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.
>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.