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Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure

The PSP releases are a port of the original Japanese PC game with the rhythm bar removed. The 2015 release is a remasted version of the original PC game. The game had to be remade for the 3DS, 'Gurumin 3D: A…

85 25 December 2004

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 25 December 2004 on PlayStation Portable and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2004. It was published by 505 Game Street. It is available on PlayStation Portable and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Gurumin stars Parin, a strong-willed girl sent to live with her grandfather in a small mining town. Parin soon discovers an invisible monster village hidden behind her home. She is quickly drawn into a fight between the village’s friendly monster residents and the Phantoms, evil monsters that want to destroy them. Learning of a weapon hidden underneath the village that she alone is fit to wield, Parin embarks on a quest to stop the Phantoms and make the world right. "
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium III 800 MHz, 1 GB RAM and 64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure launched on 25 December 2004, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords and Gran Turismo 4. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Gran Turismo 4.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure — frequently asked questions

When did Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure come out?
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure was released on 25 December 2004 for PlayStation Portable and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure?
At minimum, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure needs Pentium III 800 MHz, 1 GB RAM, 64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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