Easily my least favorite game in the series, it stripped away so many weapons, and in return we got a barely fleshed out """3D""" underwater to flail around in, which is home to some of the most reactive, boring combat this side of 5th gen. Additionally, this games content is extremely lacking, to the point where the game feels super grindy as the devs try and artificially extend the game through terrible droprates on the non rare items like Giginox claws. Barioth is basically Nargacuga in this one, and is thankfully salvaged and fixed by portable team in MHP3rd. Avoid this game like the plague, and go play 3U if you want the same game but better in every way, or go with P3rd if you hate the idea of crappy underwater combat.

This was my first Monster Hunter game i've ever played and i genuinely can't think of a better installment to get started. The generations before were incredibly janky and the generations after it are too complex. I was super bad at this game as a kid because i've never played a game like this, but despite all i've powered through and was rewarded with the most addicting videogame franchise ever. The Online mode was unlike anything i've ever played in a videogame and i miss the proper online server experience with events and being able to chat with up to 100 other players at the same time. Nowadays you only get small hubs with up to 4 players and there aren't really timed events and such. If the fan servers will go online i'll make sure to return to this game and re-experience where it all started for me.

Kickass monster hunting action now on the Wii. Features a completely redone engine and different areas and monsters than the PSP games as well as the new switch axe and medium bowgun. Unfortunately some of the old weapons were removed and the total number of monsters isn't as high as in the Freedom series, but the new attacks of the recurring weapons make up for it and the amount of original monsters is the highest in the series so far, so if you're bored of Kut-Ku, definitely give this a try.

SERVERS SHUTDOWN AS OF APRIL 30TH 2013

MOST CONTENT WAS ONLINE

My first Monster Hunter game and one of my favorites. Played it for the first time back in 2011, and had a blast online.

In 2021 a private server was released, allowing players to access the long lost city of Loc Lac again. As of this review multiplayer sadly doesn't work, but this might change soon. For now players can tackle online quests solo, making the game fully completable for the first time since 2013.

Tri marked the first major shift in the franchise, with loads of new assets, redesigned armor sets, weapons and monsters. It's also the first time where the combat stiffness started to soften a bit. Jank hitboxes and long attack animations are still here, but I'd say that for the most part(and for the first time lol), hunts are pretty balanced.

In my latest playthrough, I crafted all armor sets available on low rank. Once the private server supports multiplayer, I'll work on grabbing every weapon and High Rank armor.

Se Monster Hunter Tri fosse um jogo bom em apresentar MH talvez eu não tivesse tido um conceito tão errado da franquia logo de cara.

A experiência foi uma das piores que se poderia ter com a franquia. O começo é super lento e demora pra avançar e mostrar do que se trata o jogo. A narrativa é pouco orientadora e, pra piorar, os controles, os loadings, tudo no jogo colabora para desagradar o jogador incauto.

Se eu tivesse jogado somente MHTri, talvez até hoje ficaria tentando entender o que a galera curte na franquia, porque eu falhei miseravelmente em entender. Ainda bem que eu fui além e dei outra chance no 3DS, com o MH3U e mudei completamente de ideia.

I really loved this game as a kid but it has major flaws that held back the series for a long time, I liked this game as much as I did because it was my first MH game but its probably the worst game in the series for a lot of reasons.

>an extremely slow start where you dont get to fight your first big monster until 1-2 hours into the game. I'm sure a lot of players quit before this.
>removal of 4 weapons from Freedom Unite for no sensible reason
>online that required you to grind out levels by repeating quests over and over to progress - doing your key quests was not enough.
>underwater combat was just not a great idea although it enabled some cool monsters like Ceadeus.