Strange plot twist = meta gaming

[Psylence]

I'm currently on this level in the Mines. I crash-landed the air-ship. Eventually and without any choice I'm handed a temtem six-pack of new (and leveled somehow similar to the new area) temtems. In the space of ten minutes all my awesome temtem that I played with are gone. Now I know how certain plots revolve around each other and so I know that eventually I'll be given back my back-pack with all my old temtem and I'll get to keep the new crystal and earth temtem that I played with in the Mines.
My only gripe is "does this look like an experiment?" And my answer would have to be 'yes'.
Think about it...a strange new world with new temtem everywhere. I would be attached to something strange...or is it? What if they're using us to test how paid dlc would look like. Purchasing 'six-packs' on a randomly generated map....access to more options? Maybe 'release points' to purchase stats for other older temtem.
This deux ex machina is 'testing my patience.'

[Monsieur Mou]

Interesting.

I would go even further. Because as you know, they give us four 4 Temtems at this point of the story. This is where it gets crazy. Four, in Japanese is pronounced "shi", which has a similar prononciation to "死" which literally means "death".

Four -> Death in Japanese -> Japanese = Asian -> Coronavirus = Temtem invented the Virus.

Yup, you read it here first. Don't believe all the naysayers, they are part of it. Trust noone.

[Fenrir]

They reaffirmed that there will be no pay-to-win implemented in the game, in addition to no purchasable Temtem. This information can be found in their official Temtem Discord in the #faq channel;

Is the game pay-to-win, or does it have any elements from pay-to-win games?

No. The game won’t be free to play and the game won’t include any pay-to-win at all (we’re never going to sell Temtem, items that will help you in battles, or experience boosts).

As for paid DLC? Unsure, as their answer for what Temtem will cost doesn't clarify what it means by 'price could go higher' when it releases new content (which could be interpreted as either 'total cost' of base game plus DLC, or just base game period);

What's the price?

Temtem costs $34.99 USD / £27.99 GBP / €30.99 EUR / $39.99 CAD / R$65.99 BRL / ¥3,599 JPY or the equivalent to your country with regional pricing.
Price could go higher in future content patches or releases.

[Stiles]

where would be the problem if they release Addons if the game is finished that we need to buy?

[RobbEJay]

I could maybe see them releasing dlc maps with more story content but not exclusive Temtem or items. Something like what Kanto was to Johto in Pokemon G/S.

But I think you're over thinking things here, the crashland and losing all your stuff was just a way to take disable the surfboard and skates, and the jailbreak segment was to simultaneously introduce and force you to use Temtem you aren't comfortable with.

Not to mention give you some decent ones for a little helping hand, they would do pretty nicely against the next dojo, and in causal online matches.

[Scar_Wolf]

Originally posted by Shade:

Interesting.

I would go even further. Because as you know, they give us four 4 Temtems at this point of the story. This is where it gets crazy. Four, in Japanese is pronounced "shi", which has a similar prononciation to "死" which literally means "death".

Four -> Death in Japanese -> Japanese = Asian -> Coronavirus = Temtem invented the Virus.

Yup, you read it here first. Don't believe all the naysayers, they are part of it. Trust noone.

Hahahaha ;-)
Made my day^^

[Tomie]

Crystal Skates paid DLC when?

[Psylence]

I was sort of thinking it might be like market testing but instead of using target audiences and focus groups Crema is using us to apply a totally different squad with strange new content. We paid for this ea game and I could well imagine that forces are at play with one another. I've heard about super tall skyscrapers that point at other skyscrapers and use the entire structure as a sort of super feng shui to channel negative power and inflict it on their competition. (I believe in feng shui and it's aesthetics.) Nintendo is probably fully aware of this game and I wouldn't put it past them to ruin, or at least, disparage Temtem. I have an interested investment with my time into these little temtem. I've bred them and used items to boost stats. I had a back pack full of things. I chose my temtem (up to this point) based not only what had great stats but also the ones I like the look of. Not to mention the synergy bonuses and the items.

I'm just sooo worried that my raiber is cold and lonely trapped in a cruel metal cage.

Seriously though (I love the raiber, sooo cute) what if Nintendo is seeding this game with naysayer's to wreck the momentum of a new and superior Pok mon Go. Or rather the mind-bending augmented reality multi-cultural phenomenon wants to crush Temtem. In order to prevent another monster-collecting game going super-nova! Crema raised half a million dollars on kickstarter. Why would they release an ea for that matter. And I know you're going to say why'd you buy it then and things like that. I know that beta keys are sometimes handed out early. Usually promoters trying to drum up public awareness. This is not a beta gift version. This is a forty dollar game that is just going to sit on my digital shelf for a year and then what was forgotten is now the hot teacher in class again. Two releases, ea and full...two temtem played simultaneously, and the interest for the game is spread thin eventually.

I think I will stay away from ea games. They always seem to make me wonder why I am essentially play-testing the game for them. Oh well...

[Psylence]

Ack ack it's getting smoky in here. Better turn on my air purifier. I wonder how I could've forgotten that you get 4 temtem instead of 6. That's really funny, eh? You prey on the weak and take advantage of people with tiny little mistakes. I'm not going to insult you at the cost of my medical and mental health-care. Take care who you correct in the future when you're face to face with someone that "doesn't like the look of your face. And he doesn't like the look of your face." Now I gonna burn down some more treat trees and lift my face to my Canadian flag and think to myself how our medical system allows me to laugh when I say 6 instead of 4 and gives me the moral preserve to laugh at how sad it has become that strangers are compelled to compare themselves to others and nit-pick stoned responses.

Conan the adventurer...Conan, warrior without fear...He's more powerful than any man, his legend spread across the land and sea. Conan, the mightiest warrior ever...his quest, to undo the spell of living stone cast upon his family by the cruel wizard Rathamon and sending the vile serpent men back into another dimension. Conan!

There is nothing wrong with your television. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal...and the vertical. We can delude you with a thousand channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity...and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive... For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery that reaches from the inner mind to " ? " Now get it right and we'll give you a cookie...

[Monsieur Mou]

Originally posted by Psylence:

Ack ack it's getting smoky in here. Better turn on my air purifier. I wonder how I could've forgotten that you get 4 temtem instead of 6. That's really funny, eh? You prey on the weak and take advantage of people with tiny little mistakes. I'm not going to insult you at the cost of my medical and mental health-care. Take care who you correct in the future when you're face to face with someone that "doesn't like the look of your face. And he doesn't like the look of your face." Now I gonna burn down some more treat trees and lift my face to my Canadian flag and think to myself how our medical system allows me to laugh when I say 6 instead of 4 and gives me the moral preserve to laugh at how sad it has become that strangers are compelled to compare themselves to others and nit-pick stoned responses.

Conan the adventurer...Conan, warrior without fear...He's more powerful than any man, his legend spread across the land and sea. Conan, the mightiest warrior ever...his quest, to undo the spell of living stone cast upon his family by the cruel wizard Rathamon and sending the vile serpent men back into another dimension. Conan!

There is nothing wrong with your television. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal...and the vertical. We can delude you with a thousand channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity...and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive... For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery that reaches from the inner mind to " ? " Now get it right and we'll give you a cookie...

Exactly.

[Efreet]

Lol dude give a rest to your tinfoil hat.
It's a basic trick to have a different gameplay with the basic game mechanics.
People in those games rarely swap out more than a singlr member of their team.
Forcing a team swap allows them to insert a tutorial for presenting the new crystal type without resorting to a non interactive presentation.

[Friendly]

Originally posted by Efreet:

Lol dude give a rest to your tinfoil hat.
It's a basic trick to have a different gameplay with the basic game mechanics.
People in those games rarely swap out more than a singlr member of their team.
Forcing a team swap allows them to insert a tutorial for presenting the new crystal type without resorting to a non interactive presentation.

I have to agree... it is like you are looking way too hard for a conspiracy OP...

[Psylence]

I didn't even catch my new temtem. They were given to me. I escape from jail and there just happens to be an old man who secrets me away just outside the jail. Sort of feels like Shutter Island. Yeah right, I've escaped from jail. Seems a little to good to be true. It's like trading in your vehicle for a new car and getting a trade-in deal except you have to buy your new car complete with a payment plan. And the plan is for you to drive around in your new car for two weeks before you are finally allowed to purchase it. For two weeks you owned both cars and now have twice the payment bi-monthly.

Do you know where the "tin foil hat" group illusion that has propagated since the early seventies to mean crazy? A quick way to amp up hysteria and pain while being diagnosed to be sent to the insane asylum. Patients would chew a little piece of tin foil. The electrolytes in your saliva react with your fillings that are chewing a little bit of foil and producing intense pain that sounds like madness.

The concept of a "deux ex machina" is generally an ill-defined game concept that is almost everytime a plot device that is "cheap" and a sign of bad writing. The "acts of a god" to change everything in a story has rarely panned out. Being forced to accept this change in the games story line takes away all my control and is in defiance of the nature of the game. This is why it seems like an experiment. Because I'm being tested and I can see areas of manipulation where schemes could exist. I actually have exposed many lies in my line of work. This is just another example of a dev/gamer power struggle.

Maybe you'll believe me when or if Nintendo sues Crema for plagiarism except in today's world anything even so much as a Funko Pop can get away with intellectual property duplication as long as their vinyl figures have exaggerated features. If I was on the board of developers at Nintendo I would be going for Temtem's throat!

Just a life tip for you. If someone at the hospital intake offers you a stick of juicy fruit make sure you rip a little bit of the foil off the stick so everyone can hear your sickening yelp as you bite a shred of tin foil that gets stuck in your cavitiy. You'll be admitted in no time. Good luck bringing your laptop...