![]() ![]() ![]() A cool feature was the online multiplayer option, but I barely used it since I was focused on the main story for the most part. It’s not like I felt like I was lacking guidance, but I often forgot what the story was, or what I was doing again and just relied on going towards the X on the map. You can only rely on your tiny map that has a blunt cross on a specific town so you know where to go. The quests were always pretty straightforward, but were nowhere to be found. It takes a while for the game to introduce the fun features, so if you are the type of player who after about an hour decides whether or not the game is worth continuing, I think you are going to say ‘no’ to this one. While the gameplay has some fun elements, like breeding and combat, the rest of it feels a bit boring. Overall gameplay | Let’s start with the first thing on the list of ‘things that made me feel both positive and negative towards Monster Crown’.Thanks to this synergy system, Monster Crown really sets itself apart from competitors like Pokémon or Nexomon. It thus always you to beat monsters that are actually a lot stronger than you. Attacking when you have synergy bars will make you stronger, for example giving said attack a power boost or lowering the enemy’s defense. Using four bars, you can accumulate synergy by switching between monsters or defending yourself. Then there is also an advanced battle mechanism in place called synergy. Don’t worry though, most of the time you’ll find them accepting your pacts. You’re actually giving monsters a choice in joining you. Offering a monster a pact is the game’s way of ‘catching’ them. Then, you can choose to attack your opponent, switch between monsters in your party, offer the opponent a pact, flee, or use an item for example to heal yourself. When engaging in battle, you can always choose which monster you want to battle with. You have a party of eight monsters and each one has their own set of moves. Fighting these monsters is pretty standard. Battling and taming monsters | Just as in the popular Pokémon games, you can engage in battle with these creatures, and some will even make their way towards you so if you’re not paying attention, you’ll find yourself in an unexpected battle.The entire breeding process is very elaborate, extending throughout the entire gameplay. The cool thing here is that you can choose between every single monster you encounter. When you’re breeding, you choose one Primary monster and one Secondary monster. Creating hybrids was honestly so much fun and seeing what cool creatures came out of the eggs (unless you used high temperature breeding, which results in an embryo rather than an egg) was super fun. It’s also one of the core mechanics as you’ll also need it to advance the main story. Now, here comes one of the best features of Monster Crown: breeding. If you ever forget which types are more effective against each other, you can quickly take a look in the in-game menu. For example, Will beats Brute and Relentless beats Will. Of course, there is an order in this, making it easier to face enemies. The monsters you’ll encounter come in five types: Will, Brute, Malicious, Unstable and Relentless. With over 200 base monsters in Monster Crown, there is plenty of variation. Monsters and breeding | When you’re walking around in the wonderful world of Monster Island, you’ll see a bunch of monsters roaming around freely.ℹ️ Reviewed on Xbox Series X | Review code provided by PR/publisher, this review is the personal opinion from the writer. He has had his own spot in my party every since! So naturally, I named the little guy Spyro. And I don’t remember which two monsters I combined for my first breed, but the monster that came out of it reminded me a little of good old Spyro (unfortunately, he wasn’t purple, but still). ![]() The cool thing about breeding is that you can also name the monster you just bred. My most memorable moment was definitely my first breed! I was so excited when I unlocked this feature and ran/flew to The Barn (which is where you breed your monsters) quite often after that. In Monster Crown, you ask monsters if they want to join you! Can you and your monsters restore the balance on Crown Island? Not by catching them, of course, because you can’t release a total copy-paste of the popular Pokémon series. In a world where monsters roam free and an evil young girl seeks power, it’s up to you to battle, tame and breed monsters. What started as a very successful Kickstarter project recently made its way to Xbox (and PlayStation) after releasing on PC and Nintendo Switch before that. As you’ve seen by the title, today I’ll be talking about Monster Crown, a game developed by Studio Aurum and published by the famous SOEDESCO. LifeisXbox’s Monster Crown review | When a game is called ‘Pokémon for grownups’, you can count on it grabbing my attention. ![]()
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