However, after spending some serious time with MH3 I have come to the understanding the best description for it is “deliberate.” I don’t just mean that Capcom meant for the combat to feel this way, but that every action carries a very definite sense of weight and must be made with very clear intent.
The first time I picked up a Monster Hunter game I actually found the hunting portion to be extremely clunky and frustrating everything felt slow and shallow. However, that is of course assuming they can appreciate the other major part of the Monster Hunter formula that can be equally divisive– the combat. Thankfully there is the option to buy new weapons and armor, and while it might never yield the same level of satisfaction and power as the best weapons made from the hardest to obtain materials, it still allows them to progress. Some will find this seemingly endless loop of collecting and crafting monotonous and repetitive and not want to invest any great amount of time into it.
For the plant life, you can even grow them at the local farm so you don’t have to worry about hunting for them in the wild. Then you take all the goodies and turn them into weapons, pieces of armor, creature bait, or maybe even cook them. Collecting might be an over simplification, because that can mean picking herbs, mining for ores, or slaughtering creatures for their hides, bones, and other goodies. After you boot the game up and create your character you are thrown into a long series of tutorials breaking down the game’s many systems though when you really look at it, most of the game can really be broken down to two simple elements: collecting and crafting. Interestingly enough, it didn’t take long for me to discover why Monster Hunter can be so popular to some and so hard get into for others. Reviewing Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for 3DS is my excuse to finally give the game a chance and figure out what Japan sees in the franchise. Japan embraced the game, and when it finally jumped to handhelds it effectively became the PSP’s raison d’etre and the go-to time killer for millions. Then again, I think that’s how most of North America’s game playing public feels. I’ve flirted with the series a couple times and was close to taking the plunge when the game originally released on Wii, but never bothered to really invest the time into it. Allow me to join in the chorus of video game reviewers admitting that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is my first real trip into this Capcom franchise.
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