While not a terribly robust game, it still manages to make its predecessors look like a tech demo. A lot of the lulzy internet humor still remains but it's far and away the most genuinely written game in the series--characters that were once joke machines finally get some nice depth. The resource system feels significantly more well refined than before and feels far less like a frustrating shot in the dark, meeting a good balance between clear matters of inference and strategy but not to the point that you can exploit the game to overly slant your stats.
Not astonishing but a good place for the series to head--was very nice to score with Polly Geist one last time, and as implied above, the best written iteration of her too!
Not astonishing but a good place for the series to head--was very nice to score with Polly Geist one last time, and as implied above, the best written iteration of her too!
This is probably my favorite out of the Monster Prom games as the main focus isn't romance. I always liked the wacky hi-jinks in the past games so it's nice to have a game that's just that. I do wish you could have chosen different characters to ride with. While I like Scott and Polly, it would have been fun to be able to customize my entire crew. I loved the new playable moth character, Hazel.
Monster Prom (2018): Win a coin flip 10 times in a row for a chance at seducing Polly. (Someone said there’s like, Seven other love interests?? Pretty sure they were messing with me.) Should have had some mini games.
Monster Camp (2020): Win a coin flip 10 times in a row for a chance at seducing Aaravi. (People keep talking about all these other choices but??? I genuinely have no idea what they're talking about.) But no, Seriously, this would have Killed with some micro games, WarioWare style.
Monster Roadtrip (2022): A genuinely interesting digital board game, with tons of meaningful choices and some really fun writing; Can You Believe It! Doesn’t even need the mini games anymore.
(Still tho, how cool would it have been if the driving part was like Outrun?)
Monster Camp (2020): Win a coin flip 10 times in a row for a chance at seducing Aaravi. (People keep talking about all these other choices but??? I genuinely have no idea what they're talking about.) But no, Seriously, this would have Killed with some micro games, WarioWare style.
Monster Roadtrip (2022): A genuinely interesting digital board game, with tons of meaningful choices and some really fun writing; Can You Believe It! Doesn’t even need the mini games anymore.
(Still tho, how cool would it have been if the driving part was like Outrun?)
In my opinion, the best game Beautiful Glitch has put out to date. Main game is a hell of a lot of fun. There's an incredible cast of characters, both new and recurring. The scenarios are just as silly and zany as ever. The 'End of the Road' storyline was... something else, man. This is game's gonna stick with me for quite some time. Won't be fading away anytime soon...
I was very surprised by this game, After being fairly mid on the first two games I found myself really liking this game. Its focus more on the resource element and not the dating mechanic made me enjoy it way more. The game being less obtuse on what you need to get to the various endings also made it very enjoyable. I also found the writing to be the best of the three, while not always good it had the most enjoyable writing. I do wish it had more locations and the hitchhikers were a little less random ( I regret getting the player character as hitchhikers dlc pack since they are all I get now) but honestly not a huge issue. That is where I would end the review and give this game a 4 out of 5 but then I got to the End of the Road update stuff. I do not want to spoil anything that happens in it so I will just say while I saw the media do what it did better the way it happens and the way it took me totally off guard made it an amazing experience. The fact that these are characters by now you have grown close too makes the emotional stakes actually hurt a little. Of all games I did not expect the monster prom series to make me feel so sad and depressed, and for that I have to applaud the game and the people that created it. I am very curious on how MP4 is going to be now that this was such a turn in direction (in a positive way)