The Last Monsters Reviews

For an early access the game does very well. The game balance is good as it stands right now and bond feature while limited at the moment shows potential and is a mechanic I'm enjoying at the moment. The game has enough content right now to be worth the price.

EDIT: Unfortunately it seems like this game has been abandoned by the devs. Therefore I cannot in good faith rec it anymore. I haven't gotten too far into the game but there's not reviews up so... While the game is still in early access, you can definitely see that there was effort put into this to make a monster taming game that's genuinely different. It's a little bit hard to get a hang of all the mechanics, I'm still struggling to make sense of everything, but I'm getting the hang of it. It's an interesting game and I'm excited to see where it goes. I'll probably revisit this review once I've had more time with the game.

its in early access so there are bugs but the game is really fun and it deserves more attention than it currently has this is the only creature collector i have ever played more than once and haven't dropped it because of the monotony of grinding because i enjoy survival games all in all if you enjoy survival games and like the idea of creature collectors but dont like playing them this is the perfect game for you since the only thing that is close to combining survival with creature collectors is the minecraft mod pixelmon and lets be honest that is just minecraft but pokemon exist Edit: Changed this to, "Do not reccomend", because the game is dead. So is the discord server. Was fun while it lasted.

Not nearly as buggy as I originally expected, a really wonderfully fleshed out start to an amazing mashup of genres and game mechanics. If you are interested in games of survival/monster collecting and battling, I implore you give this bad boy a test drive! Love: *Dynamic maps, Day/night cycle and Weather system that affects battle/wild mons **Difficulty is very scaleable! Numerous different settings that can be adjusted at start and mid-game, including "nuzlocke" style play. This is generally speaking a more difficult styled game on default settings, I like that a lot. ***Battle System is unique and very complex, intensifies greatly in complexity the more monsters come onto the field. ****I personally love the monster designs. In your monster-PC-hub-storage thingy they appear as adorable 8-bit sprites Room for Improvement: *Graphics/art could be spruced up for some monsters. Some look a little more....rough around the edges than others. **Maybe the battle system is new to me but it seems at times a TAD bit overwhelming. This might be as simple as redoing some battlefield UI and layout to be easier to take in. Either way I still really have fun learning it and it hasn't become too tedious for me, -yet- ***Text boxes appear blank sometimes and for me unfortunately it was the battle tutorial, but I can easily revisit the tavern to read it again, or any general game info (which is super helpful in the game's current state!). ****General accessibility like better menus and GUI would be helpful, some commands like exiting menus are confusing and have you button mashing to find the right screen. *****Controller support would be sick It's in Alpha so there are obvious things that will be improved upon/change assuming development continues. I'll keep playing and update if anything changes in my experience :-]

This game is so so SO awesome! I love pretty much everything about it. I love that my monsters are my companions with names, and the game requires some level of care from me. everything was thought out so well, even down to the options in building your avatar. If you see The Last Monsters, Give it a try. You will be super impressed!!

(Edit: This game died in 2020. Dev team split and there are no updates.) Great game, allows for a decent degree of freedom and customization, while encouraging collection to unlock new moves and gene upgrades to enhance your team with. This is NOT the monster raising game you grew up with. It's more in line with one of the banned pokemon episodes that showed just what happens when wildlife has superpowers. Life is gritty, dark and brutal, and while your taming gauntlet will save you in emergencies, your whole team can die. Nights are an onslaught of enemies that spawn on a timer with every encounter. Kill all of the enemies on your screen or gamble on the endless hordes on a rare spawn showing up to capture. Dawdle without preparation, and you will be overwhelmed. The only way you can keep your team from dying on a loss is by building a bond with them. Succeed and they can hang on through one loss, two for your oldest, closest companions before they are lost forever. This isn't a Souls game, you do have a decent shot if you're careful, but no one is there to hold your hand. This is not your kid's game.

Having a bit of a hard time thus far. I've as soon as I left town, I spawned on the map to walk around, but my avatar was stuck in the terrain. I could look around with the flash light, but the movement keys did nothing. On other attempts, when I am able to move around, it seems as if I'm doomed to be mobbed by 3 monsters at the same time. Not sure if it was coincidence or not, but all 3 were the same element and type of monster as mine, so I couldn't really deal with one of them quickly in hopes of winning. I'm sure part of that challenges is just me being new. I'me going to give it some more time before I pass judgement, but currently I'm feeling iffy about things.

This may be one of my favorite early access games I've ever discovered. My nostalgia for Pokémon quickly made me form a kinship with TLM, and with the novel battle system in addition to a brand new world of monsters to explore, train, and master make this a great game. Even though it's early access I've logged 20+ hours and I cannot wait to see how this game develops even further. The developers are also really nice, hard working, and receptive.

This is shaping up to be a wonderful game and unlike any monster tamer or Pokemon-like I've ever seen. Even early access, it's an absolute steal for $15. The UI could use some refining, but the actual game mechanics are surprisingly polished. There's a lot of lovely little ideas; like all the monsters you catch have unique personalities composed of 3 distinct personality spectrum metrics that also influence their stats. And, I cannot stress this enough, you can play campfire songs for your monsters. It's amazing.

The game was fun at first, but lacks depth and motivation for continuing. On top of all that, the game is dead and hasn't been updated in over a year and a half. Don't waste your time or money.