Beast Quest Top Trumps Card Game

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Battle in the mythical world, tackling challenges through stunning landscapes and a plethora of side missions and objectives. Big-Pepsi yeah, back in the days of the NES, Nintendo only allowed the finest games to get their seal of quality!

The plot of Beast Quest mirrors that of the first four books in the series, with the player – cast as the hero of the series, Tom – looking to free the kingdom of Avantia’s legendary beasts from the curse they’ve been placed under by the dark wizard Malvel. Combat is an awkward combination of turn-based and real-time, with encounters triggered by wandering too close to creatures as you explore the rather limited levels. The Beast fights are much more interesting than the standard combat that becomes so tedious in the main areas of the game, and the Beasts themselves are suitably large and colourful; another relief after having to deal with so many generic enemies. With incredibly linear and sometimes confusing levels, painfully tedious combat and bland, dated-looking visual design, Beast Quest is a crushing disappointment when you consider the rich source of inspiration that the famous book series supplies.uk requires consistent care for the products we review, ensuring that our assessments are always accurate and up to date. With each book containing cards that can be used to play a sort-of Top Trumps-esque game and the general structure of the books even seeing the main character, Tom, level-up within the story (a very video game-like touch, we're sure you'll agree), it’s incredibly surprising that it took so long for a console title based on the books to appear – especially given the popularity of the series, with 18 million copies sold to date.

Beast Quest Ultimate Heroes is developed and published by Animoca Brands, the company that brought you Crazy Defence Heroes! Put aside your affection for Adam Blade's novels and just play one of the many other amazing RPGs on Switch instead. For starters, Beast Quest suffers from a lack of detail in environments and characters, with the world of Avantia – outside of the towns – feeling extremely lifeless and linear, with a problematic lack of variation, aside from visual differences, within each world. Gather every token and rely on your friends for help: you will need all your power when encountering evil Malvel.

Speaking of the books, this game was only ever going to appeal to those who have love for the kingdom of Avantia, and it's a real shame that after such a long wait for a video game adaptation of the series, those same dedicated fans have to endure this unflattering and lifeless adaptation. As far as I remember there was over 40 books in the series, a number which made it impossible to focus on creating quality books. Having first launched in 2007 with Ferno the Fire Dragon, the series has been going strong for twelve years and shows no signs of slowing down. For more information about the cookies and how you can manage or reject these please see our Cookies policy.

Progression is relatively straightforward and it's likely to take around six hours to finish the main quest of freeing the four Beasts, though this play time can be easily extended by taking on side quests – but whether or not you'll want to spend any more time than is necessary in the world of Beast Quest is another matter. Join Tom and Elenna in their quest through the land of Avantia in this new exciting pack of Beast Quest Top Trumps, as they discover the legendary Beasts and live exciting adventures. Once in combat, creatures take turns to attack Tom, with the player’s aim being to settle into a rhythm of dodging enemy attacks and striking back themselves. In Beast Quest Ultimate Heroes , you control Tom, the son of the legendary Taladon the Swift, as well as other heroes and Beasts to defend Avantia, defeat evil hordes of enemies, and ultimately free the enslaved Beasts from evil’s thrall.

There are extra powers, potions and even a special meter that fills up, at which point Elenna can assist with combat from afar with her bow. The main bosses of the game – the four eponymous Beasts – need to be tamed; this takes the form of a series of boss fights in each of the four main areas of the world. Join Tom and Elenna in their Quest through the land of Avantia in this new exciting pack of Beast Quest Top Trumps, as they discover the legendary Beasts and live exciting adventures. An evil wizard has enslaved the magical Beasts of Avantia, the fantasy setting of the Beast Quest series, a land rife with adventure, heroism, and magic. Enemy types become more interesting and a little more varied as further progress into the game is made, but combat remains an unfortunately tedious and drawn-out affair throughout.