Monster Adventures Review
Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.1
App Reviewed on: iPhone 5
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I enjoy Roguelikes. I have a thing for RPGs. I love action-adventure games. I even dabble in monster-collection fairly often. But in all honesty, would anyone expect all of those great tastes to taste great together? Turns out it doesn’t matter because Foursaken Media has mixed them all in the big proverbial jug that is iOS, and the result is so good it just has to be fattening.
When in Yerpa players can buy helpful items from the shop, purchase essences to enhance their creatures, imbue their creatures with elemental power, plant and harvest fruits, take part in the local tournament, acquire challenges from the king for bonus rewards, and turn-in any creatures captured in the wild so that they may be studied to unlock new abilities. Yeah, all that. There’s even a versus/co-op multiplayer option. Out in the wilds, however, Monster Adventures is all about combat and exploration. Players must traverse the randomized map in order to find more creatures to fight or capture, hunt down bosses, find all sorts of loot, and travel deeper into the wilderness for more goodies.
To say Monster Adventures is fantastic would be something of an understatement. The Roguelike elements (i.e. lose all earnings if the monster is knocked out) sit nicely between “too tough” and “cakewalk.” The need to capture wildlings in order to learn new skills is a huge motivator. Being able to equip essences to control the creature’s look, stats, and growth or use them as items to summon a companion monster is inspired.
The best way I can think to explain my thoughts on Monster Adventures is thus: this game has been getting in the way of my job. I’ve forsaken using other apps and playing other games for this. When I’m not playing it I’m thinking about playing it. I’ve practically drained my iPhone - then recharged it, then drained it again - on several occasions. Yes, it’s just that great.