Beastro

[H1]Beastro[/h1][hr][/hr] 15–25+ hours to complete, Beastro is a cooking roguelite where the meals you prepare for your chosen Caretaker each day determine their abilities, which appear in combat as colored cards that can be used to attack, heal, and combo together during battle. You play as Panko, a talented chef in the tiny port town of Palo Pori who has lost track of his teacher during an invasion. Remnants, hostile creatures that have entered the world of Solido through spooky doorways, have begun attacking the various regions and it’s generally up to the Caretakers of each area to fight them off. Unfortunately the Remnants are no pushovers, and once the Caretakers learn that Panko cooks with a flame spirit that can imbue warriors with magical abilities through his food, they inevitably make their way to Palo Pori. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3809534021 Overall, I had a pretty good time with Beastro. The cooking and card-based combat work well together, and figuring out which meals to prepare and how their abilities could be combined made for an interesting gameplay loop. As you explore through the different regions, you meet new Caretakers, find new…

what this game lacks in length and depth it makes up for in charm and compelling, believable characters. the worldbuilding is intriguing, the cooking is fun. the dialogues were clearly written with emotional weight attached, the art style very cute and unique, and the card game was fun even for someone like me (who isn't typically very good at card games). my wishlist for the game would be: - more interactable NPCs that react to the events of the storyline (the aforementioned depth) - and that it was simply longer and more replayable. after finishing it, i don't find myself wanting to go back. overall can definitely recommend this.

This is a neat game that kinda stays in it's lane and leans heavily into it being relaxing. There is very little time pressure anywhere, and you can kinda just take whatever time you want to do whatever you want. The art style is great, and the idea of combat being a series of 'cutouts' in a small stage is really cool - it was fun to see that put together and it works very well. My major complaint is the combat. They have a couple cool ideas and I think they've tried to 'keep it cozy', but there is a serious problem here: There is no indication of what each zone expects from you in card flavor. The first time I zoned into the 2nd area, I literally had nothing in my deck that could play against the colors there. I just lost the first combat being able to do nothing at all. What's worse is that I knew this was possible, so I even tried to build a deck that covered as much as I reasonably could, and I still just missed on it. This system is fine, if maybe a bit thin, but you REALLY should tell people what to actually expect to have to deck against otherwise it feels real bad. Other than that major misstep, I think my complaints are somewhat minor. I wish the cooking minigam…

Having fun with the cooking minigames, gathering materials, and the adventuring. Just started, town opening up even more. Hitting good.

First game I've ever gotten 100% achievement completion on. Entire experience was amazing; story, mechanics, visual, music. 100/10, definitely worth the money.

Game has a crashing problem and months later it still has not been fixed.