The first game, despite the bland character designs and simple plot and asking very little of the player, ended up being quite a lot of fun and looking pretty good for the 3DS. The cutscenes in particular are pretty well done, and the Pokémon look more alive than ever.
After missing out on the release and success of both the movie and the Switch, Detective Pikachu returns way too late with way too little. The game doesn't fix the previous title visual issues, it actually looks actively worse than in a 3DS game, with cutscenes and Pokémon looking way rougher. Nothing has any lightning whatsoever which makes the game look outright unfinished, which is a problem I don't remember having in the 3DS.
The story is like half the size of the first game, is somehow even easier and dumber and the setting is less interesting (most of the chapters happen in the city, while in the first game you'd have chapters in a TV set or on a luxury cruise). The villain is even more obvious, and the other character involved in the villain side is so profoundly stupid that it made me feel he must canonically have some kind of brain damage. He's easily redeemed by the protagonists too.
It also makes sure to inform the player that this is the end of this franchise with its conclusion, which makes me feel this game was only made in a rush to fill a release slot, fulfill long forgotten expectations and end this franchise to not think about it ever again. Way to waste the golden goose they got with the movie.
However, this game has a banger sountrack for some reason and a Pikachu divorce dream sequence so this is actually 5/5 best game of all time.
After missing out on the release and success of both the movie and the Switch, Detective Pikachu returns way too late with way too little. The game doesn't fix the previous title visual issues, it actually looks actively worse than in a 3DS game, with cutscenes and Pokémon looking way rougher. Nothing has any lightning whatsoever which makes the game look outright unfinished, which is a problem I don't remember having in the 3DS.
The story is like half the size of the first game, is somehow even easier and dumber and the setting is less interesting (most of the chapters happen in the city, while in the first game you'd have chapters in a TV set or on a luxury cruise). The villain is even more obvious, and the other character involved in the villain side is so profoundly stupid that it made me feel he must canonically have some kind of brain damage. He's easily redeemed by the protagonists too.
It also makes sure to inform the player that this is the end of this franchise with its conclusion, which makes me feel this game was only made in a rush to fill a release slot, fulfill long forgotten expectations and end this franchise to not think about it ever again. Way to waste the golden goose they got with the movie.
However, this game has a banger sountrack for some reason and a Pikachu divorce dream sequence so this is actually 5/5 best game of all time.