Sorry gamers i actually kind of liked this one. The characters are shockingly not unbearable, Arven in particular, and I think the area zero stuff is pretty cool. Unfortunately they're still churning out laggy garbage on a far-too-regular basis so just because i like it relative to a steaming shit pile doesn't mean it's actually...good. lol.
There are simply too many performance issues. There's a disappointing lack of polish in the details. And yet ---- I wouldn't have just spent 50+ hours with this game if I wasn't enjoying myself. The story's good, the 'Mons are fun, the music slaps & the gameplay loop is rock-solid. Probably a hot take: but clean up some of the technical drawbacks & Scarlet/Violet could genuinely stand as two of the best mainline Pokémon games to date.
Pokemon games being familiar and such a nostalgic experience create this inherent bias in us. When you take a step back and look at this game in comparison to others on the platform, it is just not very good and downright lazy. Ugly textures, lazy writing, bugs galore and uninspiring end game content. Pokémon is in serious need of a new coat of paint.
Un juego que marca un claro camino a seguir en la franquicia, pero que probablemente habría abandonado por el camino de no ser por las bondades de la emulación y el modding.
Pros:
- El mundo abierto es enorme y está lleno de recovecos que explorar.
- El sentido de libertad ayuda mucho a la sensación de comenzar una nueva aventura en mundo ajeno desde cero.
- La dificultad del mod SV+ incentiva a minmaxear a tus Pokémon, ofreciendo una experiencia muy muy superior al juego original.
Contras:
- Es un adefesio a nivel gráfico. Resulta insultante encontrarte un juego con tan poco cuidado en este apartado. Las limitaciones técnicas de la consola y la cantidad indecente de bugs tampoco ayudan.
- El mundo se siente muy poco vivo. Los Pokémon simplemente spawnean por todas partes, pero ni interaccionan entre ellos ni con el entorno que les rodea.
- Por suerte no son muchas, pero la mecánica de captura de bases es un ejemplo de cómo hacer algo mal en un videojuego. Me parece alucinante que algo así tuviera el visto bueno de la compañía.
Pros:
- El mundo abierto es enorme y está lleno de recovecos que explorar.
- El sentido de libertad ayuda mucho a la sensación de comenzar una nueva aventura en mundo ajeno desde cero.
- La dificultad del mod SV+ incentiva a minmaxear a tus Pokémon, ofreciendo una experiencia muy muy superior al juego original.
Contras:
- Es un adefesio a nivel gráfico. Resulta insultante encontrarte un juego con tan poco cuidado en este apartado. Las limitaciones técnicas de la consola y la cantidad indecente de bugs tampoco ayudan.
- El mundo se siente muy poco vivo. Los Pokémon simplemente spawnean por todas partes, pero ni interaccionan entre ellos ni con el entorno que les rodea.
- Por suerte no son muchas, pero la mecánica de captura de bases es un ejemplo de cómo hacer algo mal en un videojuego. Me parece alucinante que algo así tuviera el visto bueno de la compañía.
this game makes me mad (not as mad as SwSh tho)
the core gameplay is the best (of the dual-release games) since BW2, straight up. Decent exploration, best difficulty since USUM, (which for Pokemon means i almost wiped like, once), best rival since Hugh, genuinely decent story with like, actually the best climax in the series surprisingly enough.
why oh why did it have to have like, a 3 year dev cycle then? this game did NOT need to come out in 2022 when PLA had JUST released.
everyone knows how shit this game runs. everyone knows all the bugs, everyone knows that it looks like shit. like, it's all this game is known for. it's genuinely deplorable and I'm SO glad I wasn't the one who paid for my copy.
if this game had gotten like a year or 2 more of dev time it could've been the best Pokemon game EVER, they could've pulled it off, but gamefreak and TPC are allergic to the idea of there not being a new mainline game every 2 seconds so it didn't happen. Now I'm stuck sitting here like a dumbass genuinely defending this game in a lot of aspects despite the fact that it sucks so much shit in so many other ones.
whatever, still like a 7/10, especially with the DLC, it's like a solid B+ and i wish it could've gotten more time. gamefreak is such a cancer company.
the core gameplay is the best (of the dual-release games) since BW2, straight up. Decent exploration, best difficulty since USUM, (which for Pokemon means i almost wiped like, once), best rival since Hugh, genuinely decent story with like, actually the best climax in the series surprisingly enough.
why oh why did it have to have like, a 3 year dev cycle then? this game did NOT need to come out in 2022 when PLA had JUST released.
everyone knows how shit this game runs. everyone knows all the bugs, everyone knows that it looks like shit. like, it's all this game is known for. it's genuinely deplorable and I'm SO glad I wasn't the one who paid for my copy.
if this game had gotten like a year or 2 more of dev time it could've been the best Pokemon game EVER, they could've pulled it off, but gamefreak and TPC are allergic to the idea of there not being a new mainline game every 2 seconds so it didn't happen. Now I'm stuck sitting here like a dumbass genuinely defending this game in a lot of aspects despite the fact that it sucks so much shit in so many other ones.
whatever, still like a 7/10, especially with the DLC, it's like a solid B+ and i wish it could've gotten more time. gamefreak is such a cancer company.