Beast of Reincarnation, the new not-Pokémon action RPG game from Pokémon studio Game Freak, has been marketed as a “one-person, one-dog” game. You play as Emma (person) while she and Koo (dog) venture around a post-apocalyptic future Japan in search of giant, ugly monsters to parry and stab. While Beast of Reincarnation isn’t quite an open-world game, it does feature some large maps that are rife with off-the-beaten paths to explore and hidden items to find. Well, except they would be hidden… if Koo wasn’t pointing out literally everything the game has to offer. So, yeah, the Beast of Reincarnation dog kinda sucks, and it pains me to write this as someone who wants more dog games around and even snuck a picture of his canine friend into a game review.