Beasties - Monster Trainer Puzzle RPG

Beasties – Monster Trainer Puzzle RPG, developed and published by rokaplay, is a colorful indie title that merges creature collecting with turn-based puzzle mechanics in a way that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly distinct. At first glance, it evokes the familiar structure of classic monster trainer games: you travel across a vibrant world, encounter fantastical creatures, build a team, and challenge other trainers. However, rather than replicating traditional turn-based combat systems, Beasties introduces a puzzle-oriented battle framework that reshapes the flow of encounters and gives the game its own identity within the genre. The premise centers on your role as a Beastiemaster investigating the mysterious disappearance of another master while exploring a world where humans and Beasties coexist. The narrative is straightforward but serviceable, providing a light sense of purpose without overwhelming the player with dense exposition. It frames the adventure as both a personal journey and a broader mission to restore balance, allowing exploration and creature collection to take center stage. While the story does not aim for epic twists or deeply branching arcs, it maintains …

Puzzle Quest, but with store brand Pokemons (and short... and basic... also poorly optimized) ts;wm If you're a fan of not so crowded sub-genre of match-3 RPG battlers, you might extract some joy out of 4-5 hours, required to finish this game, but it's very barebones in content, and the player avatar (I'm struggling to even call it a character - you just control a player card on a plastic stand) is hopping around very slowly - not an insignificant issue that can be partially ameliorated by using diagonal movement. Good news is that the game is also woefully imbalanced, so you can easily overlevel one of your not-pokemons to one-shot everything on your way until the end credits. It's not worth anything more than a dollar.

After seeing some comments and reviews suggesting how this game seems to abruptly end, I thought I would go rummaging through the game's files. There is a Chapter 1 folder, which I could only speculate that additional chapters would've been included in the game at some point... probably as DLC. Then there is mention of a "shovel" that, for some reason, was never implemented. Because of these things and nothing new has been added or mentioned by the developers in more than 3 years, I am left wondering if this game has been abandoned. And if so, why?? Despite its slow pacing, it had much potential to be something really special. Aside from getting into frequent wild Beastie fights every couple of steps or after checking my map, the game isn't all that bad. I even started a new game [i]four times[/i] to make sure I didn't miss anything (which I have). Truthfully, it is not worth the full price because of how short it is. Even at a 90% discount is pushing it as it plays like an incomplete game. Despite these things, I am giving it a positive review in hopes that rokaplay will revisit this game and finish what they started.

I played it before and it was bad because I didn't understand how to fight and how to kill the monsters. Don't buy this game until the mechanics improve and they explain better how to fight the monsters, and if not, it's really bad.

Beasties - Monster Trainer Puzzle RPG is a very weird game. It's not fun in any way, avoid. Not recommended

Its very slow paced and kind of clunky.