"what if pokemon and monster hunter had a baby" is the closest one-sentence description i can give of this game and boy does it deliver. it monhuns as well as monhun games (and dodges some of their pitfalls) and it pokemons... better than most pokemon games imho.
the combat is really simple, it's rock-paper-scissors but with a couple skill options thrown in to make it just interesting enough as to not be too boring, but feels less limited than pokemon's 4-skill setup. the monsters each have their patterns as in other monhun games, but on a turn-based format (which i'm very grateful for, it's nice to have time to think). that said, the difficulty isn't trivial and some of the late-game bosses require you to think pretty carefully about what you're doing even if you're working with all level 99 monsties.
the story is... okay? it's not bad but it's a game for kids so it's understandably a story for kids. i was never that invested but the characters are cute and there's a handful that are going to stick with me after this (i'm looking at you number 6), so that's plenty for me.
the graphics are really nice, i love the stylization they decided to go for and everything is so nice and bright, it's really lovely. that said, this is pushing the 3ds as hard as it will go (and then some), and it really shows, because some areas have a lot of noticeable lag and framerate drops, which is a bit of a shame.
i already have over 200 hours on a single save in this game and i'm probably going to get at least another hundred trying to 100% it and once i'm done... i might actually start another file, dang.
the combat is really simple, it's rock-paper-scissors but with a couple skill options thrown in to make it just interesting enough as to not be too boring, but feels less limited than pokemon's 4-skill setup. the monsters each have their patterns as in other monhun games, but on a turn-based format (which i'm very grateful for, it's nice to have time to think). that said, the difficulty isn't trivial and some of the late-game bosses require you to think pretty carefully about what you're doing even if you're working with all level 99 monsties.
the story is... okay? it's not bad but it's a game for kids so it's understandably a story for kids. i was never that invested but the characters are cute and there's a handful that are going to stick with me after this (i'm looking at you number 6), so that's plenty for me.
the graphics are really nice, i love the stylization they decided to go for and everything is so nice and bright, it's really lovely. that said, this is pushing the 3ds as hard as it will go (and then some), and it really shows, because some areas have a lot of noticeable lag and framerate drops, which is a bit of a shame.
i already have over 200 hours on a single save in this game and i'm probably going to get at least another hundred trying to 100% it and once i'm done... i might actually start another file, dang.