Monster Rancher 4 (known in Japan as Monster Farm 4 ( モンスターファーム4 , Monsutā Fāmu Fō ) ) is a monster breeding and management game that was released by Tecmo for the PlayStation 2 in 2003.
8-553: Like the previous installments, this game involves the raising, breeding, and fighting of monsters. Monsters are created via a "Saucer Stone" regeneration system. There are several methods to obtaining a monster. Players must go to the Shrine, where they can choose their preferred method to generate a monster. One is the disc method where the player swaps the Monster Rancher 4 disc with a CD, DVD, or another game disc. A monster
16-452: A website where users can view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creating databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of
24-425: A player regenerates a monster, they can raise it on a ranch, and train it to compete in battles. The limit for monsters depend on the size of their ranch but the maximum is five monsters. Monster Rancher 4 is the first game in the series to be story-driven. Breeder rank progression is no longer tied to beating official tournaments, but by progressing the main story. The playable character is no longer silent, and has
32-422: Is then generated from the data contained on that disc. The next method is through in-game disc stones. Which can be obtained from adventures or tournaments. A pre-determined monster will then be generated based on the specific disc stone. Once the monster has been generated, their data is recorded in the encyclopedia. Players can then regenerate any monster that has been recorded in the encyclopedia at any point. Once
40-503: Is widely accepted in the literature that there is a strong correlation between sales and aggregated scores. Due to the influence reviews have over sales decisions, manufacturers are often interested in measuring these reviews for their own products. This is often done using a business-facing product review aggregator. In the film industry, according to Reuters , big studios pay attention to aggregators but "they don't always like to assign much importance to them". Movie Review Intelligence
48-419: The review aggregation website Metacritic . IGN ranked it as the 88th best PlayStation 2 game. The staff praised its improvements over its predecessors. Review aggregator A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services, such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, or cars. This system then stores the reviews to be used for supporting
56-400: The default name "Phayne." The story centers around Phayne, who is offered a job working on a ranch, and the mysterious girl Rio, who has the abnormal ability to talk to monsters. Rio eventually works alongside Phayne on the ranch, and once a mysterious man by the name of Mr. K appears at their doorstep, the real plot begins to unfold. The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to
64-406: The work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and stock prices have been seen to reflect ratings, as related to potential sales. It
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