A friend described that Monster Hunter is the action genre in its purest form. That statement couldn't be more factual. Taking down creative and powerful creatures with your friends, surrounded by amazing environments, NPCs and music is extremely entertaining. Fuck Khezu though.

They made Ryu broken in this one YEAHHHHHHH

"It's just SF2 but with 4 more characters" - Someone who doesn't realize Ryu's sprite fixes are the greatest single improvement in human history

SF2 must be commended for creating one of my favorite genres, but I also want to give it props for establishing a strong identity for the series while SF1 was kind of all over the place. Plus, for the time these character designs were really really good. It's no wonder Street Fighter became such a huge success and spawned all sorts of fighting games when this showed so clearly a brand new appeal with tons of room for growth.