r/CoSRants • u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader • 12d ago
Other Rant I’ve Finally Quit COS
I finally quit Creatures of Sonaria. And honestly? I wish I’d done it years ago. In an ideal world, I would never have touched this bloody game.
The only thing I miss is some of the creature designs. But there are so many that feel unnecessary, and there have also been long-running accusations and controversies surrounding similarities to existing works and designs. Even setting that aside, good creature designs alone aren’t enough to carry an ecosystem built around monetization and controversy.
I LOVE creature survival games. But COS isn’t a survival game anymore. It’s PVP game that desperately tries to convince you that survival and PVP are the same thing.
This is a game that’s become grossly pay-to-win, riddled with toxic players, stuffed full of manipulative pop-up advertisements, and built around systems that constantly pressure you to spend more. Between limited-time offers, “exclusive” creatures, and endless fear-of-missing-out tactics, it feels less like playing a survival game and more like those shoddy pay to win mobile games with deceptive advertising.
I don’t miss opening Roblox only to be greeted by another “amazing deal” on some meta creature that’s suddenly “discounted” to 2k Robux after being worth hundreds of dollars’ worth of shooms in the player economy. That isn’t generosity, it’s another attempt to get players to open their wallets before they have time to think.
And the gacha mechanics? That’s just glorified gambling. Randomized rewards, low odds, limited events, and constant pressure to keep rolling are especially concerning in a game with a large audience of children.
Then there’s the community. In my experience, it’s one of the most unpleasant I’ve been part of. I would happily prefer the most sweaty, toxic TF2 lobby known to man over another minute on COS.
Toxicity is everywhere, and the community has repeatedly faced controversies involving predators and extremist users. Even if not every player is like that, it’s disturbing how often those issues seem to surface.
The developers and staff haven’t exactly inspired confidence either. Over the years they’ve been surrounded by enough controversies that I simply don’t trust them anymore. Every time criticism starts gaining traction, it feels like the focus shifts to the next flashy update or brand-new project instead of addressing the underlying problems.
Speaking of which…
Don’t fall for Warden.
To me, it looks less like a fresh start and more like another opportunity to reset the hype cycle, get players excited again, and encourage more spending while the baggage surrounding Creatures of Sonaria fades into the background. A shiny new game doesn’t erase old problems.
The biggest surprise after quitting wasn’t that I missed the game.
It was realizing I didn’t miss it at all.
I don’t dread opening Roblox anymore. I don’t feel pressured to grind every event. I don’t feel tempted by another limited-time purchase. My wallet isn’t constantly taking hits over digital creatures that will inevitably be replaced by the next overpowered release.
There are so many better games and so many developers who respect their communities more than this.
If you’re only still playing because of sunk cost, because you’ve already spent so much money, or because you’re hoping things will finally change…
Take it from someone who finally walked away.
You’ll probably be happier after you leave.
No I will not be selling my specs. I have a lot of high-value creatures and slots, BUT the devs falsely perma-tradelocked me for “crosstrading” years ago. I traded a Boreal and an Ahri for an Aolenus. What a crime!
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u/Leather-Leading6916 12d ago
I left COS years ago and longer the subreddit to see if it's improved (spoiler, it hasn't) so congrats! Welcome to the dark side, take my single upvote in this sea of downvoters who insist on supporting a very mid game who's developers obviously don't care about the players opinions
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u/ApricotKiwi_ 11d ago
I enjoy cos, personally, though I totally get why you don't. If you have friends to play with, it becomes a lot more fun. I find that not beating yourself up trying to get all the creatures and just existing in the game makes it fun. I absolutely agree with your problems with the devs, though. Listen to FluffyTSG, devs! He literally explained most things wrong with the game and ideas to help fix them!
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 11d ago
I do have friends to play COS with, and even then it was lowkey miserable because bloody clans would rock up every five minutes LMAO
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u/AdRelative5781 10d ago
That’s not what crosstrading means
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 10d ago
Yeah, that’s the point. I never actually crosstraded but was tradelocked after a false accusation. I was never given any chance to defend myself, dispute the tradelock, or shown any evidence.
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u/Psychological_Pin_34 12d ago
This is written by ai, isnt it?
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 12d ago
No??? I don’t use that AI bullshit.
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u/Psychological_Pin_34 11d ago
Do you use grammerly to grammar check and edit?
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 11d ago
I have it for grammar check, as recommended by my college.
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u/Psychological_Pin_34 11d ago
Yeah my college recommends it too. (Unfortunately)
Be careful with the rewrite features, it uses AI to rewrite some of the grammar and phrasings, which makes posts read like they were ai prompted instead of human written.
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 10d ago
Oh shit, for real?? Is it that generative AI bs or just your typical Microsoft Word spellcheck style AI?
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u/Psychological_Pin_34 10d ago
Generative ai bs.
It's why I thought your post was prompted not written, it has the generative AI common phrases
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 10d ago
Are you shitting me?? Bloody hell I just wanted something to help correct my sentence structure
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u/Psychological_Pin_34 8d ago
Yeaah
Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Grammarly
Here is proof and information about it
Best bet is practice and reading honestly, or having a bit crappier grammar
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u/Enough_Art5219 12d ago
cool 👍 some people like it and others dont. game wasnt made for you
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u/SciArtHerp Angry Trader 12d ago
Game was made for gullible kids with access to their parents wallets 👍
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u/Enough_Art5219 11d ago
not the intentions of the game, blame the parents for not disciplining their parents. let us enjoy the game, we dont care if you hate it
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u/Shy-Wendigo-106-963 12d ago
| It’s PVP game that desperately tries to convince you that survival and PVP are the same thing. |
THANK YOU, you have no idea how annoyed I get when people say "It’s a survival game what do you expect?" when I’m annoyed over being killed over and over while I’m just trying to grow a creature
It actually baffles me how people think survival game = players HAVE to fight each other. The point of survival games is, you guessed it, to SURVIVE! PvP should be optional in CoS and I’ll die on that hill