Monster Rancher for PlayStation 1

Pros: addictiveness
Cons: music gets tidious after awhile.

This game is an almost more indepth and advanced pokemon. The whole point of the game is to become a master monster rancher.

You get to raise your monsters and train them for arena battles and see how they turn out. You can have a snobby...

Pros: Simple interface and gameplay, open-ended, ideal for all ages, unique
Cons: Open-ended gameplay not for everyone. Can be frustrating and breeding feature is complicated.

Overall: 10

Gameplay: 10
Graphics: 9
Sound: 9
Concept: 10
Replay Value:10

Every once in a while a game comes along that is so unique, so offbeat, and so fun that it grabs you from the get-go. Monster Rancher is...

Pros: Raising monsters on your PS1
Cons: A few minor things are annoying

In the midst of all the pokemania, anything to do with training your own monsters is bound to be popular. This game however has far more depth in the raising and caring for your monsters than the comparatively shallow pokemon series. Now in this game...

Pros: Highly addicting
Cons: Not much action

My husband's friend rented this game and we all got hooked on it. It is a weird game, there is little action, but yet its highly addicting.

The object of the game is to create a monster, raise it, train it, fight with it and take it on quests...

Pros: Great gameplay and replay value. What a game should be...FUN!
Cons: Too easy

Monster Rancher is the type of game I have been wanted for a long time. When you look at the core of the game, raising and training a monster to fight in the arena, it sounds simple. It is, but it is the little things that make the game.
You can...

Pros: Great game, good for all types.
Cons: none

This is one of my favorite games yet. It is fun and has a lot of depth. It is also a lot of fun to 'unlock' monsters from your CD's! There are many different monsters to unlock, raise, fight and then breed. You gain new monsters by playing the...

Pros: Get Monsters from CDs, Very Addictive
Cons: Sound can get irritating

Ever wish you could use those worthless CDs that come in the mail for something useful? Well now you can with Monster Rancher. Monster Rancher is a virtual pet-type game in which you are a Monster Rancher and together with your assistant Holly you...

Pros: Create monsters from CDs
Cons: Addictive

I didn't like any Playstation game until this one!

If you like roleplaying games, and really like to get involved with character development, this game is perfect for you!

In the game, you are exactly what the game title is... a...

Pros: Interesting concept, fun battles
Cons: Repetition, annoying sidekick

Monster Rancher is still one of Playstation's greatest secrets, but they are really trying for it not to be. They have released a sequel and there is also now a cartoon for children based on these games. However, most people you ask still will not have...

Pros: awesome idea
Cons: can get boring for other people

Imagine "Gigapets: The Video Game." Now imagine gigapets being nothing more than a floating eyeball with a tongue. That's Monster Rancher. The plot line is that you are the owner of a farm. You get monsters by going to a shrine, and the temple...

Pros: awesome animation
Cons: 2D backdrops

When I got this game I put it in and played for 5 hours straight. I couldn't put it down. the animation and character design is astonishing. the faces of your monsters are the most realistic you can find. You start out with 1000 dollars and no monsters,...

Pros: Pure fun! Hours and hours of entertainment!
Cons: A few minor things, but not enough to hate it!

With all these new fads going around, it seemed that blood, guts, pokemon, and sexually-oriented games are the "hot item". However, I was never interested in such games, and one day I turned on my TV and saw a show called Monster Rancher and learned it wa ...

Pros: Very fun, huge replay value, can battle your friends
Cons: sound repetitive, graphics not great, monsters die

Well, you either love or hate this game. I love it.

The gameplay itself is a lot like a virtual pet - you have to feed your monster, train it, rest it when it is tired and battle it. It is really cool being able to get monsters off your CDs...

Pros: Hours of enjoyment!
Cons: Can be addictive...

My son is 5 years old and is a pretty good reader for his age. His father brought home a Playstation quite a long time ago, and we've been searching high and low for a game he can play on it. He and I both LOVE this game! There's a tiny bit of...

Pros: you get to unlock monsters from CDs
Cons: quite boring, and lacks challenge

Monster rancher is not really a great game... I mean this game could have done a lot better. ok im not going to say that nobody should play this game because it is an allright game. it is pretty cool how you can Unlock all these monsters from EVERY CD...