Janky, buggy, subpar looking mess that unfortunately didn't have enough time in the oven due to stupid higher ups who keep wanting the yeary mainline Pokèmon schedule. You've probably seen people highlight all this stuff online already at this point and you know things aren't right when there's clips of character models basically turning into slenderman looking people. However, despite it all... It's fun! Like, way more than it has any right to be.
Loved so many of the new creatures they introduced this generation (Tinkaton and Sprigatito line my beloved), plus just exploring Paldea, doing online raids and alternating between the different stories kept me super engaged. Then you reach the endgame which oh my gosh is easily one of, if not the best of all the mainline Pokèmon titles. Everything involving Area Zero and Professor Turo goes so unbelievably hard, with the ending getting me a little emotional too which shocked me as only the PMD games have managed to do that prior.
Still wish it had way more polish and didn't have to release only 10 months after the previous title, but I can't lie when I say I really enjoyed what was here.
Loved so many of the new creatures they introduced this generation (Tinkaton and Sprigatito line my beloved), plus just exploring Paldea, doing online raids and alternating between the different stories kept me super engaged. Then you reach the endgame which oh my gosh is easily one of, if not the best of all the mainline Pokèmon titles. Everything involving Area Zero and Professor Turo goes so unbelievably hard, with the ending getting me a little emotional too which shocked me as only the PMD games have managed to do that prior.
Still wish it had way more polish and didn't have to release only 10 months after the previous title, but I can't lie when I say I really enjoyed what was here.