Godzilla Unleashed Wii
  • Publisher: Atari
  • Release Date: Dec 5, 2007
  • Also On: DS
Metascore
44 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 31
  3. Negative: 22 out of 31
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  1. Play Magazine
    80
    Still: warts and all, this is among the best fighters for the system. [Dec 2007, p.82]
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  2. Console Gameworld
    65
    It may retain a few redeeming qualities, but all in all Godzilla: Unleashed is a step backward for Pipeworks' Godzilla series.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    62
    If you're a fan of Godzilla, you'll find a lot to enjoy with this game once you get beyond the flawed and unresponsive controls.
  4. Game Chronicles
    61
    Sadly enough these great features cannot save you from a horrendous storyline, generic sounds, and iffy controls.
  5. Nintendo Power
    55
    Though Godzilla Unleashed is fairly accessible, even casual gamers may wonder why their creatures don't always do what they want. [Holiday 22007, p.82]
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  6. GamesRadar
    50
    Between these random inadequacies and the shabby controls, there's just not enough reason for non-hardcore Godzilla fans to bother with this. Too bad. The King of the Monsters deserves better.
  7. Zentendo
    50
    There are plenty of great ideas to be found, though not a whole lot of polish or execution.
  8. GameTrailers
    50
    With sluggish combat, muddy visuals simply, and almost no impact, city-destroying giant monsters have never been so easy to ignore.
  9. GameSpy
    50
    Character choices aside, if you can get past the occasionally spotty controls and the somewhat sluggish combat, you'll have a decent time with this game, especially if you grew up watching Godzilla and King Ghidorah duke it out on Saturday afternoon TV. Just don't set your expectations too high.
  10. IGN
    49
    Godzilla fans deserve better than this. Unleashed isn't pretty, isn't compelling, and isn't nearly as fun as stepping into the skin of giant monsters should be. Everything about this game is phoned in.
  11. Worth Playing
    45
    The game does an excellent job of being pretty, but pretty will only carry you so far in life, especially in an industry where pragmatism (read: gameplay) is king.
  12. Games Master UK
    45
    Dodgy monster beat-'em-up that doesn't get anything right. [Mar 2008, p.79]
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  13. Digital Entertainment News
    45
    If you really like Godzilla and have a Wii, then you might want to consider waiting for the price to drop before picking this up. Even then, think twice. Your money might be better spent filling out your Godzilla DVD collection.
  14. Nintendo Gamer
    45
    The source material deserves far better than this. [Apr 2008, p.73]
  15. Game Almighty
    42
    I love these monsters, I loved them growing up, we all did. So it becomes a downer to see them transplanted into such drab renditions of themselves. If making a bunch of kids happy with some slap happy antics on a Wii is what this game was aiming for, then it has been accomplished.
  16. Gamestyle
    40
    We long for a good Godzilla game, but this isn’t it.
  17. Boomtown
    40
    Avoid Unleashed like you’d avoid Godzilla himself.
  18. Nintendojo
    40
    Godzilla Unleashed does too many things poorly to be recommended to anyone but the most diehard of Godzilla fans, who will be attracted to some of the game's attempted fan service, like the impressive roster of monsters.
  19. GameZone
    40
    This is a really bad game, and made even worse by taking such a cool license and dragging it across a desert of poor controls and ineffective ideas.
  20. Game Informer
    40
    The motion controls are complete slop. [Dec 2007, p.146]
  21. NintendoWorldReport
    40
    Ultimately, Godzilla: Unleashed is just awful. Even the biggest Godzilla fans among us should not have to suffer through this piece of trash.
  22. 1UP
    40
    Unleashed isn't completely without merit -- it just falls far below any reasonable standard for fighting, wrestling, or monster games.
  23. GameSpot
    35
    Unleashed is the worst thing to happen to Godzilla since getting killed by Mothra's babies.
  24. AceGamez
    30
    If you haven't realized by now, Godzilla: Unleashed fails on every level - the only thing I can credit it for is being just about playable.
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  25. VideoGamer
    30
    Just a shoddily put together game that will fail to excite even the most hardcore monster fans. Avoid this at all costs.
  26. DailyGame
    27
    After about three levels I couldn't take it anymore and put the controller down.
  27. The Wiire
    25
    I think the developers missed a great opportunity to insert humor into the game with drastic overacting and exaggeration in the script. Instead of embracing the poor acting and making it a genuine part of the game, Pipeworks just replaced poor acting with poor dialogue and voice-overs.
  28. Eurogamer
    20
    A terrible mess.
  29. Video Game Talk
    20
    Godzilla Unleashed is a bad game. There’s really no way around saying it.
  30. GameShark
    16
    Simply put, Godzilla Unleashed is a horrible game—all 17 painful stages.
  31. GamingExcellence
    14
    I plan to sink my copy into a bucket of concrete and plunge it into the deepest part of the ocean, after dropping it in a vat of carbolic acid.

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User Score
7.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. GodzillaFan
    9
    Godzilla has had a HUGELY succesful movie series (32 movies.... that's a record!). However, back before the 2001 release of Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee, most godzilla games typically sucked, and I'm saying this as a godzilla fan (that's pretty bad...). Even then, GDAMM, and it's sequal, GSTE (Godzilla Save the Earth) all had it's flaws, but they were decent. Then, BAM! We are given Godzilla Unleashed, the greatest Godzilla game we had ever been given and one of the greatest fighting games I have ever played. The graphics are awesome for a Wii, and the audio (especially the music) is incredible. The controls took some getting used to. I figured out the controls rather easily by just going through the tutorial. Originally, I thought it was fine. However, many of my friends had trouble with the controls and didn't learn it as easily, so I do have to point that out. It's got 26 monsters to choose from, which is a huge amount judging by the 11 we had in GDAMM around 6 years ago. What really got my attention was the custom options. You can litterally tweak every element of gameplay in the game, whether it is the military, the power ups, or even the size of the monsters. What most of my friend's found fun in was a mode called destruction mode, where you make up your differences with other monsters and can either team up or compete in destroying buildings and fighting military. There is only one major problem I have, and that is the lack of polish this game has. I shouldn't be complaining that much considering that Super Smash Bros. Brawl was delayed like hell and still came riddled with bugs. Yeah, cramming all that content within one year is kind of begging to be riddled with glitches, but I just have to point that out. Some even affect gameplay, most notably being Mechagodzilla's inablity to use power ups and that if you fight godzilla 2000 when he's blue, you won't get any points. However, not all the bugs are terrible. One kinda made up the bugs for me. For some monsters, you can litterally JUMP OUT of the arena if you try hard enough, and then, you can explore the outskirts of the arenas, and you can even walk into the volcano in Seattle. So, my final verdict on this game is that, this game is an awesome game to play with friends or by yourself. The only problems is the bugs, and even that is somewhat made up by other bugs (though not completely, hence the score not being 10). If you are a fighting game or giant monster fan, and you own a wii, then get this game as soon as you can.… Full Review »
  2. GeorgeL.
    10
    This game is awesome. It's non liner storyline, and beautiful controls make this game the best fighting game ever made.
  3. ludd_gang
    8
    This is a fantastic game for Godzilla fans. The controls take getting used to, but once you get it, they are solid. Graphic are amazing. Main thing I don't like is the crystal pillar bashes in story mode.… Full Review »
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