BM: "Monsters Vs Aliens is the game based on the recent movie release by DreamWorks, it follows the story of the monster crew which consists of the a giant woman, a blue blob and some kind of swamp creature called Missing Link. The first mission is to escape the US Military installation where they are located, upon completing which they must battle the Alien visitor and help the US Government that they have just escaped from. The three playable characters have similar controls but each has its own unique game play elements, there are about 5 controls needed to navigate the game successfully, this means that as much as my Son might like to think that this is a game designed with him in mind he is mistaken. I would recommend it to ages 6-10 for the level of competency needed to perform all of the required tasks."
Chris B. of TGF writes:
"By now most gamers are immune to being sucked in to purchasing a video game that is based off a movie. For the most part the games aren’t based off the movie itself, and are usually a side story created using loose parts of the movie to tell it. Developer Beenox and Amaze Entertainment, with publisher Activision decided to throw their hats into the ring and take on the project of creating the home based console and handheld versions of the movie by DreamWorks Monster vs. Aliens."
Movie-tie-ins are almost always universally panned by critics and are seen by the majority of the industry as an opportunity to cash in on something big at the box office. Usually criticism levelled at said productions is due to poor game play elements resulting from a short development time and a rush to release the game on a tight schedule, unfortunately for Activision Monster vs. Aliens fits this trend to a tee.
PGNx writes: "Monsters and Aliens battle it out in Activision's latest title. The game, based on the upcoming Monsters vs. Aliens feature film, is developed by Amaze Entertainment for the Nintendo DS. The general plot and gameplay is fairly similar to its console cousins though the game was obviously adapted for the handheld."
