What makes Pokémon Legends Arceus a GREAT game!

What do you think of Pokémon Legends Arceus?

I think that PLA is the most immersive Pokémon game of the 3D era

I played Shield for over 300 hours, including competitive play. Pokemon Moon, the first game I ever bought, was such an extraoridinry introduction to me to the Pokemon games. However, Legends: Arceus was easily the most rewarding, and compelling Pokemon game I had ever played. The grind to complete the Pokedex was annoying at times, the Noble fights took a few tries to beat, but throughout it all, this game gave me some of the best memories of what has become my favorite franchise. The graphics, while not perfect (looking at you, map boundaries), were the best I'd seen yet. The story literally takes a page out of isekai, minus Truck-kun, and has you saving your own future from being deleted! Characters like Prof. Laventon, Kamado, Akari, Ingo, and who could forget Volo, were interesting. Which is why it is a huge shame how SV had so much potential, but it was plagued with so many issues. If GF decides to release a future Legends game, it would be a step in the right direction for future Pokemon games.

Arceus brought me back to playing pokemon after like 2 decades

Getting Arceus was so satisfying It was a ton of hard work, but worth the effort. Volo gave me the hardest battle I had in a while in pokemon. Took me several tries.

I will always look back at my playthrough of PLA fondly… just interacting with my Pokémon and listening to Jubilife Village’s music gave me the best memories

I hope they go all-in on the Arceus model going forward. I get that Scarlet/Violet were in development at the same time as Legends, but it's honestly just frustrating to see Scarlet run into so many issues that could have been fixed by implementing the catching and battling mechanics of Arceus. I just want them to put all their resources on the next and make an open world game with Legends Arceus mechanics. If I had a couple suggestions it would be: 1. Make Alphas/Boss monsters unable to capture via ball spamming. Makes them feel more intimidating, and gives a reason to use your Team for more classic battle scenarios with higher stakes. 2. Sky Battles should be a thing. I should be able to engage a Gyarados or Togekiss while riding on Braviary with a flying Pokemon that I have. Legends was such a high for the Pokemon series, and then Scarlet and Violet come along and are a new low in many ways. Definitely felt the whiplash.

I am a gen oner , was around for all gens of pokemon , and PLA was the most fun I have had in decades ! PLA brought back that old magic pokemon had , I played it without a walkthrough or going online , the feeling of discovering something new , seeing whats out there , finding secrets , doing a good story , finishing the dex , that moment of excitement when you encounter something you didnt expect.....that was the magic of Gen 1 and 2 for me , PLA perfectly brought that back. The theme was refreshing and that god damn music is amazing ! I truly hope gamefreak gives us more of this style

actually its not the first ever dex its the first hisui dex because laventon says and im reading this off the game itself " you see, i have a dream- to compile this region's first complete record of its pokemon! we in the field call such a catalog a pokedex.

Pokemon Legends Arceus uses a similar idea to Digimon World 1, that some npcs request you to find a pokemon and when you bring it in, that pokemon is part of the town now. It made me feel like a kid again seeing the Agumon I just recruited be a resident in my town

The dream pokemon game, I like the action orientes gameplay while still keeping the turn based battle. And the map design is just the most immersive for 3D pokemon games so far, sure the landscape might look generic but it feels like you're thrown in the wilderness for real, unlike Scarlet Violet world map.

I’m really glad that the dissonance between the Pokémon world and the battles is finally being addressed with PLA and SV. Mainly because having Pokémon battles take place in the world rather than being teleported to some random battlefield kinda helps with immersion, as usually if you were to show people your pets inside your house, you don’t get warped to a white void with a tiled floor. Plus, having pokemon actually be seen doing more things than just battling and standing around is fantastic, think of the taxi services in paldea and galar or DJ G-rave hyping up ryme during her gym battle. It’s little things like that, that go the extra mile for immersion.

The pokemon game I wanted 20 years ago. I downloaded it yesterday morning. My son and I have been loving it. I hope they make more like this.

I just bought Legends Arceus and I LOVE it! I bought Pokemon Scarlet and Violet last year and the way you play Legends Arceus seems more fun

Playing PLA for the first time was an experience like no other. I've never felt so immersed in a Pokémon World before. They did so much right such as aiming to catch/not needing to battle, unique pokemon interactions/behavior in the world, the freedom to move and be hit as the trainer in combat, qol improvements, shiny hunting noise. Man GF would really make no sense if they never follow up this game or implement this as the new direction in another main pokemon game.

love this video man, I agree with everything what you said about the game, its soo fun and they need to make another one to continue the love of it

Scarlett and violet was a step back for the games. Arceus just hit different absolutely loved it. Completed violet then sold it lol. Why they ever went back to the old way of catching pokemon ill never know.

I've been a pokemon fan since I was five. At the time I had just started watching the anime and I was OBSESSED with it. Later I started playing each and every one of the games until I got to pokemon Sword, my mind was blown once I finished it because of the story and the smoothness of the game. I had always dreamed of a pokemon game where you could catch pokemon without battling them. So when the trailer for pokemon Legends Arceus came out, I was sooo excited and even after a year of it being out, I still play it almost every day in my free time.

I’m so glad legends arceus wasn’t set in ancient kanto like gen 1 gets so much love

This game is amazing. My ONLY complaint is that there's no way to speed up the spawn timer of Space Time Distortions, some Pokemon only appear in them, and specifically the Pokemon that appear are based on random chance... I've had to resort to literally going AFK while waiting for distortions to spawn so I can complete the Pokedex.