I'd had my eye on Monster Crown for a while, but thought it looked... rough, so I kept holding off. I grabbed it in the current Humble Bundle and woof. It's as bad as I feared.

It's buggy. The presentation is bad. The combat somehow manages to be a notably worse version of Pokemon. The writing isn't good. The monster designs are more miss than hit for my taste.

I'm big on small indie games and can put up with a lot of jank if I can find a half decent reason to do so, but the only appealing thing here is the breeding system. Unfortunately, breeding monsters becomes much less exciting when you don't like the designs or combat. It's too bad, I really wanted to enjoy this one.