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Pokémon Sword and Shield | Review Thread (READ STAFF POST)

predict the metascore

  • 95-100

    Votes: 7 1.0%

  • 90-94

    Votes: 48 7.0%

  • 85-89

    Votes: 203 29.8%

  • 80-84

    Votes: 266 39.1%

  • 75-79

    Votes: 107 15.7%

  • 70-74

    Votes: 27 4.0%

  • under 70

    Votes: 23 3.4%
  • Total voters
    681
  • Poll closed .
babycakin

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GameSpot a 9!? OK I did NOT see that coming lol.

EDIT: And a 9.3 from IGN. Yeah, I'm shocked rn lol
 

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Dwebble said:
I like Let's Go just fine, but a cursory glance tells you that the content's an awful lot lighter than Sword and Shield- Game Freak literally hasn't put out a game that content-light since Yellow.

Let's Go basically has no story- it isn't better, because it's barely there at all.
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"while improving what really matters". Yeah, I didn't think I could get annoyed by anything here, but this quote already is kinda offputting to say the least, like what a bunch of people care about doesn't matter.
 
Ramsay

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Eurogamer wasn't impressed: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...-and-shield-review-a-shadow-of-a-former-great
Where the actual consequences are felt is, firstly and most significantly, in the very spirit of the game.

The real problem with Pokémon Sword and Shield lies much deeper, or rather where that depth ought to be. There is far more than a whiff of troubled development to these games, brought about by an astonishing lack of complexity, texture, and flavour in almost every place where you'd usually find it in every Pokémon game that's come before.
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reconceptualize

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Somewhere in Zanarkand

No score.

Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, the two latest entries in the long-running monster-catching series, signal a passing of the torch from one generation to another, all while bucking as many old trends as possible. Does this new direction work as intended? Not always. Will there be some resistance from the seasoned Pokemon crowd? Most likely. Are the games better as a result? Unequivocally, yes.
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Symphony

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"The last big barriers to entry for competitive play are eliminated with quality-of-life tweaks"

Except, you know, the fact that all competitive moves are now one time use TRs that you have to grind for.
 
Bonejack

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Lol of course, one side keeps quoting the Gamespot review, and the other side the Eurogamer one. This thread won't end well.
 
SENPAIatLARGE

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benzopil said:
GameSpot - 9
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AnilP228

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"Sword and Shield's Wild Area is desperately flat. There will undoubtedly be a moment of shivers, if you're a long-term fan, when you first see Pokémon roaming the world and you finally get to gaze around that space yourself. But that moment will wear off when you realise you've already seen it all." - That's from Eurogamer's review. Looks like Wild Area is barely a substitute for a regular route.
 

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Ryuji said:
like has been stated several times already in this thread - there are far more problems other than just cut content (most are not subjective). You'll just have to wait and see the reviews to find out (unless the reviewers don't mention them for some reason).
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Absolutely but the graphics are the only thing that big reviewers might care about to knock.
 
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