Pokemon Legends: Arceusis officially out, and reviews for the game coming in at the moment seem to be overwhelmingly positive, which bodes very well for the future of the series. Withnew Hisuian forms and evolutions for several Pokemon speciesand a new creature altogether,Pokemon Legends: Arceusis taking the best bits of the existing formula, while also reshaping it. The game is a quite revolutionary one, as it is the first semi-open-worldPokemongame with crafting, Pokemon dealing damage to Trainers, boss battles that take the place of Gyms, and more, all packed in one huge release.
Furthermore,Pokemon Legends: Arceusis adding plenty of new features or reworking existing ones, both things that add to the experience more than what the game is actually missing -Pokemon abilities, held items, and breeding. One of the most interesting new additions comes from the new status conditions and weather effects, as well as some past ones being changed in a way that makes several Pokemon types and species more balanced and competitive than before.
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In fact,Pokemon Legends: Arceushas a total of five new status conditions, three weather effects, and a terrain effect. Among them are Frostbite, Drowsy, Obscured, Fixated, and Primed for status conditions, Snow, Strong Sunlight, and Fog for weathers, and Jagged Splinters for the new terrain effect. Frostbite and Drowsy respectively replace Frozen and Asleep, which would completely prevent some Pokemon from acting for a few turns. Now, the former acts like Burn because it deals damage at the end of the turn and reduces the special attack of the target, and the latter makes the target inclined to fail to act and take extra damage.
The other three work as follows: Obscured envelops a Pokemon in mud to raise its evasiveness, Fixated applies on repetition moves that make the Pokemon use it over and over again, and Primed makes a Pokemon increase the damage it deals. Snow is another very interesting addition toPokemon Legends: Arceus, making Pokemon more likely to get Frostbite and fail to act due to Drowsy, while also boosting the Speed ofIce-type Pokemon. Strong Sunlight increases the Speed of Grass-types, instead, while Fog makes all moves less accurate. Jagged Splinters substitute old effects such as Stealth Rocks, now dealing damage to Pokemon who are on this perilous terrain.
One of the main issues leading to the game’s launch today always was thegraphics controversy forPokemon Legends: Arceus, which some say the new weather effects make worse due to occasional lag. Still, the game is sitting at 85% positive reviews, with many comments stating that this is the bestPokemongame in a very long time.
Pokemon Legends: Arceusis now available for Nintendo Switch.
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