It's solid in what it does. It is a main line Pokemon game. Sound, graphics, story, all what I expect. My first issue the EXP share. I just want to turn it off. If you want to trade early, you are punished because those pokemon will soon stop listening to you in battle. I noticed I hardly used them because I was fighting t keep my other pokemon up to their level. It's great for loading up some weaker pokemon and grinding them up, but everyone was level 25 or higher by the time I got to the first gym. Easy mode. I think every few seconds someone is there to heal me before I go and battle someone or something. Its fine for those who need that help, but now their is no challenge for those who are looking for one. I laughed when I got the escape rope as a key item. The dynamax system doesn't wow. It feels like the power rangers' villain made the monster grow and I should summon a megazord to fight it. I know sun and moon had the power ranger poses but now we are actually getting giant monster battles. Stay in your lane. I actually like the idea of camping out. The idea of being out in the wild catching and leveling up pokemon sounds great. Probably what actual trainers would do. EXP share cuts down the time I would need to be out in the wild areas though. Trading is the worst I've ever seen before. I assume close to a million games have sold world wide. Typing in a 4 digit code to maybe find a friend to trade with is a terrible idea. It took my friend and I about 15 minutes to find each other, another 10 to get lucky enough to actually get paired to trade. Trading would work better as an auction house. "Trading ____, looking for ____." Then people could click and trade. At least let me connect to my friends without having to jump through hoops. TMs/TRs. When Game Freak first introduced TMs that could be used over and over, I think everyone cheered. So adding TRs is somewhat of a let down. This is a step back in my opinion. EV/IV and natures. I'm happy there is a one stop shop to help get all these things. My problem is that in X & Y, they had a mini game that was great for doing it on the spot for training. I wouldn't have to worry about running into the wrong pokemon to battle because I could max out the pokemon's stats after catching it. Now I have to wait until the end of the game before I can focus just on that without a headache. These are just some of the things, besides what everyone else is mad about, that I wish would've been fixed or thought over in more detail.
It’s not bad. Mechanically, it’s fine. I just want to trade my friend and it is terrible. How do you have a step back from that? It was way easier to trade in other games that are older than this one. It needs fixed. A lot of online features are a mess and just clunky or just frustrating. Why even play online with nonsense like this.
Combat is about what I expect. It's fun and yo have some ways to customize it. The better gear the better the results. Being Bioware, you expect a great story but they wanted to go in a different direction. So even though I didn't expect a big story, I see a lot of people hurt by not having a great one. I admit it is lacking and though the game looks great it doesn't feel alive. I imagine in a few months it will improve the bugs but they are going to need to improve the dialogue. I still think the Frostbite engine still doesn't deliver but bioware has to use it so what can you do. I think the some positive marks come from the team saying they like ideas and want to put them in the game. I don't think the game is for everyone and I think it shows with the reviews. As a collective, we need to hold game company's and publishers accountable for day 1 patches. Ship a completed game or delay it until finished.
If you are looking just to wrestle, I'm not sure it's worth the price. Most people seem to want a better universe mode and the match rating just rewards you for wrestling longer and using all your moves. Even the tacky story mode isn't that good. I get the moves are locked, but the cost of them all is a bit much.
If the goal was to play a game my nephew can enjoy, then it did just that. On it's own, it feels like it misses what made other games great. It just feels as if someone turned on easy mode. The catching mechanic is just terrible as well.
