War of the Monsters Video Review

Gaming Pastime reviews War of the Monsters for PlayStation 2.
Developed by Incognito Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, War of the Monsters was released for the PlayStation 2 in January, 2003. War of the Monsters is an awesome game and a love letter to classic monster movies. It's a game designed with pure fun in mind.
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[@PeppaJackable]

The way they handled splitscreen was awesome too. When you got close to another player the screens would combine to a single camera angle while you face off with one another. It was really smooth and a unique concept that made the battles that much more satisfying.

[@dhani08]

Just like the new lego game

[@Megaspartan23]

I wish Sony would make a sequel to this gem. There could have been be so much possibilities for new monsters and better city destrution.

[@lukesauer5549]

I agree they should make a sequel

[@BATTRA_3AM]

The whole thing was well done heck I even enjoyed the old timey feel loading screen Movie Posters

[@VintageNarwhal]

It also would show Toho that just because Godzilla PS4 wasn’t well reviewed that monster games can be popular if done right.

[@Motleydoll123]

Luke Sauer it would likely be able to get a lot of fresh DNA from lots of new sources. Maybe with new monsters intentionally created to face the older rampaging behemoths, or spawned in the aftermath of the carnage. Add in some new boss monsters as well and a good old fashion b movie story that serves as the perfect backdrop to the carnage. Plus modern monsters can also add in some extra spice.

[@nanaclark2951]

I agree they should make a sequel to war of the monsters with more monsters

[@amatt2116]

Ah, the memories of coming home from elementary school to play this gem.

[@gilbertoperez3083]

Adam Matthews I remember my mom made me save up for a few weeks to get this game. I ignored all my family for a while after I got my hands on it hahah

[@mojojoji5493]

I had no memory card so every day I had to unlock every character, I even remember being able to do that and beat the game every time

[@mojojoji5493]

And after that me and my brother would play death match

[@amatt2116]

@@mojojoji5493 my go to characters were Kinetiklops and Raptros. I would play a 4 character free for all with my brother almost every day when I was 7. 13 years ago. The memories

[@mojojoji5493]

@@amatt2116 I liked playing pray mantis in the new skin and just shooting my brother till he’s low healthxD

[@drrckcch0]

We need another war of monsters game especially with this day and age the graphics would be awesome

[@Mikey-em8hs]

Especially with Godzilla vs Kong coming out in 4 days, and many more monster movies will come! It’s the best time to release a sequel or remake of this awesome game.

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

@@Mikey-em8hs Well, you're in luck! I'm currently working on a spiritual successor in my spare time. I have some models and artwork made already.

[@Mikey-em8hs]

@Emerald Eel Entertainment nice! Good for you man! Lets make it happen!

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

@@Mikey-em8hs Thank you haha.

[@mitchellongstad3045]

I loves this game so much that when I was younger, I created a word doc and made my own WOTM2. Legit about 50 pages long describing every single detail of the game. What the start menu looks like, the intro video that plays when you put the disc in your console, game mechanics, characters, levels, game options, unlockables, controller settings, computer player settings, etc. AND what each would look like as you play the game. The type of text used...I mean seriously I made a second game just on paper haha. Love this game so so so much. I even legit tried to buy the rights to the game incase I somehow got a chance to make it...I even made a simple progression system for people who played on a "main" in order to unlock more combos/change out combos/have more/different fighting moves. I went all in man. However in my research I found that incognito (the studio responsible for making this game) split into two entities, one of which I believe is called lightbox games and the other "Eat sleep play". Because of this split I'm pretty sure there will never, ever, be a sequel or even a game similar to this one. I still have my very first copy that I got back in 03. In my opinion this is the best game ever created.

[@ethanstapley7018]

That is very sweet

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

Apparently a sequel was propoed to Sony butnothing came of it. I'm currently working on a spiritual successor as of now, though it's mostly documentation and 3D assets.

[@Ohrami]

You know that if you study some aspects of game design and get a team together, you can make a spiritual successor, right? A kaiju fighting game isn't exactly a copyrighted idea on its own.

[@zerocal76]

So I know your comment is 2 years old but I wanted to say, man that's freakin cool! I never had anything close to that type of passion for anything as a kid. I do now as an adult but of course, short of time & money. Anyway, u should get a small team together. Look at the comment from Emerald EE! 😁

[@MediaManiac4926]

One of my favorite games. There isn't enough games in this genre and a modern version of this game with online play would be sick.

[@dylangayler9621]

@83rdox You can actually chain combos up to 20 hits if you hit the right buttons

[@cormacb2326]

@@dylangayler9621 At least its difficult.

[@GUNMOFO5]

4:53 holy shit, I've never seen anyone get double rammed like that before.

[@GUNMOFO5]

@matt I'm on it

[@VintageNarwhal]

Bruh I’ve gotten legit raped in this game by those rams repeatedly. Multiple at a time in fact

[@Mr.SirMan]

How do you make them fly back when you ram them??

[@ALPHACIPHER]

@@Mr.SirMan the ram always causes knockback. The further the distance, the more the damage but it's a small percentage.

[@williamlowery6487]

This game is like the giant monster version of Destroy All Humans; in other words, a fun send-up of 50's b-movies and in War of the Monsters case, giant monster movies.

[@VintageNarwhal]

We need to start a petition to have the people that did destroy all humans make a sequel for this.

[@williamlowery6487]

@@VintageNarwhal Well, Pandemic was shut down a long time ago, but there is a remake of the first game in the works that looks incredibly promising.

[@SaintsInHell24]

Love this game! It's so underrated.

[@daburna6648]

SaintsInHell24 war of the monsters and Godzilla save the earth made my childhood

[@MeowgiMode]

This game was my life in middle school. I’d love to see a hd version

[@zaidabraham7310]

The PS2 classic version of this game on PS4/PS4 Pro/PS5 is upscaled to 1080p. It's not the same as a full-on remaster but it definitely looks sharper than the native PS2 version.

[@ethelchip3620]

One of my favorite details was that in a lot of the levels you could cause natural disasters. One of the levels has a tidal wave that covers the whole map, one with a volcano that explodes and another with an earthquake. Also I loved the feeling of platforming across buildings. The platforming element and sense of scale really elevated this game for me.

[@VintageNarwhal]

You forget to mention, with the earthquake one most of the ground in the city drops down to a bottomless casm that becomes a death zone

[@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13]

Never understood why this didn't get turned into a recurring franchise. It could have been a good "once per generation" type game even.

[@xipetotek8216]

Every time I play it on my ps4 I’m surprised by how well the graphics still look today. It aged better than a lot of ps2 games

[@miecraftandmoregames]

HOLY SHIT I PLAYED THIS ON A DEMO DISC ON THE PS2 AS A KID! i remember playing against the one eyed electric thing and getting my ass kicked hard. Such a nostalgia sucker punch.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

darsirious me too I also remember a demo for a game about a weasel that was chained to a talking rabbit trapped in an animal testing facility

[@CharlieSincinatti]

dion jay woollaston I remember the same demos man, PlayStation underground was awesome!

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Smoki Blues they have become somewhat obsolete in this day and age when you can download demos off PlayStation store but the games on there don’t look very good but back then the games you would get on the demo disc are the kind you would see announced at E3, and I don’t understand why this game didn’t get a sequel, plus back then the games had something that many modern ones seem to be lacking: a sense of fun, modern games have great stories and visuals but the problem with that is people don’t buy games to look at them they buy them to play, if they wanted to look at something they would go to the cinema or an art gallery

[@raditlah4709]

i'm played skeleton dragon, can fly

[@AlexCole272]

same here, then my mom bought it by surprise a year later, i use to love crushing civilians for some odd reason

[@StayGold33]

This is my all time favorite fighting game.

[@cormacb2326]

Yeah, being able to climb around and throw objects really adds a level of freedom and creativity that other games like it simply didn't have.

[@pandahsykes602]

What a great game this one was ... didn’t even have to piggy back off of the titans of Godzilla franchise either . Unlocking the extra monsters and their outfits was the real gem 💎

[@blackflame4506]

Looks crazy fun. Will check it out later. Thanks for the review Gaming Pastime.

[@GatchamanG4]

I just found this game today at my two friend's retro video game store. They modded my PS2 Slim. Can't wait to play it. I'm a big fan of 50's and early 60's classic SciFi and giant bug movies. Awesome review!!

[@piercebint6585]

This is my childhood, I'm glad somebody is showing it some love!

[@Snaffdude]

It reminds me of "King of the Monsters" on the Megadrive/Genesis I adored that game

[@victorq4842]

I played that game on the neo geo. Fun times

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

Fun fact: King of the Monsters was inspiration for WOTM. I believe Mike Giam, lead artist, mentioned so.

[@verixforgotten1121]

My favorite monster is and always has been preytor. He is so overpowered. I've always loved his health draining special and the fact his light attack combo is the fastest of any monster and the final launching attack of the move is so quick that it cant be blocked before it lands like other monsters. Kongar's light attack is kind of the same way and I always found him to be the toughest opponent to face because 75% of the time you cant block the final hit of his basic combo.

[@flurreo]

preytor is a female yes i turned your world upside down, yw

[@cxssetteman182]

I've always loved Ultra-V. He is a nightmare, if you know how to use him. I think I went till 254 is Endurance mode with him once. Obviously, I like the Character Design, and how flashy a lot of his moves look. But his Mobility is amazing too. I think he's the highest jumper out of all. He also has good health. Not as much as Agamo, Magmo, or Robo-47, but more than good enough to make him brutally competitive. Never liked Preytor as much. Probably the second least favourite character (from Zorgulon of course). His combos are fast, but weak af. His Mobility is really good, but nothing else I'm afraid. His health is rather weak too (the worst is Kineticlops, but I'm not 100% sure) If you go up against a Good Agamo AI, he can literally KO you within seconds. Most of the Preytor AI will do just that too. They'll pummel you, but will fly away the moment you make a comeback. Not exactly the character's fault, but the AI is programmed in a way to use the characters with their advantages. Preytor- Seeks a few hits then flies away, or takes a few hits and flies away. Loves to Grab and throw you. Congar- Loves to collect Health. Barely uses the LR Special. Is pretty easy to crush under Buildings. Loves loves loves using Impaling Objects and Electric Generators. Ultra-V - Always on the lookout for Melee objects and Technical Power ups (Invisibility Cube, Energy Pick-Ups, Special Attack Orbs) loves to fight on rooftops. Always on the move, never stays in one place. Uses LR Special whenever gets the chance. Can be either extremely easy, or pretty hard to battle with. Puts up a good fight most of the times. Robo-47 - pretty much same as Ultra-V except: Loves to fight on the Ground. Uses Charged Dash quite a lot. Doesn't use his amazing LR Special enough. Loves to Uppercut. Doesn't really collect Pick-Ups as much. Loves loves loves Melee Weapons. Agamo- probably the most Aggressive. Is rather smart with Power-Ups. Only picks if you're away, then comes straight for you. Attacks probably the most, pretty much never stops attacking and keeps at it continuously when near him. Rarely uses Impaling Objects. Togera- Barely ever uses his LR Special (even he knows it's useless). Loves to chuck Impaling Objects. Especially Explosive Gas Cans/Trucks. Never saves himself when the Tsunopolis Tsunami is triggered. Kineticlops- Uses LR Special a lot, but rarely ever connects. Loves short combos. Hates fighting in an open area, away from buildings.

[@rivertwygzbed543]

@@cxssetteman182 I got to 450 on endurance with Agamo, if you keep collecting energy while the sparkling hands thing Is active you can beat each opponent within about 6 strikes. Slam stun then hold down and press triangle and that will melt the opponents health and Agamo barely takes damage compared to the other monsters.

[@xdanman1175]

I remember playing this game when I was very young. I played it once over a friend’s house and I loved it. I couldn’t remember the name for the longest time either. It’s so good

[@CrashAttak5]

I love how you can see in the intro the cars from twisted metal black

[@rayanderson5797]

Oh man, I remember this. Such nostalgia.

[@_-Trephorius-_]

Small hint if you press select when your energy bar is flashing blue and red it unlocks a power up where your monsters fist,claws, or hands glow with orange energy it makes you faster and causes your attacks to be faster.

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

*Here’s My Top 10 Favorite Monsters in War of The Monsters:* 10, Zorgulon 9, Magmo 8, Robo-47 7, Preytor 6, Raptros 5, Agamo 4, Ultra-V (5) 3, Kineticlops 2, Congar 1, Togera!

[@starkiller7096]

So many good memories renting this at video stores growing up

[@SkullFoxDK]

i remember back when me and my brother where little and i borrowed this game from the library, damn we played it alot and absolutely love it, with that said this review is quite a throwback

[@Flakey_sky]

i played this when i was little still miss it till this day

[@StallionFernando]

Only now did I learn this was on PSN. One of the best memories playing this with my older brother.

[@not-trained-in-dagobah8813]

This game hits me hard right in the childhood

[@TheTwistedTraceur]

still remember it like yesterday, i used to have a demo of this. was at a very long line at a toy store and there were games close by so i went to check em, i saw this cover and i was hooked, only 9 at the time i still wanted to play it. my mom said i had to put something away cause i didnt have enough money, i hesitated. but i took the wager of the random cool looking game i played a demo off and boy did i strike gold that day. it was insane, core memory there

[@jb_gamez]

Use to get busy in this game , need to recreate it !

[@GreenBeret1903]

Played this for the first time when I was 5 on my uncles ps2, its been on top of my list of all time favorite games ever since, still play to this day

[@shadowruiz568]

I like it played on ps2 and bought it on ps4 I didn’t own it on ps2 thou , I wish sly cooper series be on ps4 remastered hopefully.

[@the_audsquad661]

This game was so fun. Been waiting for y'all to review it since the Godzilla games lol

[@madmaks1980]

One of the first games I ever played. Seriously, this game is one of the earliest things I can remember, and I still play it to this day.

[@JanJanNik]

i played this game a lot. it has a few obvious balance issues such as charging stations, instantly zapping an enemy from miles away when used or any object that impales, but overall it's very fun to play, especially with friends, the campaign has a lot of replayability as well. i unlocked all of the stuff!

[@fbiac32]

a lot of memories with friends. Nostalgia hit me hard on this one

[@CYTBlitz]

I thought this game was a blast when I was a kid. Thanks for making this video!

[@ZombieTechie]

This and RAD (Robotic Alecemic Drive) are amazing giant monster/robot games. Both are way underrated.

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

YAY!!! THANKS FOR REVIEWING THIS! I LOVE THIS GAME! =D

[@Outcrow]

1:32 Many years later, I still can’t figure out what that moving grey thing is.

[@gilbertoperez3083]

Jay K. I’m thinking it’s supposed to be a rat. From what I remember as a kid, that what I thought.

[@Slik6Sik]

Watch it at a quarter speed. Looks like a rat going sideways lol.

[@deciduous_reaper]

This and Twisted Metal Black were my Childhood even tho I didn’t played this a lot since idk what happened to both the box and the disk which I guess was lost but did bought both games and Kinetica recently because of a special offer

[@WethamanClanVideos]

Loved this Game as a kid. Gotta download this game to my PS4 asap.

[@wither5673]

damn i was 4 wen this game came out and only ever played it a few times at my friends house wen i was like 7-9 ish....but the memories, still get flashes of this game to this day and it was surreal just how nostalgic it is to see this.

[@demomanthemem6775]

the cool part that you can see crazy 8 and yellow jacket in the intro

[@flymantra69]

This was one of my favorite games as a kid.

[@VintageNarwhal]

Bro I grew up on this and Godzilla games. I literally know everything about war of the monsters and I want a fucking sequel or something damnit. So many possibilities especially for new monsters

[@JonathanDirmann]

Wow this takes me back.

[@gregorygraham3145]

Not only it's a gem it's the best game for the ps2. Underestimated and aged very well. I still play it till this day.

[@Fishykilluall]

Best game ever we need the remastered Version with online leaderboards

[@NitrusFBlaze]

Never gonna forget this gem from memory lane.

[@AllieStrange]

Glad you finally got to this one. It's a classic and a favorite of mine. I do agree though this game is hard but nonetheless super fun. And however unlikely it is to get a sequel I still hold hope for it to happen someday heh.

[@flurreo]

hey guys we should raid sony headquarters on january 14 for them to make a WotM sequel, january 14 2004 is the time WotM was released

[@VintageNarwhal]

Start a petition / make a fb group

[@DualPurpose]

Came out in 2003. I remember being a teen playing this. Loved it....probably my favorite PS2 game

[@Codysage98]

I remember playing this as a kid at the game aisle at Walmart. I was the happiest kid when I got this game to play at home!!

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

This was a pretty awesome game. Wished they made a sequel.

[@applecore8978]

So there is multiplayer on the ps store download version?

[@atomicghost775]

My cousin had this game and loaned it to my brother and I when we were kids. This game was fricken awesome. My brother and I liked to screw around in multi-player mode and destroy all the buildings before kicking each other's asses.

[@josegil926]

I still have the original poster that came in the box

[@dalime605]

Damn I wish I held on to it

[@Fr0sty313]

I love this game also WDL Thunder Tanks.

[@FinalFrantasy]

Kinteclops was absolutely my boy in both this and Downhill Domination!

[@INTERLOPER-CS]

This game was the shit back then! Me and my cousins would play this relentlessly. Nostalgia on high

[@TriTomMaximum]

I'm not going to lie, first hearing about this game I was highly interested in it because I'm a big Kaiju/old b-movie fan and kept hearing tons of praise from this game. So when I finally found it on sale on the PS store, I downloaded it and gave it a try. My first impressions were mixed at best. The aesthetics really caught my eye and I loved all of the monster and arena designs, but as soon as I started playing, the controls and difficulty were killing it for me. I had a big misconception about the gameplay and was confused at how cheap the A.I. would behave so it made learning the controls and combos pretty difficult for me. After dedicating myself to "get gud", play all the different monsters, and better learn the controls, the gameplay grew on me and I can honestly see it for the gem everyone else made it out to be. I honestly hope that they come out with either a direct sequel, a spiritual successor, or a remastered version in the future.

[@MartinGarcia-iz7ws]

Damm i love this game i remember when they bought me the ps2 and i got it on a jampack as a demo be cool if they bring it back on ps5

[@panayoti5627]

This was my childhood

[@Boney_McBonerton]

I'm actually doing a letsplay on the series right now!

[@RandomShinigami7]

I remember my best friend at the time had this, and we played a ton of it.

[@Snicketbar]

I remember hearing about this game long time ago in PlayStation magazine. But then after that I literally sawno advertisement for it. I kind of forgot about it until I came across this video.

[@Dark3Nesz]

also the skins every 4th skin made the monster look different

[@Gurkenpudding]

interesting no one mentioned that you could trigger an earth quake in Bay Area Level (San Francisco) by destroing every building to create a bottomless pit to throw oponents in.

[@herald1953]

btw : theres a secret in the level tokyo where u can chuck a ufo near the beach to trigger a tsunami

[@funkskwid8837]

I wanna study game design and make a game similar to this

[@katlynklassen809]

I wonder if they can fix the programing oversight in the ps2 version that requires all the damage to cause the earthquake in baytown to be performed by one monster. Makes it almost inposible to have that map special when playing 4

[@PeppaJackable]

I fucking loved every character. And the skins were awesome too. I'll be happy if they just remake it like they have with other old games recently.

[@sadtoast6122]

Easily one of my favorite games growing up

[@robbesymons1866]

I wish there were more games like this I swear !!!!

[@hermes9580]

With Godzilla vs Kong coming out this year, it’s about time Game Devs remake this with today’s Game Engines and Visuals! Imagine playing this on both Console and Mobile!

[@whiteboytacos7525]

Such a great game! Would love to see a remake or pet

[@joachimkoka5030]

God I had SO much fun playing this game.

[@dalime605]

Played this game none stop

[@vidrow1932]

Can you do a video on Rampage: Total Destruction, I remember playing it with my sister for hours on our Gamecube after we found it at a flea market

[@Gamingpastime64]

We reviewed it a while ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn68f2SGrrJshKc

[@VintageNarwhal]

The wii one was fun asf they all were though

[@horrorandmonsterfan952]

@@Gamingpastime64 I played War of the Monsters on Hard mode why Because I love a challenge it took me Most tries in the story mode but I beat it Soon I will become a champion of this Game

[@darrellgardner4561]

A newer sequel could be pretty cool. They could make the maps bigger and have more players per match. Id definitely keep that sort of cartoony look. Never played the original, looks like i would have like it.

[@surrreallll]

I used to play this game on my ps2 when I was like 6 or 7

[@katlynklassen809]

Robo 47 and raptros. I mastered a gliding flame thrower with raptros.

[@LizardClone2]

This was the first game I bought for my Playstation 2

[@kenaprito8557]

The fact that there is no sequel despite the good review, is a crime.

[@PSG51]

My god i get instant goosebumps when i see this game

[@germanwojtek3576]

Played this game when I was like 6 It’s now on my PS4 homescreen

[@radexyz-fx8ix]

Poggers

[@Gargantura]

You just review my childhood

[@banzaicroc9227]

Classic right here

[@frenchabortion]

This was one my favorite games as a kid. THIS and WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth + Here Comes The Pain

[@superzilla784]

Last year I bought this on the PlayStation Store for my PS4, and I was playing this game for weeks. so many memories came flooding back from when I used to play this on the PS2. I even showed this game to my nephews when they came to visit. when they visited again, "My brother keeps using the stupid grab attack on me and it's so annoying!" Lol Honestly, I would gladly pay for a sequel with bigger maps and more monsters. this game had really unique gameplay. all other fighting games are side steppers, but this game allowed you to knock your enemy across the map and flat onto his face, or into a building that then fell down onto them, killing him instantly. the gameplay was so chaotic, and I loved every second of it. someone could make a lot of money if they made a successful sequel

[@cormacb2326]

Someone could make alot of money if they just made an online version of this game and maybe added in another monster or two. Litterally almost no work and lots of money.

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

Togera > Godzilla Preytor > Kamacuras / The Deadly Mantis Congar > King Kong Robo-47 > The Iron Giant Agamo > Daimajin Ultra-V (5) > Mazinger-Z / Ultraman Magmo > Kronos (Wrath of The Titans) Kineticlops > The Crawling Eye Raptros > Rodan / The Giant Claw Zorgulon > Mars Attacks Goliath-Prime > Megatron Vegon > Biollante Cerebulon > Tripod (War of The Worlds)

[@TomasGregovich]

I love this game but I can't imagine why they wouldn't include a 4 player vs mode.

[@rodrywtf6136]

I need a remake and sequel and add the Rampage monsters

[@KingKong19100]

*PLEASE* review King Kong (2005)! The game is absolutely phenomenal!!!!!!!!!

[@loopdog8710]

How did you get the game to look so good?

[@diegosaravia3578]

favorite game as a kid bruh

[@finnishmetalfreak]

Still waiting for a new game like this