Doki Monsters: Quest

Doki Monsters Quest delivers a heartfelt blend of retro monster capturing, modern quality of life touches and a world packed with charm. While some elements feel very familiar and a few rough edges show through, the adventure remains warm,m colourful, and easy to sink into. It captures nostalgia while offering enough variety to keep the journey engaging.

If you’re like me, you probably grew up with a Game Boy Color back in the day and poured hours into 8-bit adventures. I fondly remember my time with games like Dragon Quest IV, Oracle of Ages and a few others. Back in those days, the technology wasn’t very sophisticated, so game design was much simpler and exploration wasn’t guided by nav points. It’s that kind of nostalgia that Doki Monsters Quest chooses to invoke. Memories of bygone days where game mechanics were explained in booklets rather than in the game itself. This philosophy of old meets new works to both Doki Monsters' benefit and its deficit.

But those are all expected and reasonable shortcomings. The game is nowhere near as big as other monster catching games and franchises, but it gets the job done. If you like this RPG subgenre, you’ll like Doki Monsters: Quest. If you grew up with RPG’s of the 1990’s, you’re also going to love the nostalgic feel. The game is definitely worth checking out.

While it has some modern convenience features, and its monster designs are original, this feels more like a clone than some of its peers

Fun monster capture game that pays homage to the Pokémon series