Pokémon has a good future if these are the steps Gamefreak is taking. Scarlet and Violet are amazing-written and engaging games that take the Pokémon formula and add onto it with quality-of-life decisions and memorable stories. The game's faults are not few however... the bugs, while I find funny, are horrendously spattered through the game, the open-world, while enjoyable, is one of the worst I have seen in years in terms of design and population of activities. This game's flaws are many, but to me, not enough to break it, those who can look past the horrid graphical ability and fps problems Gamefreak presents can find an amazing game with lovable characters and story. A game that could've been the best Gamefreak has made, let down by it's technical flaws that really divert newer and older players alike.

The game is a dumpsterfire of technical issues upheld by it's writing, but hell, it's my dumpsterfire, i'll take it over Sword/Shield anyday.