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I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I wouldn't call myself a huge Pokémon fan. My first time playing the series was back in 2013 with my son when he got a 3DSXL and Pokémon X.
Fun little game that he enjoyed, and from there we played White, White 2, Omega Sapphire, Sun and Ultra Sun.
Fast forward a few years and my son is no longer interested in Pokémon, so I never bothered with Sword/Shield. However, a few weeks ago I had an itch to buy a new game to play while travelling around Poland and thought "fuck it" I'll pick up Pokémon Scarlet.
Big mistake because it's easily the worst game on the Switch and the worst Pokémon game I've played.
First the positives. I like the idea of an open world Pokémon game and glad they had a stab at it. Oh and some of the new Pokémon designs are pretty good.
Now onto the bad.
The introduction is easily the longest and most tedious I've encountered in this series. It fucking drags and feels like hours before your let off the leash to roam the world. How is it that Game Freak haven't included an option to skip the tutorial? Keep it there for new players, but give veterans the chance to skip it FFS.
After pointlessly going round the school, you're then let out to roam the open world, but is it really open? No.
Technically you can go wherever you like, but go too far (as in not far at all) and all the wild Pokémon will be so powerful that they'll easily one shot your team. It's actually not possible to freely roam without grinding up your Pokémon first. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? It just means you're forced to go where the game wants you to go.
The map is fucking laughable. Like, really bad. For some reason it autorotates when you open it, so you get lost with what direction you should be heading. Also there are some nice markers on the map. Shame I have no idea what they mean because Game Freak didn't include a map legend. How the fuck does something simple like that not make the cut?
The open world is also bland. There is fuck all to really do. It's grass fields, dirt paths, an odd beach......it's just lifeless and dull. Exploring is boring.
Yeah, there is the big city and towns to explore, but you can't go into loads of buildings. Even the school is a sham. You can't explore the school freely and instead just teleport to different rooms. Why?
Gym tasks are boring and too easy.
The Titan encounters are just fighting an oversized Pokémon.
Star Bases..... pointless
Trainers now just stand at the roadside and will only offer battle if you talk to them. Boring.
I'm going to leave it there.
3/10.
Worst game in the series. Either that or these games are really not designed for me.
Fun little game that he enjoyed, and from there we played White, White 2, Omega Sapphire, Sun and Ultra Sun.
Fast forward a few years and my son is no longer interested in Pokémon, so I never bothered with Sword/Shield. However, a few weeks ago I had an itch to buy a new game to play while travelling around Poland and thought "fuck it" I'll pick up Pokémon Scarlet.
Big mistake because it's easily the worst game on the Switch and the worst Pokémon game I've played.
First the positives. I like the idea of an open world Pokémon game and glad they had a stab at it. Oh and some of the new Pokémon designs are pretty good.
Now onto the bad.
The introduction is easily the longest and most tedious I've encountered in this series. It fucking drags and feels like hours before your let off the leash to roam the world. How is it that Game Freak haven't included an option to skip the tutorial? Keep it there for new players, but give veterans the chance to skip it FFS.
After pointlessly going round the school, you're then let out to roam the open world, but is it really open? No.
Technically you can go wherever you like, but go too far (as in not far at all) and all the wild Pokémon will be so powerful that they'll easily one shot your team. It's actually not possible to freely roam without grinding up your Pokémon first. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? It just means you're forced to go where the game wants you to go.
The map is fucking laughable. Like, really bad. For some reason it autorotates when you open it, so you get lost with what direction you should be heading. Also there are some nice markers on the map. Shame I have no idea what they mean because Game Freak didn't include a map legend. How the fuck does something simple like that not make the cut?
The open world is also bland. There is fuck all to really do. It's grass fields, dirt paths, an odd beach......it's just lifeless and dull. Exploring is boring.
Yeah, there is the big city and towns to explore, but you can't go into loads of buildings. Even the school is a sham. You can't explore the school freely and instead just teleport to different rooms. Why?
Gym tasks are boring and too easy.
The Titan encounters are just fighting an oversized Pokémon.
Star Bases..... pointless
Trainers now just stand at the roadside and will only offer battle if you talk to them. Boring.
I'm going to leave it there.
3/10.
Worst game in the series. Either that or these games are really not designed for me.
