This city-smashing monster sim is the first game I've ever played where my reward for beating a level is getting a nuke dropped on my head

3 weeks ago 14

Rommie Analytics

There are few things more cathartic in this life than a videogame that just lets you smash a load of stuff up. In that regard, You Are the Monster is about as pure as it gets: pick a giant monster, get dropped into a city, and rampage across it.

It's a profoundly uncomplicated experience. Starting my first round as Kraken (sort of a cross between a lobster, an octopus, and a minivan), at first I think I must have missed a tutorial explaining the controls. No need for one, as it turns out—simply walking into things smashes them aside, whether they're cars, scenery, or civilians, such that I'd be hard pressed to do anything without causing some kind of havoc.