Rachael Jones

It’s fun and much better than sword and shield, however after playing Pokémon legends arceus it just couldn’t compare. A few hours into playing scarlet and violet and dealing with random crashes I finally just turned it off and restarted Pokémon arceus! Being able to properly aim and catch Pokémon in the over world as well as aim and throw your Pokémon to battle was something that scarlet and violet failed miserably in! Also the birdseye view of the character gave me a headache and I was unable to see the small Pokémon half the time, I never had that issue in arceus! As far as graphics are concerned I feel as though arceus is better and just needed some refinement in the shading and textures. The textures of items and doors in scarlet and violet made things in the world look constantly out of place! It’s like they tried to be detailed while skipping corners wherever they could! When people say they want better graphics they don’t mean realism, they mean they want a cohesive looking world. It needs to look like you’ve stepped into that universe without any glaring things to break immersion. PLA had consistency in its style, despite its flaws it looks and plays so much better! Also the lack of being able to go inside most buildings kinda made S&V feel a little lazy. The Pokémon look incredible in the textures, the characters and animations look great too, face customization is amazing, but the clothing options are horrible! There may as well have been no clothing option to begin with! It’s sad to see the amazing things from PLA get swept aside and forgotten in scarlet and violet, not to mention all the future forms are disappointing other than Miraidon. I like the open world but I wouldn’t mind it being segmented like Okami to help with performance.