Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor Reviews

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor is ranked in the 30th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Jul 2, 2020

The Isle of Armor compellingly builds on top of Pokemon Sword and Shield's experience, even if the main story scenario is rather brief. The new areas are diverse and fun to explore, and they will enthrall anybody who thoroughly enjoyed the base game's Wild Area.

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6 / 10.0
Jul 4, 2020

The Isle of Armor is an expansion that does things right, but in the end it feels like an underwhelming experience. The main story leaves a lot to be desired and I can't help but think that some of its improvements should be on the base game.

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5.5 / 10.0
Jul 9, 2020

The first Pokémon DLC expands the area and Pokédex, and will put us to the test with the equipment we have.

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5.5 / 10.0
Jul 12, 2020

If you loved Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield, then this is a worthy addition. If you had any doubt, and aren’t fussed about catching Pokes and beating blokes, then this island should be deserted.

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Rudy Lavaux
Top Critic
7 / 10
Jul 14, 2020

A slew of extra items and features making Pokémon breeding and training a bit better are also included, along with enough bonuses to warrant the existence of this DLC... but not much more than that.

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Jul 15, 2020

Being able to now Gigantamax Pokemon that previously couldn’t, teach your Pokemon new moves and the ability to find rarer items in the wild area are just a few new quality of life improvements Game Freak deem are worthy enough for audiences to pay for.

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Unscored
Jul 18, 2020

The first part of the Pokemon Shield and Sword's set of DLC takes you to paradise, but is it all that it's cracked up to be?

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4 / 100
Aug 6, 2020

As an experience, the Isle of Armor DLC feels insufficient and seems to be having many issues.

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Geeks Under Grace
Karen Kennedy
9 / 10.0
Aug 17, 2020

Pokemon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor is a great welcoming add-on to the base game.

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Liked-a-lot
Oct 28, 2020

Completionists will relish all Isle of Armor has to offer, with so many new Mon to add to your dex and lots to explore, as well as some new and unique powerups that further alter the way you play, it makes for an essential purchase. If you’re coming into this for story, though, you’re probably going to be pretty disappointed as it’s over before it even gets going and you’ll feel like Game Freak could have done a lot more with it.

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