Nexomon: Extinction

Perhaps Nexomon: Extinction will always live in the shadows of the Pokémon series, but it has enough of its own personality to stand on its own two feet. Its world is beautiful, its story is humorous and captivating, and its budget price makes it an absolute steal. When you’re done with the Kanto and Galar regions and everything in between, you might find the world of Nexomon surprisingly charming.

Nexomon: Extinction features a great story and some unique changes to a familiar formula that both help and hinder the experience, making it something great for fans of the genre but not quite up to the level of a certain series.

A welcome follow-up to the 2015 mobile title, Nexomon: Extinction shows improvement in many aspects. Despite the title, the series is far from dying out!

Nexomon: Extinction adds a healthy, welcome dose of RPG style to its story, but can't, or won't, step out from the shadows of its inspirations.

There have been a couple attempts to explore the darker sides of Pokemon-likes. Monster Crown, which is in early access on PCs, gets dark, is violent, and embraces eldritch horror. On the other hand, we have Nexomon Extinction. It asks what happens when we have these monsters around, they’re actively hostile, and this means there is a war between monsters and humans. The answer is, we get a single-player game that both fun to play and quite clever.

Given the juggernaut success that is the Pokémon franchise, you would far more developers would try to create their own knockoff to try to capitalize on Pikachu’s success. Sure, we’ve had games like Monster Rancher and the Digimon Story franchise. However, they’ve done a pretty good job at trying to differentiate themselves from its obvious source of inspiration. They do so by offering unique collection mechanics, gameplay tweaks, and different overall vibes. Then there’s Nexomon: Ex...