I originally bought it on release for the Switch, but it is so much better on PC. It runs better, loads faster, and just a complete upgrade. It works much better on Steam Deck so don't bother unless you really need a portable version of this game (although I have not played the mobile version)

For the game, it's probably the best and most accessible in the DQM series. Finding, collecting, and synthesizing monsters is really fun. I like the seasons and weather system, it adds a lot of variety with monster spawns. Combat is well done. The whole traits/skills system feels a bit limited sometimes, but works. The scouting system works well, but it can get annoying sometimes. Once you start needing A tier and S tier monsters it can get to be a bit much, especially grandparent synthesis. I suspect you might be able to get by using lower tier monsters with higher tier spell sets, but I haven't tried that yet.

The only real complaint I have is it seems like the graphics are going more towards the newer Pokemon series. The monsters/models look great, but the shading tends to look pretty awful. The spell effects, general effects, and sound effects all are fantastic though. I think DQ11 graphics would work much better or at least just use a better shader for the game.

Edit: After beating all the story has to offer... it's very disappointing. I still recommend it on sale, but the campaign is not even the full story (barely even half way through the anime's story??). The main gameplay will end up being the randomly generated temple, but with the limited bosses and content, I see it getting stale pretty fast. I can't believe this was a full price release, it feels incomplete on a lot of different levels. I got enough out of it but the AI is so bad they can die and ruin an entire 30+ minute run because they just stood there in a bomb AOE that is easily avoided if you had control. You cannot control them fast enough to move them out manually.

It's worth it on sale in my opinion. The biggest elephant in the room is the story being mainly told through stills, audio clips, and drawings. It's definitely disappointing, but I highly recommend watching the anime and just skip the retelling here. However, the in-game cutscene recreations are fantastic and if they had done that for all the story nuances instead of stills it would be worth full price and make it a truly special experience and wouldn't be so polarizing.

The gameplay is very fun. I'm only early in, but the core loop is fun so far and everything feels good. You don't just mash buttons and the unique mechanics of the first three characters make them all play very differently and they're all fun.

I'm barely halfway through the anime and I'm planning to get through that before finishing this, but so far the game is faithful (if you ignore certain liberties they took to make the gameplay more fun). I was really hoping this would start with fighting the bad heroes at the beginning, but it's only told through stills and you don't get a real introduction to the monster island. It's also pretty limited in terms of exploration, I'm hoping this improves, but you kind of just get arena battles and small stages. I think the random generated dungeon stuff does make up for this though.

I'm expecting it to get better, but I like everything so far and everything was done well except the storytelling. It feels lazy in that regard, but gameplay-wise it is a great game if you want a hack-and-slash. I think Dragon Quest Heroes did this formula better, but if you want more of that kind of game then this is worth it.

Great game, very fun with a lot of different ways to play.

Bought it twice, great visuals and gameplay. A lot of options for different game types and multiplayer is still fairly active as of May 2025, crossplatform works great.

I really liked Stasis and Cayne but thought Bone Totem's multiple character mechanic would be too convoluted and annoying. I was so wrong and pleasantly surprised, I wish I picked it up sooner.

The story is great as always and has so much lore and world building. The gameplay is a lot more intuitive than I first thought and feels a lot more accessible than the previous games. I miss the old art style, but this is very well done and admittedly feels a lot better. Most puzzles are fun to figure out and solve and I like how there's some freedom with the order to do things between characters.

The only negatives I found are some stiff animations (not a huge issue for a small dev team) and a couple confusing areas/puzzles, but nothing is impossible to figure out.

If you like point and click games pick this up, I definitely recommend it.

Great game in the same vein as early Dragon Quest. Everything is well done and feels smooth. I like the simple graphics and music. It has a good amount of quality of life features that keeps if from being annoying while still keeping what's great about the early JRPGs. With more content (and possibly a party system) this game would be perfect.

More than worth it even in its current state. It feels like a lot of passion went into it so far.