Pokémon Shield

Wasn't worth my time, wish I hadn't bought it.

Very good!! I really like the dynamax concept. It is still a bit too easy, but that's not really a problem for me. Story a bit weird, but sure!

Not the best Pokémon game, not the worst. The soundtrack as always is definitely a plus, though visually the game isn't fantastic, graphical details are lacking, framerate can be choppy, and the wild areas, while cool, feel a little bland, and the Pokémon popping in randomly is a bit off-putting. Additionally, the game is still far too easy, and I feel as though Pokémon has been needing some difficulty settings for a long long time, this seems particularly apparent in Sword and Shield, where the player is encouraged to catch as many Pokémon as possible in the wild areas - which grants experience to the whole party - which leads to excessive overlevelling. Generally though, it's a good game as far as Pokémon goes, but it's nothing groundbreaking.

Do not waste your time. Everything wrong with the Pokemon franchise shown its face on this game. Characters, story, Pokemon, graphics, how the game runs, design, etc. all are terrible. Pokemon had such a great opportunity to make their first main-line game on a home console something special, but they squandered every opportunity. There are some locations that don't look too bad, but overall this game was a let-down.

Y'all know this isn't good

mixed feelings. pokemon isnt trying to do anything groundbreakingly new, I get pretty bored of it easily. the characters are mixed, although I really liked the rival and it had a lot of cool/funny/cute highlights within the otherwise bland plotline. what also bothers me are the overpopulated routes, there're way too many pokemon at this point, and overall the game is still way too linear and easy. For kids its probably great, but there's really no need to play every pokemon game releasing anymore. shame!

haven't played dlc yet