The negative aspects of Pokémon Sword and Shield, such as its technical section or some decisions regarding the Pokédex, are the reasons.
The review bombing is a phenomenon that has been happening lately in a frequent way, being many video games that have suffered. As we know, this consists of a barrage of negative reviews by users of a specific title, which thus shows their discontent, and as we could expect in the light of this week's events, Pokémon Sword and Shield is the last victim in Metacritic.
Game Freak, in the spotlight
The low visual level, the linearity of the game, the reduction of the Pokédex … They are all negative aspects that, in effect, have Pokémon Sword and Shield, which Sergio Carlos González mentions in his Reviews, and that they have served so that, today, more than 1,500 Metacritic users have bombarded the game page with their critics, very few of them constructive. It should be said that, in spite of everything, it also has almost 800 positives, but they are not enough so that the average for the players is currently 4.1 points.
"Some of the weakest games, like Pokémon X and Y, are big hits compared to this one." "This game is a complete disaster, everything is restricted and the world feels totally empty." "I can't support a company that is so far from its fan base." "Game Freak has cut the Pokédex in half, so I will cut the score from 10 to 0". These are some of the criticisms that can be read right now, and which, as we see, do not contribute much more than we already knew before its launch last Friday.
At all times the community has shown its dissatisfaction with Game Freak and Junichi Masuda, producer of the game, having made viral even the hashtag #FireMasuda at the time the aforementioned cut in the Pokédex was known. However, both he and the director of Pokémon Sword and Shield, Shigeru Omori, have assured that they will take into account all the comments of the vast community of Pokémon around the world.
