Coromon trailer + demo

[Slamtastic]

Coromon on Steam

Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

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Been following this for a while.

If TemTem puts you off for being an MMO, here's another promising entry to the Pokemonlike genre.

 

[TheDanimal]

Wow, this looks just like Pokémon! Maybe I'll give the demo a shot.

 

[salromano]

Looks pretty cool, but can't help but hear the name and think of:

 

[808s & Villainy]

This is a bit too flattering an imitation, if you know what i mean

 

[ChrisD]

No shame whatsoever, from animations to text used for actions. But I won't lie, I'm interested.

 

[Apollo]

Cute monsters. The MC sprite looks kind of funny though, and the battle music is so Pokemon inspired that it feels really off putting.

 

[Slamtastic]

Soundtrack seems like it will be good based on the samples they've been posting

 

[TRUSTNO1]

Only 7 types (why) and the controls are so rough (keyboard).

Difficulty levels are nice but built-in Nuzlocke seems like pandering, ngl.

 

[Stef]

Too much cloney...

 

[Birdie]

That soundtrack is almost too Hoenn for me

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Only 7 types (why) and the controls are so rough (keyboard).

Difficulty levels are nice but built-in Nuzlocke seems like pandering, ngl.

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Nuzlocke modes are really popular in Pokémon fangames so i'm nit suprised that Coromon would implement it too.

 

[ILikeFeet]

played up to the first trainer battle. it's...definitely a clone. some other thoughts:

• controls suck right now
• why are there running shoes?
• the difficulty options are bad. I don't know how hard the game will be, but the next step up from normal is losing your coromon if they faint. fuck that

 

[Slamtastic]

I haven't tried the demo myself yet, how are controls bad?

It's pokemon, it should only need four directions and three buttons.

 

[ILikeFeet]

I haven't tried the demo myself yet, how are controls bad?

It's pokemon, it should only need four directions and three buttons.

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it's a mobile game at it's heart, even down to the UI. the problem comes in with the movement and interactive buttons. moving with WASD and interacting/running with space is cumbersome with one hand

also, this game made an Amish Paradise joke

 

[Giga Man]

played up to the first trainer battle. it's...definitely a clone. some other thoughts:

• controls suck right now
• why are there running shoes?
• the difficulty options are bad. I don't know how hard the game will be, but the next step up from normal is losing your coromon if they faint. fuck that

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They better pull a Fire Emblem and add a "Casual" and "Classic" mode type of deal.

 

[Zutrax]

played up to the first trainer battle. it's...definitely a clone. some other thoughts:

• controls suck right now
• why are there running shoes?
• the difficulty options are bad. I don't know how hard the game will be, but the next step up from normal is losing your coromon if they faint. fuck that

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I can't really comment on the other stuff, but my guess is the difficulty option is meant to emulate a Nuzlocke run in Pokemon.

 

[ILikeFeet]

I can't really comment on the other stuff, but my guess is the difficulty option is meant to emulate a Nuzlocke run in Pokemon.

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that's insane difficulty. Hard is just nuzlocke-lite

• Easy - coromon get full health upon leveling up, 50% off items in shops, regular items revive coromon
• Normal - base difficulty
• Hard - if your coromon faints, they leave your party, can't run from any battles
• Insane - Nuzlocke

also, the encounter rate is annoyingly high. I literally walked two tiles after running from a battle only to get thrown into another random battle. shit's annoying. and leveling up is interesting as you have two bars: the first bar is standard, the second bar gives you points that you can allocate to your regular states

 

[TRUSTNO1]

Yeah Hard mode is just more punishing and less fun than having higher levels and/or better combat strategies.

 

[Deleted member 4532]

they had me at pixelart

Looks pretty cool, but can't help but hear the name and think of:

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Same lol

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

Yep that's a clone. Not a bad looking one, but it looks so very derivative.

 

[Terraforce]

Looks pretty cool, but can't help but hear the name and think of:

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FACTS! First thing my mind went to.

 

[Strat]

I've played this game before. Several times. For decades. Also, Coromon is spelled Koromon and it Digivolves into Agumon. PASS

 

[Twentieth]

As someone that often enjoys rom hacks more than the official Pokémon games, I'm looking foward to this. And hey, if it's too slow/has to many encounters, I'll just crank up Cheat Engine and speed up the game. :)

 

[SchroDingerzat]

Coromon, Temtem, and Kindred Fates. Lots of indie games inspired by Pokemon are emerging. It's quite interesting.