The embargo for ORAS review has lifted and reviews are now out in the wild. I’ve rounded up some of them here. Are you excited for ORAS launching this Friday (or next week) and are you curious if they live up to the hype. Spoilers: Nope, they are the worst Pokémon games ever.
- Gamespot – Give these remakes enough time, and you begin to understand why Pokemon’s formula hasn’t changed much over the years. It’s a seemingly simple and cute journey, but with the underlying potential for strategy in combat, and a massive number of adorable Pokemon to catch, you can’t help getting hooked by Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. 8/10
- GoNintendo – Overall, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire is a good improvement over the original Sapphire as well as last year’s X/Y releases. While it may not be the right game for players to jump back into the series or into it for the first time, it’s more enjoyable with a lot of streamlined features while adding new design elements that attempt to engage players in more aspects of the game.
- IGN – As a 3D remake, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby do a fantastic job of reintroducing Hoenn. Little details, like characters turning their heads to look as you pass or flocks of Wingulls flying overhead, make the region really come to life, and small updates and tweaks help make the journey smoother.
- Joystiq – Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire do little to overhaul the major pillars of a series that’s long relied on the same set of classic ideas, but they don’t have to. The core mechanics of Pokemon remain immensely addictive, and Game Freak’s latest coat of polish only enhances an already captivating adventure. 4.5/5
- Nintendo World Report – Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are way better games than last year’s X/Y while also improving on the Game Boy Advance originals. 9/10
- Daely Reviews – With the lack of Mega Flygon, no Mega Milotic and no Battle Frontier, these are literally the worst Pokémon games ever. Ever. 2/10.
There are more reviews on Metacritic, which all seem favourable so go check them out!
Pics of Laveridge Hot Springs is the best thing I have seen so far.
the moment that all of u waiting for (not me) . but no naked women on that . https://twitter.com/kristhofer/status/534789440565432321/photo/1
Nooooo the proxy settings ;-;
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1416338765471.jpg no women on it *rf.
GAAAAAAH!!!! whelp that ruins it……..
So leaker confirmed that no bf or new megas to be seen after completeing the games but he said npc:s have been hinting for something being build and pokemon reacting to new stones
So leaker confirmed that no bf or new megas to be seen after completeing the games but he said npc:s have been hinting for something being build and pokemon reacting to new stones. Interesting
Sorry accidentaly copied it 2 times.
Ur not. Being serious. If no bf or new megas f@ck OrAs!
Well thats what i heard on 4chan. :/ yup it sucks.
Did he honestly mean this is the worst pokemon game created??? It didn’t read as a joke.
He was joking, being sarcastic is in his bio XD
Oh.. ok cause it made me sad..
No battle frontier is a Really Bad move.. it was a Lot of people’s favorite. But I am sure this is because the XY last installment is not too far from release can’t think if a better reason..
I’ve been calling it since day 1.
We’ve*
Does anyone want a few random shinies ? Nothing good just stuff I’ve come across. Like Raticate, fearow those sort of randoms haha ? Let me know 🙂
whatcha got Sim
Is there anything in particular ? I’ve a fair few I can check then 🙂
i’m better in a list based scenario
i doubt you’d have anything i’m looking for out of the blue
No worries there mostly random nothing too fancy. Just weepingbels and raticates, fearows etc
pokemon decays
do you know what really grinds my Klinks?
you go upstairs to use the john maybe grab a bottle of water and when you come back down you find that your internet went out and your computer needs to be restarted
Or if you leave the water behind and then you feel silly and still have another trio because of that 😛 -> my life haha
damn i should’ve said
“Do you know what really Gear Grinds my Klinks”
or is that a mouth full
Perfectly acceptable 😀
parts of me want to write a article
something on the lines of if our Pokemon trainers morals and ways of doing things could be grouped in a “Republican/Democratic” kinda thing
7.9 seems like a decent rating for ORAS from IGN.
They put a lot of thought into all of their reviews, so this is no different.
Keep in mind they can’t give it a 10/10 just because “Hoenn is bae” or even for nostalgia.
They see things a lot differently than we do, that’s their job. Writing reviews requires in-depth research into every part of a game, which is something we as ordinary gamers do not normally look into.
HMs in this game and field moves overall are definitely more overwhelming than XY.
(Dive, Flash, Secret Power…)
And water has always been a big problem in Hoenn.
I completely agree with their rating, again due to their full research of the game.
(And you guys can’t even judge them for giving it 7.9 because you don’t even have games yet smh.)
(Repost from last article because I didn’t know there was a new one.)
I have the opposite view. In that us as fans would look more deeply into the games and reviewers will barely scratch the surface, since like you said they see it as a job as opposed to actually enjoying the game.
If that makes any sense.
But yeh I didn’t see this getting a perfect score. Giving a perfect score is incredibly hard to justify in my opinion.
Well they obviously have people who know the games before hand review them.
IGN gave the game a 79…
Pre-order canceled.
“the adorable characters are even more adorable (especially little Wally!)” …IGN almost redeemed themselves.
No BF and no new megas?
A bit disappointed about the former but totally called the latter.
The reviewers can’t talk about the unrevealed megas or the post game. We’ll only be able to know these things for sure when the game come out.
I know… But i’m talking about what people were talking about down below, based on leakers…
School is evil… It prevents me from seeing all the recent leaks. So what has leaked in the past few hours besides the cable car and hot springs?
I hate my self
No battles frontier 🙁
I heard that there’s text that points to the possibility of it being in an update or DLC pack.
Game freak has said b4 that they don’t like dlc…..I could b wrong, but I honestly don’t c it happening….I guess I hope I’m wrong lol
This doesn’t mean they could make a big update with it in it though. Sure, it’s highly unlikely but Gamefreak has surprised us before. Just look at BW2
So no more new megas 😐 of that’s the case I think that was kinda of dumb for game freak to release all the megas to the public
Okay so why are people saying there are no new mega’s? I would love to see this article that states this. Of course i am pretty sure there cant be one since reviewers are normally not allowed to talk about post-game content and this has always been the case for Pokemon. Also i am pretty sure none of the leakers are in to the post game yet so unless i missed something….
Leakers have been posting things since the beginning of time where have you been
Wait so no more megas?
I didn’t think so… Hmf
YAY NO MEGA MILOTIC!!!
I’M IN THE CLEAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpcIJL_DPPM
I actually didn’t want mega dragonite… It’s current ability is just too good to have to decide if I should use it or not
and i didn’t want M. Milotic because its an absolute pain in my ass
While I’m still excited for the game, this definitely disappoints me:
Daely Reviews – With the lack of Mega Flygon, no Mega Milotic and no Battle Frontier, these are literally the worst Pokémon games ever. Ever. 2/10.
Hi boo
I think the same guys gave XY and 4 because of lack of originality. Then again I heard they also gave Dragon Age Inquisition a 5/10, so in all I think the site or the reviewer are satire.
Totally didn’t realize it was a joke review lol.
Everyone is getting bummed out about no BF! How do we know they don’t have anything planned! WHAT IF the Battle frontier is a TIMED event like the casino event or the extra items in Lilycove department store was! WHAT IF we have to complete the WHOLE story in order to access it. Several trainers in the game state that the Battle Frontier is BEING BUILT SOON! How do we know we are not getting it :D!!!
LOOOOOL this comment made me laugh
It’s not in. Just accept it and move on.
Multiple Trainers say the battle frontier is being built in Hoenn, Wallace states that steven stepped down as champ and Wallace is taking his place. Palmer and JUAN are mentioned. I am just saying DLC or a TIMED event in game!
Wait so Wallace is still the champion? 😮
You can’t challenge him, but he states that he was chosen :D. Steven stepped down to go explore MEGA EVOLUTION, and several in game trainers state certain other pokemon are reacting to stones with unusual power XD
If you rematch the E4 though Steven is still there.
Aww. You’ve been really following current leaks, haven’t you? XD
that or your a #slowpoke
I have the filter enabled at my school, so I can’t check.
Yes 😀
no but there is a post game vs sootopolian wallace which is probably something close
steven is still in the champion room in psotgame as shown by demo dumps
Anyone here besides me find it pretty funny that games like ORAS, LBP3, and Dragon Age are getting some meh reviews, yet when actually played are fun and never find any of the issues they mention (looking at you IGN).
It is impossible for ORAS to not feature any new megas besides the ones we already know about. A Nintendo representative specifically stated that there were Megas still left for players to discover. Besides, just because there are no new ones YET doesn’t mean that there will never be any new ones. They could be time based like in XY.
For us to DISCOVER thorugh DLC or… through waiting enough time! 😀
We will really know what the plan in WHEN the game is dumped by ProjectPokemon 😀
This is all too suspicious so I’m just gonna wait till i get the games for myself to explore around
Anything relevant leaked so far today?
No Battle Frontier and no new Megas yet.
yet
It’s confirmed that there’s no BF. Someone already beat the game.
Look what i said above m8
If there’s no BF, it won’t just appear overnight.
what? your sentence makes no sense