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Dom Robinson reviews

War of the Monsters

for Sony Playstation 2

Distributed by
Sony

cover

  • Price: £29.99
  • Players: 1-2
  • Widescreen: No
  • 60Hz: No
  • DTS sound: No
War of the Monsters is like WWE tag-team wrestling between Godzilla and any of his enemies and they've come about as the result of aliens being defeated while trying to invade our planet.

It's a game that I wasn't particularly looking forward to as it's something that, in theory, has been done many times before, such as in the two-dimensional Rampage. However, after a short while playing with this game, you'll discover just how much fun it is - and how many games can you say that about?


From the moment the game begins, you have the free-roam of the city. Pick up cars, broken bits of buildings, or - my favourite - exploding fire trucks and throw them at the enemy. There's also broadcasting towers which you can impale upon your victim. However, they can also do the same to you.

It's fast, it's colourful, it's got decent sound FX and a fantastic musical score that harks back to the era of B-movies from the '50s, which is what War of the Monsters is trying to recreate and does so perfectly.


Playability is the only bug-bear. Once you've got going it's easy enough to control your character, but sometimes just getting them to even walk in the right direction can be a chore - and this can occasionally lose you the edge on a battle.

The only thing you have to decide now is whether it has the longevity as each level doesn't differentiate largely from the last. A couple of hours on a rental should decide whether you'll stick with it for the long-haul. I certainly reckon it has that "Just one more game" feeling!

GRAPHICS
SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC
PLAYABILITY
ENJOYMENT



OVERALL

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2003.

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