Pokemon Legends Arceus (Nintendo Switch) brings the Pokemon games to an open world with a fully realized battling/catching system. How is it? Let's talk.
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maybe not our all-time favorite Pokemon game, but a solid refresh for the franchise
Okay
Heck Yeah
Kewl, thanks for the honest opinion
Maybe the real Pokémon.. were the friends we made along the way..
What's your favourite though?
I've watched/read every review of this game from larger publications, and this feel like a good balance of "it's fresh and new and you're going to enjoy it" with an appropirate amount of "the next one better look nicer, but a step in the right direction." Nice Jake.
Aye Austin, the grind you put in on each new pokemon release for informative videos is next level. Thankyou
Thanks!!
Hope so, because it just isn’t impressing my eyes for these new age expensive switch games. A step in the right direction is correct, but for a what..? Billion dollar corporation, I’m looking for a Pokémon to be a premium experience. A step is a step tho
I love this game
What people always seem to forget is that game freak doesn't have much expirence with this stuff, they have been releasing pretty much the same type of games for years, the same battle and catch mechanics, the same veiw and style, this was a step out of their own comfort zone and while it really isn't as polished as it should be it is indeed a step in the right direction that we really needed, graphically it is awful but pokemon was never about the grass or trees, it was about the incredible monsters that even now look incredible
Imagine if there were wild Pokemon battling each other; that'd add so much more immersion and life into the world. It'd also just generally be fun to spectate those battles from the sideline!
Honestly thatwould be great, granted the anime makes it seem like finding pokemon requires some skill, location and luck. I think if they apply this to a modern region would be outstanding. Industrial and rural and maybe have it be game with random people or friends can be added on top of the story. Could open it to amazing events and even take over for those empty visuals.
And just waiting there for the winner so that we can catch it 🤣😁
And imagine how cool it would be to see alphas fighting
Let's just hope there will be a Gold/Silver situation where they build upon the new established formula
@@Shrek2Enthusiast turf war
Love the idea of this game, just wish they spent 1/2 more years on bettering it. We can all wait, no one is actually begging for a new game as fast as possible, but rather we just want a good game.
you sure seems like people have been begging for more games lately do to them being stuck at home with the pandemic stuff still going on. but i do agree with ya id love to have good games released than rushed messes. loving this game tho iv never been in the competitive scene of Pokémon so this game iv found extremely enjoyable. some of my friends who are in to the competitive part of the series don't like this game for the fact that there is no online battles or gyms in the game.
"We all can wait" 3 weeks later...
So many Pokemon games, its like the 2K stuff, money grabs. I’d prefer 1 Pokemon game every 2 years or so and make a drastic difference between each.
@@R0n1n760 yeah they did the 2 years release with sword and shield to brilliant diamond and shining pearl idk why they speed this game out
@@TrueAce2146 y’all need to understand literally there is three different teams doing three different projects. A outside company made BDSP, not game freak. While the outside company made bdsp, Game freak divided into two groups. One group was developing PLA and the other group been developing Pokémon scarlet and violet. Many ppl think bdsp came out and they started developing and made arceus a few months later. Same with the new games. These games had their own teams to work on it for years. Most of these games probably been worked on since sword and shield so yes these games are getting the 2+ year develop time they need, So it’s not like they are as a whole just developing games after games. They just have more than one team working on different projects and have a release date for those said games
Does anyone else love the PokeBall designs. Like how they are homemade looking with a little locking latch on the front. I love the concept of being in the past with pokemon training being something new to the world.
In BOTW sometimes you would see the dragons and you were like “what!!!!, im gonna go up there at some point and fight that thing”. Thats what we mean by “the world coming to life.” Theres stuff thats inaccessible, there are things to do. Use a golem to open up a cave. Use a gyrados to make a whirl pool that brings a cool item from the bottom of a lake. A whalelord breaches off in the distance. You walk up on pokemon fighting and catch both of them. You can see tracks on the ground and follow them. You use growlithe to sniff out pokemon or items. You see a herd of Rapidash that get scared and start a forest fire. You join the squirtle squad and fight fires. Those are just a few ideas.
there's a reason people still uncover secrets and stuff in botw even like 5 years after release :,)
Saw a flying gyarados in the mountains
Bruh, I legit thought those are actual features in the game. Didn't realize it was your list of wishes. I was jabaited 😂
Great ideas
“B-but it would take Gamefreak eight years to do that”
I’m loving the game, but I do agree that the world overall feels lifeless. I said this with SWSD, I wanted to see Pokémon have environmental interactions, run in herds, have territorial differences etc something, I think they could add it in if they wanted.
Yes! Monster Hunter would be a good template for Pokemon to follow.
@@lostsurferjames5 that would be the gold standard. I hope they improve it, it's not like the franchise doesn't have money to do it
they should. like new snap
With the herd thing, they had a pretty good idea with the infestation events that happen, so I hope they add onto to that.
Agree with what you said. To be fair, they had to release 1 game per year. So PLA is likely a test of water and we will see things more fully realized in Gen 9. Imagine if we could: - Come across Pokemons foraging; throwing berries to lure these Pokemons will be extra effective because they're hungry. By the same logic, Pokemons that aren't hungry will be less responsive to thrown berries. - If the Pokemon sees you throw the berries, depending on that Pokemon's disposition (e.g., some species or individuals might be less gullible) and hunger level, that Pokemon might instead investigate the source of the berries. - During mating season, some Pokemon species become more territorial than usual. In the real world, many species of animals (especially the males) become extra aggressive to defend their territories in mating season. - You might come across Pokemons engaging in leisure activities, during which they're likely to be in a good mood and become more willing to approach you. What 'leisure activities' consist of depend on the species, e.g., for Machoke, leisure activity means working out (think what they did in Pokemon Snap). - Some Pokemon species are solitary. Some species hang out in large herds. Some hang out in small cliques.
Something that has be waiting to buy this game is the lack of gym battles and such. I think people want this open world experience, but also have the ability to battle for gym badges and have rivals. It's a very big part of the Pokémon experience. It would be great if the next game incorporates that and has like multiple regions/leagues you can participate in.
So True . I want gyms this formula with gyms will blow people's mind.
@@dbomba nope
But in this region it doesn’t really make sense though. At this point of time, pokemons are still fairly alien creatures to human, thus why it’s more catching, researching and discovering rather than battling for sport to be the pokemon champion like the modern pokemon games.
@@Marowakie it’s weird to me that they treat them as such unknown creatures, but they know about the alolan ride pokemon, and also how people treat pokemon in Kanto
@@Marowakie exactly what I’m saying. People don’t understand this
I love the direction the franchise is heading, but I think that indeed filling up the world and adding more to the AI would definitely freshen up the game. Pokémon living thier lives, reproducing, growing up, eating, sleeping, just having their own AI schedule over the days would be fun. Perhaps adding a mechanic that you shouldn't catch too many of em or else they would risk becoming extinct in the wild. Or just breeding them in captivity and repopulating the landscape with em if there are few of them in the wild.
You're talking about breeding? On a game made for children?
@@joythief I absolutely did. If you've ever read any of the ghost pokedex entrances you'll find the term breeding very, very innocent.
We need a pokemon survival game.
@FloralFairyUnknown🌺 I'm not a pedophile so no, I didn't know that.
@@joythief LMAO Pokémon breeding has been a thing since 1999
Agree that the world does seem a little lifeless but the gameplay is refreshing. The sound of a PokeBall hitting a wild pokemon from behind is so satisfying to me. But I kind of miss the backpack that could fit everything including a bike, haha.
upgrade your pack, it’s got room for stuff
Upgrading is expensive tho ;n;
@@FoxYinnyy it’s is tho ha
Don't need a bike when you can ride a pokemon. Also, it's not that lifeless when you get into the later areas
I guess, as prof. Oak once said, is not the time to use that
I like the direction the Pokemon series is going in, I don't like that Game Freak continues to put in low effort and I don't like that fans continue to reward them for putting in low effort. I'd like to see a Pokemon game being made with a similar level of passion to the Zelda series or Super Smash brothers but I doubt that will ever happen; as long as the fans keep saying "it's good enough, I had fun." I'm probably just salty that I want to like this literal billion dollar idea, but the "Chef" cant be bothered to properly cook anything with their top tier ingredients. So the outcome usually isn't bad and can even be good, but should be much better then it is.
I would like to play this game, but at the same time, I don't want to settle for mediocrity. Gamefreak has money and resources to make this game even better. We'll wait and see if this spin off is good enough to make a sequel.
@@MrPenetroso Buy it secondhand
@Joshua Robin The highest-grossing media franchise in the world, yet you couldn't tell by looking at their games. If Capcom can make Monster Hunter Rise look as good and perform as well as it does on the Switch, Game Freak has no excuse. Doesn't help that their lead Pokemon designer is shit too. Those new Dialga and Palkia forms give me nightmares.
@Joshua Robin Okay, so say no one buys this game, then what? All you’ve told Game Freak is that you don’t want this new kind of direction in Pokémon, and all you’ve done is giving them the excuse to not try any innovations in the future because they’ll say, hey we tried and no one wanted it. How does that solve anything?
I think it's more like they have a top tier cook and the restaurant has millions of dollars in funding. But they are serving us McDonald's cheese burgers because they know people will buy it even though it's less quality
I can’t say it’s a 10/10 game ,but defenely I’m getting 10/10 enjoyment out of it xD
After finding the spot for staraptor and luxray in obsidian field. Completely agreed with this
No, it doesnt have quagsire, worst game ever
@@quagsire_lover3235 w
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I think I'd wanna see adding in your other pokemon during a large pokemon battle that feels like it'd add in a huge amount of fun and realism to me personally
@Doktor so you’d make the game easier? No fun
I get everything he is saying but the part I agree more with is that Game Freak has an infinite amount of budget and they could create the ultimate Pokemon game with the tech available right now and the talent of the devs, but they know they will get away with anything and people will play it anyway because its Pokemon and its the most popular franchise out there so why even try right? Thats what bothers me the most, we will not get the full potential of an open world RPG POKEMON game,well this is the closest we will get to I guess.
Its so sad that this game has n64 graphics
Go make a game and let me know when you’re able to make it absolutely perfect so whiny bitches don’t gripe about anything remotely possible just because they want something to bitch about. Enjoy the game or stop playing it.
@@societaldecay9380 Bro shut up, it is a completely valid criticism of the game if you can’t handle that then get off of youtube. There is no reason why gamefreak couldn’t have made a better looking game than this. Get out from underneath their desk.
@@dylanwatkins978 I totally agree. We have seen many times over that the Switch can handle more than this. So it begs the question of… well why didn’t they?? Because they know they don’t have to. It’s sad because it’s obviously a good video game. But it’s just really not okay anymore that gamefreak will alwayssss chose to take the laziest way out when it comes to graphics or graphical fidelity
@@societaldecay9380 If I had a billion dollar a year idea, you bet I’d put some love into that rather than half assing it
I PRAY that they use this recipe going forward, the potential is unreal!!!
they could have done this years ago but no, gamefreak is stuck in 2003 time.
really loving this game
@@9nxt Yeah. There's even fan-made games like this years ago... before they got cease and desist.
Hopefully they adopt UNREAL engine too ;)
@@astral6749 me when I make a pokemon fan game to fund my brothers cancer treatment and gamefreak sends me a cease and desist
Hope they keep the game series like this. Especially with battling other trainers
I find myself agreeing completely on the both the bad sides and the good sides of the game. I do firmly believe this is a step in the right direction and perhaps because of that we should praise it slightly more in the hope that this does become the foundation for the future games (or at least a different series of future games) Great job and great video!
100% agree! The real time battles and ability to move your trainer makes you feel really involved similar to what you might see in the anime. Having your Pokemon help you get items also adds to this feel of team work! I love these things and I know to some they may seem small but it really helps with world building and immersion. Let’s go, while much more casual did this well in some ways and I love that they stepped it up!
Imho it really doesn't add much. I mean the emersion is good. So it's an improvment but it doesn't make up for things the game lost in the conversion
You can reach the stuff in the trees yourself you don't need Pokemon "teamwork" for that
yeah im hoping in the next game pokemon will help you even more for example solve puzzles. Like maybe fire pokemon can light touches etc.
@@timotheninja I feel the the exclusion of those made sense given the game was more focused on single-player/catching multiple pokemons vs breeding a perfect IV/EV team for multiplayer/battle tower/etc.
@@timotheninja I've been playing for about 10+ hours, and for as much as I wish to have battle/held items and abilities, this game wouldn't really work that well with them (at least conceptually). Canonically, Hisuians barely want to do anything at all with Pokemon, so it makes sense why there's no held item option (same goes with breeding). Nobody knows much about Pokemon. Much less how they react with certain items. The only people who actually battle are the Corps, and even then, they barely know anything either. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to do away with abilities. Some abilities would be downright clunky to execute, such as weather. Specially since engaging in battle is so seamless. That being said, I hope they build up on this concept and maybe start implementing some of the old mechanics into future "Legends" installments.
I mainly wish we could have more interactions with our own Pokémon. I wanna be able to run along side my Luxray, and not just ride on them. Playing with my Pokémon outside of battles was always my favorite feature in most of the 3DS titles.
@Mega Nezumi Still, it's no excuse for them not to add it.
I agree. We were able to walk around with pikachu in the overworld in the first generation… you would think they would at least add the same feature 25 years later… esp for a open world game
@@pichaelthompson game just came out, there’s hella room for potential, growth and updates…I hope
I agree totally I’ve always loved Pokémon and SoulSilver was my shit. It was so fun being able to walk with your Pokémon and it made the game so much better because it felt more interactive that way instead of just 2d landscapes with a miniature trainer.
@@pichaelthompson I mean, at least most of not all of the sizes are right in this game
a few things they could do to liven the world up: - saturate the colors a little, use more vibrant ones - maybe make it so the pokemon do their own thing. i wanna see schools of fish, stampedes of rhyhorn, and prides made up of luxray, luxio, shinx, and one alpha luxray - pokemon battling each other - a few retextures to make it all less blurry
The grind, the training, the adventure. The game is so therapeutic.
It's definitely a great step forward. What I think would really help with the world atmosphere is stuff other than just pokemon. E.g caves, ruins, forests where you come across puzzles that could be solved by using particular elemental moves or similar. More connection between landscape and lore.
Really sad lack of caves. The tense claustrophobic feeling of the couple small caves there were was great. I wish there were more.
@@SuperMario1005 When I came across the giant waterfall, I tried swimming into it expecting there to be a hidden cave, but nope ):
I really wish they would recreate the old Pokémon games (story line and ALL) into a world like this… thats what I’m looking for so bad.
im sure new fans would appreciate that as well.
Despite its flaws, I absolutely love the new direction of this game. He explained it perfectly - this was always what I imagined Pokemon would be like in 3D as a kid. If they can further polish and expand upon this in a sequel, there could really be something here.
Absolutely, it’s a step in the right direction, and I hope to see it become a well travelled path for Gamefreak.
I love how I always watch "before you buy" videos after I buy the game
Every damn time man lol
Hell I'm almost done with the main story
Yeah thats the whole point
@@yorkielover1258 what
@@ItsWouty thats the point of the videos To watch them before you buy lmao
I’ll wait for them to do Gold/Silver over in this style. It’d be so cool to explore Kanto and Johto in a open world style. And hopefully it’d be set in the modern Pokémon era.
no way, there would be no point in doing johto in this style and not doing something with the legendary dogs in ancient times etc
@@vivi-wr8nm The legendary dogs weren't that ancient, iirc. They died in the tower fire which, while not recent, likely wasn't more than maybe the imperial Japan era. I could be wrong, though.
@@vivi-wr8nm nah, the main drawback to this game was that it was set in olden times, the population is tiny and few towns makes it seem like a giant boring empty sandbox. Silver/Gold was set in modern times and it’s probably the best game in the series. It wouldn’t make sense to go back in time and catch the dogs since in the future Silver/Gold can catch them. One of the best things about Pokémon is the technology, like the Pokédex, PC banks, and Pokémon centers.
with modern mechanics like accessing your PC boxes anytime..
Pokemon Legends Celebi: Kanto and Johto Pokemon Legends Darkest Day: Galar These are ones they could do off the top of my head
I've always been really confused with why a pokemon game hasn't tried a more real time aspect to the gameplay leaving the fighting and catching to be its own separate animation filled sequence. I'm personally really excited to try this game out
Could be because nintendo isn't the strongest device out there. Would love to see 50 gb pokemon game for pc or next gen console's
@@melthrix imagine a world like gta in the city and in the wild. 😄 an option to follow the story line and a option to do side quests or run solo!
Japanese company. They don't like to take risks or try something new
@@mattroyal363right answer
@@actualatomZelda is a Japanese company, the real issue is that they have no incentive to make a real good game since no matter what the games will make money
I see it as a concept for a mutch better game. I hope they make another game or an Update that expand the map with more pokemon or more trainers. Other than that I really love the game and enjoy the new experience
8 hours in myself, this is a great step for Pokemon and I am excited for future releases. I think the world needs more battling NPC's so far, but other than that I love everything presented. Also the music is one of my favorites from Gamefreak in a decade
90% of the lack of trainer battles it the time period, poke balls are new, pokemon are misunderstood and are objects of terror. YOU are ushering in a new era of understanding and cooperation with your creation of the hisui pokedex.
@@ethanfaulkinbury8640 That is a great point. But for future mainline pokemon games I hope they keep the mechanics of legends Arceus, seamless battles free camera, and even the dodging mechanics in the wild would be nice. But yeah in the legends games if they choose to make more, you are right.
@@Redd_Is_Here totally agree that the game could use more npc battles. It just doesn't make sense this time.
@@ethanfaulkinbury8640 Actually this lore is wrong, the humans and Pokemon already had an understanding in each other, traded goods, and aid each other prior to the creation of PokeBalls, but this game retconed the lore of the region. You can find books about the region in past games and the manga
@@deathmachine200 In early Sinnoh era?
I need more towns in the game. More to explore and some dynamic events. The anime series has so much ideas which they could use for the game. It's a shame, that we have to end up with such an empty "open world".
The duties required to get the info for pokemon feels sort of like a hassle, but makes more sense than having info after one catch
This is my first Pokemon game since Pokemon Blue, and I'm absolutely in love with it. I grew up at the show and never had a vested interest in the games before, but I watched a friend playing and fell in love.
It's a good fresh for sure, PLA does make me feels like a real trainer that allows me to do my own stuff, besides following the main story line but also explore places, collecting ingredients, crafting and catching Pokemon in various way. I honestly think this is how a Pokemon game should be.
It seems totally devoid of anything but a soulless collectathon
Agree but also disagree at some point. Like I said it's a good start, this is the very first game they adopt a brand new mechanic (beside classic battles), and considering the background timeline of PLA, it's understandable that the world has less population and pokemons, where people barely knows anything about pokemon, unlike modern pokemon worlds, there was no trust built up between human and pokemons. But yes, I think they could use this as a fundamental to work on and create a wider contents, instead of just catching pokemons for the sake of research and collections.
The battles and catching Pokémon is perfect to me! They need to do this going forward
Pokemon legends Emptiness
PP battle system is peak performance for you?
@@RassGurmy92 true but the battle and capture mechanics keep me going
@@RassGurmy92 Breath of the Wild, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess was pretty empty.
@@matguimond92 They had decent visuals unlike this one
First time pokemon player here. Have really loved exploring the word, battling, updating the pokedex, and seeing the evolutions - the starter i chose, Oshawott looks so cool after its two form changes. For combat, i really enjoy walking around the battle field while both sides duke it out and having the option of choosing how strong/weak some attacks become during battles. Really looking forward to exploring more regions and seeing this story through.
Is this game somewhat easy to get into?, I don't know much about pokemon but this looks interesting to play, I never played a pokemon game in my life
I've not played a pokemon game since red & blue, but I picked this one up because it looked totally different and I'm loving it. So many new pokemon I've never seen! I do agree about the lifeless environment though. At one point a character I was following lead us to a cave and said it was going to be dark and I thought "oh neat this will be interesting, should I get my ponyta out to light the way?" then went in and everything was completely visable, no challenge at all :|
Hope we can get to customize how a player throws a pokeball, like a fast or a curve (like in baseball) and have different catching accuracy and efficiency.
It would be cool if they could keep the exploration and open world aspects and add in the storyline gameplay that we are so used to. Also, flocks, herds, schools and groups of wold pokemon doing their wild pokemon thing together would make it really cool. Love this new direction though.
Pre-ordered this and I loved it. I agree the world is a little barren for sure. The new dynamics of catching and battling to fill out your Pokédex instead of the old “one and done” thing was a cool fun addition. The challenge that the Alphas bring is awesome and they kicked my butt more than a few times. Over all, I’d give it a 7/10 personally. There were a couple moments where I figured out the post credits before I’d even made it to mid game so that was mildly disappointing when the reveal came up. Like, if you weren’t at least suspicious of the dude from the start, I’m disappointed in you.
Its weird to me that this game looks so much more interesting and fun than violet and Scarlett
This is the first pokemon game I have liked since X and Y. That feeling of creeping staleness was alot stronger and alot less creeping for me. This actually makes me want to play it which is not something pokemons accomplished for a while.
No joke my last pokemon was X Y then I skipped to this one lol.
Same lol I haven't played a mainline game since XY
I'm surprised someone even liked X and Y. Its literally held your hand half of the game. No one is challenging at all. Gym leader only have 2 pokemon, e4 has 4 and Selena/Callum the champ are the only one with full party. If there's any saving grace for the game it will be the "Mega Evolution".
@@rzch5361 I liked the story.
@@Vashy434 also first mainline game with 3D models and character customisation. Best online system in Pokémon til this day too
I pretty much agreed with everything you guys said. I’m having a blast tbh. I haven’t bought a Pokémon game since let’s go, and this game has me hooked. I love running into so many Pokémon , and it really makes me want to “catch them all”. It’s so easy for me to get side tracked by interacting with Pokémon and completing the dex.
Do you think the tutorials and cut scenes in Pokemon Legends Arceus are a bit too much and actually prevents you from enjoying the game?
@@vicenteplantier1756 no not really , I gave the story a shot but I pretty much skim everything, and so far it doesn’t take away from the experience. Which is ok Pokémon games were never famous for narrative
This is so much closer to what I have always wanted from pokemon, but it misses the mark too hard in a few places for me to be able to justify getting this specific title (I have to be mindful about which games I actually splurge on, after all). I really truly hope that they continue moving down this path though, and that they are able to polish a next/new title that can take what is so promising from this game and really step things up. I also hope Gamefreak will hire more people who are used to this kind of genre so that they’ll be able to liven up the world some more lol.
As someone who'd never played a Pokemon game, I'm loving it! I just finished my second playthrough of BOTW, and yes, the graphics are worse, but I'm happy to look past that and enjoy the grind. I like the Pokedex system and I'm having so much fun discovering the traits of each new Pokemon I discover.
Keep in mind that BOTW while beautiful, was originally a Wii U game. Meanwhile this looks like a 3DS port that has been upscaled.
Would you suggest this game to a newbie? I am going to buy a Nintendo switch light and was considering this as my first game. TY
@@robertkavanaugh1899 Its good for a newbie, and the journey is definitely fun, but the endgame is just mindless completion of the Pokedex, which has you doing mundane tasks like, "use this move 50 times, capture this 20 times, see this evolve 10 times."
They absolutely nailed the concept and made the core gameplay incredibly fun and compelling! I also really like the story and how most of the NPCs from the clans or the Team Galaxy are references to NPCs in other games! While I agree about the graphics being not superb, it hasn't taken away from my gameplay experience much, save for a few visual glitches, so I hope the sequel (because this title definitely deserves one) takes the time it needs in production to be as visually stunning as it can and make the world richer, with more secrets, more detail, and more polish put into the wild. Plus, I'd love to see game in the same setting and time period in other regions like Kanto or Johto!
naw dude
There are flaws no doubt. But it's oddly fun. The warp battle have me so hype when it's 3 on 1. And Ive caught 3 shiny which I still haven't done in sword.
I've always had trouble keeping my attention on a game for too long, but this has me close to the end with no long breaks. That's never happened to me before. It just sucked me in
Just watched this vid cuz im gettin it tomorrow and wanted to see what i was gettin into,i like how you presented it,instant sub my friend,i cant wait to see what you do a lil review on in the future
Imagine if Sony or Microsoft or other 3rd party studios was allowed to make Pokémon games. We would experience a Pokémon Renaissance.
Nintendo needs to just buy Pokemon from GF. Maybe then will the series will improve
pokemon is about the merch. It's a billion dollar merch machine. The games are secondary/
Maybe MS should buy TPC too lol
We would experience a good Pokemon game
@@SinfulSaint0102 The Pokemon Company is the main problem. They allocate the budget and deadlines.
I really hope they continue to develop and perfect this new gameplay approach in the years to come
gen 5 remake will suck
@@crowmaster9652 Wrong comment dummy
@@thejumpboy1185 Correct intent edgelord
@@crowmaster9652 ironic
@@shadynebula6948 not false
Things I want in the next one better graphics, greater draw distance, more Pokemon, better story, and voice acting.
Been playing for a few hours now and this is basically what I thought Pokémon Snap was going to be when I first heard about it as a kid. It's awesome.
One of my favorite additions to the game is they added different Pokémon to the world like they didn’t just stay with the region of Shino.
I didn't like this idea. They usually make the appearence of pokemons fitting to the world the game plays. The modern looking pokemon just don't match the old asian world in my opinion. Same goes for some buildings and clothes...
@@PySnek ew
This is definitely an Episode of "after you buy" for me 😂
All you have to do is get to research level 10 you don't have to do all the tasks. Also there's a lot of Pokemon behavior that you notice later on like for example a chilled Pokemon that doesn't normally attack you if you start attacking it's friends all of a sudden that nice Pokemon is no longer chilled.
Now that we’re getting more realistic, Id love to see some further updates in game design: For example You can only use Gyaradose when in a water environment (until obtaining an item that allows you to make a pond or tank for him on land). Seeing him and other out-of-element Pokemon simply float above the ground kinda breaks the immersion for me.
Well he's a flying type Soo..
...You do remember that Gyarados is part Flying-Type, don't you?
The pokemon universe is the only universe i could see being a metaverse or whatever. Create a base world, and then add "regions" and new pokemon with "seasons".
Fck no
They had different seasons and Pokemon types for the seasons in black and white
Well, definitely disappointed by the low levels of polish on the landscapes but seems like a step in the right direction
@Joshua Robin fr that game is okay but not that great overall
It's a Wii game in 2022 lol
I am more excited about it now. I know as a kid I did love the idea of feeling like I am the pokemon master and catching them all. I hope that I can feel that again with this new one, and feel more like I am part of the pokemon world. Thanks for the review!
Man imagine this style of game from them but gen 3-5. This game is going to be epic by then. Imagine the normal gym battles, populated towns and in-between, a better landscape, more things to do, an evil team rocket doing shenanigans, an elite four, like this is going to be epic if handled correctly.
This is one of my first Pokemon games and I'm loving it so far! Not the prettiest looking game, but it's fun as hell
I tend to find when a game doesn’t focus everything into the graphics they tend to be better games. And the less they spend on graphics the more they can put into the rest of the game
@@davidhowell1415 there is a difference between good graphics and high quality graphics. Minecraft graphics look *way* better than this, even though it’s lower quality. Style choice is important when deciding between high quality or low quality graphics, but they need to be “good” either way.
@@davidhowell1415 I agree. Graphics help when they are great but they dont ever make or break a game imho
@@gcarsk okay I can understand what you are saying. But the other side of the coin does exist. I’ll use children of morta as an example. Graphics probably 16 bit at best. gameplay is amazing the character progression excellent the uniqueness of the items are top notch. Basically I think we both agree and are saying it in different ways. Basically graphics don’t make or break a game.
@@gcarsk Minecraft is not a good looking game at all nor does it try to be one, which is completely ok. Minecraft was a horrible example 💀
There's a lot of weird visual bugs around bodies of water, and when the camera goes through the trees there's a lot of lag, but I'm really enjoying the game so far
i like the tiled water textures lol
Definitely a great next step for pokemon, but i got pretty bored of the gameplay loop relatively quick. Lots of bad texture glitches and bad pop-in that kept intruding on the visual experience. When you go into caves, the pokemon and character models look super glitchy and have a weird white outline that is just horrendously awful to look at. Overall it's a good change, but poorly executed with little to actually do other than do boring side quests or just catch pokemon in a relatively lifeless world. Hopefully they can expand on this in the future because they definitely got something good going here!
I couldn't believe they let that cave part slide. That was so awful and so lazy. Coming from the richest and most successful franchise of ALL TIME. Theres no excuse for it
@@Haildawn Hopefully Scarlett and Violet turn out better!
I’ve never played a Pokémon game before but this seems interesting to me, I agree the world looks a little empty as far environmental stuff but still seems like it could be fun.
I love the game so much, finally feels like a proper RPG. Really hope this game influences gen 9 and beyond. If the next game improves battling and becoming the Pokemon League Champion like this game improves completing the Pokedex, we could be looking at the best Pokemon game ever. For now though this is great, I spent the majority of today just grinding in the first area instead of progressing in the 2nd where I am and it is just so much fun. It is the first Pokemon game where I can see myself fully completing the game though we will see, I am still early into the game yet.
Same
Yeah, I'm on the second area as well. Only got the time to watch this video because I'm waiting for my Switch lite to finish charging. I like this game a lot.
I definitely feel like they were testing the waters for something bigger here with Arcaeus
@@dan9806 agree. the only reason im not grinding pokemon legend is because i have to charge the switch
Finally a review i can full agree on
So far I'm enjoying the game a lot and many of the new mechanics are very enjoyable. I just hope that the next time they go with this style of game they either have better optimisation, there is no reason for the game to have this bad of a pop in with this quality of graphics or a better switch needs to have been released. For a first of its type by Gamefreak it's a good start though
A Hardware upgrade for the switch would be nice, but there’s no reason you couldn’t have a game that both runs and looks better on the current switch.Odyssey and BOTW are good examples of this.
@@2122Hellfire which is why I have both options, either better optimised software or stronger hardware. I just have less faith in Gamefreak than I have in Nintendo. I feel like there is a higher chance for a stronger hardware than there is for Gamefreak to optimise their game properly
@@Belvayne yeah that’s fair
Do you think the tutorials and cut scenes in Pokemon Legends Arceus are a bit too much and actually prevents you from enjoying the game?
@@vicenteplantier1756 I don't mind since pokemon is still targeted towards children but I do dislike most of the NPC's a lot. The way they set the story up just isn't for me. But oh well, it's a fun pokemon game nonetheless
From someone that started pokemon back on the gbc and played it pretty much through out its different interations, watching the shows and buying the tcg. This is awesome, can it be refined, yes. But the fact Gamefreak took this step and will probably progress from it is awesome.
I was on the fence with this game's visual problems at times but I think I'll try it out now after hearing all the pros you gave in the video. Thanks!
Would love for all the generations to get one of these. On the fence about this one but definitely would buy a better looking one of these for Gen 5 (assuming they don't remake gen 1 for the millionth time). Also it would be great if Game Freak ditched the blocky path format that the older games had when they remake them. They kept that look in Let's Go as well as Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and recently with the remakes of Diamond and Pearl.
When you already bought the game but still appreciate an honest review about it anyway 😎👍
thanks!
Same 🥲
Sucks for y’all, have fun looking at another Minecraft looking Pokémon game
Keep up these great videos my guy. Love your content I always go watch your videos before I buy.
I enjoy the game and playing it all the time recently, the Agile and Strength styles are about turns=speed, if your pokemon has high speed and you use agile style (that deals less dmg per hit) you can use it twice as your pokemon will have 2 turns before your enemy have one (dealing more dmg even than Strength style). It's not very complex but enough to grant you lots of fun from understanding those mechanics. Also sometimes while we fighting one pokemon there is other wild pokemon who will join the fight if he's/she's close enough from your fight and here I wish they could add some aoe or at least let us pick which one we want to attack (I had once fight with 2 regular wild pokemon and one mini boss and it was really clunky because of lack of choice who to attack yet being attacked by all) I hope it'll be added in future
Do you think the tutorials and cut scenes in Pokemon Legends Arceus are a bit too much and actually prevents you from enjoying the game?
If I'm not mistaken, in a battle with multiple Pokémon, clicking either ZL or ZR (can't remember) will let you decide what Pokémon to attack/focus on.
@@christophergomez7110 I will try it, ZR is for switching pokemo or using items from quickbar but it might be ZL never actually used it in battle
@@vicenteplantier1756 no, theyre totally fine. there really arent that many cutscenes and the story is an improvement on the usual mainline pokemon games, although that obviously isnt saying much. there was never a moment when i wanted to skip the cutscenes, aside from one difficult battle that took me a few times and had me mash through dialogue every time, and even then it was pretty short. the game is kind of slow to start, but once you get past it it doesnt hold your hand much. there are two tutorial sections but the first is super short and the second isnt anything i wouldnt have done in normal gameplay anyways, and one part of it taught me a mechanic i was misunderstanding, so it was useful. if you already are good at what it's asking, it's very simple and quick, and if you arent then its good practice for core gameplay.
@@shedinjask thanks for the feedback
I loved pokemon and still do long after the original games /cards. I've been waiting for something like this!
I have been a fan of Pokémon since generations one love seeing the fresh take on the franchise it’s been so fun I highly recommended buying it
Great next step for the franchise. My true dream as a poke fan is this kind of exploration style but with Pokken Tournament style battling instead of turn based though I think that might be a little to complicated/in depth to ever pull off
Great review, I’m going to get this tonight. From what you said about the, catch 8 of this Pokémon etc. that reminds me of world of Warcraft questing. Looking forward to it
Thank you for the actual honesty. The world was my main concern. Hearing what you say is devastating about the bland and ugly world. I’m not a graphics type, but graphics are extremely important to a game. We like looking at attractive people don’t we lol. Sad really. I’ll definitely skip this one. If the game was maybe maybe $30~$40 it would be an easy decision. However charging $60 for this seems kinda disgusting when a game like Elden Ring will cost the same
You say "I'm not a graphics type" and yet you compare a game's worth base on graphics lol. And comparing a pokemon game to a game like Elden Ring is kinda stupid, not a fair comparison. Its like me comparing Stardew to Doom Eternal.
I'd argue this game provides just as much if not more entertainment value than Elden Ring, depending on the type of gamer you are. This game is REALLY fun. First Pokémon game that's actually sucked me in
@@FlamingPanda01 That's stupid. When you buy a game for $60, you expect a $60 quality game. OP is not comparing the games themselves, but the quality they provide for that price. And, whether graphics matter to you or not, you have to admit that Legends Arceus is ugly to look at, and definitely doesn't demonstrate it is a $60 game.
@@FlamingPanda01 you don’t need to be a “graphics type” to tell that the graphics of this game is shit
@@themanbehindyou.216 you sound dumb. The value of something is subjective. That is why one can say 60$ is worth it and someone else can say it's not. hell, that's why there are people out there buying used bath water.
Honestly thought this was what it was gonna be like when I heard a Pokémon game was coming to the switch in 2018, hopefully they do gen 9 similar to how they did this game
The whole open world concept is great and there’s a ton of amazing mechanics they’ve added. I absolutely love this game as a demo or introduction. I find it hard to enjoy the story and I only play now to get it out of the way so I can play brilliant diamond!
I was 6 when red came out and i was hooked and seeing Pokémon like this 26 years later it’s breath taking from the first game and i have purchased the game and it’s wonderful although the world is bland and kinda gets old just as gameranx said although those problems i still enjoyed it greatly good buy
Seeing as the last Pokémon game I played, maybe silver or gold, back in the game boy color days, I've been wanting to get back into the game. This is certainly closer to how I've always imagined the game should be
Missed quite a lot of good games This is a no go
Many people criticize the graphics, and rightly so, but the gameplay elements are sometimes even worse. But before I get to the downside: The game has a great idea. A very open world, wild Pokemon that attack you or run away from you, battles without another battle screen and a focus on the story. The UI and menus are great and also features like the constant changeability of attack moves from an attack pool would have belonged in games 20 years ago. Unfortunately, the game also has a lot of problems. On the negative side: *(1) The behavior of the Pokemon* Hide in the grass and watch the Pokemon. What do they actually do? Not much. Each Pokemon has the same AI in its basic behavior. The developers have built in only seven states: running away, being aggressive, not being aggressive (only when provoked), moving a lot, moving a little, not moving at all or sleeping. Why can't I see a Geodude digging a hole in a mountain? Why don't I see a Starly flying towards a tree, plowing a berry there, and then eating it? Why don't I see a Buizel go into the water and swim a bit? Why don't I see a Plant-Pokemon walk up to flowers and smell them? Why don't I see a bidoof kicking a fir tree and then chewing on fallen branches? Why don't I see a Budew emitting pollen? How come I don't see a Pachirisu climbing a tree top? Why can't I see a Carnivine moving towards a tree, hanging out and waiting for prey? Why don't I see interactions between Pokemon? What would it be like if some Pokemon played together? Or would share a berry? How about if I observed Pokemon attacking each other after one pushed the other away? Or stole his berry? After all, my job is to create a Pokedex. Then I must be able to see such behavior. The world therefore seems lifeless, regardless of the design of the environment. *(2) Pokemon have no value anymore* Actually, the whole point of Pokemon is to make friends with your Pokemon, build a relationship with them, train them and experience things with them. In this game, however, that is hardly possible. My task is to catch 5000 Pokemon, 25 of each species. How can you build a relationship with them? I don't care about the Pokemon I catch. In my opinion, GameFreak has completely lost the focus here. GameFreak should have made two of each species as a task. And now you're probably asking yourself, "If I only have to catch two Pokemon of each species, then the game is over after three hours, right?" Right. That's the main problem. The game has so little gameplay content that GameFreak has to force you to catch the same Pokemon 25 times and defeat it 15 times so you don't realize how content-less the game actually is. However, I'll get right into how the game could have been fleshed out further. First: Why does it obey me directly after I caught it? In my opinion, you should first try to build up a bond with the Pokemon. These Pokemon have hardly any experience with humans. Why should they immediately follow them bluntly? How about playing with wild Pokemon or captured ones, feeding them or helping them? For example, you could find an injured Pokemon or rescue one trapped under a large fallen branch. I already mentioned that you can watch wild Pokemon attack each other. That would be a great way to help the injured Pokemon afterwards or even intervene before! It sounds silly, but what about talking to your Pokemon? You could have a list of activities, from mini-games in town, quests to complete and co, that you could offer your new Pokemon. For example, you could ask your new Pokemon if it would like to explore the area outside of town with you. After that it can nod, shake its head or look away annoyed. In addition, my Pokemon should run with me in the city. There are no other Pokemon there, there is no danger. And it would help so much to feel closer to the Pokemon. That would be something. And imagine that you have established a relationship with several wild Pokemon in one area. These would then come towards you when they see you. And to distinguish the Pokemon, you could simply introduce that you could give friendly wild Pokemon nicknames, which are displayed with a heart symbol above the head. How about if they lead you to a secret place or do things in front of you that wild Pokemon wouldn't do? For example, a cricketot that trusts me would have its antennae collide, showing me that it sounds like a xylophone. A Petilil would hand you a leaf from its head, which would go into your pouch as a healing item. Why isn't there a quest where I give petals to a Burmy that trusts me so that it changes its cloak? And these things all fit very well with creating the Pokedex: getting to know their behavior, finding secret things that they wouldn't just show to a trainer. *(3) The design of the areas* In a single-player game where the goal is to create a Pokedex, capture Pokemon behavior, and follow a story, you're very often out in nature. As I said, I don't want to address the graphics, others already do that enough. But why are there no points of interest? Legends Arceus is obviously trying to copy Breath of the Wild, but has dug very deep into the trash can when it comes to designing the areas. It's so hard to tell from a screenshot where you are now. There are no points for orientation, no natural formations and elements that stick in your mind. A big unique tree, a big waterfall, a dense forest, steep mountains and valleys, big chasms and branching caves, dilapidated ruins, something where you think to yourself, "What is that? I'd like to take a look at that." I do want to discover this world! Also, why are there hardly any obstacles in this wilderness? They could have taken a cue from Breath of the Wild and given us climbing gear from the start to climb very steep mountains and valleys. You could build obstacles that only Ride Pokemon could overcome. I mean, that used to be normal in Pokemon. It worked really well in Sun and Moon. And you had a great chance here to bring back secret bases. Why can't I drill a hole in the wall in wild areas with a Pokemon (at selected points only, if you want) to set up my temporary storage base, where I could maybe even put in decorative elements? A place where I could sleep and play together with Pokemon. You could even theoretically dig a hole in the ground and build the secret base like a bunker, which you enter from above. Another option for exploration would be to dive (Gen 3 & Gen 6)! We did get an ocean after all. How cool would it be to be able to dive there? You would only have two minutes without a helmet and you could theoretically craft a diving helmet (or get it with a quest) that would let you dive as long as you want. That way you would have a completely separate area with water pokemon and new underground caves. Exploration! And the last point on this: Why is there only one city? You could have a few small settlements sporadically like that, with people living in them that you could talk to. Unfortunately, the decision to have only one city has big disadvantages.
This is a better review than the video itself. Thanks I'll take my $80 elsewhere.
The answer to most of these questions is how small their development team is and how fast they put these games out. If you want to wait ten years like a gta or elder scrolls it would be much different and require a much bigger team.
You don't have to catch 25 of each species, I'm not surprised you're bored if that's what you've been doing! As for all of your suggestions on how to improve the game, there's certainly a couple of good ideas in there but you're being unrealistic and demanding a level of open world immersion that no game has ever achieved.
@@adblockevery1243 I would rather wait 5+ years for a much better game, than having multiple mediocre games release every 2 years.
@@SuperNeilAdams oh yeah because we should go easy and not ask for much from a multi billion dollar company that has the most well known franchise in gaming. A lot of his suggestions have been done in several different games. And one thing that a lot of them have in common is that they were given more time to develop.
This'll be my first pokemon game. Really looking forward to it. I really wish they'd do this open world rpg but like include ALL the regions and pokemon yaknow
Have you found any aoe attacks like heat wave? I noticed dazzling gleam now only solo targets too
Kinda refreshing to hear that they’re bringing back the grindy challenge. Might buy the next installment if they keep these mechanics going.
Hopefully you didn't reward them for their low effort attempt here. If the next actually shows some promise from a a billion dollar corp, then maybe it'll be a purchase consideration.
jynxce I rewarded them for it and have no regrets because it’s fun and I like it:)
@@jynxce i dont buy lets go, i bought sword second-hand, didnt even bother with bdsp, but for this one i bought it and didnt regret it one cent, i have too much fun with this game and i want to reward support and appreciate game freak for this game, bye!
I like the objectives in the pokedex. gives you a reason to use every pokemon (unevolved and fully evolved) in this game. I like it.
@@jynxce YES. If Gamefreak makes it, I pirate🏴☠️
Best content to watch in the middle of a blizzard imho
jake made this video during the blizzard lol
3:59 I could swear the sound when picking up an object is the same as in Zelda BOTW
I’ve had a hard time getting into single player games for the past few years, but this game is absolutely dragging me in over and over day after day. Is such a blast I’m loving it Edit: I love how you can move around during combat and get different viewpoints of the fight. That’s so cool.
Do you think the tutorials and cut scenes in Pokemon Legends Arceus are a bit too much and actually prevents you from enjoying the game?
@@vicenteplantier1756 I can’t say that it does. I’m not a huge critic on anything. I’ve been enjoying literally everything about this game. 0 complaints. But I do look forward to the improvements they can make on the next game. This is such a huge step in the right direction.
Doesn’t take much to impress you huh
@@sheLuvsManny no. It sure doesn’t. But that’s not the point here. Just because you have a shit mindset and can’t enjoy the things for what they are doesn’t mean you gotta come be salty to me.
I have been playing Pokémon since fire red. I will buy every generation of Pokémon but I always end up being bored because it’s the same every time. But this game is so refreshing and I’ve literally spent hours just in the first area completing tasks for the Pokédex. I haven’t played Pokémon for hours in such a long time
Are there any gym battles or the pokemon league?
me too! i always play pokemon game, every single one except remake, but as i got older i spent less and less hours playing it, but with legends, omg i spent my weekend doing nothing but playing it! the most fun i had with pokemon game in ages!!!
Time to get a life it sounds like
@@dallashoopz4133 no gym battles, no league, and no multiplayer Pokemon fights
@@deathmachine200 I feel like I wasted 60 bucks...
This is my first Pokémon game ever. From my experience, it’s a really fun game. It does feel like it’s missing a lot but I’m sure they’ll learn from this and move in the right direction. Overall I’ll give it a 7/10
Please please please invest in a 3ds and pick up omega ruby or alpha sapphire. Make one of those your second game.
if you really want to delve into pokemon play b&w 1 or 2 both were great to me
People are looking for the perfect game , guess what it doesn’t exist, gold and silver plus the remakes heart and soul are my favorites and I feel where perfect, graphics aren’t the best but it was what we had at that time, I would love a remake for my switch but I guess diamond and pearl where the more popular choice… lucky you if you got the remake you love
Well, it’s a game for 5 year olds.
@@andj5746 where does it say it’s for 5 year olds? Lol
Can’t wait to get the game! What I’ve seen so far, it looks like it’s still in Beta. Looks really fun, but with some more work it could of been unbelievable!
ill definitely buy it however I'm really hoping for the next one to have just a little more detail graphics wise, other than that it looks and sounds like the Pokémon game I've been waiting for! although like a comment I read an MMO & being able to battle other players/ just see them or catch Pokémon with friends would be amazing.
I was super skeptical about this game at first and I hated the graphics, I thought it looked really ugly but I still pre-ordered it. Now I'm 10 hours in and honestly... I want to keep playing, it's so much fun. I love collecting pokemon and completing research tasks, and the expressiveness of the characters is really cute to me.
me too. first hours sucked and then gets real fun
I wasn’t expecting perfection when such a different game to the norm came out but I have seriously enjoyed my self I don’t know why being able to walk around while I battle is so great to me but I just love that they added that detail in
i’ve had black, X, sun and alpha sapphire all on my old 3ds (which i’m now selling to buy a switch oled). so do u think this would be good because it seems so different or should i get one more like sword and shield?
i just ordered the game today should be at my house some time soon but i hope this is the beggining of new types of pokemon games. The resson i mainly began to love pokemon is because of the anime and i hope in the next few games they will make as you said the map more vibrent and more of a challenge on finding and catching pokemon.
This game was what I needed. My only thing is if they did in modern times big cities and adding like 12 of them full of life probably was a challenge they weren't yet ready to take. Then also adding a bunch of regions on top of it. I'm ready to see whats next I freaking love this installation I haven't bought a Pokemon game in 10 years until now
The games supposed to be based in the ancient past Modern cities wouldn’t make sense
@@jakesmall8875 well obviously but what i think he was implying is that they made arceus with the intent of seeing how good these type of games do, so if people love the game they’ll probably do this but in modern day
@@jakesmall8875 you literally didn't read a damn thing and just commented to try to sound snarky. Please go away
@@jakesmall8875 You do know though that A. in the prologue, the player is brought in from the future, B. The “ancient” past is only “ancient” in terms of the modern games and that “ancient” is more like 200-600 years or so, let alone that C. They have portable cameras, steam power, and information is being shared across the world at a relatively speedy pace for its time, which would basically put the era these games are set in to be the late 1800s to early 1900s starting at the earliest around 1880 and capping at the latest at the 1940s.
I was able to play the new Arceus for about 3 hours today and I have to say I'm really excited. Rarely has a Pokémon game flashed me so much! It's extremely addictive, at least for me!😅 Personally, I would have wished for more sandbox elements, but at least Pokémon is finally breaking new ground here! I'm still dreaming of a Pokémon MMO with a huge open world where you can walk around freely, catch any Pokémon you like, celebrate with friends or duel against other trainers from all over the world or or or !🤣
That's what the negative comments are trying to tell you, though. I want exactly what you want. If you buy this game now, Nintendo will never make that MMO we all want. They know they can get away with mediocrity. You got to think how long has Pokemon been around? How long has WoW been around? Why haven't they done this sooner? Because they can spend less money and time making garbage and everyone will still buy it.
This was a breath of fresh air from the Pokemon franchise. Game Freak did a remarkable job on the development of Arceus. I'll have to try this out myself once I get my hands on it soon!
Would love some exciting biomes in the next game. Something like the glimwood tangle from sword and shield would be cool