In traditional Game Freak fashion another madden level cash gra-errr game where you can expect a reskin of Pokémon past, only this time expect a myriad of bugs, glitches, and uninspired half baked inclusions giving the overall feel of a third party game that’s still in beta despite having that AAA price tag. This game is so horrendously optimized that it can’t even handle graphics that would have looked dated back in 2014 while using tactics from gaming history like the comical amount of pop in, dropping frame rate to 0 for anything more than 30 ft from the players character.. Pokémon get more than 15ft from your character POOF they vanish (there are points where while in a confined classroom poorly rendered “classmates” will be in lazily animated loops but will still be moving at a frame rate you can count on one hand despite nothing remotely “graphically taxing” even going on)…But don’t worry if you love text walls in place of voice actors because there’s no shortage of text in this game, expect multiple hours of mashing A through text walls that could easily be condensed into a few lines on a single page… Hell this is the only game I’ve seen in 2022 that expects you to A spam through 3hours+ of text dialogue because I guess no one ever explained to the GF team school is a terrible experience irl and trying to take that experience and condense it down to 3+ hours of mashing the A button doesn’t make “gameplay” even if you throw in multiple choice “quizzes” every 15-20 minutes. (Yes I did complete all the classes and quizzes as it’s required to reach end game content, no this description doesn’t do justice to exactly how terrible that experience was, be prepared to have a guide open for the answers and something actually entertaining playing on another screen) Finally the best way to sum up “new content” is the inclusion of a new evolution metric: steps walked with a Pokémon. There are 3 new Pokémon who only evolve after walking with the player 1000 steps. How did they implement this? Well there is a step counter that is not visible to the player… Also if you’re moving at any speed faster than a crawl you will outspeed these Pokémon and they will be automatically returned to their pokeballs so get ready for the wonderful experience of moving at a crawl across paladea! (Again make sure you have another screen with something entertaining to watch) Honorable mentions: -An “auction house” where you can pay multiple times more for items than what they regularly sell for at shops! (But not till you’ve gone through your obligatory A spamming and selecting choices that ultimately don’t matter!) Clothes -hey did you enjoy getting to pick your outfit in previous game shopping for tops bottoms accessories? Good because those are gone, you can pick from 1 of 3 school uniforms that you’re stuck wearing at all times on or off school grounds, then you can choose from a lackluster selection of hats glasses gloves shoes socks and backpacks… yup Tera Raids! -every second ticks the timer down (yes even while your spamming a through 4 boxes explaining a status condition that could easily have been explained in 3 words) -expect the raid Pokémon to randomly take like 4 turns back to back while you sit frozen on a random textbox unable to do anything! -Don’t use any moves with recoil during raids because they can and will do massive damage up to and often including randomly OHKOing your Pokémon! (Yes that means from full health you faint from recoil damage!) -Expect not very effective moves to randomly 1hit your Pokémon during terra raids! -expect your 90% accuracy moves to randomly miss without reason back to back! -be prepared for a matchmaking experience where neither the host or players in a raid can boot individuals, in spite of the pushed difficulty of higher level raids! Expect trolls and throws! Honestly I could go on and many other reviewers do, but I’ll stop here and offer these pro tips if you plan to buy this mess: 1. Text speed to fastest from start! 2. Resist the urge to turn off auto saves till you are done with the story (trust me, this game can and will crash and when it does losing a few seconds-minutes versus losing multiple hours is a dealbreaker.) 3. I was not kidding about the “lessons” and “exams” if you plan to reach end game content have another screen or a podcast and a guide for answers, and be ready to put multiple hours into mashing A “coming back” only to answer multiple choice questions….