Cassette Beasts - Review Thread

Game Information Game Title: Cassette Beasts Platforms: * PC (Apr 26, 2023) * Nintendo Switch (May 25, 2023) * Xbox Series X/S (May 25, 2023) * Xbox One (May 25, 2023) Trailers: * Developer Gameplay Stream | Cassette Beasts * Cassette Beasts Announcement Trailer * Cassette Beasts | Reveal Trailer Developer: Bytten Studio Publisher: Raw Fury Review Aggregator: OpenCritic - 86 average - 78% recommended - 11 reviews Critic Reviews Digital Trends - Giovanni Colantonio - Unscored Cassette Beasts does fall into some familiar pitfalls, making for a hit-and-miss adventure. Some might find its complexity appealing, but that comes at the expense of casual appeal and legibility. Still, I’m encouraged by how many of its original ideas land. Monster fusion is a truly impressive trick, exploration feels classic and modern in the same breath, and its cassette motif is a clever bit of theming that gives it a distinct style. Perhaps Game Freak should be the one taking notes this time. --- God is a Geek - Lyle Carr - 10 / 10 Cassette Beasts is the best monster collecting game I've ever played, with sensational combat and a wonderful world to explore. --- Hardcore Gamer - Jeremy Peeples - 4 / 5 Cassette Beasts is one of the best and most entertaining monster-collecting games outside of Pokémon. --- LadiesGamers.com - Lottie Childs - Loved In short, Cassette Beasts is a fantastic game with plenty of charm, great gameplay, and a groovy soundtrack. I could highly recommend it to anyone who loves playing a great game. The narrative aspects should keep a playthrough for about 8 – 18 hours, but those who wish to collect all the monsters and complete all side quests could expect to be playing for up to around 50 hours. There is plenty to do in New Wirral, take the leap of discovery and become a Cassette Beast Ranger! --- RPG Fan - Des Miller - 80% A fun and charming monster collecting game with an eye-catching aesthetic and wonderful soundtrack that is dripping with style and personality. --- Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Katharine Castle - Unscored A modern monster catcher RPG that brings lots of smart evolutions to almost every Poké-like system you can imagine. --- Shacknews - Donovan Erskine - 9 / 10 Bytten Studio puts all of its creativity on display in Cassette Beasts. Not only does its sizeable roster of Monsters include some really fun and unique designs, but the thoughtful approach to combat and clever music element really set it apart from most Pokemon-likes. Although the characters weren’t as intriguing as I’d like in an RPG, just about everything else was enough to make up for it. Cassette Beasts is sure to be one of this year’s indie darlings. --- TechRaptor - Brittany Alva - 9 / 10 Cassette Beasts blends the best of JRPGs and monster taming games to create something new, and it pays off incredibly well. While the story may be on the shorter side for JRPG lovers, there's more than enough to love about the game. (Review Policy) --- TheGamer - Ben Sledge - 3.5 / 5 I had a great time with Cassette Beasts, but it was undeniably frustrating in places. It iterates on the Pokemon formula in nearly every possible way, and exploring the world via companion quests rather than just doing a big circle on your Gym challenge creates a wonderful sense of adventure. Cassette Beasts tries a lot of new things and most of them are successful. The story is compelling, the characters are engaging, and the battle system is one of the best I’ve ever used. It doesn’t pull everything off, but I’d much rather play a game that takes risks, rather than one that rehashes the same old formula time and time again. --- TheSixthAxis - Nic Bunce - 9 / 10 Cassette Beasts is simply one of the best Pokémon-like games I've come across, and I'm looking forward to earning a 100% completion. With a massive end-game and modder support built in at release though, I feel like I'm going to get very sidetracked on the way there. --- Try Hard Guides - Christian Harrison - 10 / 10 In a world where the latest half-baked Pokémon has taken up most of the bandwidth for a creature-catching game in people’s lives, Cassette Beasts is a feast. Players are bound to spend countless hours in the game as they come to understand what a fresh perspective using current-gen tech is able to accomplish in a genre that has been more or less stagnant for decades. --- submitted by /u/fullfire55 [link] [comments]
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