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Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster Xbox 360
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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster is an uplifting and funny, family adventure game playable on Kinect for Xbox 360. Players join favorite Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar, Grover and all new characters as they discover a long lost children's book titled Once Upon a Monster. As they read, they join the action to become part of a living storybook adventure, helping new monster friends with their problems by exploring the book chapter by chapter, page by page. It features active co-op gameplay that is specially designed for sibling and/or parent-child co-play; and teaches social, emotional, and other important life lessons through its colorful and whimsical gameplay. … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. ZTGameDomain
    Oct 19, 2011
    99
    Double Fine has achieved an amazing feat with Once Upon a Monster. Not only is the game ideal for children in both design and presentation, but it is a game that parents will want to play with their kids.
  2. MEGamers
    Dec 21, 2011
    90
    Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster is a properly executed Kinect game for kids that doesn't try to do a hundred things just to be appealing. At last here's an enjoyable title that stands to be a firm favorite for anyone looking for an educational game for their kids to play.
  3. Games Master UK
    Nov 20, 2011
    72
    Falls victim to problems not of its own making, but it's still a charming, kids game. [Christmas 2011, p.88]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. hitler420
    10
    best 50 bux i ever spent, as this is truly a monster of a game... before you spend hundreds of your parents dollars sucking down activision's annual "call of duty" enema, stop being casual filth and support companies that look out for "TRUE GAMERS"… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  2. MaxxSwan13
    10
    BEST GAME FOR KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I promise!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. gtrevc
    0
    This is the worst kids game I have ever purchased. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx… Expand
    • 0 of 2 users said yes

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