For a game that is essentially a reoccurring blood war fought fight for dominance every 100 years, it's overly charming. The aesthetic and sound is goofy and gives off Freaky Forms (3DS) vibes which is just a fantastic throwback to me.

Gameplay is pretty straightforward for any monster collector. 4 moves, characters learn moves (You can see the level they learn moves in their party menu), however, your TEAM has a level that all your abomi are, there is no need to level up each guy individually. Super effective, resistances, x2, x4, 1/2, 1/4, with 8 different typing's. The really nice thing I enjoy about the combat is the game does all the calculations for you AND YOU CAN SEE IT. There is a formula displayed on the side when you select an attack and highlight the enemy you're choosing. No more "does this item improve this ability? Does my ability increase the damage of X attack?" It clearly lays out what is happening so there are no more surprises or guesswork about any modifiers.

You don't as much "Catch" creatures in this, as you do save a randomly selected guy (Based on seeds, which you can share with other players or replay yourself) in each different zone you enter between towns. You're given limited creatures of varied or not so varied typing's to finish the game with. Permadeath on is how the game is meant to be played (story explanation to it) but can be turned off.

There is a point in the game around the 2nd-3rd boss where you can summon an abomi from another person's games which adds a nice little "add my guy to your game" connection with friends. You can copy their codes either from when they die, or after you complete the game in the past run sections of the main menu to send to other people. You can only add 1 abomi from another person to your game per run. They keep their nature and their names. Here's a few of my favorites if you need some!
Snappycara[1D1DA16E66E5GC0E56E86E5E5C0G66GE5G1919GA1
Plasmoth[1D1DA16E66E5GC06E1986E5E5E5G66GC0GE5GC097
Taranther[1D1DA16E66E5GA19786E5E5E5G66GE5GC061GC0C0


There is a custom game menu where you can adjust the amount of bosses you fight, max levels, starting levels, even how you can choose the abomi that you meet along the way. You still get Temporal (currency used to unlock items/abomi/areas to chance appear in future runs) to spend from finishing the custom games which is a great.

Typical runs can take a few hours on standard mode. I usually finished mine over a few day of playing. Game took about 40 hours to 100% while playing casually (Not turning off animations, reading text, talking to everyone)

Overall great cute little game world that can best be described as an upside down smiley face.

For a game that is essentially a reoccurring blood war fought fight for dominance every 100 years, it's overly charming. The aesthetic and sound is goofy and gives off Freaky Forms (3DS) vibes which is just a fantastic throwback to me. Gameplay is pretty straightforward for any monster collector. 4 moves, characters learn moves (You can see the level they learn moves in their party menu), however, your TEAM has a level that all your abomi are, there is no need to level up each guy individually. Super effective, resistances, x2, x4, 1/2, 1/4, with 8 different typing's. The really nice thing I enjoy about the combat is the game does all the calculations for you AND YOU CAN SEE IT. There is a formula displayed on the side when you select an attack and highlight the enemy you're choosing. No more "does this item improve this ability? Does my ability increase the damage of X attack?" It clearly lays out what is happening so there are no more surprises or guesswork about any modifiers. You don't as much "Catch" creatures in this, as you do save a randomly selected guy (Based on seeds, which you can share with other players or replay yourself) in each different zone you enter between towns. You're given limited creatures of varied or not so varied typing's to finish the game with. Permadeath on is how the game is meant to be played (story explanation to it) but can be turned off. [Spoiler]There is a point in the game around the 2nd-3rd boss where you can summon an abomi from another person's games which adds a nice little "add my guy to your game" connection with friends. You can copy their codes either from when they die, or after you complete the game in the past run sections of the main menu to send to other people. You can only add 1 abomi from another person to your game per run. They keep their nature and their names. Here's a few of my favorites if you need some! Snappycara[1D1DA16E66E5GC0E56E86E5E5C0G66GE5G1919GA1 Plasmoth[1D1DA16E66E5GC06E1986E5E5E5G66GC0GE5GC097 Taranther[1D1DA16E66E5GA19786E5E5E5G66GE5GC061GC0C0 [/Spoiler] There is a custom game menu where you can adjust the amount of bosses you fight, max levels, starting levels, even how you can choose the abomi that you meet along the way. You still get Temporal (currency used to unlock items/abomi/areas to chance appear in future runs) to spend from finishing the custom games which is a great. Typical runs can take a few hours on standard mode. I usually finished mine over a few day of playing. Game took about 40 hours to 100% while playing casually (Not turning off animations, reading text, talking to everyone) Overall great cute little game world that can best be described as an upside down smiley face.