Okay, so I've come back and played for a few different days and spent some $ to see if it's worthwhile. TBH, I like pokemon-esque collect 'em all games. But for a pay-to-play game it's more of a one note dungeon crawl. I don't know how to complete the 12hr quests (It'd be nice to get an identifier on where to find the monster/item/etc.). I don't see the point in beating people in PVP, since I don't seem to get anything for it but rank and my climbing the ranks doesn't net me any special monster or item. Evolution is too far away for most monsters, and altogether too difficult to achieve. Spending cash to try and speed up the process isn't worthwhile.
I actually DO like the game, and I'd keep playing, but I'm pressing the button for a prize but there's not enough reward to wire my brain to keep pressing...
The defaults are all male (I explained why that was in another post) but you can customize them to female.