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I've been wanting to make a Monster Hunter thread on FOH for over a year, but I figured it would die quickly since the MH series is not well known in the Western world. I figured what better time to post it than on a new forum with tons of other newly starting threads. I'm going to attempt to explain what the Monster Hunter series is and hopefully encourage and excite people to want to support and enjoy this gaming series.
I don't admit to being a great or even a good writer, just a passionate one, especially about this series. If what I'm saying sounds even remotely interesting, but I sound like a moron then please go find more information athttp://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Wiki
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A size chart of many of the monsters in the Monster Hunter games.
A great picture of a lancer fighting (what I believe is) Rathian.
Ready? GO!
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What is Monster Hunter?
Monster Hunter is basically what the title says it is. You hunt monsters from small to very large, from air to ground to water, with friends or by yourself. Aside from the tutorial quests and some gathering quests, the game is always about fighting monsters. It is almost constant boss battles.
What could possibly make me want to play Monster Hunter?
-Tons of hours of gameplay involved. Easily 100+ hours for most and for the hardcore you could easily get 200+ hours, if not more.
-Craft tons of weapons and armors, mix and match to make yourself the kind of fighter you want to be.
-Choose from a variety of weapons such as hammers, lances, sword and shield, switch axes, great swords, long swords, bow guns, dual swords, hunting horn(think bard-like), and more!
-Single player and online character are the SAME. You can play with friends, randoms, or single player and use the same armor/weapons/items the whole time if you so wish.
-The series is very technical. It can be hard similar to Dark Souls(which everyone seems to love masochism nowadays). I wouldn't say AS hard, but the game will test you, at least until endgame gear.
-The online community is actually really good. This is no Dota, Halo, LoL, etc type community. The niche crowd that play this game, love this game.
-Available through many consoles. Currently PS2, psp, Vita (psp game), and Wii have available games. MH Tri for the Wii is most recent. MH3 Ultimate comes out in a few months on Wii U and 3DS.
-Some of the games vary, but the majority have online co-op for up to 4 players.
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I'm going to attempt to link some Monster Hunter videos. I really don't think anyone has made a "Look at me do all this cool shit" type highlight reel. So hopefully this will not be discouraging to anyone since this may be ACTUAL gameplay. One important thing to remember, most of these games aren't in HD except the very latest game which only has been released in Japan so far(coming to the US soon), so some may not look the prettiest unless I find really good MH3U videos.
There are also several Twitch.tv streamers that stream MH Tri or the Japanese version of MH3U.
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TL;DR - This is an amazing series, go play it or read the post!
Any comments, questions, thanks can be posted here or PM. If you know the series already and feel I need to add anything important to this post then please let me know!
I don't admit to being a great or even a good writer, just a passionate one, especially about this series. If what I'm saying sounds even remotely interesting, but I sound like a moron then please go find more information athttp://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Wiki
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A size chart of many of the monsters in the Monster Hunter games.
A great picture of a lancer fighting (what I believe is) Rathian.
Ready? GO!
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What is Monster Hunter?
Monster Hunter is basically what the title says it is. You hunt monsters from small to very large, from air to ground to water, with friends or by yourself. Aside from the tutorial quests and some gathering quests, the game is always about fighting monsters. It is almost constant boss battles.
What could possibly make me want to play Monster Hunter?
-Tons of hours of gameplay involved. Easily 100+ hours for most and for the hardcore you could easily get 200+ hours, if not more.
-Craft tons of weapons and armors, mix and match to make yourself the kind of fighter you want to be.
-Choose from a variety of weapons such as hammers, lances, sword and shield, switch axes, great swords, long swords, bow guns, dual swords, hunting horn(think bard-like), and more!
-Single player and online character are the SAME. You can play with friends, randoms, or single player and use the same armor/weapons/items the whole time if you so wish.
-The series is very technical. It can be hard similar to Dark Souls(which everyone seems to love masochism nowadays). I wouldn't say AS hard, but the game will test you, at least until endgame gear.
-The online community is actually really good. This is no Dota, Halo, LoL, etc type community. The niche crowd that play this game, love this game.
-Available through many consoles. Currently PS2, psp, Vita (psp game), and Wii have available games. MH Tri for the Wii is most recent. MH3 Ultimate comes out in a few months on Wii U and 3DS.
-Some of the games vary, but the majority have online co-op for up to 4 players.
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I'm going to attempt to link some Monster Hunter videos. I really don't think anyone has made a "Look at me do all this cool shit" type highlight reel. So hopefully this will not be discouraging to anyone since this may be ACTUAL gameplay. One important thing to remember, most of these games aren't in HD except the very latest game which only has been released in Japan so far(coming to the US soon), so some may not look the prettiest unless I find really good MH3U videos.
There are also several Twitch.tv streamers that stream MH Tri or the Japanese version of MH3U.
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TL;DR - This is an amazing series, go play it or read the post!
Any comments, questions, thanks can be posted here or PM. If you know the series already and feel I need to add anything important to this post then please let me know!
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