kirnale

I think people are overrating this game. It's not a bad game, but it isn't a great game either. While it is essentially a pokemon clone, it does not carry the charm of the original. Here's a summary: Music, Sound effects: They are ok-ish, but not really memorable, it does not have any wow-effect. They lack charm a typical pokemon game would have. 6/10 Graphics/Artstyle/Animation: Here is a big difference. The Art feels empty, there aren't any charming nexomons available. I haven't found one I like yet. The Animation is plain bad, you can see each part of a body moving invidually, the attacks are okish. The Menu UI is severly lacking charm. The art of the portraits/avatars are very close to an amateurs art. 4/10 Gameplay/Story: The most annoying part about this game is the stamina system. Stronger attacks requires more stamina, so in the beginning you can only use 5 strong skills at most, then you can't attack at all anymore unless you rest for a turn or use potions. This also means you will be running around back and forth to the heal center to recover your stamina or buy a huge amount of supplies. HP are hardly an issue, same as pokemon really. There are also no mixed elements for any nexomon. If it's rock, it's rock. No flying rock nexomon or anything. This is a step back to classic pokemon experience, which is not bad, but not good either. This game is also lacking a map, which I think should be part of the game, because there are more sectors than pokemon. Pokemon just use one giant map, while this game copies classic zelda map style, which makes it harder to navigate. The boss fights are decent, though some are a lot easier than others, so there are some balance issues. The story is superior to pokemon which hardly has any story at all. The exploration are a bit better than pokemon as well. The "comedy" isn't bad either. Overall it isn't too bad, but it's definitely not a 9/10 or even 10/10 which means perfection. 7/10 Overall the game isn't too shabby, but doesn't deserve any more than a 7. It lacks polish in the animation, music/SE and the general art. Some features like the elements of a nexomon uses the classic style pokemon fomula, which uses only one element per nexomon. The story is good, the gameplay is good but has serious flaws, the map system could use less sectors and a bigger map as well as a proper map. The game is a downgraded "ds" pokemon game, but has it's own strength that beats pokemon in those particalary area. It is still a much better game than pokemon sword/shield is, but it does lose again the let's go line up. Final score: 6/10

As a classic pokemon gamer that haven't touched anything past ds I would give this one a six out of ten. No DLC have been applied, since I don't like paying 30€ just for some extras that should have been in the main game. I also don't support the DLC concept, as many time it's overpriced and on top of that, they cannot be shared with a friend (you can share the base game with the cardridge but there will be no DLC on it). Pros: + Battle is as good as always + Dynamax creates extra challenge and brings a dynnamic change to the old school plays + Graphics are top tier + Some music pieces are good, others have some classic feels to it which is also nice + Actual character development for some characters + Gyms that finally makes sense (design-wise) + Final Touney was a fun experience + No need for pokemon just to use some services (Flying, surfing, chopping, rock breaking etc.) Neutral: 1. Game is short 2. Leveling is very fast since all pokemons receive exp Cons: - Some music pieces are very far away from the typical pokemon music, and sometimes not fitting - Lack of high end ground, or rather it was put into the DLC which is a disappointment - Some character lack depth, especially the villains - Lacks secrets or strange dungeons that older games have (which usually leads to legendary pokemon like the Distortion World which was a fantastic experience) - level design is way more linear than anything in the older gens - lacks a giant mall and maybe a casino, some sort of tower dungeon like the ghost tower (I understand that a casino is bad for kids) Just an honest review. Can't say I have a bad experience. This game is "good" but it doesn't go past that since it lacks in level design, character development, additional game elements and secrets, which absolutely hurts the gaming experience. It feels very "basic", older games usually provide some cool stuff you can do besides continuing your path (base buiding+character and pokemon share with friend which can be battled daily, beauty contest). In other words, each pokemon game had a unique gameplay element that might or might not be carried over to the next gen. This game in particular lacks that feature, and a big map isn't changing anything.