Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask DLC Review (IGN: 5/10)
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask DLC Review (IGN: 5/10)
by Turbostrider27
31 Comments
Dukemon102
The score the base game also deserved.
MasterCannoli
Brutally honest reviews, love to see it
myjumboeggs
Surprised they even gave it a 5, and by reading the review I don’t understand why they didn’t score it lower
everythingbeeps
You don’t often see a developer try so hard to murder their own franchise in broad daylight like this.
UltimateWaluigi
They should have gotten the guts to score the base game this low as well
TheS00thSayer
It’s completely baffling the state at which Pokémon is in. When Scarlet and Violet released Nintendo came forward and admitted basically the state of the game was not acceptable. After many patches, it is still not really acceptable. *Now* they release DLC, a year later, and it’s not acceptable either.
It’s like Gamefreak genuinely just doesn’t give a shit how their game runs. At this point, why would I have any hope the next game in the series is any better?
staveware
I am honestly wondering what is happening at Nintendo right now. GameFreak made them announce their first public apology in Nintendo history. Now they are putting out lackluster additional content. Scarlett and Violet still are not fixed after almost a year.
I can only imagine that Nintendo is having talks with Pokemon company and GameFreak about the state of things. An internally developed Nintendo game has never released in so poor a state. If I were them I’d be furious.
I honestly wish Nintendo was a majority share holder. We would get better games if they were.
zdemigod
And yet watch it sell 10m more. Sadly their playerbase doesn’t give a shit.
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DDRichard
The millisecond I heard that it still runs in slow motion at like 18 fps, I had no interest in it. I cant imagine what it feels like to even develop a DLC for a game that runs like that, it probably crushes ur morale
Red_Speed
If you want the games to be better, then stop buying the bad product.
RandomShyguy4
Been craving a Pokémon game to play then I looked up the reviews for this newest one and it wasn’t good. Is this game really that bad?
ChilliWithFries
This is so tough to see man. I enjoy every pokemon game for just being a pokemon game but I didn’t play Scarlet and Violet for the hundreds of hours I usually do because of the off-putting performance and baffling removal of some standard features (60 min battle timer)
To hear the DLC runs WORSE than the base game is making me sad. I went from being super excited and refresh playing Legends Arceus to just disappointed with Scarlet and Violet. Just give me a good performance man… I’m not even asking for high fidelity 60fps. Just a good stable 30 fps. How is that impossible??
M4J0R4
If this wasn’t Pokémon but some random monster hunting game, the base game and the DLC would get something like 4/10 on average
Lightmanone
This is the first time in over 10 years that i haven’t bought a pokemon upgrade.
And I absolutely adore Pokemon.
But first *Nintendo* even said they will fix it, which was a LIE, now they offer a worse DLC package on top of even worse performance. Sorry but, I can’t buy this anymore. Hell no.
Bubba1234562
It runs worse than the base game. That alone should give it a 5.
Stealthinater1234
For how much money it prints, Pokémon is a weirdly low quality franchise.
DastardlyDeeDah
There’s not really many excuses left for GameFreak anymore. One of the most recognisable and profitable franchises in the world shouldn’t be this controversial. It deserves better.
missusdeadpool
If Gamefreak doesn’t care about its games why would i?
Zaptagious
Pokémon needs to take a long hiatus. They won’t though. They’ll keep making these shitty games, and people will buy them, and the circle continues.
2D_Ronin
I wont buy anything Pokemon until Gamefreak starts to give a single crap about their games again.
KazzieMono
They somehow made the game run even worse than before with the real mask update. Stuck Pokémon glitch is now frequent and outbreaks sometimes just bug out and don’t appear on the map until you close and reopen it.
PapaProto
As others have said, Pokémon Company/Game Freak need a reality check. The performance & mechanical side of things with Gen 9 is unacceptable, purely & simply.
It’s fun when it works yes, ofc it is its Pokémon but that’s exactly it. Pokémon of all things ***should not be this unoptimised, buggy and broken in parts.***
Perhaps Main Series entries need to slow the breaks for a while and restructure/level up their studios.
Pokémon can focus on smaller products with different studios for a while. Give us more Mystery Dungeon. They’ve never been been bad.
Hopefully Detective Pikachu 2 isn’t as unoptimised as it looks…
superyoshiom
This hurts, man. Pokémon was once my favorite franchise, it’s how I was introduced to gaming. Now I’m so unattached to anything they put out, I barely even know the names of most of the gen 9 Pokémon.
I just wish they could put some more time and effort into these release but that’s unlikely to happen any time soon. So I’m just going to stop buying their games going forward.
DalliLlama
I’m not one of the snotty Pokemon fans and don’t even really care about the Scarlet/Violet issue. I experienced them, but think it was overblown how frequent. That being said, the dlc was awful.
Like an hr of actual doing stuff expanded to 4-5. Legit just battling the same 2 ppl about 4 times each, and then 3 Pokemon battles. Extremely shallow. I hope the other part adds something big and has more to do, cause aside from getting new legendaries, there is absolutely no point in this dlc.
ShroomBooty
Nintendo needs to take control of Pokemon. Compared to all other Nintendo IPs it is shameful.
snootyvillager
HD-2D Pokemon when
OwMyCandle
Forever wishing Nintendo could buy out Gamefreak. It wont happen, but I can dream.
GallitoGaming
Until they are made to pay by horrible sales, this will not change. Imagine they release the next Pokémon 2K24 game with roster updates and people buy less than 1 million units as a protest?
Fans have made it too easy and they have not made quality video games in years.
WaifuKurumi
Nothing beat HG/SS to me. Explore of Sky came close. Love those games to death.
31 Comments
The score the base game also deserved.
Brutally honest reviews, love to see it
Surprised they even gave it a 5, and by reading the review I don’t understand why they didn’t score it lower
You don’t often see a developer try so hard to murder their own franchise in broad daylight like this.
They should have gotten the guts to score the base game this low as well
It’s completely baffling the state at which Pokémon is in. When Scarlet and Violet released Nintendo came forward and admitted basically the state of the game was not acceptable. After many patches, it is still not really acceptable. *Now* they release DLC, a year later, and it’s not acceptable either.
It’s like Gamefreak genuinely just doesn’t give a shit how their game runs. At this point, why would I have any hope the next game in the series is any better?
I am honestly wondering what is happening at Nintendo right now. GameFreak made them announce their first public apology in Nintendo history. Now they are putting out lackluster additional content. Scarlett and Violet still are not fixed after almost a year.
I can only imagine that Nintendo is having talks with Pokemon company and GameFreak about the state of things. An internally developed Nintendo game has never released in so poor a state. If I were them I’d be furious.
I honestly wish Nintendo was a majority share holder. We would get better games if they were.
And yet watch it sell 10m more. Sadly their playerbase doesn’t give a shit.
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The millisecond I heard that it still runs in slow motion at like 18 fps, I had no interest in it. I cant imagine what it feels like to even develop a DLC for a game that runs like that, it probably crushes ur morale
If you want the games to be better, then stop buying the bad product.
Been craving a Pokémon game to play then I looked up the reviews for this newest one and it wasn’t good. Is this game really that bad?
This is so tough to see man. I enjoy every pokemon game for just being a pokemon game but I didn’t play Scarlet and Violet for the hundreds of hours I usually do because of the off-putting performance and baffling removal of some standard features (60 min battle timer)
To hear the DLC runs WORSE than the base game is making me sad. I went from being super excited and refresh playing Legends Arceus to just disappointed with Scarlet and Violet. Just give me a good performance man… I’m not even asking for high fidelity 60fps. Just a good stable 30 fps. How is that impossible??
If this wasn’t Pokémon but some random monster hunting game, the base game and the DLC would get something like 4/10 on average
This is the first time in over 10 years that i haven’t bought a pokemon upgrade.
And I absolutely adore Pokemon.
But first *Nintendo* even said they will fix it, which was a LIE, now they offer a worse DLC package on top of even worse performance. Sorry but, I can’t buy this anymore. Hell no.
It runs worse than the base game. That alone should give it a 5.
For how much money it prints, Pokémon is a weirdly low quality franchise.
There’s not really many excuses left for GameFreak anymore. One of the most recognisable and profitable franchises in the world shouldn’t be this controversial. It deserves better.
If Gamefreak doesn’t care about its games why would i?
Pokémon needs to take a long hiatus. They won’t though. They’ll keep making these shitty games, and people will buy them, and the circle continues.
I wont buy anything Pokemon until Gamefreak starts to give a single crap about their games again.
They somehow made the game run even worse than before with the real mask update. Stuck Pokémon glitch is now frequent and outbreaks sometimes just bug out and don’t appear on the map until you close and reopen it.
As others have said, Pokémon Company/Game Freak need a reality check. The performance & mechanical side of things with Gen 9 is unacceptable, purely & simply.
It’s fun when it works yes, ofc it is its Pokémon but that’s exactly it. Pokémon of all things ***should not be this unoptimised, buggy and broken in parts.***
Perhaps Main Series entries need to slow the breaks for a while and restructure/level up their studios.
Pokémon can focus on smaller products with different studios for a while. Give us more Mystery Dungeon. They’ve never been been bad.
Hopefully Detective Pikachu 2 isn’t as unoptimised as it looks…
This hurts, man. Pokémon was once my favorite franchise, it’s how I was introduced to gaming. Now I’m so unattached to anything they put out, I barely even know the names of most of the gen 9 Pokémon.
I just wish they could put some more time and effort into these release but that’s unlikely to happen any time soon. So I’m just going to stop buying their games going forward.
I’m not one of the snotty Pokemon fans and don’t even really care about the Scarlet/Violet issue. I experienced them, but think it was overblown how frequent. That being said, the dlc was awful.
Like an hr of actual doing stuff expanded to 4-5. Legit just battling the same 2 ppl about 4 times each, and then 3 Pokemon battles. Extremely shallow. I hope the other part adds something big and has more to do, cause aside from getting new legendaries, there is absolutely no point in this dlc.
Nintendo needs to take control of Pokemon. Compared to all other Nintendo IPs it is shameful.
HD-2D Pokemon when
Forever wishing Nintendo could buy out Gamefreak. It wont happen, but I can dream.
Until they are made to pay by horrible sales, this will not change. Imagine they release the next Pokémon 2K24 game with roster updates and people buy less than 1 million units as a protest?
Fans have made it too easy and they have not made quality video games in years.
Nothing beat HG/SS to me. Explore of Sky came close. Love those games to death.