Monster Rancher EVO

Monster Rancher EVO presents a true evolution of the series, adding deeper gameplay, strong role-playing elements, and a captivating character-driven story...
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PS2

Game Overview

Monster Rancher EVO presents a true evolution of the series, adding deeper gameplay, strong role-playing elements, and a captivating character-driven story to the popular monster breeding facet you've come to enjoy from the series! You'll balance monster breeding with role-playing exploration as you join in the adventures of Julio, a young circus performer with dreams of becoming a champion monster breeder. Traveling with Julio and the circus to seven different towns, you'll encounter new adventures and make new friends who can help you train and breed your monsters. With a two-phase training system, three-on-three battles and the ability to raise multiple monsters at a time, you'll want to experience this evolution in monster breeding for yourself.

The Good

Creating monsters is still an oddly engaging process.

The Bad

Takes too much focus off actual monster ranching, RPG elements are rarely engaging, Circus performance minigames are brutally repetitive.

The Bottom Line

Monster Rancher EVO introduces an evolution in monster breeding with an intricate character-driven story, a two-phase training system, three-on-three battles and the ability to raise multiple monsters at a time. Players will balance monster breeding with role-playing exploration as they join in the adventures of Julio, a young circus performer with dreams of becoming a champion monster breeder. Traveling with the circus to seven different towns, the player will meet new adventures and new friends who can help with training and breeding monsters.

Keeping in tradition, Monster Rancher EVO features the series' unique media disc input system that creates monsters based on the CD, PlayStation 2 game, or DVD the player inserts into the PlayStation 2, this latest incarnation of Monster Rancher presents an evolution of the series.

Game Specs

Controllers
Analog Control

Memory
90 kb

Modes
Campaign, Mini-Games, Story

ESRB Game Ratings

This game is Rated: Everyone +10
Content is most suitable for children ages 10 and up. This game may contain cartoons or fantasy characters and some language, violence or suggestive themes.

Content Descriptors:

Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence