War of the Monsters (PS4)

War of the Monsters released back in 2004, before being ported to PlayStation 4 in 2015. It's a monster fighting game that's an homage to Kaiju movies and a 1950s tone.

I used to play this with my cousin back in the day, beating the crap out of each other with giant monsters. It was so fun. Alas it hasn't aged too well, in fact, I'm surprised it's one of the few games that's been ported to PS4. It's not a bad game, it's just more infuriating than fun now.

The story, if you call it that, begins with an alien invasion, they saucers are stopped, but a radioactive liquid causes effects to creatures and causes them to grow in size and starts a war between the humans and the newly formed giant monsters. You're able to choose which monster to play as, and then stages follow where you fight other giants, sometimes more than one at a time.

The gameplay was so awkward, trying to control the camera and your monster was another fight in itself. If it hadn't been for the target lock, I'd never have won a fight. I had my fun in playing this game with a friend, not the CPU. I only had one controller, so that idea went out the window quickly. You can climb up buildings, pick up cars and other objects to use as weapons. You can also shoot projectiles that cost energy, which you can pick up, along with health pick ups.

There's lots of characters to play as and they have alternate costumes. You could play as a giant ape, praying mantis, a golem and many more. a bunch of maps to have your brawls on and there were minigames, in case fighting got boring. You had to spend token to unlock the minigames, outfits and new characters. You have to play a ridiculous amount though if you want that stuff because the token allocation is miniscule in comparison to what you need.

Unless you're playing with a friend, it gets old quick to be frank. At times it can be fun, but the awkward gameplay just makes it a chore. I hope PlayStation continue to port PS2 games to PS4, it's great to relive some old games, even if the nostalgia has worn off.

6.5/10