Cassette Beasts

Cassette Beasts is the best monster collecting game I've ever played, with sensational combat and a wonderful world to explore.

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.

Cassette Beasts is an addictive and fun videogame that pleasantly engages and excites. It offers a fascinating story and context, as well-implemented sensitive themes. A must have especially for the play structure.

Combat isn't the only fun thing the game has to offer. If you're in the mood for collecting and battling strange creatures, give the game a chance, it will serve you pleasant entertainment with beautiful visuals. [Issue#327]

The best Pokémon clone by a significant margin and arguably a more enjoyable experience than the more recent 3D games, with some clever new ideas and fantastic visuals.

Cassette Beasts feels very genuine. Whilst you can tell where the inspiration for certain choices has come from, the soundtrack, characters and story are all entertaining and heartfelt in a way that separates it from being just another Pokémon clone. Whilst the retro 80s design feels like a comforting warm blanket, the game isn’t afraid of inflicting a tonal shift into more Undertale-like otherworldly horror. You'd be forgiven for getting distracted in the gameplay loop of adventuring and collecting cute beasts, but underneath is a compelling and much more sinister story waiting to come out.

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.

One of the best turn-based games & "monster catchers" out there. You go around recording Beasts with a magical Cassette player, hence the name Cassette beasts, you can then transform into any Beasts you have successfully recorded. Everything is music theme & there's even singing when you're inside buildings, a tune that will get stuck in your head for better or worse. There's a social sim dynamic where you can choose to bring along certain NPCS & build your relationship with them, including a dog. These partners also fight with you in battle & give you their own quests. There's a lot of side quests besides the main one which is going around beating Ranger Captains & eventually taking on the Archangels around the world, which are the real boss fights. Finding new Beasts & choosing what they "remaster" into is stays fresh & exciting throughout the game & on top of that there's a cool Fusion mechanic, which isn't some cheap shiny gimmick or mega lame stuff, you can Fuse any two Beasts together in battle & form an unstoppable monster. This game is worth every penny & more.

This game is ok for a monster catching game. Though you don't catch them, you record them and then become the **** monster designs and weird uniqueness of the world is the best part of the **** game does have interesting ideas such as having stickers you can peel off instead of fixed skills. And I like that as long as you are recording a monster it can't be defeated, so you don't lose it if you do too much damage, though some are very hard to record and require a lot of attempts before success and some can wipe you out before you record them.Everything about the game feels half arsed including the ending and not executed well. It's an interesting idea. But the gameplay, dialogue and characters are rather lacklustre. And I find exploring the world rather dull though. And the game overall is very grindy.Post game the Ranger board quests are so repetitive and boring. Even when you force yourself to complete 100 of them you still have to do more if you want to get to lvl 6 ranger rank to be able to get harder orb fusions. I got so sick of it I feel like I am not enjoying it and wasting my time, it's way too tedious and repetitive.I still liked playing it as I get obsessed about getting all the monsters.6/10 game is alright

Really expected to like this, I have been searching for new titles akin to the classic Pokemon games...this is not it. For starters there a numerous technical issues, from excessive loading times to poor frame rates and graphical glitches. Why can the Nintendo DS from 20 years ago provide a smoother experience!?! Additionally, the art style is uninspired and lacks stylization. I also found some of the music choices baffling, the soundtrack for the first town was so bad I had to turn the volume off to avoid headache. Nevertheless, I still find some enjoyment in the concept and basic gameplay, however there are far better Pokemon clones available... skip this one.

Apenas uma cópia mal feita do pokemon, combate ultrapassado e soundtrack péssima.

not too much good mechanics, it's not good enough for me. A pokemon bad game