Monster Crown (2020)

Monster Crown - Dark Monster Catching Game with True Crossbreeds Featuring a brand new dynamic breeding system and a deep story in a world filled to the brim with optional content. Offer contracts to dangerous beasts and breed them to create new species. Travel across Crown Island with your Monsters as you work toward stopping an underground plan to revive the sadistic Philosopher Kings and return them to their thrones

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure Indie Action breeding pixel graphics turn-based combat steam cloud creature collectorPlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo LifeMitch VogelOct 20217/10
Monster Crown is a decent game that falls short of greatness in a few areas. Legitimately cool ideas with breeding and an overall solid combat system are let down by lackluster monster designs and performance issues. Then there's the elephant in the room, which is that Monster Crown ultimately feels like a jankier and less addictive version of the oldest Pokémon games. We'd still give this one a recommendation, as the bones of the experience are good enough that its worth a punt for big Pokémon fans pining for the 8-bit days, but you might want to wait for a sale with this one.
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RPG FanNeal ChandranOct 202171/100
Monster Crown has potential and some good ideas, but execution is lacking.
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The Game CraterTom WilsonOct 20217.5/10
Monster Crown is by no means a bad game. It is an excellent Pokémon clone that brings a lot of much-needed features to the table. However, for those looking for something a little more modern, you'd be best looking elsewhere.
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Checkpoint GamingNat PattersonOct 20215/10
A dull comparison to the legendary monster-catching games of yore that we know and love, Monster Crown fails to catch ’em all.
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Worth PlayingChris "Atom" DeAngelusOct 20215/10
At the end of the day, Monster Crown has very little going for it aside from that brief rush of nostalgia. The interesting mechanics are buried behind a poorly balanced combat system, a ridiculous story, and a mountain of glitches. There are some interesting ideas, but it's difficult to recommend the title based solely on that potential. It's a game that feels like knockoff Pokémon that you can play on the same system as the real Pokémon offerings, not to mention all of the other competitors. There are patches coming that will hopefully alleviate some of these issues, but until they do, there are much better monster trainer games out there.
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About the game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Developer: Studio Aurum
Publisher: SOEDESCO Publishing
Released: July 31, 2020
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Engine: Unity

IGDB rating 5.7/10 from 3 ratings.

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