Neo Monsters review
:: MONSTROUS FUNPrice: $0.99
Version: 1.2.2
App Reviewed on: iPhone 5
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Mobile is already home to a considerable number of Pokémon-inspired games(including the recently-released MinoMonsters 2: Evolution), and NTT Resonant makes some of the best.
The studio's best-known game, Hunter Island, doesn't simply ape Nintendo's Pokémon experience. While monster collecting and battling is involved, actually exploring the world and rearing your monsters feels far different from what you'd expect out of Pokémon.
Monsters again
NTT Resonant re-visits its world of monsters in Neo Monsters, an admittedly bland name for another excellent monster-battling game from the studio.
While the game mechanics driving Neo Monsters aren't terribly different from Hunter Island's, NTT Resonant has evidently opted to fine-tune the experience instead of innovating on it.
All told, it's a good decision. Like its predecessor, Neo Monsters is a very solid role-playing game with an impressive roster of collectable evolving monsters. And, hey - now they're animated!
Master in training
As in previous NTT Resonant games, you play through Neo Monster as a monster trainer. You've inherited your uncle's legacy as a champion monster breeder, which comes with its own baggage: your uncle was a traitor to the Empire, a point other trainers are happy to bring up when you fight.
Fighting is, unsurprisingly, the core of Neo Monsters. You capture wild creatures, train them, and fight them while keeping the elemental hierarchy in mind (fire monsters are weak to water monsters, and so on).
There are towns to visit, tournaments to fight in, and tons of wilderness and caves to explore.
Fight 'em
All told, there is a great deal of content on-hand for a game that costs a measly buck. If you loved NTT Resonant's Hunter Island or Dragon Island Blue, expect more of the same with Neo Monsters- which is a good thing, obviously.
If you're just looking for a decent Pokémon-style mobile game, start here.