
So often I found myself distracted from the main task just to see what Pokémon was round the corner, or over the ridge, or up the cliffs. We were only allowed in a small portion of Paldea, but that small area itself was huge and sprawling. With the Poni Plains showing a small look at how the future may be, it grew with the Wild Area in Sword & Shield, the Isle of Armor, Crown Tundra and finally the Hisui Region's 5 open areas in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and the Paldea region is clearly the final step into creating a big open world, and it certainly looks like it has hit the mark. Pokémon has been dabbling with open areas ever since 2016's Pokémon Sun & Moon.

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet brings the first full open world to the Pokémon franchise That said, the characters do sometimes try to suggest you go do particular things such as check on some other characters to lead you to the other story points. This makes the game feel like it is really giving the player the choice of where to go, rather than holding the hand and us just being passengers through the journey. As all the paths were available to us, they got flagged on the map so you can easily go towards the goal you desire, at a pace you desire. All three paths, the Gym challenge of Victory Road, facing Team Star in Starfall Street or facing Titans in the Path of Legends, were made available to us and we were told we could do whatever we want, take whichever path we want This is the sign of how the game truly is, a vastly open landscape. We were let loose on the world of Paldea in the game shortly after the start of the game. We were given access to over an hour of gameplay in the game, we can tentatively answer that question it is an amalgam of both and is showing signs of being the most ambitious Pokémon title yet. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet are the much anticipated ninth generation of Pokémon games and following from the massive departure of the norm that was Pokémon Legends: Arceus, people have been wondering if these games will be more akin to Pokémon Sword & Shield, or the new style of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.


