80
Sword & Shield stumble in a few areas and history may not be kind to them, but they're setting up a future that I'm excited to see. [Issue #44 – January/February 2020, p. 73]
75
I enjoyed my time with Pokemon Sword and Shield, but I ended feeling conflicted. I appreciate many of the changes and felt that it generally respected my time, but I almost felt like a passive participant. The more complex gym challenges had a meatier role, but the narrative shouldn’t have been shoved to the side. Overall, I would recommend it to players who want to have a Pokemon experience, but this one won’t stick with me the way the older ones have.
78
Pokemon Sword/Shield is uncharacteristically user-friendly: now there’s no need to backtrack half across the world to heal your entire team of pokemon or to get to a particular city, for example. [Issue#242, p.66]
8
Good soundtrack i loved a lot the legendary pokemon. Good story but i hoped better graphics than just a reused of a lot of 3DS game engine
9
Best Switch Pokemon game by far. This would be a perfect 10 with more animations for fast travel and other tiny features plus the ability to find shinys without encountering the pokemon. Really good game though!
8
Nostalgia talking but very good game too much hate I don’t know why it’s really cool
Pokemon Sword
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Nov 15, 2019
Metascore
Generally Favorable
80
User score
Generally Unfavorable
4.8
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Nov 27, 2019
100
I can’t remember the last time I felt this much joy when playing a video game.
Nov 20, 2019
90
Pokemon Sword and Shield's single-player experience is filled with neat characters and a new region that's brimming with personality, but running around the Wild Area with other players offers a special kind of fun. Quality of life improvements to the metagame, including the ability to change your Pokemon's nature and rent teams for fights, gives you good reason to stick with the game after you're crowned the new champion of the Galar region. Despite the controversy, Sword and Shield offers a great time.
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Generally Unfavorable
4.8
33% Positive
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Mar 2, 2026
10
Plus de 250 heures passées sur ce jeu en famille ! Je n'ai qu'un seul mot à dire : Merci !
Nov 19, 2025
10
Um dos melhores jogos de pokémon que traz a essência natural da franquia e eleva em batalhas mais dinâmicas e um mundo imersivo, com maior foco em batalhas acirradas, pokémon Sword and Shield, são de cara uma evolução significativa para a franquia.
Nov 15, 2019
83
Pokémon Sword and Shield are arguably the best 3D entries so far, but the game lacks in content and it makes the game just remarkable and not excellent. However, the adventure is really fun, beautiful and surprising, with some of the best designs ever made. Wild Area is a blast, and the soundtrack just amazing. This game makes your time valuable, and the result is close to what everyone expected.
Nov 24, 2019
80
Sword & Shield is a really tricky Pokémon entry to pigeonhole. It retains the old Pokémon charm, but it's not without flaws.
Nov 25, 2019
79
While the game is just as fun and addicting as ever, the awkward dialogue feels shoe-horned in and the stark difficulty drop off in the mid-game is unfortunate to say the least, making the latter half of the experience a breeze. It’s still an enjoyable experience and a treat to explore the Galar region. It may not be perfect, but it is a strong step in the right direction to giving us the ultimate Pokemon experience.
Nov 27, 2019
70
Pokemon Sword & Shield doesn't take enough risks or attempt anything really new and important. The overwhelming amount of re-used assets and shortcuts leads to one of the biggest missed opportunities on the Switch to date. Newcomers will find a lot to love here, with no previous games to measure it against, but longtime series fans will likely be left wanting in almost every area.
Nov 13, 2019
60
Pokémon Sword and Shield are not bad games. But fun character arcs and inventive, creative designs of new ‘mon are often offset by poor pacing and restrictive world design. The world of Galar is charming, and is a Pokémon interpretation of Britain I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid, but between gating what Pokémon you can catch behind Gym Badges, some half-baked route/City designs and a modest amount of post-game content, Sword and Shield can only be called ‘good’ Pokémon games… not ‘great’ ones.
Oct 23, 2025
10
Underated as hell one of my top 5 pokemon games of all time i hate to see people trash it.
Mar 27, 2026
7
En verdad es un downgrade respecto a los anteriores juegos siendo la peor historia de la linea principal pero lo que me encanta la música y los diseños de los Pokémon no es normal, lo que si es normal es que la región se sienta como una via para ciclismo, reducieron los puntos de interés que explorar.
Mar 7, 2026
7
Pokémon Sword: A standard experience for a Pokémon game. Dynamic was a cool gimmick for competitive battles. 7/10.
Jan 6, 2026
4
kinda crazy how you're charging me $80cad for zacian to turn around like a brick. game is also wayyy too easy. pokemon shield is so much better and is definetly a 10/10.
Jan 4, 2026
4
Es de los pocos juegos de pokemon que ya deseaba terminar porque me aburría, los personajes no tienen carisma y 0 dificultad en los gimnasios ni nada, es bonito en cuanto a gráficos pero la historia es horrible.
SummaryPokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are set in Galar, an expansive region with many environments—idyllic countryside, contemporary cities, thick forests, and craggy, snow-covered mountains. The people and Pokémon live together in this region, and they’ve worked together to develop the industries here. You’ll visit the various Gyms in the Ga... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date:Nov 15, 2019
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