Pokémon Legends ZA – Game Review

Pokémon Legends ZA is a game Pokémon latest due Game Freak developed and recently released for both Switch 1 and Switch 2 systems.

So is it? Pokémon Legends ZA Is it really enough to hold back fans of the game series?

Let’s explore with Vietgame.asia through the following article!

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INNOVATIONS RICH IN POTENTIAL

Pokémon Legends ZA Set 5 years after the events of Pokemon X/Yyou will play as a tourist who has just arrived in the city of Lumiose, where the player will befriend Urbain, or Taunie if you play as a male character, and be given one of three starter Pokémon: Chikorita, Tepig and Totodile.

The game’s setting takes place entirely in Lumiose City, where Pokémon live with humans in isolated areas called “Wild Zones”. Along with that, Lumiose City at night will host ZA Royale competitions in special areas, Battle Zones, where players can participate in Pokémon battles with NPCs, or other players in online mode (if you have a Nintendo Online subscription).

Overall, the story line of Pokémon Legends ZA Quite basic and easy to grasp, the game mainly revolves around the main character’s journey of “ranking up” from Z to A in ZA Royale matches, while decoding the mysteries surrounding Lumiose city.

The main highlight of the story line is the characters that players have the opportunity to accompany or even confront in the game. Most of these characters are built quite well, with quite characteristic personalities, and the amount of time they appear is just enough for you to understand and sympathize with their motives.

The most unique feature of Pokémon Legends ZA lies in the combat mechanism, instead of sticking to the turn-based formula that is so familiar to players of the series. Pokémonthe game has now completely converted to a real-time combat mechanism, forcing players to calculate the Pokémon’s movement position to avoid attacks during battle.

Basically, each Pokémon is still equipped with four skills in combat. However, instead of being limited to the number of uses like previous versions, players can now use them more freely, no longer limited to the number of times. In return, after releasing a move, the Pokémon will need a cooldown period before it can continue using it.

Overall, this new combat mechanism is quite intuitive, making each battle more vivid and attractive, reminding the writer of dramatic battles that have appeared in anime episodes. Pokémon.

Another new point is that in battles, enemies not only attack each Pokémon but can also directly attack the player, even defeating you if you are not careful. In situations where the player’s controlled character is defeated, you will lose the entire battle, even though all six of your Pokémon are still able to fight.

Should be clear Pokémon Legends ZAyou not only have to give orders to Pokémon but also have to control the character to avoid enemy attacks, helping to increase the pace of the match and become more dramatic.

Furthermore, an interesting mechanism in the game is that players can flexibly change Pokémon during battle, or completely recall them when needed, which is very convenient for long matches or when you have to confront enemies that are above your level like Alpha Pokémon.

Thanks to this mechanism, you can now use some “tricks” to defeat enemies instead of having to confront them directly. For example, the player can burn the enemy with fire-type moves or cause poisoning, then retrieve the Pokémon and… run away, letting the enemy gradually lose health over time until defeated.

Like previous versions, the game continues to bring back the Mega evolution mechanism, allowing to significantly upgrade the power of Pokémon’s attacks, helping players easily defeat enemies with just one attack.

Differences in Pokémon Legends ZA Throughout the story, you will encounter “Rogue Mega” phenomena, where wild Pokémon can Mega Evolve without intervention from trainers.

These encounters are no different than a boss battle as the enemy’s health bar is increased significantly, their attacks have much greater range and coverage than the player’s Pokémon, forcing you to constantly dodge and find the right time to attack instead of just rushing to attack them.

However, the weakness of this mechanism is that not all Pokémon can Mega Evolve, not to mention DLC, or some Mega Stones will be “locked” behind online play, making Pokémon that cannot Mega Evolve quite weak in boss battles, or even ZA Royale battles, when nearly 80% of characters can Mega Evolve.

in Pokémon Legends ZAyou not only have to give orders to Pokémon but also have to control the character to avoid enemy attacks, helping to increase the pace of the match and become more dramatic.

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AN OUTDATED GAME

The biggest weakness of Pokémon Legends ZA In the context, the game takes place entirely in Lumiose city, causing the game’s landscape to only revolve around high-rise buildings and parklands, which are… extremely monotonous and lacking in color!

Furthermore, the game also reveals a lack of care in environmental design when most details such as plants or water effects are reused, combined from one-color animations, creating a feeling of boredom, not to mention that nearly 90% of the buildings in the game cannot be entered by players, making the game experience quite restrictive.

One of the most disappointing points of Pokémon Legends ZA is a completely voice-free game; Even in cutscenes, the character only lip-syncs with dry lines of dialogue appearing under the screen. Even the sounds of Pokémon are just recordings reused from previous versions.

The above factors cause Pokémon Legends ZA looks more like an experimental project than a complete game, an outdated product that seems to only rely on the “weight” of the brand instead of truly investing in quality.

However, even though we criticize, we must also praise some of the improvements in the game, typically this is the music part of the game, especially the background music in the match, most of which sound very catchy. Some music tracks also cleverly incorporate familiar melodies from old versions, both evoking a feeling of nostalgia and creating a quite unique feature for the game.

Pokémon Legends ZA Looks more like an “experimental” project than a complete game, an outdated product that seems to only rely on the weight of its brand instead of truly investing in quality.