Is Cassette Beasts Worth It? | FULL VERSION Monster Taming Review

[@officersoulknight6321]

Just wanna say the monster designs in this game are top notch

[@patrickormerod3472]

i jussed boat casete beasts

[@Hyperneosonic97]

It should be noted that for the battle themes that _do_ have vocals, said vocals only kick in _when you fuse._

[@pesticyde5492]

Plus you can Turn vocals Off, No?

[@cyborgchimpy]

@@pesticyde5492 yeh

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Briefly tried it out and so far loving the designs and I am a big fan of sprites in 3D world rpgs seeing as the gen 5 Pokemon games were my favourite from a style point of view. One thing I wasn't expecting was the quality of the music it may not be to everyone's tastes but it is really well done which really I should have guessed they would try for a games based on music cassettes. Definitely going to be playing through over the next few days.

[@ValeriaPaper]

I don't regret staying up until 1 am for the release

[@TheZombieMack]

I will say, their first game, Lenna's Inception, actually has multiple references to Cassette Beasts, suggesting that Cassette Beasts is a bit of a secret sequel, hinting at more of a multiversal story feel.

[@uUuWolf16uUu]

As a note: Effective types also deal like 25% more damage additionally to the effect.

[@Raidenze]

The music is an absolute winner. The lyrics are actually kinda... well I don't care much for lyrics anyway but the singer makes it sound so good, I feel like I can hear it on loop for hours. Which I did.

[@gabrieldesimone4644]

what makes me feel great about it (I didn't played it yet) is the fact that the studio are two people, and I'm not sure but it seems like the dev uses Godot Engine, a not well known engine made by a lot of people but some of co founders are from Argentina, and in some sort of way that cheers me up. Anyway I'm not 100% sure about this information, is just what I could find in my stalking session hehe

[@Rawfury]

Great video! We really appreciate the coverage. Glad you enjoy it.

[@peachymiku6432]

Usually open world games scare me a little because I am afraid I would mess up somehow. But after watching more videos from you, I thought to myself "This game looks too good to let that get me down!" You sold me on Nexomon and you did it again with Cassette Beasts!

[@Kaiser25]

The designs look sick and the world gives me alot of Crystal Project vibes with the 2d chars in a 3d enviorment, will 100% pick it up

[@MCzag274]

Jellyton makes me think of a Ben 10 transformation. The green jelly one. But thats a positive. I have loved all of the designs for this game so far.

[@geirangames7214]

It has so far been a blast for me, loving the stories and design of the game! I might try and 100% this game, which is rare for me lol.

[@DulyDullahan]

The art style looks amazing! This and Coromon have some really great looking overworld.

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Imo the overworld is a stylistic mess. It mixes outlined characters, with outlineless textures, with shaders that don't resemble either(like the water for instance). On top of that, the world doesn't reflect the game's theme at all, even though the UI does.

[@xandercivinskas3884]

Man how did I miss this game, this looks amazing

[@DogginsFroggins]

Oh upon playing I found you can turn vocals off for tracks, so that potential negative is accounted for, although the vocals definitely grew on me.

[@SoggyWetCheese]

Love turn-based rpgs, and I love the art style! Definitely buying this game.

[@ComfyDwell]

Game reminds me more of Digimon than Pokemon, even one of the dragon designs in video looks exactly like Airdramon lol the theme of scanning beasts also reminds me of the same theme in the early 2000's Digimon Frontier show where they also scan the digimons data to transform into them to fight. This game sends me back on some nostalgia in how it has similar 1 to 1 to that show (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠)

[@nudratkabirtasfia5168]

I Brought Out My Old Cassette Tapes Just For This Occasion Lol.

[@magolor3219]

14:07 so, I guess THAT'S Bansheep's supposed final evolution... one of the two, anyway. That's pretty cool! I'll be there for the evolution video!

[@nazeersadek6705]

Missed the premier due to work 🤦🏻‍♂️ this is honestly a great review and a great game!! May 25th can’t come sooner for me so I can finally buy this game on the switch

[@dgeneratio1]

The game comes to Xbox, Switch and Xbox Game Pass on May 25th, can't wait.

[@KinID]

Thank you Ed, for telling us about this game. Just finished the story and i cried for how good it is. It is a must buy. Even with the latest pokemon game and digimon, this 100x better to buy.

[@clearsky466]

Oh good I’m not the only one who cried lol

[@LukePasqualeCalarco]

can't wait to play this when it comes out on switch!! at the moment monster sanctuary is my favourite monster taming game, but this looks like it's probably going to be my new favourite!

[@samsilver2552]

Thanks for the info! At first it seemed like it was closer to Pokemon, but the fusion & battle systems make me think of Persona/ SMT with more buff/debut & strategy in it. Waking up in a wired world & fusing with a monster, is this actually a Digimon Frontiers game? Ha I’m even more interested in the game & intend to pick it up when it comes to Switch!

[@x0schulzy0x]

We need a review roast now. So many out there calling it pokemon-like and bashing stuff about the game after just a couple hours. Ed please make a video about all these reviews lol

[@coglineerro730]

It was an instabuy on release for me, but seeing those trashcan Dalek casette beasts makes me even more amped.

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

Sounds very solid! I'm sold. Thanks for the review!

[@viruschris3160]

The monster designs are great, the Fusion mechanic is very cool, the music is awesome, battle system is pretty interesting, and the polish there is amazing. There's snippets of voice acting too! Yet, after playing the demo... I wasn't really interested in it. Which kinda sucks. I was looking forward to it, but something about it I don't like. The AP system for the moves. I liked the TP system from Nexomon more even if that game is very easy and basic for battles. I don't know, I love Pokemon and Digimon. Monster Rancher is different on their own, but a great Monster Tamer game too. Even played Nexomon. For CB, I wasn't into it. And I think the Stamina System didn't help with how quickly it drains. I'm sure you can increase it, but the whole second or two of dashing kills me for quickly traveling when Pokemon with the running shoes had no stamina and you can quickly get to places. I don't get why it needs a Stamina system. Oh well. Not every game needs to be made for me or I need to play every game. I enjoyed it for a bit, but I'll stick with other games like Coromon. Enjoy the game guys!

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

The stamina system makes a lot of sense once you play the game move, to the point where it makes Bikes in Pokemon look slow.

[@viruschris3160]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 Nah. I don’t like it regardless. Feels more limiting to me.

[@ZakCross]

its very fun when you unlock the super dash feature but i do agree with you the limit stamina and speed make game feel weird and slow. Since most of game is base on first impression i do agree that this kinda take people off from the game. I know the reason why they make it liked that but i really prefer they give you that ability more early on like gliding.

[@Gastondesana]

This game is a masterpiece! Initially is confusing and boring but when you get exploration abilities and more feeling with the gameplay, cassette beasts become more better than the last pokemon game

[@EduSolsa]

The trailers didn't got my attention, but this review totally sold me on it

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Same. This is the first monster tamer I've seen where the promotion material made it look WORSE than it actually is.

[@EduSolsa]

@@raveoreynolds6049 not worse to me, but uninteresting. Withh the rise of the monster taming genre, there are way too many options out there to pic from and the trailer just looked like a bunch of gaming check list with the fusion creature flavor.

[@ichinii808]

This game has a lot of SMT Persona energy. I am enjoying playing the game so far!

[@electrolizi]

Well the game looks very well polished in terms of gameplay,freatures and stuff,good showcase to have an opinion on should you buy cassette beasts

[@coglineerro730]

I love pokemon's battle tower type postgames. Is there a post game battle tower style thing at the end of Cassette Beasts?

[@andyfox4484]

Unfortunately theres a very obnoxious bug rigth now that can make you lose your stickers if you try to move them so you have to always peel them, but it seems the developers are already working on fixing it. Other them that the game is awesome and im having a lot of fun playing it.

[@el_primer_y_el_ultimo_caiman]

bug fixing is probably why the console versions release later lol

[@pedro1peu]

one thing i noticed in this game is that almost every character has their hands in their pockets. whatever, this game looks great

[@ProShaymin]

One thing i feel like mentioning is that for stickers, the sorting feature is beyond bare bones. We've got alphabetical order and... reverse alphabetical order. You can't even sort by type let alone different status effects and attack type...

[@daerivoresilvein1420]

beyond bare bones and yet this is more organized than about 80% of the monster catching genre of games. sorry to say but its clear they weren't focused on that part and were focused on better more important things.

[@ProShaymin]

@@daerivoresilvein1420 oh, I definitely get that, literally every other mechanic is really well done. Masterclass even. The sticker sorting is the only thing I have a problem with and compared to other rpg's that's actually pretty good lol

[@nateng6430]

Thanks for the review ! I’m excited to try the game. Out of Cassette beasts, coromon , monster sanctuary , and monster crown , which would you recommend I try first ?

[@Riaz000Ali]

Great review and I am now about to buy it on Steam. Thank you!

[@SupersuMC]

The Undyin are an Undertale reference and you can't convince me otherwise.

[@derrickhaggard]

It's official I might have to get this for my Switch Lite if a physical copy for the Switch version of Cassette Beasts does come out.

[@Kraken54321]

Super Rare Games are doing the physical release.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@Kraken54321 Yes!!!

[@SpitefulCommander]

the soundtrack is honestly so beautiful

[@egosworldegosworld5373]

I keep hearing Pokémon but to me it more like Persona games especially since we used creatures strength for battle

[@LM-spam1]

I want this game on the switch so bad 😭😭

[@blueskiesj]

as a fan of music and monster-taming, this definitely caught my interest. though can anyone tell me if the story gets like, super dark? I got a lot going on so I don't want to get really wrapped up in a story that ends up getting super heavy or depressing

[@pesticyde5492]

Same question, I would Like to Play it coop with my son, you think its too dark or irritating for an 11 year old?

[@zViolinE]

@@pesticyde5492 they say stuff like "damn" and "ass" once or twice but it has a good ending and no shown deaths (there's one guy who 'dies' but he's just kinda turned into dust)

[@pesticyde5492]

@@zViolinE Thanks!

[@zViolinE]

@@pesticyde5492 no problem!

[@mortee326]

So glad it’s co-op I’m gonna convince my GF to play it with me

[@tweezy5804]

One of my favorites games of all time.

[@mathewjohnson5518]

Me & Trev's Love Cassette Beasts On Steam P.C.

[@el_primer_y_el_ultimo_caiman]

Wait, where did you get the intro music from? That's the in-game instrumental version of Same Old Story not the OST version lol

[@deskish3930]

i love this game but one of the problems i have with the open world concept is that it's easy to do the missions out of order and be either way too under or overleveled.

[@DavidUtau]

Just change the leveling scale options...

[@deskish3930]

@@DavidUtau i believe there was no scaling at all when i wrote that, iirc. the levels were fixed at that point

[@Larudantex1991]

Woooo ! Can’t wait to play it with gamepass today !!! Gonna hunt a shiny while the grind keeps me going :D

[@espresseaux]

Many of the gameplay mechanics seem very similar to Persona 5. Attacking human controller health, levels to both human and creature, 8 ability slots that includes passives, ability to generate ability cards from monsters. Some of the story beats, too (aspects of human mind especially).

[@espresseaux]

Oh, apparently there's even a social link system.

[@KwameR.Sankofa]

this game is like pkmn, digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh combined

[@flikkie72]

This game is everything i wanted pokemon to become

[@ghost2031]

Very nice Review. Subscribed.

[@Bogrin]

Can’t wait for the switch version!!!

[@in-craig-ible6160]

And it has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam currently.

[@DEVOTIO33]

Most games that aren't completely botched do.

[@Stanfordscienceman]

I still absolutely love that one of the starters is just”actually,I WILL sugarcoat it.”

[@marcoasturias8520]

The game is great! Though I still have some gripes: The Fusions are just an eyesore, they are all sausages with limbs and only really change whether they are horizontal or vertical. The only somewhat different ones are the starters. Neat mechanic tho, even if it gets absolutely power crept by some clever easy strats. Having to complete a character's story line to just start fusing is silly. Some of those missions spanning the whole map and requiring every unlockable ability and, and that, for the second partner in the game... The others aren't as bad, but it still feels like a waste to not have the fusion. The game periodically rewards the player for catching new mons, that's good. And the game also has a system to unlock additional info about the beast, Legends Arceus style, which is neat. But the game doesn't reward filling thus as much, which is sad.

[@eduardozavala1330]

Going to play it for sure on my steam deck at xbox cloud as soon as it comes out next week.

[@GymLeaderEd]

Its already up on steam 😏

[@eduardozavala1330]

@@GymLeaderEd Yeah but while is out on cloud i can play it on my PC normal version

[@DogginsFroggins]

How does it compare to Monster Sanctuary? I assume the battle system doesn't reach that level of depth but the game is more story focused? Either way on Gamepass so definitely gonna give it a shot, although the demo was kinda short the full game seems meaty.

[@GymLeaderEd]

I'd say it has a lot of depth, maybe not as much as mon sanc, but it's pretty close.

[@DogginsFroggins]

@@GymLeaderEd Sweet, keep up the good work dude, I pretty much searched for your review on launch.

[@Flip-zk6ts]

Can't wait for this on Switch.

[@Tubercollosal]

Loving this game and your channel!

[@zlarez4485]

Didnt really care about this game until I saw this review. Im gonna buy it now, thanks :)

[@TrillStylesz]

just started playing it n OMGOSH the music in the background is a bop 😂😂😂😂 so far fun game.

[@tikki2340]

This may be a strange question, but can I ask where you found the version of "same old story" at the beginning with the electric guitar solo? I've looked everywhere and haven't been able to find it

[@snowpoint720]

Excited for the game! Going to play now!

[@wyldthehare7854]

Gym leader Ed I was wondering if you have a guide on how to get a specific monster in monster sanctuary? I'm trying to get a Tanuki right now and the lil bugger is a pain to get

[@sakuretsu1152]

Your best bet is to just fight everything you see in the sun palace. Tanuki have a 15% chance to replace a monster in an encounter there, as opposed to a measly 1-3% anywhere else. Just smoke bomb out of an encounter if you don't/need to want to fight.

[@wyldthehare7854]

@@sakuretsu1152 I'm aware of that one I was hoping for a better chance as I ran into it at least 7 times already... Wait could the smoke bomb help improve the odds of getting more Tanuki's since it seems to be RNG based luck? 🤔

[@crocodiledowny2191]

Think I’ll pick this up. Haven’t enjoyed a Pokémon game since they went 3D

[@derricklittle5591]

Holy shit that claymation puppet in the top hat is terrifying wtf is that😂

[@TheChrome2YourDome]

Hot take: I wasn’t impressed with the demo. BUT still low key interested.

[@HumanOfHugs]

I'm wondering, did they ever confirm/deny that there will be Cross Save between platforms?

[@DemonSlayer648]

I would honestly play this if it were on PlayStation. PlayStation is were I tend to play all my RPGs this days and I have to be real. The devs are missing out on a huge amount of fans not putting this on PlayStation.

[@djones1609]

How's the difficulty? Requires strategy and team building like Monster sanctuary, or more of a snoorefest like Pokemon?

[@UnremarkableViqui]

Do you prefer this over Coromon? I'm thinking of picking one of them up and Coromon is on sale and a bit cheaper than Cassette right now.

[@alariaaurora8456]

Sadly the monster designs aren't my cup of tea. And having attractive monsters is a key for survival of these games. It's the only reason that Pokémon is still selling a lot while other games in the genre haven't even come close to Pokemon's popularity. The only monster collecting game that picked my interest ( in terms of great monster designs) was the monster hunter stories franchise and of course it borrowed the already excellent Monster design of monster hunter games

[@daerivoresilvein1420]

unfortunate because this game has some of the best more unique and interesting looking monster designs than any freaking game thats just trying to be a exact copy of pokemon but slightly different to avoid copy right infringement or cease and desist letters.

[@texus835]

Can you give a hint if I shouldn't watch a video based on spoilers yet? I'm pretty sure I want the game now, just still a bit nervous for another failure.

[@GymLeaderEd]

Very very light spoilers nothing crazy also its amazing

[@Metalsurfboard]

I really love this so far but the markers are a bit confusing, I’m stuck on the mall and have no clue what to do

[@GymLeaderEd]

U need to bring Meredith, one of the companions there

[@_Rhatsody]

you say spoiler-free but this feels like a ton of spoilers

[@landofowl3800]

Sorry if I missed it but are there like a "Shiny" system in this game?

[@nazeersadek6705]

Yes it’s called bootleg

[@genericcatgirl]

It's on sale and I'm so tempted to get it

[@CassiDS]

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees.

[@joshelderkin9592]

Justt bought it very excited i love purple goo boy

[@jamesbrincefield9879]

Hopefully someone here in the comments can help me. I’m trying to find out if this game is playable on the Switch Lite without the use of the analog sticks. To make a long story short both of them snapped off and it heavily limits the amount of games I can play. I can still use the d-pad. I regret buying a Switch the first time so buying a second one is 100% out of the question. It’s spent the past two years or so dead in a drawer where it belongs but my sister bought me a gift card for my birthday and I couldn’t get any of my friends to take it so I was going to try to find something to spend it on.

[@GymLeaderEd]

I haven't tried it, but I am usually a dpad user and don't remember not being able to play without the sticks.

[@vop1551]

I want to say yes, all functions can be done with the dpad as well. You can also use the touch screen to select moves and such.

[@grahaaam123]

So ready for this, bit disappointed that the supposed completion time is between 15-25 hours but I'm hoping it has plenty more to really get into it and enjoy for quite a while.

[@nudratkabirtasfia5168]

That's A Positive In My Opinion. Not Every Game Needs To Be Persona And Be 100 Hours Long.

[@grahaaam123]

@@nudratkabirtasfia5168 I agree, I'm not asking for hundreds of hours. Just these kind of games I like to really explore and take it all in doing everything. That doesn't have to be 100 hours but if a completionist run is just over 25 then it's a bit low for my liking. Not to detract from it though, if it's an amazing 25 hours or so then I won't be disappointed for sure.

[@GymLeaderEd]

I'd say if you actually interact with the side content its more like 25 to 30 hours tbh.

[@GymLeaderEd]

Not including post game

[@grahaaam123]

@@GymLeaderEd yeah that's solid, I'm not trying to detract from the game with potentially having low completion hours because ultimately if they're great hours with fun gameplay then that's all that matters.

[@brandonphoummany9668]

May/June is Spring? July is Summer...

[@gerrynava981]

Wait its finally out???

[@jethiliusavalar6449]

Hey, I killed the the monster that lets u fly 2 days ago and everywhere online says that rumors will make it appear again but during those 2 days no-life-ing the game I only got rumors for quests I already completed. Help? Am I missing something?

[@punkle2463]

Good job

[@_Rhatsody]

how soon can i ditch the starting companion person for someone else?

[@GymLeaderEd]

Pretty early on shouldn't take long

[@cyborgchimpy]

I like the idea, and I bought it today actually :/ but i'm getting the feeling apart from the monsters..everything feels/looks kinda samey empty. is this the case?

[@atwoodthehunter2620]

can you bring your save over from the demo?

[@TheCallOfTheValkyrie]

Indeed!

[@OfficialVeridian]

Was interested to hear your thoughts on the game but then straight off the bat you start detailing what happens at the start of the story. Yo dog, I want to go in blind! Spoiler free review should not detail story beats if possible. I shall check this later. I'm guessing it's positive anyway, game looks fun

[@GymLeaderEd]

Very very light story spoilers lmao the game is amazing just buy it

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

When it comes to a game being worth it discussion early story things is part of that. It is to be expected.

[@georgielambs]

Does demo progress carry over?

[@GymLeaderEd]

Yup!

[@okamilupoac95]

Can you customize the character you play ?

[@neotrio2885]

Is it on Playstation or coming to?

[@Gabhom9]

How long it took you to beat the game?

[@kittentamer2164]

I don't actually like most of the monster designs in this game. I've been spoiled by games like persona and pokemon. However, I think the offness and wrongness of the designs is to the game's benefit, as that's one of the motifs. I warmed up to it a lot more when I got that impression. The monsters aren't supposed to exist, so they may not feel right.

[@flame480]

😮

[@ThePaulper]

Does anyone know if they’re going to continue updating or working on the game post-launch?