Temtem

Overall I would say yes, its worth playing, but with specific expectations in mind. The game is a lot like pokemon (obviously) but on hard mode, which is a refreshing challenge. I especially enjoyed the vibrant climate of Deniz and Omninesia. I had fun in the first 2/3 of the campaign (tucma bs aside), but the devs soon started running out of steam it seems. The ending and last parts of the campaign are sloppy and uninteresting, with progressively more busywork, fetch quests, and lacklustre referential humor. When I finished the campaign (and it's terrible ending-chapter) I realized all that was left was grind and bling, and my remaining motivation to play just fell off a cliff. Only grind for premium currency and cosmetics left. Dozens of hours breeding perfect tems of my favs, pointless. Can't bring my own tems to most endgame content. 'Multiplayer' Endgame content really being more like concurrent singleplayer sessions where no one interacts, so I can't even enjoy playing with family any more. Social systems and chat are rudimentary at best. Lack of added content despite it being a quasi-live-service model. Sloppy writing, typos, backtracking, endless busywork, and for what?! Play it as a standalone 'pokemon-like' game and have some fun, but don't invest your time and emotions into it, it won't reward you for that. It's a good taming game but not a good MMO. End game players mostly seem to be obsessed with PvP or Luma (shiny) hunting. No substance left to enjoy, just busywork and repetition. There are also umbras which have a 1 in 20,000 chance of appearing and they won't show up unless youve done specific end game stuff, that's the type of end game live-service content the devs seem to think is adequate.