I'm Trying SO Hard To Like This Game.. – Monster Mountain Review

I keep coming back to this game multiple times a day, desperately trying to figure out the game play. I'm am NOT a fan at all of turn-based RPGs. At all. And that's what this game is.. But it goes further (in a bad direction than that); there's literally an "Auto" button you can toggle on and off to have the character fight completely automatically. As if turn based games aren't boring enough.. Now the default option is to watch them fight without any input from the user? I just don't understand... I love love love the artwork and the characters and the tarot cards, ankhs, pentagrams and everything else - but the game play is a real downer for me. The only positive I have on that part is that at least the game looks amazing since that's all you'll be doing - watching and not playing. And also the music... The music is really "analog, fighter 64-Bit style".. Which is not cohesive at all with the general aesthetic of the game. It should be more ethereal and spooky. Even a 64 bit version of spooky would be better (but still not the best choice). It's like they had two people with different ideas for a game and just mashed 2 completely different ideas together... Change the music and make the game something you can actually play instead of just watch and it would be my favorite game ever!! Only 2 stars because the game is beautiful.
Review by JayRae87 on Monster Mountain.