3/5 ★ – bertbertbinks's review of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

After many years, this is the first Pokémon game that has captured (haha) the essence of Pokémon. Catching, collecting and a dash of challenging. The first five hours of the game were so enjoyable. However; The game gets bogged down after those first five hours. It’s not a very good open world game. A few complaints are - why is there ONE town?! Most of the crafting items aren’t necessary. Upgrading inventory is a huge hassle. Cosmetics could be better. As an open world game, it could be and needs to be better. More so, the story is really bad. I don’t want to sugarcoat it. It’s bad. And to make matters worse, the need for voice actors is ever more prevalent. Pokemons vision is beginning to shift its focus from a traditional turn based gameplay to more of an open one. It’s a good start, but it needs to be better.