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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are overhated

Honestly I get why people dislike the game, Gamefreak has gotten lazy in their games throughout the years. So first I will point out my criticisms with the game to get that out of the way, but I really enjoyed the game besides it's downfalls 𐔌՞ ܸ.ˬ.ܸ՞𐦯

What I dislike about the game (and basically everyone else too, this is just preaching to the choir):

  • The quality of the game was horrible on release. It was so buggy and glitchy it was horrible to play on release, they did fix it with updates and the switch 2 (which i still don't own) but I believe games shouldn't be this buggy on release and should be finalized and ready for it's release, not fixed through updates (which doesn't apply to early release games, betas, or playtest games)
  • The customization SUCKS,,, I get that in the game you're a student, but the uniforms are sooo ugly and there's very few options, it's just weird to have multiple games with phenomenal character customization & clothing and then make this game be very limiting as to what your character wears.
  • The routes don't have unique songs that make them memorable
  • Shiny pokemon don't make a unique sound in the wild which is weird because they do in legends arceus, which came out before SV, it just makes shiny hunting suck if it's a really small pokemon
  • The houses are empty & unenterable which makes towns and areas feel even more empty
  • The pokemon center is basically an open gas station - I am more neutral on this and will touch more on this later
  • The sandwich building 'minigame' still hasn't been updated or fixed so it always just looks offputting when your character and pokemon have that animation at the end play, I don't know if it was intentional, but it looks horrible
  • the stores arent enterable, it's just rly a menu...
  • You can't catch in the overworld like you can in PLA/PLZA
  • NITPICKY - SKITTY ISNT IN THIS GAME NOR TRANSFERRABLE INTO THE GAME AND IM SAD

What genuinely sucks is that pokemon is not owned by nintendo, it's split in 3, I feel that if nintendo owned pokemon fully, the games might have been better in quality, with voice acting etc, it also sucks that both gamefreak and nintendo are both multi-billion dollar companies and can most definitely improve their games, it's annoying to see them get lazy in these games, rush development, and give us half assed games. So I'm not defending them or glazing them, I just love the pokemon franchise and hold it dear in my heart, and besides the flaws in this specific game, I still enjoyed it a lot. With that out of the way, onto what I liked!            ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵)


What I enjoyed when I played the game:

  • The STORY!! I loved this games story so much and Arven's plot twist with his Parent (game specific) made me emotional, I love every characters personality, and love how unique this game was. 
  • The DLC STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow honestly the storyline in the dlc was phenomenal as well, I was happy, sad, angry, and feeling everything, the new characters we meet are amazing and I loved the DLC
  • The pokemon center being outside - yes i am neutral about this - It's new, I dont like that it may become a new thing for later games in the series, but it saves time loading into it, again rly neutral on this bc it seems like they were lazy, and I enjoyed the centers feeling like an actual place I can enter like in the animes rather than just nurse joy standing there to place ur pokeballs on something that heals them, it feels lazy. But again I like that It saves time and is quick
  • Face customization was very good I liked it!
  • Shiny hunting got easier, I understand why people disagree "shinies arent as unique anymore" - I have shiny hunted in BW, Gen 3, XY, ORAS, and SWSH, I would rather not spend hours looking for a uniquely colored pokemon - SO I like how the odds increase after getting the shiny charm AND sandwich method , even better with Masuda method, but having every pokemon visible is already so helpful!
  • Stated in my last point, all pokemon in a specific radius to you are visable, I really like this and it adds a lot to the game ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜
  • The new pokemon designs, unfortunately a lot of people dislike them, I really liked koraidon and miraidons designs, I LOVE chien-pao and Chi Yu such good designs, and I really liked Tatsugiri, Wigglet, Toaedscool, Fidough, Greavard, Mabostiff, The past paradox mons, and the starters!!
  • How big the pokedex got after the DLC and how many mons are transferrable
  • The anime we got based on the games reigon (I LOVEEE HORIZONS)


I hope pokemon steps up their game in the next mainline game, They did with ZA (I have criticisms about that too...) but hopefully gen 10 will give us better graphics, and more customization >⩊<


I understand why this game is hated, but I think its OVER hated, it has flaws but it's not entirely a bad game and I really liked it!



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