It was...okay. It was about what I was to expect for the conclusion to the DLC for this game. While I enjoyed the nods to Unova through the music for the Blueberry Academy, I personally hate Gen 5 and that feeling carried over into the first part of this story.
While I thought a New Elite 4 was good, I thought the difficulty spike from base Scarlet & Violet was extremely apparent. I had to assemble a near- competitively viable team to even have a CHANCE at beating each member. Once I had said team though, the battles proved a nicer challenge that more often than not became a War of Attrition in some bouts. I didn't grow fond of any of the new characters for this chapter, they were very single-dimensional and lacked any sort of depth as compared to Carmine or even Kieren for that matter. Speaking of, I thought they developed Kieren through well being an utter incel. It felt good to beat him, although at the same time it felt like his battle quickly ended at the last pokemon as Kieren made fatal mistakes for at least 3 turns in a row.
There is a decent post-game on offer here for this finale; however the system with which you obtain these rewards is insane. The tasks, or BBQs, you have to complete are all the same and a major grind for mere PENNIES. It's almost prohibitive for players unless they have a group of friends to multiply the earnings. Still debating if I even want to go through it...
One last thing. To nobodies surprise Game Freak made zero attempts to optimize or improve game performance. The map feels smaller too so you would think it would run slightly better seeing as how they load the ENTIRE MAP in at all times. Nope, it still runs bad. Be warned.
In conclusion, it was okay and what I expected for this game. After this title I seriously hope The Pokemon Company uses other studios rather than Game Freak, or give them more time between titles. Its really starting to show.
While I thought a New Elite 4 was good, I thought the difficulty spike from base Scarlet & Violet was extremely apparent. I had to assemble a near- competitively viable team to even have a CHANCE at beating each member. Once I had said team though, the battles proved a nicer challenge that more often than not became a War of Attrition in some bouts. I didn't grow fond of any of the new characters for this chapter, they were very single-dimensional and lacked any sort of depth as compared to Carmine or even Kieren for that matter. Speaking of, I thought they developed Kieren through well being an utter incel. It felt good to beat him, although at the same time it felt like his battle quickly ended at the last pokemon as Kieren made fatal mistakes for at least 3 turns in a row.
There is a decent post-game on offer here for this finale; however the system with which you obtain these rewards is insane. The tasks, or BBQs, you have to complete are all the same and a major grind for mere PENNIES. It's almost prohibitive for players unless they have a group of friends to multiply the earnings. Still debating if I even want to go through it...
One last thing. To nobodies surprise Game Freak made zero attempts to optimize or improve game performance. The map feels smaller too so you would think it would run slightly better seeing as how they load the ENTIRE MAP in at all times. Nope, it still runs bad. Be warned.
In conclusion, it was okay and what I expected for this game. After this title I seriously hope The Pokemon Company uses other studios rather than Game Freak, or give them more time between titles. Its really starting to show.