November 13, 20195 yr Author IGN has reviewed this as "the best Pokemon game ever" :') Not much more expected from the outlet who gave ORAS 7.8/10 for having "too much water"
November 13, 20195 yr I’m kinda torn cause on the one hand it’s so annoying that a company with so much experience, staff and money can’t make a game look better than this and I’m also bothered by people constantly defending everything cause that way it’ll never change But on the other hand I’m kinda like, I don’t play Pokemon for great graphics. A trainer appearing and then disappearing in battle or a tree popping up quite late isn’t going to ruin the gameplay of the game I think I would enjoy the game if I would buy it. But GF's completes lack of care or love for the games is SO off-putting I refuse to give them a sale. Personally I didn't even care about Dexit. I never transferred my Pokémon from old games to a new one. But it's shows a lack of effort and that's what I do care about. They copied old models, recycled animations, you can't even put off the EXP. Share (why?). They just copied old codes for items and options that aren't even in the game now. They cut a lot of moves (why?).
November 13, 20195 yr Author 81% on Metacritic currently, which is the lowest for a main series game apart from Black and White 2, but it's not that far behind which I'm surprised at given the fact that they've taken away so much and added so little. Maybe it happens to be that the full game is enough to outshine the... imperfections (to say the least). Because obviously seeing the glitches and stuff isolated is gonna make them look worse but I can't see how some of the stuff we've seen can be excused :drama: I still want to see for myself how it is overall before anything else but a lot of things have put me off a bit so I'm less excited, and I'm mostly just annoyed that they cut so many corners knowing they could get away with it, and it seems like they have done. Yeah. Some of this looks unfinished AF but I'm watching some streams and I'm somewhat impressed. What I'm not enjoying is the avoidance to battling trainers, completely avoiding any wild pokemon at all. Maybe I just play Pokemon different to others. I just watched a player battle one of them new Mega Pokemon. Looked interesting, comments were not favorable at all... I don't get it. You're watching someone ride a bike, avoid trainers, catch a big wild pokemon and you think the game is boring? The game is boring because the asshat you're watching isn't actually playing the game. SMH. That's true, the ones I found seemed to all be "noobs" who were infuriating me by skippng stuff, not appreciating what was there etc., who probably somehow got hold of it and streamed it for clout because they knew that Pokemon fans would be seeking out such streams.
November 13, 20195 yr I'm just interested what it does for competitive. New mons seem largely not very balanced even more so than last gen with the minmaxers. Starters seem a bit dull with their monotypes. The new Charizards, Meowtys and Pikachus seem like pandering and to who? Are any of those characters even still in the anime?
November 14, 20195 yr Yeah. Some of this looks unfinished AF but I'm watching some streams and I'm somewhat impressed. What I'm not enjoying is the avoidance to battling trainers, completely avoiding any wild pokemon at all. Maybe I just play Pokemon different to others. I just watched a player battle one of them new Mega Pokemon. Looked interesting, comments were not favorable at all... I don't get it. You're watching someone ride a bike, avoid trainers, catch a big wild pokemon and you think the game is boring? The game is boring because the asshat you're watching isn't actually playing the game. SMH. I always double the time that streamers/hardcore players go through the game to see how much time I'd get out of the games. They just do the minimum to beat the game. Usually most people explore, catch lots of the newer pokémon, battle most/all trainers etc. I believe the fastest times to complete the games have been 14-15 hours, I can see myself spending at least 25-30 hours on it before I beat the champion. I still think national dex will come in as DLC in like a year or something They could quite easily patch in all the pokémon that they've cut bit by bit over the coming months if they wanted. Not to mention fix any glitches and such with patches too. I have a feeling the third game/sequels will have all the pokémon and make players even more mad about Sw/Sh. From what I've seen, I'll likely really enjoy the games. I've already made my team based on the leaks.
November 14, 20195 yr Let's be honest, they ain't patching anything other than bug fixes. We will get a remake like POKEMON ULTRA SHIELD or POKEMON GUN at another $60 a pop. They may have messed up this generation (TBD) but they're still a company that wants your money.
November 14, 20195 yr Well I’m playing it and enjoying it a lot so far tbh. The animations could definitely do with some work especially in cutscenes but no other dramas so far. My girlfriend was watching me and said the starters reminded her of powerpuff girls so now my Grookey is called Buttercup :lol:
November 14, 20195 yr That's so cute <3! Hope you're enjoying - 12 Hours left until my release. It's going to be a long day - but I'm off tomorrow!
November 14, 20195 yr I wish it released everywhere as soon as it hit 12am in Japan! A couple more hours until I can play, although I'll likely just go through starter selection before heading to bed. Hopefully I'll be able to get home from work early tomorrow.
November 14, 20195 yr Oh my god I cannot wait to get home tomorrow night and just get to grips with it. I wish I’d taken the day off work tbh
November 15, 20195 yr The wild area is literally the only area with less than incredible graphics tbh, I can kind of understand why since there’s constantly a lot of Pokémon spawning in such a big area but I’m sure they could’ve smoothed it a bit. The weather transitions in there are crazy too :lol: I’m really enjoying this game though. All the criticisms are completely valid but no one can say it’s not enjoyable. My one, MAJOR gripe is all the cutscenes. I can’t walk 100m without Hop or someone else trying to chat me up. They talk and talk for ages about nothing it’s very irritating. Loving a lot of the new designs though, besides the few with abnormally large head-to-body ratios that look stupid af. The Pokémon cuts are less noticeable at least so far in the game (up to first gym) just because of how much variety I’ve seen so far. The regular routes have a fair few different Pokémon and the wild area is bursting with wildlife. Yes each patch of grass usually only has 2-3 different Pokémon (or common ones at least, idk how it works) but It’s still teeming with variety
November 15, 20195 yr Apparently the following Pokemon will be transferrable into Shield & Sword through Pokemon Home when that's out or via various event distributions: Bulbasaur Ivysaur Venusaur Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Mewtwo Mew Celebi Jirachi Cobalion Terrakion Virizion Reshiram Zekrom Kyurem Keldeo Rowlet Dartrix Decidueye Litten Torracat Incineroar Popplio Brionne Primarina Cosmog Cosmoem Solgaleo Lunala Necrozma Marshadow Zerora Meltan Melmetal Source: Serebii.net Additionally Snorlax, Melmetal and Toxtricity have gigantamax versions that will be added later. Source: Serebii.net This hopefully means more Pokemon and other stuff will be available later on through DLC. Edited November 15, 20195 yr by cantthinkofaname
November 15, 20195 yr Yes, the Wild Area was a complete miss. Awful to navigate, not really any interesting pokemon I came across, and I wanted to get the game going so I didn't even complete all the raids. This seems like something that should have come close to the end of the game as an optional side quest. Everything else has been sublime. However, I feel they've thrown a LOT at the beginning of this game. The sheer number of available pokemon so early on is overwhelming. I also question the difficulty this time, I've had my Pokemon healed outside of a Pokemon Center almost half a dozen times now and I'm not sure why, I haven't found anything overly difficult. With that being said, I've only just exited the first cave on to Route 4. I haven't even hit the next city nor have a Gym Badge and I've played 5 and a Half Hours so far.. I'm really just enjoying catching Pokemon. Here is my current team. I'm naming my Pokemon off of my favorite Big Brother contestants. Thwackey (Jamie Kern) - Level 20 Yamper (Holly King) - Level 20 Sizzlipede (Tahan Lew-Fatt) - Level 19 Dottler (Amy Crews) - Level 18 Chewtle (Nadia Almada) - Level 18 Mudbray (Jordan Lloyd) - Level 17 Sheer chance that my team is all ABSOLUTE QUEENS at the moment.
November 15, 20195 yr Author I like the raids but I agree about the wild area! It's too open, feels quite empty because you have to avoid half the Pokemon anyway as they're 20 levels higher than you :lol: I wouldn't mind if they worked it into the story or had some trainers, it's just walking endlessly to wherever else. The Pokemon so far are the same old ones I don't want to use (no Galar ones).
November 15, 20195 yr I was very hesitant to buy one of the games after seeing all the bad things people had to say about them. But I did anyway, and I’m really enjoying the game so far. I’m just before the first gym and there’s already been so many areas to explore. I quite liked the wild area when I was first there, but I can see it becoming boring once you’ve seen everything. Also really like all the new Pokemon designs, from the leaks some looked a bit questionable but they all fit in the game really well imo.
November 15, 20195 yr I like the game more than I was expecting. There's some stuff that's not great but there's also some stuff that's really great! I like: - the general quality of life changes like choosing whether to send a pokemon to the box or to the team when your team is full - the exp candy which saves you time from having to grind for new pokemon for hours upon hours - the wild area .. mostly. I like the idea of it and the dynamax raids are really fun especially since you can play them with random NPCs - the amount of pokemon catchable in the game. idk how many of the previous games have featured so many pokemon that you can actually catch in game but 400 is a big number and it'll take a while to catch them all lol. - the "effective" or "not effective" thing that comes up when deciding which moves or which pokemon to use. i usually had to use bulbapedia alongside playing while playing older games which was a hassle so this helps. - mum <3 she's so sweet and looks adorable - professor magnolia (crawford) <3 <3 I don't mind: - dexit. - the cut moves I don't like: - the wild area.. lol I like it and I don't like it. I don't like the emptiness of it and I don't like the way too strong pokemon that are roaming around. the area should instead just show pokemon on similar levels as you. - hop and leon. their relationship feels weird and unauthentic and they're super annoying. Overall I like the games and am excited to see what I've got in store. I'm in the wild area atm and have not made it to the first gym yet so just leveling up my pokemon and catching all kinds of randos but my team at the moment is: - Grookey (Abu) lv 15 - Stufful (Winnie) lv 15 - Yamper (Bolt) lv 14 - Rookidee (Zazu) lv 13 - Zigzagoon (Meeko) lv 13 - Chewtle (Crush) lv 13 So I decided to do the same as Aaron and name all my Pokemon with a theme so I went with a Disney theme. Naming them all after Disney characters!
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