Pokemon Sword/Shield Official Metacritic Score/Review Thread. (80)

[HyrulianScrolls]

Darwinianevolution said:

StarDoor said:

Here's what previous games got (counting the highest between the two versions):

Game	Metascore
Ruby/Sapphire	82
FireRed/LeafGreen	81
Emerald	76
Diamond/Pearl	85
Platinum	83
HeartGold/SoulSilver	87
Black/White	87
Black 2/White 2	80
X/Y	88
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire	83
Sun/Moon	87
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	84
Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee	80

A huge portion of the fanbase is enraged, but looking at how critics reviewed previous games, I'm not sure if that's going to mean anything for SWSH's metascore. I mean, Let's Go got the same scores as Black 2/White 2. That's not a good sign.

Ok, why is Emerald the lowest rated one of all? What's the reason behind that?

Gen 3 came out at a time where the gaming community that made Pokemon a phenomenon had kinda shunned it a little (in the U.S at least). A lot of those of us who grew up with gen 1/gen 2 were at a phase where we thought we'd outgrown pokemon during gen 3 and that it was more for kids (which was silly since gen 3 introduced even more complex mechanics and competitive scene than ever before). Nostalgia for the franchise didn't start really happening until gen 4, especially around HG/SS release, so that's why you see the uptick in review scores for Pokemon games after that. 

Last edited by HyrulianScrolls - on 13 November 2019