J D

Worst pkmn game in the series. Awful story, awful characters, tons of pkmn cut from the game (and resold as DLC), huge lack of dungeons and puzzles, etc. Did you like when you could explore an abandoned power plant? Optional caves? Cruise ship endeavors? Ghost tower? Ice caverns? Pitch black caverns? Hidden routes to discover? Off-shore exploration? Raiding evil corporations? Well there's none of that. At all. Routes are short, the wild area sucks, and there are truly no real antagonists with the exception of GameFreak themselves shoving in a weak and completely illogical M. Night Shayamalan twist at the end that is notorious for being the worst story beat in gaming history. The gameplay is fun enough for a while, but with the lack of post-game content (again, cut out and resold as DLC) the game gets stale REAL fast. Max raid battles are purposefully made extremely difficult to cajole you into paying for an online subscription. If you pay more than $15 for this game, you've spent too much. The killer ratings for this game are brought to you by cult fanbois, wooloo's, and paid reviews.