Playing some... Disturbing Pokemon games...

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Everyone's a critic! But I think we can all agree that these six games are "ugly." Though that's not necessarily a bad thing. But do these games PLAY ugly too? Well...
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Chapters:
00:00 CARDMON
03:47 Procemon: You Must Catch Them
06:35 Automon!
09:59 Helix
11:28 Menimals
13:50 Monster Capture King
17:09 Mebula
Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

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[@mranima748]

I think that the first game’s assets were stolen from Codycanteatthis who adapted red and green into 3d, making it much worse

[@Gunter4life]

Hey, MrAnimA!

[@charcoaleater343]

Why can't Cody eat this? Is it poisonous?

[@Gunter4life]

@@charcoaleater343 perhaps

[@samuelmarriott9685]

i think the style is similar, but the assets are all different, as far as i can tell

[@luccafilms2859]

I knew it

[@superflamesf1683]

I think the first one might’ve been originally made in Spanish, seeing as the duck had “pato” (Spanish for duck) in its name, and the shrimp had “Grenada” which is grenade in Spanish. That might explain some of the names you couldn’t figure out. (Note I know very little Spanish so these explanations may not be valid).

[@toumabyakuya]

Shrimpnada might be a portmanteau of Shrimp + Empanada (an spanish food).

[@arogustus3984]

It tracks. The first gym leader is jist grass in spanish. Hierbas. Grasses

[@sinisternorimaki]

​@@arogustus3984Actually, hierbas would mean "herbs" more than grass. Appropiate, given what he says.

[@tpfoxCastro]

@@sinisternorimaki Grass type is literally Hierba type in Spanish

[@sinisternorimaki]

@@tpfoxCastro "Hierba" means grass, but "hierbas" means herbs. Also, the official game translation is "tipo planta", not "tipo hierba", that only appears in some Latin American dubs of the anime.

[@SinNun-tx5jp]

"Hierbas" means herbs in spanish. No pun or anything.

[@SeventeenGhost]

Also Shrimpnada -> Shimp granada -> granade. I guess it KINDA looks like the thingy from a granade?

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

It's kinda nice that Lockstin is trying to be a lot more polite about this game - lots of people have a habit of just going "THIS GAME IS BAD" but you're talking about why they're bad, and what things you like. This is very nice.

[@LordEpos]

...So what you're saying is that if I make a creature collector game, and put it on steam, Lockstin will eventually play it? Interesting....

[@dedsecturbotowns6069]

Monster Catching King is indeed an RPG Maker game. It has the RPG Maker UI(In black and White, for some reason), but the sprites and tilesets were drawn. C+ for what effort was there? TP stands for Technique Points, and is also a staple of RPG Maker games.

[@digifreak90]

16:05 I can confirm that that is very much an RPGMaker game. You can tell by the menu style (which is the default style, just in greyscale). Also, TP is a default (albeit optional) mechanic in RPGMaker.

[@nouille3928]

Pretty much everything is set to default, from the fonts to the SFX It can look funny but it's just a lazy game, it shouldn't be worth $1

[@mattwo7]

18:17 That "water drop" looks like a JRPG style slime to me.

[@lirachonyr]

15:39 "Oh no, nazi ants!" is something I have never expected to hear in a Lockstin video. borb

[@Firestar-TV]

Borb is the best one🙃🐦🐦‍⬛

[@teratoidmaple]

bro has not watched the old lockstin angry birds movie review

[@Keyliathinisthegoat]

13:50 the sword is there for moral support had me dying 😂😂

[@schizopenguin]

13:44

[@fuzzyfrog8861]

Not gonna lie you got me with that. I always love your sponsorship videos but when you said you don't I was really surprised what would be the reason 😂

[@iknowthisisforLKR]

THE SEQUAL ALL AWAITED

[@dusty0896]

Wait Sequel???

[@Gunter4life]

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[@DrJose2014]

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[@amaurialapafujah]

There was a video like 8 years ago

[@akiradkcn]

Your surprise with autobattlers is you breaking free of all the schizm against mobile games that get bashed by everyone solely for being mobile regardless of actual quality

[@thelittlesonic7250]

Would love to see a video like this but for the actually really good "Pokémon like" games

[@longbui8061]

Lockstin be playing and making vids about every Pokemon-like games, even the obscure ones, except for Yokai Watch.

[@SmudgedSketch]

True

[@dylankersten7873]

There is no Yokai Watch in Petalburg City

[@markguyton2868]

I love Yo-Kai Watch, but to be fair, talking about YKW is the same as talking about Digimon... there's a lot of em and some of them are color swaps.

[@Kyumifun]

it'd be disrespectful to call them "Pokemon-like" i guess?

[@sinisternorimaki]

I'm still waiting for him to try Dicefolk.

[@TheSmartboy64]

Got to play Monster Sanctuary. Still has the monster collecting. Still has all the battling. Yet it improves the formula very well with its skill trees, 3v3 team combat, and having resistances/vulnerabilities unique to the monsters, not types. That game needs more love.

[@blazesalamancer8767]

It has a better battle system than pokemon ever did tbh, I love the game and my cute little dragon team

[@xXIxidor92Xx]

Seconding this. Monster sanctuary is amazing

[@Edujs23]

Automon looks hilarious

[@cevichegrace]

Automon seems like a good version of Pogo battles

[@TheSpektrum1989]

someone gonna take that "Beatin' dogs and birds" song outta context

[@darienb1127]

Automon's art style makes me think of the Ctrl+Alt+Del comic. Aka, the comic where Loss came from.

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

Procemon is a student project's last minute turn in

[@timwoods2852]

Ah, a classic example of the one that looks like it has the least effort actually being the most polished and playable.

[@NitroIndigo]

I had an idea for a procedurally-generated Pokémon-like recently. Also, that part about the Menimals type chart was hilarious.

[@kingmagikarp97]

There's a Pokemon like app game called workmon, I'm surprised that wasn't in the video

[@Razsac]

and its one of my favorite mobile games of all time, actually really fun

[@kingmagikarp97]

@@Razsac I haven't played it in a few years but yeah it is fun

[@blakdeth]

Ooh gotta love the default rpg maker ui

[@LegendofKal]

I'd call the genre Creature Collector. While monster tamer works, to me that feels more in line with games like Slime Rancher.

[@vegladex]

Yeah, Monster Capture King is definitely an RPG Maker game, I recognise the assets and the ratios. Also if you liked Automon and wanted a version that not so... "ugly" and takes itself a bit more seriously, Kadomon is a game I've seen a couple of other KZbinrs play which has pretty much the same auto-battler "pokemon" game system.

[@atgosh]

Thanks for your entertaining sacrifice, Lockstin. Looking forward to more

[@julienmartinsorel]

Just to let you know. Gigapato is a portmanteau of Giga from Giant and pato like duck in Spanish

[@DudaAS100]

19:10: "Lockstina" is such a perfect name.

[@NightFuryLover31]

Wow, these are something. Monster Capture King reminds me of the pictures in the How to Train Your Dragon book series. *goes into long complicated plan to defeat a dragon with random creatures* "The sword is there for moral support."

[@jaxjaxattaxx]

1) Bless you Lockstin because even though these aren’t exactly Palworld, I really love that you still uplift the smaller creators and still call attention to the positive. 2) 4:17 That man literally has a WiFi-signal for a face

[@josh-gu6zi]

9:07 that feature is better than Pokémon, allowing new players to learn quickly and help them play better, enhancing player experience

[@filth4685]

Hope he does more vids like this

[@xviithestar2356]

Love the content man, make more stuff like this too

[@duy02091999]

We would love to see you stream these game, Lockstin!!

[@thatonemexican9355]

Does lockstin have any sort of let's play channel or stream? I would LOVE to see him play video games

[@Gunter4life]

Yay, a sequel!

[@LinkDawnbringer]

Alright Mr. Lockstin, I have a request for you: I have a pokemon-alike that I played back in 2021 but can no longer play due to my changed living arrangements: it's called Cartridge Monsters and I'm curious what you'd think, as I didn't end up getting super far before I had to put it down. It looks low-poly and is definitely rough around the edges but I remember enjoying what I played of it way back when. I'd appreciate if you'd consider giving it a look in a future video about creature collectors other than Pokemon. Oh it's VR only btw kthxbye!

[@UnionPlayz]

I would love if this idea would go over to the roblox pokemon inspired games. Would love to see you play them. There’s some real hidden gems there.

[@laurawright719]

You should do a video on the Fossil Fighters series and the creatures within.

[@sugarfreejelly5577]

If anyone's looking for the game that's featured at 0:03 it's called Cassette Beasts and he's completely right because it is, in fact, good and worth your while.

[@PartridgeQuill]

I like the label "monster taming" for the genre, personally. I think it's coined by Gym Leader Ed?

[@Edmilsonfsjr]

Automon makes me remember of medabots. Great show.

[@briarhaven01]

You should turn this into a full series like IronPineapples series with soulslikes

[@m2pt5]

Cardmon: The graphics are deeper than the gameplay.

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

19:10 so that game's not marked as early access, but when you were downloading that update it said it was downloading version 0.1, so it really should be labeled as such.

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

The first one is basically just a Pokémon fan game. Every single Pokémon fan game is just that.

[@victorycry8849]

Automon: When you have a masters in game design but the artistic ability of an elementary schooler.

[@akuokami1677]

The second from the last one reminds me of early ff 😅

[@spacealien3073]

Honestly to answer the very brief question at the start I regard most monster tamers to be creature collectors but a lot of creature collectors are not monster tamers. An example of a non creature collector monster tamer would be some of the Digimon World games because you're given a monster or two at the start and those are the only monsters you get the entire time. An example of a non monster tamer creature collector would be Bugsnax because you certainly collect creatures in that but you don't use them in any type of competition or anything. I know this isn't like an official definition or anything but it helps me personally parse between which games I would recommend to others based on their own interests.

[@GymLeaderEd]

LOL IS THAT MY HAT 😂😂😂😂😂

[@deathsyth8888]

"Hey, this is my schtick, but with Pokémon instead of Souls-likes!" - Iron Pineapple

[@johnny_boi5456]

2:43 literally giga duck. “Pato” is Spanish for “duck”

[@SP_1st]

Is this a reupload? I remember a version of this with one less game

[@EternallyFortold]

He just made a similar one a while ago

[@SuperGamefreak18]

automon reminds me of the old stick figure loathing games

[@jean-pierrebenzenique]

day x of waiting Austin Lockwood to make a Digimon related video he promised years ago

[@DissedRedEngie]

0:54 wait a goshdarn second. I've kazotsky kicked right there.

[@loveofchaos]

Honestly, "Moisty" from automon made my day. Thanks.

[@mitchl5220]

I'd love to see your thoughts on siralim 3

[@JustJohn43]

Ahhh, taking me back to a better era of KZbin. Keep it up

[@cat0_e981]

I like seeing you play through a game it's cool

[@the_godbodor7026]

That third game actually seems to play a lot like Super Auto Pets and if that’s the case then I might actually play this.

[@maxpawlowski384]

I hope he does monster hunter stories one day it has alot of unique designs to explore

[@byzantine5761]

I feel like some monster tamers kinda rely on the 'mon title a little too much and it just really hurts their uniqueness. Obviously it just means monster and Pokemon doesn't own the shortened form of monster (look at digimon), but they are NOT making themselves stand out by not going for any name beyond mon (ofc, automon is parodying pokemon so thats ay-ok)

[@bidoof367]

its weird seeing lockstin do like playthroughs in a way

[@darrelltv687]

I need a video explaining prodigy monsters now.

[@darrelltv687]

Specifically prodigy math games

[@kitestar]

I’m surprised there was no mention of sujimon which is Pokemon but men from RGG8

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

16:00 Oh yea that's absolutely RPG maker. Those menus? those status icons? that HP/MP/TP layout? those *sound effects*? That's all RPG maker, they just customized the graphics instead of using the default RPG maker tilesets and characters.

[@thelonleygengar]

19:05 why did your bird thing do the rowlet vs Groudon look

[@thelonleygengar]

Edit I rowlet autocorrected to toilet q

[@dillonquartz]

oh my god a Garbage Day reference in 2024, we're so back

[@aakorative3896]

you should play nexomon its great specially the sequel

[@thelonleygengar]

3:22 that's more of a whomp

[@Venoshock31]

The sixth one reminds me of EarthBound

[@lucavalente6620]

Well Hierba is grass in Spanish... And pato means duck (also in Spanish), so mega duck

[@nathanieljones8043]

automon is well known within the rougelite side of youtube I am waiting for the 1.0 to come out and if you think it looks bad now look up the alpha. it actually hurt to look at back then.

[@KingWalrus179]

I love how you just casually glossed over the fact that the first game had an npc mention Jesus. The idea of a Pokemon world but Christianity just casually exists is hilarious to think about.

[@GB-lt9rx]

The second one actually sounds like a cool concept except it reminds me of petas Pokémon game

[@ianhubble9973]

13:51 this one looks like if Earthbound and Omori had a child

[@victoroliveira3577]

ThIs maN doeSn't kNow What rpGmaKer Is!!! Anyway the artstyle reminds me of off

[@Kyumifun]

Imo something's OFF about this game _audiencelaughing.mp3_ The grey colors and the battle menu reminds me of OFF

[@shep4184]

I never knew I needed Lockstin going gameplay commentary until now

[@powersurge_beast]

Can we get a Groudon Kyogre and Rayquaza video??

[@curnies]

12:50 slimjimman

[@misterzygarde6431]

The designs in Automon remind me of Pokemon Quartz... like a lot....

[@NotsilYmerej]

We call it Collect-a-mon games

[@GamingWarlord64]

I plyed through NexoMon last year and it was a lot of fun tho i need to play through the sequel it should be better 😊

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

Played both and yes it will A little bit of advice the left path takes you to a island it has a lot of exclusive nexomon

[@techguypaul]

I lost it at Moisty 🤣

[@NoSmokeTV]

Pato means Duck in English, so it's Gigaduck (Gigapato)

[@BladeWinters]

Automan kinda reminds me of Darkest Dungeon, you just replace your heroes with mon.

[@todthetoad5331]

The first game, with a lot more polish, could be realy good

[@bidoof367]

monster capture king is definitely rpg maker by the way

[@tvb5509]

Procemon was neat, but I was unbearably slow

[@dragonmaster613]

Stop tempting me with more games to play. I cannot get enough of this genre of game. Pokemon, Digimon, Shin Megami Tensei/Persona, Cassette Beasts, Monster Sanctuary, Monster Rancher, Monster Hunter Stories, Yokai Watch, etc.

[@Volkaroar]

Should've titled these as Monster Crapture games

[@pokemontrainer9285]

You got me on that joke.

[@spiritzion]

this feels so chaotic, i love it

[@yagurlry1602]

A really good monster collection game is Monster Hunter stories and it's sequel!

[@rasmusdegn9690]

Good video, i'm gonna go share it with my dad.

[@dragonmaster613]

Cassette Beasts is a good Mon collection game

[@gillionare28]

Axot is genius cuz in mexican spanish the "x" in axolotl is pronounced like the "h" in english hot