Pokémon Scarlet and Violet NEEDS more patches

[@CammyMeeleTea]

READ ME: Most people agree with me and have been completely respectful about this video. However, a vocal minority of you are acting way out of pocket. Criticism of something isn't a declaration that something is 100% bad. I shouldn't have to list all the things I like to be allowed to bring up the things I don't like. For most of these criticisms I have examples of other franchises, and even Pokémon themselves. Most of the things that bother me about this game, are things that I know Game Freak is capable of doing. Industry standards they aren't following, or things they've done before and mysteriously decided to stop doing. The "Hide Guide" function seems to have been removed in the Teal Mask. This let you hide the camera UI, which was nice for "filming" during recordings. They removed it because...we needed "A" and "Capture" to both be able to "Capture"? Once again an example of something useful being removed for no reason. I don't care about the most high fidelity graphics, I care about gameplay. Scarlet and Violet is jank and clunky, and should be patched. If it upsets you that I'm comparing Scarlet and Violet to Pokémon Legends: Arceus or Pokémon Sword and Shield, there isn't much I can do about that. It's my opinion, I'm not going to stop saying it. The ability to comprehend criticism is one of the cornerstones of running a business, having meaningful relationships, being politically responsible, or any other aspect in the life of a functional adult. It's how to create meaningful change. Also, yes, Y opens the map. Looking at old footage from when I played a lot, I used the Y button. Doesn't change the fact that the game is clunky. Right now, I basically only open this game to record and do raids for event pokémon, since I don't exclusively play Pokémon. I have a whole shelf of untouched, but properly finished games. Everything else about the map still stands, though. This video's script was written and recorded from September 8th - 10th. So I hadn't played the DLC yet. If any of the issues were actually fixed in the Teal Mask, I'd have no way of knowing as of recording.

[@Lavamites25]

The pokemon in the box load much faster with the DLC. Not sure about the pokedex.

[@PansyPops]

Tbh I had the opposite problem. I’d try to open the Pokedex with Y and get (very mildly) annoyed every time because it would take extra time to go to the Pokedex. After a while it got stuck to muscle memory.

[@Magama567]

The map has been Y since day one tho?

[@wchevskoy6063]

​@mooxaxa yes but I can understand the confusion since it's quite common to have the map on - and not Y. I remember having to go through all the buttons and d-pad whenever I launched the game again just to remember what they're doing

[@TofuSG98]

Is it fixed in Teal Mask?

[@Regarel]

They introduced and showcased a doubles battle Pokemon pair with tatsugiri dondozo, and brought back multiple plus/minus ability Pokemon, only to have 2 NON-REPEATEBLE TRAINER DOUBLE BATTLES.

[@dse763]

The Worst thing is that Sword/Shield has way more doubles battles, even trainer doubles battles.

[@ApocolipticMonkey]

I love how that "beautiful" open world gets butchered if I send out any small pokemon into battle

[@goodfellas1001]

I wanted to replay the game with the level 5 Mew to do the Mewtwo raid. I made it as far as your rival telling you to look at the beautiful scenery before I turned that crap off.... looked like PS1 Tomb Raider tiddies with those polygons.... Arm spazzed out during the opening intro to the prof.... ground disappears every other battle.... I dk how they legally released this game.

[@kash_hbt8096]

That’s your switch I have the old switch haven’t lagged or any issues on Pokémon

[@ApocolipticMonkey]

@@kash_hbt8096 I'm mainly referring to an issue with the camera where it was positioned low enough that you could see below the ground texture into the void (I noticed it most with Dachsbun). There are many other graphical errors within the game that aren't related to the any problems the individual's system might have using it, but I suppose my original comment is vague enough that it could seem like an issue on my end rather than the development side.

[@kaneobscurum6016]

Can confirm, Terra Raid lag isn't just caused by bad internet. Playing with 3 friends locally does the same thing. It's especially effegious when we get booted, and are all waiting on a white screen while someone else's switch keeps fighting an already lost battle for up to a minute.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I despise Tera Raids. They were kinda cool, optional, side things at first. Then I realized that this is the gameplay loop and the post-game. You need to do them for supplies and Herba Mystica. I simply cannot stay awake. Clearing out all my Dens on the map, getting nothing. Trying to go online and connect to other raids, and being unable to join raids. Having to wait around until I can refresh the online raid options that I can't join. Rinse repeat. Constant lag and constant children or grown fools bringing horrible pokémon to simple raids, wasting my time. Now with the DLC, it's even worse because it's a new wave of newbies, and all the new Kitakami pokémon and event raids are blocking off slots for pokémon with high Herba drop rates. I'll just play something else. I just don't have the motivation to play S/V. I really wanna shiny hunt, but there's no point. It's like getting skins in OverWatch 2. The skins are cool and I like the characters and love the franchise, but the latest game just doesn't feel rewarding. It's a meaningless grind, that's way too tedious. When you have a fun game, I'll willingly grind, like Minecraft. Aside from beating the game and getting like 4 boxes of shinies, I haven't seriously played the game since January or February. Since then it's been maybe 3 or 4 event raids, and the Teal Mask DLC. Making pokémon videos has just been a more productive use of my time than playing S/V. All of its problems were avoidable. If pokémon was a copy-paste game like the New Super Mario Bros. series, at least it would be more of the same of a good thing. But they always have to strip convenience away for laggy half baked gimmicks. It feels intentional. If COD can serve up the same experience a billion times, and keep convenience features, then why can't Pokémon?

[@nazeersadek6705]

The one step forward two steps back mentality Gamefreak has is one of the most frustrating thing in Pokémon games

[@badwithusernames3238]

I hope they keep their promise and actually take their time now

[@robertlupa8273]

@@badwithusernames3238 I heavily doubt it. I don't see much [corporate] reason to slow down. The games are still selling like hot cakes, whether long-time fans complain about their quality or not. Still, let's hope I'll be proven wrong.

[@GS_CCC]

I'd say one step to the side two steps back.

[@nazeersadek6705]

@@GS_CCC eh not sure about that legends Arcues was really good

[@GS_CCC]

@@nazeersadek6705 didn't play it to see how good it was, but most of the spin offs I played were mostly pretty fun.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

I'm glad this video actually focuses on fumbles within the game's mechanics and UI, which everyone actually has to deal with 100% of the time, instead of putting up a viral Twitter clip and going "visual glitch = unplayable game!!!!1!!!1!" For some reason, a lot of people in the Pokemon community love tearing down the games, but only focus on popular non-issues instead of huge decisions that actually affect the series going forward. I've seen _no one else_ bring up the untoggleable Exp Share, the camera issues, or even the Set battle style being gone, yet everyone and their mom brings up the background characters having low frame rates every single time a background character gets remotely close to the middle of the screen.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Yeah, it's unfortunate. I get that full-time KZbinrs need to be eye-catching to get views, so they might echo already established popular takes about good and bad things. At the same time viewers are the ones that keep clicking on the same stuff and the algorithm shows them the same stuff. So whether you like hearing different takes or always want to hear the same take, you can be recommended very similar content. Like regardless of your opinion on a subject, it can be tiring to feel like the only pokémon theories you hear be about the Light, Sound, and Plasma types being added to the game. Minecraft has a similar problem where it's non-stop Hardcore content. Hardcore gets the clicks, because most Minecraft players are average players and newbies. But if you are skilled at the game and know all the mechanics, Hardcore is extremely easy. You're likely going to be killed by game lag. You'd have to intentionally be playing badly, or playing in such a way where you self-impose challenges to make it different than normal Hard Mode. But yeah, I get you. I like variety. And all the algorithms for news and media make it so tailored to you, that it's easy for people to get galvanized.

[@charliefigueroa8398]

The games are frankly embarrassing, I feel like they’re a new low for GameFreak (like you, I adore Pokémon so this game has been pretty rough)

[@nsp6590]

​@@Titan990Imagine simping for an actual scam lmao.

[@nsp6590]

@@Titan990 At least he didn't charge 95$ for his bad video, unlike the trainwreck of a game you're simping for.

[@jess_o]

​@@Titan990bait

[@christiancinnabars1402]

8 gens in a row of the fanbase saying "this gen is a new low for Game Freak."

[@99999bomb]

11:06 actually its worse than that, a lot of the PLA devs seen in the credits are also seen in SV's credits, so its not even 2 dev teams It's basically 1 dev team working on 2 games in parallel This is why SV feels like an alpha being called a release version, it was rushed very badly, PLA didnt seem rushed at first glance because most people focus on the catching which credit where credit is due, gamefreak did it very well, but thats about it, most of the game is just catching and catching, there are minimal trainer battles, most of the npcs dont move and theres only 1 settlement with little incentive for exploration other than catching, so PLA is also rushed but it concealed it well enough not many people noticed, just that its more blatant in SV because SV is a mainline game and Paldea is much bigger than hisui Both games would've been more fleshed out if i dont know, they had more development time and didnt develop 2 games in parallel

[@dragonicdoom3772]

This more of a personal desire, but I'd love to see the casual and competitive sides of the game be separated out. Essentially, you shouldn't have to grind at all to make a competitive team, but instead have a computer in each Pokemon centre that lets you build digital teams and use them to fight in online battles. If you want to use your own Pokemon, they can add a scan function that scans your Pokémon's data and adds it to the computer. Then it can be accessible right from the start of the game and function essentially like Pokemon Showdown, you can pick your Pokemon, their IVs and EVs, item, moves, ability, tera type etc. Maybe it doesn't show legendaries or story specific Pokemon until you encounter them to avoid spoilers, but otherwise it means the barrier to entry for competitive is non-existent. "But they've made it much easier to get competitive Pokemon" That's great, but I don't see why they can't remove the challenge entirely. It has no effect on the main story (as these competitive teams would just be data in a computer and not actual Pokemon you can use in the main game) and it gives players more time than ever before to play competitive and train for competitions. It also eliminates the cheating problem that they care so much about. Idk, maybe there's something I've missed but it just seems like an obvious solution to me.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I agree with you so much. I hate how people assume constructive criticism is hatred. It's why I add corrections and mistakes in the pinned comments. It's important to improve. Even if you believe you are too big to fail, the rug will be pulled from under you. Heck if pokémon released an extremely polished game with good QOL features consistently, I could have seen then being able to get away with raising the price to $70, like what they tried to do with Zelda. Every single person should be looking at ways to improve. It just feels like the world is a crab bucket and when you respectfully express a way to do better for everyone, they try to drag you back into the crab bucket of apathy and contentness. Try to make reasonable improvement look like greed, selling out, being self-hating, being some who is never satisfied. To make meaningful change and be respected, you can't sit in a crab bucket with people who try to stifle growth. Imagine a conversation with someone like that for real world problems. Where there are a wealth of opportunities and things to try, but their stance is usually to do nothing. Hopefully, it gets fixed eventually, so there's no sense in thinking about it. Apathetic enough to do nothing, but motivated enough to speak up and suggest apathy to everyone else. "Hey guys, I really think the world would be better if we worked to end world hunger. One idea I have is something like this: Let's give a bunch of our leftover seeds and some sustainable farming lessons to the struggling countries." "Nah, they're fine, tbh. Like we already made it easier by donating old tins of beans."

[@busofselfdoubt]

i absolutely agree. i’ve wanted to try out competitive since sword and shield released but just can’t justify the time spent grinding. even with showdown to try different teams and to practice before making the actual pokémon, i just can’t care enough to have to use an outside tool just to play the game.

[@turtlenator6249]

Or at least go the Coromon route of obtain the Pokémon in game, but give you the ability to modify it however you want for online battles and competitions.

[@jamaldavis2480]

I am honestly surprise this is even a complaint at this point. The barrier to entry is quite literally just catching a Pokemon in the wild and you can modify it however you want. There isn't a move releaner you need to go to, there is no egg moves you need to breed for, there isn't any specific ability you need to get, there are no IVs you need to have, and EV training is done is like 15 seconds. If you want to play a simulator play it. I am sorry that the bar to competitive is catching a pokemon. The only thing that actually take any amount of time is changing a Pokemon's Teratype.

[@charliefigueroa8398]

Does the map not open automatically when pressing Y for you? I genuinely cannot remember if its always been this way or if they fixed it with the DLC

[@mikeleddyphoto]

Always been this way for me!

[@troumo]

Yeah, minus is Pokédex app and y is map.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

Apparantly, at least according to several random KZbin comments I briefly saw in the last couple of months, P:LA and S/V had heavily overlapping development time. That would explain why so many QoL features in P:LA are weirdly not present in S/V. _Hopefully_ that means they would have it ironed out in the next games, but the thing with Game Freak is that they have gone on record saying that they intentionally cut out and leave behind features sometimes to have "every game be its own unique experience."

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I get that for Generational mechanics, but the way they approach it for other things is miserable. If Game Freak had a restaurant, they'd make you go into the bathroom and drink from the toilet because it's innovative, instead of conceptualizing a new dish.

[@CaptainMeleon]

the "zooming out, going to another region, then zooming in and automatically going back to your character" thing annoiyed me through the whole game and i cant believe they let such a stupid thing get past

[@fortello7219]

You're so right. I'd fully mod the game to add in your suggestions if they existed

[@obits3]

Scarlet and Violet are frustrating because I think they have the best mix of good things so far, but the things they are missing are so easy to fix: No Set Mode option (as an aside, PLA is based for forcing set mode). No free form Poké Ball throwing to catch without battles. No overworld shiny sound. I actually like the AFK egg making since it only takes five minutes to get ten eggs with a simple level 2 sandwich and they go straight to the box, but why only ten eggs? I can understand wanting to avoid a quazi-soft lock from AFKing a picnic, but why not 30 (a full box)? It is great that we get tons of special Poké Ball starters from the raids, but why not put them in the overworld post game? Let’s Go and PLA had starter Pokémon in the overworld (yes, PLA technically had Sinnoh starters, but still, it proves the idea isn’t completely forbidden). No badge-progress level scaling for gyms even though they clearly can do that with Nemona (you can have the Nemona gym fights in any of the gym areas in any order). No Pokémon league rematches and only one rematch for the gym leaders with similar levels (i.e. the Johto problem). For the DLC, you are now required to start the DLC story to get the clothing upgrade card. This creates issues for fresh play throughs. If I want the upgrades, I have to sequence break right when I get the card or be forced to play the DLC using lower level Pokémon and trainers with worse AI and no items. The selfie stick on a floating phone… just why? The DLC removing the option to remove the camera HUD from view. No first person view (PLA could do it). All athletic activities must be done on a ride Pokémon. No jumping or rolling like PLA. Limited time preorder bonuses ruin replay value for everyone, including those who preordered. For BDSP, I actually created eight first gym saves just to get the special egg and the two special events on the chance I might want to complete another full play through. I don’t mind limited Pokémon distributions, but the game map shouldn’t be event locked.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

They still didn't fix the performance? Nintendo what happened to the "Quality Nintendo Seal of Approval."

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

They still have that on quite a number of games they put out, they know Pokémon will make money regardless. Still have to try with something like Metroid Dread because if it was as janky as Pokémon, it would spread like wildfire. Have people bitching about the state of Pokémon and people are still flocking to get it.

[@karhall1635]

The points you made about the new breeding methods really hit home for me. As someone who is trying to put together competitive teams, I've had to spend entire days just sitting in picnics and running circles around Levincia breeding particular 0 IV Pokemon. I have to give up tera raiding to do this, meaning I miss out on money and training items for that day, lengthening the process of making the team even further. I have to give up EV training Pokemon I do have in my boxes that I want to get ready. I can't even do the Ace Tournament for money. I just have to sit in a Picnic for 30min at a time and press A on the basket every 5 minutes to make sure I get as many IV rolls as possible for the sandwich I made. It's so frustrating, so tedious, and feels like it was designed specifically to waste the time of competitive players because of how easy they made it to get Vitamins. It's like they decided they had to meet some kind of time quota for allowing people to battle online, and with Vitamins in the game they had to make up the difference another way.

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

Watching cutscenes in a pokemon game before skipping is like reading every word in your inbox spam before deleting it.

[@pircachupi4771]

Ah, pokemon. The game series that loses features and options with every new release.

[@marinagaleotti]

I loved the breeding sistem in gen8.I just needed to get out one sec from route 4 and boom, an egg. SV is so tedious.

[@NegaScott105]

Fully agree with everything in the video Gotta say tho Curry to Sandwiches is my biggest gripe rn ignoring the other stuff like exp share etc Sandwiches are the weird showcase of "Let's use the physics" post ragdoll ps3/360 era

[@Jeikobu]

For my problems with SwSh, I LOVED the curry system. It was nice and simple. In my time playing S/V, sandwiches just feel really annoying to actually make and use as a mechanic.

[@saeedrazavi4428]

In terms of programming, this game is the opposite of tears of the kingdom. ToTK is the most breathtakingly optimized software I've ever seen and it amazes me as a programmer. Meanwhile SV, as much as I loved the story, seem so horribly programmed and optimized

[@amesstarline5482]

8:55 Not to mention how some clothing items barely change anything- and can be non-visible. Like a "striped sock" set only changes the barely-visible rim of the socks.

[@kuks0453]

While SV are probably my new favorite Pokémon games, all these faults do grind my teeth. Honestly surprised you didn't mention the mini map rotating with the player, that's super unintuitive and I got lost many times because of it. And yeah, I know it has been addressed in the DLC, as many other things mentioned here, but the fact it was like that at first is impressive. And, just like you said, it feels like when they bring something new to the table, they have to scrap other things. They may have fixed boxes, the minimap, the silly Rotom stick, and more, but they have removed the option to turn off the interfaces in side modes like the camera. What? Why? They literally removed a function that was there before. I personally don't use it often, but I see people using it to take cinematic shots and such, and now you just can't. I hope they address this and the other points you brought in a future patch (also improve the performance maybe? I know Game Freak is a small indie company that doesn't have the resources, but I think they can do much better) It hurts me that this really fun game with cool new mons, characters and a really good story for Pokémon standards is being held back by decisions like these :(

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Honestly, thank you for bringing that up. I could've sworn I was once able to remove the camera interface during photos. I thought I was remembering wrong. The DLC pre-loaded during editing, so basically at the last stages of making this video, I had access to Teal Mask stuff and chose to avoid spoiling myself until I finished the video.

[@SNoodleJuJu]

I love this game tbh. It’s the most fun I’ve had in Pokemon since Sun and Moon! Lovable characters, the funny pink hammer, kick ass music, new twist on the professor role, shiny hunting is fun, and I like just running around the map from time to time. That being said, there is no excuse for this game’s glitches being absolutely egregious. FOR CHRIST’S SAKE, I MANAGED TO DISCOVER A GLITCH MYSELF AFTER THE DLC CAME OUT, AND I STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT’S CAUSING IT.

[@DaShikuXI]

Tbf the excuse is limited development time. 3 years to make a game like this simply isn't enough. They tried to make a game with the scope that players wanted, but could not deliver that in the limited time they had. Either the scope needs to be reduced, or they need more time. Certain copy/paste options missing is weird, but I can very much understand why this game has a lot of glitches.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That's basically how I feel. Each new pokémon game is exciting because of new places, new people, different moves, new items, new abilities, new metas, new music, new lore. I love that. But it's equally disappointing to see the problems that keep resurfacing. Problems that feel like they shouldn't be problems. Most of the stuff I complained about are things that nearly every other good game is doing. So if the devs are actually playing other video games, then they should use those ideas.

[@lavafighter3236]

I think what doesnt get talked about too much is that regardless of development time the studio was tasked with making Pokemon to this scale of open world when they just relatively recently got into 3D with the 3DS. They didn't even change there staff to the scale needed. They really need more people with experience in these more graphically intense game.

[@SNoodleJuJu]

Pay attention to these comments fromn time to time. I'll let you know once I upload the glitch I found...@@CammyMeeleTea

[@mikrokosmochi]

Im so curious what glitch did u find omg

[@SolemnStormcloud]

While we're on the subject of frustrating nitpicks, attempting to get on your Koraidon/Miraidon when there isn't enough space or the story doesn't allow for it results in a dialog box popping up and completely interrupting the flow of gameplay. What's worse is that they already had a perfect solution - the camera and emote features simply display a notification when you're unable to use them, which _doesn't_ interrupt gameplay.

[@thefinalskarm1754]

Me when I have noticeable eyesight decreasing after playing SV. Someone let baton pass exist, someone also let spore exist, that is something that greatly annoys me (regarding the ending comment)

[@dragonicdoom3772]

I think one of the underlying factors behind a lot of the quality of life problems is that GF or TPC or whoever is making the decisions doesn't want to abandon the basic structure that made Pokemon so popular. On a business level I can understand that, don't want to potentially ruin the highest grossing media franchise in the world. But it means that a lot of video game staples (difficulty settings, adjustable cursor speed, camera settings etc) are left out to preserve the Pokemon experience.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

The things you mentioned (except difficulty settings, which I'm indifferent about) aren't a thing that should have anything to do with Pokémon's identity as a series. Having the Map be an effective map is not a stylistic choice, it is proper design. And again, most of the things I'm complaining about are things that they have specifically demonstrated they were able to do in past Pokémon games.

[@dragonicdoom3772]

@@CammyMeeleTea Oh I agree with you, I'm just trying to understand their decisions from their perspective as well. It feels like they're trying to keep making these games like they're in the late 90s and working on the Gameboy.

[@robertlupa8273]

"adjustable cursor speed" What the hell? Did they seriously not include such a simple feature in the games? 😐 EDIT: I thought you meant "cursor" as in "mouse cursor", or an equivalent on Switch :/

[@goGothitaLOL]

You forgot another crucial part of why S/V is so bad You can’t use the PC to put eggs in boxes whiling you’re in a picnic, something you used to do in previous gens Also can we bring back both Super Training and PokéPelago in the next game? (definitely beats the way you grind for EVs, levels, or eggs in S/V)

[@CammyMeeleTea]

It's just so much. My mind isn't built to focus on negativity for too long. I was getting annoyed getting footage since I was forcing myself to engage with everything I ignore. It's why the video took longer despite needing no intense research, graphics, language research, or the other stuff that shows up in my other videos. I needed breaks. 🤣

[@CalvinChikelue]

Honestly I feel the series could solve both its aesthetic/artistic problems & issues with performance by switching to a 2.5D HD Pixel Art style game similar to games like Octopath Traveler or Triangle Strategy. If they can’t optimize the 3D models the have to end glitches, slowdown & frame rates, they need to stop sticking to them and try something that is less taxing while offering unique art style opportunities

[@happycwb2057]

100% agree with this video. I’m not buying any DLC in protest for the terrible quality of S&V.

[@fabq6025]

i believe the reason that there is no shiny cue is because a lot of pokemon spaen below the map. so if a shiny spawns below the map and you hear the cue you would never find it.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That's crazy. I would think the solution is for them to fix the game, rather than remove the useful feature. Man, imagine if using the move Thunderbolt crashed the game so they just removed the Electric type.

[@fragoRoc6]

As much as I enjoy the franchise, this game is a masterclass in bad UX design. The one that consistently boggles my mind is the pokedex text for new pokemon is grayed out and a dialogue box pops up in front of the dex, but if you mash the button to clear the box, it closes both the box and the dex. Truely insane that QA/QC was either that oblivious or that ignored.

[@AlgaeTheCatman]

SV needs a remake by a competent dev

[@Malisteen]

They need to fix /tera raids. The entire endgame revolves around tera raids. You need to raid to get event pokemon. you need to raid for herbas to shiny hunt. you need to raid to get candies, ability patches, and tera shards that you need to train competitive pokemon for pvp battles. It's raids all the way down and they're AWFUL. How did they mess this up? Dynamax Raids and adventures were the one thing Sword and Shield did right, and Scarviol's Tera Raids ruined them!

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Yes, I agree. Sorry for the delayed response, I was stuck in raid when you wrote this!

[@sykora9526]

To play devil's advocate, having a big cutscene split up into multiple separate ones gives players that may have limited time to be able to save in between cutscenes and pick up where they left off later.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

In 2005, agreed. Metal Gear is a large offender with this. I love it, but you do need to make sure you have a good amount of free time. However, this is a game that autosaves, a game that should be manual saved frequently, on a tiny console that can be put into sleep mode at any time. This isn't even getting to the fact that in pokémon games, it's hyper telegraphed by a major character standing right there in the middle of the path. So it doesn't need to happen 4-5 times in a row. If I see a pixel of Hau, I know the Infinite Tsukiyomi is coming. 😭

[@sykora9526]

@@CammyMeeleTea lol fair enough. This game really feels like an alpha build of the game, they did their best to get the Pokemon models looking good and the game at a bairly functioning level and then shoved it right out of the oven. Hopefully in the future they can give these games more time and start focusing more on QOL.

[@sereksusvictar7888]

I want Gamefreak to make replayability better. Multiple save files per account and the ability to transfer mine own pokemon to the new save in place of my starter. I want a legitimate Charmander Only run without having to reset my original accounts progress, and without needing to buy a family online package just to use another save file with internet access.

[@djcust505]

We all need to get tough on gamefreak and Nintendo as the standards are dropping making horribly low quality

[@chunga689]

mans couldve just searched psychic types to look for mew

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Since the name search didn't work on Mew, I assumed the rest of the code for searching it didn't work.

[@EinSilverRose]

My biggest issues are the poor performance creating so much lag and the janky animations. S/V is just so frustrating because it has many good qualities but the bad outweighs the good.

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I really want to play the game, but the performance issues, removal of good features and some of the pokemon designs turn me off constantly. GF and TPC need to learn that they need to actually invest in their games or one day soon no one will buy their stuff

[@busofselfdoubt]

incredibly funny to me that he not only predicted the selfie stick but called out the exact name they gave it lmao

[@CammyMeeleTea]

The crazy part is that it was initially just a counter argument. If I complained about the camera and suggested a free camera, a commenter would inevitably miss the point and say "we don't need that, a selfie stick is good enough". So I wanted to preemptively bring up that argument and explain why that doesn't make sense. I didn't actually think they'd change the camera at all, let alone removing "hide guide" and adding the selfie stick.

[@busofselfdoubt]

@@CammyMeeleTea that’s actually so funny. game freak and the pokémon company certainly do make decisions, huh? i think the best part is the the selfie stick really doesn’t even help put more space on screen, it’s hardly raised up any higher than the normal selfie and so either leads to a wide, flat photo or a picture directly of the ground. who knows, maybe the indigo disk will add a *extended* selfie stick, wouldn’t put it past them haha

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Please, no.

[@LordShonji]

Yeah being able to rotate and flip sandwich ingredients would be handy for certain ones, like as you mention the cherry tomatoes

[@brunolinares604]

The raids being so broken is what decided that I wasn't getting this game. This is where most of the item grind is needed for and I just cannot see myself doing this extendedly. SWSH Raids were very slow, esp with online play, but SV raids are worse bc they do not perform well at all.

[@indigo...]

my biggest beef with pokemon is that they decided to just cut a ton of moves from the game, and apparently the selected moves change per generation. Like Dexit is whatever, i dont really mind it, but doing the same thing with moves is silly to me :(( also no more trump card 😔

[@itsturniptime3699]

A lot of old moves were either niche, too small movepool wise, generally useless, and so go on and so forth. Genuinely do not mind that Smelling Salts and Barrage were removed.

[@indigo...]

@@itsturniptime3699 I like a lot of the moves that are gone tho

[@Jeikobu]

Adding to this, I think that hidden power could have worked well alongside Tera Blast. Make it always use the Tera type, and be 60 base power. With Tera Blast only really being in effect when terastallized, it would give both use on different pokemon.

[@DaShikuXI]

​@@indigo... Some of the moves are not in S/V simply because there are no Pokémon that can learn them. Rock Wrecker is only learned by Rhyperior and Dwebble/Crustle, neither of which are in the game. Same for Conversion, which is only learned by Porygon, which is not in the game.

[@traiges414]

It is their way to balance their powercrept hell of a game. They have 0 idea how to and it`s funny (and very sad at the same time) to look at these attempts. After that many years it is neccessary to rework the whole stat system - But guess what ? They wont and just will cut moves left and right (Spoiler: It wont work)

[@MegamanGuy444]

Gamefreak has already told us why they removed features from their games. its way stupider than you think. Its to surprise you later when they come back in later games. God sometimes I hate them so much. They seriously need to stop working on Pokemon Games.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

The Pokémon franchise is basically a Giga Chad that refuses to shower or wipe.

[@defaultgraycat]

they're already working on the next half-baked cashgrab, not gonna happen

[@rockowlgamer631]

2:50 Press Y, surprised you didn't press every button first if you've played the game. 6:50 Yeah this sucks for sure, I work as a cashier and one day our registers decided to take 10 seconds a button press in order to continue to the next screeen. I was only there for a half hour and I already wanted to leave. Thankfully the customers were very patient with us. 11:30 This would especially be helpful for the tiny as hell pokemon like Flittle. I gave myself a migraine checking each one after two hours of searching even after using HM sandwhiches. 18:20 The fact I can't mass release like I can in Legends is another function they should've brought over. 16:30 I'll never understand this option.

[@Raidus1]

agree with everhthing you said I want to add more tho: -minimap can't be north locked -altitude is difficult to make out -the fucking MAP GRID is moving alongside the cursor. WHY IS THE GRID MOVING?!

[@Xevn777]

I miss being able to plant berries

[@goGothitaLOL]

Also make TMs infinite use again At least in Sw/Sh, there’s the raid day skip exploit that’s somehow never patched out to this day and you only needed one resource being watts, and the Max Raid battles actually work (unless you’re stuck with the most braindead NPCs in the world). S/V on the other not only do you need LPs but you also need the crafting tools for each and every TM on top of that. That’s where I draw the line, and I didn’t even mention how broken Tera Raid Battles are from what I heard. No thank you I’ll stick with PokémonShowdown until I see any significant improvements, that’s not how you make a game harder that’s just tedium for the sake of tedium cause most people never wanted this, and even then they contradict that anyway.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Every game NEEDS crafting because it's popular. (Sarcasm) Even though a game should be built around its mechanics, like how Minecraft does it. I like the part where you can get new TMs anywhere, and I get that they wanted to cap the amount of TMs you use during the story. Why not add the option for us to buy the materials and TMs at a premium. You have to grind early game, but by late game, it gets easier. I'm still spending a resource, money. You'll always need money for Vitamins, Mints, items, Sandwich ingredients, etc. Trading time for money is how real life works too. I can buy something to get it instantly. Or I can spend the time and resources to grind and make something DIY.

[@TheCrazyhusky]

The adding of fairy types was the worst decision they made, its basically Gen1 Psychic type 2.0. They needed to actually balance the types.

[@Bruteboii91]

I'd love Gen 10 to bring some type balance changes. Make Fairy weak to Bug, and Ice to resist Water and Electric (Ice only type to resist BoltBeam let's go?)

[@TheCrazyhusky]

@@Bruteboii91 There needs to be some serious type balancing. You have 2 types with 5 weaknesses and 1 type that has no resistances, so when you pair any of those 3 of types with other type you often end up with a pokemon that has 5/6 weaknesses and or double weakness. Also you got bug type where 7/18 types resist it for some reason. how is this balanced?

[@nightwing2032]

Fairy was needed for dragon since dragon was only strong before gen 6 only weak to two types itself dragon and ice. Fairy gives a strength to poison and steel since fairy is weak to steel and poison and strong against dark, fighting, and dragon and immune to dragon as well. As well as fire being effective to fairy. Ice needs more types to be strong and resistant to. Ice needs to be resistant to electric, maybe dragon, water, ice since already resist itself, and flying. It’s already strong against flying, dragon, bug, rock I believe, and grass. Bug needed to either resist fairy or be strong against fairy. Since fairy is only weak to two types which is steel and poison.

[@Jp138233]

A small note in case anyone else has the same issue as you. There is a button that just opens the map without going through any other screens. I want to say it’s Y but I’m not 100% sure

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Read the pinned comment.

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

My favorite thing about the Tera Raid Dens is the Rollback. Like, when you inflict so much damage that you auto-win, but because the game is poorly programmed, the HP actually rolls back and heals the boss and then puts up a barrier and treats it as if you just didn't one shot. Of course, it's not even half as good as the bad egg glitch that happened during one of the events...

[@pixelrakurai]

I dont think the shiny sound idea would work for SV specifically because the way it spawns Pokemon is different from PLA. Legends has pre determined spawns upon entering an area, but this doesnt apply to SV due to its nature of full open world. A shiny indication similar to LGPE would be far more useful because it allows to actually see the shiny easily, making it less tedious. A shiny sound is cool in concept but could end in disaster with hoe many sounds occur at a time and the travel in the game.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Haven't played LGPE, but anything would be better. Even if it perpetually twinkled in the overworld, kind like the overworld Tera pokémon but in a distinct way.

[@yoshiprogames4728]

You can get to the map by pressing y, no need to go through the Pokédex in case you weren’t aware!

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Check the pinned comment, but I really appreciate it!

[@VegaPhil]

Most of the issues with this game are down to a lack of modern development skill at Gamefreak exacerbated by the low number of staff they have working on a game as big as a mainline Pokémon game should be, however I commend you for pointing some of the lesser talked about qol issues that there really are no excuses for. Whilst I would like to see them take longer to develop the next game, especially if they are not going to expand their staff to cope, I don’t actually see this as an excuse in and of itself as Ubisoft is able to churn out an Assassin’s Creed game every year or two with a lot more content and polish than S&V have. The lack of technical skill and the low amount of staff have been documented by people working at Gamefreak and it really is self evident with the product we’ve been given. At this point I’ve lost faith in Gamefreaks ability to create the level of quality I expect from a Pokémon game and S&V are the first time I’m unwilling to give them a pass and make excuses for them. This is one of the highest income generating media franchises in the world and they have access to all of Nintendos development support and resources yet for some reason we are getting games that have less polish than indie developed games that have a fraction of the backing behind them. If they are not competent enough and unwilling to expand to make a large scale 3D open world Pokémon game then I’d rather they didn’t and focus on what they are good at. I’m sure they could make a beautiful top down pixel art Pokémon game with a huge expanded world and fill it with content and charm but instead we’ll probably continue to get low quality games where the scope outreaches the talent especially as they keep selling huge numbers regardless of how good they are. I’ve been a fan since the very beginning and have loved the series but these are the first Pokémon games to make me question whether I will actually get the next game and that’s the saddest indictment of all.

[@traiges414]

I am so happy that i finally got recommended a video about Pokemon S/V that is close to my opinion about the game. I often believe i live in another world when I watch videos or read reviews OF PRAISE about these games - People treat these games too softly... We are talking about a billion dollar company that refuses to deliver in neither performance or in game content. Nothing will change because people are suckers for nostalgia (Including me) and will buy the games regardless if they change for the better. It is just sad for the franchise as a whole because with the amount of fans and their diversity Pokemon could be a rolemodel for other franchises but it is sadly just a joke. I refuse to say "Next gen will be better" because it won't - The only good thing is legit that i can see my Pokemon and thats the only reason i play this game at all - Run around with my Pokemon and explore a bit. Sorry for the long rant haha

[@nightwing2032]

It needed to come out in the fall of 2023 not 2022. Legends arceus needed to come out in holiday or fall of 2022 last year. To give it more time than a month or so. Before revealing of scarlet and violet, gen 9 and after bdsp’s launch in the fall of 2021. Bdsp comes out in the fall of 2021, legends arceus comes out in the fall of 2022, detective pikachu 2 comes out still in October in 2023, and scarlet and violet comes out in the fall of 2023. This is what should have happened. The game probably won’t have this much bugs or glitches as it does now. A bit of performance issues or fps drops here and there. As well as going into building in scarlet and violet as well and things they had to cut because development like set mode for scarlet and violet was up by the fall of 2022. There probably would be level scaling if the game came out in 2023. Scarlet and violet would have been a good game if it hadn’t been for the bugs, the glitches, and the terrible FPS drops and performance issues. Scarlet and violet and legends arceus have had the most fun I’ve had in Pokémon. The worst I’ve had in scarlet and violet is bad fps drops and performance issues. My game not crashed, my game didn’t freeze, I didn’t fall through the fall, or get any bugs or glitches. Legends arceus and scarlet and violet were in development at same time or around the same time with two teams. Some things needed to be cut like going into buildings, set mode, and what not since this game came out in 2022 and not 2023. I usually make a joke saying that the NPCs finally learned locked their doors 28 or 27 years now after going into Random houses.

[@Katie-hb8iq]

Another thing with breeding is that I wish there was an option to just move 5 eggs to your party rather than adding them one at a time, or trying to form columns (since the game puts the eggs in rows....) and then moving them in batches. Just more annoying, tedious crap. We know the developers agree that breeding stinks. They have basically done away with egg groups since everyone just uses Ditto anyway. They have removed egg moves almost entirely with the mirror herb. Bottle Caps, at least max ivs, basically make breeding for ivs pointless for all but the most competitive of players (and it's not difficult to imagine a 0 iv bottle cap being added to the game). Mints change natures too, basically removing everstone's alternative function with breeding. Basically, GameFreak has done everything to make breeding unesssential outside of simply gutting it from the game entirely. If breeding is to exist in future games, GameFreak needs to redesign it completely or just gut it from the games, as it's really just a holdover from the gameboy. Breeding is cool, but it can be redesigned from the ground up and used for a different purpose than it is now. I was so happy breeding didn't exist in PLA btw. Makes the game flow so much better. I'd also get rid of acquiring EVs from battles too. Like I shouldn't have to look up a chart/guide to learn which monsters I should face to gain invisible points the game doesn't tell me about, only to show me a blue overlay on the stats screen without telling me actual numbers. I shouldn't have to avoid fighting battles just to ensure I can optimize EVs. I don't even talk to trainers in Scarlet and Violet because I don't want the random EVs. It's stupid. All of this stuff from Gen 2 and 3 is stupid. Get rid of it and redesign it from the ground up.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I agree with so much said here. Player agency and effective choice are so important in games. It needs to be made more efficient, and they should expand on the Pokémon school to talk about more game mechanics. Scarlet and Violet are amazing for actually talking about mechanics in detail. Add more efficient ways to do things, they can leave some of the tedious ways as an optional way to do it, but not the REQUIRED WAY. For example, in XY/ORAS you could Super Train and use the little Super Train Punching bags OR you could click Surf 5 times in a horde battle and max out a stat. Players could choose! (We could also toggle Exp Share, but whatever.)

[@Rockleedrunkpunch]

The fact they never brought the pss back is criminal

[@Co2nerds]

I agree with everything for the most part, except you can simply just open the map by pressing y. You don’t have to press minus and then scroll down. also, the thing about cherry tomatoes is extremely nitpicky, although makes sense. but other than that everything you said is definitely true.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Yeah, I explain the Y thing in the pinned comment. The cherry tomato thing is a joke. By throwing it at the end, delivering it totally as if it is the most important thing, and by not giving serious supporting evidence, the goal was to be facetious for a bit of levity in a negative video.

[@oof5992]

How did you after so much time not find out that Y opens the map? I agree with the rest of the video but it does seem kind of weird to not find it, especially when it's such a important key

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I might have just forgotten because I play tons of other games on other consoles and only came back to this game to get footage.

[@oof5992]

@@CammyMeeleTea Ah then it makes sense

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Yeah, looking back at the footage, I've used Y when shiny hunting. I take long breaks from pokémon in favor of other games. It gets harder and harder to avoid key spoilers in any important game because people are so desperate for clout, and viewers need such clickable thumbnails, that people basically have to spoil the game in thumbnails to do their job. Because of that, I buckle down and binge popular games I'm interested in because I feel like I can't take my time with something like Tears of the Kingdom. Even in comments to my pokémon videos, people wanna talk about Tears of the Kingdom spoilers. 🤣

[@mobilenation1104]

NO MORE DEX CUT IN ALL THE FUTURE POKEMON GAMES!

[@ArgenteonYT]

2:44 no you don't. Y button opens map.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Check the pinned comment and the other comments.

[@RowanTS]

“Sorry people unlucky enough that the first pokemon of the species they saw was shiny” - that was literally me with Finizen. Lucky I’m one of those ‘catch new things as soon as you see them’ people, and I nearly didn’t bother but thought they might make dolphins rare so… Boom, enter the battle and sparkle sparkle. I can’t imagine how angry I would have been when I kept walking and saw the rest were blue instead of lavender. And this game de-loads so quick, it would’ve been gone, no question.

[@Pickers1997]

cant even pin half of these issues down to the hardware because there are plenty of other games with less overall resources that achieve far more (XENOBLADEEEEE)

[@goGothitaLOL]

*can’t

[@Pickers1997]

@@goGothitaLOL edited tysm

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That is the main reason I heavily encourage viewers to try other series and especially other menu-heavy games. So many RPGs/JRPGs/RPG adjacent games figured this stuff out in the 2000's, and it basically became standardized in the 2010's. Bravely Default was my first experience with a "real JRPG" (by that I mean plays more like the classics). Fast forwarding battles, cursors remembering what you last picked consistently, relevant information accessible, stat and effect definitions, and so much more. I play so many games like that now and love them. (I'm an adult and can actually afford them now.) Some pokémon fans need to actually try something else (if the only thing stopping those individuals is an unwillingness to try new things).

[@Maho3942]

Scarlet and violet are disappointing. I kinda want to end my pokemon journeys going forward just because of what I experienced. Games should not come out in the state that these games have.

[@Zenala]

I wish the shinies had AT LEAST a visual cue or something. They could sparkle like when you enter the battle if you stared at them for too long. It really is very inconvenient and fuck colorblind/visual impaired people ig. The breeding is fine for me because one Egg Power 3 sandwich produces like 60 eggs or so? So I just grab my switch as I do something else and press the A endlessly on the picnic box for the next 30 minutes. I wish the cap was higher or it had no cap tho

[@void9165]

I think its because a large percentage of the pokemon fanbase just settle down of getting little from Nintendo and so biased towards it that they will give very high ratings that don't represent the reality of the game. I just don't understand why you accept minimum when you deserve more. Even hardcore pk players and Ytubers throw 10/10 for a game barely deserve a 6. You are the main reason gaming companies won't listen to reason.

[@dailynonsense9360]

I refused to buy the DLC because of how cheated I felt playing the base game, and it’ll stay that way unless game freak gets their shit together. I’m sticking to the old games and Persona

[@Nameless_mixes]

I was treating Scarlet/Violet as a test to see if I’d buy anymore main series games again. XY felt incomplete. I enjoyed Sun/Moon. But US/UM soured the experience with having to repeat so many cut scenes (so… many… cut scenes…). Sw/Sh were enjoyable, but didn’t feel worth the dex cut. BDSP were disappointing at best. PLA was actually awesome! But it felt like there wasn’t much to do after completing the story (I’m not going to try and use 40-80 strong style moves just to increase the chances of finding a shiny…). And SV just ended up boring me. I didn’t eve bother buying the DLC. I’m sticking to spin offs at this point. It’s so heartbreaking to see the franchise I’ve loved and held onto for the last 2 decades being reduced to incomplete and rushed products when they have the potential to be so much more.

[@randomedgygamer2191]

Wow I have the exact same opinion

[@eloylopez8929]

They need to add a double battle option in a new battle system. Not just for online. Something that is replayable and challenging. Bdsp did it right

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

Probably the only thing bdsp did right

[@eloylopez8929]

@@ItsYuhBoyyyy facts. Even the gym leaders and elite four rematches with held items and evs was really good

[@badwithusernames3238]

The map issues are basically the one thing I do care about and those are by far the worst. To fly to a location or select it, the cursor needs to properly snap onto the map icon. For that, the cursor needs to be still for about half a second. This is pretty much impossible with joycon drift. I sometimes waste like 10 to 15 seconds trying to warp somewhere. Also, if your set destination is outside of the minimap it’s just invisible instead of being on the edge of it. Plus, you automatically face your destination EVERY TIME you close the map. I haven’t watched the entire thing yet but I know it’ll be good because there isn’t a massive rant about graphics. Games are meant to be played, not to be looked at. Graphics never needed to get better than the gamecube. If you want to look at something in awe for hours there is a place for that, it’s called a museum. (Also yeah the map zooming is miserable I kinda forgot that)

[@andruerodriguez393]

Nitpick, but you can open your map, by just pressing Y.

[@_sleep_sugar]

Why you gotta do my man RB golbat like that :(

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I love him.

[@supmane8740]

I can ignore every other stupid design choice the game has if it would just run smoothly. The performance is just SO BAD you cant even roam the open world without the game chugging to a crawl. Like why would I even buy the DLC when they still havent fixed the sub 30fps gameplay they promised to patch almost a year ago.

[@paavot]

Not to downplay any of the other glaring issues, but the exp share thing actually makes me mad

[@trevorvergesart]

the catharsis i have felt watching this video. thanks homie.

[@AmoniPaleo]

It still by far the most annoying feature removed, why don't the fricking shinies make the sound and particle around it when they show up, I have a family member who can't see certain colours that well and I can only imagine the frustration it must be knowing you may pass a certain shiny without even knowning, this feature was great in arceus because the audio queue was noticeble enough and obvious enough to go and start searching for that shiny. In Scarlet and Violet MIGHT BE THE MOST ANTI Consumer game there is, any game out there has a option for people who might be colour blind, the best example is Tf2, and with scarlet and violet having this eye sore bright colours everywhere and having shinies that barely change (SERIOUSLY THE AMOUNT OF SHINIES THIS GEN HAS THAT DON'T EVEN CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL COLOURS IS ABSURD) it is almost as if this was a decision ON PURPOSE, almost as if Gamefreak doesn't really want, you, the player, to catch shinies. Idk if it is possible but they can be sued for this, a game should be accessible to everyone and not andycap people just because you can't see certain colours. And some pokemon are so small that you have to be a Micro biologist to even notice if it is shiny or not. Without a doubt the worst and most horrendous feature they implemented in this game.

[@Destroyer_of_Worlds]

I don't like the clothing purchasing format. Why are there 16 High Socks? Just let me click the item then pick the color?

[@eloylopez8929]

Yea the map is horrible with the zoom rn

[@Mrthedragonkiller]

For the shiny jingle why it doesn't play is you can spreed past a pokemon that was spawned and despawned before the jingle finishes. Also Adobe can't get hot key to be the same in all their programs neither can Rockstar. I've punched my horse so much trying to get on it

[@unnoticed9988]

Give Tinkaton 550 BST

[@Malisteen]

they can't have the shiny sound because pokemon are constantly spawning entirely inaccessubly in scarviol behind walls or under floors, and if people knew how many shinies they were losing to bad spawn coding they'd get mad.

[@bonrulapaugh7164]

Lets be honest pokemon has evolved into trash, sad but play dqm or smt instead and save a headache in the process

[@jeffreyhodes]

pokemang scarlet is so bad dyude