With the Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em> epilogue finally wrapping up the story of our adventures through Paldea, Kitakami, and Blueberry Academy, players revisited the discussion of all the pros and cons of the Gen IX games\u2014and they agreed the games delivered in most aspects, but the bugs couldn\u2019t be overlooked.<\/p>
When they were first released in November 2022, Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em> were slammed for performance issues and bugs that were hindering the player’s Pok\u00e9mon <\/a><\/em>experience. This became the bad reputation attached to the Gen IX games, often overshadowing all the good things these games did right. Now that it\u2019s been over a year with the DLC and epilogue now released, players can give their full thoughts on the games as a whole, beyond the initial shock of seeing all the performance issues.<\/p>
In a Jan. 16 Reddit thread<\/a>, many players admitted Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em> were quite enjoyable to play, with great characters, an interesting story, and new Pok\u00e9mon. The base games alone had fun characters in Nemona, Penny, Larry, and who could forget Arven\u2019s story with his beloved Mabosstiff? Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em> did an excellent job of making us care about these characters and embracing their quirks, and this continued with the DLC.<\/p>
The two standout characters from the DLC were Ogerpon and Kieran. Everyone immediately fell in love with Ogerpon<\/a> after learning its heartbreaking story, and it\u2019s a Pok\u00e9mon that continues to get a ton of love and attention, even overshadowing the legendary Terapagos and mythical Pecharunt who were released shortly after it. <\/p>
Meanwhile, Kieran might not be the most well-liked character, but he did generate a lot of hilarious memes, interesting theories<\/a>, and discussions with his villain arc<\/a>. Many players also enjoyed pissing him off by rubbing their friendship with Ogerpon in his face<\/a>. Regardless of if you liked him, Kieran brought unexpected fun to the DLC, and that\u2019s what makes him a great character.<\/p>
