Dawn of the Monsters Direct Download
The cataclysmic battle between giant monsters has begun in this manga-inspired, side-scrolling, kaiju beat-’em-up! Titanic creatures known as Nephilim have invaded Earth, and the only hope of stopping them is DAWN (Defense Alliance Worldwide Network), which unleashes its own colossal combatants to defend against the enemy hordes! Take control of four hulking behemoths – Megadon, Aegis Prime, Tempest Galahad, and Ganira – each with distinct abilities and play styles, and smash your way through destructible real-world environments spanning more than 35 missions! Power up with DNA augments, crush foes with devastating Rage moves and brutal finishers, and team up with a friend for 2-player co-op action! You are the planet’s last line of defense…but will that be enough for mankind to survive the Dawn of the Monsters!? This is a really solid game, both for tokusatsu fans and beat-’em-up fans. The game looks great, has appropriate music and is mechanically deep. With four unique characters, large movesets and a fun gear system that works off the ranking system, the gameplay loop is solid. If you want a bit more in your modern beat-’em-up than an s-string and a jumpkick, you’ll feel at home here. Parries, just dodges, animation cancels and juggles are a frequent part of every non-boss interaction. Outside of gameplay, the story, characters and their designs are a love letter to all tokusatsu subgenres, not just kaiju stuff.
Sadly, the game has the major flaw of lacking any replay value. While the game is too long to boot up and play to completion in one sitting like SOR4 or Fight’N Rage, it’s also too short to really make good use of the otherwise solid gear and build diversity given to the player. Gear drops in ascending tiers based on both the player’s progress in the campaign and the ranking system. The scoring system is simple to understand and mostly just revolves around killing things quickly and using the overkill bonus to yield a lot of leeway in hitting the S+ threshold for each fight. However, most of the good gear only drops towards the end, and there is really nothing to use it on. The build diversity feels a bit hollow when you realize that the game is over by the time you feel like you’ve achieved your preferred playstyle, but that the gear also increases in stats, making the idea of putting the high tier stuff on characters you didn’t use fall flat too. This game has a perfect foundation to be one of the best action roguelikes on the market.
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I also hope it gets the extra content it deserves. While it would be relatively easy to fix the replay value issue with minimal need to create new assets, the developers have said they would like to expand on the game if it sells well. While this game is a labor of love to both tokusatsu and beat-’em-up players, it misses the mark on what has made people play games like Final Fight for decades. Hopefully with time this will be a better overall package, but it’s still great for what it currently is. Honestly it’s just a bunch of fun, the characters have some solid variety to them and there aren’t a lot of kaiju games out there right now. If the price feels a bit much for you then I’d absolutely suggest it on sale. Though, the fact that it is splitscreen/steam remote play only for multiplayer may mean you should nab it on a console or something instead where it is easier to set up the multiplayer. That’s your call though.
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System Requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 Series or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Click the Download Here button above and you should be redirected to GamesDatabase.
- Wait 5 seconds and click on the grey ‘download now’ button. Now let the download begin and wait for it to finish.
- Once the game is done downloading, right click the .zip file and click on “Extract to” (To do this you must have 7-Zip or winrar, which you can get here).
- Double click inside the Dawn of the Monsters folder and run the exe application.
- Thats all, enjoy the game! Make sure to run the game as administrator and if you get any missing dll errors, look for a file named All In One Runtimes.exe run this and install it.
