Nexomon: Extinction

 Xbox One
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2 out of 12

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    Nexomon: Extinction is the latest monster training game trying to take on a Pokémon theme or stylization published by a great studio PQube. You’ll be collecting monsters or creatures in total over three hundred of them with nine different elemental types. You role is training them to do battle with other trainers throughout the world, but there’s a deeper narrative, with a wonderful storyNexomon: Extinction is the latest monster training game trying to take on a Pokémon theme or stylization published by a great studio PQube. You’ll be collecting monsters or creatures in total over three hundred of them with nine different elemental types. You role is training them to do battle with other trainers throughout the world, but there’s a deeper narrative, with a wonderful story about tyrant Nexomon who has threatened to destroy the world. Honestly, I thought the game was going to be a more of a clone than what it really is at the core of the game. This visually is close to a Pokémon ripoff I can remember but that's not necessarily a bad thing in the end. I was quite a pleasant surprise when I found out Nexomon: Extinction has a handful of ideas of its own up it's coding. Gameplay is basic Pokémon in a nutshell. Pick a starter from the nine available to you. Receive “Nexotraps”, walk on tall grass, look for monsters, weaken them, throw a trap, add them to your party, fight other trainers, rinse and repeat. You know the genre unless you've been living under a rock for decades. Matchups work almost identically as those in Pokémon, with “mineral-types” being strong against electrics, water beating both fire and minerals, etc, etc, etc. I wasn’t expecting a lot from Nexomon: Extinction since it started on mobile devices, but mobile devices are so powerful these day the issues isn't starting on mobile it's "can it transition well to Xbox One" and a good game. Overall easy Pokémon vibe is apparent from the outset, but it ends up being quite decent with some new measures thrown into the recipe. Sure, it forces you to grind tediously but most of the genre does, however you can still have quite a bit of fun with it, especially if you are a fan of the genre. It's easy enough to recommend to you given its solid price of admission and overall solid gameplay features present in PQube's Nexomon: Extinction.… Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 11, 2020
    8
    Nexomon Extinction
    Too much grind
    Nexomon extinction is a 40 hour long turn based rpg obviously in the style of pokemon You pick your trainer, you pick your starter and you're off on a journey to restore the balance of nexomon and man. Nexomon Extinction for its first half is so addictive and fun, filled with so much charm as you're going to new towns, a loving its problems and taking    Nexomon Extinction
    Too much grind
    Nexomon extinction is a 40 hour long turn based rpg obviously in the style of pokemon
    You pick your trainer, you pick your starter and you're off on a journey to restore the balance of nexomon and man.
    Nexomon Extinction for its first half is so addictive and fun, filled with so much charm as you're going to new towns, a loving its problems and taking down tyrants to be able to absorb their elemwnts to progress further in the game.
    I loved the attention to detail and world building, I loved the variety of nexomon you could find trap and evolve, I haven't played a pokemon game since silver, so nexomon to me took things to the next level when it came to capturing these creatures.
    Here you can increase your rate of capture by of course weakening them, but by feeding them their favorite foods or collecting stackable items throughout your journey for each elemental type.. Which again like pokemon plays a role in weaknesses...and thankfully things here feel nostalgic thanks to the simplicity of the character types, it's just the old days, psychic ghost, Fire, water, electric, grass, flying, normal. This game doesn't make you remember a crazy amount of battle rules.
    Where nexomon falls flat though is in the amount of grinding it expects you to do.
    Back in the good Ole days when I'd play pokemon grinding and leveling up for the most part seemed optional, it was a choice, I want to go level up this character, I want to go evolve that character let me go out and grind.. In nexomon however the grind feels forced in a way that disrespect the players time.. Every new location you'll be faced with enemies around 10 to 15 levels ahead of you, in order for you to get to their level you'll Br forced to grind for around 2 hours before you can progress the story every time, these battles are challenging in a way that this grinding is forced, there's no a mount of strategy that is going to get you through more than one battle in a row if you're underpowered, which makes even the grinding annoying...
    It's rare you're able to take on more than 2 nexomon in a row witch one of your own even with the elemental advantage, leading to a constant back and forth between healing your nexomon and going out to battle..
    Another grinding annoyonce is in the battles themselves with other taimers.
    While you defeat enemies you don't gain experiqqence, you only gain experience if your nexomon survives until the end of the battle, so even if you took out 5 of the 6 enemies with one character, it the 6th knocks them out, only the character you best the final character with gains any experience, which is just annoying and again I feel disrespect my time, forcing me to bank my characters if I want to level them up without grinding as much...
    And the grind just gets worse and worse as the game goes on, really making it a chore to go beyond hour 25 of this 40 hour journey..
    That being said the nostalgia, charm, world building and fun of the initial grinding made nexomon extinction one of my favorite experiences of the year.
    I loved this game for the most part, but with less forced grinding and pokemon may have some competition, especially being available for places outside of Nintendo.
    I give nexomon extinction
    An 8/10    … Expand
  3. SuperShrooms
    Sep 27, 2020
    9
    Best Pokeclone out there. Great monster designs, beautiful vibrant cartoony 2D graphics, immersive story, funny characters and quality humour, addictive gameplay, sometimes challenging, 381 monsters for you to collect and fight. Lots of hours of gameplay. Music is charming. Ticks every box for a monster tamer game. Easily one of the best monster tamers ever made.
  4. DarkNGod
    Oct 5, 2021
    10
    Simply amazing story! Great Art work and easy mechanics. Easily a must own for any gamer.

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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Generación Xbox
    Nov 13, 2020
    90
    Nexomon:Extinction is a must-have title in the library of all those Pokemon fans who want to enjoy a title similar to those created by Game Freak outside of Nintendo systems.
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  2. Windows Central
    Oct 22, 2020
    60
    If you're looking for an Xbox Pokemon alternative with a bit more teeth, Nexomon: Extinction fits the bill.
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  3. SomosXbox
    Oct 20, 2020
    70
    Nexomon: Extinction has good ideas, but cannot detach itself from its referent. Despite being funny, one cannot stop comparing it to better works.
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