'Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is a must-play adventure for everyone, even for those who have yet to take the first step on their own Pokémon journey.' Our review of Pokemon's latest: PokemonScarletViolet Pokemon ScarletViolet
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is an incredible entry into the mainline series that still falls just short of its potential. Developed by erstwhile series studio Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is the franchise's first attempt to offer a more open-ended RPG experience that features branching paths and multiple avenues with which to take the main character's journey.
If there's one main takeaway from the multi-faceted journey of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, it's this: as the series continues to expand its scope and incorporate larger, spiralling narratives, it is in desperate need of even more compelling characters. Too many characters remain shallow in their representation, though character designs should be rightly praised for how diverse the looks of everyone in Paldea are.
Unfortunately, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's exploration also reveals one of its difficulties - the game simply struggles to keep up with itself in spots. There's a lot of pop-in loading and some framerate drops in hectic moments, and we experienced a few crashes during play, though these were very rare. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's auto-save functionality is very good and made sure to make those rare crashes much less frustrating, but it's worth keeping an eye out.
The biggest problem with battling, and with the other Pokémon Scarlet & Violet systems that are at least somewhat gated by team level, is scaling. Because players can pick and choose where they're going on their adventure without much restriction, certain paths will inevitably lead the player to regions that are either too strong or too weak for their team.
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