My second monster hunter game and I was so happy at all the improvements. However, with just as many improvements, a few things kept it from being as smooth and as polished as possible. The map design, which was nothing really big in MH1, was pretty poor in a few of the areas (ANCIENT FOREST). Another very big issue I had was with the MMO-ness of it. THE INVESTIGATIONS WERE THE DEATH OF ME. Either i'm bad at searching my surrounding, or they purposefully make the monster tracks really hard to find. It took me like 2.5 hours to find the nergigante tracks.

I didn't finish all the monsters, but I did the main quest, and the main take away is that the devs really know how to make boss fights. All the choreographed moves from all the enemies feel perfect and refined. The combat is lucious and well thought out. The armor... actually works like armor which is a nice thing to see in a game.

While there are so many things I really like about the game, there are still weights that bog it down from being the refined/perfect experience it was trying to give.