Despite its terrible performance, I found Pokemon Scarlet/Violet to be probably my favorite Pokemon game ever. The characters were great, the story was good, the music was amazing, the new Pokemon are awesome, and the DLC only added to it and made it even more fun. They made hunting shinies more fun, and it's so much easier to hatch eggs and EV train than previous games.
The only real critique I have is that the gym leaders should have scaled with the level of the player; and obviously the performance issues are not great (although honestly the people who complained about having problems the most were mostly the same people who manipulated save data for egg hatching).
I also played Pokemon Sword, but I found that one incredibly boring in the base game. It was saved a lot by good DLC.
Then there was Pokemon Legends Arceus, which I also absolutely loved. The catch mechanic is so much fun.
I still kind of want to play Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu but haven't had a chance to get it yet.
And finally I also have Pokemon Shining Pearl. I never played Platinum and it has been so long since I played the original D/P that playing Shining Pearl was like playing a new game, so I didn't have any issues with it.
The only real critique I have is that the gym leaders should have scaled with the level of the player; and obviously the performance issues are not great (although honestly the people who complained about having problems the most were mostly the same people who manipulated save data for egg hatching).
I also played Pokemon Sword, but I found that one incredibly boring in the base game. It was saved a lot by good DLC.
Then there was Pokemon Legends Arceus, which I also absolutely loved. The catch mechanic is so much fun.
I still kind of want to play Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu but haven't had a chance to get it yet.
And finally I also have Pokemon Shining Pearl. I never played Platinum and it has been so long since I played the original D/P that playing Shining Pearl was like playing a new game, so I didn't have any issues with it.
