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Monster Attack (2003)

Sandlot

PlayStation 2

3.00 from 6 ratings

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Monster Attack is a third-person action shooter and the first game in the Chikyuu Boueigun / Earth Defense Force series. The player takes the role of an EDF (Earth Defence Force) infantry man to single handily battle hordes of giant bugs, robots and alien ships that have invaded Earth, across 30 missions. The game eludes to other EDF forces, but … Read more
Monster Attack is a third-person action shooter and the first game in the Chikyuu Boueigun / Earth Defense Force series. The player takes the role of an EDF (Earth Defence Force) infantry man to single handily battle hordes of giant bugs, robots and alien ships that have invaded Earth, across 30 missions. The game eludes to other EDF forces, but they are never seen. You choose two weapons for each mission from dozens of various missile launchers, machine guns, flamethrowers and more unique weapons, some, faster, more powerful or better suited to the mission at hand than others, are given infinite ammo (though the weapons must still be reloaded after each clip is used up) and are set loose in one of several (usually city-based) fully destructible environments. Players can also mount a vehicles such as an air bike, a tank and a helicopter. The player recovers and increases his maximum health and armour, and unlocks new weapons by picking up power-ups from defeated enemies that spawn in and come at the player by the dozen. The game also features 2-player split-screen cooperative multiplayer. Read less
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Developers
Sandlot
Publishers
Agetec, D3Publisher
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Series
Earth Defense Force

Release dates

  • Jun 26, 2003 (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • Feb 27, 2004 (Europe) PlayStation 2
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Mazinkaiser

Review Mazinkaiser 5/5 · Oct 1, 2016

Monster Attack: I'd Buy That For a Dollar

At what point does a cheaply made game become magically fun? Monster Attack, the first in the Earth Defense Force series, manages this in spades.

The controls are surprisingly simple and easy to grasp, even if the vehicles are a bit floaty. The objective is always quickly found and focused; just kill all of the evil ants and UFOs with …

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At what point does a cheaply made game become magically fun? Monster Attack, the first in the Earth Defense Force series, manages this in spades.

The controls are surprisingly simple and easy to grasp, even if the vehicles are a bit floaty. The objective is always quickly found and focused; just kill all of the evil ants and UFOs with weapons at your disposal. Using the weapons isn't limiting, mostly due to the crazy nature of rapid firing a missile launcher and mowing down giant ants with bullets.

The graphics? Wonderfully basic and the frame rate takes hits, but the people behind this game pulled through anyways and ironically came up with some of the most impressive view distance and destructibility for the time, if not at the cost of smoothness.

Is that the point though? Nope! Monster Attack understands this and lets you blow up what you want with gleeful abandon. Regardless of how it sounds or looks, it's good ol' (co-op inclusive!) fun. Give it a shot! It's quick and is probably cheaper than dirt these days.

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