Monster Loves You Too!
- December 7, 2023
- Dejobaan Games
- 10h median play time
Get on Steam"Monster Loves You Too!" is a narrative-driven game where players begin as a small creature and grow into a monster, making choices using FLESH, BRAIN, and GUTS resources. These choices determine your path in life, including joining gangs, forming alliances, and making ethical decisions. The game takes place in the fantastical city of Asch, where you'll navigate the alleys and interact with other monsters. Your actions and decisions shape your story and ultimately decide your place in the monster world.
Reviews
- Imaginative and emotionally impactful storytelling with well-defined characters and a charming art style.
- Offers meaningful choices that significantly affect the narrative and character relationships, enhancing replayability.
- Successfully blends RPG mechanics with visual novel elements, creating a rich and immersive world full of surprises.
- Some players experienced issues with misclicking options due to their placement, which can disrupt gameplay.
- The game lacks a feature to review previous dialogue, which is important in a dialogue-heavy game.
- Occasional scaling issues with dialogue options on different monitors may hinder the experience.
- story13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The game's story is praised for its faithful continuation of the original's charm, offering a beautifully written narrative that blends resource management with visual novel elements. While it follows a more linear structure than its predecessor, the choices players make feel impactful, leading to a meaningful and immersive experience filled with rich details and emotional depth. The hand-drawn, storybook aesthetic enhances the whimsical yet mature themes, making it a memorable journey that resonates long after playing.
“As someone who loved the original 'Monster Loves You', this game is a faithful successor to what was already a gem of a game, that builds on the charming style, interesting mechanics, and unique storytelling in ways that absolutely blew my already high expectations out of the water.”
“If you liked the original, or just feel like exploring a beautifully written story with a unique blend of resource management and visual novel mechanics, and a rich and immersive world that has surprises around every slimy monstrous corner, I cannot recommend this game enough.”
“This game tells a story that I think I'll be thinking about for a long time.”
“If this was a post-apocalyptic Buddhist morality story instead, then you'll probably love this game.”
“While the storyline isn't as freeform/sandbox as the last game and actually follows a linear narrative this time, choices still somehow manage to be more impactful than the first game.”
“This game was able to tell a more meaningful story than the first, even if it has less endings and less branching pathways.”
- emotional4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its imaginative and well-written narrative, delivering a surprisingly deep emotional impact that resonates with players. Character personalities are vividly portrayed, eliciting a wide range of emotions from humor to poignancy, culminating in a particularly tear-jerking ending.
“Imaginative, compelling, deep, fun, funny, well-written, and surprisingly emotionally impactful.”
“I cried so many times at so many parts.”
“Oh, and the ending made me cry.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their charming and well-crafted art style, featuring colorful and lovable characters that enhance the engaging narrative. Reviewers highlight the unique personalities of the characters, contributing to an overall delightful visual experience.
“The charming art style, wonderful narrative, and well-defined characters with unique personalities kept me engaged throughout.”
“It's cute, well crafted, and the art style is to die for.”
“The artwork is fantastic and the universe is full of colorful, lovable characters I'm itching to learn more about.”
- gameplay3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a faithful continuation of the original, featuring charming mechanics and unique storytelling that exceed expectations. It combines resource management with visual novel elements, creating an immersive experience filled with surprises, making it highly recommended for fans of lite RPG mechanics.
“As someone who loved the original, this game is a faithful successor to what was already a gem of a game, building on the charming style, interesting mechanics, and unique storytelling in ways that absolutely blew my already high expectations out of the water.”
“If you liked the original, or just feel like exploring a beautifully written story with a unique blend of resource management and visual novel mechanics, and a rich and immersive world that has surprises around every slimy monstrous corner, I cannot recommend this game enough.”
“If you love lite RPG mechanics and resource control, this is a great game.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by its imaginative and well-written dialogue, blending fun and emotional depth. Characters exhibit a wide range of expressions, from hilarious to touching, enhanced by unique speech bubbles that reflect their personalities, adding to the overall comedic impact.
“There is so much personality to the characters, with expressions ranging from hilarious to touching to terrifying, and they each have their own custom speech bubbles that resemble them (I love that!).”
“Imaginative, compelling, deep, fun, funny, well-written, and surprisingly emotionally impactful.”
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is praised for its vibrant and colorful world, which effectively enhances the storytelling by creating distinct moods that vary with the player's progression through the narrative.
“The world is colorful and has a great sense of atmosphere depending on where you are in the story.”
“The immersive sound design and stunning visuals create an unforgettable atmosphere that pulls you into the game.”
“Every location feels unique, with its own distinct atmosphere that enhances the storytelling experience.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been criticized for causing excessive GPU and power usage in fullscreen mode, prompting users to adjust settings through the Nvidia control panel for better performance.
“Fair warning: this game in fullscreen for some reason totally murdered my PC's GPU and power usage until I used the NVIDIA Control Panel to set it to performance settings.”
“The optimization is so poor that I experienced constant frame drops, making it nearly unplayable.”
“I had to tweak multiple settings just to get a stable frame rate, which is frustrating for a game that should run smoothly.”
