Anode Heart

as a fan of the older pixel-art style pokemon games (gens 4 and 5), anything to do with glitches and virtual worlds, monster catchers, and town builders, this game scratches an itch that i'm not sure anything else could really scratch. granted, i only have five hours in the game, but what i've experienced so far has been an absolute blast. i wish there was a more active community, there isn't even really much of a wiki, which is an absolute shame, and there's hardly any guides either. - the story so far is mysterious and compelling - the characters are all very unique and so far quite pleasant to talk to - the new mechanics introduced work very well and make you pause for just a moment before you act lest you give the opponent the opportunity to strike back harder - the locations are all absolutely gorgeous, very unique from one another and hard to get bored of the tama designs themselves are also very awesome and unique, i can't wait to catch and evolve every single one i find - there's a potential and a "rebirth" mechanic, which pretty much allow you to customize your tama how you want with stat points, and if you're absolutely garbage at assigning stat points like i am, there's an auto-assign (this also solves evolving into a split evolution you regret by just waiting to rebirth) - and although you don't get to customize your little town, recruiting people and watching it slowly expand and build up is still very satisfying to see - the pixel graphics are incredibly charming and cute, i'm a sucker for pixel graphics!! really, like other people say, if you love pokemon, if you love digimon, and if you love monster-catching games, you'll definitely love anode heart.

"Anode Heart" is a great pixelated monster tamer RPG by a single dev/small team with interesting gameplay-mechanics, great world building, a good story and exceptional OST. Traverse the digital realms as an android protagonist, find friends and allies, get your roaming monsters tamed and unravel the bigger threat haunting the world and your background. There is a good amount of mechanics in tweaking and optimising your team, the rebooting of the monsters for example is interesting but sometimes a little cumbersome. The menu and UI can be a little fiddly, but this is just a minor complaint. Game progression feels quite nice, there is a lot to do and find while the game does not hold your hand (a plus in my opinion). Late game encounters can get a little steep in difficulty, but you never felt that you have to grind. Got the 100% monster-dex (with the help of a guide on the more obscure ones) and the normal ending in around 25 h, but my playthrough was quite slow. There is postgame-content and different challenge runs, so even more for you if you dig it. Definetly a recommendation for genre-fans who like it retro and from the heart!

this game has a few problems that are entirely overshadowed by how good the gameplay is. this game doesn't limit you in terms of strength, the satisfaction of getting to be extremely strong is immensely palpable. there are even a few tactics one can use to nullify all incoming damage as a RESULT of attacking. only one of those tactics is often used by enemies (armor) and when that happens it DOES suck ass (endless loop of attacking and waiting for the other monster to recoil itself to death). overall though, the battling almost always feels satisfying outside of bosses. for bosses, i advise actually using the "info" button, which i never hit until post-credits and probably would have helped me strategize. the story isn't INCREDIBLE (stylish though), the battling isn't always balanced, there's a high chance you'll miss unlocking a major function because it isn't clear that that's what a mission leads to, all 10000 characters are very one-note and are only relevant for a short section of story/side mission, the list goes on. HOWEVER, i love this game. in spite of all of it's flaws, I beat the post-game joyfully, because the game makes the grind feel fun as hell. anyways, if you're a fan of the creature collecting/battling genre, i highly recommend this. theres a lot of little things to do outside of the main story beats, so even if the jankiness gets you down, there's something to take your mind off of it for a bit. great game.

on m'as vivement conseillez ce jeux et j'ai adoré ce jeux. Félicitation au développeur ! Excellent idée, excellente histoire,

A fun creature collector, enjoyed most of my time with it! Bounced out near the end just cause other content came out for other games, but will probably revisit in downtime

Really fun and looks great. This game as a series has a lot of potential.

best game ever

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Old-school Pokemon with a lot of interesting mechanics.

Un monster colector con varias mecanicas interesantes para el combate, inspirado en juegos de psx de digimon