<s>
is	O
a	O
versus	O
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Scarab	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
Pit-Fighter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
makes	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
digitized	O
human	O
actors	O
as	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
plus	O
some	O
blood	O
influenced	O
by	O
Midway	O
's	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
was	O
panned	O
by	O
most	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
scaling	O
graphics	O
,	O
complex	O
controls	O
,	O
interactive	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
and	O
multi-tiered	O
arenas	O
do	O
not	O
work	O
together	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
razed	O
the	O
choppy	O
animation	O
and	O
pixelization	O
on	O
the	O
digitized	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
likened	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
a	O
second-rate	O
Way	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Warrior	I-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crispin	O
Boyer	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
sorry	O
mess	O
of	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
GamePro	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
even	O
deserve	O
coverage	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
summarized	O
in	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
"	O
While	O
Battle	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
does	O
have	O
some	O
good	O
ideas	O
and	O
twists	O
on	O
the	O
standard	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
whole	O
package	O
is	O
poorly	O
executed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
GameFan	O
defended	O
Battle	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
assessing	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
gameplay	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
conventional	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
entertaining	O
,	O
with	O
12	O
moves	O
plus	O
a	O
super	O
for	O
each	O
ghoul	O
.	O
</s>
