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What is the appeal of Monster Hunter games? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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While researching good PSP games to play I found many posts about Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and other Monster Hunter games. They are beloved by the community but after doing some reading/watching it's not clear to me what the appeal is. I would appreciate if someone could tell what the goal is and what you love about the game. Apparently they are very long games (I think I read 100 hours or something along those lines) which is really great if I can get into a single game for that long. Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I always liked the complexity of the combat. You need to observe and find weaknesses, you have various tools used to do things like trap, or pin down the monster. You actually want to switch up your gear to the appropriate monster you're hunting because there isn't a singular "this fucks everything up" set. The actual attacking and shit is very Dark Souls-ish even before Dark Souls existed.

I don't know how much deeper they got in recent times; last one I played was on the Wii. But if they ever added shit like Shadow of the Colossus or Dragon's Dogma where you can climb on large monsters to find and hit their weak point that would be amazing for MH.