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Minimon is an online and offline monster catching game inspired by Pokemon, and it could turn out to be a good one.
About the game
Start an adventure in a world full of monster hunters!
Plagued by a strange disease, the continent of Chroma is in panic, and a strange turn of events will turn you - a small kid - into a powerful monster hunter, capable of tame even Ulmaxia, the dragon king!
Features
- Customize your own monster hunter with tons of clothes, weapons and skills!
- More than 300 different monsters to train!
- Play either offline single player, local multiplayer via split-screen or online with up to 500 players per server!
- Tons of quests, secrets, and unlockable stuff!
Here's what didn't sit quite right with me:
UPDATE: It seems the guy claiming they are a developer isn't. So the real developer is doing a bit of damage control, shame that developers have to put up with this.
My thoughts
A user on the Steam forum claimed they were a developer, and gave the game a serious review making it out to be the best game ever made, and stated it had zero cons. After contacting the real developer, it was edited, and the real developer has cleared up the situation.
Even though it wasn't the real developer, here's a small note: Unless you're going to review your own game with something funny like "the amount of bugs keep me awake at night, I know, I made the game!", then just don't.
You can check out Minimon on Steam. I do long for a decent monster capture game on PC. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Bought this. 3D Pokemon like MMORPG with linux and full controller support are all things I've been looking for. I honestly think the game could only survive as a free-to-play but I'm willing to support the development and I wouldn't be upset if they did decide to make it free to play down the road with a cosmetic in-game shop to support development and increase the player base.
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Edit: The real developer stepped in.
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Looking at comments from both him and the dev, neither seem to really understand what the problem is. Which is pretty sketchy, so I think I'll stay well away from this one.
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(If the lead dev is to be trusted) That guy actually hadn't even worked on the game yet. So I wouldn't hold the dev accountable for what happened, seems like an over-eager fan trying to crawl into someone else's project and claiming some authorship over it. I haven't looked into it very much, but it might turn out that the dev was just doing damage control as well...
Either way, at the moment the game doesn't interest me enough. As much as I like Pokemon (and clones), it looks like it has quite a road to go before it's ready to leave EA.
Either way, at the moment the game doesn't interest me enough. As much as I like Pokemon (and clones), it looks like it has quite a road to go before it's ready to leave EA.
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ZelteHonor 26 Mar 2015
Well. I think you should really update this article because it is a bit rought. According to the last update from the REAL dev here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/308520/discussions/0/618457398957175723/ This guy never really work on the game. I think that it deserve the benefit of doubt.
P.S. : After following this website for like one year and half I finally chose to subscribe. A really nice website thanks for all your great work.
P.S. : After following this website for like one year and half I finally chose to subscribe. A really nice website thanks for all your great work.
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oldrocker99 26 Mar 2015
He is not part of the dev team, he only did beta testing along with other guys, I am very angry at him because of this.
If anyone doubts just go google around the game forums and you will see no post by him anywhere, plus no mention of his work in the game, because he didn't work on it, only I did work on the level design (thats why he does not have the [developer] tag, if he really was a dev he would have one, no?).
Also I dont even believe any dev would post a review on their own game, that is the most idiot thing ever. I don't need any fake reviews, I would prefer to have zero reviews than have fake reviews written by myself.
If you still dont believe, ask Valve or whatever, they will say you this game is associated with only an individual, no company at all, which would be required for a dev team of 2 or more people I think. This game was done by myself and a couple of freelancers artists I contracted who probably don't even have Steam accounts or play games at all.
This game has no DLC, no in-app purchases, nothing, you pay once and get all content.
If wanted to just get some money I would have made a kickstarter asking for 1 million dollars and then deliver a turd here, complete with 50 DLC packs, and then I would already have shilled the game with 100 fake reviews.
Now let's end this conversation please, let's talk about the game, not about this stupid rumors. Give me feedback so I can improve the game, thats why this is a "Early Access" game.
Btw I'm also going to release a free demo soon so that everyone can check it before buying.
Now I am definitely interested. I've never played a game quite like this, and it certainly looks intriguing.
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I advise staying away from this game. Reading the developer's other responses to posts, it's bringing back some dark memories of some (rare) incompetent and unethical indie communities. I know it's bad to judge something based off a person's attitude, but I would like proof to know I am wrong, and I'm not willing to throw money away to find out for this.
The guy claiming to be the real developer has a much better attitude I'd say and he seems really enthusiastic about the game with a positive vision for it. Here is a link to his posts: [http://steamcommunity.com/id/drakymon/posthistory/](http://steamcommunity.com/id/drakymon/posthistory/)
Admittedly it comes off sort of trollspeaky at times but I'm fairly certain English is not his first language.
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I have updated the article, real shame developers have to deal with people claiming they are something they aren't.
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It's really childish to judge the game based on that a developer wrote a review on it. Especially if you're not even sure if it was a developer's review in the first place.
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It's really childish to judge the game based on that a developer wrote a review on it. Especially if you're not even sure if it was a developer's review in the first place.
You say childish, I say cautious. If people are going to buy something, they need to know it's a legit game and not some hunk of junk with developers fudging reviews. It's quite important.
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But the dev's review is just one review. If I'm not sure about the game. I just wait until a dozen or more reviews appear, it's not uncommon that a game has 100% positives out of 1-2 first reviews and then goes to 50% after more people give their opinion. So in my opinion it's good to write an article about a new game, share one's first impressions, give some opinion, but to center the article around the fact that a dev left the first review? Not really.
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But the dev's review is just one review. If I'm not sure about the game. I just wait until a dozen or more reviews appear, it's not uncommon that a game has 100% positives out of 1-2 first reviews and then goes to 50% after more people give their opinion. So in my opinion it's good to write an article about a new game, share one's first impressions, give some opinion, but to center the article around the fact that a dev left the first review? Not really.
As pointed out, the guy isn't even a developer, he's nothing to do with it other than doing a little bit of testing before release.
Yes, reviews do tend to level out after a few, but that's not the point.
We always point out when people do shady/stupid things, we always have, and always will. These are my first impressions, the first impression I got was someone claiming they are a developer writing up a completely bogus review.
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@Liamdawe: Could you change the title, people who don't bother to read the article may get the wrong idea.
I like the real dev :-)
If wanted to just get some money I would have made a kickstarter asking for 1 million dollars and then deliver a turd here, complete with 50 DLC packs, and then I would already have shilled the game with 100 fake reviews.
I like the real dev :-)
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PR guy of Minimon here (real one, I promise!). I'm here to hopefully clear the mess up once and for all.
I'm really sorry about the confusion caused by the overly enthusiastic fan that for some reason considered himself being part of the dev team. Even I'm not part of the development team as the game is made by Sergio Florés alone, aside from us occasional freelancers.
The person who claimed to be "Lead Level Designer" was an enthusiastic fan and the developer asked if he would like to do some community managing on Steam and then there were some talks about him PERHAPS helping out with level designing at some point. The developer prefers to design the levels himself though so no serious discussion about that was made yet.
To this day, the fan has not done anything other than provide feedback of the beta version and contributed in spreading lies about the game's features and claiming to be a developer. As far as I know, he is no longer doing community management. At least I hope not.
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Daniel
PR/Marketing for Minimon
I'm really sorry about the confusion caused by the overly enthusiastic fan that for some reason considered himself being part of the dev team. Even I'm not part of the development team as the game is made by Sergio Florés alone, aside from us occasional freelancers.
The person who claimed to be "Lead Level Designer" was an enthusiastic fan and the developer asked if he would like to do some community managing on Steam and then there were some talks about him PERHAPS helping out with level designing at some point. The developer prefers to design the levels himself though so no serious discussion about that was made yet.
To this day, the fan has not done anything other than provide feedback of the beta version and contributed in spreading lies about the game's features and claiming to be a developer. As far as I know, he is no longer doing community management. At least I hope not.
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Daniel
PR/Marketing for Minimon
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