Monster Crown: Sin Eater

Nintendo LifeMitch Vogel

8/10

Go on, eat the sin cake

RPGamerAlex Fuller

Studio Aurum crafts a relentlessly oppressive world filled with violence and hundreds of wild monsters. With a diverse, wide array of creatures and spectacular presentation, Monster Crown: Sin Eater is a standout monster taming RPG.

Worth PlayingChris "Atom" DeAngelus

7.5/10

Hand-craft your team of perfect monsters and wage a one-man war against fate and the world in the Crown Nation! With a true crossbreeding system, every monster is entirely your own!

Nintendo World ReportAlex Culafi

7.5/10

Monster Crown: Sin Eater is the very definition of a “rough diamond.” I could name plenty of small-to-medium things that didn’t quite work for me in the 10 hours it took to reach credits, yet the look, feel, and sense of discovery make it stand apart from nearly every other indie monster collector I’ve ever played. If they make a Monster Crown 3 some day, it’ll really be something to watch.

GameBlastGustavo Souza

7.5/10

The new game in the series still repeats some past mistakes, but it holds its own with its combat mechanics and monster creation.

Push SquareRobert Ramsey

7/10

Monster Crown: Sin Eater surpassed our expectations — but then our expectations were misguided to begin with.

TheSixthAxisNic Bunce

6/10

To paraphrase Machiavelli (and that one guy in The Wire), when you come for the king, you’d best not miss. This is the problem inherent in Pokémon-likes — everything in the genre is measured against the 1997 classic. For good or ill, if your main monster isn’t at least as charming and memorable as a chubby yellow thunder mouse with red cheeks, your game isn’t going to get a look.