


You can see what types of attacks are more effective and try to remain within that range. There’s some strategy to battling if not much.


Loyalty has to be high enough for them to listen to you too. You need to spend ‘Will’ for attacks, which generates over time. Choose an attack, though it’s limited to whichever attacks are options based on your range. You can manually control your monster to some extent – move them towards and away from the other monster. The basics are similar between both Monster Rancher titles. But there are plenty of weeks with extra battles to earn money and items between these. The main tournaments happen every few months – complete these to rank up and open up the next level of tournaments. Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX works on a calendar system, with you spending a week doing each activity. This means battling your way through several tournaments. While most of the time is spent raising monsters, the overall goal is to win the championship. There are a lot of factors to manage and a ton of customization – especially when you get to combining monsters, which will be discussed later. The raising system itself is surprisingly good, especially considering that this is a pre-2000 title. Keep feeding it cake and it might listen to you – but it won’t exactly be fighting fit! Do you punish it when it fails training? How you raise the monster will determine everything from how long it lives to how it acts. It’s not just battle stats that you need to manage, but health, loyalty, and more. It’s important to manage your monster while you do this. If you have the money, you can also choose to put it through a training course, with the chance of it learning a new move for fights. You can choose to put your monster through training that raises a single stat or multiple stats, at the expense of another and more fatigue. Several different types of training are available to you. While there are some differences, you’ll spend most of your time in both training monsters, with the occasional battle to rank up and earn money. Monster Rancher 1 & 2 are essentially the same in this way. There’s a bit of story, but it’s mostly summed up as you and your assistant need to raise monsters and then win the championship. But after all this time, how do the earlier games hold up? We’ll take a look at Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX and find out.įor those who are new to the series or need a refresher, Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is about raising monsters and then battling them. Whether they’re of the anime or raising your own monsters back on the original PlayStation, it brings back a lot of nostalgia. If you’re like me, the name Monster Rancher might bring back fond memories.
