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Pokémon Sword and Shield | Review Thread (READ STAFF POST)
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yeah, they were just afraid of the game leaking, which it did anyway.
About ten posters have said this exact line to them, I think they get it now. No need to dog pile.
You matter. Not liking a game is completely fine and it's ridiculous that people make comparisons to much worse stuff.
People don't know anything about Pokemon games
Times like this are why I appreciate user reviews to some degree. That disparity is excellent. I've never particularly understood why the mystery dungeon series gets trashed so hard.
I dont think many of us thought the game was doomed, just massively disappointing as a pokemon fan that was looking for a quality generational leap. So far we have:
- Barely any post-game
- An extremely short pokemon adventure relative to other games
- Over half the cut roster when animations have stayed the same and the 3d models are the same recycled models since X/Y, just upscaled.
- Removal of Mega's and Z-moves
- Graphical and performance issues galore (texture pop in is pretty bad, framerate drops signficantly at parts, there have been reports of crashes during battles because the game almost cant handle dynamax)
And this is just from news I am allowed to talk about outside of the spoiler thread.
Not trying to start something, but it is sad when people think the complaints havent been justified at all.
Games "get away" with technical issues all the time. Rarely are technical issues taken into account in a game and truly affect it's score. Last Guardian and Bloodborne are both games that had technical issues that both scored well, with one of them being many peoples favorite games this generation. If the core game is fun, it's not often that games will get huge score hits for having technical issues.
User Banned (3 Days): Trolling
"Pokémon Assault and Battery looks like the bastard child of Bubsy 3D and Sonic 2006. Every time I see a new challenge in the game, I want to punch through the screen. I have nothing but seething hatred for the graphics, sound design, story, and gameplay.
But despite all those issues, Pokemon Assault and Battery still is Pokémon. The formula is a little long in the tooth, but it's always a wonderfully charming one.
Also you can knit wool sweaters with your Pokémon and that's adorable.
9.75"
But despite all those issues, Pokemon Assault and Battery still is Pokémon. The formula is a little long in the tooth, but it's always a wonderfully charming one.
Also you can knit wool sweaters with your Pokémon and that's adorable.
9.75"
No they kind of fucked around the climax with Lusamine. So it's basically the same amount of story content but they changed some stuff around and it doesn't work nearly as well
Each country-specific verison of Eurogamer works with its own local editors, so that makes sense.
Black & White reviewed well and sold well over 10 million but that didn't stop Gamefreak from doing a massive on the amount of new Pokemon in the following gens
Have no idea how much I will actually like this, but I can at least go in blind when I start playing.
Reviews scores are typical Pokémon, so I can only take this all with a grain of salt.
Reviews scores are typical Pokémon, so I can only take this all with a grain of salt.
The best thing about this thread is it will bring out the people who don't want the game to be enjoyable for anyone.
shield - 80
sword - 81
ultra sun - 84
sun - 87
ultra moon - 84
let's go pika - 79
omega ruby - 83
y - 88
moon - 87
let's go eevee - 80
x - 87
black - 87
white - 87
heartgold - 87
platinum - 83
alpha sapphire - 82
black 2 - 80
soul silver - 87
fire red - 81
diamond - 85
emerald - 76
ruby - 82
pearl - 85
white 2 - 80
leaf green - 81
76 low, 88 high, the rest somewhere in between
tale as old as time
It seems like Game freak gets away with gutting the game of features from previous generations and charging $20 more for it. I'm gonna hold out hope that the reviewers are right and despite that, its a wonderful game.
Maybe have some fun with the dexit. Headcannon thanos happened and thats why all other pokemon are gone and we see a world trying to move on.
Maybe have some fun with the dexit. Headcannon thanos happened and thats why all other pokemon are gone and we see a world trying to move on.
Reading Pokemon reviews is exhausting, so many elements that are critical to my enjoyment are just handwaved or ignored and I can't understand why. Well, I lie, I understand why, but it's still sad and tiring.
I was fully expecting for scores to be this high, I don't care about them anyway, they are pretty meaningless to me. But I am really dissapointed over so many reviews glossing over some of the stuff we have seen the past few couple of days, I did not expect that.
I was fully expecting for scores to be this high, I don't care about them anyway, they are pretty meaningless to me. But I am really dissapointed over so many reviews glossing over some of the stuff we have seen the past few couple of days, I did not expect that.
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the thread is moving fast. Dog piling is not my intention.
Seems like a mixed reception, which was expected.
It really comes down what one values in a Pokémon game. If you care about the stripped features or the reused models, you aren't going to be happy.
If you don't care, it seems to be a decent game. That's okay too.
It really comes down what one values in a Pokémon game. If you care about the stripped features or the reused models, you aren't going to be happy.
If you don't care, it seems to be a decent game. That's okay too.
Not less, just worse. The peak of the story, probably the best bit of plot in a mainline Pokemon game, was completely cut and a main villain sidelined in favour of HEY NEW OP LEGENDARY.
Fire Emblem recently reviewed extremely well despite its glaring technical issues.
knitting with pokemon would actually be huge that sounds really cute
Onix like uses the little tip of his tail
Sky at least has gameplay. Channel gameplay boils down to waiting forever for Slowpoke to change the weather in the area of your choice, to the weather of your choice to see the one pokemon you need to see in that area.
Woof, wasn't expecting about having to talk about Pokemon Channel of all things today.
If you have examples by all means. I can't keep tabs on the whole thread and I'd actually prefer it be the case.
Emerald getting 76 is a travesty. I'd personally score it the same as diamond.
It's GF though, i'll believe when I see it especially if the sales is still there
Since reviewers didn't have the online features do we know what is an isn't in the game? Is GTS gone, are there online battles?
Just read Eurogamer's review. Seems as praising as it is scathing, which matches up with the leaks and datamines. Fun because it's Pokémon, but it's certainly missing a lot that will drag it down.
Casey at IGN is someone that I generally seem to fall in line with on Pokemon. That she thinks it's a 9.3 is all I need to know! I can't wait for Friday!
Hopefully the reviews show in sales and this would serve as wake up call for GameFreak, but I doubt that.
Game looks devoid of all innovation, I will most likely get it later down the line for character designs but if it's too easy end up never finishing it much like Go.
Game looks devoid of all innovation, I will most likely get it later down the line for character designs but if it's too easy end up never finishing it much like Go.
Yeah, that sums up how I feel as well. Scores are arbitrary, but I feel like there are tons of criticisms that people really just barely mention but they're make-or-break for me. (Including some accessibility issues that I can't stop ragging on in the spoiler thread, lol, which I'm almost certain no review has mentioned.)
"Other series get negative review for cutting thing means this series should get negative review for cutting thing" is a false equivalence that doesn't account for any nuance whatsoever.
The performance issues in the hub area were widely mentioned in reviews at least.
Booo, thanks for the info
Not shocked that its still getting good review scores, this goes to show that reviews are never the be all, end all. It is a shame to see some dismiss all the complaints because its reviewing well, though. I, for one, will pick it up used some day. Can't in good faith give Game Freak $60 with their current direction and I honestly hope they stay away from D/P/Pt remakes before they end up ruining them.
Lol, in what world is a 6 nearly a 10???XD
"i had only 6 from 10 points in this test..."
"woo, almost perfect!! Super close!!"
A 8 from 10 seems like a good score for me. So the games are fun but FAR from outstanding.
