#cassette beasts spoilers

[positivelykirby]

What if I told you there was a crab so talented it was both a magician and train attendant. then what

[ratking-lyrr]

You just know a game's good if I'm making fanart for it, haha. I figured I'd draw a scene from Cassette Beasts that stuck with me a bit. I liked Meredith's story and personality the most out of all the partners.

[kozy4stuff]

What I expected from Cassette Beasts:

What I got:

[Transcript]

[First image: Me holding up a peace sign with a Candevil from Cassete Beasts.

Caption: Hanging with the bestie!]

[Second image: I stand in front of a giant shattered figure of a woman with floating hands.

Caption: There are Archangels in the subway stations]

[Third image: I have turned into a traffic cone.

Caption: I turned into a traffic cone to try and stop them]

[unpretty]

i was playing cassette beasts and hanging out with felix but then i stepped out of the cafe and there was an eldritch being floating in the town square so i turned around and went back into the cafe to get kayleigh

which i like to imagine looked a lot like this

except that i walked out with an artistic man, turned around, and then walked out again but this time with a woman wearing a beret

[dizzybelle]

Cassette Beasts rules, y’all

[wakraya]

I've been streaming Cassette Beasts, and I would DIE for Frankie.

[vixivulpixel]

The part 2 entries of the Cassette Beasts are usually a history lesson on their human origin, whether it be from mythology or invention, but then you get to the creatures that are blatantly references to other media and you have Binvader talking about the invention of the garbage bin and it's like. Yeah but this is also a Dalek. Y'aint slick.

[demispark]

[cantheykillmacbeth]

Kuneko from Cassette Beasts could kill Macbeth! She actually applies for all three criteria I think - she (gender clause) is the OC of one of the male characters back when he was a kid (parent clause), brought to life via...some kind of magic about art that I don't fully get but sure as hell isn't being traditionally born.

((You are so lucky I had already gotten to that part of the game before I received this ask otherwise you would have been found dead in Miami by now))

Yes, Kuneko from Cassette Beasts could kill Macbeth!

Being a childhood OC of Felix's that mysteriously came to life, she applies for all three Clauses!

Thank you for your submission!

[yakitori-queen]

"I've been called many things by your kind. Arthur, Alexander, Agamemnon... Alas, I am Aleph."

The King of Conquest as his many human disguises (i love Aleph's lore!!)

[positivelykirby]

Adore the flavor of creature collectors. You can go from the physical manifestation of human ideas and will, a parasite who'll change your body and mind from the inside out, to a fella with rad dance moves.

And they're all just a lil guy.

[enderbot-magic]

When the cassettes are beasts

[pthariensflame]

I have the best and stupidest idea for a team in Cassette Beasts.

Opening monsters:

A Fortiwinx named “Ground Control”

A Majortom named “Major Tom”

Others available:

A Galagor named “Tin Can”

A Pinbolt named “Check Ignition”

A Coaldron named “Engines On”

A Shining Kuneko named “God’s Love”

[lesbiannova]

In Defence of the Ending of Cassette Beasts

I may write a proper essay to elaborate my thoughts on this subject better, but for now, I want to state for the record that I actually like the ending of Cassette Beasts and I think it fits the story and theme of the game.

Yes, it is bittersweet, but it is not a bad thing. A story being happy, sad or bittersweet does not inherently make the ending good or bad; what matters is how well the ending is set up, and how thematically fitting the ending is to the story. In my opinion, the Cassette Beasts ending achieves both.

Cassette Beasts' story has set up from the very beginning that the player character's goal is to find a way to leave New Wirral, and that the people who are living in New Wirral, including all the player character's partners, came from different worlds, with no one knows how to go back to their world until the player character and their party do in the ending. It makes sense that the player character's party expect they may never see each other again, because the game never says if there is a way to contact with someone else from a different world.

Even if you choose to romance a partner, every single romance option points out that you may have to split up when you return to your own worlds during their conversation where you choose to commit a romance with them, but they all also state that despite that, the time you spent together still matters (see my video compilation of the partner romance scenes). Not to mention, every partner has their own life before arriving at New Wirral, and it is neither realistic nor healthy to expect them to give up everything they knew in their world just for one person, even if you are the protagonist. So it makes sense that you and your romance option do not stay together in the ending, but that does not mean there is no point in romancing them.

Morgante says outright during your final battle against Aleph Null that humans have the ability to manifest their will to alter reality, to change the world and themselves, to the extent even cassette tapes are merely talismans to channel that will, which is proven immediately after when the player fuse with all their partners even though their cassette player was broken. Kayleigh echoes Morgante's words in the ending when saying goodbye to the player character that they do not need cassette tapes to manifest their will to change the world. Combined with the partner characters' growth during their time with the player character, the game opens up the hope the party can take what they learn from their time in New Wirral to make their lives better. This is the game's another way to reaffirm that even though you and your partners' stay in New Wirral may not be permanent, it does not mean your time in new Wirral does not matter, and returning to your world does not necessarily mean returning to the status quo either.

Cassette Beasts' story is not a choice-driven narrative (which is not a bad thing since not every game needs to have one); even choosing to pursue a romance with a partner does not change the story and just add some additional dialogue when you rest and a few extra lines in the ending (which is a good thing because I dislike it when the story or a character's "best" ending is locked behind a romance), so I am fine with the lack of option for the player to not returning to their world. That said, there is also an argument to be made that you, the player, choosing to continue to play the game, including the post-game is deciding that you still want to stay in New Wirral. Even Ms. Amber says after you defeat Aleph Null and discover the gateway to leave New Wirral that you do not have to leave right away. In that sense, the game's ending also serves as your farewell to New Wirral as the player.

I do not know if liking the Cassette Beasts ending is an unpopular opinion, because there is a possibility that not liking the ending is a case of vocal minority, but they are still vocal enough that I am compelled to write this post to defend the ending.

[hiimhdere]

Cassette beasts.

so i have played cassette beasts about halfway through, so spoilers are inbound.

for reference on where i am, i have just punched capitalism in the face, and know where every captain i need to defeat is. I just want to share my thoughts about the game so far.

-Ramtasm is a good boy. -Kayleigh is the Kaede of this game and i think she's awesome. -SPITZFIRE. ENOUGH SAID. -Meredith is my favorite party member so far. -Whenever i see Mothmanic all i can think of is angry Leif from bug fables. -I FUCKING LOVE NOWHERE MONARCH. -honestly fuck Morgante i don't trust them. -i think buffy is hot ngl. -Heckahedron is just an angry 4d cube. -Cat-5 is such a good pun and i hate it. -Eugene's honest personality and borderline self-destructive actions have captivated me/j -where the FUCK is Averevoir -i want more Alice-type puzzles with the bigger/smaller mechanic.

and that's about it. i love this game so far and i cant wait to see what comes next hi i'm back and i have slightly more info. -Ms. Amber is also hot -fuck man, this game is weird during the archangel fights -three for three with gwen ALSO being hot. maybe i'm just horny idk I HAVE BEATEN THE GAME -meredith is still the best imo -gwen what the fuck -aleph null is significantly less cool looking than the sum of it's parts. -i'm sorry morgante i didn't mean it heuhfuabkbefuai -i kinda love babbelith -who is mordread? -WHO IS MORDREAD -the new ranger recruit is definitely a furry -I WANT SUNNY AS A PARTY MEMBER SO BAD ASDKFGJHUNGAD -i want to learn the lyrics -fuck you averevoir. -i still have not beaten gwen for her afinity with being random is annoying. -i now have a gun T-Rex -i had this really weird dream that there was another hard to record beast, that looked like a brown otter badger. it was an earth type, and it's name was '???'

[moth-surface]

This fusion system sure does come up with some interesting names