Pokemon Scarlet & Violet SHOCKED Me... | Review
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2022
- The next mainline entry is here: Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. When I say they shocked me, it is meant in both a good and bad way. Despite its extremely low reviews for some, I feel this entry is an answer to many of the things that I've been asking for with the series for a while now. However, the woeful technical state of this game cannot be overstated or overlooked as it has in the past.
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Honestly what I found the most shocking is that there’s still no voice acting. Do you think they’re just never going to take it in that direction? It just seems to make the characters feel very lifeless. The world is pretty the Pokémon are wonderfully animated and designed but the characters are very hollow. Having said that I’m only five minutes in but it just struck me immediately how off it felt having no voice acting.
It really is unfortunate at this point that this is where the Pokémon game franchise is at the moment. They have a generous amount of funding and people for development and still can’t do voice acting.
Those two trailers that had voice acting with the electric gym leader and the professors were so good so why can't we get that for the game?
Id literally pay for dlc for voice acting.
Ehh with a Pokémon game dropping ever single year… most with a 2 year development cycle… I dont think we’re ever getting voice acting
Voice acting takes a good bit of time and GF isn’t going to be given that time
Pokemon games don't need that to be a good game bru
I hate that they decided to close off all buildings (like residences and offices) and made most entrances storefront screens with no interiors that all sell the same shit. so yeah, the cities may look big and pretty and expansive, but it’s all surface level with no depth to explore or people to talk to.
Same, this is one of my least favourite parts of this game :/ I’d rather the buildings just not be there
Wow! How low the mighty GameFreak have fallen ay? They deserve all the loss to their revenue that is coming. I'm so glad I didn't pay for a pre-order which the U.S. got the short end of the metaphorical stick as well. Like just a digital backpack? FTS
🤭🤣🤡
Funny thing is that Pokémon has had big cities full of stuff to do before, like Castelia and even Lumiose.
It's a bit like FF13 where shops were just an item list in an orb.
Except that was in 2010 on a console much older than the Switch. What a joke.
Yep … even final fantasy vii from the 90s Npc’s have more depth than the hollow walking mannequins of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet 😞
I'm bored of ignoring the problems with Gamefreak and acting like they don't exist.
I would never "feel bad" for Gamefreak. They've churned out games with basically the same story, minimal animations, minimal any innovation and despite being the most profitable franchise EVER. They always play it too safe and do the bare minimum.
The combat system is massively underutilised and the game has terrible AI. Fan games made by a handful of people have better AI. People use this dead excuse that "It's for kids" as a way to let them be lazy.... where most of the fans are 25-35... It's pure lazy copy and paste stuff.
The makers of Xenoblade work for Nintendo, they could easily get tips/ideas. The whole Island of this Pokemon game is being rendered in inefficient ways.
We should expect better, this is why they get away with just making passable games. Pokemon has SO MUCH more potential.
Not only that, but then they make two verisons of the same broken game with small differences.
Blame the people who gave them a pass for years on end.
Pokémon was never this masterpiece franchise that suddenly crashed and burned once the Switch released.
The vast majority of problems that Pokémon have on Switch (two versions, bad graphics, paywalled content) is a series staple.
I don’t see a problem with the same game over and over all I can say is the weird lag and blurry news needs to be addressed
100% they make this crap knowing it will sell anyway. I think gamefreak is terrible and making a modern game. I'm not sure why Nintendo let a game like this release in this state. Number 1 selling Nintendo franchise and this is what they feed us? No more, I won't buy this, I didn't buy Arceus either. This is PS2 level and the switch is way better than that.
Cry about it 😢
Never thought being stuck in school uniforms would bug me so much….
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Yeah I was pretty disappointed when I realized there are only 4 outfits. SWSH had much better customization
@@mcm426 😵 seriously that sucks 🫣 so no dresses or anything 😭
●Poor framerates
●Bad textures
●Non-enterable buildings
●only ~400/over 1000 total Pokemon are in the game
●No turning off Exp. Share
●No changing outfits
●No turning off the "switch pokemon?" prompt
●No turning off battle animations
●Slow battles in general
●No battle tower/frontier
●NO LEVEL SCALING
●No voice acting
What am I missing? I know there's plenty
@Sleepy 🐉 A "Negative Nancy" for calling out real issues. I hope you are being sarcastic.
@Sleepy 🐉 so pointing out legit issues with something is being a Negative Nancy? Okay then….keep telling yourself that
They can't argue it's a hardware problem when they built the game from the ground up specifically for this hardware haha....
They can't argue it's Hardware problem when witcher 3 and xenoblade are far more graphical and yet run better
@@Hirotoro4692 Not to mention Breath of the Wild, which while having some pretty intense frame rate drops at certain places ran perfectly just in the open world lol. Something this game is having issues with
@@EdwardSnortinAlso Monster Hunter Rise exists and that game runs well on the switch too. It's no MH World graphically but still looks really good. Pokemon just likes to do just enough to get optimal sales but this time they did much less and the flaws just cant be shrugged off. You know it's bad when ppl are now looking at SwSh and thinking it looks great when that game had similar issues and rants towards it.
Crazy how excited we get just being able to rotate the camera... 😅
Sadly, it's lacking everything else regarding camera options that are standard in 3D games these days. Zero camera controls whatsoever is baffling.
It feels slow & choppy (I guess to match everything else?), so not even being able to adjust camera sensitivity in 2022 is just lazy. Then again, that's about the least significant issue in a laundry list of issues 😔
To be fair that’s the standard for pretty much all nintendo games
@@moggingyoubotw?? Almost any 3D Mario game ? 😂
First thing I checked and wasn’t there
Remember When We got excited for being able to sit?
Right. In 2022…..we are excited about a rotating camera. I feel like it’s 1995/96 all over again. Ha.
It is a joke how bad Pokémon has looked for this long now 🤣
True it lags ass behind every Nintendo franchise and has since GBA.
Even worse is when GF was making games a middle school program enthusiast could do in their freetime (2D, top down, tile based) they were still the worst quality of any Nintendo franchise.
Iwata had to remake Gold and Silver from scratch because the GameFreak spaghetti code.
Lol did you play the original games pokemon has come a lonnnng way
It's a bigger joke that people actually like pokemon.
It's the gheyest franchise out there 🤣
Definitely top 5 👩🏾🍳
@@danielforgesson6389 HGSS looked ten times better than this shit. The pixel art of that game completely beats this game in every possible way. Pokemon let's go was probably the best looking pokemon sort of 3d game ever.
@@danielforgesson6389 Compared to other franchises that come out at around that time now? No that's not a long way dude
I saw a floating purse and then a floating head of hair a few times. No bodies, no people, just weird stuff
Edit: also I don’t think gamefreak realizes that the people who grew up with the franchise as children are now older and the current largest portion of the player base. I’ve seen less kids playing these games compared to adults/older teens more often than not.
Yeah, more or less had to bait my baby brother into playing Legends Arceus, and he has exactly 0 interest in Scarlet and Violet.
That’s why nowadays I’m much more of a Final Fantasy fan. Square Enix seems to understand exactly what you’re saying and FF always tends to grow with the audience that Square knows is playing them.
They do know! In fact they even acknowledged it in an interview were they said they know that more than half of their audience are not kids anymore. They just don’t care and just wanna keep pumping half baked games.
They did try to grow with the audience. Black n white was a more teen focus player base and it financial struggled to sell. So Gamefreak panicked and when back to child audience.
@@ixaldorran7867 That’s a straight lie! When Black and White came out they sold 11.5 million copies making them the highest selling DS game of that year and the third highest selling Nintendo game overall that year just behind Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort which is a technicality because every Wii already came with Wii Sports. Today Black and White have sold almost 16 million copies making them the 8th best selling Pokémon game out of 18. How are you comfortable just spreading lies like that?!
Also absolutely agree. The coop in this game is EXACTLY what I've been wanting. I've been saying for 25 years on so many single player games that should have this kind of coop, just let us just be in the same world with no barriers. I'll be so mad if they take it away in the next entry
They will take it away. They only keep whatever is absolutely bare-bones essential to the Pokémon experience in every game. They've even removed the options of Set-style battles and turning off animations this time. They do not care
Stop the cap. There is no coop
This game doesn't need co op
@@PedroMatos482 This is what I've been saying since gen 5, every single feature they have removed is on a long enough list to be it's own game it's laughable.
sadly they will because every hates it ( not me tho )
I just snuck by Elijah with all the gold bars in New Vegas right as I got this notification. Heart is pounding.
What’s your stats?
Basically impossible that is impressive
New Vegas is awesome
Bde
Dang I remember doing that when I 100% the game, took me so long, good job! Not an easy feat!
This game is really addictive and there is so much interesting stuff to do here that I spent an entire day just running off in a random direction and getting in trouble. It is a shame that the technical performance is really horrendous, the textures pop in and out as if coming out from pokeball itself lol. If the technical issues are polished out this would be a solid entry ngl.
Solid for pokemon. So 5/10
Yeah a solid entry for a Pokemon game. A solid 3/10.
Yeah I hit an area and the entire cliff on my side the textures would shift in this funky way, I could keep stepping forward and backwards and the cliff would just keep warping
I hope they fix it soon because personally it’s the only issues I had with the game the rest I’ve been loving
Solid entry, 0.3/10
The thing is we HAD a good step forward.
Pokemon Legends Arceus.
Here, we have five giant steps back.
Legends Arceus was awful. Not even a real Pokemon game.
I feel you are exaggerating a lot I have both and they both are fun
@@eodyn7 I agree but this is also awful and disgraceful. As was last gen and the one before and the one before and… Everything after gen 4 (MAYBE 5) has been a step back
The amount of DLC that's been teased in the game files makes me nervous. Pokemon as a franchise doesn't lend itself to DLC at all but there's an entire second half to the game that's just not IN THE GAME, and won't be PLAYABLE until after the current story is over.
(Edit: Corrected my phrasing, corrections are in caps. Sorry if anyone thought the DLCs were on-cartridge, they aren't thankfully.)
is it complete on disk dlc?
@@DOSFrost From what I could find? No. But trying to remember from off the top of my head (It's 8PM here) there are tags for 3 whole new world maps and about 100 slots for new pokemon to be added via DLC, some of which are pre-tagged as "paradox".
I mean the third version of the games like emerald, platinum, were essentially dlc
@@KiraSlith New outfits please nintendo :')
Live service gaming. Welcome to the horrible future. Devs have singlehandedly ruined so many series this past year alone. Pokémon, Call of Duty, Halo Infinite and Overwatch 2 were all flops as well because of greed.
Fun game so far. Haven’t even battled the first titan or gym and I have 6 hours of playtime and found a shiny in the first 2 hours. It’s fun getting lost and just exploring. The frame rate does stutter way too much.
Is it really easy like the other recent entries?
@@praisethesun6078 the frame drops are fucked up but besides that its the best pokemon game ever made no doubt if it had a decent performance man best pokemon game its open world literally
@@daniellizarraga1453 but is it really easy? Also does it have forced exp share? The last game I played sword and shield was way to easy and experience share constantly had me over leveling.
@@praisethesun6078 It does have the forced exp share on
@@CheddaDaddy is it easy af? Forced exp share was annoying af. I had to constantly take members of my team out so they wouldn't get over leveled.
I know Sword/Shield gets a lot of hate but I absolutely loved it.
I played Shield for the first time, like, last year? And I had a fun time with it. Liked the characters, loved the presentation in the gym battles specifically. Should have been better, could have been worse, however.
Every pokemon game is gae as heII 🤣
What tf is wrong with y'all 😅
I hate that game so much. I have all of the mainline Pokémon games and that is by far my most disliked.
@@Chandlaman yea they were way too easy and way too linear. An animal could probably play those games with how easy they are.
@@TheAlienman123 someone actually had a group of goldfish play one of the older Pokemon. You should check it out.
I haven’t been watching your videos for too long but by god you have become my favorite reviewer. You touch on everything in such a calm and brilliant way. You know how to praise and critique. I love you and your content. Keep it up!!! 💕
I don’t play Pokémon but my wife plays them all… I know the switch isn’t a powerful console but how is it possible for these games to run so poorly when they basically look like a wii game. It’s also baffling that Pokémon has been around for soooooo long and they have endless amount of feedback to create their games with but every time it seems like no one is really happy and they are always missing features that people want
Wii game?? Even the PS2 loads better then this game
" I know the switch isn’t a powerful console" - Zelda BOTW 2017 vs Pokemon SV 2022.
Hardware isn't a problem, the unit is capable of more actually not less. The issue is in a very rushed and shoddy code. Which didn't have nearly enough development time. It needs clearing up. Entire elements redone. Hopefully they spend some time doing so and then release a more extensive patch in time for the holiday season.
Thanks for always coming up with the day one reviews, it’s been very helpful multiple times now
I really hate how you can't enter most of the houses and interact with the NPC's properly anymore :(
I guess I’m in the minority who actually liked sword & shield. I’m gonna stick with it until newer hardware gets released and hopefully game freak supports scarlet & violet in the long run.
There is always someone that likes something if its popular enough. Sonic 06 has a lot a fans.
Why. Caves were 2 corners. Did you ever play black2? Heart gold? Smh
@@Roxus1 Played them all since red and blue, still like Sword and Shield alot. Don't get all the hate honestly, including the dlc of course.
No you're in the majority. Every Pokemon is widely beloved across the board. The opinions of internet trolls mean nothing when the games continue to sell well for 20 years
Most honest review I’ve seen. Painting this game as unplayable or overtly flawed is a flat lie. But Gamefreaks feet should be held to the fire going forward.
Fr I’m so tired of people either saying the game is perfect or that it’s the worst game ever, people need to chill I hate this fandom ngl
I think you give great honest reviews I’m shocked you don’t have more subs. Great job 👏
The coop might not seem like a huge deal, especially since it’s not very cooperative, but being able to play on release with my girlfriend was such an amazing bonding experience. Pokémon was such a big part of both of our childhoods and to be able to play together in the same game was so amazing for both of us. Wish the game was in a better state, but for what it was I don’t regret buying it for that experience alone
I was thinking of buying the game for me and my girlfriend. I’d imagine just being able to see them right there next to you is cool 😂
In hindsight working on Arceus at the same time as this was a mistake. Splitting the team between two big open world games, especially for a small company like GameFreak, was not the best plan.
I hate hearing the "GaMEfreAK's JuSt a sMaLL cOMpaNy" excuse when Pokemon is the world's biggest media franchise.
@Sleepy 🐉 If GameFreak can't make good Pokemon games, then the franchise should be given to a developer that can.
@@dw1419 GameFreak is a small company though. That’s part of the problem.
@@JIreland1992 When you put out some of the world's top selling videogames on a yearly basis, you can afford to expand your company staffing enough to put out high quality games. The problem is enough people keeping buying the (mediocre) games despite the problems that GameFreak has been able to "get away with it."
I agree with a lot of stuff you've brought up but I just wanna throw something out there. It was good that the game removed styles. I felt they had this unfair nature to them and did reward skill but a lot of the time, the way your pokemon and your opponent's pokemon moved was out of your control. I feel that it was a smart balance change to remove this feature.
Did you play without the Day One Patch?
Dude, this is the most comprehensive review I’ve seen. Thank you, dude!
If not for the performance issues, this would be top 5 pokemon imo
It’s true and such a damn shame
Is it top 10?
@@simpgod2170 I would say so, I’ve played all the Pokémon games and if you ignore the technical stuff, this game is definitely the best switch Pokémon game. I also found it to be more fun than Sun&Moon, and X/Y but those games are more polished than this one. I have yet to beat it yet but This game checks all my boxes as of now. Just poor performance does hurt it.
@@crispymelon2114 yeah even just playing through the exposition made me genuinely wonder what the storyline is about, as opposed to sword and shield where 5 minutes in you already can tell what’s gonna be the entire story except for the part where your rival gets depressed for like three gyms which was the only interesting part tbh
There aren't any performance issues though
This is on track to be one of your highest performing videos on the channel. Well done Matt
"I was at the midnight release and it was a bunch of adults/young adults......." Yeah dude.... Not expecting a bunch of 9yr olds at a midnight release
You said everything I was thinking. I especially love how you mentioned reviewers review this game without playing.
The most shocking thing for me was how widely available the game was on launch day 😊
I love the game and am liking the new direction the game is going in (minus there not being shiny sparkle and sound in over world). The frame rate definitely needs to be fixed. If not for that it’d be the best Pokémon in forever IMO. It actually has some good challenging moments too where i was at with the fire team star boss. I would like to be able to move my character in battle like PLA and throw Pokémon balls to actually catch Pokémon in there too
Got it today like an hour ago. It has an update to download. Is it just a normal update or is it the patch?
honest question - can the 100's of performance issues be fixed (gradually) with patches? Or will it be like this forever? Im not sure how patches work - but Id imagine there would need to be A LOT of them. Is that even possible?
I’m no expert, haven’t a clue how anything like that works but wasn’t cyberpunk 2077 absolutely atrocious day 1? Never played it myself but didn’t they also fix it over time
@@joshholland9020 i remeber that - it got about as much hate as pokemon honestly...so they did fix it?
Literally been playing for 3 hours, already caught a Shiny Pig and Psyduck lol. I'm feeling lucky, should buy a lotto ticket
This game was developed alongside Arceus, so I fully expected it to be a step back, especially since they themselves didn't expect Arceus to be such a success. I feel Gen 10 will be the one everyone wants if these people are at all competent.
People have been forlornly hoping the next gen will be "the one" since the gen 6 hype.
@@nickchivers9029 Pokémon fans are the equivalent of Charlie Brown kicking the football.
Imagine being such a pathetic defender
@@nickchivers9029 yeah I gave up like 2 guns ago.
Damn, everyone in the comments is really hating on this game. I agree with a lot of Matty’s thoughts on it. I am having a blast doing co-op with a friend and just exploring the world. Would I love the graphics and technical issues to be better? Of course! Is it detracting from the game for me? Not at all. For me, this series is about relaxing, exploring and catching new Pokémon. I think this game does a great job and I really hope they continue this new open-world formula moving forward. Maybe get more people on the team to iron out the technical issues and improve the graphics. That would make it perfect in my eyes!
There’s a memory leak problem that is probably easy to patch so if you see the game downscaling try to close it and open it, pretty sure they forced them to release it early and this makes me think it’s maybe not even using the CPUs boost mode because in emulators the textures and shadings are way better, I don’t think they would’ve added those to the game only to not be used at all
The new release of today is the retro of tomorrow. You are just ahead of the curve.
I really loved Arceus alot. Love aiming the ball and catching it I will help others. Great game
Did you play it on the OLED switch or on the normal one? I am wondering if the performance differs between the two.
i played it on oled, its still laggy as hell
The question is in co opp if all 4 players have the shiny charm will players get a 4× shiny charm buff?
I respect your opinion I personally didn't care too much for Arceus. And I had a blast playing last night with my friends on Scarlet and Violet I just love that you can do everything in multiplayer Like I can run the story if I want while they're out doing whatever and if they find a rare pokémon they let me know I run over there and I catch it
The lack of voice acting stood out right away. The game feels slow as well w/o the catching mechanics from PLA. I really enjoyed that game. With more trainers its perfect. I really hope they go back to that formula.
They’re never adding voice acting and I sure hope they don’t
@@tearsintherain6311 then you're part of the problem
@@Warshipgamers why would anyone want VA in a Pokémon game that would be so horrible especially because it would have English dub anime VA which always suck
@@tearsintherain6311 we’re about to be 2023 stop dickriding
@@Warshipgamers and??? Bro if they added va that’s a deal breaker for me this is Pokémon not nhl or fifa or whatever you play hockey man
I think this is a good step in the right direction BUTTT how do we have a dev team/company (game freak & Nintendo) gross more money than ROCKSTAR & GTAV and animations on npcs and trees are going at 10fps.. how does GTA 3 from a PS2 RUN SMOOTHER… HOW… with BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.. game freak is a joke… I’m enjoying myself still but man.. why do I feel like I can optimize the game better myself…. When the game freak team has how many millions or billions of dollars at their disposal and one person can do better..
this is a great review dude. this game can be really fun but is held by gamefreaks poor attempt of optimization, and its weird people blame it directly on just switch hardware, they could've made it way smoother. There are lots of things as a long time fan that are worth trying in this game, but desperately needs another patch.
The pop-in is nuts
I think if it weren't for the technical and performance issues of the game, this would have been a resounding success, because the story and content and mechanics are really great, this is in many ways the kind of mainline Pokemon game that we need. I love being able to play the game on my own pace and just spend hours running around in the open world picking up items and battling Pokemon, and I love being able to co-op with my friends and have fun together. TBH this is a genuinely great game that is undermined by the technical problems.
I'm behind on the new Pokemon releases. And was wondering for an OG Pokemon Fan if you would recommend SV or Legends Arceus?
I agree Arceus battle and catching elements need to be the standard! It’s sorely missed! So bummed it wasn’t in this game. Hopefully it was a trial run to see how people liked it, as I know these games were developed around the same time. My hope is they see how well Received. Arceus was and add it to the next generation. Please!! 🙏
Arceus was a different style of game. It's a different genre. Of course it's gonna have different mechanics.
I understand that. But if they can combine some of those mechanics the potential for the next generation will be huge. It would possibly be a breath of the wild moment for Pokémon. They are so close to making the ultimate Pokémon game that we all imagined when we played red and blue years ago
@@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos What genre is it then? Action RPG
Dynamax was literally your Pokemon getting bigger, but it's far more controversial than that if you look at the competitive scene. Pokemon may be basic in structure, but competitive really shows how wild things can get. The campaigns may tend to be weak, but play online and you'll see what kind of madness happens
Still I find the competitive argument dumb, shoving an unbalanced mechanic in single player down everyone's throat isn't justified just because of the maybe 2% of people who play competitive.
Dynamax is stupid bring back mega evo
@@thetabbyguy921 everyone I know who is not a kid plays Pokémon for the competitive
@@tearsintherain6311 I personally don't know a single person who does
@@thetabbyguy921 I only play these games for the competitive battles.
You said the Bathesda thing and I knew I could try it out lol thanks!
If Pokemon wasn't so popular, the contrarians would all be praising it as a masterpiece
I've played the first 2 hours so far I think it's great I do hope they fix the fps
WHY did they not include the awesome mechanic of throwing a pokeball and catching them in real time? That was essentially one of the fundamental reasons why Arceus was amazing and practically a new mechanic that could've revolutionised the franchise' gameplay. SUCH a miss, but so glad it's open world. I hope in the next generation they maintain the open world theme and bring back the catching mechanic of Arceus. FOR now I'm gonna complete my Pokedex in Violet, Woohoo!
My guess would be that, since both games were in development at the same time and Arceus was more of a test project/trying something new, they stuck to the classic main game formula for SV. Arceus turned out to be a success and many people love the new mechanics, but implementing them into SV might have delayed the game. Something the game would have profited from anyway, if just for more polish. But yeah, unlikely with TPC.
Hopefully, the next game will have the best of both worlds!
Its also entirely possible that they knew this game would suffer with performance and decided that this would take too long to implement or would hurt performance even more so they didnt put it in.
It's because Arceus was a spinoff, not a main series game.
@@insertnamehere0112 that doesn’t mean they couldn’t also use the mechanic
Question, why are there always two games? (Sun and moon, etc). Just which Pokémon are on them? No other differences?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills listening to people talk about the "multi-player" in this game. It's just 4 person single player. How the fuck is this good? No double battles to take on together, no collision for the ball during a picnic that isn't yours, no race courses to take on together. It's like a modern day equivalent of having your friends bring their ds to your house and all just playing pokemon in one room. Once the novelty of "oh I see you" wore off, there was nothing there
Really like to play but the glitch and lag from ive seen people playing on stream and reviews is a dealbreaker
I’m returning my double pack because of the performance. I wanted to like this game so badly, but unfortunately the frame rate renders it unplayable at points.
Edit: Also all of the shadows are comprised of cubes and it’s laughable.
You’re wrong
@@ProtoBrown sorry if you like the game man, but the performance of it is atrocious.
@@ProtoBrown except everyone is saying the same thing
Why did you buy the double pack?
@@NineToFiveGamerUC0079 that’s a good question 😂
Really good review man!
Great honest review! Thank you!
The games structure and gameplay is great. But the visual issues/glitches is pretty appalling for such a rich game company. I’d expect more from them. But I will give credit where credit is due. The gameplay and open world is very cool
I really wanna see into Game Freak's inner workings cause everyone always seems to expect modern AAA standards from them, using the "most profitable media franchise" argument as a reason why. I've always just heard that they're a small company, but I really wanna know just how small it is that after four years of releases on the Switch, this is still how these games come out.
Most of the profit from this franchise comes from the merch, but it really starts to feel like The Pokemon Company considers the video games supplementary to that. And that's sad. They wouldn't have a brand if not for these games.
SwSh sold over 20 Million Copies and that's the GAME ALONE.. 60$ x 20 Million, so there's no denying the games alone are profitable... And Gamefreak is making games faaaaaaar back 2 decades ago, the studio is f*cking older than most of it's fans so it's not lack of experience as well..
They're just simply disrespectful at this point and I think the Fans deserved the treatment since they will still buy the games and even defend the criticisms it gets..
The harsh release schedule for games release doesn't do them any favour. They basically have 0 time for optimization, because they must keep their deadlines which are solely based on the anime... rather than the other way around. I'm afraid as long as that doesn't change, we can't really expect to get truly, properly polished games.
@@insentia8424 Not to mention they spent most of their time making 2D games on small, handheld consoles. Now suddenly they're expected to jump ahead multiple console generations AND program 1000+ individual creatures, so I'm not surprised Pokemon's being cannibalized by its own brand.
I will likely pick it up before long, because most people seem to agree there’s a good game under all the issues. But you’re right, it really is inexcusable for them to release the game in this state. I’ve seen lots of people blame the hardware, but like you pointed out, there are plenty of Switch games that look and perform better from franchises that don’t make half as much money as Pokémon does. More powerful hardware won’t change the fact that these games keep getting bigger but have to be made super quickly with no possible delays in order to coincide with the release of trading cards, anime, McDonald’s promotions, etc. Pokémon games need longer development cycles to reach their full potential.
It's a real shame/disappointed that some of my favourite Pokemon like :
Fire Type: Vulpix, Ninetales, Ponyta and Rapidash.
Water Type: Milotic, Lapras, Lanturn, Starmie, Sharpedo, Goldeen and Seasking.
Electric Type: Manectric, Zebstrika, Emolga and Boltund.
Ghost Type :Chandelure, Golurk and Aegislash.
Dark Type: Absol, Liepard and Liepard.
Flying Type: Pidgeot, Swellow, Swanna and Mandibuzz.
Bug Type: Beautfly, Butterfree, Mothim and Escavalier.
Fairy Type: Alolan Vulpix, Ninetales, Galarian Ponyta and Rapidash.
Normal Type: Delcatty, Lopunny, Cinccin and Glameow.
I also can't believe that Charizard is appearing in Scarlet and Violet Games while Venasaur and Blastoise are not, it's as if Charizard is becoming more popular than the other Kanto Starter Pokemon and the fire starter Pokemon from other region even more.
But I am glad to see the Kalos Starter Pokemon are returning in the Nintendo Switch, I'm just hoping in 2023 that there will be a DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet very soon so there's a chance some of my favourites POkemon will return just like they did for POkemon Sword and Shield.
Can’t agree with you more bro, this shouldn’t be happening. I wish I had continued my game dev career so I could get in to GF and change this lol
Lol literally just got back from Best Buy. I’m gonna eat my five guys and then play Scarlet and Violet but first I watch your video Maddie.
Pokémon for me is still an iconic franchise, but I’m very much an old school fan. There’s a big part of me that wish there was a more adult evolution of the franchise as well, building on things I remember from the early days of the franchise.
I mean, we got a Pokémon for protection against a dangerous world. We butted heads with mobsters, dealt with death, cruelty, and sci-if horror stories like the creation of MewTwo.
Pokémon were cute then too, but some were also terrifying and monstrous- especially with the early sprite art and 8-bit cries and music.
I know I’m probably an old geezer on this, but I kinda miss the “generic” designs of Pokémon looking like forms of real animals, more than colourful combinations of base shapes.
I’d love to see a game that wasn’t mainly aimed at kids. I’d love to set out on a journey where catching Pokémon is difficult so you have to limit your options and connect with your team. Have trainers you meet be challenging so they come across as more than XP-pools in the shape of an NPC.
Maybe use online features in ways similar to GTA where other players can exist within your world and you can happen to come across them? How cool would it be to arrive at a Pokémon centre and meet a player at a similar level and chat with them about your experience so far, maybe go out back to a field and have a battle?
Ehh, I understand tho. The IP has set its direction for a long time now, and it makes sense to keep it for kids. But then thinking of the tone they set with the older games or even the Origins anime, it’s hard to not ponder on what other directions they could’ve taken..
Played Arceus and really enjoyed it. The omission of the mechanics in Arceus may make e want to wait for the next Gen hardware and playing Pokemon without limitations.
There is so much that is realeased this past month and more to look forward to so I can miss this game.
they need to take longer when making their games because it’s clear that a 3-year gap isn’t enough, especially when they’re making games in between the gap as well. i think scarlet and violet is a massive upgrade to SWSH but it still could use a few improvements
I love Legend Arceus so much. It's a complete game without version exclusive bs. Though it lacks endgame component.
Oo that’s tru just some legendary “have to own other games” exclusive bs that kept meee from finishing the dex 😍 (on a hyper focus binge in the first two weeks and kinda haven’t touched it since 😮😵💫😦) I’m taking scarlet a lot more chill but super excited to try and finish it with some 400 and at least a few trades needed 😮😮😼
Lol, dude what. Yeah, Pokemon Sword and Shield had issues, but middling music? I won't accept that slander.
Yeah I still can’t the gym battle music out of my head. So far the music in Violet is very forgettable and I appreciate the osts more than anything else.
In my opinion, I think Nuzlocke really saved the game for me. It’s much more challenging and engaging than playing normally and my preferred way to play Pokémon ever since I saw TFS Leaf Green Nuzlocke.
Matty, I think you should try a Nuzlocke play through. I and I’m sure many others would love to watch it!
Nuzlockes seem like it just makes you have to grind more to not lose your team and get a game over
Just did a couple of raid battles and I must say they are way better than they were in sword and shield. I can actually join a raid lol.
The fact you couldn’t just throw a ball was the most disappointing moment for me. I loved that so much and it doesn’t feel right without it.
It seems like a big step backwards for a mechanic that isnt very complex 🤦
This is one of the best takes of Scarlet and Violet I’ve seen on CZcams so far. I don’t agree with everything you said but You were able to see all of the good the games have to offer, something I think everyone else is overlooking. As a person who’s very detail oriented I can’t be too hard on Game Freak because of just how much they did here. It still has some things to iron out and fix but in my opinion, this was the BEST Pokémon experience I’ve ever had on Nintendo Switch. They gave me what I wanted and because of that I can’t be too mad at them.
My main complaint so far - and I’ve just started - is that everything is so tiny I can’t see anything on my Switch Lite. It’s hurting my eyes :(((
14.6 hours in and all I've done is get 1 gym badge. Despite it's glaring issues it is SOOOOOOOO FUN and teaming up with 3 of my friends is a great time.
The catching mechanic of Legends Arceus is really needed in an open world pokemon game. It felt weird that I can throw the pokeballs of my pokemon but I can throw pokeballs to catch them. Also feels weird that I can't just walk away to run away from wild pokemon battles. It's an open world but the main gameplay isn't.
Like you mentioned, if xenoblade 3 can do it, and if breath of the wild/Witcher 3/ EVEN starlink can do well-why can’t gamefreak?
I remember playing starlink and it’s filled with so much color and stuff going on. It didn’t affect my gameplay-so much that the couch co-op is fine too.
Such a good review. It makes sense when you think about that under-mentioned multiplayer. It is a little disappointing tho and you hope gamefreak does do this but the whole tm system is super exciting and I may be the first to not miss arceus’ catching style even as an athlete who does love any and all throwing of things… maybe it’d be cool to have as an option in settings. Also just like performance settings I was hoping that I could turn my graphics from fancy to fast 😅😂
But yeah I’m in scarlet if anyone has a squad I may have two, three soon potentially but definitely one in myself… breed our starters and trade at least & version exclusives but more-so get this multiplayer goin, have some fuun 🎉🎉
I agree they should’ve took the catching and fighting from the previous Pokémon game it made catching Pokémon actually feel like a mini game, sort of a skill to get better at, and take focus, then sometimes when you messed up you missed that Pokémon and that made it feel so much better
Typical GF "oh, we did something you like? "... Well time to change it up
@@jackkawf4449 I think they intentionally do this though so people still buy the previous games lol
My all time favorite game is New Vegas. I don't care about super smooth performance as long as the game itself is fun and the story is compelling.
Yeah yeah, biggest richest property, blah blah blah.
Is the game fun? Can you play the game? That's all the fucking matters.
No, that’s absolutely not “all that matters”
@@michaelmatthews1567 Yes it is
@@michaelmatthews1567 As long there isn't anything totally game breaking (i.e. most bugs in Bethesda games), the game just needs to be fun and enjoyable.
@@michaelmatthews1567 ever heard of personal opinion?
There was about 30-40 adults at the midnight release where I live at. Was nice to see there's still interest in that. Some of the people I recognized from back at the sun and moon launch. Was neat
Great review with fair criticism. Cheers 🙌
I love how balanced this review was. Definitely gonna look into the coop aspect
For clarification, the team behind Pokemon Legends did not make sun and moon, they made ultra sun and ultra moon.
Until Legends, they had exclusively made remakes and enhanced versions, which I think has been proven a massive waste of talent and time after what they did with Pokemon Legends (which is imo the greatest pokemon game ever made and its not even close)
I waited all day for Amazon to drop off my double pack. It finally shows up at 7 pm in Bubblewrap. I open it and it’s destroyed so now I just got back from Best Buy with a minty copy. I’ll be sending Amazon’s garbage back. I can’t wait to play.
The best review so far I've seen of this game. Thanks
I remember seeing a clip on its bad performance but it's just the same clip each time, so I appreciate you showing more examples of that
frame rate is dog but overall better than sword and shield
Supposedly there's a memory leak, restarting the game may fix issues if you see a bunch of problems back to back. At least until they patch it
I think the game took some great elements from other prior Pokémon games. Yes, the technical problems do hunt this game but underneath it is a GREAT game.
I really hope they fix the technical issues, I am going to wait for a patch though.
The humans looks so lifeless. At least the characters in Sword and Shield popped.
I think you nailed it right on the head. We're not trying to totally crap all over the game BUT there has to be some level of accountability in it's awful performance. There's "stylistic choice" and there's "we did the bear minimum". If the perfomance of a game is poor, all the new features and cool additionals fall by the wayside. The performance issues I'm seeing right now are why I'm keep my double pack sealed till either a series of patches come out to fix it or my 14 day return window closes. I am also disappointed in some of the AMAZING nuances from Arceus that didn't get brought over. I hope these performance issues do get patched because it's the MAIN THING holding me back from opening my games right now. And I want nothing more than to enjoy these games. I had an absolute blast with Arceus and loved it SO MUCH so this main title launch has been a let down.
Definitely getting it, it would be my first Pokémon game and I think it looks great, I’m gonna wait for them to release a patch first though
if you can, please start with an earlier game. gen 5 is and always will be the perfect generation for me, and i think it's a great entry point
@@least.insane.femboy How about you let the dude enjoy whatever entry he wants? Instead of trying to cram your biased opinion down a stranger's throat?
@@NineToFiveGamerUC0079 i'm trying to give a recommendation. i'm not being rude or dismissive - like you are - they can enjoy what they want. but on the other hand, i don't want their introduction to the series to be a rushed, unfinished DLC trap.
@@least.insane.femboy thanks will check it out
@@least.insane.femboyI suppose the problem with recommending gen 5 is that it has the second most expensive resale price behind gen 4. I’ve seen copies of BW go for for no less than £80 and I haven’t seen a copy of BW2 that goes for under £100. Great games but I would not pay eighty quid for them lol
Great review! Totally feel ya with SWSH and yea mega evos were sooo much better then these other
Other gimmicks* lol
As much as I love pokemon, I just cant justify spending the money on scarlet/violet, the price tag (60 euros?!) is absolutely absurd for all the problems this game has and all the content it doesn't have - learned my lesson from sword and shield.
They have ALL the resources in the world to make an incredible pokemon game, but since the fans eat up anything and everything pokemon related it doesn't matter what garbage they push out, as long as it has cute starter pokemon, I guess. 🙄
For all the bugs & glitches I'd call it the premier pokemon experience a very close second to Arceus in my opinion at least