as a pokemystery dungeon superfan, it's mid, i fear.
i appreciate that they tried to have some semblance of an art style, giving it almost like a children's storybook-like quality, but the original graphics are still superior. pixel art is just amazing.
this is a "remake" that doesn't add or change a single thing aside from the art style, which goes to show how fucking QUALITY the original games are, but also makes it feel kind of soulless and empty-- just a shallow cash grab. there was no reason for this game to have been made when they could have (and, i'd argue, should have) just ported the originals.
i paid full price for this game because, again, superfan, but was very promptly disappointed. this game isn't worth $60. it's not even worth 1/3rd of that. just emulate the originals for free.
i appreciate that they tried to have some semblance of an art style, giving it almost like a children's storybook-like quality, but the original graphics are still superior. pixel art is just amazing.
this is a "remake" that doesn't add or change a single thing aside from the art style, which goes to show how fucking QUALITY the original games are, but also makes it feel kind of soulless and empty-- just a shallow cash grab. there was no reason for this game to have been made when they could have (and, i'd argue, should have) just ported the originals.
i paid full price for this game because, again, superfan, but was very promptly disappointed. this game isn't worth $60. it's not even worth 1/3rd of that. just emulate the originals for free.
mieux que l'original
a great remake, when I think I'm done, I still find some other good dungeon to do
its touching story, beautiful music, fun characters and cute art style just barely made the unbelievably boring gameplay worth it haha. i do not regret playing this, but i think i may have liked it better as a youtube video :p
Excellent, very faithful port of the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Being able to revisit the classic adventure with Gen 7 mechanics (the movepools and properties being closer to Gen 7 despite releasing during 8) keeps the experience just fresh enough
I'm a bit conflicted on if I actually like this game or not, because on the one hand, it's a very faithful and fun remake, but in the other hand, whatever the gargantuan amount of nostalgia I have for the original, I don't think that it was actually that good.
The main thing this remake has to sell is a graphical improvement from the GBA and DS titles, since there's barely any added content aside from some balance tweaks. A great effort was put into making the game have something of a "picture book" look, which I guess was made to improve the souless 3D Pokémon models from the main series and give some flair to the 3D environments that looked good previously because of the amazing pixel art. I apprecciate the intent, but sadly it just doesn't look very good at all. You end up getting used to the backgrounds, but the Pokémon look muddy and weird, and the character portraits don't hold a candle to the original pixel art ones. The original didn't look perfect all the time either, but I'll take it any day of the week before this one.
Having this game on a modern console, with 3D spaces and after 3 more entries in the series that evolved the series in every way, really makes it show its age. The story and character interactions are very simplistic, setting aside the runaway portion of it, and there's only like around 10 dungeons in the main story, making it very short. Also, for some reason, the postgame is like x4 times bigger than the main story and I may be falling short. I know they tried their best to respect the original but I think more could have been done to balance it a bit.
Although these last 2 points are just my opinion (and I'm very biased towards this) about graphics and length, the worst thing for me was the infuriating amount of input lag that's in this game. Why? This game is a very simplistic remake of a GBA game! It has no business making me even fail inputs, specially in menus, from how big the lag is. I read somewhere that there's something wrong with the engine they use since the 3DS titles, but if that's the case they definetly should have fixed it for this entry because it makes the experience really frustrating.
However, I also think there's plenty to love about the game as well. The difficulty is still high even when you're given a lot more options and resources than in the original, and playing through the dungeons is as fun as ever. A lot of care was put in the boss fights too. In the DS games, the presentation is a little bit lackluster, but in DX there are a good amount of cutscenes that add a lot of personality to the individual bosses (and the finale of the game too). There's also individual gimmicks that mix up the gameplay and make boss fights harder to counter the fact that your items are stronger, making you try to stack up on them and save them for bosses.
The soundtrack really makes a great effort to preserve the feeling of the original songs, which I really liked. Even though my brain is wired to enjoy the old ones more, I think DX has an incredible soundtrack anyways.
I leave this game with mixed feelings, especially since I played the original so much when I was a kid. I hope that if Explorers of Sky DX is ever made it fixes the rough edges this one had, which I'm sure would then make for something really special. For this one though, I think I'll just play the original if I want to get back to it any time soon. I know nostalgia is a big part of that, but I'm perfectly fine with embracing my hypocrisy for this one.
The main thing this remake has to sell is a graphical improvement from the GBA and DS titles, since there's barely any added content aside from some balance tweaks. A great effort was put into making the game have something of a "picture book" look, which I guess was made to improve the souless 3D Pokémon models from the main series and give some flair to the 3D environments that looked good previously because of the amazing pixel art. I apprecciate the intent, but sadly it just doesn't look very good at all. You end up getting used to the backgrounds, but the Pokémon look muddy and weird, and the character portraits don't hold a candle to the original pixel art ones. The original didn't look perfect all the time either, but I'll take it any day of the week before this one.
Having this game on a modern console, with 3D spaces and after 3 more entries in the series that evolved the series in every way, really makes it show its age. The story and character interactions are very simplistic, setting aside the runaway portion of it, and there's only like around 10 dungeons in the main story, making it very short. Also, for some reason, the postgame is like x4 times bigger than the main story and I may be falling short. I know they tried their best to respect the original but I think more could have been done to balance it a bit.
Although these last 2 points are just my opinion (and I'm very biased towards this) about graphics and length, the worst thing for me was the infuriating amount of input lag that's in this game. Why? This game is a very simplistic remake of a GBA game! It has no business making me even fail inputs, specially in menus, from how big the lag is. I read somewhere that there's something wrong with the engine they use since the 3DS titles, but if that's the case they definetly should have fixed it for this entry because it makes the experience really frustrating.
However, I also think there's plenty to love about the game as well. The difficulty is still high even when you're given a lot more options and resources than in the original, and playing through the dungeons is as fun as ever. A lot of care was put in the boss fights too. In the DS games, the presentation is a little bit lackluster, but in DX there are a good amount of cutscenes that add a lot of personality to the individual bosses (and the finale of the game too). There's also individual gimmicks that mix up the gameplay and make boss fights harder to counter the fact that your items are stronger, making you try to stack up on them and save them for bosses.
The soundtrack really makes a great effort to preserve the feeling of the original songs, which I really liked. Even though my brain is wired to enjoy the old ones more, I think DX has an incredible soundtrack anyways.
I leave this game with mixed feelings, especially since I played the original so much when I was a kid. I hope that if Explorers of Sky DX is ever made it fixes the rough edges this one had, which I'm sure would then make for something really special. For this one though, I think I'll just play the original if I want to get back to it any time soon. I know nostalgia is a big part of that, but I'm perfectly fine with embracing my hypocrisy for this one.
Sweet and quite true to the original remake of Red and Blue rescue team! I have a soft spot for the Mystery Dungeon series, so picking this up for the Switch was a blast. Art style was lovely, and gameplay was great. I did miss the "general" attack that was present in red/blue rescue team though! I also quite liked the appearance of the rescue camps, the little sprites of characters you befriend looked quite nice. Overall, a feel-good game that is visually very pretty and a great remake.
Very faithful remake that still has the charm of the original with GREAT QoL changes. Thank you for allowing legendary Pokemon in the postgame to join you after defeating them instead of grinding for them. The literal best change possible. If you've never played PMD before, this is the best way to get into the series. Then play the Explorers DS games. We don't talk about the 3DS PMD games.
i dunno. i liked it but the changes felt a bit superfluous. some were helpful others felt like too much change for no real gain
Fun remake with a lot of good changes from the original. The post game is cool but it feels really grindy to gain levels and gummis so I gave up.
YES such style
Ta guapardo que flipas, es mu bonico
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Great remake! But dropped after the first post game boss fight ): didn't really wanna train up an entirely new team just for the Kyogre fight
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forgot i had this
faithful remake with QoL changes and new Pokemon & other stuff. Very fun and still maintains the difficulty of the original.
An incredible remake of a beloved childhood game. Improves upon it greatly without deviating terribly (at least in my memory). Suffers from some balancing issues(feels easier, some starters are leaps and bounds better than others) and issues with the core series in general (repetitive story beats), but a great remake that I recommend to anyone curious about the series.