Temtem

I gave this game a solid try, but the new player experience is garbage. I'm glad I got this one on sale, because if I bought it full price and then got thrown into this un-fun and directionless battle gauntlet I'd be pretty pissed. Pros: * The game is nice to look at * The battle system is interesting * I like being able to add to my dex by looking at other player's following buddies Cons: * The game throws a LOT of tutorial pop-ups at you instead of trying to teach anything organically. Granted, there is a lot to learn but the sheer amount and frequency can really take you out of an otherwise interesting battle system. * Quest tracking sucks. I barely got anywhere in the game trying to figure out what to do, and I can't even remember the plot as a result. It's frustrating to play. * The multiplayer feels really tacked on. I saw a lot of people just floating around in the air as they walked. And for a multiplayer game, I didn't feel like any areas were made for the MMO genre where you're meant to just sit around and talk. Really, if the game was single player I don't think it would be missing anything meaningful. Overall, big fat no from me. I really, really wanted to like this game and was really excited to play it after years. But when years down the line the first experience I got from the game was this terrible I can't say I ever want to play again.

Lower price, free passes, more patches. Then maybe buy it, if you don't have it already leave it for now probably.

fun pokemon-like. definitely worth a try

This game is pokemon if everything took 3 times longer to do. You get no exp, no currency, your starter first evolves at level 34 and so does most other creatures. The side quests are all fetch quests that reward you with nothing. The routes are full of npcs that start the battle with tons of pointless dialogue. Also it's online only. Get Cassette Beasts instead if you don't have it already it's much better. Temtem 3/10 Cassette Beasts 9/10 play this instead

Grapejuice