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If you feel like Pok\u00e9mon lacks any real contenders in the videogame arena, it’s possible you haven’t been paying attention. Monster Hunter Stories<\/a> is where it’s at if you ask me, but heavy hitters like Shin Megami Tensei<\/a> and Digimon Story<\/a> are constantly furnishing creature collector fans with new bangers. If you want to usher in the new year by dipping your toe into the scene, the latest Epic Games Store free game<\/a> is Cassette Beasts\u2014you can claim it here<\/a> until tomorrow, December 28.<\/p>\n

PC Gamer’s Lauren Morton wrote up impressions on the game<\/a> back in 2023 and called it “a pretty sick Pok\u00e9mon remix,” shouting out its nonstandard element types like plastic, glass, and glitter. Instead of taming wild animals, you transform into monsters you’ve “recorded” to cassette tapes.<\/p>\n

There’s also the fusion system, where any two monster forms can be mixed and matched to get new ones complete with original pixel art and a mashed-up name. It’s the sort of imagination kickstarter that should please fans of JRPG tactics and cozy gamers just here for the cool dudes alike.<\/p>\n

Even without all that, the addition of online co-op gives it a firm leg up over the genre’s biggest entrants, and the musical aesthetic (the battle UI is navigated via an in-game cassette player) gives it a flair all its own. Its last major update was earlier this year in April<\/a>, but it’s still pretty hopping for an indie tribute to Pok\u00e9mon: it just crossed the “over 1.1 million units sold” milestone in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The game is available for free on Epic Games Store until tomorrow, Dec. 28. If you’d rather keep your library on Steam but still want to take a look, it’s going for $7.99 until Jan. 5 on Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you feel like Pok\u00e9mon lacks any real contenders in the videogame arena, it’s possible you haven’t been paying attention. Monster Hunter Stories is where it’s at if you ask me, but heavy hitters like Shin Megami Tensei and Digimon Story are constantly furnishing creature collector fans with new bangers. If you want to usher in the new year by dipping your toe into the scene, the latest Epic Games Store free game is Cassette Beasts\u2014you can claim it here until tomorrow, December 28. PC Gamer’s Lauren Morton wrote up impressions on the game back in 2023 and called it “a pretty sick Pok\u00e9mon remix,” shouting out its nonstandard element types like plastic, glass, and glitter. Instead of taming wild animals, you transform into monsters…<\/p>\n

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