GODZILLA: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS MELEE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Platform: GameCube Condition: New Other versions of this game available from us: Platform: Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition copies available Product Information Giant monster fighting game based on the Godzilla movies Fight as one of 11 monsters in 8 different locations Use hand-to-hand, close range, projectile weapons, and special moves Each city built with fully destructible buildings and other elements For 1 to 4 players Product Description Based on the hit movies created by Toho Co, Ltd, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a one-to-four-player fighting game of epic scope. Aliens have travelled to earth and are using mind control to take power over the planet's giant monsters in an attempt to destroy our greatest cities. In the single player game, players must battle as their favourite giant monster against other escapees from Monster Island in titan-to-titan combat to protect the planet and its civilians. In addition to the single-player story mode, the game includes additional play styles--Versus mode (pitting between one and four players against each other in an epic battle royal), Destruction mode (a timed challenge to see which player can destroy more of a city in a given amount of time) and Survival mode (the ultimate test of a player's skill, pitting him against monster after monster with the score based on the number of enemies defeated before losing a match). Review You'll doubtless be surprised to learn from the cryptic title that Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee involves giant 400-foot monsters smashing cities and hurling oil tankers and laser beams at each other. The game features a host of preposterous looking creatures, including three-headed dragon King Ghidorah, the insect-like Megalon and of course the king of the monsters himself: Godzilla. Despite the initially stodgy controls Destroy All Monsters actually reveals itself as a highly entertaining free-roaming fighter very much in the style of Power Stone. And despite its slow pace things can get quite tactical as you use skyscrapers for cover and employ the widely varying powers of each creature. The graphics aren't amazing but they do manage to convey a great feeling of scale, and, even better, the idea that you're actually a 400-foot man in a monster suit-which sounds rubbish--is hilarious in practice. The only real problem with the game at all is the fact that you can only use three of the eleven monsters to begin with, with the rest having to be unlocked via the rather badly paced single-player mode. Why there's only a selection of three monsters to start with is particularly baffling since the game features an extremely enjoyable four-player mode. Destroy All Monsters is excellent knockabout fun for anyone that likes their beat-'em-ups simple and unpretentious. It's also, at time of writing, the only fighter on the market to feature a giant city-destroying moth. -- David Jenkins