Worth it?

[Buurt]

I am in the mood for a monster collector game and this one seems cool.

I like to have a good story and cool designs etc.
How is the game and the story of it ? Without spoilers.
And how hard is it? I like some challenge but I don't like to study for every monsters weakness in those games.

I saw someone say it gettings grindy and repetitive later on but besides that I only heard good things.

[wurmtoken]

You're going to love it. Play the demo if you're skeptical, but trust me it's one of the all-time best.

[darksteelhyren]

Story's above average IMO. The story and characterization lean heavily into "indie-style bull\*\*\*\* tropes" which can be a good thing and a bad thing.
Gameplay is great. Finding synergy is fun, learning the system is fun.
Difficulty is average. On default difficulty, you can't do stupid \*\*\*\* and win against the bosses, you need to have some synergy going on around midgame to come out on top. Items are absurdly powerful: use the potions freely, they cost next to nothing. Some bosses will _require_ counterplay in order to win, you are expected to lose against some of them once and reformulate.
Weaknesses can be found on the wiki. You don't do more/less damage; instead, the defender gets buffs/debuffs.

The accusation that 100%ing the game is a horrific grindfest is absolutely true, but it's also optional. You can stop upon arriving at postgame and get your money's worth.

[Vincent]

There is literally a slider in the options to increase/reduce the difficulty and grind, people are just idiots. As a big fan of monster collection games myself, this one is pretty special. Imagine if Pokemon type advantages weren't just bland damage boosts and type swapping played a bigger part. There's a lot more strategy than I've found in any other in the genre I've played yet. Bought it an hour and a half ago and haven't been able to put it down.

[Fringehunter7719]

Originally posted by Vincent:

As a big fan of monster collection games myself, this one is pretty special. Imagine if Pokemon type advantages weren't just bland damage boosts and type swapping played a bigger part. There's a lot more strategy than I've found in any other in the genre I've played yet. Bought it an hour and a half ago and haven't been able to put it down.

I finished the game a couple of days ago, and this could word for word sum up my experience.

This game is great, I would absolutely say it's worth it.