Pokémon Sword and Shield

23 Years of Pokémon Games Have Led to an Amazing Experience

Updated: 29 Jun 2020 3:29 PM PDT

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Pokémon Sword & Shield is the culmination of decades of work. It enhances all the features of Pokémon that you love and deletes many of the game's most annoying aspects.

This new experience is perfect for hardcore Pokémon fans or those who are just getting started with the series...[read more below]

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Pokémon Sword and Shield

23 Years of Pokémon Games Have Led to an Amazing Experience

Updated: 29 Jun 2020 3:29 PM PDT
Posted: 28 Jan 2020 3:00 PM PST

Pokémon Sword & Shield is the culmination of decades of work. It enhances all the features of Pokémon that you love and deletes many of the game's most annoying aspects.

Pokémon Sword & Shield

This new experience is perfect for hardcore Pokémon fans or those who are just getting started with the series.

This new experience is perfect for hardcore Pokémon fans or those who are just getting started with the series.

A compelling story in the venerable Pokémon series

Pokémon Sword & Shield is a Pokémon Role Playing Game and the latest entry of the venerable Pokémon video game series.

You open by picking one of three Pokémon starters and march off to explore the Galar region.

Along the way, you capture other Pokémon, train, and compete in eight Gym challenges. Its compelling story enhances the game's overall feel.

You and your in-game best friend, Hop, learn the tale of two Legendary Pokemon who saved the world, and soon find that you must find these Pokémon's again to prevent the world from being consumed by the Darkest Day.

The game has its usual epic feel that Pokémon is known for. Still, at the same time, players have the opportunity to explore Galar, capture Pokemon, and become the Pokémon Champion.

Fantastic fluid graphics with animated realism

The graphics are fantastic. The characters move with fluidity and charm, and the game appears to be designed and manages to find the balance between the cartoon-like movements that it is known for and achieving a level of realism that video game players are always seeking. The games' separate areas are all distinct and have noticeable differences that truly make you appreciate the breadth of the world.

Achieving a level of realism that video game players are always seeking.

Super strategic combat and no more random encounters

As always for the Pokemon franchise, the game features extensive and highly strategic turn-based combat. The combat is one of the highlights of every Pokémon game, and Sword & Shield is no exception.

Sword & Shield contains extensive upgrades when compared to previous Pokémon games.

Pokémon in the game is bizarre and offers a wide array of moves, attacks, and other tactics. Sword & Shield contains extensive upgrades when compared to previous Pokémon games. For example, it offers a detailed tutorial that is great for first-time players, but it also offers you the option of skipping the introduction, allowing players to launch right into the game.

the best improvement is that random encounters - the bane of many Pokémon player's existences - have been removed.

Other mechanics have been added, which dramatically enhances your ease of play, like fast travel. Don't want to fast travel, but still want to move quickly? No worries: Moving across the map is a breeze thanks to Rotom Bikes and the Corviknight Taxi.

Perhaps the best improvement is that random encounters - the bane of many Pokémon player's existences - have been removed. You now pick which Pokémon you want to fight, and when you want to fight them.

The only criticism of this game may be its relatively light multiplayer mode. You cannot play Sword & Shield with someone else, either in person or online. What you can do is awkwardly interact with them in the Wild Area. You can see them and have limited conversations, but that's about it.

Plenty of opportunities to keep playing

The game is a Switch exclusive and costs $59.99 USD. Expansion packs will be offered later in 2020 and made available through an expansion pass.

Fortunately for players, the game literally offers dozens of hours of content, with some reviewers noting the potential to play this game for 40 hours or more. The game is so replete with Pokémon to capture, areas to explore and quests to fulfill that it will be a long, long time before anyone gets bored playing it.

TL/DR

Pokémon games have truly figured out the formula for success, and this game provides a slew of content while minimizing some of the more frustrating features which previously characterized the Pokémon video games.


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