This review contains spoilers
This game is a mess lmfao
I'd like to preface that I got this game for free from a friend on Christmas, thanks zombie :)
i CAN'T however justify giving it less than a three stars, but I also can't justify giving it any higher than that, the reason for that being is, this game, from a technical and stylistic a standpoint is garbage, the entire game you'll be under 30 fps, sometimes falling even DURING Battles (and it is VERY noticeable), every single place you visit looks horrible, flat, I would say it doesn't feel lived in, but the amount of npcs does sell the world, even if just a little bit. The resolution is so low I can see the pixels even when sitting far away from the screen, and overall, it's a buggy mess, specially at launch.
However... Even though this is a product that should NOT have been released in the state it was, I can't deny. This IS the most fun I've ever had with a pokemon game, I don't care THAT much that the scenery is shit when I'm focused in running around on top of koraidon and jumping from peaks and it's just fun okay?
As for the pokemon being cut... It's a BUMMER, a real big one, but as someone who only plays casually, I wouldn't notice if lilcutepokemon #362 is missing, though I'd probably like if he was present
The game wasn't too difficult, not like i DIDN'T lose but me losing was 100% down to me never preparing for fights like, at all.
The story I'd say it's worse than most other pokemon games, not in terms of writing or something like that, in fact nemona, penny and arven are the most believable characters in this franchise, but the thing is, what we did doesn't feel... Substancial, we saved a sick dog by killing big ass pokemon (which by the way, felt very human, it was a great scene), we became champion and we beat up some kids who GOT bullied (doesn't sound good out of context lmao), and reading it like that, yeah it sounds great, but it's not like the other games where you like, actively save the world from a disaster, which honestly that's okay! But, idk, it's just my taste I suppose, it wasn't that bad anyways
The ending section, the great crater of paldea felt like it went as soon as it came, I think I was there for only about 1:30 hours, and that's cuz I got lost at the end.
Overall, the only thing I can hope for this series going forward is that they take their time with the next releases, just 2 more years would be probably enough... The fact that the biggest franchise in the world has a product this bad released AND was a comercial success is horrible for the industry.
I'd like to preface that I got this game for free from a friend on Christmas, thanks zombie :)
i CAN'T however justify giving it less than a three stars, but I also can't justify giving it any higher than that, the reason for that being is, this game, from a technical and stylistic a standpoint is garbage, the entire game you'll be under 30 fps, sometimes falling even DURING Battles (and it is VERY noticeable), every single place you visit looks horrible, flat, I would say it doesn't feel lived in, but the amount of npcs does sell the world, even if just a little bit. The resolution is so low I can see the pixels even when sitting far away from the screen, and overall, it's a buggy mess, specially at launch.
However... Even though this is a product that should NOT have been released in the state it was, I can't deny. This IS the most fun I've ever had with a pokemon game, I don't care THAT much that the scenery is shit when I'm focused in running around on top of koraidon and jumping from peaks and it's just fun okay?
As for the pokemon being cut... It's a BUMMER, a real big one, but as someone who only plays casually, I wouldn't notice if lilcutepokemon #362 is missing, though I'd probably like if he was present
The game wasn't too difficult, not like i DIDN'T lose but me losing was 100% down to me never preparing for fights like, at all.
The story I'd say it's worse than most other pokemon games, not in terms of writing or something like that, in fact nemona, penny and arven are the most believable characters in this franchise, but the thing is, what we did doesn't feel... Substancial, we saved a sick dog by killing big ass pokemon (which by the way, felt very human, it was a great scene), we became champion and we beat up some kids who GOT bullied (doesn't sound good out of context lmao), and reading it like that, yeah it sounds great, but it's not like the other games where you like, actively save the world from a disaster, which honestly that's okay! But, idk, it's just my taste I suppose, it wasn't that bad anyways
The ending section, the great crater of paldea felt like it went as soon as it came, I think I was there for only about 1:30 hours, and that's cuz I got lost at the end.
Overall, the only thing I can hope for this series going forward is that they take their time with the next releases, just 2 more years would be probably enough... The fact that the biggest franchise in the world has a product this bad released AND was a comercial success is horrible for the industry.