▁have ▁easily ▁re lied ▁upon ▁its ▁actual ▁game play , ▁and ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁su ffic ed ." ▁Te ch - G aming ▁found ▁the ▁First ▁Cr ush ▁Rub ▁mechan ic ▁" s illy ▁and ▁un ap olog et ically ▁s oph om or ic ", ▁whilst ▁pra ising ▁the ▁game ' s ▁l ore ▁and ▁single - player ▁campaign , ▁and ▁taking ▁issue ▁with ▁the ▁design ▁decision ▁to ▁limit ▁the ▁card ▁augment ation ▁until ▁players ▁un locked ▁a ▁key ▁through ▁ad - h oc ▁or ▁network ▁play . ▁They ▁also ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ' s ▁visual ▁delivery ▁not ing ▁that ▁developer ▁Comp ile ▁Heart ' s ▁previous ▁console ▁efforts ▁have ▁been ▁decided ly ▁mixed , ▁giving ▁Mon ster ▁Mon pie ce ▁a ▁final ▁rating ▁of ▁ 8 4 / 1 0 0 . ▁Gam est yle ▁regards ▁the ▁game play ▁mechan ics ▁as ▁a ▁strong ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁however ▁notes ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁cultural ▁difference ▁that ▁push es ▁many ▁boundaries ▁in ▁Western ▁countries , ▁where ▁it ▁may ▁feel ▁in app ropri ate ▁for ▁players ▁to ▁rub ▁characters ▁in ▁a ▁sexual ▁manner . ▁No ▁final ▁score ▁was ▁given . ▁ ▁Col in ▁Mor i art y ▁of ▁I GN ▁review ed ▁Mon ster ▁Mon pie ce ▁neg atively , ▁scoring ▁the ▁game ▁a ▁ 4 . 9 / 1 0 , ▁critic izing ▁the ▁story , ▁characters , ▁upgrad ing ▁system ▁and ▁environments . ▁However , ▁the ▁game ' s ▁card ▁batt ling ▁system ▁was ▁pra ised ;