
The legendary monster training duology, “Monster Rancher” and “Monster Rancher 2”, is back!
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Played this game a lot on playstation. I would like to see them put number 4 out on steam and make another one more up to date.
We need MORE Monster Rancher games!
For it's time, this game was absolutely awesome and it's great to see the game playable again. Realistically, it's not aged well and there's been minimal effort put into this re-release, so I can't imagine it bringing in new players. The price is way too high for the low amount of effort that went into this release, many of the features don't work as intended. The game is still great fun though in my opinion, it's simplistic compared to most games these days but there aren't many games of it's type now to compete with. The controls are a little clunky and there isn't much info provided for the effects of choices, so there's a lot of trial and error if you aren't checking any guides. I think a remake would be amazing but I'm thankful we got this re-release so I could finally finish the game that I never could when I was a kid.
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Best game I ever had a pet die in. Cried for like 10 days. But try to beat a 500kg stone ♥♥♥♥.
Love these games. Hope we can get 3.
I love this game series, though I do wish they would do the same for Monster Rancher 4.
my childhood game, it's so sad they `killed` this IP I was always prefer monster rancher than pokemon (digimon still way better, but I am not pokemon fan, so monster rancher is much superior than pokemon - in my opinion)
Quem diria que, depois de tantos anos, já mais velho — eu estaria aqui curtindo novamente um jogo que marcou minha infância. Quando eu era bem novo, viajei com minha família para visitar parentes. Levei meu PS1 na esperança de conseguir jogos novos por lá. Em uma feira, encontrei um CD com arte de “Monstros S.A.” e por isso eu comprei, sem saber que era essa delícia de jogo. e foi assim que eu conheci um dos jogos que mais me marcou o MONSTER RANCHER 2. Naquele tempo eu jogava esse jogo lotado de textos em inglês simplesmente por instinto pois eu não entedia absolutamente nada, mas a ideia de criar o monstro e batalhar com outros fez eu aprender bem o inglês na época. Obviamente, isso não é uma avaliação objetiva. Não vou ficar pontuando gráficos, lore ou coisas do tipo — isso aqui é pura nostalgia e experiência pessoal. Ainda assim, o jogo continua divertido, viciante e com uma progressão muito única até hoje. Alguns códigos de monstros que achei interessantes: The Dark Days Pursuit of Happiness / Sara Diamond Na versão DX, você não usa CDs físicos como antigamente, agora é tudo por nome. (Não joguei o 1, apenas o 2.)
Nostalgia overload. I played Monster Rancher 2 when I was a kid on PlayStation 1. I still remember playing it from morning to afternoon during weekends when my parents let us. I would train my monsters non-stop. Sometimes, as a kid, I didn't know they could vanish, but lesson learned. I picked Mochi as my main during that time, and now I am playing it again. This game is worth it. Very enjoyable, a bit repetitive, but you can see your progress, which I really love, and the progress isn't fast either.
20+ years ago: Stealing my parents' CD collection to see if Thriller or an old Bee Gees disc would give me a legendary monster. Today: Reliving my childhood through a solid remaster, except now I get to take those monsters online and test my team in PvP and Tournaments. Such a unique game mechanics-wise. If you missed out on this as a kid, it's never too late.. go try it.
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