Solid creature collector game. [b]The good[/b] - Monster design is phenomenal as far as I'm concerned. There are 130 monsters to find, catch and build around. The developers have thought out well every single one of them, as proved from their descriptions from the bestiary. - Every monster can be easily customizable and you can think up some really interesting builds. Kind of reminded me of the latest Shin Megami Tensei customization at times but this goes in a different direction (especially towards the post-game, if you find the right strategies you can get truly hooked). - Extreme liberty in the open world lets the player play at their own pace, while mostly maintaining the game balanced. (unlike a certain title from a multi-billion dollar company) [b]The bad[/b] - While I thought the story was worth of a bit of praise for its originality, the same can't be said about the quality of the dialogues, uninteresting all around. - The characters have the same problem, couldn't find them ...

[i]Originally posted on [url=https://www.dragon-quill.net/cassette-beasts/]Dragon Quill.[/url] Posts are enabled there.[/i] I found this game to be very similar to [i]Disc Creatures[/i]: Lovely world, presentation, and creature design, but distressingly dull gameplay. The late game is barely any more complex than the battles featured in the demo. The whole thing feels more like a proof of concept than a finished game, which is a shame because it does have a lot of potential. The key difference from Pokemon, and the thing that caught my eye initially, is that instead of commanding monsters, you transform into them. You also fight with a partner (one of several you can recruit throughout the game), who you can combine with to create unique super-strong monster fusions. Unfortunately, the game does not explore this interesting transhumanist concept anywhere near as much as I would like, and characters barely discuss it at all beyond a token “This is pretty weird, huh?” in their ...

Scratches the Pokemon itch while having more than enough of its own flavour to keep players occupied for many an hour. The creature design is top-tier, and the boss monsters are stellar.

TLDR; This game is a great experience worth the main listed price. I bought it while on sale and found it enjoyable to go back to again and again to experience. The graphics took me a while to get used to but if you can get past it it's wonderful. -Music is phenomenal. There is a workshop add-on that lets the lyrical music play without fusions, and would highly recommend, though the music without is enjoyable too. -All the monster designs are nice and found them unique and difference to other monster collectables on the market. I really liked the fusions too and thought they all represented both fused monsters great. Also thought that 130 monsters to catch base game(DLC adds more) was a decent amount. Also having the monsters have a small change to be a 'bootleg' and having a different type was an amazing touch. -Graphics was what I struggled with most. At first I found them somewhat disorienting when I started playing but you do get used to it over time. The mix of 2D and 3D did mess...

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Cassette Beasts is like pokemon if you are actually good at games. You need a slightly more advanced brain to actually understand what to do in the battles. Battles start off with 2 AP and you gain 2 more AP per turn. You use AP to use moves that allow you to attack, defend, increase your stats and cause negative effects to the opponents. One core battle mechanic that differentiates this game from any pokemon game and that is "walls". Walls essentially act as damage negation that when deployed, have 3 hit points in them and decay by 1 every time they are hit or a turn passes. To counteract this being spammable and overpowered, the devs made a 20% health sacrifice necessary for the wall to be placed. A cassette (beast / monster that fights for you) is pretty easily knocked out in this game or at least in correlation to pokemon. When your beast is KOd, the extra damage (if there is any) will be carried over to your personal HP and if that is depleted, you will be KOd for the whole fig...

I bought Cassette Beasts about a week ago and have gotten bored of it before even finishing. Probably not even halfway through the game (about player level 40). Have no desire to continue. It's not very good in my opinion. I think the main issue is how slow it is to traverse the world and the constant need to do so. The gameplay loop doesn't feel very rewarding or fun either. I enjoy pokemon-type games, but pokemom did it way better (even despite all of its flaws and how awful Game Freak is). I like some of the systems this game tried implementing -> stickers instead of fixed skills, interesting and varied elemental types with interesting interactions, I just think the execution is terrible.. pretty much everywhere. Everything is executed terribly. Everything.

Great Game! If you like RPGs at all this is a must-play. Engaging storyline and the combat mechanics are super deep, probably the most interesting turn-by-turn combat in any RPG I've played.

Story? Mid. Gameplay? It's alright, but doesn't carry it enough. OST? Mid. Game is so aggressively mid, I can't tbh

Joe McCarthy did nothing wrong.