Let the Beast Hunt Begin! ^__^
Firstly, the gameplay. It can be pretty confusing at first, as you use something called the Beast Amulet, which allows you to toggle through Beasts of the four different elements in the game: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Each section holds three Beasts from each element and will attack on command from you. You can spin the Amulet at any time so that you are not left vulnerable to attacks by having a Beast in front of you at all times and to also utilize the enemy's weaknesses, such as Water Beasts are weak against Fire Beasts. Battling itself is simple: choose your element and press attack or use an item from your inventory. Simple, but it is a difficult and long process to get Beasts to such a strong level.
Exploring the forests leaves many players awestruck for what they have bought in to: majestic environments rich with unusual plant life and rich colours, as well as Beasts to match. All designs of this game are amazing works of art as they draw you in and make you wish that you lived in this world, as long as you didn't mind almost getting killed by savage Beasts of course.
The camera angle is never a problem of this game, as it pivots a full 360 degrees on command to give you any angle you wish to survey the area with, but you can sometimes get stuck on the graphics if you turn a corner slightly too early instead of just bouncing off it, which can be troublesome if you want to avoid a very powerful Beast heading your way. All-in-all, the gameplay is perfect.
The game is also a subtle mix of cut scenes and actual gameplay, which explains the storyline more and more with each passing second. By the end of the game, most people feel that they know the world and it's history inside out.
All the games' essential areas are based in the Temple, where you can hatch eggs, take up jobs from other Beasthunters to gain some extra cash and some reputation, the portal room to access the forests, and the arena to fight against other Beasthunters to gain reputation around them.
You gain your Beasts by exploring the forests and finding eggs. Take them to the Hatchery and you get a brand new Beast, but then you've got to train it. As it increases in level, it becomes progressively stronger and stronger, until it evolves into the next stage of development, but it isn't as easy as just raising it up through the levels: to reach the top evolutions, you must "merge" your Beasts. This basically merges two Beasts together to form one Beast which has become more powerful than the other two. Unfortunately, this starts again as a new Beast so you must raise it back through the levels again to evolve it again. Raise, Merge, Hatch, Repeat. This can take quite a lot of time, but the results are well worth it.
Usually, an RPG has quite good music, but I can't say that for this game unfortunately, as there is a lack of varying tunes. For each level of the forests, there is a different composition, but none of them are outstanding pieces of work, although they do send a chill down your spine is a particularly tense situation, as well as match the environment you are in. Whilst talking to important NPCs that help advance the storyline, the tune stays the same for each one, but seems to match the personality of who you are talking to. The battle theme also rares you up ready for combat.
So, as a quick summary: if you like RPG games and have a lot of time and patience to complete a very time-consuming game, then this is the game for you. If you aren't that type of person, it's still an amazing game, but you might get a bit bored after a while.