From Digital Foundry: "Recent Pokémon games haven't really been known for their technical sophistication. Newer titles have oscillated between simple isometric 3D games and more ambitious, open efforts, but none have particularly impressed. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, however, seem to be qualitatively different. Almost every review mentions major technical issues, and players have documented countless areas of concern - from poor image quality and frame-rates to fundamental problems like game-breaking bugs. Our own analysis is damning: the new Pokémon release has problems across the board - and it's actually in comparisons to Pokémon Legends: Arceus that we begin to see just how much of a backward step this is.
Cutting to the chase, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet simply do not live up to the standards of other Pokémon titles. There are so many glaring technical problems that it's going to be difficult to cover them all, but the most fundamental issue is the poor visual design and asset quality. Scarlet and Violet are bland and extremely basic-looking: environmental assets are of a low quality with basic geometry, ugly tiled textures and simple designs. At a distance, the environmental assets look at their worst, stripped of most detail and completely lacking shadows. Violet makes use of some pretty harsh normal maps to add detail here, clasing with the game's generally otherwise low-frequency aesthetic."
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Can't believe how bad this game looks. But it will sell anyway so they don't care.
Yet it'll still sell a ton. Hopefully they work on patches because man does the game look fun, holding back on a purchase for now. Unfortunate it had to happen because of the pokemon brand.
my kid is loving the game, so what can I say to him? Because the game slows down here and there you can't have a smile on your face?
Despite the technical problems, and some slowdowns, the game is still a very good Pokémon.
Just prioritize the Switch successor ASAP