Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys Review!
“Join Ricks throughout the multi-verse as they get swept up in the latest intergalactic craze: Morty training. Collect over 300 increasingly bizarre Mortys and challenge rival Ricks by forcing their grandsons to fight. Play offline in a single-player campaign or battle Internet strangers in multiplayer.
If you don’t have Pocket Mortys right now, your life is probably a husk of what it could be. Play Pocket Mortys.
Over 300 Mortys, including Wizard Morty, Cronenberg Morty, Skin Suit Morty, Pastry Chef Morty, and many more
Train and combine your Mortys to level them up and watch them grow.
Encounter your favorite characters like Bird Person, Mr. Meeseeks and more
Craft items and engage in tedious side quests and tournaments
Prepare your eyeholes for a lot more new, upcoming content”
Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys Links:
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rick-and-morty-pocket-mortys/id992640880?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turner.pocketmorties&hl=en_GB
Company: [adult swim]
Genre: RPG
Rated: 17+
Offers in-app Purchases
Gameplay
If you’ve ever seen Rick and Morty, you know what it is utterly brilliant so when I found out that Adult Swim has made a game based on the show – I was both excited and worried.
When it comes to games based on movies or TV shows, I haven’t had much luck. They’ve usually been cheaply made and are just a quick path to gaining some money.
But I was definitely surprised with Pocket Mortys and I’ll tell you why.
So to start with, when you enter the game, Rick and Morty are having a conversation about what Rick is inventing. He’s making the MortyPad. The MortyPad is for collecting stats on Mortys. When suddenly a portal opens up in the garage. Another Rick and Morty come through it and the other rick decides to put his Morty up against Morty in a battle that is very similar to Pokémon.
Once you’ve collected a few Mortys (the first being Scruffy Morty), you can pick which Morty you want to battle in the Switch tab, choose your attack from the Attack tab, put your health back up in the Item tab or just run from the match in the Run tab. Morty has outburst attack and Scruffy Morty has slam – as you go through the game you’ll be able to upgrade your attacks so they make bigger damage. The idea is to collect as many Mortys as you can and upgrade them so you’re the ultimate Morty Master.
Graphics
The graphics are very similar to the to the show’s minimum-effort, hand-drawn aesthetic. The overall graphics also remind me of Pokémon, but not the new 3D games, the old school design. They’re very smooth, colorful and clear.
I love the graphics and I’m pleased that not too much is going on. In some games, I often find that buttons overtake the screen and it’s hard to fathom what’s going on. But this game is perfect – everything is easily accessible and doesn’t lag at all.
Music
The music, as you can probably guess is a cross between Rick and Morty and a retro game. I love everything about it and it really does add to the overall aesthetic of the gameplay.
With sounds, Rick and Morty do have actual speaking parts instead of only having speech bubbles which I think is cool. Rick also likes to make a comment after a match whether you win or lose.
Controls
The control panel is very easy to follow. To move around the map, you just have to press the up, down, left and right buttons. When you’re near Morty, a store or something else you can pick up, you press the A button on the right-hand side of the screen.
Whilst battling, all you have to do is tap what you want to do, probably attack, and then tap the type of attack you want to perform. That’s it.
The Power of in-app Purchases
Blips and Chitz is the name of the store in Pocket Mortys. From here you can purchase coupons and they can be spent to win special prizes and access premium services!
- 5 coupons for £3.99
- 15 coupons for £9.99
- 40 coupons for £19.99
- 125 coupons for £48.99
- 300 coupons for £99.99
- The Pickle Pack – Pickled Morty, Pickle Rick for £9.99
You can also get Schmeckles but the only way to get these is by watching ads – which is very odd to me but great to those who don’t want to spend real money. With the Schmeckles, you can purchase Serum which heals 20 HP or a plutonic rock which adds 50% of AP to all attacks.
However, when you enter multiplayer mode you can purchase credits. Credits work the same as coupons:
- 5 credits for £3.99
- 15 credits for £9.99
- 40 credits for £19.99
- 125 credits for £48.99
- 300 credits for £99.99
- and of course, the Pickle Pack
You can purchase loads of characters for credits such as Phantom Rick, Deepthroat Rick, Tiny Rick, Teacher Rick etc. Most of these cost 10 credits.
In the items section, there’s also lots you can purchase:
- Morty Manipulator Chip for 500 Flurbos
- Serum for 250 Flurbos
- Poison Cure for 500 Flurbos
- Paralyze Cure for 500 Flurbos
- Plutonic Rock for 200 Flurbos
To gain Flurbos, like Schmeckles, you have to watch an ad.
The Verdict
Pocket Mortys is a great game, Rick and Morty fan or not. Which, by the way, if you haven’t seen it, you should. I love how the graphics are similar to the show’s and the characters are also voiced by Justin Roiland – again, like the show.
It’s fun, makes me feel nostalgic and what’s best is that you probably could get away with not making any in-app purchases. Hoorah!
If you decide to download Pocket Mortys, let us know what you think and if you agree or disagree with any of the things we said. Happy gaming and stay casual!
Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys Overall Rating: 4/5
iOS Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rick-and-morty-pocket-mortys/id992640880?mt=8
Android Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turner.pocketmorties&hl=en_GB
Company: [adult swim]
Genre: RPG
Rated: 17+
Offers in-app Purchases
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