Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia review

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GamesRadar+ Verdict

Pros

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    Monsters

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    and lots of 'em

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    Online play can be great

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    Plenty of gun-like nonguns

Cons

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    Solo play with no Live co-op

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    Awful voice overs

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    especially Zack's

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    Singleplayer can be very buggy

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Regardless of what scholars, music magazines and Tenacious D continue to espouse, the finest song ever committed to tape is inarguably"Monster Mash." "Stairway" this, Beethoven that - Bobby "Boris" Pickett's macabre anthem simultaneously made us recoil in fear for our very lives and channeled an unknown desire to cut a rug with Dracula and throw back cocktails with the Wolfman. In that same spirit, we strode confidently into Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia's top-down, third-person blast-a-thon expecting a similar mix of the unholy and pleasant, but alas...

Monster Madness ' singleplayer game is loud, obnoxious and just plain shallow. As hard as it seems to botch the winning scenario of a town overrun with ghoulish beasties and the blood-thirsty dead, apparently all it takes is some horrible voiceoversandthe most cringe-inducing foursome of adolescent stereotypes possible. Zack alone is easily the most irritaing character in recent memory.

More info

GenreAction
DescriptionMow down an army of the undead - and each other - in this sharp-looking top-down shooter.
Platform"PS3","Xbox 360","PC"
US censor rating"Teen","Teen","Teen"
UK censor rating"","",""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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