Critics love Pokémon Legends: Arceus

2022 Episode 4 January 29, 2022

Pokémon Legends Arceus is finally out and reviewers are over the moon with the big changes to the old format. This week we roundup all the reviews to take a look at why critics are so excited about Pokémon Legends Arceus. Activision is doing everything to stop Raven from unionizing, CoD is gonna stay on PlayStation for a while, Blizzard announced a new survival game, and Elden Ring has gone gold. This week’s 5-Second Review happens in real time and the Coming Soon section is brief but is packing some heat with Dying Light 2. Thanks for watching everyone and have a great weekend. 00:00 - Critics love Pokémon Legends: Arceus 05:12 - Activision Blizzard doesn’t recognize Raven union 07:50 - Call of Duty staying on PlayStation (for now) 09:18 - Blizzard announces new survival game 10:37 - Elden Ring has gone gold 11:18 - 5-Second Review 11:47 - Coming Soon Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Metacritic] Pokémon Legends: Arceus Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/Pokémon-legends-arceus/critic-reviews [Metacritic] Pokémon Sword and Shield Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/Pokémon-sword [Metacritic] Pokémon Sun and Moon Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/Pokémon-sun [GamesRadar] GamesRadar Legends: Arceus Review https://www.gamesradar.com/Pokémon-legends-arceus-review/ [ComicBook.com] ComicBook.com Legends: Arceus Review https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/Pokémon-legends-arceus-review/ [VGC] Video Games Chronicle Legends: Arceus Review https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/Pokémon-legends-arceus/ [EuroGamer] Eurogamer Legends: Arceus Review https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-26-Pokémon-legends-arceus-review-budget-bare-minimum-or-t… [Dexerto] Dexerto Legends: Arceus Review https://www.dexerto.com/Pokémon/Pokémon-legends-arceus-review-1746207/ [Polygon] Polygon Legends: Arceus Review https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22901385/Pokémon-legends-arceus-review-diamond-pearl [Eurogamer] Eurogamer Legends: Arceus Review https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-26-Pokémon-legends-arceus-review-budget-bare-minimum-or-t… [VGC] VGC Legends: Arceus Review https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/Pokémon-legends-arceus/ [TechCrunch] Activision refuses to recognize new Raven union https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/26/activision-blizzard-wont-voluntarily-recognize-the-historic-raven-… [Launcher] Activision Blizzard doesn’t respond to Raven Union https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/25/activision-blizzard-doesnt-respond-raven-softw… [Twitter] Phil Spencer CoD exclusivity tweet https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1484273335139651585 [Bloomberg] Next 3 Call of Duty games will be on PlayStation https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/activision-s-next-few-call-of-duty-games-will-be-on-playstation-1.171324… [Blizzard] New Blizzard survival game announced https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23768911/create-a-new-universe-with-us [PC Gamer] Elden Ring has gone gold https://www.pcgamer.com/elden-ring-has-officially-gone-gold/

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Comments

woard

4 years ago

Sony has a hugh install base, Xbox isn't gunna throw away that money to take it from Playstation.

Rusty_Raven

4 years ago

Brian you are the Highlight of the RT weekly content.

LivingLegend250

4 years ago

Ar-Key-Us or Ar-See-Us? This is why I wish the games had some voice acting cause I never know how these weird names should be pronounced.

DarthBurrit0

3 years ago

@LivingLegend250 It's Ar-Key-Us. I looked it up last year when editing one of our short news videos. Apparently, it was confirmed in an official Pokemon newsletter years ago when that particular Pokemon was featured in another game. Thanks for watching!

Nuggle

4 years ago

The comparisons people have made are of the weakest, most unimportant parts of the games being compared to and not the parts that made those games great. I wanted to support the game because they seemed to be shaking things up but imo all they did was give you a different way to do the same stuff you were, mostly, already doing in previous Pokemon games in a more open space that you can't really explore. Then add on that it looks like ass compared to all those games people keep saying it's like and I just can't support it. They had the time and resources to make this game truly great and dropped the ball imo

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