- December 14, 2015
- SVG
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About MonsterLand
MonsterLand is a single player arcade shooter game with violence and science fiction themes. It was developed by SVG and was released on December 14, 2015. It received very positive reviews from players.
Monsterland is an MS-DOS-style textmode shooter with a story-driven campaign which is about 3 hours long. As you blast your way through the levels, finding keycards and unlocking doors, you are faced with increasingly frantic battles with a variety of Monsters.
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Reviews
- Engaging fast-paced top-down shooter gameplay reminiscent of Doom with strategic weapon use and level design.
- Strong nostalgic atmosphere created by ASCII/retro graphics combined with atmospheric sound effects and music.
- Good value for a short, challenging action game with responsive controls and enjoyable exploration.
- ASCII/text-based graphics are polarizing; some find them lazy, outdated, or difficult to interpret during gameplay.
- AI and enemy design can be frustrating, including instant hits when enemies are adjacent and limited enemy variety.
- Lack of quality-of-life features such as better save/load options, controller support, graphical settings, and more customization.
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23 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe game's graphics rely heavily on ASCII and text-based visuals, which many users find outdated, limiting, and at times frustrating due to lack of clarity and customization options. While some appreciate the nostalgic and atmospheric qualities this minimalist style brings, most feel that the rudimentary graphics detract from the overall experience and do not justify the price. Despite this, the gameplay and story receive praise, suggesting the graphics, though poor by modern standards, do not overshadow the game's design strengths.
“What it lacks in graphics, it delivers in good story, engaging gameplay, formidable atmosphere and good story.”
“Don't let the graphics fool you, this is actually a pretty well designed shooter similar to horror shooters like Dead Space or Doom but remarkably only uses letters as the graphic detail of everything in the game.”
“Fun topdown shooter that is very similar to Doom in setting and selection of guns, but with something more of a story and well done ascii graphics.”
“Not doing the job properly and using ASCII art or pixel graphics or whatever, phoning the graphics in like this, is not "clever" or "innovative", it's lazy.”
“There's actually some depth in the design, different weapons and so on, but all of this is really wasted effort due to the failed graphics.”
“There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
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MonsterLand is a arcade shooter game with violence and science fiction themes. Common tags for MonsterLand include indie, real-time, difficult, retro, top-down and others.
MonsterLand is available on PC and Windows.
MonsterLand was released on December 14, 2015.
MonsterLand was developed by SVG.
MonsterLand has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked MonsterLand for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.
MonsterLand is a single player game.
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