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Monster Attack (2004)

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Yet another budget Playstation 2 release. This one is some good.

Monster Attack, aka Earth Defence Force (Simple 2000 Series Volume 31 -- The Chikyuu Boueigun) is a third person action game where you have to repel an imminent alien invasion.

It is a rather typical, yet entertaining third person shooter otherwise. I like that the levels are sandbox designed constructions which comes off as pretty neat in my mind. It also has a rather interesting control scheme which makes for a suitable alternative to the usual, now boring, dual analogue stick approach to shooters. Though perhaps what I like best about Monster Attack is that it is playable in splitscreen co-op for when you have a friend over which I'm sure is as crazy as it should be with any other sandbox game.

As a budget release, Monster Attack does succeed in having the genereal technical flaws that most Simple 2000 games feature. Monster Attack suffers from a rather erratic frame-rate and not much narrative besides a wall of text at the beginning of game like many other D3 budget releases. The music can eventually grow repetitive once it loops for the millionth time as well.

All things considered, I think this one is worth picking up. It is easily as good as you can get with any game made on the cheap. Monster Attack's eventual sequels would do well to make the seemingly decent sandbox title into a cult-classic series with the subsequent Global Defence Force and Earth Defence Force 2012 games. I'll be sure to host videos of both of them, respectively, in time.

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