Used the online Eshop for automatic download. When I come home tonight I am finally able to see things for myself! Can't wait to see if all the criticism is valid.
Since launch trailer I was on team Sobble, but after I allowed myself to get leaked I changed my colours to team Scorbunny. Loving the final evo!
My copy arrived early, so I've had time to put in a good 5-6 hours into it.
And I must say, I'm loving it - definitely moreso than SuMo. As previously mentioned there are some clear flaws - but I think without playing the game it's very easy to focus on the negatives. Things like stiff animations, a bland wild area, some odd design choices, etc., become insignificant when you're sucked into the core world and gameplay. The game has a lovely aesthetic despite some technical problems and I'm really loving the use of UK culture (even the little things like use of "mate"!). And they continue to come up with interesting Pokemon designs. Definitely optimistic about the rest of this game.
People criticizing BOTW for the weapon durability system is definitely a very real thing. The draw distance of grass, though? I wouldn't be surprised if people complained about that, but I do find that rather petty. I never even noticed.
Speaking of graphics - the thing with Sword/Shield (aside from the Wild Area, which suffers more) is that the environmental graphics line more up with a GCN era game than a Switch game. Or that is my impression. It is, of course, a step up for Pokemon. I mean just two generations ago, the games were still 2.5D. S/M were an improvement, but Sword/Shield are a lot better. Just... Not quite up to par with the current generation still.
@Harmonie I mean, my issue with SS's graphics is that it sometimes looks worse than Colleseum / XD, games that came out on the actual GameCube. I miss having my Pokemon actually to scale in battle, and having set pieces that wow me.
Anyways, glad to hear people are actually enjoying it. Guess I'll wait to see when they patch the save data corruption or provide a workaround before getting it though.
@scubydo the first comment there says it was related to hackers, not the game itself
I hadn't read the article on here, I read it elsewhere, thanks for directing me to the other article that shows that the whole thing is really not being reported properly.
@scubydo FYI, there's since been further accounts of it happening on non-hacked switches that are formatted ExFAT as well (assuming they aren't lying). But Switch's ExFAT implementation has been known to be bugged for years, so it might just be triggering that. While we know the first person it happened to was indeed a hacker, not all reports are supposedly.
Again, take that all with a grain of salt, cause people lie.
EDIT: The Reddit thread debunking this has now been edited to clarify that it is confirmed to happen on non-hacked hardware.
Well, 5 hours into the game and I feel positively surprised. Haters will really pass out on a great revitalising Pokemon experience. It stays close to the core, but it does bring in plenty of features to give it a whole new feel.
Dynamax definitely not as bad as I thought. Wild Area so far great point to really collect and manage a team to your liking early on in the game. I usually have to push through the start of each pokemon-game, but here it feels like the options are already endless!
Think the online feature also deserves more credit than given so far. I mean, we walk around in the Wild Area in a small MMO style, you can see the other people doing their things and join raid battles together.
@Galenmereth I share your opinions on the game so far. I've previously stated that I believe this will be a solid 8 for me and if the game continues in the same way, I think that's where it will land.
I like that some of the pokémons you encounter in the wild area are at a higher level than you, which makes you want to go back there many times during the game.
I think a lot of the issues people claimed to have were debunked. Dexiters are gonna be mad regardless. The claims of the game crashing were completely untrue.
So is it doom and gloom personified? Ugh...can't make up my mind. I have like 60 bucks credit at GameStop, but I'm hesitating.
Considering you talked about how you're not really a Pokémon fan and you didn't finish the last one you played then you're not gonna miss out on anything. This is just another entry in the series which isn't hugely different to past ones, as opposed to say Breath Of The Wild which took Zelda to another level or Smash Bros which threw everything at you to make the fans happy.
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