# Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered and Football Manager 27 review roundup

**November 10, 2026 · Perthro**

Two very different comebacks landed in the first ten days of November. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, out November 3, rebuilds a 2002 GameCube arena brawler for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2 and PC. Football Manager 27 launches today, November 10, a year after Football Manager 26 became the worst-received entry in the series' modern history.

The short version: Godzilla sits at 74 on both Metacritic and OpenCritic, and critics agree almost to the point on why. It's a faithful, good-looking, very fun party game with a thin single-player side and a character unlock grind nobody asked for. Football Manager 27 is at 82 on Metacritic and 84 on OpenCritic from a small early pool, and the consensus is relief. The interface is fixed, the tactics are the best part, and it still isn't quite back to the level of Football Manager 2024.

All scores below were taken at the time of writing, on November 10, 2026, and may still move. Football Manager 27's numbers in particular rest on six or seven reviews.

## Godzilla and Football Manager 27 at a glance

|  | Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered | Football Manager 27 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Developer | Pipeworks | Sports Interactive |
| Publisher | Atari | Sega |
| Release date | November 3, 2026 | November 10, 2026 |
| Platforms | PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, PC | PC; PS5 and Xbox Series X/S (Console edition); iOS and Android (Mobile, via Netflix) |
| Price (US) | $29.99; $39.99 on Switch 2 | $59.99 on Steam |
| Metacritic | 74 on PS5; 72 on Switch 2; 70 on PC | 82 on PC from 7 reviews |
| OpenCritic | 74, 49% recommend, 42 reviews | 84, 67% recommend, 6 reviews |
| Subscription | None | Game Pass at launch |

If you're not sure how to read a 74 with 49% recommending it, our guide to [how Metacritic and OpenCritic scores work](/blog/2026-09-14-how-metacritic-opencritic-scores-work) explains why the two numbers measure different things.

## Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered review scores: 74 on Metacritic

The original Destroy All Monsters Melee came out on GameCube in 2002 and Xbox a year later. It's a 3D arena fighter in which up to four giant monsters wrestle through destructible cities, throwing buildings at each other. Atari published it then and publishes it now, and Pipeworks, the original developer, handled the new version. Despite the word "Remastered," Gematsu's announcement describes it as an Unreal Engine 5 remake, and IGN's review agrees that it goes well beyond sharper models. It adds online multiplayer and a levelling system and keeps the roster of 12 monsters.

Metacritic lists the PS5 version at 74, Switch 2 at 72 and PC at 70, with too few Xbox reviews for a score. OpenCritic has it at 74 from 42 critics, with 49% recommending it.

- **Console Creatures:** 90/100
- **Cubed3:** 90/100
- **GameGrin:** 90/100
- **Noisy Pixel:** 80/100
- **MonsterVine:** 80/100
- **CGMagazine:** 75/100
- **DualShockers:** 7.5/10
- **IGN:** 7/10
- **GameSpot:** 7/10
- **Nintendo Life:** 7/10
- **Push Square:** 7/10
- **Final Weapon:** 70/100
- **But Why Tho?:** 60/100

Scores out of 100 are shown as Metacritic lists them on its own scale; the outlet's original scale may differ.

### What critics like

The fighting. Nearly every review lands on the same picture: this is the feeling of smashing toy monsters together, and it works within minutes. Nintendo Life calls it a faithful update to a much-loved brawler and points out there are no elaborate combos or frame counting to learn. Console Creatures, at the top of the range, puts it in the same category as Super Smash Bros. for unabashed fun.

The presentation gets the next most praise. IGN praises how good it looks while keeping the feel of people in rubber suits drop-kicking each other, and Push Square says the destruction has never looked this good. Online play, new to this version, mostly holds up. IGN found most pre-release matches smooth with a few disconnects.

### What critics don't like

Two things, and they come up in the 9s as well as the 6s.

The first is the unlock system. You start with four of the 12 monsters. Unlocking the rest means meeting a gameplay requirement and then grinding experience into a "research" item, one at a time. MonsterVine gives the clearest example: Rodan needs eight arenas unlocked and then 18,000 XP, and Orga needs 25,000. Its review says this turns unlocking the full roster into a chore. Push Square describes the system as a bit of a live-service grind, though it adds that most things come from simply playing.

The second is how little there is to do alone. Push Square says the Adventure mode can be finished in about 15 minutes, and that Survival and Destruction don't hold attention for long. Final Weapon's criticism is the lack of new content beyond the visual rebuild. GameSpot's summary is that it's at its best in short sessions with friends.

### Should you play it?

If you have people to play with, on a couch or online, yes. At $29.99 it's priced like the party game it is. If you'd mostly play solo, the reviews suggest a fun weekend and not much after it, which is fine if you go in knowing that. It would sit comfortably on our list of [short games you can finish in a weekend](/blog/2026-09-19-short-games-to-finish-in-a-weekend). It's also a clean example of the remake-versus-remaster blur we wrote about in [why there are so many video game remakes](/blog/2026-09-29-why-so-many-video-game-remakes): rebuilt from scratch, sold under the gentler label.

![Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered screenshot from the Steam version of the kaiju arena brawler](https://perthro.io/assets/blog/01a971280ab1780e.jpg)

## Football Manager 27 review scores: 82 on Metacritic

Football Manager 27 has more riding on it than a yearly sports game usually does. Sports Interactive cancelled Football Manager 25 outright, then rebuilt the series in the Unity engine for Football Manager 26, which critics and long-time players received poorly. Cubed3's review calls FM26 a disaster and compares the studio's year to a team escaping relegation on the last day of the season.

Metacritic lists the PC version at 82 from 7 critics, all of them positive. OpenCritic has it at 84 from 6 reviews, with 67% recommending it.

- **The Games Machine:** 8.9/10
- **Wccftech:** 8.5/10
- **GameStar:** 83/100
- **Cubed3:** 8/10
- **Areajugones:** 8/10
- **IGN Benelux:** 8/10
- **Multiplayer (Italy):** 75/100

Most of the early reviews are from European outlets, where the series has its biggest audience. Larger English-language sites hadn't published scored reviews when we checked.

### What critics like

The interface, first. FM26 replaced the series' familiar inbox with pop-out tiles, and important information ended up buried under layers of clicks. Cubed3 says FM27 dismantles most of that and returns to a central inbox with clearly labelled sections. Wccftech's reviewer describes FM26 as thick and sticky to navigate and FM27 as a lot smoother, though still a little heavy.

The tactics get the strongest praise. Wccftech singles out the new tactical effectiveness system, which tracks how well your players understand your approach, how suited they are to it, and how much they believe in it. Complex systems now take real time on the training ground to bed in.

The world around your club is back as well. Cup draws, transfer deadline day and an overhauled news feed have returned, and Cubed3 argues that this, more than the new animations, is what restores the sense of being inside a football story. IGN Benelux puts it bluntly: this is the game last year's release should have been.

### What critics don't like

It's a recovery, not a new peak. Multiplayer's review says the series isn't yet back to the level of Football Manager 2024, and Areajugones marks it down for a lack of real innovation. Wccftech lists features that still haven't returned since the engine change, including the average-positions analysis view and the end-of-season review, and reports a few bugs and crashes.

The match engine is the other soft spot. Cubed3 notes animation mistakes, such as a goalkeeper missing the ball, and found an unusual number of low-scoring games and corners in early play. Multiplayer names defenders as the weak point on the pitch.

### Should you play it?

If you skipped FM26, this is the one to come back for. If you bought FM26 and bounced off it, the reviews say your main complaints have been addressed. The series is famous for eating hundreds of hours, so it's worth deciding what you want from a save before you start one. Our piece on [when to stop playing a game](/blog/2026-09-21-when-to-stop-playing-a-game) is about a different kind of game, but the advice about setting your own finish line applies. It's on Game Pass at launch, which is the cheap way to find out.

![Football Manager 27 screenshot from the Steam version, showing the revised interface](https://perthro.io/assets/blog/eaa75b1b232a35db.jpg)

## Which one is worth your time this week?

They're aimed at opposite evenings. Godzilla is for a night with friends and asks for nothing. Football Manager 27 is for the next six months and asks for all of them. Both are comeback stories that critics mostly bought, and both carry a caveat that's easy to live with if you know it going in: one is thin, the other is still catching up to its own past.

With GTA 6 nine days out, neither is a bad way to fill the gap, and [our November release list](/blog/2026-11-02-new-games-november-2026-release-dates) has what else is coming.

If you play either, [Perthro](https://apps.apple.com/app/perthro/id6764673686) is a good place to keep track of it. Log Godzilla with who you played it with, or note the club and season you're on in Football Manager so a save you leave for a month is easy to pick back up. Our [gaming journal](/gaming-journal) page shows how that works.

### Sources

- [Metacritic: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered](https://www.metacritic.com/game/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered/)
- [OpenCritic: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered](https://opencritic.com/game/20818/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered)
- [Metacritic: Football Manager 27](https://www.metacritic.com/game/football-manager-27/)
- [OpenCritic: Football Manager 27](https://opencritic.com/game/21676/football-manager-27)
- [Gematsu: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered announced](https://www.gematsu.com/2026/06/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-switch-2-and-pc)
- [Gematsu: Football Manager 27 launches November 10](https://www.gematsu.com/2026/09/football-manager-27-launches-november-10-for-ps5-xbox-series-pc-ios-and-android)
- Godzilla reviews: [IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-review), [GameSpot](https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-is-a-faithful-if-flawed-remaster/), [Nintendo Life](https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch-2/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered), [Push Square](https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered), [MonsterVine](https://monstervine.com/2026/11/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-remastered-review/), [Final Weapon](https://finalweapon.net/2026/11/02/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-review/), [Console Creatures](https://www.consolecreatures.com/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-review/), [GameGrin](https://www.gamegrin.com/reviews/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-review/), [Cubed3](https://www.cubed3.com/games/reviews/nintendo-switch-2/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered), [Noisy Pixel](https://noisypixel.net/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-review/), [CGMagazine](https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-ps5/), [DualShockers](https://www.dualshockers.com/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-review-absolute-kaiju-chaos/), [But Why Tho?](https://butwhytho.net/2026/11/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-review/)
- Football Manager 27 reviews: [Wccftech](https://wccftech.com/review/football-manager-2027-review-tactically-effective-and-getting-better/), [Cubed3](https://www.cubed3.com/games/reviews/pc/football-manager-2027), [The Games Machine](https://www.thegamesmachine.it/football-manager-27-pc-ps5-xbox-series/football-manager-27-recensione/), [GameStar](https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/football-manager-27-test,3462300.html), [Areajugones](https://areajugones.sport.es/videojuegos/analisis-de-football-manager-27-la-redencion-que-la-saga-necesitaba/), [IGN Benelux](https://nl.ign.com/football-manager-27/168232/football-manager-27-review), [Multiplayer](https://multiplayer.it/recensioni/football-manager-27-recensione.html)
- [Steam: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4251460/)
- [Steam: Football Manager 27](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4530370/)