Beastieball

HOLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ THIS GAME ROCKS

很棒的类宝可梦游戏

Turns out Pokemon and volleyball go together like peanut butter and chocolate. The rest of the game is fairly barebones, but the combat system shines enough to make up for it. It takes the simplicity of a monster-collecting turn-based RPG, makes every battle a 2v2, forces you to manage positioning, and changes the victory condition to scoring points. Also, the beasties are adorable and the writing is very funny.

really good and cute game! battles are almost puzzle-like in nature but also very sportsy and cute, the interactions between your beasties really sold this to me, and the storys quite good too (and the music)! youre missing out if you dont play beastieball

wowie i love the litlle critters aaaaaaaaaa

I wish i was a baller...

É bem legal o jogo e inovador, sendo um JRPG de grupo de colecionar as criaturas tendo a mecânica de competição de Vôlei em turnos, mesmo em acesso antecipado eu tô adorando jogar e tentar vencer partidas no PvP, particulamente eu amo demais jogos que tem a pegada de colecionar as criaturas pra batalhar, a trilha sonora é boa, a arte do jogo é boa, os beasties também.

This game is a delight. With any pocketable monsters game I'm always primarily here for the monsters, and this game's beasties are top tier. The traditional animation brims with character, and they nailed the necessary mix of cute cuddly pets, cool guys you want as your animal companion, and awful garbage babies I would nevertheless die for. (I even prefer most of them in their final forms, which is pretty rare for me.) I particularly appreciate the suspiciously Australian trend in beastie inspiration, and the natural colour variance that makes it easy to tell your unique dog apart from others. I wasn't so sure about the volleyball gameplay at first—to me, most riffs on the fightmonsters concept wind up being over-complicated—but I found the rhythm pretty quickly and then it felt great. IMO, it really hits the sweet spot; not needlessly complex, but strategic enough to never get boring. Difficulty also felt good. I enjoy fielding my favourite team more than I enjoy adapting to every opponent, and playing that way I was able to handle most story matches without worrying about grinding or getting walled. However, I /was/ forced to adapt my team for the occasional opponent whose strategy was particularly good against mine—an organic-feeling difficulty spike which kept the interest curve appropriatley fluctuating. The story is also just right, combining "this is actually really important" and "sir this is a sports league for children" in an effective and self-aware fashion. Characters are thoughtfully written; they're not all immediately likeable, but they have multiple dimensions revealed by the story and their friendship conversations. I love Riley no matter what anybody says, but I have a grudge against Sunsoo. Forcing me to spend time in a dance club is violence against introverts >:\ In conclusion, one of the gym leaders is a middle-aged POC (Pirate of Colour) woman running her gym as a kids' dinner theatre. This game is perfect.