>>1981462 why would you make a thread for this when it isn't even out for global? they will need some time to localize everything i guess i don't think the franchise has been out of china before
>>1982003 at least this one isn't waifu sloppa i like that you don't even need to interact with any transactions or anything to completely enjoy the game the only monetization here are cosmetic shit like clothing and special throw styles that i don't care about
>>1982137 no pay to win, no gacha you simply explore the open world for whatever monster you want to catch like pokemon games, battle them and catch them there are free cosmetics and paid cosmetics paid cosmetics are usually styled after a certain monster line there are also throwing styles for certain monster lines, so for example the player will perform a certain pose only if you own the throwing style and send out the monster it's for there are other cosmetic items like profile avatars, ball seal animations (similar to ball seals from gen 4 pokemon games), backpack charms (decoration for bags similar to the trial bag charm from gen 7 pokemon games), wand styles, etc there are also special capture balls that apply a "shiny" to the captured mon or some other pattern none of this affects the gameplay or stats, it's all purely cosmetic even pvp balances all mons to certain level, i'm not sure what it does with stats, i assume it just neutralizes everything the developers explicitly said they don't want to incorporate any paid advantages overall, it's looking like a decent alternative to pokemon it's got the celshade outlined artstyle that i miss, plus the world design is competent unlike nintendo games the monster designs are a hit and miss though some are great, some are meh, but that's just me i doubt it'll release for global anytime soon though the ip hasn't been outside china so it'll require localization and i'm not familiar with how long that could take
>>1982152 forgot to add there's also a battle pass, but it doesn't contain anything that would give unfair advantage i think it contains extra costume coupons that can be exchanged for some slightly premium freebie cosmetics, extra exp materials (exp is basically feeding fruits to monsters, fruits are also tied to stats i think, these can be found all over the game world), extra balls (these can be crafted through ores collected in the game world), special balls, cosmetics, etc there are two versions of passes and they contain a monster each, which can also be obtained by players who don't purchase the pass through a mechanic where you place a monster acorn in an owl shaped monument that attracts more of the species
i remember seeing a trailer of this game what feels like a decade ago ill give it a go for sure once its in english. if it ever will be. any alternative to pokemon deserves any help it can get, they need some competition. how many monsters are in it
this PV is really good https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1hNQSB9EiY/?spm_id_from=333.1007.top_right_bar_window_dynamic.content.click&vd_source=f3d7614f49d86c212ff59ded6f7696d9
Here is a video of all the cosmetics in the game so far https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eFsGzMEXr/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.10&trackid=web_related_0.router-related-2479604-9kkcc.1774801823810.62 wonder why Tencent didn't make this a gacha, they would get away with it
>>1983941 these seem completely insignificant for me i just don't care much for flashy clothing also i'm glad it's not gachaslop because the tendie trannies on /v/ would never stop bitching about it if it were since they only want more ammunition against games that dare to oppose shittendo™
>60m+ pre registrations in china alone >4.66/5 rating with 74k reviews >packed with content >tons of collabs already yeah, this is gonna be huge once it launches globally the reception is overwhelmingly positive and there are no controversies besides locking certain clothing behind transactions the creature designs could be better though like the other anon said, there are enough generic blobs already, i hope they make more varied monster designs
>>1981462 if these people want the ip to become a behemoth like pokemon, they need to focus on merchandise just analyze which ones are fan favorite mons, shit out endless plushies of them, shit out trading cards and watch them make bank off it while an anime series would also help, merchandise is easier to produce and way more profitable
>>1986766 >4.7/5 from 170k reviews in 18 days, just on chinese ios i hope they release for global soon, this is gonna be way bigger than they anticipated
>>1994861 literally impossible when nintendo is suing everyone will the ball throwing thing the rest of the game also rip off of pokemon super hard like the elemental chart is 100% copy paste from pokemon......
>>1995701 tencent will rape nintendo's ass if they try it besides, tencent already handles pokemon unite, so it'll be quite funny to see how things turn out between the two >rip off pokemon that's exactly why it's one of the few good pokemon competitors soon developers will realize pokemon is a good franchise in theory, just nintendo and lamefreak are clowns who handle it with little care in practice
>>1990605 are there any cool looking mons in this game? I saw that the us trademark and want to try it out when it goes global. I hope they add more in the major patches
>>2009414 here's the dex so far, but i think it's incomplete https://wiki.biligame.com/rocom/%E7%B2%BE%E7%81%B5%E5%9B%BE%E9%89%B4 i remember earlier previews showing some mons that are not here they also announced like two dozen collabs of which only one has received mons (the fire horse line at the end of the dex)
>>1981462 One thing I like about this game already is that they have fan-made mon contests where if your designs are really good, then they will make them actual official mons. Just think of all the hundreds of really cool fakemon designs that were never made real by gamefreak/tpc because of no fan-made rule. There were also several times when they changed the designs for their own mons or scrapped them because their official designs looked similar to fan-made designs.
>>2011366 >>2013832 this is cool, but the downside to this is the contests are not frequent i'd love if they made these a regular monthly thing anyways, fakemon artists would have no problem since they can just submit whatever designs got them the most likes
>>2026158 global is happening, just not this year they have official twitter handles for global and japanese regions understandable, the IP has never been outside china, so they need time to localize it >>2026427 more likely at tokyo games show i still don't understand why they made official handles so soon if the game is nowhere near release
>>2029313 yeah to sign up for an account you need a passport, CN ID, wechat, and I belive have to speak a Mandarin Chinese phrase (我确认,真实有效", meaning "I confirm this is true and valid") and record a video of you saying it, and they can still ban ytou if they find out your not from China.
>>2030285 The most chink gatekeeping I've ever saw was needing a chinese phone number,why the fuck are they putting out all the stops for a monster collector of all things.
>>2046912 good the designs are boring anyway pokemon gen 10 is already looking insanely better than i expected, might be the first pokemon game i ever buy in my life the problem with all chinkslop is: they always have the most deranged chinksects working on the games, making absurd decisions, ruining the game with their kikery, and then backing down after realizing what they did was retarded, only to repeat that shit this game literally wasn't even a gacha and wasn't even supposed to be mc harem or ml or shipping etc slop, but they still ruined it and now the paypigs fucked off the ratings are still down and the revenue has also decreased (slightly)