For example Global Defense Force monsters will be attacked by humans if they go out their way to destroy human buildings and military units being on the same side. Monsters are attacked on differing circumstances. Both will attack certain monsters each time, while others can still get caught in the crossfire. In multiplayer mode, the Surges are obtained by destroying Surge Crystals that pop up in the environment.Īlong with destructible environments, Earth's Military or the Vortaak's Forces are present, depending on the arena/city.
In the single player Story Mode, multiple Power Surges can be collected through defeating an enemy monster afflicted with the Surge. Before the Surge is over, monsters can induce a powerful shockwave attack. Others can improve and damage others like Radiation Surge that improves health regeneration while impairing that of nearby monsters. They can also decrease abilities like Shield Surge, which increases defense while slowing movement. Surges increase certain traits, like for example the Fire Surge increases damage dealt and Speed Surge increases speed. Monsters can also use one of seven "Power Surges", which are temporary abilities that can be used only once per battle, per monster. Rage Mode from the previous games is absent but in its place is "Critical Mass" where through destruction of energy crystals found in arenas monsters temporarily glow red and increase in size, boosting damage and endurance, but decreasing defense. The PS2 version involves button pressing for attacks and combos. Like its predecessors, Unleashed plays as a 3D fighting game with the option to play with two to four monsters at a time, with or without teams. He retreats when half his health is gone. The second time he is a boss in New York. The first time, he is just an obstacle between the player and the foe. Fortunately, they are brought down by the Earth Defenders, or the GDF (an Alien can also bring it down).Īdmiral Gyozen, captain of the Atoragon is out to destroy any monster in his way. After repairing their ship, they assault Earth with their own monsters, eventually arriving in the atmosphere over San Francisco. The Vortaak, led by their queen Vorticia, seek revenge on planet Earth and "their mutated monstrosities" by preparing a full-scale invasion, but are stopped cold by the approaching asteroid. Depending on the player's whims, alliances can be forged and enemies made depending on his or her actions during game. Four opposing factions arise from the chaos of the scramble for control of the planet Earth Defenders, Global Defense Force, Aliens and Mutants. There are also crystals with power surges causing monsters to go berserk with strange powers they absorbed.
The story of Unleashed, taking place twenty years after Godzilla: Save the Earth, begins with a meteor shower colliding with the Earth's surface, causing climate shifts and earthquakes.