how does someone even play monster hunter with friends.

OH WAIT I'M THINKING OF MONSTER RANCHER rofl. I don't know what monster hunter is!

you could fight each other's monsters in MR, but i can't imagine that being exciting for more than like three battles unless you had a shitton of friends playing and did a dang TOURNAMENT or something

but yeah MH is something else but i always heard it was pretty shit?

Monster Hunter is one of those series that's huge in Japan. The game sells PSPs by itself. It sells more than Crisis Core(maybe even MGS4), and is probably one of the most popular games in Japan. They're addicted to it. It's an online action RPG.
edit: Yeah Monster Hunter 2 sold 700,000 its first week. Ridiculous.

There's a pretty large fanbase in America too. It doesn't sell consoles like it does in Japan, though.

If I recall correctly, MH is like, non-mmorpg grindfest and you mash real huge monsters with the right assortment of magical swords and amulets for about 600 hours per monster cause they're huge

but yeah nmh2 is bound to be cool, i still have to play/beat the first one

and i need to check out muramasa, despite the orrendous repetitiveness, i liked Odin Sphere an incredible lot



edit: hahaha nmh2 looks like the previous one basically

but uh muramasa looks interesting. i'll probably give it a go anyway since it's a vanillaware game

monster hunter would be a lot cooler if they just let you play ACTUALLY online, it's a pain in the ass to organize MEETS with friends just to kill certain badguys.

i mean, i imagine it is, anyway. none of my friends game anymore so i never got the chance :<

monster hunter would be a lot cooler if they just let you play ACTUALLY online, it's a pain in the ass to organize MEETS with friends just to kill certain badguys.

i mean, i imagine it is, anyway. none of my friends game anymore so i never got the chance :<

the ps2 versions both had online and the newest psp version(monster hunter freedom 2 unite) will be able to go online though a ps3(somehow). Its pretty much a sure thing the wii version will be online as well(i just hope they don't use friend codes), and they came out of nowhere and confirmed there will be offline split screen play.

It's amazing how bad that opening cut-scene in Tenchu 4 is.

Oh Marvelous is a company too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous:_Mouhitotsu_no_Takarajim

I was thinking they were releasing this game on Wii I always thought it looked cool

I'm all up for another Crystal Chronicles, I actually enjoy the zelda style combat. That and the two sonic games look good for a change.
Also I might get the Arc Rise Fantasia 'cause it looks intresting.

I might pass on MH3 though, even though I enjoy the first, it just doesn't look like anything has changed. It still looks like a bog standard Monster-Stabbing-Till-It-Dies simulator. if they actually had things like leveling in it, maybe I would get it though. Thats my only problem with MH1, the lack of statistic improvement from my mass murderous ways.

Personally, NMH2 doesn't intrest me at all, just like NMH.

I might pass on MH3 though, even though I enjoy the first, it just doesn't look like anything has changed. It still looks like a bog standard Monster-Stabbing-Till-It-Dies simulator. if they actually had things like leveling in it, maybe I would get it though. Thats my only problem with MH1, the lack of statistic improvement from my mass murderous ways.

A standard rpg style leveling system would be use-less in mh, increasing stats and gaining skills is already done by making better equipment and adding xp levels would remove the ability to go into a battle with a chefs knife and hunters armor just for a challenge.

Though the game will always be a Monster-Stabbing-Till-It-Dies(or is captured) simulator, there have been plenty of changes since the first game, just from the video you may have noticed the under water segments and if you were watching really closely, some of the weapons have new attacks and combos.  Other then that, there are several new weapons types(Gun Lance, Tachi, Hunting Horn and Bow and arrows), armor skill values(in stead of just getting skills from have a specific set of armor) as well as gems that can add to armor skill values(giving you skills you may not be able to get other wise), guild trial quests(you chose from a set of equipment to complete special mission, that work a bit differently from normal ones), Monster pvp(capture monsters can be used to battle against another players captured monster) and probably some other crap i can't remember.

think this went on a little longer then i originally expected... in short, i'd say give the game another chance(try out the newest psp version or something maybe), there might not be anything mind blowing, but if you haven't played since mh1 there might be enough new stuff to get you into the game again.

nintendo aint ever gonna give up em friend cods...

has anyone read the thread title in anything other than a drag queen's voice stretching out the "Ma" part and dropping the r.

oh my god dude that is exactly how i read the title every time, i was going to just post "MAAAAAHVELOUS" at first but ultimately decided against it for some reason.

wai ti just reread the op, kezay did you QUOTE YOURSELF to get that MARVELOUS?

"Best Game I've Ever Watched."

"Jawesome!"