Here's a cute little game to look forward to. Monster Sanctuary, published by Team 17 and developed by Moi Rai Games, is a metroidvania RPG about collecting, raising, and battling monsters. That might sound familiar to Pokemon fans, but going by this new trailer, it looks to function pretty differently.
You play as a young monster keeper, and must build up a team of beasts as you unravel a mystery and fight baddies and all that usual jazz. Each monster has its own skill tree, and you can engage in 3v3, turn-based combat. Using some of your monsters' skills, you'll be able to uncover new portions of the map, too.
It looks pretty cool, doesn't it? Fortunately, it's not too far away. It launches on 8th December 2020, so there's only a handful of weeks to go. What do you think of Monster Sanctuary? Tell us in the comments section below.
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This looks like it could be very cool. Just wish devs would get away from the pixelated look.
An NES game on ps4! Nice.
@nookie_egg I mean I'm guessing a lot of indie developers go with a pixel art style because it's cheaper than making 3d models that would look good on a budget. Personally I'd much rather see pixel art than the weird art style that a lot of mobile games use which seems to be the other choice these days.
@Grayjedi13 I doubt games like Castle Crashers cost much to make. Simple cartoony graphics would have been better, imo. Team 17 is just following a trend.
@Grayjedi13 Yeah I get that it's cheaper than 3d models, but why not stylise it? Make it look like sor4 or something, give it its own identity but make it look like it wasn't just a budget issue. I dunno, each to their own, I'm just sick of 8 bit/16 bit looking stuff that's made a resurgence in recent years.
@nookie_egg It's really difficult to "stylise" graphics to look really good when you are a small studio. People want gorgeous, not decent and that style is easier not to ***** up (and cheaper). Not every studio can be as talented as Dotemu.
May I also remind you that 8bits/16 bits style games can also be gorgeous. Shovel Knight anyone?
@naruball "Flash games look" just looks cheap and derivative 99% of the time. The Behemoth is the exception.
Looks engaging enough. If combat has enough depth and the monsters enough variety, could well be worth looking into
@naruball An edgy baseless comment! Nice.
Looks very interesting need to have more information on it and it's price.
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