Beast Quest

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  1. TheXboxHub
    Mar 23, 2018
    60
    Beast Quest does just enough to make you want to keep playing. The story will keep pulling you forward, and the desire to free the beasts and have them on your side is quite strong. However, it isn’t perfect, even bearing in mind its target demographic.

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Mar 24, 2018
    7
    Beast Quest is a very successful book series and I know quite a few people who’ve read some of the books and enjoyed them. Unfortunately IBeast Quest is a very successful book series and I know quite a few people who’ve read some of the books and enjoyed them. Unfortunately I haven’t read any of the books so I don’t know much about the series which can be a good or bad thing at times. Thankfully Beast Quest has good things going for it but it isn’t plain sailing throughout and it’s far from perfect. Considering Beast Quest is most famous for its book series I must admit I was expecting quite a lot from the story. For me the story was pretty good in my opinion and the charm of it kept me invested throughout which is always good. The game also has a decent length to it and you will sink a few hours into it and the best thing is that these hours rarely get tedious and never overstay their welcome. You will however suffer with a few technical issues throughout your time with the game and whilst none of these issues are game-breaking they can still be a nuisance at times. The gameplay can be a little hit and miss at times, but for the most part I enjoyed it. The battle system is the best part about the gameplay for me and the simplistic approach means that it makes itself accessible to a number of different gamers. If you’re looking for a challenge though then you won’t find much of one here because it doesn’t really get too difficult and the abundance of checkpoints means dying isn’t that much of a problem, which may be off-putting for quite a few people. The gameplay has a number of different aspects in play at the same time and most of them hold up really well, but for me the platforming elements miss the mark. The platforming that’s present in the game just feels too awkward and this means completing puzzles can be a pain at times due to the awkwardness. The presentation side of the game may be simple but it’s definitely something I enjoyed. Visually the game may not be anything special but when you combine the cartoony look with the nice sound design it does in a way make the gameplay stand out somewhat. At the end of the day I can see Beast Quest being loved by some and loathed by others but when you scratch beneath the surface there is an enjoyable game to be found here. The problem the game has is that it suffers with too many niggling problems and these problems can be a nuisance at times and ultimately these take away from its final score. That being said the game gets more right than it gets wrong and that means it just does enough to get a small recommendation from me.… Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 15, 2018
    7
    Beast Quest
    Baby’s first dark souls
    sortve Beast Quest is a 5 and a half hour long real time rpg like adventure game where you play as    Beast Quest
    Baby’s first dark souls
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    Beast Quest is a 5 and a half hour long real time rpg like adventure game where you play as Tom... the choses one... out on a quest to free the beasts and save the land…
    There is a mobile game with the same name in the same series, but these are not the same games.. Kind of... I mean they are but they aren’t... they took bits of that game and fleshed it out a bit making it a proper console game… though its mobile skeleton can still feel felt at times especially during its combat.
    This game feels a bit clunky at first, it takes a lot of getting used to thanks to its input lag with its jumping…
    you have to readjust your brain during the rare 3d platforming bits so that you don’t lose your health.. or worse lose all of your health and be sent back to your last checkpoint
    platforming aside, I actually really enjoyed my time with this game…
    you’re running through different regions of a game, have golden lights on the ground guiding your way.. Though rare moments won’t work properly... and along your way there will be keys for you to find matching chests for with coin inside for you to buy items to increase your carrying capacity for potions you pick up off of enemies during battle...
    There are also campfires dark souls style where I you die you’ll be sent back there... these also act as checkpoints and auto save points and will refill your health…
    but you’ll be running through these surprisingly varied areas, doing the occasional slide the rock and climb up puzzle on to freeing one of the beasts...
    but along your way are tons of enemies to battle…
    This is sortve a real time Pokémon like battle system..
    You’re pulled into battle with no escape and for the first chunk things are pretty easy, but then they get challenging…
    This battle system feels very mobile game like...
    you can’t freely move during battle to dodge for example... instead you’ll be tapping the right and left bumpers or flicking the stick to dodge attacks, getting in light and heavy attacks before your opponent attacks rinse and repeat..
    And while fighting you’ll gain courage which will allow you to pull of an elemental attack or a status boost or defect…
    and there’s a slower champion meter that lets you call in a character or beast you’ve helped to do massive damage, usually best saved for boss fights,,
    And at the end of these fights you’ll earn ap that you can dumb into new moves, and increasing your stats.. You can also earn these through side quests you get off of characters in the different villages you’ll find around...
    This game pulled me in... It kept me immersed in its very simple action turn based like rpg system... but by the games end after ive dumped enough into my character I just felt unstoppable and the game stopped being fun for me...
    it just didn’t make me think enough or want to grind for more..
    There are 4 elements in this game and characters do have immunities to certain elements... but only one...
    so I did fine just switching back and forth between fire and ice… plowing my way through the final 2 sections of the game..
    I’m not saying the game was too easy or that enemies needed to be spongier...
    I just would’ve liked some sortve system that didn’t allow me to just spam attack my way to the end which is what I ultimately ended up doing. But this is a very simple and enjoyable game...
    you won’t be blown away, you won’t be challenged… but it may surprise you with how fun it ends up being...
    I give Beast Quest
    a 7/10    … Full Review »
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