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The fans are split on this onePok?mon (https://www.destructoid.com/what-are-the-differences-between-pokemon-scarlet-violet/)*Scarlet & Violet (https://www.destructoid.com/what-are-the-differences-between-pokemon-scarlet-violet/)*is finally out, and it's been met with, uh, mixed reviews to say the least. While some fans are simply thrilled to have a new game to sink their teeth into, others are disappointed with the game's visuals, gameplay, and the plethora of bugs. The result is that*Scarlet & Violet*has the lowest score on Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/pokemon-scarlet) of any mainline Pok?mon game ever at a 77 -- no new gen Pok?mon has scored below an 80 until now.
For years, Metacritic has been the golden standard in the games industry of the success of your game, and a bad score is enough to sink a small studio. Game Freak and Nintendo likely won't bat an eye at the score unless it causes any sort of dip in post-launch sales, which isn't unlikely considering how vocal fans are being with their distaste online. I'm kind of on the fringes of the Pok?mon fandom, and I for one was waiting to purchase until I heard how the game was this time around, but the Metacritic score for Scarlet & Violet closed the deal for me. Looks like I'll be passing on this one...
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/yypyhu/the_new_pok%C3%A9mon_games_has_some_bizarrre_glitc hes/
Pre-orders were certainly not affected when it came to*Scarlet & Violet, though, because they were the most pre-ordered Pok?mon games of all time. While we don't know for sure how many copies were pre-ordered, The Pok?mon Company's COO Takato Utsunomiya announced at a launch event for*Scarlet & Violet that more than 440 million copies of Pok?mon-related games have been sold in the lifetime of the series, which is insanely impressive, but also not surprising considering Pok?mon is one of the most well-loved (and lucrative (https://nichegamer.com/pokemon-franchise-hits-100-billion-in-lifetime-sales-beating-star-wars-and-marvel/)) IPs in the entire world.
It's a shame that*Scarlet & Violet*shipped in the state that it did, because fans have been anxiously awaiting a new mainline game since*Pok?mon Sword & Shield.*Here's hoping that they can patch some of the worst bugs, and the next release in the series, whenever we get it, won't be quite so broken.
The post Scarlet & Violet currently has the lowest Metacritic rating of any mainline Pok?mon game (https://www.destructoid.com/scarlet-violet-has-the-lowest-metacritic-rating-of-any-mainline-pokemon-game/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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The fans are split on this onePok?mon (https://www.destructoid.com/what-are-the-differences-between-pokemon-scarlet-violet/)*Scarlet & Violet (https://www.destructoid.com/what-are-the-differences-between-pokemon-scarlet-violet/)*is finally out, and it's been met with, uh, mixed reviews to say the least. While some fans are simply thrilled to have a new game to sink their teeth into, others are disappointed with the game's visuals, gameplay, and the plethora of bugs. The result is that*Scarlet & Violet*has the lowest score on Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/pokemon-scarlet) of any mainline Pok?mon game ever at a 77 -- no new gen Pok?mon has scored below an 80 until now.
For years, Metacritic has been the golden standard in the games industry of the success of your game, and a bad score is enough to sink a small studio. Game Freak and Nintendo likely won't bat an eye at the score unless it causes any sort of dip in post-launch sales, which isn't unlikely considering how vocal fans are being with their distaste online. I'm kind of on the fringes of the Pok?mon fandom, and I for one was waiting to purchase until I heard how the game was this time around, but the Metacritic score for Scarlet & Violet closed the deal for me. Looks like I'll be passing on this one...
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/yypyhu/the_new_pok%C3%A9mon_games_has_some_bizarrre_glitc hes/
Pre-orders were certainly not affected when it came to*Scarlet & Violet, though, because they were the most pre-ordered Pok?mon games of all time. While we don't know for sure how many copies were pre-ordered, The Pok?mon Company's COO Takato Utsunomiya announced at a launch event for*Scarlet & Violet that more than 440 million copies of Pok?mon-related games have been sold in the lifetime of the series, which is insanely impressive, but also not surprising considering Pok?mon is one of the most well-loved (and lucrative (https://nichegamer.com/pokemon-franchise-hits-100-billion-in-lifetime-sales-beating-star-wars-and-marvel/)) IPs in the entire world.
It's a shame that*Scarlet & Violet*shipped in the state that it did, because fans have been anxiously awaiting a new mainline game since*Pok?mon Sword & Shield.*Here's hoping that they can patch some of the worst bugs, and the next release in the series, whenever we get it, won't be quite so broken.
The post Scarlet & Violet currently has the lowest Metacritic rating of any mainline Pok?mon game (https://www.destructoid.com/scarlet-violet-has-the-lowest-metacritic-rating-of-any-mainline-pokemon-game/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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