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Monster Hunter Stories is a good spin off game. Obviously you will compare it or assimilate it as Pokemon. But it's feel a lot different.
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This game is basically a rock-paper-scissors turn base game.
You and your monsties will do attack that can be rock, paper, or scissors.
But ! Some Monsties are more restricted. As you can most of the time, or only capable of doing rock attack, paper attack, or scissors. They can be able to do both type, only one, or you can deal some "neutral" which win versus nothing. But lose versus nothing aswell.
You, as a hunter can do all of the type. Even neutral depending of your weapon.
You can do blunt attack, piercing attack or slash attack. Some monsters you face are weak against one of them, or multiple.
You can even give orders to your monsties, so it's not just a gamble game. You have to think, you have to make a good choice or you may suffer the consequences.
Your opponent side are the same as you or you monsties.

• So some monster does rock attack, papers attack, scissors attack depending of the turn number. Or other things (if they're buffed or not for exemple)
  
• And, if you face hunter (+ their monsties), they rely the same as you.
  They can give orders to their monsties, they can use item as you can. Etc....

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• Good story overall, even if it's feel a bit naive sometime.
  
• It's feel more interresting than some of the pokemon game that came out recently.
  
• A good choice of weapons. You can even bring 3 Great sword if you want so it's cool that the game don't force you to bring 1 slash, 1 blunt and 1 piercing weapon. it's good the game let you play how you want.
  
• There is a lot of monsters for a spin off game
  
• Combats are cool to play
  
• You can play Demo of the game. And it's cool ! Since most of the game / company nowadays don't let you free trial their game without buying it first
  
• Graphics are so cool. (Monsties attack, your attack, the general graphics are great)

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• When you finished the story, there isn't much to do.
  Yes, you get a lot of quest ! But you don't know what to do first, to accomplished the quest since the quest are hard / Impossible to accomplished them.
  It's so overwelming... It's feel like they just throw stuff at you and saying to you "There is stuff here. GOOD LUCK !"
  
• I think they could of add some weapon. There is 6 of them. But they could of add Switch Axe or Charge blade very easily i guess. Like Switch Axe gain energy by not using it. And after turns, they gain energy you can spend for damage. I don't know. It lack either more weapons, or more attack to the weapon that already exist.
  
• Unfortunately, the online of this game is almost dead. There is some people still play (in afternoon week-end). But if you launch a co-op mission at... Monday morning for exemple. You can wait a looooong time before someone join your quest.
  
• Online fonctionnality say you can see from time to time toxic people !
  Like someone rushing the quest, rushing straight to the boss ! So you will lose supply, some "rare ticket" that increased rare monsties nest ! And you feel sad ! Because you lose 75% of the benefits by just rushing....
  And you can't do anything to prevent that. Or you have to cut your Internet down, so you can play solo.
  Why you don't have a kick button ? Or why do you have to rely on other people exclusively ? Lol
  But for the most part, you don't see this kind of people, so it's cool.
  
• 40€ is a bit overpriced for a game that only rely on story.... and let you discover what to do after that.
  I don't mind if you have to discover something. But what keep you playing if you don't know what to do ?
  
• It might aswell show why this game is near death..... Because people don't know what to do after story line.

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Monster Hunter Stories 2 is a good game, a bit overpriced for 40€. So if you can get it at... 30€ max it's a good deal.
Oh ! And, bring a friend with you. The game is mostly solo.
But co-op mission are cool, and you have someone to rely on to do the quest nicely.

Monster Hunter Rise is a good game. Not the best, not the worse.
Despite my "positively review", I would prefer to pin a neutral review to this game. Unfortunately, Steam doesn't allow neutral review... I still wonder why ?

I haven't done Risen Elders from Sunbreaks yet. So maybe my review on certain point can be wrong, or certain point got improved since.

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My full review here

Monster Hunter Rise is a good game. Not the best, not the worse.
Despite my "positively review", I would prefer to pin a neutral review to this game. Unfortunately, Steam doesn't allow neutral review... I still wonder why ?

I haven't done Risen Elders from Sunbreaks yet. So maybe my review on certain point can be wrong, or certain point got improved since.
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Monster Hunter Rise got a good combat style, like always.
It's suprisingly good when you see some twicks. Like :

• Removing Mantles and being less dumb that just standing still and pew pew-ing monster as HBG for exemple. But you aren't punished... because Temporal mantle is here to save you ! Despite you doing nothing you can get carried by your mantle !
  At least in Rise and / or MHXX, you get rewarded by pressing buttons. Not by equip mantle and jerking around like a dumbass for 3 minutes doing your own business.
  
• Great improvement to some weapon
  For exemple -> Switch Axe / Gunlance, Hammer or Hunting Horn (even if Hunting Horn loose a bit of his identity, it's literally an fiveteenth / sixteenth weapon in his case.)
  Notes : Not Counting weapon from Explore / Frontier
  
• So yeah, the combat is cool, flashy and mostly enjoyable.
  You can switch to some "substitution moves" that grant advantages and drawbacks.
  
• Elementals status are cool. It's sad you can't deal it WITHOUT pets.
  
• Sub' scroll are cool too.
  
• Diablos for god sake are actually more polish than MHW ! Barroth too ! (It's my opinion, you can disagree. But i feel like they are less pale)
  
• Rathalos and Rathian are prettier than MHW. [Without any Mods]
  
• Arena are cool to play again. And not getting pulverized by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ claws.
  + It's one of the way to actually love sub's scroll by the way. Since it's more focus on them for G rank Arena. And if you don't play G rank Arena or don't get Sunbreak expension, you don't get "punished" by not owning it !
  *Blink at MHW who don't get this point*
  
• Removing clutch claws.... it was a good tool, but it feel so necessary to use it because your damage will suffer.
  Even if hammer clutch claw combo stay in my heart (and probably in other people heart too)

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• Yeah, they removed Mantles, but they removed slinger shot aswell....
  So, for exemple, when you played GS and monsters goes behind you ? What, what are you gonna do when they come for you ?
  Nothing. Or mostly nothing unless you use wirebugs skills or some substitution moves. In MHW in the other hand, you can play smart and turn around to face the monster again by shooting pods.
  
• Yeah weapon got a great improvement, but some weapon did that wrong. Why in the earth you get rid of power axe buff when you hit amped states on Switch Axe ? What's the point ? You can't even stack it when you want to get you next amped state as soon as possible ! Why would you want power axe when you got rid of it when you hit amped state ? For a buff that last 2 seconds ? For a hit witch doesn't deal very much damage, not like MHW used to deal.
  
• Most of substitution moves aren't balanced.
  It's either to strong that you won't switch back to something else. Or incredibly weak and you won't bother played them. (Hello """""""""""""""invisible""""""""""""" gambit lol)
  
• Sub's scroll are cool, but i think you would forget to use it since it's feel not very strong.... (See the point above)
  
• Wyvern riding are atrocious to use....
  
• Every quest, monsters invade each other JUST for you to get a wyvern riding ready.
  Why Kulu-ya-ku invade Magnamalos for ? Are they dumb ? Why Basarios say hi to Teostra ? Next step is Jaggi say hi to Dire Miralis ? Dalamadur ?
  
• I don't understand some dash / backdash attacks in Rise. Did they nerf them ?
  Or it's just because they feel like they used Physics engine from MHXX / MH4U ?
  For exemple.
  You play GS against Khezu. You got an P2 charged attack. You saw Khezu going to do an AOE attack close to him ?
  
  • In MHW you could of go for an true charged slash and step backward by doing it. Avoiding his attack and maybe you could punish him by doing this. Because at the time you charge your attack, and the time you release it. Khezu might have finished his move.(at least it's more feasible)
    Result : You can punish him by playing smart and get rewarded by your patience and knowledge of what your weapon are capable of.
    
  • In Rise, you step backward, but you stayed in his AOE because you step cover 1 millimeter backward lol.
    Results : you got hit, you don't have time to should bash and you feel like a dumbass.
    Same goes for the 3 blasts attack from Khezu. Headslam from Barroth. Tail swing from Rathian, etc....

Notes : I know with Sunbreaks, some of the point can be fixed by unlock moves like GS parry. But it's sad when MHW can do it without unlocking moves.. Don't you agree ?
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I know everyone has his own opinion about it, but look at DLC Rise got. They is so muuuuuch DLC you can pay. Ok it's only cosmetics. But what the ♥♥♥♥.
Spending about 7.50€ for a layered armor, when earlier in THIS game you can get a full layered armor for 3€ ?? I checked the market place and i think they really sell you full armor for 3€ maximum, but get changed recently.....
Seriously, the most Monster Hunter get famous, the most Capcom became greddier.
I'm worry about MH6 or the next Monster Hunter, witch they can sell you Monster / Quest for 3€ each (for exemple).
Do you really think Capcom will stop to sell you cosmetics ONLY ? Maybe, but maybe not.

Free Update may not be free in the future.
Remind you company aren't your friend. They want money, and only care about MONEY ! Because company doesn't stay open with hugs or sympathy. But with MONEY.
If they think they can get MONEY from update. They might sell it to you someday. Slowly and sneaky, but they. Might. Sell. It. To. YOU

Look how many cosmetics they introduce each update. ~30€ cosmetics per update.
Half the game full price at release date. (On Steam)
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Yeah, Monster Hunter Rise is a good game. It lack of polish and ambition.
Like Wyvern Riding aren't automatic now. I understand why... but yeah... the mechanics who got pushed in the first place and in their teasers of the game.... got slowly pushed away.
Ok it wasn't perfect. But in that case, why won't you twick something about it and just "removing" it ? Are you shy ? Are you feeling ashamed? Why ?
Imagine slinger shoot got slowly pushed away when Monster Hunter Iceborne got released lol. Or art style got pushed away in MHXX.

• Why would you buy Monster Hunter Iceborne if Mantle and Slinger shots got pushed away ? Why won't you bought Monster Hunter Generation Ultimate instead ?
  
• Same for Monster Hunter XX, if art style got pushed away, why would you buy Monster Hunter Generation Ultimate instead of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate ?

Think about it.
Even if I think it probably using the same physics engine as MHXX / MH4U. It's a good game to play, just a bit disapointing. Tehy got good ideas , but they wasted them because..... Because I don't know.
Not enought time to think how they could fix it ? Or how they could interact with it ? Covid maybe hurt the development of the game. I don't know..... I wish someday we will get a Monster Hunter Rise 2.0 and devs introduce us to what they really want to do with their gadgets.

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In one sentance :
If you can buy it in discount, go for it. Give it a try and you will have a good time.
+ Demo are here for you. Try it and see if you like it or not. Because they show you almost everything you can wait from Rise.

Monster Hunter World (+ Iceborne) / MHW-IB in short, is one of the best game you can play, if you like Hack'n'Slash games.

There is no "competence tree", the only thing would make you stronger and stronger is your Armor and Weapon (+ charms / jewel).

So you got all the combo your weapon can grant you. Except you don't have Iceborne DLC wich i advise you to buy (It can be a little painfull from time to time since World Vanilla get changed when Iceborne came out)

There is 14 differents weapons, with fit all different playstyle :

• Hitting a lot, dealing less damage, so it more combo heavy (Sword & Shield / Dual Blade for example)
  
• Hitting less, but do an incredible amount of damage on hit (Great Sword / Hammer ?)
  
• being more mobile, or less depending of the weapon you use (Heavy Bow Gun is far less mobile than Dual Blade when weapon undraw)
  
• Range Weapon (Light / Heavy Bow gun + Bow) or Close range (All the other weapon, and they have all kind of range within them)
  
• etc, etc....

There is no way you actually don't like at least one of the 14 weapons.

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There is, however some drawback :

• Tenderizing or looting pods can be really tedious without Mantle. (Hello Diablos)
  
• If you don't like farming game, there is no way you would enjoy Monster Hunter franchise, or less chance to.
  
• Some of the monster is just a pain in the ass to fight ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN'T TENDER (Hello Kushala Daora)
  
• Everybody run for the Old God Tenderize, but rarely are some people actually loot you pods, when pods can be really usefull, close to Tender in term of efficientness
  
• Since World + Iceborne last update came out at the end of 2021, there is sometime lacking of people to play with.... (depends of your quest, and your time zone)
  
  
• Some monster are a bit ugly or flat color when you see them without some mods in term of graphics. (Rathalos / Rathian / Diablos)
  
• I miss some of them in older games (Barroth, when you can see clearly when he covered by mud, or not), or in Rise when they are actually better (it's my opinion, you can disagree with it.)
  
  
• Multiplayer obviously say Toxic community, it's far less usual than other games however. But you can expect to see some junk people from time to time. (cheating,harrassing, insulting when you cart [especially when you are "high rank", because you are not allowed to die when you get so much experience OMG WHAT A NOOB (true story. Some of words are far less friendly of course.... I let you guess what.)])
  
  
• There is some "gadget" you can use in your hunt, but you will probably use the same since Rock Steady and Temporal Mantle are sooooooo powerfull and soooo versatility (rip healing cloud.... or purify cloud).
  
• Since you will probably play Rock Steady and Temporal Mantle, you will of course see the same with other people.... You can sometime see Evasion Mantle, Glider Mantle or KO Mantle. Because they are meh / "good" tier, but you will see a lot of Rock Steady and Temporal since they allow you to be so versatile.

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But, as you can guess with my total hours playing MHW-IB, you will really enjoy it if you can bypass the drawback. And you can meet wonderful people in / out quest

If you get friends to play with you or wait until MHW (+ his expansion Iceborne [IB]) being cheaper on discount....
Go for it ! You won't regret it !