Beastieball

20 ноября 2025 года приобрела игру Beastiball. Думала, что будет очередной CTRL C + CTRL V с "покемонами", но ошибалась. Честно, эта игра приятно удивила. Она до сих пор в раннем доступе, но здесь столько контента, что глаза разбегаются. Я люблю играть неспеша, протискиваясь в каждый угол карты за очередным секретом или подарком. Взаимодействие зверьков между собой и игроком милые и немного душевные. Был момент, когда Шёрстка (Хваташек/Fetcham) вёл себя очень импульсивно (когда ему давали мяч, выскакивала характеристика ЗАПАЛ), что раздражало товарища (Крольтектор/Bandicraft) по команде. После нескольких битв они отошли и переговорили это. После чего больше не припирались. Похоже произошло между Пулей (Асподач/Servace) и Атомом (Дебагыч/Debugly). Пуля всё время "предупреждала" родственную душу о мячах, из-за чего тот просто не успевал ловить их или получал больше урона. И так несколько раз. После чего они тоже отошли и поговорили. Больше Пуля не была такой заботливой.) Если судить вкратце, рекомендую. Да, она до сих пор в раннем доступе, однако игрушка развивается и здесь проходят внутриигровые ивенты, такие как "большелунная тусовка зверьков". Перевод на русский язык довольно хороший. Редко встречала "артефакты" или ошибки в грамматике. Думаю, игра стоит свеч.)

Been following Wishes Unlimited ever since playing Chicory, and that game became one of my favorite personal games of all time. (no, I don't have a review up for it yet at the time of writing this one. I probably should some day, lol) Now playing this and Wandersong, I have really became a massive fan of this studio for its games with expressive gameplay and, often, subversive storytelling, all while borrowing so many ideas and insights that all feels super grounded in reality, despite the graphics and more cartoony character designs looking anything but "realistic". Beastieball continues to deliver. Compared to the other 2 titles I have played, this one probably has my favorite mechanically in gameplay. The battle system is not only inspired by so many little ideas that feels grounded in reality, like I mentioned earlier, it's also SO WELL DESIGNED as a competitive game that one could argue is greater than Pokémon, and I might have to agree! It's a VERY refreshing spin that still manages to take the best parts of Pokémon's battle system, and add a new layer of expressive strategy and dimension by simply just... giving them a ball! The story, while not my favorite of the three games, still holds up pretty well. The story begins as a great nostalgic homage to Pokémon that, as you begin to learn about and experience the expressive gameplay, it becomes apparent how much care went into the game! And by the third act, you suddenly realize there were details that the game was foreshadowing all along! All of the story... leading to a refueling payoff Haven't even mentioned the music yet. A strong blend between more chill and laid back beats one moment, and the next you're listening to Sports King. (if you know, you know) I went ahead and purchased the album on Bandcamp (especially since right now, the full album isn't even available anywhere else besides Steam). I often find myself jamming to the battle music. It is very energetic and very fun! All while still having little doses of the more softer and "introspective" tracks you might be more familiar with in some of Lena Reine's work (especially if you've played Chicory). I can give ALL of this praise for the game... and it is STILL technically in early access. The only things really missing are a couple of side quests, some finished character animations, and MAYBE one or two tracks that have yet to be released yet. Any criticisms on this game? Hard to think of any that doesn't feel like it's already part of the "early access umbrella". I think it just comes down to personal taste if, whether or not, the things the game "lacks" are only because you noticed it because you expected something else. (but that could be said for anything, lol) For what I have in mind, I guess I do feel like the platform movement in the open world can feel a bit... "off". It's serviceable for getting around quickly and such, but when platforming is expected, it does feel a bit stiff. Maybe it's the jumps feeling like you lose a lot of momentum after you sprint? Or maybe because the Beasties keep falling off the ditch of the mountain? I don't know. It doesn't happen often though at least. There IS online play, but unless it's for a Bigmoon Bash event, publicly, it's not very active. I'm hoping this is more of an issue with having a smaller playerbase though that will improve over time. Overall though, the people working on the game are VERY smart on how they still implemented limited time events to encourage players to go against each other at that time, as well as still providing PLENTY of in game opportunities to fight REAL teams from REAL players (even if it is just a CPU controlling them). Oh yeah, and screenshotting does cause the game to freeze for about 10 seconds for me, just ought to point that out. (replay clips are fine though) Those are all of the critiques I can think of right now. Overall, amazing game that I HIGHLY recommend. If you're interested in playing, DO IT!!!

Very fun monster tamer with in depth battle system. Very beginner friendly on easy settings, very difficult on iron man with a hard level cap. In general, if you want a decent difficulty to prepare strategies, I highly recommend playing with a hard level cap. My biggest complaint is that you find some beasties only a bit later into the game, and I wish there was a level incorporation similar to cassette beasts so that you don't have to grind to train them (unless there is and I never found it). Has not been too big of an issue, as you can start runs with new beasties through a randomizer, but just something to note in general.

I saw this game and as an avid creature collector LOVER i was at first hesitant because of the sport aspect, but then i fell in love. i can customize my character? oh love that. all the cutie beasties in such a beautiful style with amazing concepts and great animations. genuinely has become one of my favourite games now i am so excited for more and i so hope this game gets all the hype it deserves.

its so peak bro

Like Pokemon if it was good!