Temtem

★★★☆☆ Good bones, buried under backtracking hell I really wanted to love Temtem. The premise is strong, there are flashes of brilliance, and the core monster-battling, collecting, and art design deliver more than a few high points. But holy hell do the awful QoL (quality of life) design decisions drag the whole thing down. ✅ What I liked Diversity of Temtem The roster is impressively large (there are 164 different Temtem species currently obtainable) and includes a wide variety of types: Natural, Fire, Electric, Mental, Digital, Crystal, Toxic, etc. Many Temtem aren’t just reskins — some are inspired by animals, others by plants, mythological beasts, or even more abstract ideas. The evolution lines are decently varied so you don’t just end up with clones with stat changes. Grind isn’t soul-crushing In most cases, experience gain feels fairly generous. Leveling isn’t excruciating; you mostly feel rewarded for fights rather than punished by every random encounter. It keeps momentum up. (Though, yes — the fact that there’s only one Coward’s Cloak to share EXP for Temtem not in battle is very lame. It means that “sharing the work” or rotating your roster still costs you a lot vs constantly having your “main” Tems do the heavy lifting.) ❌ What I hated Padded main story by backtracking & massive maps without meaningful fast travel until endgame. If there’s one thing that kills the joy in Temtem, it’s the travel and pacing. The game stretches out the story by making you go somewhere, talk, then walk back, then walk some more, then talk, then walk back again. Repeat, repeat, repeat. The maps are huge — beautiful, sure, but huge — and until very late in the game the only fast-travel options are minimal (airships, and the mid-map traversal tools). By the time I unlocked the Matter-Transfer Drone, I was this close to quitting entirely. Travel isn’t just tedious — it feels like a mechanic designed to wear you down and pad out playtime. Main story could have EASILY been half the length, and actually would have been more engaging. Map navigation & regional map issues You can’t view other regions’ maps unless you’re physically there. What the hell? In 2025, having to physically trek just to look at where you need to go next is absurd. Just give us the map! Let us plan without blind walking or having to consult Google. Seasons / Feathers system is confusing There are “feathers,” there are “seasons,” there are “passes,” etc., but the in-game explanation is weak. New players or people coming back after a break are going to be lost. Clarify this stuff in tutorial or help menus. Trait / gear overload + lack of transparency in battle There are so many passive traits, gear effects, triggered effects (“this trait triggered,” “that trait triggered”), equipment, status effects, etc. It clutters up combat, slows everything down, and you often have to leave the battle, look things up outside the game, or experiment just to remember what some gear actually does. Missing tooltips in-battle is a serious oversight. Battles that should be brisk drag because you’re stopping to check what invisible or barely explained thing just activated. ⚠ Final thoughts The game clearly has potential: good art, cute and cool Tems, solid battle mechanics, and the grind is mostly tolerable. But for casual players (which I am), the lack of QoL polish makes it really hard to recommend. The frustration from backtracking, from inaccessible maps, from not knowing what half your gear/trait does — those all sour the overall experience. Humble Games and Crema: I was hoping for something better. It’s sad because this could’ve been one of the better monster-collecting RPGs in the modern era. Sadly, it ends up feeling like a game with great bones but wearing cement boots. Would I recommend it? Maybe — if you’re someone who doesn’t mind or even enjoys long walks, fights, and figuring out systems (and I mean memorizing HUNDREDS of different traits, gears, etc). But if you want streamlined gameplay, QoL features, comfortable pacing, you’ll be better off waiting for patches or maybe looking elsewhere.

I can’t say I recommend this game. While the early stages are enjoyable and seeing all the creatures for the first time is great, the middle and later parts become a tiring slog. The gym puzzles often feel based on chance rather than skill, the experience gain from battles and the game pass is minimal, and the level scaling is wildly inconsistent, with one opponent using a level one hundred creature and the next using creatures many levels lower. Many of the creature designs feel uninspired to me, especially those found later in the game. The amount of grinding required is exhausting, and although I finished the game with two level one hundred creatures, it was still a struggle that required constant healing items. The story is nothing special and follows the usual pattern seen in other monster catching games. Even if I wanted to recommend it, the game is largely inactive now with only a small number of players remaining, which might be for the best.

Not gonna lie, it kinda hurts to see how a game with so much potential got ruined by the devs.

[h1]J'ai mal à mon cœur de dresseur.[/h1] Franchement, j'écris ça avec un gros goût amer. Le jeu avait TOUT pour fumer la concurrence. Le système de combat en 2v2 est une pépite, c'est ultra stratégique et surtout y'a [b]zéro RNG[/b]. Si tu perds, c'est pas la faute d'un coup critique pété, c'est juste que t'as mal joué. Rien que pour ça, c'est gratifiant. Mais alors tout le reste... c'est le naufrage. On nous a vendu un MMO, mais l'aspect social est inexistant, j'ai fait l'aventure dans mon coin sans jamais ressentir l'intérêt du multijoueur. Le pire, c'est que les devs ont déjà lâché l'affaire. Pas de nouvelles îles, pas de nouveaux monstres, le jeu est en "fin de vie" alors qu'il est encore tout récent. Par contre, pour te foutre un Battle Pass et une boutique de skins dans un jeu à 45€, là ils sont réveillés. [b]Bref :[/b] C'est un diamant enfermé dans une coquille vide. Ne perdez pas votre temps, même les créateurs ont déjà tourné la page.

Game story is solid. The tem designs are great. I liked the concept of this game initially because it wasnt just collect and battle, it added online. I was expecting the game to offer future development and progression, and not just come to a standstill when you get so far. Game had great potential but is now dead. All Crema had to do was just listen to the player base and drop some regular updates.

No Micro-Transactions What More Can You Ask For In A Game!!! To Unlock The BattlePass You Need To Work Towards It With In The Game!!! Awesome Game 10/10 Would Recommend!!!

way too much grinding for my taste, not fond of the game play, but i gave it a shot anyway. I lost interest before I got to the end. It feels like you put more into it than you get out.