Void Monsters: Spring City Tales
- March 6, 2018
- Mykel Flynn
- 9h median play time
Get on SteamIn "Void Monsters: Spring City Tales" , you return to your family's monster training farm to avenge your parents' murder and alleviate the farm's debt. Explore a vast open world, capturing and evolving nearly 100 unique monsters, and choose from 10 playable characters. With a dynamic economy, extensive crafting system, and multiple quests and storylines, this game offers 40+ hours of immersive gameplay and the freedom to play beyond the main story.
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Reviews
- The game offers a lot of content, including farming, crafting, and monster collection, making it engaging and addictive.
- The world feels alive with a day and night cycle, and player actions impact the economy, adding depth to the gameplay.
- At its price point, the game provides good value, especially for fans of RPGs and games like Stardew Valley and Pokémon.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and performance issues, including freezing and unresponsive quests, which can hinder progress.
- The combat system lacks depth and can feel tedious, with enemies scaling to player levels, making it hard to feel a sense of progression.
- Quality of life features are lacking, such as a minimap and a cluttered inventory system, which can make navigation and quest tracking frustrating.
- story82 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 79 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The game's story is praised for its intriguing premise involving a monster trainer on a quest for revenge, with a rich world and numerous quests that provide depth and variety. However, players express frustration with certain design choices, such as mandatory quests with time limits and a lack of clarity in quest tracking, which can detract from the overall experience. While the narrative shows promise and offers some non-linear elements, technical issues and rough execution hinder its full potential.
“I love the main story and the world :-)”
“Different types of stories and lots of quests and errands to run in order to help raise money to pay off your parents' debt to the farm you inherited - as side quests you're also helping your neighbors in other cities to help pay off their debt as well.”
“Without spoiling much, you get some choice in how you go about solving problems based on the quests you've completed, so the main quest isn't strictly linear.”
“I would love the opinion of no time limits for quests, less random encounters with monsters, or at least make them escapable more often so that I could enjoy the storyline and complete quests. With some bug fixes and a more relaxing option, this would be an amazing game, but as it stands, I can't recommend it.”
“Also, the starting difficulty is far too high, and much information crucial to completing quests is left out or stated in an extremely general and vague way.”
“Minor things like trying to scroll through my quest log to remind myself what I was supposed to do were extraordinarily difficult.”
- grinding24 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The grinding aspect of the game is often described as tedious and time-consuming, particularly in leveling up monsters and grinding for money, which can detract from the overall enjoyment. While crafting adds an interesting layer, its low success rates can lead to frustration and repetitive reloading. However, some players appreciate the balance of farming, questing, and combat, finding the mix engaging despite the grindy elements.
“Leveling up the monsters is long and grindy; crafting is nice but has a % chance to succeed (as low as 5%), which is just a waste of time in the end because you'll be reloading until it works anyway.”
“Grinding for money takes a long time, and that's on top of trying to figure out where you're supposed to go for these.”
“Battles were fun at first, but sometimes felt tedious when I was just trying to get to different places.”
- gameplay20 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its depth, featuring a variety of quests, multiple class selections, and complex battle mechanics, making it engaging despite some rough graphics. However, players have reported frustrating issues such as game freezes and glitches that can erase progress, which detracts from the overall experience. While the game is open world, it is recommended to approach the first day as linear to better understand its mechanics.
“I played for 7 hours and this is a really detailed RPG Maker game with lots of quests and lots of mechanics.”
“The multiple class selections, a new and interesting story concept, combined with complex battle mechanics.”
“True, some of the graphics are a little rough, but I think this is a game that values story and gameplay over pretty graphics.”
“The mechanics leave a bit to be desired.”
“I enjoyed the game, difficult at times, but the deal breaker is the game freezing and erasing the last hour of gameplay randomly.”
“Although it's very open world, treat the first day of gameplay as if it were linear.”
- graphics16 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews; while some players appreciate the beautiful art style and RPG Maker aesthetic, others report significant performance issues, including constant freezing and lag. Despite the visual appeal, many feel that the game prioritizes story and gameplay over graphical fidelity, with some noting that the graphics can be rough and scrolling is problematic. Overall, opinions vary widely, with some praising the visuals and others highlighting the technical shortcomings.
“The art style is beautiful and the story is cute.”
“Graphics: 10/10 -- it looks and feels like an RPG Maker game, but I like that aesthetic.”
“Lots of nifty mechanics and bright graphics.”
“Graphics freeze constantly on my machine.”
“The graphics made my computer lag like crazy (though they were nice) and scrolling doesn't work at all--it's either the top or bottom of whatever screen you're looking at.”
“True, some of the graphics are a little rough, but I think this is a game that values story and gameplay over pretty graphics.”
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent freezes and lag, particularly when attempting to reload fights. Users have reported that these bugs severely hinder gameplay, prompting suggestions for the developers to address these glitches before further release.
“When I try to reload the next fight, the game freezes and I cannot continue.”
“It's far too buggy, with serious lag issues and freezing of text boxes.”
“I suggest that the developers withdraw this game for now, iron out the glitches, tone down the starting difficulty level, and provide clearer instructions.”
- music6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received high praise for its quality and ability to enhance the overall atmosphere, with many players opting to keep it on rather than turning it off as they typically do. While there may be limited variety, the existing tracks effectively complement the narrative, earning a strong rating of 9/10 for music and sound effects.
“Usually I turn off the music in games, but this one was left on and will stay on.”
“Music/SFX: 9/10 -- there isn't a lot of variety, but what's present definitely fits the mood for the story.”
“The music is amazing!”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game shows significant effort in its design, but players are hindered by severe performance issues that create frustration, particularly in the early stages, making it difficult to engage fully with the gameplay.
“Clearly a lot of work went into the game; however, the severe performance issues made me unwilling to get past that early-game 'argh, I don't know where to go or how to do anything' hurdle.”
