Pokémon X and Y has came out worldwide on October 12th, 2013 and has been told the most innovated game duo in the series. While Pokémon X and Y is a very welcomed addition to the franchise, a couple of flaws hold the game back from being the best of the series. From Fairy types to Mega Evolutions, this entire game is worthy of one title: A true Evolution. 

 

Gameplay:

 

Pokémon X and Y introduced many elements in gameplay. They first introduced for the first time in the core games, 3D models for the entire game. The 3D models really look very fleshed out and it stands well beyond anything I have ever seen on any game on the 3D. GameFreak really went beyond their and the 3DS's potential. Though the 3D slider was usable in the overworld, it was still flattering to see such a huge improvement in the game. Pokémon X and Y also introduced a brand new type that was hoped to rebalance the meta game, called the Fairy type. Multiple Pokémon both old and new were labeled the Fairy types. Though they seem like a great idea, I see a very few of them people really good. Most of the old Pokémon such as Azumarril and Gardevoir has benefited a lot from this type and they are now stronger than ever but they and a few other Pokémon are the only decent ones. I also didn't like how most of them sadly lacked enough move and stat versatility. Most of them are slow, and the new Fairy moves are either Support or Special. Only one move is Physical and it does barely enough damage. Still Fairy types are a wonderful type that will get better as the generations go by, after all it is a newly introduced type. Mega Evolutions was another feature introduced as well, it took old Pokémon that couldn't evolve anymore either due to reaching their final stage or simply because GameFreak said so. They make the Pokémon on par with the legendaries of the franchise, which really means they would be placed in Ubers depending on their usability. This will really give a new outlook on the Ubers tier since now there are given more choices to what Pokémon to choose. Pokémon Amie was another cute feature added to let you take care of the Pokémon and they get boosts in either experience, critical hit ratios and much more. It was a bit overpowered but it was still a welcomed feature. Rollerskating is another new feature and I believe it should've been worked on more. I found Rollerskating absolutely uncontrollable at times, though it was a fun feature it still made me bump into too many people and buildings. Super Training is an EV training program that made it much easier to make your Pokémon more specialized in a certain stat. There are much more features such as Boutiques, Cafés, Player Search System, Friend Safari and much more that were extremely well done. One problem I had with Boutiques and Hair Dressers in Kalos is how much many clothes and hairstyles it was lacking if you play as a Male compared to a Female. Last but not least, the Pokémon. The Pokémon I truly enjoyed in the game, I love how most of them look. A few disappointed me though, Aromatisse, Slurpuff and Heliolisk to name a few. Aromatisse looks like something that came out of a child's nightmare, Slurpuff looks like it drank too much whiskey, and Heliolisk looks like wasted potential. There are only 69 new Pokémon which made me even more disappointed, since that meant that over 50% of the Pokémon were already revealed beforehand. The game is terribly easy with the EXP share, even if you can turn it off, I didn't expect it to be this broken. It's still had wonderful Gameplay, I give it a: 

 

8.5/10 

+ Good 3D visuals

+ Amazing Features

+ Great looking Pokémon

- Way too easy

- Barely enough new Pokémon

 

Story:

 

What I found Pokémon X and Y was lacking was a good villainous team and a non-obvious main villain. Team Flare crashed my hopes and dreams of being a Stylish Sadistic badass team into becomes a Stylish team of stupidity. They literally acted like teenagers the moment I met them, they made the game too obvious and made me feel like it was a downgrade. Pokémon isn't really known for its story, but ever since Generation V I thought that this franchise had a good chance of having a really good story. This doesn't mean that Generation VI's story was terrible, as the story unfolds you realize there is more to this game in the story. It wasn't that great, but it wasn't terrible. It was decent in a way that a person can listen to these un-relatable team. Moving on to the Rivals, they were really well done. Shauna and Serena/Calem hold a special place in my heart because of this game, they were possibly the most well-thought out characters in this game along with another special character. Tierno and Trevor however, were not fleshed out. Their characters belong to a certain chic and they never went out of that chic. The ending was really well done as well, it made the game feel came together as a whole even though it technically didn't. I give it a:

 

7.5/10

+ 2 Good Rivals

+ Good Ending

- 2 Bland Rivals

- Obvious plot points

- Team Flare 

 

Music:

 

As always Pokémon has introduced even more brilliant pieces of music. Finally transitioning to orchestral music, Pokémon X and Y has to be one of the best, if not, the best game with the best musical pieces in the franchise to date. My most favourite had to be the Elite 4's theme. It was terribly well done, it is catchy, it is something you can battle to, and it is a very fun theme. Other themes that X and Y has done well are the Champion's Theme, Legendary Theme, Rival's Battle Theme, Gym Leader's Battle theme, Power Plant/Pokémon Factory theme, Team Flare's Battle theme, Calem/Serena theme and of course the Bike theme. But, all of the routes sound almost the same, they don't have a major difference. I give this a:

 

9.5/10

+ Terrific Music

+ Sound Quality is wonderful

- All the Route themes sound almost the same

 

All in all, this game is a great game to play. It has an amazing gameplay, a decent story and top-notch music to get you going. I give Pokémon X and Y a:

 

8.5/10

+ Decent Story

+ Amazing Music

+ Great Gameplay

+ Replayable 

- Very Easy

- Obvious Plot Points

 

 

So did you enjoy this outrageously long review? Have a review of your own? Agree? Disagree? Hate me? Go ahead and reply below!

I agree that it was way too easy and even worse than that is that there is almost no post-game besides collecting all of the Pokemon. Also, they only introduced 3 new legendaries(as far as I know) and that seems like a really small number to me. The other thing that I feel that they did horrible on was that they didn't sync up the day of release for XY and the Pokemon Bank. They made a big deal about how you can transfer your Pokemon and keep them but it doesn't even come out until 2 months after the game. But as for the main game I completely agree with you

a public poll so i can't give you low scores and blame it on hei dayum

Good review

 

And here's my rebuttals:

- You can't really hate on X/Y for being easy, when almost every pokemon game is easy already. Especially if you played them all, they get easier over time.

- EXP Share is MAD broken, its kinda a good thing and bad, Good for training more pokes for a cyclable team, bad cause its over powered

- I'm more not cause of only 69 new pokes, but cause only Mewtwo and Lizardon got version exclusive mega's. Like really, conveniently the "fan popular" pokemon get the special case, nothing for Blast or Venu

- And for some reason, not being able to stop the mega evolution makes it kinda OP, still though, with no life/choice/lefty. Some mega's will be shit to the original imo

- I agree more fairy moves

- I actually LIKE Team Flare, maybe its there humor, and I think Lysandre is a cool villian, not really evil, just misguided (literally lost faith in humanity)

- Legendary was kinda shoe horned in, which is lame. No build up like B/W or something bad-ass like emerald. (And Xerneas cheesed final lysandre, disappoint)

- Speaking of shoe horned, the Rival fights were kinda lame, I mean I like Calem/Serena's character, but the fights were lame. And could of fought Shauna more than twice, just saiyan.

- Trev needed more character, there was a little about this family in Lumioise, but not enough. Tierno called shauna "Shaunee" I can't hate him for that.

- Music is amazing, but 2 sided. Some tracks were amazing, and some were better in past games. The Flare scientists should of gotten a remixed theme like galactic admins (only good thing I'll ever say about Team Galactic)

- Most route themes are forgettable, that's been in every gen. At least Route 15 is like the Route 10 (Unova) of Kalos.

- E4 should have 5 pokes again

- Champ is gr8, could of done more in the story though, only complaint.

 

And something you missed shany. AZ is pretty cool, gives some weird depth so how dark pokemon can really be.

Am I the only one who liked how easy it was? /shotI loved the story, and I personally believe that it was meant to be obvious of who the leader is and some plot points. I think Team Flare (well mostly the leader) is very sadistic imo with his grand nazi-ish plan (which I won't say for spoiler reasons) and the leader seems rather well psycho to me, which is a plus. The rest of Team Flare do seem a bit childish, but me personally i like that they're naive and ignorant.Fairy-type frustrates me. I rage every time I fight against a Fairy-type trainer. Freaking trolls...The only real problem I had was the skates at times, and the post content kinda sucks. I bet it'll be freaking DLC in the future...

Pokemon games really do get easier with every new gen. Anyone remember back when pokemon could dodge a poke ball, or the small space in the bag?

Good review

 

And here's my rebuttals:

- You can't really hate on X/Y for being easy, when almost every pokemon game is easy already. Especially if you played them all, they get easier over time.

- EXP Share is MAD broken, its kinda a good thing and bad, Good for training more pokes for a cyclable team, bad cause its over powered

- I'm more not cause of only 69 new pokes, but cause only Mewtwo and Lizardon got version exclusive mega's. Like really, conveniently the "fan popular" pokemon get the special case, nothing for Blast or Venu

- And for some reason, not being able to stop the mega evolution makes it kinda OP, still though, with no life/choice/lefty. Some mega's will be shit to the original imo

- I agree more fairy moves

- I actually LIKE Team Flare, maybe its there humor, and I think Lysandre is a cool villian, not really evil, just misguided (literally lost faith in humanity)

- Legendary was kinda shoe horned in, which is lame. No build up like B/W or something bad-ass like emerald. (And Xerneas cheesed final lysandre, disappoint)

- Speaking of shoe horned, the Rival fights were kinda lame, I mean I like Calem/Serena's character, but the fights were lame. And could of fought Shauna more than twice, just saiyan.

- Trev needed more character, there was a little about this family in Lumioise, but not enough. Tierno called shauna "Shaunee" I can't hate him for that.

- Music is amazing, but 2 sided. Some tracks were amazing, and some were better in past games. The Flare scientists should of gotten a remixed theme like galactic admins (only good thing I'll ever say about Team Galactic)

- Most route themes are forgettable, that's been in every gen. At least Route 15 is like the Route 10 (Unova) of Kalos.

- E4 should have 5 pokes again

- Champ is gr8, could of done more in the story though, only complaint.

 

And something you missed shany. AZ is pretty cool, gives some weird depth so how dark pokemon can really be.

 

Aww thank you Blake. 8D

 

1) That is true, but I found the other games to be more difficult than this. Even Black and White was more difficult.

2) It is broken! They should've introduced it as soon as the main game is over then it would've been fine.

3) I was kind of annoyed how the Kanto Starters and Blaziken got Mega Evolutions, but not any of the other starters. I wanted my Johto/Rest of Hoenn/Sinnoh/Unova Megalutions. ;; Also was annoyed that Charizard got exclusives but not Blastoise nor Venusaur. 

4) Mega Evolutions could be annoying, nothing is yet confirmed if they are OP but if they are really on the same level as Legendaries then I assume they are.

5) I was so sad when I figured out Sylveon can't learn any better Fairy moves. D8

6) I didn't like Lysandre because he was so obvious that it hurt me. As soon as I saw him I was like "He's the bad guy". Team Flare was kind of funny but sometimes I really found them idiotic, for example: "I really hope he doesn't find the secret door in this place" like nice job guys you just told me there is a secret door in a very small room.

7) Oh yeah, and lets not forget the high catch rate. I was so surprised I caught it with one throw.

8) Now you mention it, they were kind of lame. But then again I was too overleveled to notice that.

9) See I didn't even notice Trevor even had a family in Lumioise City. Oh yeah, that reminded me of how some people call me "Shany" here. Who knew a character like Shauna could be so much like me.

10) I know right? I was disappointed in the lack of new themes surrounding Team Flare admins/scientists/boss. Admins should've gotten remixes, Scientists should've gotten their own theme and same goes for the Boss too.

11) Kind of true, but I think this game had the most forgettable ones.

12) Or 6, I want 6 Pokémon in the Elite 4.

13) True, she could've been an undercover Cynthia. 

 

And I referenced AZ here but didn't want to spoil it JUST incase someone wounds up wanting to read it and haven't played the games: 

 

Moving on to the Rivals, they were really well done. Shauna and Serena/Calem hold a special place in my heart because of this game, they were possibly the most well-thought out characters in this game along with another special character. 

 

 

Am I the only one who liked how easy it was? /shot

I loved the story, and I personally believe that it was meant to be obvious of who the leader is and some plot points. I think Team Flare (well mostly the leader) is very sadistic imo with his grand nazi-ish plan (which I won't say for spoiler reasons) and the leader seems rather well psycho to me, which is a plus. The rest of Team Flare do seem a bit childish, but me personally i like that they're naive and ignorant.

 

Fairy-type frustrates me. I rage every time I fight against a Fairy-type trainer. Freaking trolls...

 

The only real problem I had was the skates at times, and the post content kinda sucks. I bet it'll be freaking DLC in the future...

 

Like Blake said, he was more misguided. I think the most sadistic would be Cyrus...but he can be ruled as misguided too. Like I said, I disliked the story for the most part until near the end. You know, until you press you-know-what and that cutscene happened.

 

Team Flare reminds me of Team Aqua/Magma.

 

I never had a problem with them but the little Fairy Tale trainers were far too creepy.

 

I want a DLC so bad, I have literally nothing to do in the game. D8 

Pokemon games really do get easier with every new gen. Anyone remember back when pokemon could dodge a poke ball, or the small space in the bag?

They could dodge before? o_O

They could dodge before? o_O

 

Even if they were asleep, they dodge.

Also critical strike chance was based on your Speed Stat.

 

 

a public poll so i can't give you low scores and blame it on hei dayum

 

That's what I thought. 

Aww thank you Blake. 8D

 

1) That is true, but I found the other games to be more difficult than this. Even Black and White was more difficult.

2) It is broken! They should've introduced it as soon as the main game is over then it would've been fine.

3) I was kind of annoyed how the Kanto Starters and Blaziken got Mega Evolutions, but not any of the other starters. I wanted my Johto/Rest of Hoenn/Sinnoh/Unova Megalutions. ;; Also was annoyed that Charizard got exclusives but not Blastoise nor Venusaur. 

4) Mega Evolutions could be annoying, nothing is yet confirmed if they are OP but if they are really on the same level as Legendaries then I assume they are.

5) I was so sad when I figured out Sylveon can't learn any better Fairy moves. D8

6) I didn't like Lysandre because he was so obvious that it hurt me. As soon as I saw him I was like "He's the bad guy". Team Flare was kind of funny but sometimes I really found them idiotic, for example: "I really hope he doesn't find the secret door in this place" like nice job guys you just told me there is a secret door in a very small room.

7) Oh yeah, and lets not forget the high catch rate. I was so surprised I caught it with one throw.

8) Now you mention it, they were kind of lame. But then again I was too overleveled to notice that.

9) See I didn't even notice Trevor even had a family in Lumioise City. Oh yeah, that reminded me of how some people call me "Shany" here. Who knew a character like Shauna could be so much like me.

10) I know right? I was disappointed in the lack of new themes surrounding Team Flare admins/scientists/boss. Admins should've gotten remixes, Scientists should've gotten their own theme and same goes for the Boss too.

11) Kind of true, but I think this game had the most forgettable ones.

12) Or 6, I want 6 Pokémon in the Elite 4.

13) True, she could've been an undercover Cynthia. 

 

And I referenced AZ here but didn't want to spoil it JUST incase someone wounds up wanting to read it and haven't played the games: 

 

 

 

 

Like Blake said, he was more misguided. I think the most sadistic would be Cyrus...but he can be ruled as misguided too. Like I said, I disliked the story for the most part until near the end. You know, until you press you-know-what and that cutscene happened.

 

Team Flare reminds me of Team Aqua/Magma.

 

I never had a problem with them but the little Fairy Tale trainers were far too creepy.

 

I want a DLC so bad, I have literally nothing to do in the game. D8 

That shaunee thing was extra amazing for me, cause I gave you that nick in the first place

 

And yeah about AZ, my non existent selective reading kicked in, but even the official website mentions him, so there was no reason for a cover up imo

 

And we both forgot to mention Sycamore I like him, he has a cool theme, cool personality(ladies man *8) ) My fav prof to date.

 

And well the game opens up the (VERY) obvious door for special events and mystery gift.

 

And you could make a competitive team and we could battle > (or showdown just its easier)

 

I said and a lot :>

That shaunee thing was extra amazing for me, cause I gave you that nick in the first place

 

And yeah about AZ, my non existent selective reading kicked in, but even the official website mentions him, so there was no reason for a cover up imo

 

And we both forgot to mention Sycamore I like him, he has a cool theme, cool personality(ladies man * 8) ) My fav prof to date.

 

And well the game opens up the (VERY) obvious door for special events and mystery gift.

 

And you could make a competitive team and we could battle > (or showdown just its easier)

 

I said and a lot :>

 

I remember I actually think that nickname is cute.

 

I guess, oh well, what is done is done.

 

I remembered him but then forgot to include him. HES PERFECT! Best theme, Best words, Best looks best everything! He is also the sexiest professor, yeah, take that Juniper.

 

I know but I have a hard time believing in anything until I see it in most cases.

 

I already made 4 teams I'll be waiting on Showdown.

Then I'll battle you on XY.

 

A lot on what?

I remember I actually think that nickname is cute.

 

I guess, oh well, what is done is done.

 

I remembered him but then forgot to include him. HES PERFECT! Best theme, Best words, Best looks best everything! He is also the sexiest professor, yeah, take that Juniper.

 

I know but I have a hard time believing in anything until I see it in most cases.

 

I already made 4 teams I'll be waiting on Showdown.

Then I'll battle you on XY.

 

A lot on what?

Sycamore is literally the most French thing in the entire game.

 

And. I said the word "and" 5 times. Grammar is what I'm good at

 

Yeah showdown battle would be cool. (On another subject, will the monthly tourney be X/Y or stay Gen 1-5 for Nov.)

Sycamore is literally the most French thing in the entire game.

 

And. I said the word "and" 5 times. Grammar is what I'm good at

 

Yeah showdown battle would be cool. (On another subject, will the monthly tourney be X/Y or stay Gen 1-5 for Nov.)

 

Oh please the citizens were so French, they were obsessed with Cafes and Boutiques. 

 

I said I a lot too, you aren't alone.

 

Its so far Gen 1 - 6 now. But since Gen 6 is so unreliable due to the amount of information we have left to uncover I wouldn't say its a good idea to use the new Gen 6 Pokémon and Mega evolutions. And I'm waiting. 

I'm loving how easy this game is.  I've always had a hard time keeping all my pokemon at reasonable level, and with the EXP share I don't have to grind much.  I might even finish this one.

I agree, Lysandre was obvious, but that could be because we've started to see a pattern with Team bosses or because I can usually tell these thing in a game from the get go, Like with Seymour in FFX, and Team Flare were idiots (bit then, they'd have to be to shell out 5 mil on that outfit) however I think the story was the best in the series thus far. I like the rivals

and I swear Shauna has a thing for Calum. Dat Fireworks scene

but I do kind of miss the days when the rival was a royal dick. as for the number of new Pokemon (btw I thought there were 70?) I can forgive them because there were so many Pokemon from previous Gens that you could capture in the main game. 

All in all X is my favorite in the series and I cant wait for all the improvements Z will undoubtedly bring.

Edited October 22, 201312 yr by Isamu_Kuno

I liked Team Flare. Lysandre was a pretty obvious villain but his plan made the most sense out of most of the organisations... Destroying 90% of humanity would literally give humanity a few hundred years more before all scarce resources are used up. Team Galactic was much worse (in terms of their goal... awakening Pokemon to recreate the Universe... At least Team Flare was actually fighting towards something realistic and achievable). Most teams are stupid... Team Rocket said the same things about not finding trap doors in the first two Gens. I consider this game to be a remake of Gen One's story but with additional plot. I liked how they blending mythological ideas (the King who lived for thousands of years, reviving Pokemon) and the genocidal ideas of Team Flare. The story is better than the first two gens and four, on par with gen 3, and worse than 5, in my opinion.

Edited October 23, 201312 yr by atheist123

What makes me go mindfiretrucked is...

 

 

How the hell is the guy 1000 years old?! Did he also happen to have made a drug that gives him eternal life?

 

 

Kinda ticked off on that part, but his story makes up for it. Dem feels...

Great review Shana.

 

While I think X&Y can be better than the first BW game....but Black and White 2 did so much to the meta game and added so many things that I don't think X&Y could've beaten it with one try....I'm still yet to buy the game(our stores suck ass) but I'm sure I'm gonna enjoy X&Y

Great review Shana.

 

While I think X&Y can be better than the first BW game....but Black and White 2 did so much to the meta game and added so many things that I don't think X&Y could've beaten it with one try....I'm still yet to buy the game(our stores suck ass) but I'm sure I'm gonna enjoy X&Y

 

In terms of Gameplay it beats Gen V (yes including BW2) but in terms of Story its a bit behind Gen V. It's a good story nonetheless. 

In terms of Gameplay it beats Gen V (yes including BW2) but in terms of Story its a bit behind Gen V. It's a good story nonetheless. 

But Black and White 2 has the PWT,tons of legendaries to catch,extra challenges around Unova,the Poke Theater....and tons of other things.

 

Sure I wanna X&Y to beat Black and White 2 with the bottom of my heart and I'm yet to try the game...but it's a hard task seeing how Black and White 2 in my opinion was the best in the series with tons of content

 

Still,X&Y is a great game and I'm glad Team Flare were actually much better than the pathetic Team Galactic,even though they're nothing compared to Team Plasma

Edited October 24, 201312 yr by Metal Snake

But Black and White 2 has the PWT,tons of legendaries to catch,extra challenges around Unova,the Poke Theater....and tons of other things.

 

Sure I wanna X&Y to beat Black and White 2 with the bottom of my heart and I'm yet to try the game...but it's a hard task seeing how Black and White 2 in my opinion was the best in the series with tons of content

 

Still,X&Y is a great game and I'm glad Team Flare were actually much better than the pathetic Team Galactic,even though they're nothing compared to Team Plasma

 

Yes it has a ton of content but everything else that has to do from graphics, meta game, and such XY the better. 

 

XY is a good game, its just the first half of the game in terms of story was alright, nothing big. Team Flare got better in the 2nd half, but that was because of just Lysandre, not the grunts. They were really stupid.