Summary
Cassette Beasts, aPokemon-like game that released day one onXbox Game Pass, is getting a DLC expansion on October 4.Cassette Beastslaunched earlier this year to rave reviewsand is in fact one of the highest-rated new game releases of the 2023 so far. WhileCassette Beastsis also available on PC and Nintendo Switch, Xbox gamers are able to play the game without paying anything beyond their usual Game Pass subscription fee.
Cassette Beastsis very similar to Nintendo’sPokemonfranchise, but with some major differences that have helped it earn higher ratings than the recent main seriesPokemongames.Cassette Beastsoffers a bit of a stiffer challenge thanPokemon, it features many quality-of-life features compared to thePokemonseries, and it has a unique fusion mechanic that lets players combine nearly any two beasts in the game. On top of all that,Cassette Beastsalso has a co-op mode.
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The release of this DLC will increase the total number ofCassette Beastsmonstersto 141, which in turn means that the game will have 19,881 fusions available for players to discover. The sheer number of fusions inCassette Beastshas always been staggering, but the addition of the 12 new creatures in the DLC should make it all even more wild.Cassette Beastsfans will definitely want to experiment with some of the new monsters that spawn at Brightside Pier and see what fusions they can come up with.
The Pier of the Unknown DLC forCassette Beastsshould go a long way in bringingXbox Game Passfans back to the monster-catching game, but there’s even more to look forward to in the future. It was previously announced thatCassette Beasts’s popular co-op mode is getting expanded to include up to eight players online for raid battles. There’s no update yet on when fans can expect that particular feature, but Pier of the Unknown should keep them busy in the meantime.
