I Played 5 Pokemon-likes So You Don't Have To! | Gnoggin 

I hope you like this! I have nearly 100 more of these to play. Should I continue this series?

Monster legends has become almost like a netflix series because of all the sagas and stories

That's how Animorphs gets ya: one minute you're looking at a cool cover where some kid turns into a hawk, the next you're reading some Kafkaesque existential dread with a dash of body horror and intergalactic war crimes. Loved the series as a kid! :D

After they introduced Mythical monsters in Monster Legends, multiplayer matches became an absolute nightmare to those who didn't have any Mythicals and everything else battle-wise became stupidly easy.

Thank you so much for featuring Grimmlins Tale, Lockstin! Your kind words especially for all of the design mean a lot coming from a creative designer like yourself! For anyone who doesn't know, Grimmlins Tale is a mostly solo developed project so far. I've been at it for almost 2 years now working myself as hard as I possibly can. But it's truly awesome and rewarding to see my game played by a big, creative, fun youtuber like Austin, even if it's just in its humble demo state for now. I definitely got a few laughs out of some of the stuff from the other games too. And supporting Coromon is always good for the genre. Great work, man!

I used to play monster legends so much when I was younger, never spent any money on it though. I stopped playing because of 3 reasons: the waiting times were ridiculous, taking multiple days for anything to happen; the PvE became absurdly difficult because every fight was pretty much a boss battle; and everyone starting using cheats to hack in the strongest monsters and items because nobody wanted to grind or give them money, so PvP became nearly impossible for a kid who didn't know how to do any of that.

I remember Monster Legends. In the words of the Stormcloaks: "The waiting. The insufferable waiting." There was a game called Monster Galaxy that I really loved. I wonder if that's still around.

Thanks for covering the monster taming genre Lockstin!

Very reminiscent of IronPineapple's series on Souls-like Steam dumpster diving, and I'm totally here for the Pokemon version of the idea. I'd definitely watch this as a regular series!

Wow, Coromon looks pretty legit. I hope this becomes a series, because I've love to see Nexomon on here!

Grimmlins is the most interesting for me. I'm a big fan of fairy tales, myths, and legends so this is right up my alley. I'll probably look into it more in the future once it's complete.

As someone who watches a lot of Gym Leader Ed, I can't help but wanna call these games Monster Taming games help to give them a bit of separation from Pokemon, but it genuinely makes me happy to see you exploring them and I'd love to see more of this series.

Coromon and Monster Sanctuary are probably the only 2 pokemon-likes that i actually think are legit good game. One is a bit simple but the presentation is great, the other is a bit basic in the visuals but the combat system is very good

Never though i'd see Gnoggin playing Monster Legends

to this day I still wish Spectrobes caught on enough to still be a thing, some of those designs were pretty dang cool

At first, I thought Grimmlins Tale would just feel like an awkward fusion of SMT and Pokemon, but no that actually seems pretty cool While it definitely seems a bit hollow for now, it's a Kickstarter demo, I'm not gonna complain on that

Monster Legends lore: Apparently heavy from what I've heard Monster Legends gameplay: *Almost a Pokeclone*

"What's weak to Cut, Electric?" Ah, good old Mega Man logic...

Coromon gets points because it looks like they're putting effort into it. The Animorphs one was just a cash grab. Gremlintale: Aww look, it's also breath of the wild. Lol.

Please, more of this. Not just the comedy but the analyses of the games was also really entertaining.

Grimmlins Tale looks interesting with their idea, I like the fact of the "monster" being able to talk and stuff like in Digimon, even tho that can lead with weird stuff if not careful because would be weird to treat them like animals like in other monster collecting games... Plus depeding on the way that is handle can be weird having multiple of the same monster, I mean I would personally feel weird because I do care about worldbuilding XD

Haven't played Monster legends for years. Damn this game changed a lot... And not necessarily for the better. I definitely remember it's artworks being more interesting.

Grimmlins is the definite highlight for me. I like that it has a more defined theme for its character and monster design, and the fighting system sounds rad. I hope it gets a full release.

I played Monster Legends for like 5 years, the monster designs are really really great, and the game became super complex with all the new monsters they keep realeasing, buuuut its a ultra heavy pay to win, and even play to have the chance to use this super meta-breaking monster, i miss playing it, but it was for the best

Haflambé is actually such a good Pokémon name

Grimmlins tale looks amazing especially when you consider the fact that this is pre alpha demo!! I really hope they get more funding since the concept is very cool and I’m looking forward to playing the full version in the future

Grimmlins Tale is eye-catching to me. I hope it could expand on the trainer's own fighting capabilities.

Omg please do a grimmlins tale video explaining the meaning of each of the fairy tale guys. Im OBSESSED with fairy tales and fairy tale parodies so I would love to see all the references

I played the ever-loving s*** out of Monster Legends when I was little. It was pretty fun, and I never spent a penny on it.

ultramon fight is clearly a masterclass of video game design. we should all take notes

Would actually love a full series of this. I've been wanting to find a GOOD Pokemon-like and if you play them so I don't have to, even better. Full support on this one 👍

12:06 Zapdos followed by Lapras

monster legends is a great game and i used to play a LOT back in the day.

I remember Animorphs. Read a few of the books as a kid. The one I remember the most is the girl turning into a Dolphin. I always thought it would be so cool to be one myself sense I love swimming a lot. ^_^

That Animorphs game has one of the funniest GDQ runs I've ever seen. It's well worth a watch and definitely the best thing to come out of that game.

I like that you showed a couple of promising ones along with the knock-offs, blatant rip-offs, and DragonVale clone.

4:28 well actually a Coromon Perfect is a 1/3194 chance,What you are seeing rn is a weaker,less rare version of shinies:Potents(92/3194 chance) 4:42 Actually There is a guy who quizes you on the game in the second floor(left) of the library which gives you a weak XP share, but you get a better one later too!

Animorphs: you tried Coromon: Pretty good, but could use a bit more fleshing out Grimmlin's Tale: Looking good so far, but a lot of work still needs to be done Ultramon Fight: Cease and Desist Monster Legends: -Just garbage- Apparently it was good back when it first launched, but now it's typical P2W garbage.

the fact Pokemon fans decided to attack palworld and not all of these really says something

A good monster catcher series I would recommend is Shin Megami Tensei. It wouldn't work for this series because the shortest games are still over 20 hours but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

You should give Fossil Fighters a chance it's a good monster Taming game if you love dinosaurs highly recommend.

I'm a sucker for monster legends It's one of the first mobile games I loved when I got a school ipad, looking back on it, it's definitely a pay wall

If you’re looking for another Pokémon-like game, there’s Loomian legacy. Despite being on roblox, it is very well made, even if it’s not complete yet

I remember playing Monster Legends back when I was in high school. I still can’t believe it’s still going.

I use to actually love playing monster legends a couple years back I got fairly addicted but then they introduced like them mythics and it just got more and more pay to win where I couldn’t keep up and I didn’t really feel like it so I ended up just deleting it

I had an idea of making a Pokemon-like game as a kid. I'm sure most of us have at some point, but these make me think it might be possible.

Grimmlins Tale really scratches that itch left on my heart by Kameo years ago! Down to the fairy tale aesthetic, just punching enemies as a human and summoning monsters to help you (reminiscent of the unreleased game cube version), also did you say a riding mechanic?! I'm so hyped for it!

You should totally check out Monster Hunter Stories 1 or 2. Either or, honestly. Both are fantastic games

Tbh Monster Legends DOES have some really stupid designs for the first couple hundred monsters in the monstagram and it's kinda funny. If you want to play a game of 'spot the difference', then compare Thunder Eagle (really good name btw) with Zapdos. Rope your friends in too if you want. It's definitely gotta do something with how the game was original on Facebook since like the early 2010's. Fortunately, the designs are a lot more creative now (most of the time) and are pretty dope. As for the names though.... Uhh... Not as much. *cough* Slab *cough* I'm definitely interested in a couple of the games, mostly Coromon and Grimmlins Tale, and I honestly never heard about them until now. They seem pretty damn cool. Thanks Mr.Pokétuber for the video.

I remember Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker on the DS being pretty good. Definitely worth looking into if you decide to make another video on this topic.

This was fun. I’m legitimately interested in trying coromon, and I plan on following grimmlins tale to see how it goes because it has a lot of potential. If you do another one of these you should try nexomon or its sequel nexomon: extinction. The former is a mobile game with a lot of the shortcomings of a mobile game but it’s still fun with a full story. The latter is a full game and it’s a little simple but I enjoyed it a lot when I played it, it’s on the switch so it still has the benefit of being mobile

12:06 that's just Zapdos. 12:07 that's just Lapras. 12:16 that's just a fricking panda! Also the Grimmlins game seems pretty good, reminds me of Legends Arceus

A day when Gnoggin uploads is always a good day

You should do a yo-Kai watch video

Plz continue the series, great idea, I love seeing these kind of content and Pokemon-Likes are so difficult to do it right it makes for such a fun content. Also I saw the use of Workemon in the intro and laughed a lot. How could I forget this game existed it is actually funny for the first couple hours (though it gets repetitive)

I love the concept of "workemon" where you catch employees for your company and treat them horribly for profit, but it gets unplayable a few hours in because of the micro transactions.

12:07 12:05 what the hell those are literaly just Zapdos and Lapras

Actually, the kids turning into animals thing is tertiary in Animorphs. The alien invasion is secondary. Animorphs' primary topic is the abject horror of war and how easily average people (particularly those who become soldiers) turn into monsters because of war (there's literally a point in the later books where the main characters argue over whether they should not-alive a massive number of the slug aliens on a transport ship by flushing them into space when said aliens were completely incapacitated and helpless at the time).

a long time ago there was a fame called mighty monsters(bland name i know) and it was what got me into pokemon, because it went away after a good few tears and i was searching desperately for a replacement. i still remember the joy i had playing that game

You didn't even acknowledge the monsters that literally looked like Zapdos and Lapras in 12:06 lolololol

The electric bird from monster legends is literally zapdos

You should check out Monster Sanctuary, it's one of my favorite monster collectors. It has a so much variety and the battles are tough! Wish it had a mobile port. :D

Man your fakemon concept was probably the best one i have seen. Please do another one or more fakemon concept cus it was sooooo good

If you're going to continue this series, you should look for "Min Hero: Tower of Sages". It's an old flash game that I remember enjoying a lot. Also another game that would be more of a stretch is Monster Hunter Stories 1 and 2. Fun series, already improving quickly.

9:20 When your mom sees a Pokémon

that "firerilla" in the Monster Legends section is literally just called "Firekong". Also I have seen this game, it is very p2w heavy

Animorphs is also allegedly about the horrors of child soldiers, complete with: -High levels of trauma -Child deaths

I’m drooling over the wait for Palworld personally. I truly cannot wait for it

Please, please, please continue this series! (The exclamation point denotes excitement, not demandingness).

This was great. I wish it were longer, but I love the ones you chose. That fairy tale games looks really promising.

Hello!! I was gonna say, Coromon has EXP Share but it's like the early Pokémon one. You can only use it on One Extra Pokémon. The items name is Lazy Gem or Sloth Gem. Thank you for the wonderful video btw :)

i remember playing a flash game called coromon a few years ago and really liking it, iirc it seemed pretty work in progress-y, i obviously cant check anymore because flash player doesnt exist but im glad to see it got a pretty good looking non-flash remake

I would love for this series to continue!

That Cheshire Cat in Grimmlin Tales looks dope I think I'll check it out.

I grew up in the 2010s, but a few Animorphs books were in my school library. I read one, got hooked, and slowly forgot about them as they were no longer accessible for me.

That image of the fire monkey in your thumbnail sent me all the way back to my childhood lmao.

4:42 Actually There is a guy who quizes you on the game in the second floor(left) of the library which gives you a weak XP share, but you get a better one later too!

Grimmlins Tales is so original and has so much potential! I hope it hits the stretch goals so the dev can put in his all into it!

I’ve seen the Monster Legend game so many times in RU-vid ads across the decades. Thank you for confirming my every thought on the game. Hope you get around to proving the same thing about the EverTale game I keep seeing in my ads

I thought this was an Iron Pineapple upload for a second 😂 Happy to see that you're also a fan. Would love to see more vids like this

EvoCreo. One of the few I've played that has (or had when I played); No Microtransactions. An actual story. Felt like a pokemon game.

Didn't Monster Legends make a bunch of RU-vidr Monsters? I would've loved to have seen your reaction to that. Also some of those were Zapdos and Lapras ripoffs weren't they...

0:28 animorphs my beloved... i loved that series when I was younger. It's probably where my fascination for mind-control/posession stories came from.

I used to play Monster Legends back in 2013-2016, when Legendary status monsters where quite rare and the meta could still be played with epic and rare rank monsters. I never spend money on the game, but I have to admit most of my grind game was on it´s sister game Dragon City, who I last visited on 2021. While I have to admit that Monster legends holds more creative designs, cause dragon city basically put themselves in a corner with their dragon-only creatures limit; it´s mostly a heavy grind game, with the high level and useful monsters taking about 52 hours, plus the food grind and almost any other resource being really hard to obtain by grinding.

I would really like to see more of these kind of review videos.

Would love to see you cover other monster tamers! Check out Gym Leader Ed, he covers monster-taming games exclusively on RU-vid

that ultramon fight game has shown up so many times with different names, but i downloaded it once some years ago and despite its low quality and barely any thoughtfulness gone into it, i was like easily addicted to it. played the hell out of it until it was deleted for a short while and could never find it again

I got a nostalgia hit when watching this video because there was this mobile game about 10 years back that I LOVED when I was younger called Geomon. It was a creature collecter game where the main gimmick was that the types of creatures you could find/catch were based on your physical location and time of day irl (very much like an early Pokemon Go before it was a thing). Almost all of the creatures were based on mythological creatures and cryptids. Although the designs weren't exactly unique, as most of the creatures were almost literally just a more magical/elemental version of said mythological creature or cryptid, the designs were really well drawn. There was micro-transactions but they were fair and not necessary to progress/play the game. They also had their own kind of shinies, but there were a ton for each creature and even some of the more rare/special creatures got a full re-skin/re-design as their "shiny". And you could find all of these shinies/re-skins in game and didn't have to pay for them. There was even a trading forum where you could trade geomon with other players, which also helped you get some of the monsters that you couldn't get otherwise cause they were region-locked to another country. The saddest thing happened though; I dont remember what the reason was (most likely just poor funding) but out of nowhere they announced that they were shutting down the servers for the game in a week, and there was a big in-game event where essentially the apocalypse happened, and you had to say goodbye to all of your Geomon. I was so sad when it happened, but the devs handled it pretty well all things considered. It's kinda weird because there's a facebook page for the game that's still "active" as every year someone (must be a previous dev) designs and posts a new Geomon based on the Chinese Zodiac animal of that year. It was an awesome game, and I wish it was still around.

6:35 the among us cookie

Temtem, and Nexomon are both great! Feel free to check them out Coromon and monster sanctuary are pretty good too

Nexomon: Extinction is another example, which is on PS4 and Switch. I haven't played a lot of it tbh, but it shows promise for what it is

I liked monster legends as a kid. Though yeah there’s a lot of waiting involved. It has some neat monster designs. I really like Drop Elemental. I think it’s a neat spin on a water elemental.

Please make a series out of this, i REALLY wanna watch you play Loomian Legacy

See that coromon is in this video. Been curious because it's hitting Switch soon. Also curious of nexomon. They're currently on switch but waiting for the 2 pak physical copy 👀

Grimmlins Tale reminds me a lot of the way the manga does pokemon battles, where it's more like a chess match, with the trainers being the King. You can win by slowly taking out the enemy pokemon OR you could knock out the trainer/force them to concede

Love how coromon has a built in randomizer and nuzlocke rules you can set

I'd love to see more videos like this one.

Holy crap, Workémon! I loved that one, it was the perfect amount of depressing and addicting!

I re-read animorphs this year and I CANNOT BELIEVE that it was written for kids. That was a book series with the moral "there are no winners in war". Literally most of its main characters die gruesomely by the end. It's my favorite book series of all time its so good

I’m so unbelievably happy Iron Pineapple inspired this series, please continue it!! This is gonna be a fun one :D