One of the best JRPG made. Its entire design is so great, Its story is interesting and its soundtrack is so good that makes me want to hear most of times.
I played the base game and I loved it so much so I tried this one because everybody that played this said it was better than the base.
It added several thing to the base game and each of them complements some dubious part from the story, others just adds QoL to the game and there are 2 new characters that if you max "friend rank" with them will unlock extra story

One of the best Monster Hunter but loses to World and rise.
It keeps the classic styles of Monster Hunter that has Muscle pose when drinking things, skills being activated once achieved 10 points, maps being separated by areas that needs loading each time you move, needs to throw paintball to pursue Monsters, etc...
This game has great ambientation, Soundtrack and created one of my favorite monster at MH series (Zinogre) so if you still like the classic style I recommend to play this one. but
unfortunately it does not have English port so you'll have to find patch to play it.