Do not sleep on Gen 9 because muh bugs.
Let's make this clear: the bugs and performance issues in Gen IX are inoffensive and or outright funny IF you encounter them. Facts are: Game Freaks made a game within less than a year after the release of Arceus on a console that's less powerful than a base PS4 from 9 years ago, yet did not let that limit their ambition. This aint launch Cyberpunk. If we can give bethesda a pass for this, we can for pokémon.
This game is beautiful and extremly heartfelt. The open world is vast yet compact and you never feel like you spend too much time on the road rather than doing something interesting. You have fun the whole way through. I especially loved the fluidity of the battle transitions. Althrough I do think that some form of level scalimg could have been welcome.
But where this game really took me by surprise was in its story and characters. It was extremly well written and I really came to care for its core cast, especially Arven. And the final act of this game, Area Zero, is legendary tier in its presentation. That being said it loses several points for not including voice acting. Seriously even Zelda does it now, there's no excuse.
Still, jank and all. I loved this game.
Let's make this clear: the bugs and performance issues in Gen IX are inoffensive and or outright funny IF you encounter them. Facts are: Game Freaks made a game within less than a year after the release of Arceus on a console that's less powerful than a base PS4 from 9 years ago, yet did not let that limit their ambition. This aint launch Cyberpunk. If we can give bethesda a pass for this, we can for pokémon.
This game is beautiful and extremly heartfelt. The open world is vast yet compact and you never feel like you spend too much time on the road rather than doing something interesting. You have fun the whole way through. I especially loved the fluidity of the battle transitions. Althrough I do think that some form of level scalimg could have been welcome.
But where this game really took me by surprise was in its story and characters. It was extremly well written and I really came to care for its core cast, especially Arven. And the final act of this game, Area Zero, is legendary tier in its presentation. That being said it loses several points for not including voice acting. Seriously even Zelda does it now, there's no excuse.
Still, jank and all. I loved this game.