Rely on Horror, C. Bronmans writes: "We have frequently covered Monstrum in the past, so I was pretty excited when I heard the game had reached a playable state. While I can’t claim to be the biggest fan of horror games wherein you navigate dark areas with invincible monsters roaming around, I am very fond of titles that use randomization of their levels and items. This game also happens to take place on an abandoned ship, which means there is a huge chance that the enemy designs are going to take inspiration from sea creatures, which as a fan of the works of Junji Ito, The Thing That Drifted Ashore and The Seashore in particular, I simply couldn’t miss out on."
Michael Kitchin writes, "Monstrum has a rough start and it does not do well to educate new players. There's a real lack of explanation when it comes to enemy behaviours and objectives. Once I'd come to terms with it, I found a game that was surprisingly fair and accomplished in the art of building tension. It's not a great game to look at but there's fantastic sound design at work that does build apprehension well. As basic as it is, there's a decent thrill here, however short it lasts."
SOEDESCO® announced that the physical edition of "Monstrum" on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One releases on October 23, 2020.
Neil writes: "With the delay of many AAA titles, and the move into the summer period, it is still a little quiet on the new games front. But that in turn at least gives us the chance to crack on with knuckling down with our huge list of older games that we've been meaning to play. It does however also mean that in order to keep that backlog list topped up, even more Xbox games will need to be purchased - and that is where the latest Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale comes in. The latest one - that working between the 7th-13th July 2020 - offers plenty of great discounts on numerous Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles."
