Really promising, fairly polished alpha that shows a lot of potential in terms of what the full game will be. The level of challenge feels just right, mix of 2v2 and 1v1 battles keeps things varied and fresh, monster designs and general art style is quite nice too. It honestly feels like the Pokémon MMO that fans have been waiting some time for now, especially in terms of how this game handles online matchmaking and trading in a lobby-esque system vs. Sword & Shield's weird Y-Comm/stamp system that barely works half the time. If they allow for cross-play when the full release with console ports come out and add a few more features to improve the variety of gameplay interactions, they could really be onto a winner here.

Only thing I will say however is that they're currently running the game off what feels like a pretty small server, so be ready to queue for a while during peak times. Also be prepared to disconnect a lot right now, and probably be prepared for any character data you accrue during these stages to eventually be wiped closer towards full release (this is an actual Alpha after all).

Also, there's no EXP share for your party so be ready to grind each of your caught Temtems to get them all up to appropriate level.

That said though, at least this game's got actual attack and movement animations.

Really promising, fairly polished alpha that shows a lot of potential in terms of what the full game will be. The level of challenge feels just right, mix of 2v2 and 1v1 battles keeps things varied and fresh, monster designs and general art style is quite nice too. It honestly feels like the Pokémon MMO that fans have been waiting some time for now, especially in terms of how this game handles online matchmaking and trading in a lobby-esque system vs. Sword & Shield's weird Y-Comm/stamp system that barely works half the time. If they allow for cross-play when the full release with console ports come out and add a few more features to improve the variety of gameplay interactions, they could really be onto a winner here. Only thing I will say however is that they're currently running the game off what feels like a pretty small server, so be ready to queue for a while during peak times. Also be prepared to disconnect a lot right now, and probably be prepared for any character data you accrue during these stages to eventually be wiped closer towards full release (this is an actual Alpha after all). Also, there's no EXP share for your party so be ready to grind each of your caught Temtems to get them all up to appropriate level. That said though, at least this game's got actual attack and movement animations.