DO NOT BUY Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

After playing Pokémon Scarlet, he calls it bland and uninspired, criticizing sandwiches, selfies, and gimmicks over core catching and battling. He says Scarlet’s wheeled legendary Pokémon and mech-like designs lack biological plausibility, charm, and the iconic simplicity of earlier Pokémon. He finds the open world barren, graphics mobile-game-like, and Switch performance poor; he recommends skipping Scarlet and scores it 4.2/10.

His review continues prioritizing challenging, coherent core gameplay over novelty, presentation, and gimmick-driven design.