Legends Arceus is a bit of a technical mess, its lack of a fully open world feels like something of a miss watching it possible in Scarlet/Violet, and the battle system has Nerf padding on. None of these things hurt my experience of this game.
You know the Pokémon game you had in your head when you were five? This is it. The music is stellar, the character and Sinnoh throwbacks are touching, every non-technical aspect shouts genuine care, and never have I been so excited to actually CATCH the damn Pokémon. Reaching 100% tends to be a slog for me in a game; here I felt sad to be reaching an end point.
Look - you try to catch a Teddiursa, fail, and its mom is PISSED. It's running at you. It is going to fuck YOU up. People who grew up playing Pokémon are starting to make Pokémon, and it's finally showing heart in the games. Even if the series ever let you down, please, give PLA a try.
You know the Pokémon game you had in your head when you were five? This is it. The music is stellar, the character and Sinnoh throwbacks are touching, every non-technical aspect shouts genuine care, and never have I been so excited to actually CATCH the damn Pokémon. Reaching 100% tends to be a slog for me in a game; here I felt sad to be reaching an end point.
Look - you try to catch a Teddiursa, fail, and its mom is PISSED. It's running at you. It is going to fuck YOU up. People who grew up playing Pokémon are starting to make Pokémon, and it's finally showing heart in the games. Even if the series ever let you down, please, give PLA a try.