Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook

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  • Summary: Adventurers who have been distressed in a dungeon when they heard that it was for new adventurers. In extreme conditions of hunger and dryness, adventurers discover the dead body of a huge monster ...

    Adventurers who have escaped from the danger of starvation decide to look for the exit of    Adventurers who have been distressed in a dungeon when they heard that it was for new adventurers. In extreme conditions of hunger and dryness, adventurers discover the dead body of a huge monster ...

    Adventurers who have escaped from the danger of starvation decide to look for the exit of the dungeon.

    Let's eat delicious and strange things and aim to survive.

    "Dead Eating Adventure Meshi" is a survival simulation RPG that aims to survive while collecting food and ingredients in a moving dungeon of monsters and cooking.

    The key to adventure is how to use the ingredients, such as eating "Adventure Meshi" to strengthen the character and weakening monsters with rotten food.    … Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. Noisy Pixel
    May 19, 2023
    75
    Monster Menu: The Scavenger’s Cookbook mixes survival, rogue-lite, and strategy RPG in an experimental product that’s just the sort of thing we come to expect from NIS. Unfortunately, the repetitive nature of the level design, the limited crafting systems, and the slow character evolution hinder the experience a little and keep it from shining as the unique, innovative rogue-lite it should have been.
  2. God is a Geek
    May 19, 2023
    75
    Monster Menu: The Scavenger's Cookbook combines cooking and tactics combat to create a rather tasty RPG experience.
  3. Siliconera
    May 19, 2023
    70
    There are certain NIS America games that sometimes end up a bit forgotten compared to other titles, like Cladun or The Guided Fate Paradox, and I really hope Monster Menu: The Scavenger’s Cookbook isn’t one of them. There are some elements that feel like they aren’t quite there yet, like pacing or effect application, but what’s here feels really different and innovative. I enjoyed my time with it way more than I expected to, and I would really love to see what could be done in a sequel.
  4. Hey Poor Player
    Jun 5, 2023
    70
    Monster Menu: The Scavenger’s Cookbook feels more like a first try on NIS’ part than anything else—a fun first try, but a first try nonetheless. I legitimately enjoyed my time learning the ins and outs of the game and, as a fan of roguelikes and RPGs alike, didn’t mind having the game repeatedly stomp me into the ground. With that being said, however, I’d definitely call this one niche, and I’m not sure that everyone will find its flavor quite as appealing as I did.
  5. Multiplayer.it
    May 19, 2023
    65
    A crossroad of different genres, Monster Menu is a curious take on S-JRPG by NIS, surely second to no one in this approach. Fun for some hours, not in the medium run.
  6. TouchArcade
    Jun 6, 2023
    60
    I could imagine some people getting into Monster Menu. As I said, it’s not as though it doesn’t work as a game. But its signature mechanic isn’t fleshed out enough to carry an otherwise rote affair with so many other far more interesting roguelike games out there to enjoy. I would like to see a sequel hammer some of the ideas in here into something a lot better, because there is almost something to it. For here and now, it’s hard to generate much enthusiasm for this particular title.
  7. GLHF on Sports Illustrated
    Jun 1, 2023
    40
    What’s left is a game with a weird amount of dodgy fan service, an almost nonexistent story, a SRPG battle system that feels largely hollow, and a dicey frame rate on Switch. I’m sure, somewhere, there’s somebody for whom this is the perfect game, but that somebody is certainly not me.

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