I’ve seen a lot of people post asking if it’s worth it to start the game over from a new save for v13.5 so I decided to make a spoiler free review of the game as I just concluded the new chapter 1.

First of all I will say there is a lot of new content even within just the first chapter(The prologue is the mainly the same though). Enough to keep you interested, intrigued, and engaged through the whole playthrough even if you’ve played through it several times like myself. New environments to explore, plus the introduction of new gameplay mechanics as well, also there’s a fair bit of new Pokémon that we can encounter in chapter 1 that wasn’t available previously at that point in the game too. In short I would say the world of Aevium just feels so much bigger now and that’s saying something considering it wasn’t exactly small before. And if you play to enjoy the story like me the new dialogue is very nice to playthrough as well. The characters which were already phenomenal before show a little more depth to in their introductory scenes now and there are a lot of early references to late game lore and other stuff that helps paint a better picture of the overall story.

I will make a slight caveat a say that I do think they made some slightly unnecessary changes here and there and that some of the previous things they may have taken out they definitely should have left in, but it’s nothing game breaking or anything like that just makes things feel a little uncomfortable at times. But overall they have added way more positives to the game than any negatives. 10/10 would reccomend a new playthrough