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Amazing fun!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: January 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's like they took everything that I loved about the monster game genre (King Of The Monsters, Rampage), used it and improved it! So, yes you can feel the king of the monsters feel in it. But, it does it's own thing which is a lot bigger. The single player is very enjoyable and with solid A.I. and absolutely packed with features. You also have options of easy or normal, easy being challenging and normal being hard!. So far I've used Magmo and Ultra. You can really feel the differences. Magmo is super slow, but strong. He's just amazing to watch in action.

Ultra V will probably be everyones favorite. He's like using a transformer or samurai mech toy you had as a kid. Lazer eyes (Complete with the 'bzap bzap' sound effects), a plasma samurai sword and turbo boosters. Every monster I have seen so far is impressive. And, the intro is one of the best I have seen in a game in a long, long time.

The control system becomes 2nd nature within a few minutes of play and the camera is almost flawless. Playing the game with the mechs is an absolute blast. And it feels different then playing with the other monsters. It's hard to explian. Definitely, my favorite character is Ultra V. A Samurai Mech who knows Kung Fu, shoots lazers froms his eyes, has a grappling hookfor the classic 'Get Over Here' move', and a plasma sword. The sound effects of his jet boost are classic, and the metal impact his strikes and landings make are nothing short of spectacular. His Gundam voice has to be mentioned also. My friend has fallen in love with using Robo 47, the American Mech. A very cool robot if I do say so myself. Other cool ones are of course the lava monster, Magmo. Ultra powerful. The rock monster, Agamo who has the best voice in the game. His sound effects are amazing, youcan hear the rock against metal, or whatever surface he is hitting landing on.

The destruction of the city is amazing, eveything is destructible and it visually implemented to perfection. Smooth framrate throught the entire game, for both single and multiplayer modes. It's about as much fun as I have had with a game, maybe ever. It's hard to say whether it will go down as one of my all time faves, because I can't test it's staying power like that yet, but it's a blasr.

It feels like a monster movie come to life. I feel like a little kid playing it. As do my friends. Togera (the Godzilla/Beast from 20,000 feet below) has got to be one of the coolest looking monsters I have ever seen. Especially his Mecha-Togera outfit. His green fire breathe is cool as hell, a great special. I can say the same about all the monsters really. They are straight out of some great campy 50's Horror flic. The designers really captured that great work those old movies did, it makes your imagination feel great while you play. It's like a really great toy come to life. My friend I just got done playing a MARATHON session. We went at it tooth and nail late one night as his Ultra V took on my Robo-47 in an epic 'best of three' fight that took nearly an hour to complete. We unlocked a few secrets. The best being this (Not about Sweet Tooth, who is a secret character in the game!)....is that you can unlock skins! It's become apparent to me that the 4th version is either an entirely new design or an amazing offshoot to the original. This is a very cool treat in my opinion. Unlocking the 4th of each monster is almost like getting a new character. These aren't just skins, but new designs! Kudos to Incognito for including something so cool. And multiplayer, wow. Whereas bouts in most fighting games are over in a few minutes, you can make a single fight last for over 20 minutes. As you learn the levels, you start to understand how to best use the items, and can really keep things challenging. Health and energy icons spawn in specific locations to help make the fights about more than just beating on each other so their is endless replay value. This is some of the most fun I have had with a 'new' game in a long time.

The Facts not the Opinions

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 23
Date: January 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been prescribed to OPM for a couple of years. One issue came with the demo disc for War Of The Monsters. I played and was amazed at what seemed to be a lame little destroy building pick up car to Real combat with other monsters and actually using your environment to your advantage. Now the real characters are as follows. I may not have all but this is what the OPM mag. says. Ultra V. a jap. robot. Agamo is like a giant tiki rock-like-being with flames. Togera is a reptilian sea monster. like a mini godzilla. Then Congar the king-kong type ape. ( playable in demo ). Robo-47 is your classic military robot. He has a huge machine-gun on his chest that he can fire. Preytor is a big praying mantis that can fly around the level. Kineticlops is a electric body and a huge eyeball. ( playably in demo ). That's all OPM listed but you may be able to unlock.....! Also it's [inexpensive]. That's a good price for a brand new recent game. War of the Monsters got 5 stars from OPM. IN case you've been wondering what OPM is it's Official Playstation Magazine. Ok, from what i'm looking at in the mag. Togera doesn't look mini. Sorry for that. The control is also very good and not complicated. So that's the facts not the Opinions. If this was helpful please click yes so that I know I helped. Thanks!!!!... Hope you have a good time.

it gives me gas

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

EACH TIME I PLAY THIS GAME I GET GAS
I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT I WHOLE HOUSE ENDS UP SMELLING
I TRIED TO RETURN THE GAME BUT THEY SAID THE BOX COVER SMELLED
I AM VERY UPSET AND I DECIDED TO WEAR DIAPERS

Where Oh Where Has this Monster title Gone?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

War of the Monsters is, hands down, the best Monster fighting game out there. Don't pay attention to what the original reviewer said about the "weaknesses" of the game concerning the freezing when paused or being backed into corner and all the nonsense. None of those problems occurred for me. The sad thing about this title is that you cannot find it anywhere anymore. For some reason it just did not take off, yet it is an all around awesome game that got high marks in the gamer mags. Purchase it used from Amazon it is definitely worth the buy. Don't spend your money buying Godzilla: Save the Earth unless you are a fan of the Godzilla genre. War of the Monsters is 100 times better than Godzilla: Save the Earth (although I do like this game). I guess this game just suffered a similar fate to Prince of Persia (great game, just no one was into buying it) although you can still find many copies of Prince of Persia for $19.99, whereas War of the Monsters has followed its biological examples into extinction history.

Amazing fun!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's like they took everything that I loved about the monster game genre (King Of The Monsters, Rampage), used it and improved it. So, yes you can feel the king of the monsters feel in it. But, it does it's own thing which is a lot bigger. The single player is very enjoyable and with solid A.I. and absolutely packed with features. You also have options of easy or normal, easy being challenging and normal being hard!. So far I've used Magmo and Ultra. You can really feel the differences too, Magmo is super slow, but strong. He's just amazing to watch in action and Ultra V will probably be everyones favorite. He's like using a transformer or samurai mech toy you had as a kid. Lazer eyes (Complete with the 'bzap bzap' sound effects), a plasma samurai sword and turbo boosters. Every monster I have seen so far is impressive and the intro is one of the best I have seen in a game in a long, long time.

The control system becomes 2nd nature within a few minutes of play and the camera is almost flawless. Playing the game with the mechs is an absolute blast and it feels different then playing with the other monsters. It's hard to explain but fefinitely, my favorite character is Ultra V. A Samurai Mech who knows Kung Fu, shoots lazers froms his eyes, has a grappling hookfor the classic 'Get Over Here' move', and a plasma sword. The sound effects of his jet boost are classic, and the metal impact his strikes and landings make are nothing short of spectacular. His Gundam voice has to be mentioned also. My friend has fallen in love with using Robo 47, the American Mech. A very cool robot if I do say so myself. Other cool ones are of course the lava monster, Magmo. Ultra powerful. The rock monster, Agamo who has the best voice in the game. His sound effects are amazing, you can hear the rock against metal, or whatever surface he is hitting landing on.

The destruction of the city is amazing, eveything is destructible and it visually implemented to perfection. Smooth framrate throught the entire game, for both single and multiplayer modes. It's about as much fun as I have had with a game, maybe ever. It's hard to say whether it will go down as one of my all time faves, because I can't test it's staying power like that yet, but it's a blasr.

It feels like a monster movie come to life. I feel like a little kid playing it as do my friends. Togera (the Godzilla/Beast from 20,000 feet below) has got to be one of the coolest looking monsters I have ever seen. Especially his Mecha-Togera outfit, his green fire breathe is cool as heck, a great special. I can say the same about all the monsters really, they are straight out of some great campy 50's Horror flic. The designers really captured that great work those old movies did, it makes your imagination feel great while you play. My friend I just got done playing a MARATHON session. We unlocked a few secrets. The best being this (Not about sweet tooth, who is a secret character in the game!)....is that you can unlock skins! It's become apparent to me that the 4th version is either an entirely new design or an amazing offshoot to the original. This is a very cool treat in my opinion. Unlocking the 4th of each monster is almost like getting a new character. These aren't just skins, but new designs! Kudos to Incognito for including something so cool. And multiplayer, wow. Whereas bouts in most fighting games are over in a few minutes, you can make a single fight last for over 20 minutes. A friend and I went at it tooth and nail late one night as his Ultra V took on my Robo-47 in an epic 'best of three' fight that took nearly an hour to complete. As you learn the levels, you start to understand how to best use the items, and can really keep things challenging. Health and energy icons spawn in specific locations to help make the fights about more than just beating on each other so their is endless replay value. This is some of the most fun I have had with a 'new' game in a long time.

Who would have thought a game could be so much fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I knew that this game had been released several months ago. However, I had never really considered buying it. I thought that it would be another stupid fighting game or a game similar the the very weak Godzilla games for the GameBoy. Well...I bought one of the PS2 JamPack disks which had a demo for this game on it. Wow! What a suprisingly great game! I ended up playing the demo for about 2-3 hours and just knew that I had to have the whole game.

Once I got the full version of the game, I realized how similar it was to Twisted Metal Black (another great game, but kinda difficult). It turns out that the same company made both games. This game is very similar to Twisted Metal, but with giant monsters instead of vehicles. There are healh, energy, and special attack pickups just like Twisted Metal and the fighting is fierce. This key difference is that Twisted Metal is a very dark, twisted game (not to say it's bad at all, but insane people driving recklessly shooting at other vehicles--this kinda thing only happens in LA). War of the Monsters plays out like a cheesy Godzilla movie--very entertaining and funny.

There are 10 monsters in the game (2 have to be unlocked). Each monster has 4 costumes which radically change their appearance (sometimes making them a whole different monster). Each monster has their own strengths/weaknesses, unique attacks, sounds, taunts, etc. Controls are simple--a few games and your able to hold your own in one-on-one battles. Similar to games like Virtua Fighter & Tekken, there are complex combinations of keys that can be pressed to unleash more special attacks...but you certainly don't need to use them to be successful. Almost everything the the game is usable by your monster. Cars, buses, planes, building pieces, rocks, etc can be used to attack other monsters either at close range or by throwing them (you can even throw other monsters). One of the coolest things is throwing a radio antenna and impaling another monster.

For one player, there's free-for-all, adventure, and endurance games. Free-for-all has you (one of the 10 different monsters) pitted against 1-3 computer monsters (4 monsters in one city = complete chaos). When you win or lose, you have the option of restarting without the buildings, etc being rebuilt--a few rounds and there may be nothing left standing. Adventure has 10 levels of varying difficulty with three bosses. You'll be fighting monsters that are not available in free-for-all. On the Easy setting, Adventure can be challenging but is difinitely not too difficult. You'll need some good stategy to beat the bosses, though. Endurance allows you to fight one monster after another to see how long you can survive. Both Adventure and Endurance allow you too earn tokens which can be used to unlock the two other monsters, costumes and mini-games. One downside is that you may have to complete Adventure about 10 times before you can unlock everything.

For two players, there's free-for-all again (with up to two computer monsters) and a game where you challenge the other player and must choose another monster and continue when you die. There are also three mini-games for two players. Each of these games is very simplistic with dodgeball being the most fun.

The graphics, sound, and storyline in this game are great. I am really impressed by all aspects of this game. If you are a fan of the old Godzilla-type movies, you've got to give this game a try. This game will have you sitting on the edge of your seat one minute, laughing the next, and perhaps yelling at the computer-controlled monster the next (wait...did I just admit to doing that?).

Great game, albeit a bit short

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First thing i like to do in this review is ask why? why is such a great game not being sold anymore, besides on amazon marketplace and e-bay. this game never got onto the great hits list. Matter of fact hardly any newer games are. this game is the best take on big monster movie type brawls, and if anyone ever played that awesome game for the sega genesis King of the Monsters, you would totally appreciate how awesome this game is. massive levels, Co-Op freaking sweet i must say, i'm a huge fan of co-op. this game even got great reviews when it came out, so why is this not being sold anywhere anymore.

The unoffical return of RAMPAGE!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game might be the direct competion for Game Cube's Godzilla game, but I would buy this game over the Godzilla game hands down. The latest issue of Playstation magazine has a demo for the game on the CD that comes with it. All reviews for this game are based on that demo and the HUGE review the magazine had on it. The entire game has a B movie feel to it, which I thought I would not like, but when the game started it fit perfect.

The Monsters: There is 8 monsters in the game, I believe. A giant gorilla, a giant reptile, a giant preying mantis (that can fly), at least one giant robot (maybe 2 and pretty sure one of them can fly), a giant rock monster, a giant lava monster with 4 arms, and giant eye whose body is composed of electricity.

The different ways to play: There is the challenge mode, where any two monsters can fight (2P or 1P vs CPU) and on different type of maps. There is adventure mode which I am to believe is how you try to beat the game with one monster (but dont quote me on this). Lastly there is an endurance mode which I would say is pick your monster and go as long as you can before you are killed.

Aspects of the game: Radio antennas on buildings can be throw as spears and then pulled out by the victim and throw back. Cars driving around on the road can be through like rocks. Fuel trucks can be picked up and thrown like grenades (highly explosive and yes you can catch on fire). You can grab the helicopters but I dont know yet how well they work as weapons. You can destroy and topple buildings (and yes buildings can crush you DEAD). You can pick up energy and health around the map. With enough energy each monster has a close range special attack and a long range special attack. I-beams can be wielded as nasty clubs. Each monster has his own attacks on the level of a straight fighting game, combos and such. This game supports the screen splitting and merging back together as the two combatants move apart far enough and then close back up. This isnt in the demo but the reviewers in the magazine say its practically seamless and very smooth. You can also taunt your opponents (havent tried this and dont know if it affects your enemy or not).

All in all, the little people running around probably arent japanese and the giant reptile isnt godzilla; but I wont be surprised if there will be some simblance to him in the game. This game is awesome. I would buy it based on the demo alone. I will buy it the day it comes out and I havent been that way about a PS2 game since Nascar Thunder 2003 came out. If you liked Rampage or Godzilla (and to a lesser degree fighting combat games) then you need to check this game out.

The best game out for PS2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

War of the Monsters is a game for all ages(not too young, anyway the game puts you in as one of ten different monsters. Its fighting system and controls make it easy for anyone to pick up!!!! To top it off, you won't be able to put the game down for hours. It'll be a favorite for years to come. I hope they make a sequel!

Love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Great fighting game. I got it the first day it came out and have been playing since. Still love this game.

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