Just like most people who buy the games, I would imagine.
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Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee Review Thread
- Thread starter Galava
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Just like most people who buy the games, I would imagine.
What's with fan reaction and this game? Can anyone explain what the fuzz is about?
Never liked Pokemon games so I just don't follow the news.
Never liked Pokemon games so I just don't follow the news.
So far all I'm seeing is a lack of any critical thought, no objectivism in terms of what is being offered, and a whole fucking lot of "Kanto Nostalgia so who gives a fuck if we are giving the wrong impressions to this game company that this is exactly what kinda product they should be producing every year or so."
And that's fine for those people, but that still makes the reviews worthless to someone like me
I mean, the two reviews I read/watched specifically address the fact that this game is not for seasoned Pokemon players.
From what it looks, I also think it might end up between those numbers.
Sounds good, got both versions coming in Friday.
I see you get EXP from catching Pokemon, but I assume you can catch multiple Pokemon of the same kind to level one like in GO?
I see you get EXP from catching Pokemon, but I assume you can catch multiple Pokemon of the same kind to level one like in GO?
I was expecting high 70s. Makes sense for what this game is.
I think a bigger factor here is that it's nostalgia for the kids' parents. And they'll be the ones buying their kids games.
Also tons of kids play Pokemon GO.
It's a remake of Gen 1 that cuts out over a decade of advancements in favor of features and mechanics that are more stripped down and casual-friendly, with heavy influences from Pokémon Go. It's mainly made to bridge the fan base of that game.
It's gotten a lot of pushback from Pokémon fans because of it, despite the fact that they made a point to announce a proper Gen 8 title coming out next year.
Or maybe Pokémon reviewers are usually completely out of touch with the series.
Big example:
https://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-sky
^ probably the most beloved spin-off by the fanbase, yet has a 50 MC for being "too complex".
Gen 6 and 7 are heavily criticized for lack of content and gen 1 pandering. Making a game that reforces it even more gives people no hope for gen 8 at all.
So that argument doesn't hold up much.
This excerpt from Nintendo Insider is why the candy system is broken.
It really better not come back
It really better not come back
Servers probably aren't up yet
Get Sun or Moon instead and save yourself some money.
I can tell you they're substantially better than X/Y.
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Oh damn, I don't like that... Was it that hard to make candy system just increase EVs up to the cap?
I mean the online functionality seems to be barebones as fuck with no features for trading/battling or otherwise interacting with people not on your friends list
I look forward to steamrolling the entire game with a low level Mankey.
The die hard fans gatekeeping on this game has been pretty tiresome. It's been going every since initial announcement and all the way into the review thread. And now there are cries about reviews not being objective enough? Come on. I don't even really care about the game, but the die-hards really need to give it a rest. This game may not be for you.
As a hardcore, extremely intelligent/logical Pokeman fan, I will not read any review written by a reviewer that has less than 13 shiny Ponytas.
And look what happened with PMD Inifnity Gate. Pokemon Reviewers are somehow the most out of touch reviewers of a franchise while also having the most influence on the developers perception of what the general audience wants and demands from the series in the next installment, mainline or spinoff. Its infuriating as hell.
I honestly wonder is that Detective Pikachu trailer might help launch week sales of the game. That trailer is putting in numbers, man. Makes me wonder if the timing was intentional.
Edit: Wow ^^ Great minds think alike!
Edit: Wow ^^ Great minds think alike!
Super happy about the good reviews. The IGN review talks about one hitting an Elite 4 trainer with the partener Pokemon... so I think I'll be banking my Pikachu and just using him as an accessory on my character.
Also the hard postgame is exciting.
Also the hard postgame is exciting.
I guess it's safe to assume it is 200 extra points per stat going by that statement.
To be fair, EOS practically did nothing to improve the slow story from EOT/EOD and in order to get to the actually good Special Episode 5 you had to slog through the entire game again and deal with at least 12 chapters of cringe and unlikable characters before the game gets remotely interesting. I don't blame reviewers for dropping that early, especially if so much of the game is identical that it's like Deja Vu
PSMD on the other hand... Yeah, I think it should have reviewed a bit higher, though the fact some of my reviewer peers still liked it even if the genre wasn't engaging to them at least shows how strong it is. Pretty disappointed that LGPE is getting a pass for nostalgia purposes despite being insultingly easy, but after ORAS did well despite being a dumpster fire I'm not surprised. I think the Kotaku review is the best written by far and explains everything I was curious about pretty well.
It's almost like Gamefreak is advertising this as a mainline game
high level pokemon gamers are one of the most annoying fan bases.
So a pokémon spin-off scored badly and suddendly all the reviewers are wrong right? Are you going to also defend Gates to Infinity? Sometimes the pokémon fanbase really need to understand where the mayority of people find the appeal in playing a Pokémon game. PMS isn't for everyone and so far the mainline series has always recieved good to great scores. LGPE being no exception.