Pokemon Legends Arceus is the next new Pokemon game released early in 2022, exclusive to Nintendo Switch. With a whole new spin on the world-renowned turn-based action RPG title, Game Freak has taken a different turn this time, with new gaming mechanics, whilst preserving the familiar game we’re all familiar with. With the new gaming mechanics, is Pokemon Legends Arceus going to be better than previous titles or is it going to fall flat? Let’s check the review.
Pokemon Legends Arceus is a single-player, open-world, action RPG game that takes you to a world before all the technology you’ve experienced in other Pokemon games. You can say pretty much it’s a prequel.
Instead of a digital Rotom Pokedex, you get a notebook. Instead of popping into a Pokemon Center to store and heal pokemon, you take them to pastures such as the Jubilife village.
You begin by choosing from three starter pokemon: fire-type Cyndaquil; grass-type Rowlett and water-type, Oshawott. As you progress in the world you get to collect more pokemon from normal battles, and from stealth by throwing Pokeballs.
Your starter Pokemon: Cyndaquil, Rowlett and Oshawott.
There’re missions to complete, sub-missions to strengthen your pokemon, a new combat system to battle wild Pokemon, and long hours of playtime.
What’s to Like
There are lots of things here to like. Firstly, there are new pokemon to find, and familiar ones as well.
Next, there’s a new battle system for you to learn and master. Choose an attack, then the style of attack from the “strong style”, a more powerful but slower attack, to the “agile style”, which is a faster attack but does less damage. This adds to the challenge and strategy of the game.
The new combat interface.
Thirdly, in older pokemon games you catch pokemon in battle after getting them weak. With Arceus, you can take the stealthy approach and throw the Pokeball while exploring.
Next, there are new gaming elements to dive into. For instance, apart from playing through the main story, you get side missions as well to strengthen your pokemon.
You can even make your own Pokeballs from materials you get from the world. There are boss fights with stronger pokemon, what I’m trying to say is, there’s just so much to do in this game.Lastly, you get more than 30 hours of gaming, even more after completing the main story.
With so much to experience and so much to do, you will have your hands full here. Overall, this is a very well-done adaptation of the game.
With new pokemon to fight and catch, a new but challenging battle system, and a whole new gaming approach, makes Pokemon Legends Arceus a game worth trying.
What’s not to Like
Here are a few issues to note before you get into the game. First. The game is more challenging than other pokemon games. Pokemon can attack you, especially Pokemon bosses that are bigger and can do much more damage to you.
One of the Pokemon bosses fights in Pokemon Legends Arceus.
Next. The overall gaming environment looks okay. The graphics from the world you explore, look pretty decent, but in a lot of places, they do lack details to make the game great. The water reflections on rivers, beaches, and lakes look dull. Mountains and cliffs also look dull. But the sky looks good though.
Verdict
Pokemon Legends Arceus is a great new introduction to the great Pokemon franchise. With new gameplay features such as a new battle system and more ways to catch pokemon, you’re sure to have tons of fun even after you complete the main story. The game is a lot more challenging, but that’s not really an issue.
Encounter with a Hisuian Braviary
The issue is the world you get to explore. It’s not impressive. The mountains in the background look dull, and the water detail is not as captivating. Overall, the lack of detail feels empty, makes the world look dull. Maybe an update will be released to fix these issues but for now, it’s something worth noting.
I recommend you get Pokemon Legends Arceus if you feel you want to experience a totally new pokemon adventure. If not, why not try the Pokemon remake Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.
That’s all from me, for now. I’ve given you my likes, dislikes, and my opinions of the game. Now let’s hear from you how you feel about the game. Do you have the game? What is your overall experience? Leave your comments here below. If you like the game, click hereto find out more about it and purchase it, if you wish.
Hello, Pokemon fans. Welcome to the Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Review. This video game is available right now for the Nintendo Switch/OLED console and the Switch Lite handheld. With new colorful 3D graphics, familiar turn-based, and new gameplay features, is this next installment one of the best Pokemon games of 2021? Let’s check out the review.
Get ready for another Pokemon adventure with two new installments, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl. It’s actually a remake of the 2006 release Pokemon Diamond/Pokemon Pearl on the Nintendo DS. You play a young pokemon trainer who travels throughout the Sinnoh region, fighting other pokemon trainers, gym leaders, and other wild pokemon.
You start out with your own pokemon, then you collect more throughout the world, whilst getting them stronger to fight stronger trainers until you reach the elite four, then you become the Pokemon champion. Compared to the older version, it’s a gorgeous game with beautiful 3D graphics, colorful texture excellent visuals, and great overall gameplay.
There are two versions you can buy. Both with the same visuals, most pokemon, and gameplay. But with one or two different pokemon, which you can get from trading online. So It doesn’t really matter which one to buy really. Overall. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are great pokemon games, with colorful 3D graphics, and great gameplay, and include new gaming features and mechanics.
What’s to Like
So why should you get a copy of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl? Let’s see here below. Firstly, the game comes with colorful textures and 3D graphics. The original game included 2D sprites and models in a 2D top-down perspective.
Now it’s been modernized with 3D models and sprites, with a nice zoom-in camera when facing other pokemon trainers, great overall animations, and colorful content and visuals. Next are the new gaming features and mechanics. There’s a quick button press to catch pokemon during battles. There’s an underground area where you can explore, and find rare pokemon and rare items.
If you have to save files from other Pokemon games, you can get rare pokemon by talking to NPCs. You can even change Pokemon on the go from your boxes without having to go to a Pokemon Center. There’s so much more for you to discover in both of these games.
Pokemon battle with your starter fire-type Pokemon, Chimchar.
Thirdly, the games come with an excellent great musical score, including good sound effects and great background music. There’s still no voice acting from NPCs as all speech is dialogue, but the Pokemon still maintain their cries even the Pokemon favorite, Pikachu.
Then lastly, the two games include 40+ hours of gameplay, even long after you’ve completed the main story. There are much stronger and rare pokemon to find, and a separate area for you to explore. Just know that you will spend a lot of hours playing this game.
What’s not to Like
As much as the two new games come with great features, there are a few things that you should take before you get the game. Firstly, this is a remake so all the gaming mechanics from the original 2006 release are included. For instance, you still need to find Pokemon in tall grass, except in the underground area. There’s no voice acting so dialogue is written in text. The games still use the top-down view of the original.
One of the many different towns and cities to explore.
Next is the two games both come with a shorter pokemon roster. Upon playing the game I was having trouble finding fire-type pokemon as they are very few. So if you want to, choose the fire-type pokemon when you start for an easier gaming experience.
Verdict
Overall, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl are excellent remakes of the original 2006 versions, of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Gamefreak has succeeded in preserving the original gaming mechanics, whilst giving both games a modern look, and new gaming features.
Pokemon battle with Shinx.
Even though there are fewer Pokemon to find, the two games are great to play and enjoyable for all ages. If you like the older Pokemon games and want one with a modern look to it, then I recommend you get one of these games.
If you played and liked Pokemon Sword and Shield, you may not really like these two games reviewed here. Rather wait for the newer Pokemon Arceus coming out early in 2022. Thank you for checking out my review of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl. If you like this review, please leave a comment here below.
Click on the buttons provided to see how you can get yourself one of these awesome pokemon remakes of 2021. So what are you waiting for? If you want to go on another Pokemon adventure, then get yourself a copy of Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Pokemon Shining Pearl.
It’s December time again. That means the holidays are just around the corner. If you’re looking for video games to play, or want a gift suggestion for a loved one, then here’s my selection of the top-selling video games that will entertain you throughout the holidays.
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this game was space travel, lasers firing everywhere, fistfights, amazing superpowers, and music from the 80s and 90s eras. What you get is exactly that, but so much more.
You play as Star-Lord and control the rest of the team by telling them what to do. You travel around the universe on missions and side-quests to ultimately save the galaxy. The gaming mechanics remind me of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, especially the combat, and the choice of dialogue options similar to Mass Effect. So with this one, expect great fast-paced action, hilarious bantering during combat, and dramatic scenes.
Guardians of the Galaxy combat scene
Great graphics overall. Good gaming mechanics and gameplay. Great choice of music selection. Not to mention the bantering during combat. This game is a must for all fans of the franchise. I enjoyed playing this game. I highly recommend it. It’s a good console game. You’ll feel like the Star-Lord himself, shooting guns blazing, seeing your team’s power as they explode on the screen.
Looking for a different adventure mixed with action, fantasy, magic, and challenging monsters? Then let me introduce to you Tales of Arise, an action JRPG that takes you into a cartoonish-fantasy world filled with exotic locations, a decent story, great combat gameplay, and amazing graphics.
You start off with Alphen, a slave who acts as a protector at a mine with no memory of his past life, and bumps into Shionne, a mysterious woman with dangerous powers. They band together with a resistance group fighting lords to gain special artifacts. Along the way, they meet six other powerful characters with unique strengths and abilities who ultimately save the world from a corrupt race of evil supervillains.
A glimpse of the environment in action-packed JRPG, Tale of Arise.
If you’re familiar with JRPGs it’s no different. You’ll get to explore a vast world of indigenous environments, battle minions and powerful bosses to level up, gain points to get stronger, and learn powerful abilities.
The graphics look gorgeous with excellent gameplay, especially during combat. There’s a vast amount of side quests from the main story to get level up your characters. You’re looking at over 50 hours of gaming including post-gaming after the main story.
Ultimately, this is a fun action JRPG. I am happy to say that if you’re an RPG fan, then this one’s for you. I most definitely recommend it. Check out the gameplay footage above and click the button to see the latest price offer.
Take an adventure in South America. Be immersed in a world filled with a tyrant, corrupt leaders and generals, an army of soldiers instructed to kill, and dangerous wildlife.
You play a former soldier caught in a political war in this first-person shooter.
You get access to:
Weapons with customizable options
‘Amigos’ to help you
Ground, air, and water vehicles even horses
Missions and side quests
A ‘Supremo’ super move to decimate your enemies
Screenshot of a vehicle and NPC in Far Cry 6
All these while exploring a gorgeous environment filled with the exotic culture, beauty, and richness of South America. I remembered how all the other previous Far Cry gaming titles came with the same gaming mechanics, style, and gameplay. That has not changed. In fact, Ubisoft has kept it going but added new features to spice up the gameplay.
These features include:
Good cut scenes and cinematics
Third-person view in the home bases
The new ‘Supremo’ with customizable options
Overall, this is one of the best action games I’ve played this year. The added features and new gaming mechanics bring a unique presence to the Far Cry gaming series. If you want to experience more of this top-selling game, then get yourself a copy of Far Cry 6. Check out the gameplay footage and click the button now.
Remember Ratchet and Clank on the PlayStation? Now we have a new installment exclusive to the PS5, Ratchet, and Clank: Rift apart.
This story sees you play as the main character, Ratchet, in a space adventure.
Expect to see:
Amazing cut scenes
A new playable character
Beautiful graphics and gameplay
Hilarious enemies
Explore worlds and parallel rifts across the universe
Hunting bolts and crystals to buy weapons and upgrades
All this to ultimately save the universe from the tyranny and infamous Dr. Nefarious.
Ratchet and Clank ready for action
This game has one of the best-looking visuals around. Thanks to the PS5, you can experience it to its fullest. The graphic detail overall is impressive.
The gameplay is also a marvel as the action does get intense, with no drop in framerate. The introduction to the new playable character is different. She comes with unique features and personality but moves just as similarly as Ratchet.
Overall, this is one of the best games for PS5. Great gameplay and graphics. Hilarious scenes. Challenging combat. This game will definitely see you having fun and the occasional laughter during scenes. Check out the gameplay footage and click the button to see more.
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate
Available on PS5, PS4, Xbox series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Fancy a battle between Rambo and the Terminator? How about an old-fashioned brawl between Grandmasters Sub-Zero and Scorpion, or the infamous Shang Tsung versus the champion Liu Kang? You’ll get that and more in Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate Edition.
There are so many great fighting games out there right now. But no other has a great storyline, unique characters, and gore gaming mechanics such as Mortal Kombat 11. Available on all major consoles, MK11: Ultimate is a fighting game with a huge character roster of super-powered fighters ready to battle with each other for dominance of the realms.
Raiden powering up for a fight with lightning powers
It includes overall excellent gaming graphics and gameplay, gore gaming mechanics, a long storyline and other game modes, a huge character roster with unique characters, well-voiced scenes, and cinematics, and lots of customization options and items to unlock.
If you’re a first-time here, you’ll have a hard time adjusting as the training mode is quite challenging, especially in advanced training modes. But once you get the hang of it, you’ll be unstoppable. So if fighting games are your thing, and want to literally decimate your friends on or offline, then get your copy of Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate. Check the gameplay and click the button now.
If you like medieval Japanese games with samurai, ronins, a deep storyline, and dramatic encounters, then the next top-selling video game to get is Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut. You play as Sakai, a samurai warrior who fights to liberate his homeland from the tyranny of invaders called the Mongols. He’s guided by the wind to find missions, side quests, and other interesting activities with various rewards for our hero. At the same time, you encounter
Helpful NPCs to help you on your journey,
Fight soldiers and powerful warriors to gain points to learn powerful skills and abilities
Wear amazing types of armor, headbands, and charms to grant your passive abilities
In-game footage of the grasslands and sky in Ghost of Tsushima
This game is amazing. The graphics are gorgeous with options to take pictures with customization options. The main missions are well-acted with a great voice cast. The dramatic combat intros are also a plus, with amazing music and sound effects. Customization options for your clothes and equipment. Great overall combat gameplay.
Overall, this game will make you feel like a real badass samurai. If that’s your thing then check out the gaming footage and click on the button to see the latest price on offer.
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition
Available on PS5, PS4, Xbox series X, Xbox One, PC
Are you ready to find a bazillion more crazy weapons whilst killing hordes of psychos, soldiers, and mutated wildlife hell-bent on killing you? That’s Borderlands 3 for you. A first-person shooter starts with you choosing one of four character classes known as Vault Hunters with their own unique skills and capabilities.
You join a team of Vault Hunters in a 3D cartoonish post-apocalyptic world with access to weapons, vehicles, and other materials. Then you shoot your way through hordes of enemies trying to find vaults and loot their treasure.
Siren using powers on an enemy.
This game is filled with quests and side quests, plenty of areas to explore, well-acted and hilarious scenes, and a lot of loot that consists of weapons, grenade mods, character mods, and customization items to find.
So if you like action games with a lot more character, crazy but hilarious moments, and experimenting with lots of weapons, then Borderlands 3 may be your pick. Check out the gameplay footage and click the button above to see the latest price on this top-selling video game.
Looking for a 2D side-scroller in gorgeous 3D? Lemme introduce to you Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch. One of the most satisfying games that include tough bosses with great intros, upgrades to improve your character, new gaming mechanics including the countering of enemy attacks, and an impressive music score and sound effects go with the suspense. As I said, you’ll have a tough time with the bosses in this game.
The first boss fight, Samus versus Corpius
I don’t remember how many times I had to find strategy videos, find ways to maneuver and destroy the tough EMMI enemies, and guides to help me get through the level and find hidden upgrades.
But overall, it’s a fun challenging game. It’s a thrilling experience that I encourage you to experience. Not to forget to mention, the graphics look ever so awesome with great gameplay. Even on the handheld model Nintendo Switch Lite.
So if you want a challenging, fast-paced action side-scroller in gorgeous 3D, then get yourself a copy of Metroid Dread. Check out the gameplay and click the button above now. Be prepared for the ride of your life.
To finish off…
These top-selling video games are the best I have seen and played thus far this year because of their unique gaming style, gorgeous visuals, great gameplay, and features of new gaming mechanics.
They are fun, and entertaining, and bring you long hours of gameplay. So if you’re looking for the best games of 2021, then these should be on your radar. So what do you think of my choice of these top-selling video games? Are you also looking for games for the holidays? Are they great titles? If you played any of them, what’s your favorite game?
If you got any comments or questions, please them here below. It’s another awesome way to offer your support. And if you are keen on these games, click on the buttons above to find out more and the latest price on offer. Thank you so much for checking out my list of top-selling video games. Stay safe everyone. Take care. Check you in the next one.
