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War of the Monsters

January 17, 2003 › Sandy McMurray | comment

My copy of War of the Monsters arrived today, and I spent a couple of hours playing it this evening.

It's a really fun game.

Here's the concept: you're a giant, angry, radioactive monster. All around you there are cars, planes, helicopters and buildings that fall down if you swat them. Large crowds of pedestrians run, screaming, through the city streets. They are no match for you.

Fortunately, you're not the only giant, angry radioactive monster in town. So you will fight a big lizard, a powerful robot, a rock monster, a giant ape -- perhaps all four -- before the game ends.

If you play with a friend, you can destroy each other and the entire city.

If you're old enough to remember the arcade game Rampage, it's like that, only much, much better.

This is the most fun I've had with a video game in a long, long time.

From the PlayStation marketing department:
"Inspired by classic sci-fi and giant monster movies of the 1950's and 1960's, War of the Monsters pits gargantuan beasts in a raging battle on planet Earth."

"Embody the soul of a 100-foot tall monstrosity and clash with opponents in thriving cities. Wage war atop towering buildings and bring them crashing down. Clobber opponents with thunderous uppercuts, hand-to-hand weapons and destructive special attacks. Use a steel girder as a bat, or hurl an automobile at charging opponents. Relish in the dramatic original music score as each monster slugs it out for ultimate supremacy."

See also: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters for Nintendo GameCube.

January 17, 2003 › Sandy McMurray | comment on this item