Monster Rancher EVO

"Along the way to becoming a more traditional RPG, EVO loses much of the Monster Rancher appeal."

"Trying to grow the concept of the Monster Rancher series is a fine idea, but an unbalanced system of monster upgrades, minimizing the core franchise concept of tournaments and skewing the difficulty level thanks to the "RPG-like" adventure stages isn't the best way to do it. Ultimately, the decision to try to meld a role-playing game with some of the older elements does a disservice to the franchise and to the game in general."