Mew-sic to our ears
My name is Katharine and I’m a reformed Pokeaddict.
Pokemon is, and always will be, a fantastic game for ten-year-olds.
It’s veryPersona, albeit without the constant worry of only having limited time to earn best pal status.
Cassette Beasts' masterstroke, though, is the way it uncouples levelling up from your individual monsters.
It also applies a much more scientific eye to your monsters' types and elemental attacks.
Fire isn’t just not great against water, for example.
It also creates a healing mist of steam for the receiving water monster.
Metal and water conduct electricity.
Plastic types can be ‘melted’ with fire and release noxious fumes, turning them into temporary poison types.
This is particularly evident in its multitude of boss battle types.
Cassette Beasts is wonderfully carefree in the way it approaches said monster attacks, too.
But the pain, frustration and choice paralysis of Pokemon’s four move limit is blissfully absent.
with its gentle rumour system.
For the most part, though, its pacing is all fairly seamless.
