Klefki and Swords Dance Ceruledge sweep FTW.
Def better than Sw/Sh. Now time to move onto my competitive Pokemon/PokeMMO binge.
Base game finished: 49hr 41min
Def better than Sw/Sh. Now time to move onto my competitive Pokemon/PokeMMO binge.
Base game finished: 49hr 41min
Shallow story per usual. Probably only missing 10 or so pokemon in the original Pokedex. Never touched the DLC.
Pokemon Violet does a lot right, and a lot wrong.
Firstly, the positives. I like the characters and setting, Paldea is a really appealing region, at least on paper. The QoL is good, as it is with every new Pokemon generation, the new Pokemon are pretty cool, the story is fun, and the DLC also seems fun even though I haven't played it.
But, as I said... There's a lot I don't like about it. The world feels very unpolished, and the bad textures actively break my immersion even though I don't usually care about those.
The cities look awesome, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that they feel really lifeless a lot of the time. You can't enter buildings, the shops are menus, and the NPC feel cold.
I don't like the overworld encounters. Sure, it's fun running around, seeing cool stuff, and catching it, but the way they scattered Pokemon all over the place makes it feel messy. Why am I finding Flittle in the middle of a random river?
This isn't helped by the way this game handled shinies. Since they don't sparkle, a lot of your time is gonna be spent inspecting every group of Pokemon you see, since some of them can be REALLY subtle.
...Which brings me to my next point: New shinies. I already said I like the new Pokemon, which I do, but they have the WORST shinies out of any new lineup of Pokemon
Gholdengo, Ceruledge, Tinkaton, Baxcalibur, Tandemaus, Mabosstiff, etc... All extremely underwhelming if they even change at all. It astounds me that someone at GF deliberately decided on them.
My last major gripe is trainer customization. I don't know how it is in the DLC, but in the base game it's pitiful. 4 options that look equally sub-par, with the main outfit being the worst out of any protagonist regardless of version.
Also, I think the art style is worse than the one in Gen 7/8.
That might seem like a lot, but I'm being a bit harsh. The game is still fun and you'll probably like it more than I did
Firstly, the positives. I like the characters and setting, Paldea is a really appealing region, at least on paper. The QoL is good, as it is with every new Pokemon generation, the new Pokemon are pretty cool, the story is fun, and the DLC also seems fun even though I haven't played it.
But, as I said... There's a lot I don't like about it. The world feels very unpolished, and the bad textures actively break my immersion even though I don't usually care about those.
The cities look awesome, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that they feel really lifeless a lot of the time. You can't enter buildings, the shops are menus, and the NPC feel cold.
I don't like the overworld encounters. Sure, it's fun running around, seeing cool stuff, and catching it, but the way they scattered Pokemon all over the place makes it feel messy. Why am I finding Flittle in the middle of a random river?
This isn't helped by the way this game handled shinies. Since they don't sparkle, a lot of your time is gonna be spent inspecting every group of Pokemon you see, since some of them can be REALLY subtle.
...Which brings me to my next point: New shinies. I already said I like the new Pokemon, which I do, but they have the WORST shinies out of any new lineup of Pokemon
Gholdengo, Ceruledge, Tinkaton, Baxcalibur, Tandemaus, Mabosstiff, etc... All extremely underwhelming if they even change at all. It astounds me that someone at GF deliberately decided on them.
My last major gripe is trainer customization. I don't know how it is in the DLC, but in the base game it's pitiful. 4 options that look equally sub-par, with the main outfit being the worst out of any protagonist regardless of version.
Also, I think the art style is worse than the one in Gen 7/8.
That might seem like a lot, but I'm being a bit harsh. The game is still fun and you'll probably like it more than I did
Good ideas half-baked and non-existent performance.
The game has good ideas, different routes, charismatic characters, but leaving aside the performance and the thousands of bugs the game is crappy.
How can pokémon, one of the most iconic franchises and sells the unimaginable is able to make scenes that move lips characters without voice, or as a speech bubble seems made with paint.
Just as they create a map for you to explore freely, but then there are levels so exploration is not so "free". Not to mention that those levels can be at the other end of the map, instead of following the "coherent" route.
All these details and those that I have forgotten plus the optimization of the game is a game that if it had not had the name of pokémon would have been a failure.
Buenas ideas llevadas a medias y rendimiento inexistente.
El juego tiene buenas ideas, diferentes rutas, personajes carismáticos, pero dejando a un lado el rendimiento y los miles de bug el juego es cutre.
Como puede ser que pokémon, una de las franquicias más icónicas y que vende lo inimaginable es capaz de hacer escenas que mueven labios los personajes sin voz, o como un bocadillo parece hecho con paint.
Al igual de que te crean un mapa para que explores libremente, pero luego hay niveles así que la exploración no es tan "libre". Por no hablar que esos niveles puede ser estar en la otra punta del mapa, en vez siguiendo la ruta "coherente".
Todos esos detalles y los que me habré olvidado más la optimización del juego es un juego que si no hubiera tenido el nombre de pokémon hubiera sido un fracaso.
The game has good ideas, different routes, charismatic characters, but leaving aside the performance and the thousands of bugs the game is crappy.
How can pokémon, one of the most iconic franchises and sells the unimaginable is able to make scenes that move lips characters without voice, or as a speech bubble seems made with paint.
Just as they create a map for you to explore freely, but then there are levels so exploration is not so "free". Not to mention that those levels can be at the other end of the map, instead of following the "coherent" route.
All these details and those that I have forgotten plus the optimization of the game is a game that if it had not had the name of pokémon would have been a failure.
Buenas ideas llevadas a medias y rendimiento inexistente.
El juego tiene buenas ideas, diferentes rutas, personajes carismáticos, pero dejando a un lado el rendimiento y los miles de bug el juego es cutre.
Como puede ser que pokémon, una de las franquicias más icónicas y que vende lo inimaginable es capaz de hacer escenas que mueven labios los personajes sin voz, o como un bocadillo parece hecho con paint.
Al igual de que te crean un mapa para que explores libremente, pero luego hay niveles así que la exploración no es tan "libre". Por no hablar que esos niveles puede ser estar en la otra punta del mapa, en vez siguiendo la ruta "coherente".
Todos esos detalles y los que me habré olvidado más la optimización del juego es un juego que si no hubiera tenido el nombre de pokémon hubiera sido un fracaso.