Reviews from

in the past


Appreciated it more as time went on, and the DLC really made this Pokemon game a pretty great game.

Been 4 years since I played it and man I gotta say this game manages to be the most cumbersome game at times. Online experience (trying to get real people for Max Raids or trying to do surprise trades) is absolutely bogged down by multiple bots and hacked Pokemon that massively take away from the experience you'd have at launch. Wild Area is still gross looking, barren, and empty. Character designs are still this game's biggest saving grace. The finale against Eternatus is still the coolest part of this entire game.
The added on DLC does help a little in terms of QoL such as expanded Pokemon availability and ability to give GMax to any Pokemon, and Isle of Armor at least has the foresight to scale levels based on whether you've beaten the game or not, but Crown Tundra is broken beyond belief. You can run in, lose to Peony, then go get a free Level 70 Suicune to make a joke of the entire campaign, AND you can keep going into DMax Adventures to get a full team of Lvl 70 legendaries quite literally as soon as you hit the Wild Area in the main campaign if you choose to, because Pokemon will still listen to you because they aren't traded over.

my unpopular opinion is that i thought this game was very pretty. also it introduced bede who is my favorite pokemon character of all time and i love him so dearly. the characters in general were very strong in this game and i really enjoyed it!!!!!