One of the best, but also the start of the downfall of Monster Hunter. It has sheer content amount to carry it's weight, but it has the worst single player progression in the franchise next to MH1. The weapon balance here is just.... ridiculous... but nothing like XX. Some of the quests are way overtuned for solo play, to the point where if you cannot find someone to play with you might as well shelf the game if you don't want to dump the time needed to get good enough (we're talking very late G-Rank stuff). The guild quest gimmick and the relic weapons are very, very much a cancer to this game. Holds back half an entire star alone.