Battle Monsters
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Battle Monsters | |
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Battle Monsters (バトルモンスターズ) is a
Reception
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | [5] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 3.5/10[2] |
GameSpot | 4.5/10[3] |
Next Generation | [4] |
Battle Monsters was panned by most critics, who found that the scaling graphics, complex controls, interactive backgrounds, and multi-tiered arenas do not work together well.[2][3] They also razed the choppy animation and pixelization on the digitized sprites, and likened the game to a second-rate Way of the Warrior clone.[2][3][4] Crispin Boyer of Electronic Gaming Monthly called it "one sorry mess of a fighting game",[2] GamePro said it "doesn't even deserve coverage",[6] and Jeff Gerstmann summarized in GameSpot, "While Battle Monsters does have some good ideas and twists on the standard fighting game, the whole package is poorly executed".[3] However, GameFan defended Battle Monsters, assessing that "The gameplay, though not conventional, can be entertaining, with 12 moves plus a super for each ghoul. And while the digitized graphics don't impress me as much as they did a year ago [when the game was released in Japan], they are still representative of the monsters they surround."[7] Reviewing the Japanese version as an import, Next Generation stated that "the characters are never quite enveloped within the background. Instead, what's left is a nice background with characters which seem to be cut and pasted on to the television screen."[4]
See also
- Killing Zone, sequel
- List of fighting games
References
- ^ "Fighting Special". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 88. Ziff Davis. November 1996. p. 180.
- ^ a b c d "Review Crew: Battle Monsters". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 88. Ziff Davis. November 1996. p. 76.
- ^ a b c d Gerstmann, Jeff (December 1, 1996). "Battle Monsters Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Finals". Next Generation. No. 9. Imagine Media. September 1995. p. 88.
- ^ Michael L. House. "Battle Monsters Review". Allgame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
- ^ Scary Larry (December 1996). "ProReview: Battle Monsters". GamePro. No. 99. IDG. p. 146.
- ^ E. Storm (October 1996). "Battle Monsters Review". GameFan. Vol. 4, no. 10. Metropolis Media. p. 102.