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Anonymous No.3852407 >>3852436 >>3852440 >>3852442 >>3852461 >>3852488 >>3852583 >>3853426
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Every day is /mon/day, so let's talk about monster collecting and raising games!
We had a nice thread last time, so let's keep this going >>3764902

What are you playing? And what are you looking forward to?
Anonymous No.3852436 >>3852439
>>3852407 (OP)
Currently playing both Cassette Beasts and SMT If...

Cassette Beasts is pretty good so far. I thought the characters would be cringe, but the main companions are surprisingly likable.

If... is also pretty good. I've heard a lot of shit talking about it, but it's not bad at all. World of Sloth is retarded, but that's only one area. The game has a lot of experimental mechanics, relatively speaking. Guardians (aka not-Personas), gemstones giving passive stats, consumable ammo, back row attack limitations, hell even just the idea of multiple companions and routes to play.
Anonymous No.3852439
>>3852436
Cassette beasts sucked for me personally, maybe because I think the characters are cringe
The story tried to be dark and creepy but the tone is too off
The mon designs are always objectmons, don't get me wrong I love this archetype but it feels uninspired in Cassette Beasts
Lastly the music is also not my taste.
Anonymous No.3852440 >>3852555
>>3852407 (OP)
I keep getting into cycles of being autistically into Monster Rancher 2 DX, burning out on it for a few months, and then getting back into it. Right now I'm back on my bullshit and starting to build competitive monsters.
Anonymous No.3852442
>>3852407 (OP)
Finished mythic in Aethermancer, although I feel like I relied too much on the "Reactivate this monster" item
Anonymous No.3852461
>>3852407 (OP)
Finished my next order run and now I'm waiting for time stranger but I may skip it since the demo plays like cyber sleuth 3 and I'm somewhat burned out from that.
Anonymous No.3852479 >>3852481 >>3852764
Tempted to get Digimon Time Stranger deluxe as a treat for myself, but I'm wondering if I should wait.
Anonymous No.3852481 >>3852486
>>3852479
Wait for what, exactly?
Anonymous No.3852486
>>3852481
See if it goes on sale in December, but I'll get it through CD keys anyway.
Anonymous No.3852488
>>3852407 (OP)
Been playing Early Access Aethermancer and Monster Hunter Stories 1.

And obviously come tomorrow, I'm gonna be all focused in on Digimon Time Stranger.
Anonymous No.3852555 >>3852983
>>3852440
I was thinking of starting a new Monster Rancher game
Maybe 4 or Evo
Anonymous No.3852583 >>3852584
>>3852407 (OP)
>making the thread on a wednesday
>linking the previous thread
Retard, you are going to get mods deleting these threads again.
Anonymous No.3852584
>>3852583
Not him but they don't really care about this board anymore, they only did during the first 3 years or so
Anonymous No.3852749
Tried out Aethermancer to burn time until Time Stranger, and it seems to have some good bones on it.
Didn't expect to win on my first run, but Nixe and Tatzel had some pretty busted synergy right out the gate. And by the time Nixe had died, Tatzel had became a monster all its own with that one 5-cost fire/water fieldwide multi-hit nuke resulting in a ridiculous number of effect procs.

Probably gonna have to shelve it until it gets more developed though. I've burnt myself too many times getting engrossed in the earliest of access roguelites and then losing all interest by the time the game actually has more content during full release.
Anonymous No.3852751 >>3853128
Has anyone played the summon night games? I was thinking about picking up an SRPG but I don't know how extensive the whole monster aspects are in those games or how good they are in general.
Anonymous No.3852764
>>3852479
Given they'll be adding digimon overtime through the pass it'd probably be better to wait.
Anonymous No.3852983
>>3852555
Monster Rancher games are GOAT. 4 is good. 3 was my fave I think, but 2 maybe matched it.

The GBA ones and DS are worth playing too. Best thing is emulating all of them so you can cheese the training and make your monster's lifespan go further.
Anonymous No.3853104
>try to play Aethermancer
>get some 0xc000005 error
>demo earlier this year worked fine
'kay.
Anonymous No.3853128
>>3852751
The monsters arent really collected they're partners assigned to specific characters that they're sort of meant to synergize with it's more like fire emblem than final fantasy tactics or disgae with generics.
Anonymous No.3853426 >>3853651
>>3852407 (OP)
>What are you playing?
aethermancer early access and a new playthrough of siralim ultimate
>And what are you looking forward to?
the sequels to abomi nation, anode heart, and disc creatures look neat
Anonymous No.3853649 >>3853687
I'm glad I didnt pay full price for Digimon, Im not really feeling it.
It has some things going for it but the move variety is incredibly sad. Also Aura + Fortification trivializes everything and Im not really the 'hold back on purpose' type.
Anonymous No.3853651
>>3853426
Probably gonna get back into Siralim Ultimate too, although the whole infinite levels thing turns me off.
Anonymous No.3853687 >>3853770 >>3853780
>>3853649
I don't know if anybody here is trully hyped about time stranger. It has a lot of cool things but its still just a standard jrpg
Anonymous No.3853770 >>3853781
>>3853687
It was obvious looking at the rooster, almost entirely the same overused Digimon from the last 25 years. That means stagnation.
I've given up on Digimon games.
I've haven't played the game, probably it's great.
Anonymous No.3853780 >>3853783 >>3853798
>>3853687
>standard jrpg
absolutely nothing wrong with that. part of what made me not want to play metaphor is i am absolutely fucking sick of the persona calender time management formula. if metaphor was closer to just a standard jrpg i would have played it.
Anonymous No.3853781 >>3853782 >>3853811
>>3853770
Really? At least they got the graphical fanservice to trick old fans to play it again.
This is why I still hold Pokemon in its highest regard - there is always something new in each iteration - even with the lack of quality control.
Maybe won't play ZA though since it looks like a Xenoblade clone.
Anonymous No.3853782 >>3853799
>>3853781
>there is always something new in each iteration
i would rather have a bog standard jrpg over whatever the fuck pokemon has been since they fell for the open world meme.
Anonymous No.3853783
>>3853780
>persona calender time management formula
I didn't mean that they should have added zoomer-coded social sim mechanics, I meant like another type of monger game.
Anonymous No.3853798 >>3854585
>>3853780
Speaking of Metaphor. Time Stranger not only completely crushed the Persona games, but almost beat out Metaphor.
Unless there's another spike, this is probably it's peak though.
Anonymous No.3853799 >>3853803 >>3854585
>>3853782
>ever since pokemon fell for the open world meme
it's not perfect but at least they tried, not to mention it has its share of fun moments, even if the execution leaves to be desired
Anonymous No.3853803 >>3853805
>>3853799
>not to mention it has its share of fun moments
it does not. pokemon past gen v was a mistake, and i'm a millennial not a zoomer who grew up with gen v.
Anonymous No.3853805 >>3853812 >>3853844
>>3853803
>it does not. pokemon past gen v was a mistake, and i'm a millennial not a zoomer who grew up with gen v
There are a few moments where I think are good in Scarlet Violet, I don't think the game is perfect or masterpiece or anything
Also Sun/Moon is not that bad as well
Sorry if you have gotten deranged to hate anything new about Pokemon
Anonymous No.3853811
>>3853781
PokΓ©mon is also mediocre but, minus the shillmon spam, at least they know they need to put new PokΓ©mon in the games. Even if they aren't as good as the classic, it's important to put newer monsters in the games.
I'm so fucking tired of Adventure.
Anonymous No.3853812 >>3853838 >>3854062
>>3853805
An ESL trying to have an argument is always funny to see
Anonymous No.3853838
>>3853812
>Everyone who disagrees with me must mean they want to argue
Single mom or did a pokekek buck break you in public?
Anonymous No.3853844 >>3853845 >>3854065
>>3853805
>There are a few moments where I think are good in Scarlet Violet
Name 3
Anonymous No.3853845 >>3853856 >>3854065 >>3854150
>>3853844
>Kieran, the 2nd cutest male
>Grusha, the cutest male
>Nemona is wife material
Anonymous No.3853856 >>3853861
>>3853845
That's on me, I shouldn't have asked.
Anonymous No.3853861
>>3853856
You really should have known better.
Anonymous No.3854062
>>3853812
I honestly don't care about your Anti-ESL tism
Anonymous No.3854065
>>3853844
The Academy stuff
Area Zero
Arven questline
Clavell scenes

Also things like:
Overworld pokemon interacting with each other
The new mon designs, competitively and aesthetically
Terastallize
Being more memorable and soulful than swsh and xy

The trainer and gym encounters are incredibly bastardized which is a big letdown, though
>>3853845
Nemona is a unique rival, I agree
Anonymous No.3854097 >>3854152
I'm playing this game for the first time. You have mons and can evolve.
Anonymous No.3854150
>>3853845
>fag finding the loser school shooter the cutest
Expected
Anonymous No.3854152 >>3854413
>>3854097
That must be the most misleading cover I've ever seen
Anonymous No.3854413
>>3854152
It has the eyes, but wheres's the eternity?
Anonymous No.3854585 >>3854626 >>3854674 >>3855306
Favorite monster taming game on the old nintendo DS?
>>3853799
>They tried
Barely, its pretty much the same as a regular pokΓ©mon game but without a enforced gym order and that was lazy as fuck.
>>3853798
Metaphor came out a long time ago already and TS just got released so I don't get what is your point honestly. What were Metaphor's numbers when it was new?
Anonymous No.3854626 >>3854630
>>3854585
He's comparing the all time peak numbers
Anonymous No.3854630
>>3854626
I can read what is written in the picture anon, thats not what I asked, what were the peak numbers during its first week?
Plus, anyone with two braincells knows that comparing the peak numbers from a game from last year and one that just came out this week is insanely retard
Anonymous No.3854674
>>3854585
Probably Fossil Fighters/Champions.
Anonymous No.3854981 >>3855150
>Time Stranger won't let you name a mon Gooch, but twink is okay
1984 is real. Fun game so far, otherwise. I just got to the part where you meet Minervamon.
Anonymous No.3855150 >>3855660
>>3854981
Why are you shocked that it won't let you name a mon "vagina" but it'll let you name a mon "thin."
Anonymous No.3855306 >>3855760
>>3854585
>Barely, its pretty much the same as a regular pokΓ©mon game but without a enforced gym order and that was lazy as fuck.
Better than nothing at least. The problem is that they neglected the things that people have higher standards now, such as the difficulty and trainers. In contrast, we have fangames that explore these better, so yeah they are lazy in that regard.
Anonymous No.3855660 >>3855757
>>3855150
I'm just surprised that the game censors names. It's single player, and it's not like the game has some sort of mechanic where your digimon can help or hinder other players.
Anonymous No.3855757 >>3855759
>>3855660
Did you check if it had online battles? I remember cybersleuth having it.
Anonymous No.3855759
>>3855757
Time Stranger is exclusively single-player.
Probably for the better since I imagine it'd be even more unbalanced than Cyber Sleuth/Hackers Memory was.
Anonymous No.3855760
>>3855306
>as the difficulty and trainers
Arceus sold a lot because most pokemon fans hate battling. They just want to explore grassy corridors and throw pokeballs at their favorite mon.
Anonymous No.3856002 >>3856669 >>3857322 >>3857323
This is hilarious
Anonymous No.3856669
>>3856002
silly little fella
Anonymous No.3856744 >>3856992
>SMT
where do i start? peeps keep saying smt v but i looked into it and it seemed to assume you're already familiar with the series.
Anonymous No.3856992
>>3856744
None of the games are truelly connected (besides some direct sequels or relative concepts) so you can play any game in the series. Smt 5 vengeance isn't a sequel to anything so you are fine.
Anonymous No.3857322
>>3856002
Behold, the Devourer of Worlds!
Anonymous No.3857323
>>3856002
an ordinary day in Florida
Anonymous No.3857603 >>3857621
Overall Im enjoying Siralim Ultimate way more than Digimon, although they both have their own pros and cons. Digimons cons are just bigger.
Anonymous No.3857621 >>3857630
>>3857603
What exactly does digimon do wrong?
Anonymous No.3857630 >>3858234
>>3857621
The move pool is 90% just 300 variations of rock paper scissors moves.
>Fire Magic 1
>Fire Magic 2
>Fire Magic 3
>Fire AoE 1
>Fire AoE 2
>Fire Physical 1
>Fire Physical 2
>Fire Physical AoE 1
>Repeat forever
It's almost as bad as Nexumons moves.
Siralim has issues too but variety aint one of them.
Anonymous No.3857745 >>3858069
I want to have sex with this autistic Youtuber.
Also, I kind of want Capcom to make a mon style game based on the megaman series. There's a lot of characters they could use, and Monster Hunter Stories prooves they can make competent mon games.
Anonymous No.3858069
>>3857745
Wasn't that battle network already
Anonymous No.3858234 >>3858237
>>3857630
None of the attack moves really matter except for the penetrating attacks. Especially since having the right type of Digimon (Virus, Vaccine, or Data) determines whether your enemy is weak to your attacks more than your attacks' element does.
Not using penetrating attacks feels like a waste of time. I've been using WarGreymon and GranKuwagamon for most of my current run of Hacker's Memory. I've been looking for a list of other Digimon with penetrating moves. Anyone have one?
Anonymous No.3858237
>>3858234
Pretty sure that anon was talking about Time Stranger, which completely got rid of Penetrating attacks due to how fucked they made the balance in that game.