People saying that this game is half ass and that devs are lazy, are not giving it a try
I disagree ive sunk 30+ hours in so far, i will complete whats here but it is lazy, fewer pokemon than ever including new ones, reused assets they lied about repeatedly.
when it comes to engine optimizations the handheld frame rate issues, draw distances and examples of bad textures further demonstrate that.
On top of that there aren’t any really new mechanics, giganticmax is basically Z moves with a three turn limit.
Animations are in many cases worse than previous 3D iterations of Pokémon in some cases despite using the same models.
That is the sort of thing why I don't bother catching them all and only catch the ones I want cause catching all for me was just a boring and felt like a drag
That’s just the way you play, most people aren’t like that, I’m not saying the majority catch them all but I am saying a large portion of nothing else get their favourite(s)
It’s outside the technical problems in the face of it because there aren’t a lot of new mechanics you really just have to look at what’s there and unfortunately it doesn’t have a lot of quality of life features that you expect from RPG’s nowadays audio cut scenes etc. branching paths and choices, heck Gen1 you can at least do some of the gyms out of order.
One of the biggest gameplay gimmicks was the fact that the main areas this gigantic wild area, and then you will learn that they gated capturing to specific badges making the majority of that exploration pointless.
I had a blast getting my level 15ish squad to take on a level 50 without killing in hopes to give me a leg up in my game.
it also forced me to strategically use the move sets I had, only to then learn that I couldn’t catch it if I wanted too thus it was a wasted battle, which discourages exploration.
Super disappointing, Further disappointment was I had a 45 minute wait the other night at a restaurant so I just power levelled my main and
I was able to steamroll the first four gyms without any grinding in-between
There are things I like about the limited dex, but overall I have to admit the story is lacklustre, there are fewer new mechanics, there are fewer Pokémon, some of the mechanics that are there self-dfeating as mentioned, its also the easiest Pokémon game ever.
Realistically This game is a solid 5/10 if people scored without nostalgia,
That said nostalgia and love for the franchise probably gives it a few extra points to maybe a 7 but that’s coming from a hard-core Pokémon fan.
Do better Nintendo, I’m disappointed in you even forgetting that you lied to people