Pokémon Scarlet and Violet honest review

This is a spoiler free review of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet from Pokémon Wolfe "WolfeyVGC" Glick

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[CPTxMcKnight]

If you click on one of the joysticks while on the map, the map orientates to always point north. That’s really helps

[Tsukaiyo]

So shocked they didn't do level scaling. Remember in the Pokemon Origins animated show, Brock chose pokemon specifically for the number of badges the challenger had? It just seemed so natural, I assumed that was how it worked. Imagine my surprise when I faced the Grass gym for my fourth badge, and everything was lv 16...

[omlett]

Nemonia is by far the best rival imo. If you lose to her in battle, you don't have to rematch her till you beat her. She just takes the fckn W. That's so funny and new.

[TheTrueCornelius]

Regarding the cities, it sucks not being able to go into anybodys houses anymore. That was a big part of exploring cities in the past.

[dapperdabber]

I love that when you battle wild pokemon, there are other pokemon just chillin' in the background watching it makes the world feel so much more immersive. And I love Nemona she's fun.

[zachel-khatib]

The co-op feature is nothing to sleep on. My friends and I were able to join each other's worlds seamlessly and continue our own errands and story missions while being in the game with each other.

[the_godbodor]

Me and my brother have been playing through the games with us doing a battle against each other after every 3 “points” which are gained by beating a gym, Titan, or Star base. And because we’ve both been going separate ways, developing different teams, and doing things our own way before converging in a battle to show what we’ve found to the other, the experience has increased tenfold

[painoman]

“There’s one gym leader in particular I really liked”
Big man Larry stays winning lol

[logansink]

I really liked how Arceus did with being able to throw pokeballs outside of battle and the shinies making an audible noise and visual cue when they spawned in. I really wish they kept those two features

[brakthalas]

Still think it is odd they removed set mode as an option, removing qol options is always a point dock for me.

[Nako]

Despite the huge performance / fps issues and a couple of bugs, I am enjoying this game WAYYY more than Sword and Shield!

[darkbribe]

Seeing a 10/10 sank my heart. I have been grasping for confirmation that these games are worth it and deserve the support. But from what I have seen from by sitting next to my friends playing through the game. This must be the most poorly optimized pokemon game of all time. Flicking shadows, frame freezes, lag, 3 fps npc's walking not far away, polygon buildings and 240p resolution pokemon when in battle with pokemon in certain areas. These are some inexcusable things we have found just playing through the game, the last couple of days.

Im ranting here, because im a super hardcore pokemon fan, playing every game, every fanmade game, remembering pokemons base stat totals, ect. I really love pokemon and I REALLY want to buy the next generation of the mainline games and see the new pokemon, story and region. So im glad that the story seems to be good, but these issues I mentioned is scaring me off from buying a copy of either game.

I don't want us to support unfinished games from our favorite franchise, and seeing these games. I think they would need another 1-2 years of development and/or cleanup of their code and optimization.

What made my heart sink, was seeing that with reviews like this, that seems to disregard these issues, and still give the game a 10/10. Almost solidifies the fact that we will keep buying the next pokemon game, regardless of how rushed its release is.

Im not trying to be rude to anyone with this, and I don't blame you if you bought the games and enjoyed them. I just worried that we will always hear, that the next pokemon game is a step in the right direction. Instead of hearing that we have finally arrived at the best game (not just pokemon game) of all time. Regardless of the pokemon games, "reputation", I do still believe that the number 1 franchise in the world, should be able to produce the number 1 gaming experience in the world.

[TheRibottoStudios]

What I love about this generation's legendary, is you immediately have a bond with Koraidon or Miraidon. Like it's your friend. You help it, and it helps you. I wonder how that's gonna translate to the anime considering the anime usually does one of two things: take aspects of the game story and puts them into segments of the anime, or strays from the game completely. Gen 9's mons are very well done, and I can't wait to dive back into competitive. It's a pretty ambitious game, and I'm excited to see where it goes.

[Freakachu_]

Tip for the map: Click the right stick. It locks the map to pointing North, and it doesn't come undone between opening and closing the map or even the game. Made the map much easier to use for me.

[rodrigocortez]

Fun fact: if you press the right stick while in a battle, the camera becomes fixed behind your pokemon, similar to past games. Though the angle doesn't always work well (big pokemon or flying types being kinda off camera), it's a nice option to have

[takuN]

At first, I felt so overwhelmed. I wasn't sure where to go or what to do, so I just said "fuck it" and went wherever I please without the map. I discovered most of the story stuff from randomly finding it while I get distracted by every new thing. It's been a blast and I still have a few gyms and 1 team star group left to beat. I haven't been in the snowy area in the north yet, so I'll be moseying my way up there eventually. Despite the graphical issues, this really is one of the best Pokemon games to date.

[baeruttgaming]

For the map navigation, there's a way to set it so the map is only pointing north... SUPER helpful. I believe you click one of the sticks while in the map to do this

[FedbergRoland]

The Titan storyline, especially when you get to understand Arven's reason for hunting them, is the most "emotional" storyline in any Pokémon main game I've played. That's not saying a lot, since the stories don't tend to be too deep or emotional, but that caught me off guard a bit.

The game really needs a competitive mode such as a Battle Tower or something else. Anything that incentivizes min/maxing your setup/team. The only way to do that currently is online mode, but it would be nice to have something offline as well.

[the_godbodor]

Tbh, the stories in SV (I’ve done 4/5 Star Bases, all titans, and half the badges) are honestly pretty good. The Titan’s one I started getting really attached to after the second one, and the Team Star one is really hooking me. I really hope this does become the future for Pokémon cause they nailed basically everything we could want from an open world Pokémon game (only thing I would want is TRUE level scaling for the gym leaders because I wanted so badly to wait and fight Iono last so she could be at her strongest).

[halevy]

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