It’s not an especially inspired story-the monster battling gameplay is clearly the main draw here-but it’s just interesting enough that it feels worthwhile in the end. You play as a young, up and coming Monster Tamer from a humble farm, but quickly get swept up in a plot that puts the fate of Crown Island in your hands as you repeatedly interact with an anti-hero character focused on installing a group of tyrants.
For example, here you don’t catch any monsters you bring to your team, but instead form a ‘pact’ that’s essentially a contract for the tamer to provide for the monster’s needs in exchange for its powers. Monster Crown is set in the wild world of Crown Island where humans and monsters don’t so much live together in harmony as they do in begrudging acceptance. Monster Crown offers up an enjoyable, though flawed throwback to simpler monster-battling days, but it ultimately proves to be a worthwhile experience. Now it’s 1.0 release has finally come to fruition and it’s naturally made its way over to the Switch.
After making over nine times as much money as the initial goal, the title then shifted to Early Access on PC, where it was regularly iterated on and updated in tandem with community feedback. This is a quick and easy way to not only defeat monsters, but to also earn a small amount of money and XP.Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)Ībout three years ago, Studio Aurum pitched Monster Crown on Kickstarter, a monster-battling RPG which wasn’t shy about taking inspiration from a certain popular Game Freak franchise. If the reticle hits another monster, your monster will attack it and either deal damage or defeat it outright. When you use Monster Scan, a reticle will appear and move in a straight line away from the main character. Monster Scan is a useful ability your monster can use while exploring to quickly defeat monsters they encounter. In order to fully understand how some attacks can be effective, you need to pay attention during battle to see how each attack fares against different types of monsters. There is no point continuing to train your monsters once you have reached the limit, as the game hard gates leveling beyond this point.Īlthough the notebook will offer you a basic understanding of the different types of monsters in Monster Crown, it doesn't tell you everything. In order to progress further, when you reach this point you will have to defeat the next Chief Tamer. In Monster Crown you will only be able to train your monsters to a certain point, the game will inform you when you reach it by saying 'Limit' instead of indicating the next level. It is therefore crucial in this game that you try to heal injured monsters during a battle. In Monster Crown, if a monster loses all of its health during a battle with either a wild monster or another tamer, they are out for the remainder of the fight and cannot be used. Always Heal Injured Monsters During Battleĭuring battles in Monster Crown, you will not be able to use a high-defense monster to hold off attacks like in Pokemon games while you attempt to heal the rest of the team.