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Very poorly designed game (garbage)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: July 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just wasted thirty bucks on this ..game. I bought it for my son, who was very excited about purchasing it. After reading several of the reviews on here, I thought it must be a good game (Most of the reviews are favorable). The player spends most of his time at a boring ranch. Each month, you choose one type of food, and one type of training for your monster. It seemed as if no matter what combination we chose, we either ran out of money or the monster decided it did not want to do what we told it to. This is called "foolery". If your monster has a high foolery rating, it will not behave during a battle, and it will get stomped on. Even the very first battles seemed impossible to win, and after owning this game for three days, I have taken it back and sold it as a used game. Also worth mentioning is the fact that there are no open areas to walk around in (like in Pokemon for game boy color), and the entire game is very linear and limited. It promises unlimited combinations of monsters from other CD's but you have to win special badges to be able to access this feature (we could only do it with the help of the game shark, and even then the game was extremely boring and not playable). Rent before you buy, or buy at your own risk!

Monster Rancher 2- The epitomy of horrific stupidity

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: January 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Tecmo took an unnecessary chance creating Monster Rancher 2. I cannot see how any human being in their right mind could possibly enjoy this excuse of a game. As if the original wasn't torture enough, Tecmo had to put us through the agony of a sequel. You might as well take your hard-earned money and burn it. Throughout the game, nothing is done by the player, except making selections from a menu. There is no hint of creativity behind the production of this failure. No person should waste any amount of money for this piece of garbage.

MonsterRancher2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 23
Date: April 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I gave this one star because the seller sent us a scratched and damaged game and it wouldn't work, so, I couldn't even play it! One look at the cd and it would be evident that the product that was received was in poor shape and I would never buy anything from them again and would not encourage others to either--since they send sub-standard products to hard-working consumers who aren't being paid to examine their products, just receive them in terrible condition.

If you like the feeling of finding something new?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

MR2 is great for people with patience and who are willing to go through hundreds of compact discs to find a rare or new monster to raise. But first you must go through adventures and battles within the game to release these rare monsters. A few upgrades from the first Monster Rancher, such as the drills and errantries. It gets really repetitive once you find all the secrets and goodies. Overall its a game to pass the time, if you have nothing else better to do.

Very peculiar

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: December 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Hmm... this is a very...intriguing game. Plenty of promising developments, yet it somehow manages to fall somewhat short of good expectations. Let's bash the game piece by piece:

A) General concept - some people say that this game is like Pokemon. Maybe. Does it make a difference? The overall feel is nothing of the same with that horrid, horrid frenchise...If you weren't going to buy the game because it has something to do with the above-mentioned horrid, horrid frenchise, you can cross that reason out. The basic premise - getting monsters out of your own CDs, raising them, battling them, etc. is ingenious. Problem - despite the fact that taking monster stats out of pre-existing CDs in pretty much unique and very enjoyable, YOU WILL GROW TIRED OF SWAPPING COUNTLESS CDS EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU LOAD UP A MONSTER. Other than this, I have almost nothing else to say - the game is loaded with options - just read the GameSpot editorial above. But there is just something missing - some sort of replayability usually intrinsic to games such as these. THAT RUINS THE FEEL. I don't know why. Maybe because that the game really introduces nothing revolutionary to the field.

Controls/Visuals - the controls aren't too good, but usable. It can be sometimes hard to hit the correct buttons. The visuals are near pop-up free and colorful, but none-too-detailed. Good, but not great.

Concensus - this game has been great the first time around - Monster Rancher I. This version will appeal to a limited audience because of its overall simplicity. If you want a game with truly unique, incredible qualities, look elsewhere.

Mocchi's not monotonous, but some things are.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game all together is a good game, but there could have been so much more done with it. The only interaction you have with your monster is when it asks YOU to play games with it. Otherwise, you can only tell it how to fight, and you can't play with it. All you can do is give it things to do an watch it. interaction is limited to giving. You have to battle to get the money your monster needs for food, or you can sell them to get money. Also, many people get this confused. You can't get thousands of different monsters, you are limited to the 418 (I think) in the game that you can make, and you can't unlock all of them until you perform certain tasks. So, playing the game can get monotounous, but they have a good base, they just need to work on it. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

Unlock your disk.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: May 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best monster raising rpg. You are a monster trainer, and you have to raise the ultimate monster to compete in the major four, a set of the top hardest tournaments. There are three ways to get new monsters, you can generate one from a CD, buy one at the market, or combine to of them to get a new one. I love grabbing all my music CDs and stuffing them in the Playstation wondering what my monster will look like. After you geta monster, you take it to you ranch to be trained. You increase the stats by training. You control which direction your monster moves! The only bad thing about this game is that you HAVE to spend your time on training.

Strange Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is strange indeed. But give it a chance, you will find it is very addicting. It's wierdness is very alluring. You may find you are repulsed by your own monster. Until he begins to enter tournaments, then something awakens within you. This game has a high replay value.

Definately a Keeper

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Some people may think that Monster Rancher is a stupid Pokemon clone with absolutely no entertainment value. They are very wrong. Monster Rancher 2 is one of my favorite games. You start out by either going to the market and getting a monter or regenerate one yourself by going to the shirne and using a "disc stone" (CD). The main object of the game is to raise and train your monster. You have to decide which stats will benefit your monster the most in a battle. Some monsters are better at some stats than others. For example, a Durahan has wonderful power and defense but awful speed. One feature that I really like about this game is that it never ends. To actually beat the game, you must beat the Major 4 tournaments, the hardest in the game. Once you do that, it doesn't stop. You can combine monsters together to make even more powerful ones. Some monsters aren't available at the start of the game, but they can soon be unlocked. The only drawback is that MR2 does get somewhat repetative, but it's still a great game.

A Great Game That Simulates Owning Your Own Monster!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This was a great game that I enjoyed playing a lot. The point of the game is to raise a monster. You start with a low leveled monster, your goal is to make them learn different attacks and win money against other trainers in battles. This game is very similiar to Pokemon. The only thing I didn't like was after you raise a macho battle-ready monster that took hours to train, it dies. Anyway this game is a great game!!

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