So after deciding not to pick up Pokemon X/Y on firday, I ended up buying it first thing satarday morning. I have just finished my first play through of pokemon X (took me 16h33m) and have decided to do a quick review with minimal spoilers for those of you who don't know if to buy it or not .

The Looks:

Firstly, let me just say the game looks great most of the time. The new 3d esc view rather then the top down view of the world really works, and also lets them pull some flashy tricks at times. Initially I really hated the Idea of changing the way the world was viewed, but after playing through, I wouldn't change it at all.

It maybe needs refining in one or 2 areas, and the camera can be a little bit disorientating at times, but overall its a 100% improvement on previous games. (for the record I played the whole game in 2d).

Battle animations have also been redone and look very cool for the most part, though I turned them off after about an hour and only say them in on-line battles).

Game play:

So here we are, overall its the same however they added a few things:

XP share is gotten very early on, and honestly I don't really have a complaint for it. I have never had such a well rounded group of pokemon level wise in a game before and I love the fact they give it you, as I used all my pokemon over and over because they where all around the same level allowing me to type match better and have more fun in battles rather then spamming the same attack over and over.

The problem is, SPOILER they give you full 6 pokemon set for free. So yeah, you never need to catch a pokemon, and the game almost punishes you if you do, as you have to choose between them later down the line.

Mega evolutions where the big thing in this game. SPOILER: You get them fairly early on around the time when your pokem0n are level 30. The way they are designed are nice, only one pokemon can use it in one battle and you need that pokemon to be holding a stone, which are hard to find (endgame much). However, the pokemon you initially get is OP, and then I used charazard the entire way, without him getting beat by anything until past gym 7 and 1 shotting most things completely.

Don't let this take anything away, there awesome and I will have a lot of fun trying to find them all !

SPOILER: I also want to say, i got pokemon X and the legendary fair type feels soooo OP.

The Story:

Without giving, it's amazing!!! Best I have seen in a pokemon game and at one point it was all about then feels.

Mega evolution fits in great as well.

Not telling any more, if you like me and play a games for the story then BUY IT AND PLAY IT!!!!!!!

Overall:

Very fun game, most fun I have had in ages and first time in years I have played a game for more then 10 hours straight, if you like pokemon at all (even when you where younger) pick it up.

While its not to challenging, the story is great and the overall game is really enjoyable!

9/10!!! - A DS game I recommend (only game I have completed on DS )

PS. Gym design ROCKS, loving Gym 7 SOOOOOOO much !