Customer Reviews

Monster Rancher

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Monster Rancher for the Playstation is a great game. You pick what type of monster you want to have, give it a name then start with the fun part. You train it in many different activities to improve speed, agility and HP points that help them in battles to win and stay alive. Then every couple of weeks there will be battles you are able to compete in with money prizes. You need to use some of the money to buy food for your monster. It usually likes a certain kind of food. If it likes you, the food your are giving it and the amount of training you're doing it will be happy and glad to listen to you. But sometimes with the wrong food or not resting your monster enough it won't listen to you during battles or training. If your monster does good enough in battles in certain areas it will gain new, stronger moves which bring the opponent's HP way down. This a must-have game for any PS owner.

okay so most people hate it because they have a new game now and the fad has passed but you gotta admit breading and raising a monster is fun. Then they added battling that makes it more fun and sets a high but acheiveable goal for you . I'd buy it but I'd buy it used and save...

That's right you heard me, this game is better than Pokemon. I have both games, so don't think I don't know what I'm talking about. If you liked Pokemon, than you will love this game. Even if you never played or if you hate Pokemon, you will probably love this game. It's great for all ages and it is so addictive. You create monsters (that's right create, not find) by placing different cds in at a certain time. You can use any cds, whether it's a video game, computer, music, or dvd (Hint: multi-cd games or sets usually make pure monsters). You can then take your monster and train him to fight in battles. If you get tired of your monster or he dies (yes, they can die if you do not take proper care of them), you can either combine him with another breed to get a different one, or just make a new one. The great thing about this game is the fact that every cd makes a monster. And a cd always makes the same monster, which is great if your trying to get all the breeds. Also, a certain game or music cd will always make that monster. Let me explain so you don't think I'm repeating myself. Tomb Raider 2 makes a rock/rabbit monster. No matter who's copy of Tomb Raider 2 you use, you will always get that monster whether it's yours, your friend's, or even Blockbuster's (this is usually the case but, it sometimes varies, especially with music cds). And there is an almost endless amount of monsters (more than 151!). I'm sending this message out to video game fans all over BUY THIS GAME!

This is a game that you are the breeder and you have to take care of a monster. I got this for my B-Day, and I thought it wasn't any good. But When I started playing it, I LOVED it. You can pop in your cds and get a extra rare monster. Whenever I'm not on neopets(as dragon___kid) I'm playing this game and working on my golem.

Monster Rancher is brilliant for kids of 5 or adults of 50! It addictive and fun. Basicly, you get a PS/PC game, DVD or music CD and put it in your playstation and out comes a monster. Some are cute, some are nasty but all these little creatures have a mission in life. To win tournaments. You can feed them, train them, play with them, give them things, rest them, enter them into tournamentsand there are many twists turns and surprises in store as well. You will find yourself beginning to get attached to the little things but don't forget that they are mortal. The graphics are pretty good and this last a good few months at least. BUY IT NOW ALONG WITH FF8 AND MGS

This game is nothing like pokemon! Almost none of these monsters are cutsy cutsy. You raise monster to battle on your ranch. You give them work to raise stats and get money, then you battle them in a totaly non-turnbased fighting style. So don't get this confused with a pokemon mimic, it's not!

This game is real fun, if you liked the giga pets you'll like this . It's all almost in polygonal graphics, you get to fight and mix your monsters up its a easy game to master you should injoy it it is almost like a pokemon thing just for playstion.This game is very exciting and fun, one of my favorite monsters is Tiger he is fast and blue . This game is very addicting, once you play it once you'll wont to play it more, and more.I hope this is alittle helpful.

This game is interesting and fun.I think this is my favourite game.I thimk that this game is spoiling but when I see my friend playing it I like this game.This game has about more than 100 monsters.And the breeding is not too difficult.Anyone who wants to try this game,try it.It is fun...

Ok this game is the most fun addictive game out there it willkeep you busy for hours upon hours trying to get newer better monstersand rasing stats. END

There are very, VERY few games that I have played in the past more than I have Monster Rancher. I bought this game back in 1998, a little bit after its initial release and boy was I surprised by it. It was recommended to me by one of the workers at the Toys R' Us and I don't regret any minute spent on Monster Rancher.

I loved the concept of creating monsters from CD's (Yes, JUST CD's with MS. DVD's don't work and neither do CD-RW's) and the fact that I have been a fan of raising monsters (thank you Pokemon) made it an even better buy. It is very unique for a monster breeding game and for people who love that aspect will definitely love this game.

I do have to say that I liked this game much better than MS2 and Evo (haven't had the chance to get MS3 and 4 yet), mainly because of the controls in battle. Using the L1/R1 triggers to move back and forth with the d-pad dedicated to move selection was pure genius and it made me sad that they removed that from MS2.

The graphics for its time were definitely nice and the music quite unique and catchy. After a while, though, it did get redundant and I would listen to something else, but that doesn't mean that its soundtrack isn't bad.

This game should be highly recommended for people who love monster raising games and seeing how far one can go with it. For the others that thought this game was boring and stupid, you have very different priorities and didn't see the true value of this game. The replay value is insane, with well over 300 different monsters to find and raise, a good number of them hidden in certain cd's. There's a monster for every type of breeder out there. My personal favs are the Pixies, Dragons, Hengers (robot-like monsters), and Gali's. You have to dedicate some time to figure out everything in the game, but it's worth it.

I would definitely pay $40 for this if there weren't any other options. Hell, now that my 12 year old copy has about had it, I'm glad to see that this can still be found. I'll be buying another copy here very soon.