Monster Jam

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Experience extreme monster truck action
• 20 of the biggest names in monster trucks
• Destroy your environment
• Multiplayer
• Destroy your monster truck

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SFK0K2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,210 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #72 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Racing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Monster Jam PS2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Monster Jam... Not!, November 16, 2007

By 

Dinsdale "DynoComp" (NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Jam (Video Game)

Yikes. In the age of iPhones and ultra realistic 3D games, this game comes to us from the Sputnik age. Maybe it's because I have the PS2 version (what about PS3?), but the graphics are just terrible. And forget about the sound. The engine sounds like my Braun. The trucks act more like cars than big heavy Monster Trucks. Monster 4x4 Masters of Metal by UBI Soft was a much better game. You would think that a company like ActiVision could publish something a little better than this overpriced trash.

The game content isn't too bad. It has some variety and plenty of things to unlock. However, it becomes very disappointing because once you drive the truck, it just does not feel like a Monster. In freestyle you can do some tricks, but they either reqire no skill at all, or they are impossible to pull off. You do endos and walking wheelies and you think you did great, but all the game detects is 'air' and 'crush' and you get a lousy score.

My son who has been anticipating this game for months is more frustrated and disappointed than I've ever seen him. Thanks Activision and USHRA. You should both be ashamed of yourselves. Monster Trucks and their drivers do what they do for their fans. They never disappoint. This game was created by people who have never even been to a Monster Truck show and could not care less about fans who love the sport.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Underwhelming game overall but it is somewhat fun, December 30, 2007

By 

Peace Daddy "Eclectic ReflectionZ" (Where the Wind Blows) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Jam (Video Game)

As a family, we have been anticipating a Monster Jam title for PS2 for a while now. We have been going to the shows for a few years every time they're in the area, and they're always a ton of fun. When we saw this on the store shelf, we snatched it up immediately.

Having said that, we were ultimately somewhat disappointed. The game as a whole is fun to play (when it's not frustrating you beyond belief with the control of the truck). The graphics, while not superb, aren't horrible either. That being said, it's hard to not notice how horrible their water graphics are on the coastal tracks. Their "water" blends right in with the road, and you wind up driving into it on more than one occasion, sinking to the ocean floor. Also, when we went into stadium racing for Minneapolis, we fully expected to be racing in the Metrodome (where the events are usually held), but instead it looks like a college basketball stadium. Not very impressive at all.

The game plays relatively seamlessly without too many glitches, except in multiplayer mode when things seem to slow down every few seconds which really throws off your timing. The trucks themselves are carbon copies of the real thing, except for the awful attempt at recreating the sound of their engines. They sound more like the motorcycles on Road Rash than actual Monster trucks. The handling is awful at times, and completing a stadium circuit race in first place requires going about 5 miles an hour the whole time so as not to run off the track. Also, when racing outdoors, it's sometimes impossible to tell what you can and cannot destroy with your truck. If you end up hitting something that can't be destroyed or driven through, you can count on your opponents passing you right by as you try to regain your forward motion. Furthermore, the game lets you drive into other monster trucks in a race and knock them off course (i.e. Burnout), but it gives you absolutely no points whatsoever for doing this.

The freestyle events may be the funnest part of the game, but even those have their flaws. You could execute a great jump and flip mid-air six or seven times, then land on an airplane, and only end up getting a few points for it all. Also, it's nearly impossible to execute all the stunts in a freestyle event, therefore usually ending up in a 2nd or 3rd place finish.

Overall, the game comes off really unpolished. Along with what's already been stated, the game has no actual stats besides the points you earn. No truck stats, no performance stats, nothing. Even with it's numerous flaws, however, Monster Jam is still fun to play, but I can't fully recommend it. Pick it up used or when the prices really drop for new PS2 games.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This game could have been awesome, what a disapointment!!, April 1, 2008

By 

Danny Mckinnon "Danny Boy" (Grand Haven, MI) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Jam (Video Game)

My son and I are huge fans of Monster Trucks and I thought this would be the best game ever. What a disapointment. It is fun to play in the freestyle events but you have to be an expert driver to complete anything. The game is just way to hard. And then the sound of the trucks, sound like dirt bikes and nothing like the real thing. Way to go programmers. Next time goto a Monster truck show and actually see and hear what it's like.