![]() Monster Crown utilizes a pixel art style, top-down perspective. Despite some odd difficulty spikes, I enjoyed the gameplay and anyone who has played a monster hunting game like this in the past will feel right at home. This issue isn’t alleviated until later in the game when you gain a stork companion that can fly to other parts of the map, and you can also swap your monsters out in this sequence. As you continue to make agreements with monsters, you can only hold eight at a time and the others are accessible all the way back at the family farm. There are some issues with how monsters are added to your roster though. The gameplay was very familiar and nostalgic for me as a big original Pokémon fan, and I felt right at home. There is also a run toggle button that should be default but it makes traversing the world especially early on much easier. It made avoiding unnecessary battles much easier than blind, random encounters. ![]() I also liked that I could see monsters on screen as opposed to getting a random encounter. They will either agree and join your team or decline and keep fighting you. I liked the feature that your main monster will follow you on screen and you can feed it, or have it scout certain areas for more powerful monsters so you don’t get stuck fighting anything that is way too overpowered. Once the opposing monster is injured you can offer them a pact to see if they want to join your team. There are certain types of monsters denoted on screen that are more effective or outmatched depending on what type the player is facing. You can also run from certain random encounters as a way to heal your monsters and get back in the fight. Players will be busy with 200 base monsters and numerous options to breed and combine monsters that can yield different hybrids.Īs you battle with other monsters tamed by NPCs in the game, you will enter a battle mode where each monster has certain attacks and that will drain the monster’s hit point bar triggering another monster on the roster to jump in its place that is, if you or your opponent have one available. You will start out with one of a few monsters based on a short in-game personality test. ![]() You aren’t capturing monsters so much as you are getting them to agree to join you in your journey to recruit as many as possible. The goal of Monster Crown is to travel the world, battle monsters, and offer them pacts to join your team. The hairstyles can be changed by returning to your room at the home farm, but gender cannot be changed. The story unfolds over the course of 20-30 hours, depending on playstyle, extra side quests, and how complete you want your monster catalog to be.Īt the start of the game, you will have some limited customization options that include a choice between a male and female character, and some hairstyle choices. I feel a story for this type of game doesn’t have to be that engaging if the gameplay is solid. Overall, I didn’t feel the story was that engaging especially with some of the dialogue choices that felt a little cheesy and lighthearted only to be followed by dark moments. There are certainly dark elements to the story, most that you wouldn’t see in a traditional monster hunting game and it’s a stark difference that needs to be noted. Players can save their progress at any time which is a great feature. With this being the case, players could save at certain points and make different decisions to see the different story outcomes. Your choices will have some effect on the outcome of the story, but I can’t speak to how much of a difference your decisions will impact the story. There are a few art pieces that act to expand the story, but they don’t add much to the overall experience.Īs you progress, you will uncover a nefarious plot that could mean the end of Crown Island. The story isn’t particularly engaging as most of it takes place via on-screen text. Your journey takes you to different environments and cities to fight other tamers, some who are considered villains and others who will help you along your journey. In this world, monsters and humans live side-by-side sometimes in cooperation and sometimes at odds. Players will experience the semi-open world of Crown Island. Monster Crown follows a young monster tamer in a top-down pixel-art RPG. However, numerous glitches and long load times hampered my experience. ![]() This is the official release and after my playthrough, I can say I had a great time re-living my Gameboy days playing Pokémon red. I say finally released because it has been on Steam early access for about a year. Publisher Soedesco and developer Studio Aurum have finally released their monster collection and battle game Monster Crownto the masses.
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