Nexomon: Extinction

A monster taming game for people who want pokemon, but a bit different.
Reviewed after getting 100% achievements.
Pros:
- Tons of monsters with unique designs to collect and train
- The game opens up quickly and does not railroad you into the critical path too heavily
- A surprisingly engaging story with a few really great moments
- Early monster variety is huge. No being stuck with an early rat and bird here!
- Most monster designs feel creative, while a few do feel like bootleg versions of existing pokemon
Mixed:
- The story treats Nexomon like tools and never gives them any personality. If you enjoyed bonding with your pokemon friends in those games, you will find absolutely none of that here.
- Coco, your travelling companion loves to drop fourth wall breaking jokes in almost every cutscene. Some land, some don't.
- Battles scale their level based on your highest level nexomon. This includes wild encounters.
Cons:
- Every nexomon has basically the same exact stat spread. You won't be seeing speedy glass cannons or slow defensive walls. The giant stone turtle? Just as bulky and just as fast as the little electric lizard.
- Attack priority is mostly based on the move selection rather than the speed stat. More powerful attacks tend to be slower. I have no idea what the speed stat is supposed to do.
- Status moves are mostly useless. The most common stat boosting move gives a tiny 15% boost to attack and defense. For reference, a move in pokemon that boosts a stat by one stage gives a 50% stat boost.
- There is a move so profoundly useless, I couldn't help but laugh. The move in question has a 30% chance to instantly kill a nexomon 15 levels below the user's level. Due to everything scaling in level, this move will never have a valid target. It isn't a major flaw, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Definitly play Nexomon 1 first!
This is a sequel, the story is directly connected and a lot of stuff will go over your head if you dont play the first game before.
It is a lot tougher then the first game, especially in the final stretch it was suprisingly challanging.
Part of the reason why is that the world scales with your level, so you cant really grind to get an advantage, because your opponents will get stronger as well.
A bit of an downgrade from the first game is the combat variety, because each Nexomon can only use attacks of its own type or normal type. In the first game this wasn't the case, so a bit of a weird decision.
The story was pretty strong again, and the game doubled-down on the dry jumor and fourth-wall breaks from the first one, especially with the new sidekick Coco

I've bought the game so my 7 year old nephew could play a "Pokemon" on my Steam Deck.
He has loved the graphics and the general story.
With this game, I've finally made him understand and appreciate the concept of leveling to become "OP" before moving on (with the associated life lesson).
He has played it almost 3 hours straight when he originally wanted to try all my new games, so I know he got hooked.
I'd say it's a success. My plan to replace his Nintendo with a Steam Deck of his own is one step closer to completion (insert evil laugh here)
While watching him play, I've appreciated the art, the music and I'm fond of the cynical "cat" and his perpetually sarcastic comments.
I may play a bit myself as now I'm a bit curious to see where the story goes.
The only remark I'd have is that I only found a way to change the language after the story introduction. Not much of an issue.

Great mon game just like the first Nexomon. The story is really interesting again, taking you on quite a journey. I would give it the edge over the first one too. In every other regard Extinction is a step up as well, the mechanics have been refined and the overworld made more interesting too. It´s also a longer game than the first, so it´s well worth the higher price.

I got this game on sale for like $13 and it's the best pokemonish clone that I've ever played! I mean seriously this game is wayyyy better than most pokemon games in the recent years and especially with the price point that Nintendo is asking. Story is actually really entertaining than I though it would be because I accidentally skipped the first Nexomon game by accident. I love the core, crafting, trading, shards, and coin systems because of how much they drastically change the elements of gameplay and inventory. Also Nexomon 3 is coming soon and I will be there no matter what!

Nexomon Extinction is definitely a MUST for those who are into monster tamer/creature collector genre! the designs of the character/NPCs sprites are so stunning and are distinct from one another! the monsters in Nexomon Extinction looks amazing and cool too! honestly one of the best creature collector games on PC for me hands down! also, don't forget to talk/interact with every NPCs that are found in the game as some of them will give you free items etc

dont get me wrong i love pokemon! however never once in a pokemon game have i broke out luaghing due to the story or a joke but with nexomon thats far from the case!!!! one of the best games ive ever played