Pokémon Legends: Arceus releases on friday

[SecondWar]

Pemalite said:

Character models are okay... But poor animation quality.

Game world looks like ass... Even worst in docked mode on a massive display... It's extremely barren, lacking details, lots of pop in with short draw distances.
Pretty sure there are Xbox 360 games from 10 years ago with superior visuals in an open world setting... Heck. Breath of the Wild is 5 years old now and looks far superior.
Sticking to playing it in handheld on my OLED Switch... Looks the best that way.

Lack of voice acting.

Does have that "Pokemon Charm" and the Gameplay mechanics seem solid.

See how I feel with a few more hours of game time... Visuals are definitely the big first impression though... And a big let down after playing Metroid Dread.

That’s the feeling I keep getting as I play it - the general human models are good, as are the buildings but overall detail is sorely lacking. Some of the characters clothes look like they haven’t fully rendered. The immediate area around you looks pretty good, but beyond that its barren, and if you turn around quickly (including in cutscenes) the pop-in is obvious. Mt Coronet looks like a still image, which really reduces the mysterious look they’ve clearly aimed for. There’s also distance Pokemon that are clearly at a lower framerate.

Performance and presentation wise, it feels like an early access game and from a different era. It’s actually comparable to the footage recently leaked from Star Wars 1313.