Written past times Patrick Orquia
Title: Monster Hunter Stories
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: RPG
Number of Players: 1
Release Date: 08 October 2016 (JP) / 08 Sept 2017 (NA/EUR) / 09 Sept 2017 (AUS)
Platform: 3DS system
Price: $39.99
Monster Hunter Stories is a spin-off game from the Monster Hunter serial that is somehow designed to travel easier to play than the previous games. It is a turn-based RPG alongside a large similarity to the Pokemon games. In this game, the thespian gets to struggle alongside a partner monster during battles in addition to role dissimilar skills in addition to struggle moves to win. Like a typical RPG, the thespian gets to collect diverse monsters, items, weapons, in addition to gears every bit the game progresses.
The run a peril begins when a huge monster attacks a village, resulting to closed to casualties in addition to destroyed homes. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yr later, the primary grapheme (which, past times the way, tin travel customized past times the thespian at the kickoff of the game) becomes a Rider, a individual who tin tame monsters, in addition to seat upwardly out to the the world at large to uncovering the said monster in addition to along the way, encounters dissimilar other characters, monsters, quests, etc. This game has a large map to explore, in addition to every bit novel monsters perish available, the thespian tin proceed to plough over novel areas alongside the assist of these monsters in addition to their powerfulness (for example, an expanse alongside lava tin travel traversed alongside the assist of a monster that tin withstand heat, etc.).
I recall trying to play Monster Hunter two on PSP many years ago, in addition to I didn’t similar it. Not that it was a bad game, I was bad at it in addition to for the life of me merely couldn’t acquire how to brand everything work, in addition to I didn’t similar the monsters constantly running away in addition to I had to chase them across dissimilar sections of the map. It merely wasn’t also fun for me. Flash forwards to 2015, I tried to play a Monster Hunter game again, at that fourth dimension MH4 was near to drop. I tried the demo and... again, same thing, I however couldn’t figure it out. I had to give up: Monster Hunter is non for me.
But Capcom in addition to the gang in all likelihood knew near me in addition to millions of gamers who can’t savor a Monster Hunter in addition to made this spin-off game. The biggest departure is the thespian no longer has to chase downwardly monsters (also known every bit “monsties” inwards this game) to hunt them or to attain quests. In this game, the existent fourth dimension battle alongside monsters is replaced past times a turn-based 1 similar inwards typical RPGs. The thespian tin in addition to so perform moves similar struggle or opened upwardly items, etc. By the way, the grapheme that the thespian controls has a partner monster, similar inwards Pokemon games, in addition to these monsters also perform moves during battles, albeit ordinarily on their own. These monsters are hatched from eggs that tin travel obtained from monster dens that the thespian discovers. They also flat upwardly similar their human counterpart from battles in addition to quests. As the game progresses, the thespian acquire to collect novel monsters in addition to tin interchangeably role them during battles.
During battles, the thespian in addition to the monster tin perform iii types of normal struggle moves: power, speed, in addition to technique. The normal struggle moves follow these uncomplicated rules: speed beats power, powerfulness beats technique, in addition to technique beats speed, similar to a game of stone in addition to scissors. Aside from these normal struggle moves, the thespian tin also perform exceptional passenger skills that they tin larn every bit the game progresses in addition to the thespian levels up. The monsters also larn exceptional skills every bit they flat up, in addition to volition role them inwards battles whenever the require arises. As the thespian in addition to the partner monster perform their moves, they attain total upwardly a exceptional assault gauge. When it gets filled up, the thespian tin in addition to so ride the monster in addition to perform exceptional attacks. The thespian tin facial expression farther before unleashing the said assault in addition to proceed alongside normal attacks (that straight off hitting more) so that the exceptional assault estimate levels upwardly further, upwardly to flat 3. The higher the level, the to a greater extent than devastating the attack. This is rattling useful inwards fighting powerful monsters alongside high hitting points. Also, defending on how the thespian in addition to the partner monster perform, the battle volition travel ranked, in addition to the higher the rank, the to a greater extent than item drops in addition to experience points the thespian gets.
Anyone familiar alongside RPGs volition experience correct at habitation alongside this game. With its colourful visuals, slow to larn battle mechanics, in addition to relatively seat dorsum gameplay, this game is 1 of the best RPGs to always come upwardly out on 3DS. It may non travel every bit expert every bit the primary Monster Hunter games, but it tin travel a gateway for those games, similar a expert introduction to the Monster Hunter lore. As I mentioned earlier, Monster Hunter games are non the easiest games to play, at to the lowest degree for me, in addition to alongside this game, I acquire to savor Monster Hunter game elements without the fuzz that kept me from playing the primary games inwards the past. Since I enjoyed playing this game a lot, I powerfulness savor the previous Monster Games more.
REPLAY VALUE: high
PROS:
- Very expert visuals, fine art style, story, grapheme in addition to overworld design, animation, gameplay, in addition to musical score
- This game is a expert introduction to the Monster Hunter series
- Offers a lot of quests for item collection that tin in addition to so travel combined to attain novel items, gears, weapon upgrades, etc.
- The monsters inwards the overworld are visible in addition to tin travel avoided or travel fought depending on the player’s choice, in addition to thus, no random encounters
- Special assault animations are awesome, in addition to tin travel funny at times
CONS:
- A fleck also kid-friendly for my taste, alongside lots of leeway given to the player, so much so that a game over hide is almost guaranteed non to present up, unless the thespian deliberately tries to lose a battle
RATING: 4.5/5 monster eggs
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