I've just played this game and I have to say it's pretty damn boring. The pokémon, they all look curious and cute in this crazy geometric design but the only thing you do is walk around, befriend them and cooking and exploring... I mean, if it's about pokémon you want more battles and more catching but this feels like something else. Also, the tutorial is neverending. Downloaded it, played 30-40 min, deleted it. Sorry.
A freenium game that just sorta plays itself, and one game I think Nintendo really let rot as soon as it saw that it just won't be that profitable. Pokemon Quest has a really unique premise and style that I really wish was looked more into and I constantly feel like the game would have been better if they simply stopped trying to milk the first gen the way they constantly do.
The game is focused on exploring a cube island with a lot of blocky gen 1 pokemon, and while you can make a team to help explore various levels, the overall influence you have on the team and what they do is very minimal. So minimal in fact that the majority of this game can be played on auto and that's it. Sure you'd have to micro manage a bit, and I won't lie there is a certain charm to watching your pokemon slowly grow stronger to take on the next level, but the game itself isn't actually entertaining.
What is entertaining is the way the pokemon look and how they interact with each other in your base area by doing fun little games with each other like stacking on top of each other or all dancing together. Aside from that though, I really don't have much fun aside from min/maxing pokemon and exploiting the way the game plays. If you're really into team building, but don't actually want to play a game, Pokemon Quest would be a perfect fit for you, but for everyone else, just watch some cute cat and dog videos.
The game is focused on exploring a cube island with a lot of blocky gen 1 pokemon, and while you can make a team to help explore various levels, the overall influence you have on the team and what they do is very minimal. So minimal in fact that the majority of this game can be played on auto and that's it. Sure you'd have to micro manage a bit, and I won't lie there is a certain charm to watching your pokemon slowly grow stronger to take on the next level, but the game itself isn't actually entertaining.
What is entertaining is the way the pokemon look and how they interact with each other in your base area by doing fun little games with each other like stacking on top of each other or all dancing together. Aside from that though, I really don't have much fun aside from min/maxing pokemon and exploiting the way the game plays. If you're really into team building, but don't actually want to play a game, Pokemon Quest would be a perfect fit for you, but for everyone else, just watch some cute cat and dog videos.
[Ref Played 2020]
In the context of an offline completely legal Pokémon game on a mobile without a switch this game is alright, itʼs enjoyable enough
Given that it's free I gave this game a higher rating than many of the barely any better £50 Switch Games
If you have a switch and any decent Pokémon game on it, despite how painfully bad some of them are don't bother with this, if you can emulate legally do that, if you have an Internet connection other free Pokémon mobile games are better but there are circumstances where this game could be considered technically something I'd recommend to someone just not anybody I know
In the context of an offline completely legal Pokémon game on a mobile without a switch this game is alright, itʼs enjoyable enough
Given that it's free I gave this game a higher rating than many of the barely any better £50 Switch Games
If you have a switch and any decent Pokémon game on it, despite how painfully bad some of them are don't bother with this, if you can emulate legally do that, if you have an Internet connection other free Pokémon mobile games are better but there are circumstances where this game could be considered technically something I'd recommend to someone just not anybody I know
The graphics are charming, but that's about the only good thing I have to say about this. It's not... really much of a game... I don't really have any idea why they felt the need to go HEY GUYS REMEMBER POKEMON QUEST THIS GAMER OSSAN'S PLAYING IT in the SWSH DLC. No. I want to forget. Make us remember Pokemon Ranger instead.