Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - RadicalSoda [01]

[@trainershade1937]

Ah yes, Pokemon, the franchise that singlehandedly convinced most of Nintendo's consumer base that the Switch has the same rendering power of a PS2.

[@senorapples1115]

The fact that there were people who said it was the switch's fault that pokemon couldn't look good showed me how they don't understand how games are actually developed. Like yeah the switch isn't that powerful but you think that making a game for it would have you be aware of its limitations?

[@torinriley7569]

@@senorapples1115 Its honestly remarkable how bad Pokemon looks too in comparison to the PS2, what with the switch having 4 gigs of ram and a 1700mhz quadcore CPU, vs the PS2's... 40 megabytes of memory, with 4 of those megabytes being the Vram and a 300mhz CPU. Like, the switch has weaker hardware than an average budget phone from a few years ago, sure, but man. What is going on at Gamefreak?

[@LinkcarioX]

@@senorapples1115 You just have to see games like Xenoblade that look amazing despite the low resolution and the limitations of the Switch,

[@Wandermidget]

@@torinriley7569 Game Freak spreads themselves all too thin in the pursuit of money. And people keep making excuses for them: >They have to model 1000+ Pokemon for every game! No they don't, as that is Creatures' department. You know, the other guys who own 1/3rd of the Pokemon IP. Plus, the models are reused since XY, AND it's only around 100 or so because of the reused older models. >Nintendo forces them to release a game every year! The hell they do. Multiple people in high positions from companies such as Platinumgames, Capcom, Bandai Namco, and so on and so forth have stated in interviews and Q&As that Nintendo was one of the easiest and lax companies they had to do work for. The only one forcing Game Freak to continously push out games is Game Freak themselves >The Switch is weak! Yes, it is, but smaller teams with way less popular IPs managed to make open world games for the Switch that look substantially better. Honestly, I'd be here all day if I had to refute every point made by these droolin' addicts. Yes, I'm calling them addicts because that's what they are. They NEED their Pokemon fix annually, which is why they continue to excuse the state of the modern games. If they don't, they really don't know what to do with themsevles. How ironic, because outside of Go, most of them steer far away from the spinoffs. Pokemon needs more spinoff games in general. Works marvelously for Mario where they pad the gap between releases of main Mario (the 2D and 3D platformers) with tons of spinoffs.

[@OzomaLp]

N64...don't make my PS2 looking bad. PS2 was way better then this.

[@afilthycasualplays4007]

Holy crap, I didn't even know you could enter Nemona's house! I just assumed it was like 80% of the rest of the buildings in this game and was just there to fill space.

[@Jay_555_Maroon]

Me, too! I was SHOCKED!

[@kallum39]

SAME

[@meloelebi1996]

I was the opposite. Entered Nemona's then wondered what the heck was wrong with the rest of the game.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Sameee

[@voicebross]

you guys aceally played this shit?

[@Meteorite_Shower]

That's an interesting point about Nemona... Game Freak went out and created a rival who handicaps herself for us because she loves battling so much... and in the same process, _stops us as a player from doing the same thing,_ by taking away our Set setting and enforcing Exp. All.

[@darcidious99]

At least optional trainers helps a fair bit, doing hardcore nuzlockes its easy to stay on level just cause you can use exp candies to micromanage your exp. Not saying those things shouldn't come back cause it's horseshit that they're not in my $60 game, but not having to fight trainers that give bonux exp multipliers at least lessens the struggle for difficulty management IMO.

[@Meteorite_Shower]

​@@darcidious99 True, but that doesn't help non-hardcore playthroughs for people like me, who like to scour every corner of the area before moving on. By the time I'm fighting a Gym Leader/Team Star/Titan mon, it's a mindless experience, because even the Magikarp I've been lugging around and _never_ touched is now a Gyarados. Optional trainers was a great move. Now can I have back my ability to turn off the optional Exp. All as well? Please, I just want to feel like I can _lose,_ without having to personally enforce hardcore rules on my first playthrough. ...I'm sorry, I don't usually rant, I'm just... There's no reason to _lock_ the game into Baby Mode, and over the years it's getting to me.

[@zjzr08]

I guess even the boundaries of the world wasn't enough for Nemona and forced the mechanics to change hehe...but seriously I'm not sure why remove pretty easy options or even improve on them (i.e. make Exp Share customizable to a number of Pokemon and make Shift possible but have your opponent hide the Pokemon they're choosing).

[@HS-mn6jc]

@@Meteorite_Shower I'm with you. When I play Pokemon games I *prefer* to fight every trainer I see, not only because I like 100%ing the game (well, in every way other than the Pokedex because of bullshit like version exclusives) but also because I want to get my money's worth out of the game. If I avoided every trainer I saw then I'd be skipping like 50% of the core gameplay!! I shouldn't have to sacrifice interacting with one of the core game mechanics (battling) just so I'm not completely fucking steamrolling the entire experience and never facing any kind of challenge whatsoever. I think it's great for there to be an option for novice players to skip battles when they want to and not be horribly underleveled, still enjoying the experience for themselves. But when that becomes the ONLY option, and battling because it's your favorite thing to do in the game becomes an active DETRIMENT to you because your level curve is exponentially steeper than the world around you... that's just bad game design. Adding on the inability to play Set vs Switch and it's clear GameFreak wants to make the games as easy as humanly possible and not allow experienced players any kind of challenge so that there's zero chance a potential new fan to the series faces any kind of tribulations and is potentially turned away from buying future titles. It's fucking ridiculous.

[@zoruasnivy]

​​@@Meteorite_ShowerI loved Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon because the trainers had EV trained Pokemon to make up for EXP Share, was scaled to properly account for EXP Share, AND you could still turn it off. Genuinely don't know why they backpedaled on that for the Switch games, it was perfect.

[@nexferna7695]

I’m not sure if you know this but the small pokeballs act as markers for various things like actions, events, cutscenes, etc. They were accidentally left visible by the developers.

[@ItsAllNunya]

This makes me regret my purchase even more. Why should I not pirate a game that has so little respect for its players, so little polish, just. So little.

[@datsunmedia91]

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@SpicyButterflyWings]

🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Foxconnpc]

Pokeball in the floor is a marker for 0.0.0 coordinate. Yes, devs forgot to remove it

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

It can look like other things as well depending on the circumstances, including various pokemon models.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

Isnt it also the "Actor" for your pokemon? Because it changes ball depending on the Pokemon you had out before entering a building. Or is that a different bug...? xD

[@CoralReaper707]

Wow. Just wow.

[@syaieya]

Seeing this and Legends Arceus rip the camera control away and force a slow, wide, panning shot of low polygon, barely loaded landscapes. At first I thought it was a genuine "look how beautiful this land is", like the text reads. And laughed. But honest I fear it may be a cry for help from the dev team in a "look at what they made us settle for" kind of way.

[@M4Dbrat]

Remember when Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric did the same thing, and everyone responded "No, it isn't"? Boy, were we harsh on that game...

[@UltimatePhantasm]

Hey GF, flicker twice if you need help

[@DanielLopes-dh2hv]

12:38 I just realized, the duck's model is rotated, they didnt make the head look at the player, they moved the entire model, making it defy gravity

[@scribblemin]

For that matter, I think they might all be tweaked…

[@darcidious99]

God dammit why did you have to point this out, I can't unsee it now🤣

[@Yipper64]

doing a reverse michael jackson.

[@Vrikrar]

I've watched this scene so many times and never noticed. And it's like so blatant too, not even remotely hard to spot, jeeeeeeesus.

[@sailorsloth8183]

Fuecoco’s model is tilted too lol. Sprigatito’s probably is as well and its butt clipping into the ground is just hidden by Fuecoco.

[@sappy1289]

29:26 My favourite part is that it really feels like Violet is an afterthought because when the camera pans to the first town in the game in the Lighthouse section, at least for my copy, for a brief moment, it uses the red Pokeball for the Scarlet Academy instead of the purple Pokeball for the Violet Academy.

[@EndertheDragon0922]

Not to mention those awful paradox designs. There’s so much cool potential to be had with the concept, but they all have the same look!

[@rekrios]

This actually is not a rare thing, take Genshin impact where the Male Character is the standard rendered character and you can occassionally see him in cutscenes instead of the Female character. This is cause games need to have a "base model" or base texture but will swap to the other option if requirements are met. And given how BDSP is literallt a checkbox, it will switch to that option.

[@worthythaneofross3925]

@@rekriossure but you’d think for something that has two full price games, they’d at least be able to iron that out so it’s not obvious

[@nickolaswilcox425]

@@rekrios genshin was a funny example, it spoiled the nature of the one big reveal, since this one mystery character that kept coming up early on was also suffering the same gender language bug you were, which with ANY level of context for the game was a rather obvious giveaway

[@lillypad6936]

That is so funny, I had to go check for myself. It's true. Dear lord, they just do not care anymore.

[@JeffroBaggins]

I’m a 36-year-old man and you’re unironically one of my favorite youtube people. I was playing Mystery Dungeon recently, and named one of my creatures “Bear Gryllz” and I swear I couldn’t stop giggling because I couldn’t stop saying “It’s *me,* Bear *Grylls,* ” and I wanted to thank you for that.

[@dse763]

Just to add to the joke ... Was it a Teddiursa ?

[@Mr-Escape-Artist]

Tell me does he drink his own piss?

[@ZentaBon]

Man I miss mystery dungeon. I just can't stand the small DS lite screen or the blurry enlarged screen of the 3DS xl so it's hard for me to want to play. But damn those were great games.

[@Musical-Wolf-Melody]

@@ZentaBon I was really happy when they brought the first game to the switch.

[@TheRedRobin96]

@@ZentaBon It's sad that we probably won't get another one.

[@kephirbaron]

I'll say this, i'm going to miss the live action skits, but I am 100% on board with the animated segments, feels like you're having a LOT of fun with them

[@HiddenGemsReviews]

Aww yeah, Scarlet and Violet: the game where you can set KZbin's quality to 480p and it won't change a thing about how the game looks and runs.

[@bradley2349]

Omg you aren't kidding... I actually did it, and this is literal.

[@UmDevoto]

Looool

[@SMG6-SMG5]

You can put on 360p and lower still the same speed

[@insanitysymphony9175]

wait you guys watch above 360p

[@JosephShemelewski]

I like 144p and output the video to a OG gameboy screen

[@lambsauce3607]

Did they actually put Hatterene in the intro? Greeting excited kids into the school? The nurse must've been real busy that day.

[@genericname2747]

School cancelled. All the children are dead.

[@annienunyabiz6627]

I will never not be salty that Gamefreak took the interesting concept of a group of super dangerous pokemon that had to be sealed away and just slapped their doors on random walls for any passing 12 old to unleash on the world. Put them in a mini-dungeon, or SOMETHING to make it look like at least a little effort was put in to trying to not let these so-called dangerous beasts end up getting selfies taken with them by wandering tourists!

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I heard that only someone pure of heart could break the seals...... Which uh, isn't much to be honest.

[@angelocasanova8567]

I like that the environment near where the door is at looks like the legendary was there, like the obsidian around Chi-Yu's location

[@joshcoy6748]

I once had an idea of a special small dungeon that wasn't on the map, it contained an unusual pokemon(probably a minor legendary, or just very rare) that looked like a windup key(which may attract klefki unfortunately), this unusual creature animates tin toy pokemon(the kind from pokemon rumble) which aimlessly roam around like regular pokemon, however the factory to find it is hidden, the only two keys to narrow down it'd location are the nostalgic pokemon trainers which use toy pokemon, and the toy pokemon notably spawning in the vicinity of the factory.

[@melskunk]

I'm mad that teacher who got us to get them didn't turn out to be an actual villain in the DLC

[@takendruid]

On one hand: I love the couch commentary. On the other, the little animations and gags are absolutely hilarious and I don’t want them to stop

[@EnclaveEmily]

You might not read this but I'm in the hospital with my mental state almost as low as its ever been recovering from 2 very painful surgeries. Seeing you upload this put the first smile in a while on my face and, by intro alone, i already feel better to an extent. Thanks Rob, for all you do here.

[@projectviolet688]

I wish you luck my friend

[@digitalgamer457]

Stay strong dude, I know you can and will get through this! ❤

[@enemystand2981]

Take care. I’m sorry about the circumstances, but things will get better if you put the work in and look after yourself as best as possible. Best of luck

[@orbboom6119]

❤

[@pariahdark1892]

Chimeco used Heal Bell! All Commentors were healed of their status ailments including OP.

[@KoalaZKai]

Im so glad u mentioned the fact that Legends and SV were being worked on at the same time, theres so many ppl who always mention aspects of Legends not making it into SV when they shouldve and while I agree, like yea they were literally being worked on at the same time, I think Legends started development AFTER SV began too, I always say Legends is more like their second attempt at open world whereas SV feels like their first attempt even tho they released in the wrong order

[@santosic]

mayhaps they should stop working on so many games at the same time and just pool resources together onto one set of games-- or just one singular game instead of this BS two copies thing. Had they done THAT, perhaps this game would have been better.

[@KoalaZKai]

@@santosic 100% I mean they should always have the next game cooking but straight up having two productions going on at the same time is INSANE especially considering GameFreak's numbers, tbf tho it looks like were getting more time between releases so hopefully theyll be able to preform to the best of their ability with the next one!

[@nataliecoronado4206]

@@KoalaZKai it's even worse considering Game Freak had 160 employees when SV and Legends were being developed and only _half_ of those employees work on Pokemon because of Gear Project. That's only 40 workers for each game, and that's not even considering other games outside of mainline also being developed like the spinoff games. Game Freak did report an increase in their workforce to 212 employees, but that's still half or even a quarter of what other game studios have

[@KoalaZKai]

@@nataliecoronado4206 it's genuinely insane how understaffed they are dawg 😭 they need to stop hiring contract employees and just actually hire new ppl

[@Sobble_99]

​@@nataliecoronado4206 There's a support studio in the same building as ilca called pokemon works

[@alleosussquirt8041]

Got injured at welding class today, classmate turned with the blowtorch still on and got my entire forearm. Thanks for the video, it really is nice to watch and a good distraction from the perpetual burning pain.

[@definitelynotashark1799]

Ouch!! Wishing you a speedy and good recovery. Burns are tough.

[@dram3711]

I swear. I met the most unaware people in the trades. Take care and I hope you are well.

[@SpicyButterflyWings]

It's been a month, hope your forearm has been healing up well

[@Dannylynn-cb5nm]

karma's a bitch! Everyone gets it!

[@roulette43]

8:14 "and it's GROSS!!!!" that delivery was the best thing I've heard all week and perfectly encapsulates the entire game actually

[@nicholasharlan6504]

Rad I just want you to know, that although I do miss your live action skits, your animated avatar is downright adorable and I love the range of expressions you put into the little lad :)

[@TheChildofAuraReborn]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who misses the live skits. But I'll watch Radical no matter what he does :D

[@mxkxa3441]

I was just thinking to myself 3 min into the video how it's one of the only animated/avatar youtuber things I actually like. That swapping-still-image thing was fine when it was a new idea 10 years ago but I can't stand it now. I was gonna sub but turns out I was already subbed lol. The me from the past already knew. Probably liked one vid and never looked at the others.

[@robotom6595]

At last, the beginning of many rants i have long been looking forward to Also, the balls clipped in the ground drove me insane for all of my playthrough. About 1/3 in, i realized it is the Pokeball of the pokemon at the front of your party. In case your trainer pulls them out, the model has to be stored somewhere, and it's just stuck right there, in the floor in interior cells.

[@RevengeRaptorREAL]

I'll be honest, I was a little worried about the transition from live action skits to animation (and i still miss it) but seeing this video was well worth the wait AND I really like seeing that little bird guy. He fits in great and I had great laughs watching this. Excited for the rest :)

[@xavierjohnson2321]

Me and RadicalSoda shaking hands: *Plays ScarVio for Nurse Meriam alone.*

[@Cyberguy64]

Oh boy! Radical Soda on Pokemon! >It's not five hours long Oh well, still good!

[@nixter3196]

@Cyberguy64 Projected full length is 7 hours so... spoke too soon lmao

[@filipvadas7602]

Probably will be by the time all the parts are done and compiled lol

[@sncbm]

">It's not five hours long" ...YET

[@squiddu]

Reminder that the Sw/Sh review was also a collection of a bunch of parts. Expect several hours of peak KZbinrness over the next.. probably 6 months idk I fear this man

[@MedjedTheEdjed]

it's a first part, there's definitely more to this, potentially 5+ hours

[@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn]

"Who's skeleton is this?" Took me out.. damn.

[@Vinsesh_]

Does- does GameFreak not know how to bake lighting? I’m 80% sure the games would run better if shadows weren’t entirely done in real-time. Even Mario Kart 8 used baked lights.

[@ligtningdog6399]

Gamefreak doesn't know how to do a lot of things.

[@azure4622]

Gamefreak does not optimize their games

[@nixter3196]

They definitely know how to.. It's just that they decided to have one single guy do the lighting instead

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

They don't even know what "baking lights" means. If you asked them, they'd probably think you're talking about putting candles on a cake.

[@Ashen.Elixer]

Gamefreak hasn't known how to optimize a file since it was, like, 3 guys learning how to code while making a game, and they have steadfastly refused to learn since

[@officiallyjan8596]

I am LOVING the little animated segments with the birdsona, wonderful gremlin energy and comedic timing with them!

[@VideoMajima]

As if the Nintendo Direct today wasn't enough, the first part of the RadicalSoda Gen 9 review got uploaded too... Today just got better

[@BriarBeeBenson]

Seriously this I woke up to the news of “new Zelda game where you play as Zelda” and now this, the universe is spoiling me

[@soulsearcher9620]

get in before KZbin tries to take it down.

[@jordanronayne7867]

Its like second best after the CDI game​@@BriarBeeBenson

[@cobraglatiator]

maan, i- i first read your comment as "As if the Nintendo Direct wasn't gay enough,"- hahahaha.

[@theincrediblefella7984]

The direct was rather mid, actually. I don't really care about playing as Zelda in a Zelda game.

[@reneablackheart9563]

This is the game that I used to test out an emu I downloaded (my friend let me borrow the game to back up I promise) and at first I was like "Wow, I guess PCs just aren't ready to run switch games yet" only to find out that NO, apparently this is just what the game looks like!

[@reneablackheart9563]

oh my god i think it actually runs better on my pc this is embarrassing

[@hypernova_119]

Babe wake up, The Deliberately Bastardized Pokémon Game: The Squeakquel dropped!!

[@Goremize]

Radicalsoda during Pokemon sword and shield review: I am quitting poke'mon Radicalsoda:

[@matthewcline4105]

“Pokémon is a shadow of what it once was, and it’s never been more successful” -The Act Man

[@josephbulkin9222]

meh, I had a good time with it.

[@VonFirflirch]

"A shadow of what it once was"? It's a game that barely holds it together... just like Red & Green. I guess they're taking the concept of "nostalgia bait" to its absolute extreme x) Seriously, why did it take me until Sun & Moon to give up on this franchise?

[@SakuraAvalon]

@@VonFirflirch In Red and Green's defense, their development team was like 7 people.

[@Neoniq41]

@@josephbulkin9222 Not everyone's a masochist like you mate.

[@edgiest-edgelord-that-edges]

@@VonFirflirch To be fair the games up to that point ranged from good to great to... somewhat acceptable lmao

[@cannabishornliu6119]

We're in for a 5+ hour trip if this is part one of the series and we didn't even reach the academy.

[@gamerzan953]

I can't I never noticed that when introduced to the starters (12:41) their models are just angles back a bit instewd of just the head. It is more noticable with the duck, but they all do it.

[@tomb6576]

Oh my God

[@baconinvader]

Oh my God

[@EnclaveEmily]

I CANT UNSEE IT NOW WTF

[@Mr-Escape-Artist]

Dude everytime you upload it always brings a smile to my face, i love your unique sense of humor and I'm glad that youre doing much much better than you were couple years ago, you're one of, if not, my favorite KZbinrs out there!

[@pneumasimp2294]

MORE HOURS WORTH OF JUSTIFIED ANNOYANCE, YIPPEEE🎉🎉🎉

[@Castersvarog]

It’s my favourite time of the year!

[@Jabronie1164]

I remember watching your videos a long time ago and while I enjoyed them, I always found that the humor of them was either a little out of place or that they seem to put the video on pause it felt like. But man, This video and all the more recent ones you've been going have been genuinely fantastic. The flow is a lot smoother, the jokes land way better and have me physically laughing and smiling from just how well they're done. Mad kudos man, I'll be sure to keep checking out whenever a new video pops by as you've definitely improved a bunch.

[@tristenlowrey1819]

"RadicalSoda's Amazing Pokémon Evaluation" is such a wonderful segment whose acronym happens to reflect what these games have been doing to my childhood nostalgia

[@hankhill6404]

Holy shit i didnt even notice that lmfao

[@Ismatic1906]

@@hankhill6404Isn’t it a reference to his original Pokemon evaluation video

[@azure4622]

​@@Ismatic1906It is, but he changed it to "radical soda's pokemon review" this time he kept it the same

[@fresh.parmasan]

I was looking through the comments to see if anyone caught that😂😂

[@PKspectre]

Loving the animation dude, good shit. We're in for quite a ride Also I did NOT expect a fucking Buff Riku reference but here we are. Fucking class

[@avioro4822]

Fun fact: these games had ONE person on the lighting team, Henrique Dan Fuzitani Source? Bulbapedia and the game’s credits

[@jarrodeaston6373]

You are right! HOW. HOW DID THEY ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON TO DO THE LIGHTING FOR THIS GAME?!

[@azure4622]

Holy shit

[@zjzr08]

Lighting is probably the worst aspect in all Pokemon GF Switch games' visual look except for LGPE which actually had pretty great lighting that was done to it.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

​@@jarrodeaston6373they're just a smol multi-million dollar company, they can't afford to spend much for making their games /s

[@NobleLeader6]

​@@jarrodeaston6373Gamefreak has been skirting by with roughly 150-200 employess for years, it doesn't surprise me really.

[@birdmanip]

24:04 that thing don't evolve, it just stands up

[@cheesewrap]

THE KING IS BACK! At least it's not sonic forc- Edit: I'm ready for another few hour pokemon bastardized compilation like sw/sh!!

[@nixter3196]

Who the fuck are you and why are you me

[@BenSpace]

@@nixter3196He is a shadow, the true self.

[@cheesewrap]

​@@nixter3196 Yo, let's go!

[@justsomebritishdude]

4 hours is guaranteed, but knowing RadicalSugma, it'll be longer

[@soulsearcher9620]

@@BenSpace No, that's not true, that can't be true!

[@Telawin]

can't wait for this to get turned into a ten hour mega video, I can't wait to watch it repeatedly because of how much fun I have with your videos... that sounded far more sarcastic than I meant... no I'm fully serious

[@InfernapeFan1228]

Did not expect the Tsukuyomi reference, not gonna lie. Also died laughing at the microplastics joke. Not even 8 minutes in and this is great.

[@theelike4302]

I'm so glad Bear Grylls is back. I don't wanna see him in every video but the occasional cameo is very funny to me.

[@amandaramey9760]

I really thought he'd be done after the 4 hour Sword and Shield video but here he is suffering again for our entertainment. Thank you for your sacrifice, RadicalSoda we love you 💙

[@Ellebeeby]

We didn’t know. We asked for 3D Pokémon, and we should have known after Colosseum that things weren’t going to go the right way.

[@GuiltlessGear]

at least colosseum had original ideas and didnt unravel before your eyes

[@Lampoluke]

Battle revolution also existed

[@LordArikado]

Colosseum still looks and runs better than this.

[@ShotgunLlama]

I wish you were playing Violet for the _sole_ reason that Miraidon becomes a straight up cocke and baallz when it starts floating

[@randomedgygamer2191]

Plus look and feels much cooler than koraidon on the move

[@PPKKE]

i feel like you should get hired as a sonic/pokemon ambassador but that'd prolly mean you couldn't critique the game how you want. rewatching your videos made me realize how much you loves these games, especially sonic. you're extremely detailed when you're reviewing a game and i like that. also love the lil' bird version of you showing up more it's funny.

[@kempolar9768]

Literally went past EB games yesterday, they are still trying to sell suicide squad kill the justice league for 65 bucks. MASSIVE SALE.

[@chaozgaming8565]

The only thing on my mind... Is how ungodly uncomfortable those pokemon scissors would feel to use. That lump in the middle would kill your fingers.

[@shagohad3]

This game is a paradox to me, because while I had way more fun with it than say Shield, which was boring as sin, and Arceus, which devolved into mindless catching, Violet is just so... generic. None of the towns really stand out, their all pretty much the same. For as unengaging as Shield was, at least it had interesting locations i.e the glowing fairy mushroom forest, the dragon castle city, the giant pokemon pictograph. Violet doesn't have any of that. There are no unique biomes, its all just generic open world environments, besides the crystal area at the end. On top of that, they really failed at making it Pokemon's Spain/Portugal in the same way that Galar and Alola were Pokemon's UK and Hawai'i. The stories themselves are fine, but it suffers from the Octopath problem of not being connected. I'll use Team Star for example. If I ignore a Star Base near a town and go for a gym instead, I should get hassled by Star members. If I take out the base first, it should remove the local Star members. On the subject of those stories, the Star and Titan branches both suffer heavily from repetition. Star being nothing but autobattles+boss fight was disappointing and really makes me miss dungeons. The titan fights aren't too bad but I wish they had done something like a Shadow of the Colossus-lite and make the player solve a puzzle to make them vulnerable.

[@darcidious99]

I'm still upset that the titans weren't boss battles in the vein of legends arceus. Yeah those bosses were simple, but it was still so much more fun and exciting than pokemon has been since I was a kid. I was so excited to see how titans would build on the noble pokemon bosses... And it turns out, there's nothing unique to them at all, they are JUST normal pokemon but they're beeg. Tbf I think the stories themselves were all really great when considering only the story and not the gameplay done to tell those stories. Boy who just wants his only companion to live which recontextualizes his rough and gruff nature, that's great. Bullying leading to the bullied turning into revenge seeking monsters and a whole cover up conspiracy behind it? That's the best story an evil team has had since platinum that's some good stuff. Even Nemona's whole "I just want someone to fight who's actually on my level" angle is amazing. But then the gameplay behind all of them is just more boring turn based battles that you one shot and move on. Or for team star you just mash the R button cause autobattling is a fun and totally not boring thing to force the player to do 30 whole times, 5 times in the game. I just wish these amazing stories being told could be conveyed through gameplay that makes me even sort of interested. As it is, I'm just mashing A brainlessly and all of a sudden this kid's parent was a neglectful piece of shit that cared more for a pokemon than their own child and thus sacrificed her(him)self for the pokemon's safety... That's such a unique and great story for pokemon, I just wished that the gameplay was representative of the journey I was supposed to have.

[@Yipper64]

I think it just goes to show that the core fundamentals are what makes a pokemon game fun, and this game technically achieves that while failing in many areas. As in not every battle is a complete cakewalk with minimal effort.

[@Loner098]

The story in Scarlet & Violet is...much more flawed than people thought. While I might agree the story brings up some concepts better than Sword & Shield, the overall narrative STILL feels lazy due to so many plot holes than swiss cheese in said narrative. For example (credited to AcousticHarmonia): 1. Why does Arven want the help of the trainer he despises? 2. Why does Nemona fully expect you as a trainer who's never had a Pokemon before to rise to the challenge of proving a worthy opponent for her? 3. Why does Penny want your help to take down Team Star instead of asking someone like Nemona or taking any other possible solution here? 4. What's the point of a school that just tells you to screw off? 5. How does nobody at the school seem to have any idea what went down with Team Star 18 months prior to the story? 6. Why is Team Star so dead-set in their rules that they're not willing to disband even if their leader tells them to, but are willing to completely throw that out the window if the director of the school they don't even go to gives them an order? 7. Why does Herba Mystica have such crazy variance of effects, always doing the one exact thing it needs to? 8. Why is the Professor fixated on being the center of attention, taking credit for things they never did, and frequently interrupting Arven? 9. Why did the other Professor leave? 10. Why did the Professor want to bring pokemon out of time to coexist here? Out of a genuine belief that'd be the best world? 11. Why didn't the Professor call the mean Koraidon/Miraidon back to its pokeball, or give it the order to not be so damn territorial since it apparently listens to whatever orders they give? Why did they instead have to throw themselves in front of an attack just to save your Koraidon/Miraidon? 12. Why is the other Koraidon/Miraidon so territorial over this world that isn't even its own? 13. What happened after your Koraidon/Miraidon was shielded from the attack? What was stopping the other Koraidon/Miraidon from immediately acting again since its mentality doesn't seem to have changed at all? 14. Why does the Paradox Donphan who escapes Area Zero do absolutely nothing? 14.5. Why is Larry the only genuinely great character? 15. Why don't any Paradox Pokemon seem to care that they've been wrested from their home into a completely different world? 16. Why does the AI Professor stick around to make you fight to stop the time machine instead of just leaving? Why not leave Area Zero, which would have them deactivated, so we can disable the time machine? 17. Why is the key to disabling the time machine the AI Professor? Something that isn't even a direct part of the machine itself, being an additional helper the original Professor created, why wouldn't the most vital part of the machine be something directly connected? You'd think if the Professor was fixated on keeping the machine running no matter what, the most vital part would be directly connected, rather than something running off a wireless connection, and which can make a conscious decision to deactivate the machine. 18. Why did the AI Professor just keep the other Koraidon/Miraidon's pokeball in her pocket? Couldn't she have left it upstairs, preventing the final battle? 19. Why does the AI Professor need to go to travel through time to sacrifice themselves? Why couldn't they just leave Area Zero, being deactivated? Plus, then the heroes could just take some of the crystals serve to keep them running out of Area Zero as and then Arven would've gotten his parent back.

[@thevioletbee5879]

I thought Octopath 2’s stories were connected well enough for a game that has to account for being able to have any party members at any time… not gonna defend 1 though.

[@okagron]

@@Loner098 It feels like pokemon fans say the story is good because there's really nothing else to praise. The gameplay? It's the same damn gameplay since 1996. The new battle gimmick? The one that completely shatters balance because many pokemon were balanced around their typing, but the new mechanic allows them to circuvent whatever weaknesses their type combo brings. The amount of content? There's nothing to do outside of the main story, even the Battle Tower is gone. The music? You mean that thing you can listen to outside of the game, meaning you don't have to buy the game to experience it? So they fall back to the story to claim that the game did anything well, and that means ignoring anything that can be used to argue that story isn't actually very good either.

[@luske2]

I gotta say I love the little bird avatar and your humorous quips. Please keep doing them 😄

[@mrcwillis6970]

OH Sh- let’s go! Wasn’t expecting this to drop today and here I thought my day couldn’t get any better after Nintendo direct hype. Thanks for all your funny and well made content as always man, you’re a big inspiration. ❤

[@partialartist]

This video reestablishes to me why Radical soda is my favorite KZbinr, I never fail to laugh at your videos genuinely the most entertaining content on youtube

[@iwanjohn7778]

I love the animation in your videos! It adds so much character and really boosts the humour!

[@definitelynotashark1799]

Agree! It's so cute and does a lot.

[@Schnort]

It allows for really good bits like 26:10

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

30:19 BIG props to you for using Crash: Mind Over Mutant for a comparison in landscapes. I've always loved the world design of these Crash games 💙 i also don't see lots of people talk about these games so this is really appreciated

[@noahgrubb5396]

Very kind of Poppy to assume the title of Mr. Sodaberg and let our bird Radical take up Thumbnail duties for this video. EDIT: Thumbnail changed, now my joke is RUINED!! 😂💀

[@altandemei2644]

Thank you Rob for not only enduring this ordeal of a game but also putting all those efforts to make this series.

[@Smallerbrandon]

The fact that I went “oh shit” in my mind the second I saw the notification for this

What is with that fact?

[@Shrimpcake]

I miss your live action skits Radical but I also absolutely love your new animated avatar! It's so adorable!

[@RothurThePaladin]

"FUCK OFF" This part made me laugh so hard I spit up my drink.

[@isaacsartisticdrawings]

Same 😂 14:40

[@GuiltlessGear]

oh but for real, uhm, this is probably the best video you've ever made in terms of actual editing, timing, and voiceover. so, well done there!

[@depressedtoaster887]

saw the 32 mins and was incredibly confused for a sec but realized it's episodic

[@Infijunk]

31:49 You know it won't be a RadicalSoda video without mentioning Sonic Forces

[@skyhighlander6447]

Tsukuyomi genjutsu joke got me. Clavell having the sharingan isn’t a surprise. You find out something new every day.

[@theincrediblefella7984]

As much as I love your live skits, I do think the drawing and animations add more personality. I can't wait to see the rest of these parts, though I might wait for the big combined video like I did for you SWSH videos. Great work as always mate!

[@KingOfDarknessAndEvil]

"Kept ya waiting, huh?"

[@SniperKing-O]

Solid Soda

[@soulcyclone360]

​@@SniperKing-ORadical Snake

[@pixieshine1]

I love that bayonetta music is used in the background and also i was so caught off guard when it would cut to animated segments but like violently (pichu being turned to liquid). Absolutely amazing

[@VVarewolf]

I still maintain that It's not Sprigatito's eyes that are off, it's the nose just the nose being off centre. It's just a very unclear attempt at showing Sprigatito has a very small muzzle but because people typically compare the eyes to the nose and not the other way around resulting in it looking like the eyes are off to most people.

[@SVD63Ninja]

"Some fat guy's peeing in the background." Me,in the bathroom:*Profuse sweating*

[@jeannepixel4692]

can't believe he thought the robot, transforming motorcycle dragon from the future in the game about time travel was the afterthought and NOT the walking time paradox that is just a dumb lizard with a weird throat sack that is basically just a glorified fossil pokémon (along with the rest of the past paradox pokémon)

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

I wouldn't say the past Paradox 'mons are afterthoughts considering at least they have actual Shiny designs [even if they're basically just the Shiny of the original 'mon they caveman-ified] Meanwhile the future Paradox 'mons just lose every ounce of color they have aside from the LED parts because _"Everything's chrome in the future!"_ Not to mention I feel like more work inherently goes into designing the prehistoric Paradox 'mons vs the future ones, literally just look at Slither Wing vs Iron Moth The former is like if Larvesta-instead of actually going for flight upon evolution-just opted to go for raw physical power with its bigger size The latter is just Robot Volcarona™️ [but part _Poison_ for some reason?? They really couldn't have picked an actually good type to swap Bug out with?], and that's basically just the case for all the future ones except Iron Valiant, which tried to be interesting by being a fusion of Gallade and Gardevoir...except due to how much design overlap those two have, too many people think it's _just_ Gallade, and you have to _really_ look closely to catch the Gardevoir aspects

[@anny8720]

@@WhimsicottFanatic really? I see more gardevoir in iron valiant than gallade and that's coming from a gallade fan. I do agree the future paradox designs are less creative, they resemble the original pokemon too much imo

[@GoldSayaProductions]

Iron Treads resembles Donphan too closely?

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

@@GoldSayaProductions In my defense, I automatically filter Iron Treads out of my memory because it's on the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Iron Valiant Where they did try something notably different but it ended up looking more embarrassing/stupid than cool Although upon refreshing myself on how it looked, I somehow got the mental image of a Shelgon going through an emo phase and I don't think I'll ever unsee that now

[@MorbusFreak2011]

Can't wait for the rest of this series. Your SWSH video brought me to your channel, and now I've watched everything! I just wish you still did your live action skits. The little cartoon avatar is funny and all, but your screen presence was better.

[@kojideer1918]

You have no idea how happy I was to see the notification for this. Love the little animated bits!

[@KaylinMajeure]

I've been a fan of this channel since 2015, and easily this is my favourite video. I haven't laughed this hard in so long. Loving the animated avatar btw!

[@CaptainDiqhedd]

I'm loving this style of video with all the small animated joke segments. Great vid!

[@viktorkukov109]

Was waiting for the only sensible reviewer of pokemon games to give it justice, thank you radical for this 🙏

[@kakalukio]

Honestly it's an excellent example of why open-world doesn't benefit certain types of games. Sometimes it's better to just work with neatly defined levels/progression/obstacles/etc. Anyways, still doesn't excuse the abysmall technical performance, or some of the questionable decision like not being able to turn of the EXP share. Did you know it ruins your EV training? Cuz that was a fun surprise the first time I tried to make a proper team.

[@lightninglily644]

Radical Soda, actually there is a way to lock the map by pressing on the right stick on the map you access by pressing the Y button.... I take it you didn't see the icon in the bottom left corner of the rotom phone's full map menu that has a toggle feature allowing you to lock the map to always face north?

[@nekaneb.a.]

YESSS I BEEN WAITING FOR RADICALSODA TO REVIEW POKEMON SPAIN FINALLY HAUHAHAUA

[@Tem07]

You made me miss X and Y with that brief cut in if Pokemon Y.. I miss when Pokemon Y was new! I was sooo excited seeing the 3d models. It is a huge shame they just got reused over and over.. I'm grateful that the small cut-in of Pokemon Y made me feel so much nostalgia... haha

[@nixter3196]

Is it fun? Yeah ig. Is that the bare minimum for a full priced game made by the highest grossing media franchise in the world? Yes. Can it make a lasagna? No, the ingredients would clip right through and fall into the void. 0/10

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I didn't rlly mess around a lot with the customisation, played half the game as a default character until I found a cool sun hat I wanted a matching haircut to, but I'm glad to hear it's good and made you happy

[@TNTspaz]

Genuinely. Most half baked fan games are better than Scarlet and Violet. I was honestly baffled how bad it was.

[@StardustAura]

As someone who just started content creation, the leap in quality from your previous stuff to this video is brilliant. I was having a bad day, but I can always count on a radicalsoda video to cheer me up, keep up the amazing work!

[@MemesSwitched]

Oh lord it’s begun. Get ready for a *looooong* series

[@valeriedure2341]

"Fluid. Jendah Fluid." the funny thing is that could be an actual bond character name

[@TheWDerp]

Clavel: Where will you go? RS: I'm going to.. ahm... eh... k!ll myself! Clavel: what will you achieve? RS: 💀 I'm actually having jaw pain from laughing this hard...

[@Rhyster2134]

I refuse to let this review series flop I'm putting this video on multiple tabs on repeat, may Bear Grylls be a quadruped forever

[@TheLastArbiter]

2:22 my brain heard your hilarious scream reaction from the DDLC video to the hanging

[@EmotionLord]

I'm halfway through the video, and man... Great job. You can tell from every cut that this oozes with effort. Thanks for not only making these but also for putting so much heart into them as well!

[@Mrdtaylz]

WAKE UP BABE, NEW RADICAL FUCKING SODA

[@BobfatherGaming]

13:32 You can actually lock the mini-map by pressing R3 on the big map screen. There is a little icon on the map screen showing this, but it's not obvious and it would be better off in settings.

[@OfficialToddStams]

Thank you for the funny inbetween animation segments, they are the best part

[@sooooober]

God no one knows how happy I am to see these videos

[@farpopcorn1565]

This is the first video I’ve seen from you and you are unreasonably funny

[@j-for-jaded6322]

Oh I can't wait!! My favourite 4 hour movie has a sequel! Honestly I'm so happy to see you're working on this, the Sword & Sheild video is one of my favourite vids of yours. I listen to it a lot while working. Looking forward to another scathing critique. Also Bear 'Sprigatito' Grylls is the best choice.

[@SpectralT23]

This truly is a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

[@jonahmiller988]

8:20 I don't know why it took me 2 months to notice but ummm....rob...remember when you realized what the acronym was in your S&SH review?

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

There are no words to describe this game. It's the single most most fun I've ever had playing Pokemon, and it's objectively an awful, buggy, unfinished mess. It's one of my favorite Switch games, while also being one that I can NEVER recommend to anyone in good faith. It is a game that I love to death, and also a game I know is a horrible embaressment, an immovable black stain on the legacy of the company making it. I agree with you, this game does think I'm stupid, and my reaction to it proves that I guess I am stupid. This whole conundrum has rocked me to my core and caused me to question everything I know about both gaming and myself.

[@woobgamer5210]

people in the pokemon community are in a sunk cost fallacy, they cant comprehend a game they love is objectively shitty.

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

@@woobgamer5210 I don't get the people who excuse the problems. I can have an extremely fun time with the game while still saying that it's horribly embaressing how many inexcusable things they got wrong.

[@cheesepuffsthings]

Scarlet taught me that I apparently have almost no standards as a human being. There is practicality no depth to which I will not sink so long as my basest impulses are catered to. I didn't touch BDSP, so it's not like I don't have *any* standards...

[@the_godbodor7026]

Best Pokemon game cases IMO, the Ultra games. Specifically because if you put the two box arts next to each other, it creates the face of Ultra Necrozma in the center