Some great, great monster design here. Some amazing little critters with a simple and rewarding breeding system that makes collecting and grinding different monsters a lot of fun; so much so that I found myself refusing to rush through this one as much as I wanted to get it over with, on one hand. The problem is the game is put together with scotch tape, and graphical and mechanical errors abound make it just, just, barely playable. The errors would be easier to ignore except it just really takes away a lot of agency from the player because I found it so much harder to not only stay immersed in the world, but also get a real handle on all of the mechanics. The glitches just make it feel like I’m outside of my experience of this game, like I’m not playing something real. Was basically missing that phase in the Pokémon Red & Green Versions development where a Miyamoto-type comes in and makes the game actually work at all.
Has a lot of good ideas. Like I said, the breeding mechanics are really nice, exploration is very well-designed. The world is not full of incorporated towns, but just a few here and there, and in between are these expansive areas full of secret caves and areas full of secret and optional things. Towns and kingdoms are really well-designed and, while they’re a little confusing to navigate (important buildings could do better to stand out), they look amazing. This game really nails the pixel-art, it’s clearly going for a Game Boy Color vibe and it sticks that landing, and the monster design has a very nice consistency in tone and design. The team here did a great job differentiating themselves from Pokémon, and in a climate that involves absolute gutter waste like Palworld, this was an absolutely wonderful experience.
This game does have DLC coming up, and that update might come with a graphical overhaul, but in its current state it is not an enjoyable experience. The UI is hard to navigate and when you do know what you’re looking at, you won’t be sure if anything’s working right. What I am confident of, though, is “Monster Crown 2” is going to go nuts.
Has a lot of good ideas. Like I said, the breeding mechanics are really nice, exploration is very well-designed. The world is not full of incorporated towns, but just a few here and there, and in between are these expansive areas full of secret caves and areas full of secret and optional things. Towns and kingdoms are really well-designed and, while they’re a little confusing to navigate (important buildings could do better to stand out), they look amazing. This game really nails the pixel-art, it’s clearly going for a Game Boy Color vibe and it sticks that landing, and the monster design has a very nice consistency in tone and design. The team here did a great job differentiating themselves from Pokémon, and in a climate that involves absolute gutter waste like Palworld, this was an absolutely wonderful experience.
This game does have DLC coming up, and that update might come with a graphical overhaul, but in its current state it is not an enjoyable experience. The UI is hard to navigate and when you do know what you’re looking at, you won’t be sure if anything’s working right. What I am confident of, though, is “Monster Crown 2” is going to go nuts.