♥ I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH! ♥
At first I played this game because I was like: "oh, cool! a game made in Godot, I'll check it out as I love the engine and it looks like it could be a fun cute game!", I was not prepared for what followed, the character creator... has PRONOUNS ♥ (and is pretty neat overall), move over pokemon, it's time for wokemon! another thing that shocked me early in the game: it has voice acting?? AND vocals in quite a lot of their music?? this is already blowing my expectations out of the water and I'm only a few minutes in at this point.
The concept of this game is really fun! It has fairly simple main story, but is at times quirky and doesn't take itself too seriously and just focuses on making the game an enjoyable experience which I hugely appreciate, it's designed as a game first with a story to match it. The companions are fun and interesting without being too annoying and you can make them into a BF/GF (Kayleigh ♥) The monsters are fun and silly with goofy names, but I still love them all! PLUS you can fuse ALL 120 of them for 14.400 different combinations! :0
The combat mechanics and features are just SO good! Types don't just determine damage numbers, they give different buffs and debuffs, which are SO cool and interesting and make the combat so fun and intricate. Also sometimes types can change, like for example hitting an ice type with a fire move, turns it to a water type for 3 turns and there's so many other things like that that make a lot of key fights very interesting with unique strategies and fun situations! also fusing your two monsters together combines their stats, moves and action points, but leave you with one move per turn which just adds another layer to this insanely impressive system!
The world at first felt very small as I explored a huge chunk of the map within the first hour, but there is so much content, each location (except for the starting beach) is memorable with unique vibes and it's own story, the world movement is nice and smooth, with monster ability upgrades slowly letting you traverse the world faster/ more easily and it's all insanely well paced imo. The town is nice and cosy and works as a place you often return to for supplies/ quests/ switching companions.
The MUSIC wow. It absolutely slays, every song fits the vibes and really just adds a lot to the experience. I mentioned songs with vocals earlier some music like the fight music, has DYNAMIC MUSIC, so whenever you fuse your monsters in a fight, it fades the vocals into the music and makes the moment feel really EPIC, that moment literally never gets old as the music is just that good!
The art is nice and cute, everything just fits, the 3D pixel voxel like world fits really well with the 2D pixel art. The more detailed art like the characters during conversations also fit in well, overall the vibes are fun and energetic.
The design is nice, because I can tell the devs actually just wanted to make a fun experience, there are so many little nice attentions to detail or sidequests that don't impact the game but have a nice story that just make the game feel more like a complete experience, rather than making decisions that feel more corporate like a lot of AAA games nowadays, this game has been made with love and care and the personality really just shines through in this game and that really makes it a special experience ♥
I will definitely play through this game again! it has built in speedrun timers and custom games that allow stuff like perma death which is so thoughtful.
Overall this game is actually so amazing, everything just works well so together and I really enjoy spending my time playing it, I really hope this game gets big as it absolutely deserves it. Worth the money, great experience, my favourite game in many years!
Thank you for reading! So sorry for the word vomit but I needed to share my thoughts on this amazing game!
At first I played this game because I was like: "oh, cool! a game made in Godot, I'll check it out as I love the engine and it looks like it could be a fun cute game!", I was not prepared for what followed, the character creator... has PRONOUNS ♥ (and is pretty neat overall), move over pokemon, it's time for wokemon! another thing that shocked me early in the game: it has voice acting?? AND vocals in quite a lot of their music?? this is already blowing my expectations out of the water and I'm only a few minutes in at this point.
The concept of this game is really fun! It has fairly simple main story, but is at times quirky and doesn't take itself too seriously and just focuses on making the game an enjoyable experience which I hugely appreciate, it's designed as a game first with a story to match it. The companions are fun and interesting without being too annoying and you can make them into a BF/GF (Kayleigh ♥) The monsters are fun and silly with goofy names, but I still love them all! PLUS you can fuse ALL 120 of them for 14.400 different combinations! :0
The combat mechanics and features are just SO good! Types don't just determine damage numbers, they give different buffs and debuffs, which are SO cool and interesting and make the combat so fun and intricate. Also sometimes types can change, like for example hitting an ice type with a fire move, turns it to a water type for 3 turns and there's so many other things like that that make a lot of key fights very interesting with unique strategies and fun situations! also fusing your two monsters together combines their stats, moves and action points, but leave you with one move per turn which just adds another layer to this insanely impressive system!
The world at first felt very small as I explored a huge chunk of the map within the first hour, but there is so much content, each location (except for the starting beach) is memorable with unique vibes and it's own story, the world movement is nice and smooth, with monster ability upgrades slowly letting you traverse the world faster/ more easily and it's all insanely well paced imo. The town is nice and cosy and works as a place you often return to for supplies/ quests/ switching companions.
The MUSIC wow. It absolutely slays, every song fits the vibes and really just adds a lot to the experience. I mentioned songs with vocals earlier some music like the fight music, has DYNAMIC MUSIC, so whenever you fuse your monsters in a fight, it fades the vocals into the music and makes the moment feel really EPIC, that moment literally never gets old as the music is just that good!
The art is nice and cute, everything just fits, the 3D pixel voxel like world fits really well with the 2D pixel art. The more detailed art like the characters during conversations also fit in well, overall the vibes are fun and energetic.
The design is nice, because I can tell the devs actually just wanted to make a fun experience, there are so many little nice attentions to detail or sidequests that don't impact the game but have a nice story that just make the game feel more like a complete experience, rather than making decisions that feel more corporate like a lot of AAA games nowadays, this game has been made with love and care and the personality really just shines through in this game and that really makes it a special experience ♥
I will definitely play through this game again! it has built in speedrun timers and custom games that allow stuff like perma death which is so thoughtful.
Overall this game is actually so amazing, everything just works well so together and I really enjoy spending my time playing it, I really hope this game gets big as it absolutely deserves it. Worth the money, great experience, my favourite game in many years!
Thank you for reading! So sorry for the word vomit but I needed to share my thoughts on this amazing game!