Monster Sanctuary

Pros

• This is a charming monster taming rpg/meteoidvania. I like how this game incorporates movement upgrade abilities obtained in regular metroidvania with monsters themselves. The turn-based combats are also deep and fun.
• Monster Sanctuary is one of my favorite games in the genre! (I'm a monstertaming nut) My favorite part about it is definitely thre battle system because of all the things you can stack and combine.
• Great game, wanted to mention that the evolutions aren't strict upgrades, more of a Scyther & Scizor dynamic where they're intended to be about as powerful after evolving.
• Monster Sanctuary was so good that I don't want another mainline Pokemon game. The QoL features alone are excellent, and the gameplay was very innovative while feeling like a monster collector.
• Bought this game on a whim, not expecting a whole lot, ended up 100%ing it in a couple of weeks. If you, like me, enjoy the idea of a creature duelling/collectathon game but have never quite been able to click with Pokemon's mechanics, t...

Cons

• One gripe I do have with the game is that while the graphics are refreshingly simple to read and play with, the designs of the monsters lose so much in the world. The compendium that has lots of lore about your monsters has fully realize...
• If I had any criticism, it would be a lack of any interesting characters at all. Most games you can find at least a couple funny interactions or interesting character beats, but I really struggled to connect with anyone. The same goes fo...
• It can get a bit serious for endgame challengesor like a bit fatiguing to read all the skills and min max your team, but the sort of pseudo gacha team building aspect of it was super interesting for me.