Pokémon legends: Areas dares a big step and suggests a new direction. In addition to setting in the past and its semi-Open World, the game also provides many overdue innovations that finally bring back fresh wind into the series.
- The Finish region once very different
- Explore is worthwhile in legends: Areas
- Pokémon catch with or without fight
- A surprisingly demanding combat system
- Conclusion
But it does not forget his roots and remains essentially a game for Pokémon collection fans. And just this mix is exactly what the series needs.
The Finish region once very different
As already in Pokémon Diamante & Perl, we explore the Singh region again. This time we are not in modern, but one epoch inspired by feudal Japan. The differences are immediately visible: We are located before the time when people and Pokémon coincide closely or compete against each other in arena. Instead, Pokémon roam the wilderness and many residents in our base Dübendorf are afraid of the wild monsters.
As a member of the Galactic Research Expedition, it is our job to change that by creating the first Pokédex of the Sixth region. For this we move into different extensive areas and explore the Pokémon living there. It is not enough to just catch them. To complete your Pokédex entry, we also have to study the Pokémon and, for example, to catch a particularly large copy, depending on the type, see certain attacks of the Pokémon, or feed them with berries.
As a result, the game does not come without Grand, because we have to meet the Pokémon several times or spend a lot of time with you to complete your entry. And that is not an optional activity. In order to enter new areas at all, a certain researcher is assumed that we rely on by completing the Pokédex. At least for us, that was not a problem while playing, as we only liked to roam the areas for new Pokémon and our rank was so always high enough.
Explore is worthwhile in legends: Areas
Most of the time we explore the pretty large areas of the game world as well as free movable camera. So much was predominantly, the world is definitely not: there is a lack of greening and textures, such as the grass on the ground, are muddy.
At least, however, there are varied areas such as meadows, swamps, seas or volcanoes that work alive through the Pokémon living there. It's just fun to get into a new area and find out which Pokémon we can catch here.
If you want to know what pocket monsters you can catch in Areas, we attach to our overview:
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In the different areas, the exploration is worthwhile. Not only because some Pokémon only appear at certain points at a time of day, but also because we can collect plenty of materials such as berries or honey on the go. With those can be cozy on the way objects - be it drinks, bait or even eyeballs.
In order to make us more enjoyable, we also meet special Pokémon in the gameplay, on which we can ride. We do not have to have them in the team, but you can call us to us with the help of a special flute. For example, we can gallop with Mythic about meadows, jump seamlessly with SALAMIS into a river, or collect us with Hisui-washakwil into the air. That does not just mood a mood, but is also necessary in the size of the territories.
Technical Performance: The game ran with us in the test with constant frame rate and without crashes. With some further distant Pokémon we have observed very jerky movements, which have normalized the approach but normalized.
Pokémon catch with or without fight
If we discovered a wild Pokémon that we want to catch, we can proceed differently. On the one hand, we can classically go into the fight by throwing a football with one of our partner Pokémon and switching so fluently into the combat screen. Here comes the well-known scissor stone paper principle for use, which determines which type Attack against a specific Pokémon is effective. It's nice that it is in legends: Areas gives new animations for the attacks, making them look a lot better and more dynamic than in sword & shield. In addition, we can assemble the four attacks of our Pokémon in the menu at any time from all the attacks learned so far.
Alternatively, we can catch many Pokémon but also completely without a fight, which is useful especially for strong copies. We threw, similar to the Pokémon Let's Go Games, just in the game world a blank Football on you. The control is more complex than from predecessors, as we have to change at the push of a button between an empty and an inhabited football before we throw it. But the operation is learned quickly.
Depending on the mind of the Pokémon we have to proceed while catching. Some of them are shy, so we can strike in the high grass or distract them with berries, others are aggressive and attack us as soon as they see us. In the worst case, that can even be called that we have attracted the attention of multiple attack Pokémon and have to compete against everyone.
We can even get in danger. Namely, we have not sent any of our Pokémon in the fight, we can violate Wild Pokémon or to be occupied with status effects such as poison or sleep. Let's take too much damage, we become fainted, wake up in the camp and lose some of our items.
Although we play solo, there is a system with which other players can find our lost items and send us automatically. Who is helpful, gets special thanks, with whom we can buy, for example, developing stones that are otherwise very rare.
A surprisingly demanding combat system
In addition to the normal catching of Pokémon, some challenges await us. So-called room-time distortions, for example, can emerge anywhere in the wilderness and fill a small area temporarily with strong but also rare Pokémon. So it can be worthwhile to go in.
But even in the course of the story we get it in boss fighting with kings and queens called Pokémon. This particularly strong Pokémon are expired by an unknown event in rage, and now it is to us to appease them. We can not hide behind our Pokémon as usual, but have to avoid ran and their attacks while we throw their favorite food for soothing bags of their favorite food.
These fights are surprisingly demanding and remember more action RPGs like Monster Hunter World. Although we can not set the difficulty of fighting, but at least the option to take a part of our progress in the next attempt. Thus, those who can start with this combat system, step by step through the rage strip.
Away from the story, we also find all kinds of co-missions in Dübendorf and surroundings. So we have to find for residents about a Pokémon with a specific attack, show a completed Pokédex entry or get berries so that our client can make friends with a Pokémon.
As a reward, not only items waving us, even Dübendorf is changing with our actions. More and more characters than work with Pokémon at their side, and it is satisfactory to look at how the residents learn to live with Pokémon instead of fearing them.
Conclusion
Pokémon legends Areas brings the series many meaningful innovations, not least a semi-Open World who is just fun to explore. Both the classic Pokémon fighting and the new Pokémon fishing method are seamlessly integrated into the game world.
Through the Pokédex tasks, the game is sometimes repetitive. Although it can be extremely satisfying to complete an entry, but who is primarily interested in the fighting in Pokémon, could be bored quickly.
For those who just like to collect Pokémon, Legends: Areas, on the other hand, an absolutely successful mix of action and exploration.
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