Brett Furey

Ok, no spoilers Now that I've gotten through the game, my only complaint about Arceus is the battle system. The battle system in previous games was why I enjoyed pokemon so much, but they've taken a crafted system of 20 years in the making and put it in a blender and then served us up the mush as a new model. I had a battle with another trainer and they went 6 times in a row using the new agile style and quick attack. Status effects are so short they might as well not exist. Stat increases are temporary, so again, why use. Not to mention the absence of abilities and items. I see why there's no PVP cuz the battle system is broken. While the transition into battles is smooth and a massive improvement, moving around the world using pokemons is really neat, and the graphical improvements are getting better, the battle system is making this a really bad game imo. Story 8/10 Graphics 6/10 Side quests 7/10 Loading and transition 9/10 Battle system 1/10 Lack of voice acting in a 2022 game where 95% of the plot is spoken 1/10 I'd give it a 5/10 overall