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Where will Pokemon Sword/Shield metacritic be?

Between 0-50. 2 2.44%
 
Between 51-70. 2 2.44%
 
Between 71-79. 13 15.85%
 
Between 80 6 7.32%
 
Between 81-82 20 24.39%
 
Between 83-84 21 25.61%
 
Between 85-86 10 12.20%
 
Between 87-88 4 4.88%
 
Between 89-90 0 0%
 
Above 90. 4 4.88%
 
Total:82
         

** Betting is CLOSED - all winnings have been paid out by Machina **
 

Where will Pokemon Sword/Shield metacritic be?

Between 0-50. 0 $0.00 0%
 
Between 51-70. 0 $0.00 0%
 
Between 71-79. 4 $1,150.00 15.38%
 
Between 80 1 $1,000.00 3.85%
 
Between 81-82 9 $5,080.00 34.62%
 
Between 83-84 7 $2,470.00 26.92%
 
Between 85-86 1 $0.00 3.85%
 
Between 87-88 3 $160.00 11.54%
 
Between 89-90 0 $0.00 0%
 
Above 90. 1 $100.00 3.85%
 
 
Totals: 26 $9,960.00  
Game closed: 12/31/2019
JWeinCom on 17 November 2019
Xxain said:
JWeinCom said:

I'm not seeing the particular issue at 305-310.  Because the Pokeball just kind of disappears?  I'm not really sure if seeing them put the item ball in the bag will really improve my experience.

To me personally, none of that stuff really does matter (referring to the graphical issues).  Honestly, it's just not going to make a big difference to my overall experience.  I'm not saying it might not matter to other people, and those people shouldn't buy the game.  But if I legitimately and utterly don't care, why should that factor into my decision at all?  Just out of principle?

What!? It is mindsets like this that got us this Pokemon game and not the one we should of got. It is mindsets like this that persuade this industry to continue to give less for more. You dont have to care, but understand that that there is standard that should be met for any game or non we spend money on. 500,000 people could tell a developer we really dont mind popin but that doesn't mean not to take care to optomize the game as best possibly. I could walk in and eat at a dirty restaurant, but It doesn't mean restaurant should be dirty though. Pokemon Sword/Shield fails to meet that standards of a Nintendo game, other JRPG's and most shockingly standards set by previous Pokemons. It should factor into your purchase because when you spend money on this you tell GameFreak/Pokemon company its cool to keep going this route. Its cool to dress up a 8bit game. 

Not its not. A holder of the biggest money maker on the planet putting out sub par crap like this only makes it worse. 

A dirty restaurant is not an apt analogy because that is a health concern. No rational person can prefer, or be neutral to a restaurant's cleanliness.  On the other hand, someone may prefer a simpler animation style, or simply be apathetic to it. 

The standard I apply is how much I believe I will enjoy a game.  I can think of no better standard to apply when it comes to spending money on games.  



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SecondWar on 17 November 2019

My first impressions of the game of mixed. The first few hours are very handholding, which is par for the course for Pokemon. But after the intro to the Gym challenge the game seems to start to flow a bit more. The environments look pretty good, even the battle backgrounds despite some wariness pre-launch. Not appreciating the pop-in issue but for from my experience these mainily seem to be present in the larger cities, which I haven't spent much time in.

Just got to Tuffield, my least favourite place so far is the Galar Mine. It reminds be of an old ZP comment. It is both too busy and extremely boring. Turn things up to 11 and stay there an it's just as bad as being at 1.



Chrkeller on 17 November 2019
BraLoD said:
Jumpin said:
The level of Millennial entitlement meltdowns in this thread is hysterical.

For the record: it’s not abnormal for sequels to have a different set of features from previous games in the franchise.

The guy above me is OUTRAGED that someone else is not sharing His OUTRAGE about some trivial animation. Does anyone else see the absurdity of this?

People are enraged because they were lied to, and are getting a low quality product from a massive series from a massive corporation.

It's nothing new, people act like that every time a big game fails to meet standarts or is badly perceived.

People trashed games like Sonic '06 and Boom, people trashed Fallout 76, people trashed Anthem, and so on.

The absurdity is that we have people that defended it this time, because it's Pokemon.

They did the same with Bethesda with them continuosly showing they didn't care, until we got Fallout 76.

That's what is happening with GameFreak now, some people have been pointing out their incompetence and lack of interest to invest to make better games but the majority kept defending, until we got Sword and Shield.

The difference was that GF still had the 3DS excuse, where low quality was still quite passable.

Now a lot of people are enraged with them because of the flaws of their products, the lack of care about the fanbase and lying to them, and want to make it clear it not get yet another pass, so the company feel the need to change.

That's what's happening here, fans are finally realising they don't need to accept anything and are mad with how they are being treated.

The fact you call it millennial entitlement is very telling on how out of touch with the situation you are and how quick you jump to generalization to show your ignorance (as in lack of understanding) and try to use it as an artifact to make it looks bad, which is honestly quite sad.

Nobody is defending it.  People, even those who are enjoying it, acknowledge it has flaws.  I believe the bigger point people are making is we are all aware of the issues.  Many, including myself, are simply tired of hearing about it.  We know.  You all have told us at least 200 times at this point.  We know.  Can those who like the game, despite the flaws, be left alone to discuss the game now?  Please.  



Xxain on 17 November 2019
Wyrdness said:
BraLoD said:

People are enraged because they were lied to, and are getting a low quality product from a massive series from a massive corporation.

It's nothing new, people act like that every time a big game fails to meet standarts or is badly perceived.

People trashed games like Sonic '06 and Boom, people trashed Fallout 76, people trashed Anthem, and so on.

The absurdity is that we have people that defended it this time, because it's Pokemon.

They did the same with Bethesda with them continuosly showing they didn't care, until we got Fallout 76.

That's what is happening with GameFreak now, some people have been pointing out their incompetence and lack of interest to invest to make better games but the majority kept defending, until we got Sword and Shield.

The difference was that GF still had the 3DS excuse, where low quality was still quite passable.

Now a lot of people are enraged with them because of the flaws of their products, the lack of care about the fanbase and lying to them, and want to make it clear it not get yet another pass, so the company feel the need to change.

That's what's happening here, fans are finally realising they don't need to accept anything and are mad with how they are being treated.

The fact you call it millennial entitlement is very telling on how out of touch with the situation you are and how quick you jump to generalization to show your ignorance (as in lack of understanding) and try to use it as an artifact to make it looks bad, which is honestly quite sad.

No mate people defend the game because despite the issues it's still a good game people trashed Sonic 06, F76 and so on because they were broken bad games.

My guy, no one is claiming that Pokemon is bad game. You have to disconnect the idea that being failing to meet expectations = bad game. That biggest claim is that Sword and Shield is a rushed, technically underwhelming, outdated product on a very obvious level. The state that Sword and Shield has released in would have been considered to be unexceptable anywhere else. Crystal clear that at very best this game needed more time. At the worst, a new developer. 

You gotta dimwit to think that this is entitlement:

- You mean to tell me that it is entitlement to be unhappy with the National PokeDex cut and a chunk of the move pool "to better focus on animation and quality of models" then get some some of the worst animation, or in the case of the Wingulls at the 1 minute mark, none at all (lol) in the entirety of the 3D Pokemon entries.

- You mean to tell me its entitlement to look at other JRPG's and say those games are nowhere near as big as Pokemon but they have non of these issues and double the care so what it is Pokemon's deal?

- You mean to tell me its entitlement that there is an expectation that Pokemon's first mainline console release drips of the same quality expected as the rest of a Nintendo's major franchises?

- You mean to tell me its entitlement to expect Pokemon's first mainline console entry to be 2 big steps forward and not 3 big steps back?

No one has asked for anything that would be expected of all sequels; to be better.



Torillian on 17 November 2019
Chrkeller said:
BraLoD said:

People are enraged because they were lied to, and are getting a low quality product from a massive series from a massive corporation.

It's nothing new, people act like that every time a big game fails to meet standarts or is badly perceived.

People trashed games like Sonic '06 and Boom, people trashed Fallout 76, people trashed Anthem, and so on.

The absurdity is that we have people that defended it this time, because it's Pokemon.

They did the same with Bethesda with them continuosly showing they didn't care, until we got Fallout 76.

That's what is happening with GameFreak now, some people have been pointing out their incompetence and lack of interest to invest to make better games but the majority kept defending, until we got Sword and Shield.

The difference was that GF still had the 3DS excuse, where low quality was still quite passable.

Now a lot of people are enraged with them because of the flaws of their products, the lack of care about the fanbase and lying to them, and want to make it clear it not get yet another pass, so the company feel the need to change.

That's what's happening here, fans are finally realising they don't need to accept anything and are mad with how they are being treated.

The fact you call it millennial entitlement is very telling on how out of touch with the situation you are and how quick you jump to generalization to show your ignorance (as in lack of understanding) and try to use it as an artifact to make it looks bad, which is honestly quite sad.

Nobody is defending it.  People, even those who are enjoying it, acknowledge it has flaws.  I believe the bigger point people are making is we are all aware of the issues.  Many, including myself, are simply tired of hearing about it.  We know.  You all have told us at least 200 times at this point.  We know.  Can those who like the game, despite the flaws, be left alone to discuss the game now?  Please.  

If you want a place where people who like the game can discuss how much they like it maybe a thread on the metacritic score isn't that place. 



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Chrkeller on 17 November 2019
Torillian said:
Chrkeller said:

Nobody is defending it.  People, even those who are enjoying it, acknowledge it has flaws.  I believe the bigger point people are making is we are all aware of the issues.  Many, including myself, are simply tired of hearing about it.  We know.  You all have told us at least 200 times at this point.  We know.  Can those who like the game, despite the flaws, be left alone to discuss the game now?  Please.  

If you want a place where people who like the game can discuss how much they like it maybe a thread on the metacritic score isn't that place. 

Perhaps.  But pretty much every Pokemon thread has turned into the same crap over and over.  There is a reason everybody is leaving VG and going to other places.  



Torillian on 17 November 2019
Chrkeller said:
Torillian said:

If you want a place where people who like the game can discuss how much they like it maybe a thread on the metacritic score isn't that place. 

Perhaps.  But pretty much every Pokemon thread has turned into the same crap over and over.  There is a reason everybody is leaving VG and going to other places.  

Oh? where can you go on the internet without any dissenting opinions? I honestly tried to think of it and suggest that when I made the comment but I couldn't think of anywhere where people who like a game are just left to discuss how much they like it. At least nothing with any level of popularity. 



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Xxain on 17 November 2019
Chrkeller said:
Torillian said:

If you want a place where people who like the game can discuss how much they like it maybe a thread on the metacritic score isn't that place. 

Perhaps.  But pretty much every Pokemon thread has turned into the same crap over and over.  There is a reason everybody is leaving VG and going to other places.  

And GameFreak can add this to its list of "accomplishments"



Immersiveunreality on 17 November 2019
Chrkeller said:
Torillian said:

If you want a place where people who like the game can discuss how much they like it maybe a thread on the metacritic score isn't that place. 

Perhaps.  But pretty much every Pokemon thread has turned into the same crap over and over.  There is a reason everybody is leaving VG and going to other places.  

That is hyperbole.

Who is everybody and where are they going?(resetera or ign comments?)



Chrkeller on 17 November 2019
Torillian said:
Chrkeller said:

Perhaps.  But pretty much every Pokemon thread has turned into the same crap over and over.  There is a reason everybody is leaving VG and going to other places.  

Oh? where can you go on the internet without any dissenting opinions? I honestly tried to think of it and suggest that when I made the comment but I couldn't think of anywhere where people who like a game are just left to discuss how much they like it. At least nothing with any level of popularity. 

Reddit (and other sites) offer private group chats.  It isn't that hard to have a place where people talk games and leave the bickering at the door.  The constant bickering, which is exactly what is going on in this thread, turns many people off.  Either people can recognize this fact and make changes, or they can continue to drive folks away.  I'm at the point where I don't much care in either direction.  I am currently a member of two aforementioned private chat groups.  I suspect my time here will dwindle quickly.  I'm tired of people repeating their hate over and over.  As if others HAVE to agree and can't possibly just have a differing opinion.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 17 November 2019