Monster Rancher Explorer
SCORE: 65
I am extremely thankful I had the money to purchase a copy of Monster
Rancher Explorer on the Gameboy Color. Monster Rancher Explorer is a
puzzle game where take Cox from Battle Cards and explore this holy tower
near a town. There is some major monster in this tower that we must go
and conquer. The goal in each of the sixty levels within Monster Rancher
Explorer is to get the key and then get to the door. We cannot touch any
of the monsters along the way.
The main game play mechanic within Monster Rancher Explorer is to remove
and place boxes. This can take a few tries to figure out how to work
exactly. The same can be said for the jumping. Our character will auto
jump when we press up, or up and a certain direction. I ran into all
kinds of headaches with my character jumping up when I needed him to
jump up and to the right. When there is timing required that control
mechanic issue was extremely frustrating. At least it was to me.
Another frustrating aspect of Monster Rancher Explorer is the lack of
hints. I got stuck on some levels with no clue or concept of how to
solve them. I tried a plethora of things and died over and over again.
Later I thought of an idea to try. At that point I was thoroughly
aggravated with Monster Rancher Explorer though. Add in button confusion
and jumping not always working right and that makes Monster Rancher
Explorer an unpleasant experience. I did play Monster Rancher Explorer
on the Gamecube through the Gameboy Player. Nintendo needs to release
the same kind of a device for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS video
games.
We only get so many lives when we go into the tower in Monster Rancher
Explorer. That makes no sense to me. If we fail a level we should be
able to keep trying. Instead we start over and repeat what we already
beat. The town is an interesting concept within Monster Rancher
Explorer. I did enjoy the music within Monster Rancher Explorer.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 75%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 45%
Family Friendly Factor: 65%
System: Gameboy Color
Publisher: Tecmo
Developer: Tecmo
Rating: ‘E’ -SIX and OLDER ONLY
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