Beasties – Monster Trainer Puzzle RPG

Honestly I could see myself really getting into this game with just a few minor tweaks. The Match 3 battle system is interesting but can be completely broken and unbalanced depending on what gems spawn next. So an easy fight could end in you dying without having an attacking turn. Also as you need to match 3 target symbols to attack, if there aren't any and you get a combo of say 5 different matched gems (Say 2 blue, 1 red, 1 purple and 1 green) within a single move all you get is an extra turn making it feel hugely unrewarding for playing well thanks to poor RNG.
Now for the minor and very irritating tweaks. There desperately needs to be a sprint button. Movement is so slow and you will be doing a lot of it. Also going back to the Battle icons. I was confused why I couldn't attack at first because I figured I needed to match 3 of my monster's type gems or the gems my opponent was weak too. It was actually the target looking gems which I thought signified the normal/null type. This just needs to change to a sword and that would clear up any confusion. Another little issue is that you don't get to pick your starting Beastie, you just have one. Finally to catch monster it costs way too much Cashies (that's the currency name) especially for the early game.
Even with these issues I do recommend you try it if you're missing that Pokemon shaped hole in your gaming brain but just be aware that there will be frustrations along the way.
For my First Impressions of Beaties check out my video here:

Cute game, but very short. The description at the bottom of the store page does tell you what you're getting into.
It starts a lil difficult/clunky until you start grabbing more monster elements, and I absolutely used a batterat through the final boss because it's ability was so good.
Is this game worth 15$? probably not, but I just wanted to stream a game today that wouldn't be too intensive and make me worry about finishing it later. I honestly also felt a bit mentally better at the end.

Game is great, if you know what you want. I was sick of 40+h games and find this one fresh experience. You can grab your Steam Deck, have fun for 20 min. and back to your duties ;)

This game is pokemon and candy crush made love its such a fun game
I enjoyed it massively and I have it on steam and nintendo switch
you should try it I had a blast :)

cool game but very short. had potential to be a great game but devs didnt made any more updates since last year

Were you crazy about Pokémon? Feeling old now and prefer to play a casual game? Then play this game and catch them all!

FULL GAMEPLAY WALKTHROUGH + ENDING -
Here is a Beastiepedia website for you to see all the beasties available in game -
I really enjoyed my time with Beasties , its not your typical monster taming game where you just press a button to attack the opposite monster . You have to play a game like Candy Crush to Fill a meter for your beastie .
Each beastie is associated with a colour so when you pop the gems of that particular colour , your beastie power bar will increase and when it gets maxed out , your beastie will do a random attack !!
( Pro Tip - Make sure you have beasties of different Gem colours in your party so even when you pop a Gem of a different colour the energy from it will help to power up the moves of your other beasties in your party )
Its a small game of 4 - 5 hours of game but because of the Candy Crush style of battle mechanics , it takes like 8 - 10 hours to finish it .
There are several categories of monster with different rarities - ranging from Rank I to Rank IV ( the IV ones are Super Rare )
My only issue is that in later areas of the game you cannot run away from a fight so you are forced to do a lot of unnecessary fight + lets not forget , 1 fight in this game takes like 5 - 10 Minutes . I wish they could make something like repel from pokemon .
Overall Its an ok game , nothing over the top - 7/10