Pokemon Scarlet and Violet 1 Year Later

What does everyone think of Scarlet and Violet one year on?

Imagine providing one of the best written stories in Pokémon history, only to be overshadowed by the game’s presentation and performance due to a rushed development cycle…

As someone who played red and blue upon release, I find it fascinating how far the series has come. I'll admit I stopped playing after gen 5 but that was because getting a new system just for a new entry into the series wasn't my main priority (personally the idea of a wholly original Dex was a brilliant idea cause otherwise Charizard go brrrr). I got back into the series with Gen 9 and love the stories. Yes some things could be changed like a more dynamic level scaling for the gyms or a better post game (the ace tournament though interesting gets comically easy with lv100 Pokemon).

great vid! as a long time pokemon fan, this game is just so polarizing in so many reasons. I actually think this is one of the best pokemon stories and character rosters, yet its the quality of the games state that is the worst its ever been (and a year after release no real fixes? wtf???) so i dont blame anyone from judging these games from the outside, but i just know some parts of this game are actually pretty well thought out, hate that the state of the game is how it is

I find it interesting that the sequence of the gym leaders has changed. The gameplay sounds similar to the romhack Pokemon Crystal Clear. I don't know if the other previous generations have something similar, as I haven't played Pokemon since Diamond. Anyway, thanks for the video.

I like how the reason, as to why BW were disliked, was because something that wasn't even true. And how a pokeball with eyes is better than an ice cream or a pile of muck is better than rubbish.

so have they not fixed or at least tried to patch all the performance issues?

As games they’re bad, but as Pokémon games they’re amazing. Open world Pokémon is incredibly fun.

Did they ever end up fixing the performance issues? I know a common defense of them was they will be fixed later so it's not a big deal. Did that happen now that they have had 1 year and 2 DLCs?

Any recommendations for someone who's currently deciding whether to get Pokemon S&V or Pokemon Legends Arceus? Thank you.

I love scarlet and violet I do think it has its issues but even despite them I’ve enjoyed the game so much the openness of the game makes it so fun to play and I haven’t gotten bored despite the apparent lack of post game everything else has been great because of all the quality of life updates they implemented the one thing I’m hoping for in the new dlc is a battle tower place if they add that I’ll be super happy and it would definitely cement them as my favourite pokemon games though I enjoy them so much that they are already a top one for me!

(Indigo Disk) came close to gaining that feature. But... They are still not locking you out of leveling up your team.

To me graphics from where I started I don't mind. I am glad I can really get to play Pokemon on big screen lol. Can't wait to see what ZA will look like though. Anticipation 100.

its come a long way and honestly the kid in me is crying of happiness sure its not perfect but its well balanced

I like the game quite a lot. But I absolutely hate being forced into friendship with all these NPCs I hate.

gameplay wise its one of my favorites if not THE favorite, my problem is the framerate, not even the graphics, just the framerate is bad

XY, ORAS was liked on their release

Honestly my feelings are the same since I've completed the game when it came out. I love the 3 different storylines: Victory Road, Starfall Street, and Path of Legends. This fleshed out the game and being able to do them in any order was also great. I aslo had a lot of fun going around and completing my pokedex. I liked the idea of being able to see all the Pokemon roaming around but I don't understand why shinny Pokemon didn't have a glow or sparkle. This made it so hard to identify some of the shinny Pokemon when shiny hunting. I also really liked that you could battle any gym in any order but without level scaling, it was pretty much pointless. Level Scaling is exactly what this game needed and I felt like Game Freak was being super lazy by not including it. Also I was so hoping for a patch or multiple patches to fix all the bugs and glitches that this game had and it felt like Game freak took the money and ran instead of giving us propper updates and patches. Why are they spending this time working on DLC that should have been part of the game to begin with instead of using this time to fix the actual game! Ultimitly, I put 95-100 hours into this game and so this shows that I had a lot of fun with this game but with out propper patches and fixes, the want to come back to this game is not there for me.

Original Sun and Moon not having the Gym Challenge was something I liked as it was a nice change of pace

When it comes to objectively broken videogames, I see it in 2 categories. Poop spray painted gold (games that look good on the surface, but just overall stinks), and a gold nugget hidden in a pile of poop. Pokémon SV falls into the latter, but it's more of a mountain of fecal material rather than a simple pile. I see there's some genuine potential, effort, and innovations that further push Pokémon into the modern scene that we otherwise would never see on older hand held consoles. For years, I've dreamed of a truly own world pokémon experience with the ability to tackle the region in any order I wished. SV gave us a glimpse of that, along with other qol features people have always wanted such as being able to relearn moves anywhere, name pokémon anywhere, easy eggmove learning, auto battles, and pokémon following you returning. However, with every positive output SV does, it's always hit with a mechanical negative that bogs down the experience. It's a shame, because I thoroughly enjoyed the music, characters, writing, and especially the new pokémon gen 9 has to offer. Gen 9 has to have one of my overall favorite collection of new pokémon in a good while. These weirdos have been a genuine pleasure to use throughout this buggy mess, and genuinely kept me going through thick and thin. It felt like I was having a genuine adventure in a pokémon game for once in a long time. It's just a pity that they were introduced in this broken mess. Pretty much, SV improves upon almost all the charming aspects of the pokémon games, whilst downgrading on the technical aspects in turn, leaving a polarizing experience to say the least. I do not believe Pokémon SV to be the most irredeemable pieces of garbage like most folks will say online for the sake of drama farming. There are justifiable things to be excited about as a pokémon fan, as well as things to appreciate the game for outside the fanbase. Hence why I call it a piece of true gold in a poop mountain. To invalidate the enjoyment one can have out of this title solely based off the technical performance is a bit disingenuous. It's got the heart, just not the body. However, I will not defend the clear incompetence on display for the sheer asinine design decisions GameFreak has done throughout the production. It is a sheer embarrassment to both Nintendo, and pokémon fans that this game was green-lit to represent the franchise in its Unfinished state. I do not blame anybody who would harshly critisize this game for its terrible impression of technical incompetence. From an objectively technical standpoint, Pokémon SV are terrible videogames. GF are still far behind in terms of modern videogame quality standards, and truly needs to either seek help, or up their game because pokémon may not have a future if they can't deliver functioning games.