Monster Lab is a puzzle developed by Backbone Entertainment, released 4 November 2008 on Nintendo DS, Wii and PlayStation 2.
What Monster Lab is
Monster Lab is a puzzle game developed by Backbone Entertainment and released in 2008. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Nintendo DS, Wii and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Will you create the ultimate monster? Perform outrageous experiements to build your very own mad monsters! Face creepy quests and challenges in the eerie uncanny valley and pitch your ultimate creations in fierce combat against the super-evil Baron and his grotesque army of monsters.
How it plays
Its themes are action and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Monster Lab holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 55% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Monster Lab launched on 4 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Gears of War 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2.
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