Another game I played on and off. I found a lot of the changes to the UI and game mechanics(like the removal of a basic attack using the A button that doesn’t consume PP) to be really jarring but I eventually got used to them. I actually really did like the art style, it had its own charm but also paid homage to the spirit of the original games which was a nice touch. If I’m being honest though I would probably rather play the original Red/Blue Rescue Team on most days if given a choice, or especially Explorers of Sky since that’s the best of them all.

All of what I'll say should apply to Blue and Red Rescue Team as well, since this game only improved on those in my opinion, and didn't change anything too significantly. The Rescue Team games are very good. It's a different take on Pokemon, which the series needs. These games are Roguelikes, and are really fun ones at that. The artstyle for Rescue Team DX in particular is really beautiful and adds some cool things such as the Fairy-type, new Pokemon, and Mega Evolution. And the story! Utterly heartbreaking, and surprisingly good for a Pokemon game.

I do think nostalgia has slightly overrated this game a bit. It does get repetitive at times, and I never really was a fan of the hunger mechanic in dungeons. Other roguelikes don't boot you out of dungeons prematurely but PMD feels the need to. People forget how long some of the later dungeons are too, making them feel really grueling and honestly, boring. Those dungeons make me refrain from replaying this.

Great games though.

Score: 86

I have never played any of the Mystery Dungeon games in the past. No reason why, just never got around to them. There's a ton of content in this game. Well worth the price if you're into dungeon crawlers. Not my favorite genre but it certainly scratched the dungeon itch.

The story was bit generic. (Reminded me that the legendary Pokemon are assholes.) I did some early grinding but the story doesn't take too long. The game opens up after the main story. I think more than eight dungeons open. Plus other mechanics. Some of the dungeons were challenging; I was destroyed a few times going into a situation I was not prepared for.

It was incredibly fun meeting Pokemon on your journey and you can convince them to join your squad. You have the freedom to try difference moves, types, and even gear. I did get a bit bored running through the dungeons on repeat but I'm not blaming the game for that. Again, my personal experiences for this genre. There were dungeons I didn't explore so I did skip hours of content.

I might be hanging onto my game for future dungeon itches. It does a great job for a casual dungeon crawler like myself.

Antes tinha dado 5 estrelas mas ai joguei Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad e percebi que Rescue Team DX poderia ser muito melhor.
Começando pelos lados negativos: Não passa muita emoção com os sprites 3d nas molduras onde justamente deveria ser mais emotivo e sentir bem o que cada pokémon quer passar. Não conseguiram fazer bem nesse jogo(não posso falar nos outros 3d pois não joguei).
Poderia ter seguido a gameplay do jogo base que não envelheceu nenhum pouco mal. Essa mecânica de não ter ataque padrão que não consome PP enquanto todo ataque possui uma quantidade minúsculas de uso é muito chato.
Era mais rápido usar ataques setados com L + A ao invés de abrir o menu, porém isso é um ponto pessoal.
Rare qualities são ruins e só umas 5 se salva, o sistema de IQ permitia fazer mais coisas, ao menos não precisa mais dar grind de gummi.
Pokemon grande são PÉSSIMOS de jogar, odiei. Era melhor quando ocupava mais espaço e não alterava os golpes e nem dificultava andar pelos corredores. Falando em andar, simplesmente um lixo essa coisa de não atravessar mais aliados, não há porque empurrar e ainda perder 5 pontos do medidor de fome. Péssimo.
Falta muito charme durante as batalhas, sem nada visual que identifique um acerto critico, sprites de emoção sem emoção, modelos 3d parados, poxa, podia ser mais charmoso.
Por fim, as batalhas de chefe estão incrivelmente fáceis, é só juntar o máximo de pokémon que der e espancar o chefe com auxilio de alguma orbe completamente desequilibrada.
Pontos positivos não são muitos, grande parte do mérito do jogo é que a base é simplesmente muito boa.
A historia é a mesma, poucas alterações(se tiver).
Colocaram tipo fada e evoluções que chegaram após a geração 3, isso é bem legal.
Stats mais balanceados e pode trocar o líder da equipe, nomes e afins a qualquer momento, muito bom também.
A ost é o fino do fino embora a soundfont do GBA seja mais nostálgica e sou enviesada a gostar mais da original.
A gameplay é fluida mas podia ter sido bem melhor. Se for pra ter PMD Explores DX eu prefiro um port direto com alterações no balanceamento, sinceramente.

Normally I don't like to put out stupidly long reviews that are bullshit to read because they take like 10 minutes, but I felt very strongly about this one.

This is at its heart a good game, but that is simply because it remakes something so good. This game is a case of death by a thousand papercuts regarding its problems.

The biggest problem with this game is how cheap it all is. This game was made on a budget of coins found in the dryer and a fart. Is this actually true? I hope it is, otherwise its clear the money was spent on coke and hookers. Sorry for not legitimately looking up the budget like a true soldier of so retro.

The greatest way to describe this game is that it feels like a late-stage 3DS game, and one that feels low-budget even for that system. The animations are cheap or recycled from a 3ds game. Keep in mind the actual 3ds PMD games weren't lookers in the first place.

One thing the game really suffers from though is the story. That is maybe a shallow statement however. The story in the original game serves the game quite well. The problem is how it is presented in this game. I'm sure if you're taking the time to read this you've heard of abstraction in retro video games.

In the original game, the story was fairly barebones, but the nature of it allowed a sort of abstraction. Maybe I'm bold for saying that, I did play the original as a kid, and maybe nostalgia is blinding me. To be honest though, it's the same story. I haven't obviously memorized the script, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was word for word. What makes this game poor is that 3D models are much more literal, and there's nothing for our brain to fill in. We can imagine the sprites showing emotions when they do that little sweatdrop thing. When I see that same sweatdrop thing here, I just think about how cheap it looks. Lots of models just standing around shooting the shit in this game. It feels like a youtube video where a guy fucks around in Gmod giving the characters dialogue. It all feels so fake.

The gameplay is also just worse. Sorry. It just feels like if Super was bad. They decided to base the gameplay off of recruiting a lot of pokemon and getting rare qualities. This just feels stupid. All it does is give you more bodies to sacrifice in the middle of dungeons, making them completely trivial. They had to fundamentally change boss fights, and they made them utter bullshit. Be glad they give shower you with reviver seeds because you will absolutely need them. They wouldn't give you so many unless they knew it was bullshit.

The recruitment gameplay loop really is just poor. It feels like a new take on the system from Super, but that system was fun because it increased the power of your main guys. This system just gives you meatshields that you pray have long range moves and rare qualities. Rare qualities are a dumb system anyways. Once you get a teammate with steamroll you've basically got every tool you need to just steamroll the game in half.

This game keeps the link system and the move exp system. I don't believe these are supposed to co-exist. A system that rewards you for shitting out as many moves as possible and a system that lets you do it. It's just another step to demolishing the game. I played as Meowth and paired screech with fury swipes. The game played itself after this. Bosses HP melted away.

This game also just gives you movesets that are so good right at the very start that you will probably keep most of the moves until the end of the game. Super managed to give you like one decent move from the start to compliment the move exp system, but this game just gives you every tool you need. My partner Cubone started with a move that hits in a 2 tile circle (absurdly strong tool) and ended the game only swapping headbutt for bonemerang (might be the best move I've ever used). It adds to the feeling of the difficulty not even being balanced in the first place.

It all just makes this game play like worse Super. If I'm going to dedicate myself to play a game with a story that falls flat I'm going to play Super, because at least that game has challenging and rewarding gameplay and a story that is good in theory despite the bad execution.

Let me just rapid fire some small nitpicks. I don't like choosing your starter and think having it given to you makes the story better. Some of the songs kinda miss the point just a tad and it took me out of the scenes. Letting starter only pokemon become partners here takes away some of the pokemons unique charm. The graphics look a little blurry. The town doesn't seamlessly load the pelipper post office despite loading the pond and dojo. The removal of deadends from dungeons make the game feel toothless. Being able to see where all the items and enemies are makes the game absurdly easy and should've been an equippable item or rare quality. Giving you effectively three bellies pretty much makes the system pointless and only the longest dungeons will even make you engage with this system once.

Thats a lot of nitpicks. Aren't you glad I didn't make this even longer and stupider by elaborating?

If this game just came out and failed, that would've been fine. My biggest problem though, is that this game will be any new players introduction to the series. Despite what you may believe, the majority of people don't want to use an emulator to play a retro game when they can just go to walmart and buy an overpriced remake for their Splatoon machine. People will end up playing this game, and they'll say "wow, the story wasn't actually deep like all of those people said", and the gameplay is really an acquired taste so they probably won't like it either. When I hear people say they totally fell in love with this game I just get confused. How can you love a game so cheap and so poorly thought through? The worst part is I can't even say this game is awful, because it's a remake of a fundamentally good game, and that means it has fundamentally good elements.

Edit: I forgot to mention they removed the basic attack. This was like my biggest issue with the game so I'm not sure how I forgot to include it. Whenever you almost kill an enemy you just feel like you're wasting PP by using another attack. Just let me chip away at them PLEASE