Nexomon: Extinction Reviews

dear devs: whoever wrote your jokes, pay them well

Very enjoyable

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Do you like Pokemon? Do you like creature collecting? This game is a refreshing take on the genre and also accessible to PC, people who can't afford a switch. The Nexomon designs and their integration into the story and biomes fits so well, it i still exciting to see new creature designs and try to catch them! One Downside... Nexomon 1 & Nexomon Extinction are entirely separate. There is no cross save for your nexomon, and I SO WISH you could save your nexomon and take them over to the second game.

This is a really good monster catching game! The game looks really nice and the story is fun. I played through the game on the Steam Deck and it feels like it was made to be played on it! Can't really find anything to complain about, it is well worth the price

Just for Coco alone - this is a definitive recommendation in my eyes. He's such a mood, and I'm all about that. Don't usually find side characters all that funny in games like this, but Coco won my heart <3. The game is alright too (wish the spam buttons to catch nexomon wasn't a thing though) Edit: I hate atlas. He's Useless, cowardly, arrogant and annoying. And worst of all, they took away my Coco for this useless hunk of redundancy. Betrayed. Sad. Alone. Changed my recommendations for that move. Also, the animations are all way too long, sorely needs a map, and it's riddled with mobile game design issues - and I still can't find the fucking options menu in the lobby, despite the custom gamemode refering specifically to only being functional in the options menu in the lobby. Final edit: Okay, so it's fiiiine... still has issues in terms of all I mentioned above - and honestly, I wish I could throw atlas in the ocean and watch him sink. You eventually get coco back - but you never get the chance to cut off atlas once you get burdenened with his presence, you're unfortunately stuck with him. And to top it all off with in terms of that stupid and useless piece of junk - the one thing we kinda "needed" him for - didn't end up mattering, because the same second he potentially gets a fucking use case, it gets literally immidiately shut down. So it's all downsides to that obnoxious piece of garbage. Still better than pokemon tho.

I sadly cannot recommend the game at this price. Started fun, but there is NO map. I had no idea where I was and constantly felt lost and overwhelmed. Wish there was at least a mini map

Awesome game, plays great, characters and story are well done, random mode after completing game is amazing and adds tons of replay value. 10/10

Feels like a clicker game. Don't even have to grind much to easily overlevel and if u don't it's just rock paper scissors anyways. Atleast the story is better than other creature collector game (if u dont mind frequent 4th wall breaks.) [spoiler] Really, i have no choice but to resurrect the artificial thingy at the end? Come on that's cringe.[/spoiler]

Spent 20 minutes doing troubleshooting as to why my xbox controller which works on every other game WILL NOT be recognized by this game to no avail, way too annoying to use the KB/M controls so guess i'm waiting until PZA update: if you install a community made steam input configuration profile, you can get the game working with xbox controllers

As much as I love Monster Collector games, this one has to be a first that I would sadly not recommend as much as I would like to enjoy the game. First off, lets get the good stuff out of the way: The graphics, character designs, move animations, and story are all really well done. The self aware humor is nice and it does feel like a fresh take on the tried and true Pokemon formula with its lore and all (I'm also getting a Dragon Quest Monsters vibe from it.) There's also some more gimmicks that are fun and all With that out of the way, let's get onto the negatives: First up, the keybindings which if you're playing on PC are just a frustrating mess. K and the buttons near it are not a good option for confirmations. Several times I kept selecting the wrong key and either closing the menu or deselecting something I was trying to select. Plus I might be stupid but I couldn't find any way to rebind my keyboard like at all. Next in terms of controls, reordering the party. From what I can find, you can't do that from the menu and instead have to rely on navigating to the menu to swap your monsters. This is extremely frustrating for a game in which you can catch stuff directly, especially if you want to have your main team members up front and foremost. Plus having the option to release them from your team menu isn't a good design choice either. This next one just might be my own habit of overleveling coming to bite me but wild battles are nothing more than frustrating. Even with super effective moves, battles are bound to last 4 turns with your Mons sustaining pretty sizable damage thanks in part due to both the level scaling and moves having their own speed stat which some Mons can rock some pretty heavy hitting moves and stuff. This makes it even more frustrating when you're trying to level grind up a lower leveled party member even with EXP Shares equipped. Maybe I'll return when Nexomon 3 comes out but Extinction doesn't cut it well for me.