Pokemon Legends: ZA is being reviewed, which has pulled down its user score significantly. Pokemon Legends: ZA is the latest record in a long time Pokemon franchise and earned mostly positive reviews from critics. Although he did not score as high as the breakthrough Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Legends: ZA reviews were much stronger than Scarlet and Violetwhich are the lowest rated games in the series.
Pokemon Legends: ZA reviews praised the return of Mega Evolutions and the fun core gameplay loop, while criticizing the game's pacing and lackluster graphics compared to its peers. When checking the aggregate site Metacritic, Pokemon Legends: ZA it received an overall rating of 79 with 57 reviews counted so far, down from the 83 it started with.
Pokemon Legends: ZA Negative reviews
The Pokemon Legends: ZA meanwhile, the user score is significantly lower than the critic score. At the time of writing this article Pokemon Legends: ZA has a user rating of 4.1with 61% negative reviews, 29% mixed and 30% positive. While there are a few legitimate negative user reviews, there are also many that give the game a 0/10 or 1/10, which most would agree is not really reasonable even if someone doesn't like the game. These reviews mention things like the “greed” of The Pokemon Company, the “laziness” of the game, and in some cases the ongoing and highly controversial Nintendo. Palworld litigation. Bombarding the reviews seems to be more of a way to criticize the handling of it Pokemon franchise in recent years as opposed to truly evaluating the quality of the game, though that doesn't mean there aren't legitimate complaints.
Pokemon Legends: ZA has been the subject of considerable backlash, which has only gotten worse since it hit store shelves. Pokemon Legends: ZAThe presentation was heavily scrutinized, with many complaining that it felt cheap due to the repetitive flat textures and lack of voice acting, despite being part of the most successful media franchise of all time. In fact, this was claimed by former Nintendo employees Pokemon Legends: ZA only needing to sell 200,000 units to break even, indicating that the game's budget was relatively low compared to other triple-A games on the market.
Last Pokemon leaks added fuel to the fire. It looks like the upcoming gen 10 Pokemon games and a massive 4-region Pokemon remake projects are particularly ambitious, which has left some fans feeling overwhelmed by what FOR brings to the table. Nevertheless, with Pokemon Legends: ZA having only recently been released, it's highly unlikely that the 0/10 rating was left by people who actually completed the game. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how the scores change over time.
- Released
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October 16, 2025
- ESRB
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Everyone 10+ / Fantasy violence, in-game purchases
