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ninkendo
01/26/22 9:13:23 AM
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https://opencritic.com/game/12091/pok-mon-legends-arceus

An 85 through 20 reviews so far. Have they finally changed the pokemon formula enough that I can enjoy the series again?

Comicbook.com - 10/10
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is easily the strongest Pokemon game made in recent memory and should provide unforgettable memories that rival the first time a player first encountered a favorite Pokemon or conquered their first Pokemon Champion fight. It's a must-buy Pokemon game destined to land on many "top games of the year" lists and should bring countless new and lapsed fans to the franchise.

VGC - 10/10
Pokmon Legends is the breath of fresh air the series has needed for so long. It may not have been apparent from the trailers, but this is one of the most entertaining, engaging and engrossing games in the entire history of the Pokmon series, and is highly recommended to both long-time fans and complete newcomers.

Dexerto - 9/10
For years, fans have begged Game Freak for deeper storytelling and Pokemon Legends Arceus absolutely delivers that. Players who have stuck with the series from the beginning will be blown away by how many lore-specific elements are tackledUnlike previous titles, the game is packed with side quests, exploration, and an emotionally rich narrative. While technically a Diamond & Pearl origin story, it is a love letter to the overall franchise that fans will not want to miss out on. This is the most exciting that the Nintendo RPG has been in years and a blueprint for how the series can move forward in the future.

TheSixthAxis - 9/10
Pokmon Legends Arceus is a must-play game for fans of the franchise. Not only is it the very best Pokmon game yet, but it elegantly takes the formula and flips it on its head, creating a unique new challenge that fans will love. With the nods to the anime and Pokmon games abound, Arceus feels very much like a love letter from Game Freak.

COGconnected - 86/100
I wasn't sure what to expect with Arceus, but the surprise was a pleasant one. There aren't any gyms or gym leaders, but I found plenty of tough battles. The graphics are pretty basic, but the character models all look terrific. Even the environments aren't so bad, as long as you're playing in portable mode. I was instantly hooked by the gameplay loop. Everything you do in the field feels so seamless, so smooth. This game makes Pokmon feel a bit dangerous, something I never thought was possible. If you were hoping for a traditional Pokmon experience, you'll be thrown for a loop. Keep an open mind however, and Pokmon Legends: Arceus will be a fantastic time.

Gamespot - 8/10
Some of the new ideas in Arceus have rough edges, and it's slow to start before you get access to many environments and mounts. This is an awkward first step, and it was a big adjustment for me, a longtime fan of the series, to make. Once Pokemon Legends: Arceus finds its stride, though, it's the most daring and inventive the series has been in years, breaking apart the staid core and creating something new and exciting from its pieces.

Nintendo Life - 8/10
Pokmon Legends: Arceus feels like the result of Game Freak learning lessons for 25 years, refining the formula, and finally taking the franchise in a new, incredible, exciting direction. With its emphasis on extremely rewarding exploration, addictive catching mechanics, a fine roster of Pokmon and a genuine sense of scale thats unlike anything in the series, Pokmon Legends: Arceus is quite simply one of the greatest Pokmon games ever made.


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andylt
01/26/22 9:15:59 AM
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Gasp! I hoped this would be good but didn't expect it to review well. But thinking about it this is around where the mainlines usually land in reviews too I think ... Guess I'll have to dig into the reviews properly to find out.

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ninkendo
01/26/22 9:18:16 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhDg7TVO-8M

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MZero
01/26/22 9:22:05 AM
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can't wait for my copy in two days

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RikkuAlmighty
01/26/22 9:31:38 AM
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Not getting hype. Swsh also reviewed well

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swordz9
01/26/22 9:33:30 AM
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Still going to wait because the last game was quite disappointing too. This one is different, but a fair amount of it has looked kinda bad too. I heard those boss encounters or whatever are especially bad gameplay wise.
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andylt
01/26/22 9:34:18 AM
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ninkendo posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhDg7TVO-8M
Basculegion can fly?! Was that an error or did we already know this because I was unaware >_> Good review, though.

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Lightning Strikes
01/26/22 9:50:47 AM
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Im in.

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mnkboy907
01/26/22 11:37:29 AM
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RikkuAlmighty posted...
Not getting hype. Swsh also reviewed well

Sw/Sh only had an 80, which made it the worst reviewed of all the new generation main titles (as in not counting third versions/remakes). Of course Pokemon reviews can still be super screwy though, since X/Y are the highest reviewed main pair at 87 and B/W2 are down with Sw/Sh at 80.

andylt posted...
Basculegion can fly?! Was that an error or did we already know this because I was unaware >_> Good review, though.

I didn't watch the footage, but Basculegion can jump, and the game also has seamless transitions between ride Pokemon, so maybe you just saw the player switch from Basculegion to Braviary.

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Mac Arrowny
01/26/22 11:41:13 AM
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mnkboy907 posted...


Sw/Sh only had an 80, which made it the worst reviewed of all the new generation main titles (as in not counting third versions/remakes).
Sword/Shield had an 84 when the embargo was released. Same score Arceus has right now.

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andylt
01/26/22 12:02:05 PM
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mnkboy907 posted...
I didn't watch the footage, but Basculegion can jump, and the game also has seamless transitions between ride Pokemon, so maybe you just saw the player switch from Basculegion to Braviary.

Oh it wasn't footage, but a direct quote (4:49 in the NintendoLife review video):
"Basculegion, a super-sized Basculin evolution, enables you to fly and more"

I imagine they said 'fly' by accident instead of 'swim' as they were talking about the rideable pokemon in that section, but yeah. I'd forgotten about Braviary so it does seem very unlikely there'd be a second flying pokemon!

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mnkboy907
01/26/22 12:02:24 PM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
Sword/Shield had an 84 when the embargo was released. Same score Arceus has right now.

Just looked up the review topic on the archive site. It was at 84 with only 10 reviews, but was down to 81 with 19 reviews. Arceus is already at 35 reviews on OpenCritic. Also has an 86 on MetaCritic with 40 reviews.

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Nanis23
01/26/22 12:38:04 PM
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I am pretty happy it reviews well
It's true that mainline Pokemon game reviews well, like how I found SwSh disappointing but it had a high score
But this one is different. It doesn't play it safe like the previous main games. It isn't the "winning formula" that Pokemon had since Red and Blue. It's a entirely new type of game, and if it reviews well...

I am hyped now

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paperwarior
01/26/22 12:54:56 PM
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Ehh, okay, I guess I'll order it.

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StartTheMachine
01/26/22 1:05:04 PM
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Yeah, I actually kind of expected this to review below the mainline games, but also I don't really think this makes me any more sure of the quality of the game. I think I'd need like a super positive Arlo review (YouTuber with really quality critical reviews on the franchise) to do that. But hey, I'm hopeful!

You know what did make me excited? The Tetris 99 Arceus theme. That music is hypnotizing.

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BlueCrystalTear
01/26/22 1:11:42 PM
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I pay no heed to review scores but instead seek out the criticisms in them to see if anything would prevent me from enjoying a game.

All that said... I don't have money right now to order this as badly as I want it, and since it's Nintendo it won't see a price drop for three-plus years.

Do I spend money I don't have on this? Hmmm...

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Shonen_Bat
01/26/22 1:28:32 PM
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reviews that don't touch on the good and bad of the game don't sell me, even if it is good I'm not expecting a 10/10 game with no flaws

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paperwarior
01/26/22 1:35:28 PM
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I can tell you from the advance coverage alone that this isn't a game without flaws by any means.

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StartTheMachine
01/26/22 1:37:29 PM
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ninkendo posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhDg7TVO-8M
Okay this review actually got me pretty hyped. I'll pick this up. Why not.

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ScepterOfLove
01/26/22 1:40:54 PM
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Pokemon games always review well but I think the actual content of the reviews for Arceus indicate that reviewers are genuinely excited about this one, whereas reviews for SwSh were like "yeah it's the same thing but that's nice"
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Not Dave
01/26/22 3:40:59 PM
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oh wow, kinda expected this one to have shitty reviews

i'll have fun with it

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Dancedreamer
01/26/22 3:51:02 PM
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Am I the only one who really liked Sword and Shield? Only problem was it's too easy, and that's because I'm older now.

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charmander6000
01/26/22 3:51:54 PM
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While mainline Pokemon games tend to review well, side games rarely break 80%, many don't even break 70%

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paperwarior
01/26/22 3:58:01 PM
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I liked Sword and Shield even though the complaints about it from the beginning were fair. It was just a pretty fun experience.

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_stingers_
01/26/22 4:03:24 PM
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How much of these positive reviews are from reviewers just enjoying a breath of fresh air from the franchise vs it being an actually good game in it's own right is my question

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swordz9
01/26/22 4:04:06 PM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Am I the only one who really liked Sword and Shield? Only problem was it's too easy, and that's because I'm older now.

I liked it quite a bit at first, but the second half just felt so rushed. I guess even BDSP also feels like that, but somehow it felt worse than usual in Sword/Shield. It was a nice attempt, but there were some things I just didnt like.
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Bospsychopaat
01/26/22 4:09:17 PM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Am I the only one who really liked Sword and Shield? Only problem was it's too easy, and that's because I'm older now.

I liked it too, especially for how many pokmon you could find & use.
BDSP was a serious letdown after that, I forgot how limited you were in earlier games.

Though Sw&Sh were definitely lacking towards the end, it would have been a great game if they had delayed it for half a year and developed the last third of the game.

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Dancedreamer
01/26/22 4:32:25 PM
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SwSh was by no means perfect. Complaints are legit. But I still enjoyed it and thought it was good. Could've been better, for sure. But it was the first mainline series I really liked since Black and White 2.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/26/22 4:38:16 PM
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How's the framerate

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CasanovaZelos
01/26/22 5:15:06 PM
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I'm still surprised they haven't simply made a new Pokemon Stadium/Battle Revolution for the Switch. Have one hub game where any Pokemon can fight - still would be a cheap cash-in, but at least it would give us some way to have an open format if they insist on the main games having limited rosters.

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Nanis23
01/26/22 6:13:37 PM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Am I the only one who really liked Sword and Shield? Only problem was it's too easy, and that's because I'm older now.
It's a mainline Pokemon game, it would be hard to not like it
But it's very disappointing - the graphics, animations, cut content (Pokemon, moves, items, Mega Evolution) and the story is super bad. Lack of new legendary Pokemon. And worst of all - bad level design with linear dungeons

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ctesjbuvf
01/26/22 6:16:47 PM
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Sword and Shield were excellent in terms of new Pokemon, but just felt unfinished. The core formula is strong, so I like them, but the potential is much higher and a step back in a few aspects.

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masterplum
01/26/22 6:38:37 PM
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As someone who hates open world grind, I'm still gonna pass

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SwiftyDC
01/26/22 6:52:19 PM
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Pokmon weekend!

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voltch
01/26/22 7:17:29 PM
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Sword and Shield made it so easy to EV train, find pokemon with good IV spreads and anything related to breeding.
Feels hard going back to older systems on that front after the ease provided by this gen.

Shame it didn't include all my favs.

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Sorozone
01/26/22 8:10:47 PM
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voltch posted...
Sword and Shield made it so easy to EV train, find pokemon with good IV spreads and anything related to breeding.

Yeah, I think the actual team building aspect of Sword and Shield is fantastic, it's easy, it's fast, easily one of the best parts of the games.

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MZero
01/27/22 11:39:06 AM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Am I the only one who really liked Sword and Shield? Only problem was it's too easy, and that's because I'm older now.

i thought it was one of the better ones tbh

it's easy but so is every other pokemon game

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swordz9
01/27/22 11:49:01 AM
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Pokmon makes itself easier which is part of my problem with it. It was already easy enough and then they do stuff like force Exp Share to be on at all times and never give enemies fully evolved Pokmon for 95% of the game so you stream roll everyone and get bored to death. Thats been my BDSP experience so far after getting my 8th badge. Its practically putting me to sleep fighting all these trainers because this far in theyre still using Magikarps and Stunky and shit
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Not Dave
01/27/22 12:02:48 PM
#39:


Sorozone posted...
Yeah, I think the actual team building aspect of Sword and Shield is fantastic, it's easy, it's fast, easily one of the best parts of the games.

agreed - this is why it's my favourite Pokmon game. It didn't make it feel impossible to build a competitive team and hop online. There were so many quality-of-life improvements when it comes to team building.

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GANON1025
01/27/22 12:12:05 PM
#40:


Walmart and Amazon have this game for 5 dollars off right now. Small discount, but it was enough for me to edge it over into a purchase

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RikkuAlmighty
01/27/22 4:27:33 PM
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Yeah I did some dumb survey that got me $10 Amazon credit so I just went ahead and bought the game digitally.

Guess I'm part of the problem.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/28/22 11:56:56 AM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
How's the framerate


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mnkboy907
01/28/22 11:58:25 AM
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I've read it's mostly consistent 30 with some dips.

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UshiromiyaEva
01/28/22 12:09:40 PM
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Just saw some kind of insane pop in clips, really thought that wouldn't make it into the final product.

If the core game is good in certainly happy for it, but it's still wild to me that one of the biggest media franchises in the world is given no budget and is made to work on 10 year old handheld game technology (word going around from diggers that some animations and models are still coated over from X/Y) for the console releases.

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GuessMyUserName
01/28/22 12:16:43 PM
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went back to check my order status geez feb 4th wth amazon

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GANON1025
01/28/22 12:21:21 PM
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GuessMyUserName posted...
went back to check my order status geez feb 4th wth amazon

same thing happened with my Walmart order

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Ryokles
01/28/22 12:28:33 PM
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Bought it cause of that review posted here

wanted to finish p5strikers first but ehhhh maybe Ill play a little first

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UshiromiyaEva
01/28/22 8:22:49 PM
#48:


I'm so damn tempted to get this even with all the presentation stuff being so bad.

It's honestly where I hoped Pokemon would go and people seem to be liking it so much...but I was burned so recently by buying the DP remake day 1, playing it for 10 hours in one day, and then going "oh this is dogshit" and never touching it again. Not to mention SwSh also just being terrible after the first half.

Is there anyone who thinks SwSh was awful and still thinks this is good? Couple of those may be enough to convince me.

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red13n
01/28/22 8:31:08 PM
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GuessMyUserName posted...
went back to check my order status geez feb 4th wth amazon

I ordered a few days ago and got it today.

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StealThisSheen
01/28/22 8:32:03 PM
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Nobody should be convincing you to play a game.

If you're not interested, you're not interested. If you're sorta interested but reviews turn you off, you're not interested. No point in wasting time on a game if you're not interested.

If you considered the DP remake to be "dogshit," then you're just not interested in Pokemon anymore, period, and you should probably bail, when it comes to the main series. Legends sounds like a game that is very much... If you like the sound of it, cool, but if not... There's no point.

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