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Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019
- Thread starter Xavi
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The BD created a whole new take on turn based. That's far more than whatever shitty mechanics have been created for the pokemon games. That's ambition right there.
This now is the same thing.
Well, the game seems rather conservative, I'm surprised at how the trailer didn't show the "improvements" Let's Go included.
And about the graphics, the art is good, but the texture work looks really bad in some scenes. Switch has BotW and Xc2, both games look far more impressive than Pokemon here and both have better performance (I hope they fix that). Both have free camera too. I hope the game is at least 1080p.
I know that graphics are only a part of a game, but for a franchise that sells more than most games, it's really disappointing that their games always look kinda meh on their systems.
And about the graphics, the art is good, but the texture work looks really bad in some scenes. Switch has BotW and Xc2, both games look far more impressive than Pokemon here and both have better performance (I hope they fix that). Both have free camera too. I hope the game is at least 1080p.
I know that graphics are only a part of a game, but for a franchise that sells more than most games, it's really disappointing that their games always look kinda meh on their systems.
Don't like to be negative, but even without thinking it would be "Pokémon's breath of the Wild", this looks like a very boring/safe sequel.
Pokémon Let's Go was disappointing visually due to being akin to X&Y in HD.
Tile based environments and weirdly proportioned characters made it feel like an HD 3DS game, it took a step back from Sun and Moon even.
This...just looks like Sun and Moon in HD. Taking nearly 3 years since switch launched, that's not good.
Fixed camera and random encounters are egregious examples in 2019.
No random encounters was the best thing Let's Go did and they ditched it.
Fixed camera makes it hard to appreciate any advancements in visuals, but it doesn't look particularly good anyways?
They even ditched the Pokémon that follow you leading to very empty looking scenes. Seems like it would be simple to at least have your started following you.
If they included at least one of the 3 missing features I'd probably feel better about it, but probably just cements my feelings about game freak
Pokémon Let's Go was disappointing visually due to being akin to X&Y in HD.
Tile based environments and weirdly proportioned characters made it feel like an HD 3DS game, it took a step back from Sun and Moon even.
This...just looks like Sun and Moon in HD. Taking nearly 3 years since switch launched, that's not good.
Fixed camera and random encounters are egregious examples in 2019.
No random encounters was the best thing Let's Go did and they ditched it.
Fixed camera makes it hard to appreciate any advancements in visuals, but it doesn't look particularly good anyways?
They even ditched the Pokémon that follow you leading to very empty looking scenes. Seems like it would be simple to at least have your started following you.
If they included at least one of the 3 missing features I'd probably feel better about it, but probably just cements my feelings about game freak
evolves into a bottle of Buckfast that tries to pick fights with everyone
The whole Genre doesnt have the same focus on collecting, breeding, trading and training as Pokemon.
In the ones where you have some focus on it, the enemies are still random (like persona where you dont know what you'll fight or the orange balls on Etrian Odyssey).
I'm guessing in pokemon its also used as a way to avoid trainers being severely under leveled by forcing at least some fights, wihout designing those encounters.
Dammit, they are not including the best new feature from let's go, being able to see wild Pokemon wandering around the world.
This is just bad game design.
I will wait to see the final evolutions before deciding on a starter. GF has a habit of turning awesome starters into awful jokes by their third form.
This is just bad game design.
I will wait to see the final evolutions before deciding on a starter. GF has a habit of turning awesome starters into awful jokes by their third form.
If this was Madden people would not be upset that it isn't Breath of the Wild
See that mountain?... Oh wait you can''t go there.
"UpScAleD SuN AnD mOoN"
Now you just made me sad.That's an absolutely rubbish excuse.
It's not about expecting BOTW tier (and even then BOTW is hardly some sacred gold standard in 2019), it's about a HD game in 2019 looking like it's come from several generations ago.
This console can do some impressive things, I mean just look at XC2, developed by athird partyfirst party (I was wrong, but point stands regarding Switch can do so much more than what we're seeing here).
We lost here.
These are all absolutely superior to what we got and I don't know how anyone could argue otherwise.
Imagine the variety
Stealth, traps, tracking, ambushes, etc...
But our dreams of what Pokemon COULD be are so large in scope that we could still be another decade from a game like that being made... if at all
I keep going back to the design goals of Monster Hunter World and the philosophy they used to make that ambitious game (which in all fairness still very much sticks to core MH mechanics in many ways)
I wonder if the Staff at Game Freak are sitting on some ambitious designs in their heads that they are wanting to pull the trigger on
Lets go was the first disruptive experience for the series in a long time and its honestly not THAT huge a leap. Nothing like BOTW or MHW
This game won't be 360p like Xenoblade at least.
I really don't like those designs. Look more like they belong in a Level 5 game.We lost here.
Because for all its flaws, the site has complete anonymity and no accountability. It's the perfect place to "leak" things.
Town's funky architecture >>> whatever we saw here
This is the same platform folks.
Let's Go is also a console game that demands resources - they even produced hardware to go along with it. We're not seeing a "revolution" in the Pokemon formula unless the audience demands it and GF takes some time to change development. Monolith could probably teach them a thing or two in this regard.
This is reductive and inaccurate. It's also far more immersive to have Pokémon wander the battlefield (or swim in the water) than hiding 10 foot beasts in 10" of grass.
Meti not the Bad Guy uncovered something intresting.
"Galar means disease in Irish Region is European based
Black Plague swept through Europe
Black Plague will be a theme of Sword and Shield calling it now, either the name if the evil gang or plot point of a poke illness cause pokemon not want to fight or something"
https://twitter.com/MetiNTBG/status/1100770803421974528
"Galar means disease in Irish Region is European based
Black Plague swept through Europe
Black Plague will be a theme of Sword and Shield calling it now, either the name if the evil gang or plot point of a poke illness cause pokemon not want to fight or something"
https://twitter.com/MetiNTBG/status/1100770803421974528
Gen IV is regarded as the best. Pokemon platinum is the peak.
Lol you know I love Greninja too much. I'm going with scorbunny so far. Hope his final evolution is good. How about you?
I'll take saturation over SuMo's washed out color palette any day.
Yeah, I'm curious on this too - as is, it looks like the overworld map has next to no actual surfing points/routes to use at all.
Xenoblade 2 looks dreadful in handheld mode, which probably was a priority for Pokemon.
From a stylistic point of view, roaming Pokemon can make the overworld feel cluttered
There were times when I played Let's Go where the world felt very "video gamey" with random Pidgey banging into walls and half a dozen Caterpie just moving back and forth in a very static way
So there is a downside.
The opening town and its style mostly along with the abundance of snowy areas. Correct me if I'm wrong please lol.
Ireland couldn't really show up if this map is supposed to be based off the UK.
Going from how the trainer was moving in the grass there, is sneaking up onto rustling grass back as a mechanic?
I'm pretty sure the big city in the middle is Birmingham, it has the red brick look of the area around the children's hospital, and canals.
The geography is pretty clearly northern England and Scotland.
They didn't remove following pokemon did they?
You sneaky bastard lol.
You sneaky bastard lol.
I haven't played through a complete pokemon game in a while, do they still have things like the old legendary dogs, where you have to fly from area to area to find them in a long grass random battle?
And? this is scandinavia., look at the lakes in the south, looks at the shape of the land, look at some of the architecture and cultural elements. This is not UK and I dont fucking now why people are keep saying it.
What?
Madden fans get excited for the new game all the same.
Man, not a fan of any of those starter designs. Like...at all. I usually pick the fire starter, but I'll be damned if I pick a silly bunny.
Ok but that was just the first implementation of the idea
What if that foundation was built upon, grown and improved on
The concept is sound and well liked by the community but because the first effort fell short it should be scrapped for something regressive?
That just a sad way to view it
Wait didn't GF develop Town?
They're literally outshining themselves here.
Wut.
Well, that certainly does look like more of the same, huh? I don't think I'm into the slow pace of that style anymore, but maybe I'll pick it up for old time's sake. I was hoping it would do something different.
Yeah that's the idea.The mystery of encountering a Pokemon is still here and the outdated design of random encounters is gone.
The only one of these I prefer is the rabbit honestly, that lemar looks bloody awfulWe lost here.
The map looks great (even if I'm really not a fan of it being UK inspired). but what little we saw of the routes gave me big Sun/Moon vibes.
Hopefully I'm wrong!
Maybe if they changed something in twenty years we would stop complaining.