I'm thinking about getting into this franchise, starting with the first game on PS1.Thoughts? I always liked the designs of the monsters. Pokemon is too abstract, the monsters in Monster Rancher look more "natural", which is what I prefer.
i dont think any of them are breedable so hard pass
>>12312419Completely wrong
>>12312419I bet you feel pretty foolish right about now.
>>123124122 >>>> 4 >>> 1 = 5 = handheld ones1 is just an inferior version of 2, skip it.2 is the best one.3 has extra mechanics that don't really add anything. Forgettable.4 is okay. It has procgen dungeons and you can raise multiple monsters at the same time.5 is odd. If you really love the circus then you might like it. Otherwise pass.The handheld ones are "fine".TL;DR play 2 and 4, skip everything else since you won't miss anything.
>>12312553What about the card game?It doesn't seem that bad
>>12312570It's fine. I'm not into card games but give it a shot.
>>12312579I already did. It's super easy to understand which I like. It's soul.I will still try to play 1 at least for a few hours, before jumping into 2. You don't get to tell me what to skip dude.
>>12312412The PC version of 2 has a mod team working on adding a ton of extra fusions, and has a very small tournament scene, I'd just play that. The first game is good, but I think 2 elevated it to great. Even if you want to play it casually get it on pc, the western release of 2 on ps1 had the monsters live a lot longer and it makes the game too easy, the pc version is based on the Japanese original.
>>12312412>Pokemon is too abstract, the monsters in Monster Rancher look more "natural", which is what I prefer
remember to use the Dead or Alive disc in Monster Rancher 2 to get a unique monster
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>>12312606Btw, I was just joking haha.Maybe I will skip it, maybe I won't. But is 1 really that worse than 2?
>>123126341 is fine but 2 is better because it just expanded and iterated on 1.
>>12312646The more reason to begin with 1, because it will be unplayable if I start with 2. I'm not intending to 100% it, but I'll just take a look and see how far it will still be fun, then maybe I'll move on. I just don't like skipping stuff.
>>12312570I recall the game boy one having atrocious engrish.
Amazing KT whores out to Namco, SEGA Square, and Nintendo but never did an actual collab with them.I think a Pokemon Rancher game would be the most addicting shit to play, or even a Chao Rancher.
Aside the Warriors series, I mean.
Did they ever try doing something closer to a pokemon style rpg? Would be neat to build a team from your cd collection.
>>12312793Perfect!
>>12312794What's an KT?
>>12312796Speaking of which, did any MR monsters get in that Tecmo-Koei crossover game?
>>12312805Koei Tecmo>>12312812Not sure honestly, they probably end up appearing in Warriors Orochi if they did a large crossover though.
