Hands-On With Aniimo: A Live Service Monster Catching Game Blending Exploration and Battling
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Andrew Stretch
Summary
Aniimo is a new live service game blending open-world exploration with monster battling and collecting. Players take on the role of a Pathfinder—a scientist/researcher—who explores the island of Aniimo, capturing and befriending creatures to solve mysteries and progress further. The author got hands-on time with a high-level demo at SGF, experiencing the open-world battling and puzzle-solving elements of this monster-catching live service title.
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In Aniimo, you play as a Pathfinder, a mix of scientist and researcher who explores the main island, doing what they can to explore the island of Aniimo, capturing them, and befriending them to be able to explore further and tackle different mysteries.
We got our hands on Aniimo at SGF over the weekend and got to experience the open-world battling and puzzle-solving of the new live service title.
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