Bytten Studios and Uncooked Fury have introduced that the Pokémon-inspired monster-fusing RPG Cassette Beasts is coming to consoles, together with Swap, on twenty fifth Might. You’ve got solely obtained a month to attend till you may get funky with some uncommon, cute pixel artwork creatures.
The sport is out right now on PC by way of Steam and the Microsoft Retailer, and the critiques have been fairly darn glowing for this new tackle the monster-taming style. Our mates over at Rock Paper Shotgun name it “a wise, evolutionary offshoot” (however go learn their evaluate proper now if you wish to know why), and we won’t wait to dive in subsequent month.
Taking a barely extra mature strategy to the “Pokémon-like” style, Cassette Beasts allow you to gather monsters and fuse with them utilizing cassette tapes. Developer Bytten Studios relies in Brighton, UK, and was fashioned by Hay Baylis and Tom Coxon. The 2 have beforehand labored with Chucklefish, together with on Stardew Valley, and have over twenty years of expertise within the indie pixel artwork scene, and it exhibits by way of Cassette Beasts’ beautiful visible model and eclectic monster design.
In case that is your first time listening to the tape, here is what it is advisable to know, courtesy of Ray Fury:
Facet B – Key Options:
– Rework into Monsters…with Cassette Tapes?! Confronted with the fixed menace of monster assault, the residents of Harbourtown can combat fireplace with fireplace. File quite a lot of particular creatures, then play them again in battle to tackle their varieties!
– Fuse Monsters Collectively: Merge together with your companions’ monsters to remodel into distinctive, absolutely animated fusions combining the strengths of each varieties! There are literally thousands of creature fusion combos to experiment with and uncover.
– Discover a Wealthy Open World: Some monster skills can be utilized in human kind, which you may must get round, resolve puzzles, and extra. Glide, fly, swim, climb, sprint or flip magnetic in a colourful land dropped at life with fantastically crafted monsters, ‘80s vibes and a synthy soundtrack!
– Dive right into a Charming Story: Cassette Beasts options an otherworldly journey with spooky twists and turns. Who’re the Archangels? And the way did you find yourself on New Wirral?
– Grasp a Deep Battle System: Use elemental chemistry to use advantageous buffs or debuffs together with your assaults, and even alter your opponents’ elemental varieties.
– Journey with a Various Forged of Companions: By no means combat alone! Forge bonds together with your companions and assist them full private targets to turn into a greater staff. The energy of your relationship determines how effectively you’re in a position to fuse!
– Play Co-op with Buddies: Group up by way of native co-op multiplayer and Steam Distant Play Collectively for as much as two gamers. Discover the open world, rework and battle collectively as a duo!
We spoke to Jay Bayliss about what Cassette Beasts is doing otherwise to Sport Freak’s mega-franchise and spent a while with a pre-release demo on Steam.
