Aethermancer

Phenomenal Game: - Very well designed mechanics - Unique take on a classic genre - Lots of replayability - Tactical. Strategic. Fun!

I adore this game! It's a lot of fun. I've unlocked a lot of things, except for different classes yet. Check it out.

I got this game on EA-launch to support Mo Rai, since Monster Sanctuary(their previous title) is my favourit game in the genre, but the latest update made me to curious so I actually started getting into it. As expected of this studio, it is once again an excellent game! There is definitly a shared core identity between this game and MS in some aspect: Some of the monsters are similar in design, there are the classic 4 fantasy elements and it uses turn based 3v3, but other than that it is a very different beast. The resource-system is one of the biggest differences: Instead of every individual having and using mana, your team shares "aether" a resource that is split into the classic 4 elements as well as the "Wild" type which functions as a joker element that can take on any roll. At first it felt rather difficult to calcculate which element to I would have acess too, but it's actually quite an intuitive system that breaks down into 2 simple ways of generations: "Every monster has 2 elements and on turnstart it produced one of them as aether at random, while on base-attack it generates both of them." If u keep these 2 simple things in mind it becomes a pretty easy to use and intuitive system. It also helps that hovering over any move shows u how it would impact your aether as well as ally/enemy health. The main star of the show are obviously the monsters. As of writing this, there is somethint around 40-50 monsters and all the ones I used so far felt incredibly unique and interesting. a Monster can be broken down into its 2 elements, up to 4 moves and up to 4 passive traits. It also has a combination of 3 sub-types that give u a hint about it's general roll in the party as well as the moves/traits it can learn on level up. I really adore this studios way of designing creatures, both visually as well as functionally. everything has a different roll to play, nothing is straigth up better than anything else but rather just does things differently. it is an approach that I wish more games in the genre would take. It makes these close to 50 monsters feel like a bigger pool of creatures to pick from than many other games that boast hundreds of creatures, most of which become useless before u even get close to endgame. The writing has also improved. Like MS it is still more on the "Interesting lore" side of things than an ongoing story that u follow, but I think thtat partially came with the limitations of the genre. They basically made it so that u CAN talk with all the NPCs again and again and learn more about whats going on, but u dont have to and can just use them for their functionality if u don't care, which is a smart way to do it, so if u just want gameplay and don't care about plot, u almost never have to engage with it, but at the same time it is obviously limiting in how u can tell a plot. Still, I am happy to see the improved writing and am hopefull to see it develop further in future games(especially your philosophical debates with another Aethermancer can be quite interesting to read) All in all, it's a great game, that basically compresses the nuzlock-playstyle into a rogue-lite which is a great idea. I am looking forward to future updates but even if the game just remained as is forever, it would still be better than most other games in the genre.

Incredibly fun creature collector, fun STRONG synergies and an absolute ton of customisability options during run (especially after u progress) that enable the wildest teams. Was gonna wait for EA to finish but i caved and i'm very happy i did. Also I def havent tried or even seen nearly everything yet, at 8 hours of binging in a couple of days.

This game broke the one sacred rule of monster-collecting RPGs: *never make the fire starter the worst-looking one.* They somehow made the Fire Alpha the ugliest, most disappointing rat like design in the entire game. My soul is now permanently traumatised. Are you sure these are the same devs who made Monster Sanctuary? What happened? "I mean the rougelite killed this game completly anyway, This would have been steambreaking as a propper game" Now what am I supposed to do... accept my fate as a beta male and pick the blue starter?.. I don't know if I can live with myself.

Coleccionar monstruos con poderes elementales y ventajas de tipo siempre tiene su encanto. Aunque no sea el juego más hardcore, su excelente pixel art logra engancharte durante horas sin que te des cuenta. ¡Totalmente recomendado!

I do not understand the thumbs down reviews that I read before buying this game... They do not make sense with how good this game is. The game is quite good and epic. The mechanics were well introduced and explained. So it took me approximately 3hours to do my first-run, learning the mechanics and winning it to the end. Really enjoyed that run. Let's see how my opinion evolve after the first few runs. It looks promising. No regrat, I would recommend it based on my first run.