effects like raising stat, create weather, or terrain.
coming back here after 20 hours of Scarlett and I can say, I would rather have ten Sword & Shield games come out and give me that expirence, then slog through the utterly boring, ugly, and horrifically structured games that are Scarlett & Violet.
Um this looks like a 3ds game with 60% of the old characters gone. This looks like a huge disappointment to me.
Honestly if you think this looks like a 3DS game, you must be drunk.
@@BDaMonkey have you seen how Sun & Moon looks when upscaled? At least as far as the models of the pokemon are concerned it does look like the 3DS versions.
@@methos4866 ive seen upscaled 3ds games And they didn't come close to the look of This game
@@th69supreme58 The character textures look nice, but stuff like draw distance pop-in and piss poor battle animation definitely look like a 3DS game, specifically any 3DS Pokemon game.
@@BDaMonkey it is just. This game just has a few better graphics so you won't notice.
The only thing I'm salty about is that you got to play the game early xD
@Myy100 Or literally torrent it, it was leaked 2 days ago
@@NightlyH how?
@Myy100 ITS NOT THAT EASY!!!
Ha, i probably will play this game christmas
Hey you could too if you hack your switch and install the game. 😅
*and can restore PP*
im sorry i just laughed on how you emphasized that
hmm in this video when u/they are in the wild area pokemons and humans seem to only load in when near them. is this something u can chance in setting or is it a wild area only thing ?
0:29 that dude on the right looks like he's tryin to diss the mandibuzz
I’m just gonna say it, I think this game looks rushed/they were understaffed, and that’s a shame because I think another year in development/more staff and they would’ve had an amazing game
They already had 1000 people work on the games
Why do people have the illusion that staff is the issue?
TheReverseEffect false statement kid, it’s 143 as of 2018
Yeah, Game Freak is a pretty small company (relative to other AAA companies)
@@Mothlover69 No it's not, "kid". If you BOTHERED to look at any interviews, Ohmori claims around 1000 people worked on these games
@@thereverseeffect7269 A year is still very little time for a game to get solo focus. Pokemon used to do games every other year and the games then were pretty solid. Ever since The Pokemon Company started forcing them to make games every year they started to plummet in quality. SM was basically just a demo for USUM. XY was basically just a demo for 3ds Pokemon games in general and Let's Go is so different its hard to call it a mainline pokemon game. So that means SwSh are basically the demo for switch games and get the short end of the stick.
This is the only review I found that even mentioned any cons.
>Repeatedly shows clips of Pokemon instantly popping into existence 30 feet in front of you and weather effects instantly vanishing
>Admits the game chugs hard despite having such poor graphics
>8/10
The weather effects thing is actually on purpose. The wild area is split up into different sections and the weather is usually different between those sections. You are right though that the transitions aren't very good
I feel like this game is good, but 7/10 good and it's only because the pokemon formula is so addictive. We should have seen leaps and bounds, but instead we've stayed stagnant.
The feeling I get from this game is that the switch to a new console (not to mention a home console instead of a strictly portable one) required adjustments (technical, but also conceptual), and consequently more work. But Game freaks (or maybe tpc?) wanted to use the same amount of time and resources/effort as for the past games to create this, and as a result they had to limit the amount of innovation, and cut some corners...
It's a pity, because it feels like a wasted opportunity. It could have been great, instead it is mediocre.
And the fact that they chose to do something predictably controversial (cut the Pokemon) but didn't really prepare any good way of dealing with the reaction, even though they must have known people would be mad, really hasn't helped them or this game...
Nah, they had no problem porting over the models, it definitely wasn't a technical reason.
Why? I am having a feeling that the “fans” are going to pull a kyota fire on game freak
To be fair, I get the feeling that Pokemon would have been cut at some point down the line anyway, especially when you reach the number of Pokemon the games have been getting to. Sun & Moon may have had every Pokemon available in game, but not all of them had PokeDex entries, for example.
I like how none of you work at gamefreak and know what goes on in the company hhaha dipshits
Major Thought Ahead
Right, so it is perfectly acceptable to commit a crime and murder tons of people because you think they deserved it
:59 people hanging around an empty street corner
1:00 Onix pops in like “what’s good guys?”
"We've been good boy and girls"
Are you trying to get into the Smash Ultimate roster?
Great review. Breaks it down quite nicely and definitely brings up the more irritating bad points. I'm loving my time in game at the moment, 4 badges in and would recommend anyone that likes the series to at least give it a chance. It'll probably surprise you.
I love how he kept all of his original Pokémon names except for his Zigzagoon “Gene” lmao
The wild area was a nugget of what I wanted from this game.
Too bad it was just an afterthought.
Uncle Brizz all areas of grass should be like the wild area
@@lueroifan12 I feel like they could do that. But man the area's look way larger than they need to be.
It was trailer bait, effectively. Half-baked ideas stuffed in there to look exciting. It's basically a buzzfeed article if access to them cost £60.
This is the first actual good review I found! It's highlights the good and bad things and gave me the idea that I will like this game. I'll probably be as well bothered by the low points but I think the high points make up for it. Also want to add I'm not a die hard fan anymore so not really bothered with the no nat dex (but understand people who are) I just mostly play these games for nostalgia and think they are overall fun!
This has been the most in depth review I have seen so far, that you for the detail and honesty on a lot of issues that everyone seems to gloss over!
I personally feel like an 8 is a bit too high for this game, but you were completely honest and were willing to give plenty of criticisms. So I appreciate that!
how can you even know if you havent played it.
@@098anime I have played it (NSP), and I would rate it a 6.5/10. This is supposed to be a Switch game; not some "3DS Port."
Opinions opinions. I know right everyone has them.
Mau BS This is such a non-argument when plenty of information about the game has been released - whether officially given or leaked - for people to make a well-reasoned decision about it without needing to play. And frankly, people don’t need to eat shit to have a pretty good idea of what it’s going to taste like, and to know that we should avoid eating it.
@@endarkened5153 was just about to say "is 6.5/10 a valid rating" lmao. It's fun, but honestly feels lazy and not worth the price tag. I've played it, but not that far into it, though i've seen a lot of footage from the game
you did a true review and it is honest. thank you.
Ehhh, still pretty biased but decent.
GoreGummi didn't seem pretty biased to me...
@@PeculiarVisitor all opinions are biased?
He glanced over the bad he didn't even go into detail with the growing list of problems. This is Nintendo life they're not going to talk shit about Nintendo games. Biased.
GoreGummi 1: did you not hear him talk about the problems? Because I do. Maybe you should watch the video again
2: growing list? How is it growing?
3: Pokémon is gamefreak, not Nintendo
Demn the world looking empty as expected
Right tho? It could be as alive as breathe of wild, with a big overworld full of pokemon towns even if the were narrow linear areas that connected between multiple large areas, like caves and rivers, ocean paths and forests, or shortcuts between the major areas.
Like any real rpg really lol. Final fantasy 2 nes is a great example with the only thing stopping players from going that way was super strong pokemon.
Plus they have HMs to limit movement unlike breathe of the wild open world climb ice brige fly everything design.
@@trentonx botw was still pretty empty
@@luigi7781 botw was still a giant map that would take u hours to cross from one end to another. This one takes u ten minutes tops and is just as empty.
@@ralphrichter4976 that's true, but it still would be nice too have more too do in that game.
@@luigi7781 *"botw was still pretty empty"* Nice joke.
the most honest review I've seen so far. it feels good that they praise all it's good points, without discreting the numberous complaints. that's why I usually go to NintendoLife to check if a game is worth it or not
"Hhhhhhhhello there lovely peeeeeople"
When you heard this, you know it's from Nintendo Life
I actually hate the way he says that 😂😂😂
Itsalexfromnintendolifehere!
That, and when you click on a Nintendo life video
This looks like a pretty unbiased review. Fortunately I'll be able to borrow the game since I didn't plan on spending on it when there are so many better games for the money out on Switch
Unbiased? The entire time he was talking about the faults of the game and then gave it a high score, maybe there's other factors he didn't state but the entire video sounded like he would've given it a lower score.
I'm 100% sure if it wasn't a Pokemon game he would've given it a lower score
@@amyrose4ever157 Yeah but he talked about the failings of the game and still enjoyed it, explaining the score.
Go check IGN if you want to see what is called a truly biased critic: 11s out of 7min adressing that there are issues and quickly brushing these under the ruff to give a 9.3. Simply checking like/dislikes gives a great idea about the overall quality of the critic (50/50 being sucking GF off to get the next game to review while up to 80/20 being telling the truth basically)
@@erwannlacroix2150 yes IGN bad for not scoring the way I want
@@amyrose4ever157 the fact is the game can be massively lacking and still be enjoyable. IGN's Review is an embarrassment. From what I'm seeing so far this a 7-7.5 being carried by the Pokémon license, wild area and home console novelty
@@th69supreme58 The note isn't the problem (although most press reviewers manage to give games 20/20 despite pointing out fails meaning the game isn't worth 20/20).
The problem is saying it's the best pokemon game ever, a perfect game during 99% of the review then suddently remembering that there is #GameFreakLied, quickly saying there are some failures... And woo perfect game, nothing to see here! Buy and don't complain!
Nintendo Life critic actually pointed the game weaknesses and gave his thoughts about it (negatives but positives too). That's the real point of a critic. Not simply saying the game is good (and honestly I'll buy Sh and I'll play it and I'll certainly enjoy it despite its shortcomings) but also pointing the failures so that people know if they want to buy it knowing the good sides but also the bad sides
Short answer: The game is lackluster...
I’m genuinely sad this game was released so early, I’ve been wanting to get back into Pokémon recently and I was hoping this game would help spark that but the game is just too bad to play
I was finally going to buy a switch to play Pokemon but when I heard that it's missing pretty much all the Pokemon AND all the complaints people have had I figured NOPE.
Pokemon is Nintendo's most creatively bankrupt franchise.
I think it is far from bankrupt, as it is by far the most popular franchise of all time
Excuse? Heard of Mario?
Being creatively bankrupt means you have no creativity. They aren't accusing Pokemon of being unprofitable.
You mean creatively bankrupt?
@@moss7910 I typed it on my phone sorry
"the cutscenes look bloody good"
Yeah lemme rotate in my walking animation and re-think that
I feel like these reviewers have terribly low standards
kevinyoyo2 or yours are too high, have you ever played Pokémon? Lol
Guess no matter how you say it, Alex you're still going to get hate. Lol
@@jeffreynicolatos4544 How's valid critisizm hate tho
@@dokchampa9324 what valid criticism?? Lol
I was really worried when I learned that the exp share couldn't be turned off. I thought for sure that would make the game way too easy like it did in previous games. I have to say though that with the gym leaders increased levels and the higher levels of wild Pokemon, I actually didn't end up overleveled. They actually spaced it out pretty well so that you could just keep moving through the game without having to grind.
I beat all the bosses with cinderace with no grind. This game was so boring
So overall. it has several improvements that could catch on in later additions. But it suffers from its own past mechanics.
So, for 1.5x the price of the 3DS titles, we get a merely okay game with a smorgasbord of technical issues?
Pass. I think I'll play through Volt White 2 instead.
How is swsh 1.5x the price, tf?
Bailey Neighbors ds games were 40$, these games are 60$. Its basic math my dude
@@darkmudkip8516 3ds games were 60 DuDe
@@charlesfalotico2865 lol no they weren't
@@charlesfalotico2865 They were not lmao
Im scared this game is going to be bland as hell.
But but but raid battles!
It is :(
Just try it out first then make your decision
@@totalmage56 If only there was a demo....
@@asdasdasdfdasfdasfas3332 yeah i would be ok with that
Based on the way you were talking about it I was expecting a much lower score at the end. If the worst it can be is the way it was I'm still pretty excited.
Best review of the game so far, no bs and straight to the point. Glad you looked at both the good and the bad sides equally
The content of the review really seemed like it was going to be leading up to a much lower score.
Right? I've seen games get a lot lower scores for having less issues then this game. He didn't even touch on the fact that all wild encounters have the same static background even while on the ocean.
@@Beenters while true that games with less issues may get a lower score, sometimes even if a game has some more issues, it's still just more fun and enjoyable, at least for him. i know there are some games i prefer more then others, even though they have more issues, simply because i enjoy the game more and have more fun playing it.
The most common way reviews on games work is to divide the point share into categories and then give each category a weight. When I review games I typically don't detract much for things like technical issues or "resolution issues". I focus more on in-game contents. And it sounded like he was overall very happy with the in-game contents, minus a few what I'd describe as nitpicks here and there
@@adorakraynik2943 thank you both for replies. I guess I'm more critical of this franchise since it's been my top game since red/blue and just seeing the lower quality from multiple sources from what I've seen and read is really....depressing.
Cory Burmahl so my favourite video game franchise is Pokemon. Period. I currently own every game (including spin-offs) and have done countless playthroughs. There’s something the fanbase has to understand, the Switch is far more powerful than the DS. I’m around several people who work in the games industry and the fact is this, more power doesn’t always give the developers more options. And in the case of a lot of mobile-platform developers, they don’t know how to optimize or take advantage of higher-powered hardware. I think there are very legitimate criticisms of Gen 8 to be had, but it’s important to keep in mind that the team was tasked with working on a system that they probably aren’t super familiar with still
“Full of Pokémon” “world alive and rich with character” bruh there’s almost barely any Pokémon on screen during the entire video
In the very beginning he said that they're not allowed to show much so there'll be a lot of repetitive footage. They probably weren't allowed to show footage that had any un officially released Galar pokemon.
Mavis Verkillion ... if they’re not gonna show it in the trailer where are they gonna show up
@@tiantian4290 Gamefreak released as little as possible so you could discover the Pokemon yourselves. You'll see them in game and (if you look online) in leaks
@@tiantian4290 uh, in the game?
@@tiantian4290 that makes logical sense. That means every movie and game is only as long as all the trailers put together. Anything not in those few minutes of trailers is obviously fake and not real. All games and movies are less than 10 minutes long confirmed.
I only want one clarification, this will break or make whether i buy it.
Does the game really freeze when you go on ladders.
Also, is scaling really gone? is wailord smaller than the trainer????
Sooo, what about trading? Wondertrade, link trade, gts?
0:56 *HOLY MOTHER OF POP IN*
9:49 That Wooloo bout to rollout into your curry.
😂
Question if pokemon home has not come out yet how do you have a Axew? Totally one of my favs. Hope to get a response.
I would guess because it's in the galar dex, I haven't seen the leaks, (on purpose) so idk.
First impression of this video: I just LOVE the graphics and music! That alone makes this game stand out above all previous versions in the franchise.
0:59 Onyx pops into existence lmaooo
yeah the LOD distance seems quite poor. Maybe they should have kept th camera fixed until they are able to overcome those issues^^. Still going to buy it tomorrow but I expect it to be better in the next game.
When are they gonna show the second gen starters some love
Charizard and Pikachu are the only starters, what are you on about
@@the9657 False, game code shows that the other Gen 1 starters and the Gen 7 starters are in the game as well. They just aren't apart of the pokedex.
@@chadachi3970 hence not usable?
@@crowing3886 They are in the game, they aren't in the Dex probably due to being event raid pokemon only. Mew and Meltan are in the game and usable but they aren't in the dex either.
Shawn Mitchell u ll have the chance to transfer them from home and maybe an event for some of them
I was *really* hoping the wild area would be a huge central area with a town in each of eight directions that had a gym. Gyms could be visited in any order and the leader would have level-appropriate teams according to the player's own level.
The idea comes from Pokemon Origins, where Brock recognizes that Red is a novice trainer, so he chooses to use two of his lowest level Pokémon, Geodude and Onyx, to battle him. The thought of his team changing to include more members at a higher level if Red challenged him after Misty has stuck with me ever since. Giovanni also chooses to use his highest level Pokemon to face Red, the second time this freedom of choice is displayed by leaders.
Imagine if the player could enter any gym, in any order, and choose whether to have an easy, regular or difficult battle, where the leader would send out Pokemon of different levels according to choice and the player would receive greater rewards [More money, Stronger Pokeballs, More TMs, etc] for choosing the more difficult option. Of course if the difficult options were chosen it would be just that, difficult - like, real difficult. Cynthia levels of difficult! Once you reach the E4 and champion they all have different opinions on you as a trainer depending on which difficulty you defeated each gym under, showing greater respect for defeating gyms under the higher difficulty, calling you average for having regular battles, or weak for having easy battles. Ironically, seeing as the five would have teams of fixed levels, these would be easier to defeat if the player chose difficult gym battles, and harder if they chose easy battles, due to the greater exp gain from the more difficult battles. That's pretty much the game I wanted. Sadly, it's not the game we got. In fact, we've actually seen this freedom of choice during the E4 battles of X/Y!
SwSh just seems so generic to me. Same formula. Same A-Z linear path. Same learning curve. The missing Pokemon is like taking the cherry off the cake, a plain sponge cake with no cream or jam filling at that. It's a cup of English tea with no milk!
I'm sure for most it will be just another Pokemon game and they will enjoy it, but for someone who's played 'em all, it's just too bland. I find myself wanting to do another playthrough of ORAS instead of wanting to buy the new games.
[And that damned draw distance!]
"The LEEKS didn't help" right as you pan to Sir Fetch'd, I see what you did there.