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perenlop · 2 months

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another thing i really love about cassette beasts is like, yes its very obviously got pokemon influence even when you ignore that theyre from the same genre (and i gotta stress INFLUENCE here, not ripoff) but its also got enough content to stand on its own feet. like this isnt just “pokemon to the left”, its a character focused survival story focused on helping out the community and doing your part, that involves connections and fusions and an entire overworld full of puzzles and quests. its a ton of fun

#i was talking to eve about this but i also like how the stuff thats influenced never feels like pretentious?#like the bootlegs are clearly influenced by shinies but theyre also very different- its not just a color swap- theres actual stat changes #and type changes to take into account so it really is a wild card #but that doesn’t necessarily make shinies worse. sometimes a color swap is all you need #or the professor guy in the ranger station whos like an expy of the professors #and part of it is that hes NOT a professor at all actually- hes just a sci fi nerd who loves playing the part #but it doesnt feel like a jab or an edgy parody or anything- not at all #mostly cause they show ingame that he DOES help new wirral a lot and he loves what he does for them #and hes still a useful guy in the game #echoed voice #it also helps that the animals arent your friends like in pokemon fjfjfjfjfj no they hate you #youre collecting data not the actual beasts #there’s no theme about connecting with the beasts or building a symbotic relationship #not out of a select few anyways #i also feel like this is the ideal adult pokemon experience bc its got the same vibe but its distinctly more adult in its themes #like. theres a body count in this game djfjfjfjfj #but it doesnt feel shoehorned in for the sake of going ‘’this aint your GRANDMAS pokemon’’

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