History YMMV / Temtem

* DancingBear: The game was launched in early access during a period of heavy dissatisfaction among the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanbase concerning the state of the series: from the [[TaintedByThePreview early controversy]] surrounding ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' placing a strict restriction on the Mons available for use, to the underwhelming quality of said game upon release. In addition to its superb timing, ''temtem'' also had [[https://temtem.fandom.com/wiki/Platypet Platypet]], a popular "Fakemon" that they got the rights to use in their game. ''temtem'' saw tens of thousands of players in early 2020, but activity soon fell drastically as many ''Pokémon'' fans who approached ''temtem' as a replacement found it too different mechanically to truly serve as one. The game does continue to see temporary spikes in players whenever a new island gets released, however.

* DancingBear: The game was launched in early access during a period of heavy dissatisfaction among the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanbase concerning the state of the series: from the [[TaintedByThePreview early controversy]] surrounding ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' placing a strict restriction on the Mons available for use, to the underwhelming quality of said game upon release. In addition to its superb timing, ''temtem'' also had [[https://temtem.fandom.com/wiki/Platypet Platypet]], a popular "Fakemon" that they got the rights to use in their game. Activity in ''temtem'' would peak during the early months of the ''Pokémon'' controversy, but soon fell drastically as many ''Pokémon'' fans who approached ''temtem' as a replacement found it too different mechanically to truly serve as one. The game does continues to see temporary spikes in players whenever a new island gets released, however.

* DancingBear: The game launched in early access during a period of heavy dissatisfaction among the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanbase concerning the state of the series: from the [[TaintedByThePreview early controversy]] surrounding ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' placing a strict restriction on the Mons available for use, to the underwhelming quality of said game upon release. In addition to its superb timing, ''temtem'' also had [[https://temtem.fandom.com/wiki/Platypet Platypet]], a popular "Fakemon" that they got the rights to use in their game. Activity in ''temtem'' would peak during the early months of the ''Pokémon'' controversy, but soon fell drastically as many ''Pokémon'' fans who approached ''temtem' as a replacement found it too different mechanically to truly serve as one. The game does maintain a loyal following, however, and continues to see temporary spikes in players whenever a new island gets released.

* DancingBear: ''temtem'' was notable due to launching in early access during the [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. [[FollowTheLeader Despite there being many games that follow Pokémon's lead]], ''temtem'' was an {{MMORPG}} that not only catered to older fans of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' but also had Platypet, which came from a hoax claiming to have a design of the upcoming Pokémon. Notably, activity in ''temtem'' peaked during the controversy but soon fell drastically, only spiking temporarily whenever a new island gets released.

* DancingBear: ''temtem'' was notable due to launching in early access during the [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. [[FollowTheLeader Despite there being many games that follow Pokémon's lead]], ''temtem'' was an {{MMORPG}} that not only catered to older fans of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' but also had Platypet, which came from a hoax claiming to have a design of the upcoming Pokémon. Notably, activity in ''temtem'' peaked during the controversy but soon fell drastically, only spiking temporarily whenever a new iland gets released.

* ScrappyMechanic: Breeding is a bit of a mess. If you want a temtem with the exact traits and abilities you want, be prepared to do a huge amount of grinding and money spending, since nearly everything about what a new temtem inherits is completely random. Also, a temtem can only be bred a fixed number of times, with offspring inheriting their parents' fertility value (meaning that the offspring of a parent that becomes sterile upon breeding will be sterile itself), and the various "Telomere Hack" items that can be used to adjust a Temtem's stats also lower fertility.

* DancingBear: ''temtem'' was notable due to launching in early access during the [[TaintedByThePreview controversy]] of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. [[FollowTheLeader Despite there being many games that follow Pokémon's lead]], ''temtem'' was an Main/MMORPG that not only catered to older fans of ''Franchise/Pokemon'' but also had Platypet, which came from a hoax claiming to have a design of the upcoming Pokémon. Notably, activity in ''temtem'' peaked during the controversy but soon fell drastically, only spiking temporarily whenever a new island gets released.

*** Nessla has a special trait called Electric Synthesize, which heals it if hit by an electric move. The best part is that Nessla is also a Water/Electric temtem, giving it a reasonable amount of damage potential. Considering that the temtem trainers never check for the traits, it's possible to defeat Max's Oree and Dr. Hamijo's Zaobian by sending a combo of Ganki/Gazuma and Nessla, and then spamming Chain Lightning at temtem that are weak to electric, without the worry of being damaged by electric moves.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the stylized look, ''temtem'' has enough occasional bits of swearing, references to alcohol, and other more mature topics to make it clear the game is targeting an older audience. Much of the dialog also touches on some more adult subject matter that would go over a younger player's head, like Professor Konstantinos being a college professor rather than a labcoat-wearing scientist. Admitely this is mostly a case of ValuesDissonance, since in its native Spain most of these elements don't raise an eyebrow in kids media.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the stylized look, ''temtem'' has enough occasional bits of swearing, references to alcohol, and other more mature topics to make it clear the game is targeting an older audience. Much of the dialog also touches on some more adult subject matter that would go over a younger player's head, like Professor Konstantinos being a college professor rather than a labcoat-wearing scientist.

** Barnshe is another Temtem that is encountered frequently throughout the earlygame. It has pretty good stats, especially for the earlygame, hits absurdly hard with Wind Burst and later Hypoxia further amplified by its Air Specialist trait, has access to Bamboozle to force you to waste a turn, and resists both Wind and Neutral which are probably your main attacking types during the first island. The only thing stopping it from being totally overwhelming is its double weakness to Electric Temtem like Ganki, which you'll most likely be using anyway because of how good it is earlygame. Barnshe also becomes a lot more manageable after the first island when the player is likely to have a more diverse team.
** Sparzy isn't as prolific as Ganki or Barnshe, but like Ganki, it has the Electric type which is very strong early-game, and like Barnshe has rather good stats compared to what the player has access to early-game. It also has the Last Rush trait, which boosts its damage output significantly if the player's Temtem outnumber the NPC tamer's Temtem (which will be frequently), and its primary attack, Tesla Prison, lowers the target's speed on hit, so even if you can tank the attack, it will be that much harder to get a hit in before you get smacked again. It can also use the Psychosis technique to inflict Doom, guaranteeing that your Temtem will faint in 4 turns.

*** There's also a sub-group of fans of ''Pokémon'' fangames (especially those of fan [=MMOs=] like ''Crater'' and ''Revolution Online''), who may see ''temtem'' as better than the most recent main-series games but still worse than a well-made fangame (as of Summer 2020, most of the game's story content has not dropped, and the Temtem 'dex is still not complete — compare to ''Revolution Online'''s roster) — and far more expensive as well.

*** Nessla has a special trait called Electric Synthesize, which heals it if hit by an electric move. The best part is that Nessla is also a Water/Electric temtem, giving it a reasonable amount of damage. Considering that the temtem trainers never check for the traits, it's possible to defeat Max's Oree and Dr. Hamijo's Zaobian by sending a combo of Ganki/Gazuma and Nessla, and then spamming Chain Lightning at temtem that are weak to electric, without the worry of being damaged by electric moves.

*** The Fire and Nature-type varieties of Koish are also considered game-breakers. Koish is a Water Temtem that can have any secondary type, which is determined upon capture, and the different varieties each have slightly different move lists. All Koish can have the trait Synergy Master, which gives a 25% damage boost to the user or its ally when using a synergy technique. The Fire-type Koish is by far the best user of the aforementioned Quetza-leño thanks to its Water typing threatening the Earth Temtem which threaten the other Quetza-leño users, as well as threatening the other Quetza-leño users itself. Fire Koish was already strong upon its introduction, but was actually ''buffed'' in the Cipanku update, in which it gained Lava Wave, which is essentially a Quetza-leño that synergizes with Water Temtem instead of Neutrals. Nature Koish isn't as oppressive as its fiery sibling, but its Water-Cutting Lily technique still hits rather hard when used alongside a Water ally, with Babawa being a popular partner thanks to it also knowing WCL.

** Joking that ''temtem'' is, in fact, Franchise/{{Digimon}}[=/=]Franchise/YuGiOh[=/=]Franchise/YoKaiWatch[=/=]VideoGame/MonsterRancher[=/=]Franchise/DuelMasters[=/=](insert MonsSeries here)

** Crystal Skates Crystal Skates Crystal Skates [[labelnote:Explanation]]As of the early access release, players lose the Crystal Skates item that leads to several useful areas and items as part of the story, and then the available story content ends before you get them back. The amount of players asking for it eventually lead to the devs telling players that a Tateru dies each time they ask. Cue players spamming it repeatedly.[[/labelnote]]

* ScrappyMechanic: Breeding is a bit of a mess. If you want a temtem with the exact traits and abilities you want, be prepared to do a huge amount of grinding and money spending, since nearly everything about what a new temtem inherits is completely random.
* SurpriseDifficulty: In spite of how cutesy it looks and how casual most other creature collecting games are, ''Temtem'' pulls absolutely no punches. Enemy Tamers are consistently at or above your level, and provide a serious challenge right from the start.

* TearJerker: Now has its own [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TearJerker/Temtem page]].

** Sparzy isn't as prolific as Ganki or Barnshe, but like Ganki it has the Electric type which is very strong earlygame, and like Barnshe has rather good stats compared to what the player has access to earlygame. It also has the Last Rush trait which boosts its damage output significantly if the player's Temtem outnumber the NPC tamer's Temtem (which will be frequently), and its primary attack, Tesla Prison, lower's the target's speed on hit, so even if you can tank the attack, it will be that much harder to get a hit in before you get smacked again. It can also use the Psychosis technique to inflict Doom, guaranteeing that your Temtem will faint in 4 turns.
** Cycrox is a bit different from the above Temtem as it is exclusively encountered lategame; however, its trait Neurotoxins makes its primary attack Wastewater no longer inflict poison, instead inflicting 4 turns of doom, basically turning its main attack into a damaging, 0-hold Psychosis.
* FandomRivalry: Unsurprisingly, ''temtem'' vs. ''Pokemon'' is a hot-button debate.
** A lot of ''temtem'' fans and supporters are those disgruntled by [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks what they feel is a lack of innovation]] from the ''Pokémon'' series, combined with the controversy over the removal of Pokémon in ''Sword and Shield''. The fans cite features - such as a full-region MMO (unlike ''Sword and Shield'' and its Wild Area, which limits most MMO features to briefly interacting with other players and seeing other players traveling through the world), removing the [[LuckBasedMission critical hits, missed attacks, and debuffs that can shift a multiplayer game into another's favor]], and the responsiveness of the developers to rebalances and bug reports — to be a big plus over ''Pokémon''.
** ''Pokémon'' fans believe it's just a straight ripoff lacking the features that make it ''truly'' a MMO (in early access, has yet to implement global chat, player-versus-player battling is encouraged to be an endgame activity, no co-op ''yet''), see ''temtem'' as overly grindy compared to Pokémon's streamlined endgame, feel that the changes to the meta don't set it apart from ''Pokemon'' enough, and cite the designs as lacking in being iconic like the original generations of Pokémon that have been ingrained in pop culture.
*** There's also a sub-group of fans of ''Pokémon'' fangames (especially those of fan [=MMOs=] like ''Crater'' and ''Revolution Online''), who may see ''temtem'' as better than the most recent main-series games but still worse than a well-made fangame (as of Summer 2020, most of the game's story content has not dropped, and the Temtem 'dex is still not complete - compare to ''Revolution Online'''s roster) — and far more expensive as well.

** "She/Her" "He/Him" "They/Them" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The option to have your character linked to gender-neutral pronouns, and select pronouns separately from your characters body type led to a brief storm of angry right-wing gamers bombing ''Temtem'' with negative reviews. This lead to those who agreed with the inclusion of non-binary and trans-affirming pronouns joking about the bad reviews en masse.[[/labelnote]]

* ScrappyMechanic: Breeding is a bit of a mess. If you want a temtem with the exact traits and abilities you want, be prepared to do a huge amount of grinding and money spending since nearly everything about what a new temtem inherits is completely random.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Being heavily inspired by ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', players either think Temtem is a polished game that is what ''Pokemon'' should be, or a straight rip-off that doesn't do anything better than ''Pokemon''.

*** [[Main/OurFairiesAreDifferent Kinu]] is widely considered game-breakingly powerful by the competitive playerbase thanks to its Protector trait. Protector gives Kinu's ally an additional stat stage of Defense and Special Defense when Kinu switches in. This basically enables any Temtem to become an extremely durable MightyGlacier or LightningBruiser, with "raid boss" teams featuring Yowlar, Valash, or Pocus becoming popular. Kinu also has the very good Mental type, with its Beta Burst hitting decently hard by the standards of an uninvested attacking stat, and an array of supportive moves such as Hypnosis, Revitalize, and Sacrifice. Both Protector and Kinu itself have received multiple nerfs since the trait's introduction, yet it still remains one of the most used Temtem due to the sheer supportive capabilities it offers.
*** [[Main/BearsAreBadNews Yowlar]] was immediately noticed by players as being very overpowered, even before it was obtainable. It's extremely bulky, is weak only to the Mental type, has Show Off to boost its Attack, has two very strong attacks in Savage Suplex and Oshi-Dashi, and is able to heal itself via Hibernate. It's rather slow, but that can become a strength thanks to its trait Comebacker, which increases Yowlar's damage against enemies that attacked it earlier in the turn, to the point that players have begun breeding Yowlar that have the minimum speed possible. Even without support from the aforementioned Kinu, it can be a daunting task to take down a Yowlar since it can sometimes come out ahead against the Mental-types it is supposed to lose to.

** Platypet, a platypus-like Temtem, quite predictably drew plenty of comparisons and references to [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Perry the Platypus.]]
** "She/Her" "He/His" "They/Them" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The option to have your character linked to gender-neutral pronouns, and select pronouns separately from your characters body type led to a brief storm of angry right-wing gamers bombing ''Temtem'' with negative reviews. This lead to those who agreed with the inclusion of non-binary and trans-affirming pronouns joking about the bad reviews en masse.[[/labelnote]]

* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: Being heavily inspired by ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', players either think Temtem is a polished game that is what ''Pokemon'' should be, or a straight rip-off that doesn't do anything better than ''Pokemon''.

* NightmareFuel:
** After reaching Anak Volcano and defeating many Clan Belsoto grunts (including lab assistants), you see [[spoiler: Dr. Hamijo]] trying to experiment with Anahir, trying to create the perfect diamond. And while this is happening, Anahir receives electric shocks, to the point of dropping down, heavily harmed.
*** On the same note, the fact that Clan Belsoto was trying to cause a volcanic eruption that the locals didn't expect soon.
** After defeating the third dojo leader and about to go to the next island, the narwhal is attacked by Clan Belsoto [[spoiler: and Lady Lottie]] (which succedes into damaging the airship). What's even more scarier is the fact that there were civilians inside the narwhal. '''Let us repeat for you: Clan Belsoto attacked and caused an airship that had civilians to crash into another island... And all this, just to stop the protagonist.'''
*** This wouldn't be bad, if it wasn't from the fact that the island in question where the Narwhal crashes happens to be '''Tucma.'''
** Tucma. Just, '''Tucma in general.''' An island that was subjected to Anak Volcano's toxic fumes and ashes, drastically turning the entire island into a toxic wasteland. If that is not scary enough, you'll also notice that the island's water became so toxic, to the point that it became a dangerous corrosive acid that cannot be drinked if not filtered.
*** Tucma is also the home of Temtem such as Mushi, Toxolotl, Blooze. Orphyll, Zephyruff, Kalabyss, Platypet and Adorobos, all of which shares the Toxic Type. That's right: there are temtem that feeded and thrived themself with '''chemicals''' that would have killed other temtem that weren't sturdy.
*** The first time you crash into the island, your character will find out that their stuff is missing, and that the crew that traveled with them, civilian included, are there as well. All while a purple mist is covering the area, which gives a sense of dread.
*** The worst part about Tucma is that people were forced to live in the underground (Quetzal being a prime example), and that the remaining people became bandits and scavengers that prefers stealing stuff. But if that isn't enough...
*** ...You'll notice that some people (including Quetzal's dojo leader) somehow knows your name, and not in a good way. It turns out that [[spoiler: Max]] caused many troubles under the player's name, such as damaging the mining area. By the time you reach the entrance to Quetzal, the guards will stop and arrest you. If it weren't for [[spoiler: Yareni]] giving you a chance by fighting her, so that she realizes that you weren't the one that did all this, it wouldn't have ended well.
*** [[spoiler: Speaking of which, Max siding with Clan Belsoto. Imagine if your friend that comes from your same town decided not only to join a group notorious for locking a dojo leader in a ruin's jail, attempting to cause a volcano eruption just to create the perfect diamond and attempted to murder you, an airship crew and civilians by attacking said airship to get more power, but also uses your own name to cause havoc and frame you.]]
*** There's also a little island in the corrupted badlands that has a crystal shrine. However, it's guarded by crystal temtem cultists, which won't fight you unless you bring an entire team of Crystal-type temtem. Oh, and the first cultist will call blasphemy if you say to him that you are only a fan of crystal temtem (which is kinda screwy).
*** Oh, and the island is the home of high level Zenoreth, which cannot be caught at the moment.
** The moment the Kisiwa Update went live, Clan Belsoto shows to be even more threatening and dangerous than before, even showing that they will even resort to straight up murder, in order to control the archipelago. [[spoiler: And they managed to capture an entire city.]]
*** [[spoiler: And if you thought it couldn't be worse, General X takes the entire spot for many reasons, such as ordering his man to kill people or even sacrifice themself if necessary (both of which makes Max concerned). But the actual worst action that General X does, is right after Max realizes that Belsoto is taking a step too far. As a response to Max's change of heart, General X '''pushes Max off the cliff!''' And to add insult to the injury, if you lose against General X, he reveals that if weren't retreating to Telobos, he would have let his Valiar, Zizane, Raican and Gazuma feast on your body.]]
** For some reason, Tental, Mushook and Azuroc's tempedia's expression tends to fall in the uncanny valley, from how bizarre they look.
** The Doom status effect. Imagine if Perish Song from Pokemon was a single-target attack with an effect effect that is kept even when switching out or after a battle.

* TearJerker: Now has it's own [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TearJerker/Temtem page]].

*** [[spoiler: And if you thought it couldn't be worse, General X takes the entire spot for many reasons, such as ordering his man to kill people or even sacrifice themself if necessary (both of which makes Max concerned). But the actual worst action that General X does, is right after Max realizes that Belsoto is taking a step too far. As a response to Max's change of heart, General X '''pushes max off the cliff!''' And to add insult to the injury, if you lose against General X, he reveals that if weren't retreating to Telobos, he would have let his Valiar, Zizane, Raican and Gazuma feast on your body.]]

*** The first time you crash into the island, your character will find out that his stuff is missing, and that the crew that traveled with him, civilian included, are there as well. All while a purple mist is covering the area, which gives a sense of dread.

*** [[spoiler: And if you thought it couldn't be worse, General X takes the entire spot for many reasons, such as ordering his man to kill people or even sacrifice themself if necessary (both of which makes Max concerned). But the actual worst action that General X does, is right after Max realizes that Belsoto is taking a step too far. As a response to Max's change of heart, General X PUSHES THE KID OFF THE CLIFF, MAKING HIM FALL. And to add insult to the injury, if you lose against General X, he reveals that if weren't retreating to Telobos, he would have let his Valiar, Zizane, Raican and Gazuma feast on your body.]]

** Nessla has a special trait called Electric Synthesize, which heals it if hit by an electric move. The best part is that Nessla is also a Water/Electric temtem, giving it a reasonable amount of damage. Considering that the temtem trainers never check for the traits, it's possible to defeat Max's Oree and Dr. Hamijo's Zaobian by sending a combo of Ganki/Gazuma and Nessla, and then spamming Chain Lightning at temtem that are weak to electric, without the worry of being damaged by electric moves.

** "She/Her" "He/His" "They/Them" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The option to have your character linked to gender-neutral pronouns, and select pronouns separately from your characters body type, was enough for a few players who were less receptive to this idea to give ''Temtem'' negative reviews. This lead to those who agreed with the inclusion of non-binary and trans-affirming pronouns joking about the bad reviews en masse.[[/labelnote]]

* TearJerker:
** When you defeat [[spoiler: Dr.Hamijo]], you can opt to get Anihir. The kicker? The trait it has is called '''Trauma'''.
** The Narwhal's crash landing. There are civilians that are scared or hurt, two of the airship crew are hurt, another one is missing, and you are in an island that you don't know, and that has nothing but hostile environment and scavengers that would rather attempt to rob you and seek for scraps.
** The fact that the main player got captured and threw in jail because someone impersonated him, forcing him to wear a cloak to not be recognized by the guards, and that he/she has to go to the Dojo Leader to clarify the situation.
** [[spoiler: Max suddenly realizing that Clan Belsoto is going too far, even questioning the actions that General X is doing. And to see Max being pushed by the general off the cliff, after a change of heart, is painful.]]

** Nessla has a special trait called Electric Synthesize, which heales it if hit by an electric move. The best part is that Nessla is also a Water/Electric temtem, giving it a reasonable amount of damage. Considering that the temtem trainers never checks for the traits, it's possible to defeat Max's Oree and Dr. Hamijo's Zaobian by sending a combo of Ganki/Gazuma and Nessla, and then spamming Chain Lightning at temtem that are weak to electric, without the worry of being damaged by electric moves.

** TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Several Tamers you encounter have access to Temtem you don't have access to for several more islands (such as Hocus and Oree, which aren't obtained at the moment) or Temtem that are underleveled (Kalabyss, whose Toxic type is good for a synergy attack). Perhaps the most egregious is Sparzy, an Electric Temtem that counters both Wind and Water (which is nearly every Temtem the player could tame by that point), is only weak to one of the three starters, and is ''completely unobtainable as of the Early Access release''.

* PoorPredictableRock: A large number of Temtem suffer from sparse movepools, with most attacking moves being either Stab attacks or neutral, resulting in a severe lack of coverage. generally you can guess what sort of moves a Temtem will have.

* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: Being inspired by ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', players either think it's what ''Pokemon'' should be, or a straight rip-off.

* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: One of the most prevalent criticisms of the game is how similar it is to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

* PoorPredictableRock: A large number of Temtem suffer from sparse movepools, with most attacking moves being either Stab attacks or neutral, resulting in a severe lack of coverage. generally you can guess what sort of moves a Temtem will have.

* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: No matter where you go, expect any conversation about ''temtem'' to bring up how similar it is to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

** ''Pokémon'' fans believe it's just a straight ripoff lacking the features that make it ''truly'' a MMO (in early access, has yet to implement global chat, battling is encouraged to be an endgame activity, no co-op ''yet''), see ''temtem'' as overly grindy compared to Pokémon's streamlined endgame, feel that the changes to the meta don't set it apart from ''Pokemon'' enough, and cite the designs as lacking in being iconic like the original generations of Pokémon that have been ingrained in pop culture.
*** There's also a sub-group of fans of ''Pokémon'' fangames (especially those of fan [=MMOs=] like ''Crater'' and ''Revolution Online''), who may see ''temtem'' as better than the most recent main-series games but still worse than a well-made fangame — and far more expensive as well.

* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: No matter where you go, expect any conversation about ''temtem'' to bring up how similar it is to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. It is certainly one of the games biggest criticisms and many have been disappointed by just how much it takes from Pokémon without adding much to change the formula.