In fact, one of the most popular ways to play Pokémon requires a user-imposed ruleset in which monster deaths are treated as permanent. It’s no coincidence that some of the earliest mods for each new Pokémon game attempts to create a more hardcore experience than what’s provided by the base game. Storylines remain simple, and battles aren’t much trouble for most of us. One of the biggest criticisms against the iconic Japanese franchise is that it hasn’t grown up with its fans. “Pokémon is an incredible franchise and means a lot to us, so with Temtem we aimed to create the creature collecting game we’ve always wanted to play.” “We’ve been Pokémon players ever since Red and Blue but, over time, as huge fans, we wanted to see the game evolve in a certain way,” Andrades says. Ironically enough, slowing down the pace of combat leads to more pressure being put on the player. And I also have to plan on letting my Temtem take a break during battle to replenish its stamina. I have to analyze my opponents, and decide when and where my powerful attacks would be the most effective. This means is that I can’t simply spam my strongest move over and over against my enemies, as I normally would against a computer-controlled enemy in Pokémon. Each move costs a certain amount of stamina and, if I deplete my bar, my Temtem will damage itself. I need to use strategy and truly think about my choices, even when I’m a few levels above rival Temtem monsters.Īnother tweak to the traditional Pokémon formula comes with the addition of stamina gauges. Sometimes, Temtem suggests, I won’t stand a chance against creatures who have a type advantage against me.
This sets the tone for the rest of the early-access title. Temtem, on the other hand, begins by forcing me to lose against my jerk of a rival in my very first battle. The last time I got knocked out in Pokémon was probably sometime in middle school. It’s a far cry from my experience with traditional pocket monsters, where putting in the time to level my critters is usually enough to skate through turn-based battles without really thinking about them. I’m not very far in Temtem, but the cel-shaded adventure is already testing my mettle. Temtem is not an easy game, nor is it simple I’m barely in the third town which means I haven’t tried to challenge a dojo gym yet.īut you know what? After building decades of monster-collecting knowledge, it’s genuinely thrilling to feel a little scared by a game that’s scratching the same basic itch as the Pokémon franchise. I’m running out of money, which means I can’t afford enough healing items. Right now, though? I’ve got more pressing problems than interacting with other players. I’ll be spending more time with these features in the coming days, but so far, I’ve had plenty of fun emoting and following strangers when I was able to get in, and when everything was working properly. Pokémon-inspired MMO Temtem has popular but shaky launch It makes me want to explore further, so I can have all those things, too. It’s especially cool to see trainers waltzing around with creatures I’ve never seen before, doing things I haven’t unlocked yet, or wearing outfits that are totally new to me. You aren’t the only one out on an adventure. The helps Temtem feel alive and teeming with possibility. It’s especially hilarious to see people swarm NPC houses, or to have a dozen character models superimposed over one another as we all try to fulfill a quest. You can see people everywhere, and it is buck wild to see a bunch of people running around the game’s equivalent of Pallet Town. And that change means that just about everything has a very different feel if you’re used to the Pokémon games, even if the mechanics are similar in some ways. Temtem is a massively multiplayer online game, whereas Pokémon has limited online features. “Am I actually going to wipe out?” Being scared in a monster-collecting game is certainly a rare experience overall, but the other change from the Pokémon franchise was just as interesting: In town, and in my travels, I’m often surrounded by other human players. I had so long to go before arriving at the next town, and yet I was down to my last monster - and the poor guy’s health was in the red. There I was, halfway through a mountain range, standing in the tall grass. I didn’t expect to get this nervous, this early, while playing Temtem, the Pokémon-inspired MMO.
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