I've been looking for another creature collector I could enjoy as much as Pokemon and this absolutely hits the sweet spot. I can't wait to watch it grow.

Outstanding game to every degree. The story is creative, funny, interesting, but doesn't overstay it's welcome. The gameplay and the battles are the core of the game and it's brilliant designed. Every part of it feels just right.

The key issues with the game are entirely to do with it being early access. The game has absolutely brilliantly written friendship/romance/whatever options, however they're not all finished writing and animating. A number of the Beasties don't have their final animations yet, with some of their movements and sprites being hand-drawn line art to placehold for the final art. If that is an issue for you, just wait for the full game.

As of right now, the game has a complete story as well as post-game content. It has an active PVP community along with events to compete. The game, if you rush through and focus on the story, comes out to about 15-20 hours long. For the quality of content, depth of strategy, and enjoyment I had, I believe that 20 pounds is an absolute steal. Furthermore, the dev team are dedicated to adding MORE to the story, with new beasties, story beats, bosses and the like.

I cannot recommend this game enough.

As someone who grew up with Pokemon being their only taste of the monster-catching genre, I've decided to branch out more, and this game might be the pinnacle of monster-catchers. Not only are the Beasties adorable from the jump, but the seemingly simple volleyball-like combat hides a depth and difficulty that just clicks after a certain point. The story is funny and well-written, the human characters have actual personality, and the music is on another level. Buy this game and make your friends buy it too.