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Monsters, Inc.

Boo has returned to Monstropolis and it is your job as Sulley (or Sulley and Mike in the GBC version) to get her back home. However, to make things difficult, Randal has destroyed her door. Avoid Randall and…

55 19 March 2002

Monsters, Inc. is a platform, released 19 March 2002 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

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What Monsters, Inc. is

Monsters, Inc. was released in 2002. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Boo has returned to Monstropolis and it is your job as Sulley (or Sulley and Mike in the GBC version) to get her back home. However, to make things difficult, Randal has destroyed her door. Avoid Randall and the CDA (Child Detection Agency) as well as other dangers as you try getting Boo home. This platform scroller will have you trying to find out where you have been as you make your way through multiple doorways, up and down ladders, and more. Pick up items along the way as you jump and dodge enemies, use your roar attack, push items, sneak, and more.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Monsters, Inc. series

Monsters, Inc. is the seventh of 19 entries we hold in the Monsters, Inc. series. The next entry was Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena in 2002. Its critic score of 55 is 14 points below the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Kingdom Hearts III at 90.

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How it was received

Monsters, Inc. holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Monsters, Inc. launched on 19 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

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Monsters, Inc. was released on 19 March 2002 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

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