Players are now sinking their teeth into Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Game Freak’s fresh take on Pokemon’s often rigid formula. While there was a fair bit of trepidation leading up to launch due to the archaic look of the environments, fan and critic response seems to have been largely positive thus far. That owes everything to the enormous amount of deviation from a typical Pokemon game Pokemon Legends: Arceus represents. Players now spend their time scouring an open world for new Pokemon and build up their Pokedex by interacting with those Pokemon in different ways. Miniboss Pokemon are scattered across the map, and they won’t always be possible fights when the player finds them. Even the battle mechanics and menu infrastructure are different from the norm, which is a shocking development for Pokemon.
The core gameplay supporting all of these changes is Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ shift towards being an action game with light stealth and third-person shooter elements. The playable trainer’s presence in the world is so keenly felt that they can actually move around in battle, and can manually flee from unfavorable encounters in the wild. There are even battles fought primarily by the trainer instead of their Pokemon, which came as a surprise when they were revealed. All of this is built on the back of the Poke Ball-throwing system, which uses primitive iterations of the iconic spheres crafted by the player. Several of these balls will be familiar to seasoned players, but there are several new ones, and getting them isn’t as simple as buying them.
Be aware that covering every Poke Ball in Pokemon Legends: Arceus will necessitate bringing up some late-game spoilers.
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