Pokemon Quest

You can get everything you need in a single purchase, or unlock most of it slowly by playing for free. It's one of the most generous freemium systems out there. Overall, it's a great jumping off point for new fans of the series, and the cutesy art style just might win over veterans. Give it a shot.

Don’t get fooled by the Pokémon aesthetic: Pokémon Quest is just your typical F2P game tailor-made for you to spend cash on microtransactions just so you won’t need to wait literal hours in order to play a mission. Pokémon Quest is a blatant mobile game being released for consoles and endorsed by the one and only Nintendo. This is one of the worst games I’ve played this year, and without a doubt the worst Pokémon game I have ever seen. Shame on you Game Freak. Shame on you Ninty.

Pokemon Quest can be a cute little distraction when taken in bite-sized pieces, but it’s best served with a lot of patience. It’s cute, and its systems are much deeper than they seem, but trying to build my perfect team definitely drove me a little crazy.