Love it! The game very closely follows the beats of the original Pokemon games. You start in your mum's house, go to meet the Professor who has you choose one of three Temtem of different types, you battle your 'friend' who is a smug bastard, and then leave your home village to head north through the long grass to the first town, catching Temtem as you go.

After six hours of play I've got a full party of six Temtem plus a few extras in the bank, they're all around level 15-20, I've defeated the first boss, and will now be leveling my team a bit before tackling the first Dojo (gym).

The game runs smoothly, the UI is very polished, the Temtem battles feel balanced and feedback from hits is great - which is more than I can say for a lot of early access games I've played!

Connecting to a massively multiplayer world and seeing other players running around with you is a bit weird, albeit sometimes funny when there's a bunch of you running in circles around the same small patch of grass waiting for a bite. If you're like me and suffer from social anxiety, fear not - you don't have to interact with any other players in order to play the game.

Despite being early access the game feels very complete in terms of playability and existing content. I have found some 'coming soon' areas and these usually present as buildings with 'WIP' signs on the doors, so nothing game-breaking, just placeholders for things still in development.

Most importantly, though - the Temtem are all very cute :D

(P.S. Regarding this kind of garbage - https://twitter.com/sexhomaru/status/1220845161502117889?s=20 - It should be noted that this game did not 'force me to be trans' and is not 'full of trans people'. If you're so fragile that being presented with the mere OPTION of choosing they/them pronouns makes you flee in horror, perhaps what you need is a psychologist (and some compassion), and not a new videogame.)

Transphobic bigots, educate yourselves instead of spewing your vitriol here:

https://www.genderbread.org/
https://htyp.org/gender/101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction (hundreds of reference links on this page and connected pages of peer-reviewed, credible studies)
https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender

Love it! The game very closely follows the beats of the original Pokemon games. You start in your mum's house, go to meet the Professor who has you choose one of three Temtem of different types, you battle your 'friend' who is a smug bastard, and then leave your home village to head north through the long grass to the first town, catching Temtem as you go. After six hours of play I've got a full party of six Temtem plus a few extras in the bank, they're all around level 15-20, I've defeated the first boss, and will now be leveling my team a bit before tackling the first Dojo (gym). The game runs smoothly, the UI is very polished, the Temtem battles feel balanced and feedback from hits is great - which is more than I can say for a lot of early access games I've played! Connecting to a massively multiplayer world and seeing other players running around with you is a bit weird, albeit sometimes funny when there's a bunch of you running in circles around the same small patch of grass waiting for a bite. If you're like me and suffer from social anxiety, fear not - you don't have to interact with any other players in order to play the game. Despite being early access the game feels very complete in terms of playability and existing content. I have found some 'coming soon' areas and these usually present as buildings with 'WIP' signs on the doors, so nothing game-breaking, just placeholders for things still in development. Most importantly, though - the Temtem are all very cute :D (P.S. Regarding this kind of garbage - https://twitter.com/sexhomaru/status/1220845161502117889?s=20 - It should be noted that this game did not 'force me to be trans' and is not 'full of trans people'. If you're so fragile that being presented with the mere OPTION of choosing they/them pronouns makes you flee in horror, perhaps what you need is a psychologist (and some compassion), and not a new videogame.) Transphobic bigots, educate yourselves instead of spewing your vitriol here: https://www.genderbread.org/ https://htyp.org/gender/101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction (hundreds of reference links on this page and connected pages of peer-reviewed, credible studies) https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender