Monster Hunter Rise Review: Small but Powerful

More than a decade ago, in a lifetime The Reporter Door, monster Hunter I had a commendable game of choice on the PSP. I spend a few hours a day dealing with solo quests as my train wound through the Japanese countryside, then late at night comparing loot with friends as we got together and killed monsters we can’t kill alone Were.

Is of 2018 Monster hunter world Can’t hope to repeat that experience. world The series tried to re-engage primarily as an online adventure that took advantage of powerful hardware – and was a huge success monster Hunter For a much larger Western audience than before. world Was a great game, and Capcom clearly moved monster Hunter in the right direction. But for me, something was missing.

She is there Monster Hunter Uday Comes in, it’s a Nintendo Switch-exclusive game that makes worldAdvance – but now you can take it.

Monster Hunter Uday Not entirely a new idea. Last time a big new monster Hunter Game first appeared on home console – 2009 Monster hunter 3 For the Wii – this was coming from the massive success of an earlier PSP release. Monster hunter 3 There was a lot of progress for the series, but a direct port to a less powerful PSP would not be practical for technical reasons, so Capcom adapted much of its elements and contents to a new PSP game. Monster Hunter Portable 3. It ended, at least as long as it was the best game in the series world Came along, and this was the version that ate the most time for me on those train rides.

This is basically what Capcom has done Monster Hunter Uday. It is not a switch port world – it’s better. Almost everyone who made world A big jump for the series is here, and Growth Develops further the formula, working in a more understandable scope for the switch. The result is a new game that feels at home on its portable hardware rather than being compromised to fit.

Monster Hunter Uday This may be the most technically influential Switch game I’ve seen to date; This is definitely the most effective Is not Created by Nintendo. Running on Capcom’s RE engine, the character models and monsters look very close to them. world – Especially on small switch screens. Capcom has done an excellent job of protection worldAbstract and style on less powerful hardware.

The biggest concessions are the environment. The stage feels more like the old school monster Hunter The game they did in world, With a less elaborate design and less graphical thrives like dense foliage. Unlike older games, however, subdivisions are not broken by screen loading, which helps. Growth Play like this worldMore free flowing style.

In fact, Growth Goes even further in that regard. Moving around the environment is faster than ever with two new elements: a pet dog named Palamute that engages you in battle and lets you ride on its back, and a device called a wirebug Monsters can be used to awaken walls and hops, sometimes controlling them even in large-scale confrontations with other animals. What Growth

Their stages lack the complexity they add to verticality, and when your goals are marked on the map from the start this time, you’ll often find yourself figuring out how to meet them at their level.

Growth It feels even better to play portable than in earlier games, as you’ll never find yourself wandering aimlessly in search of a monster. Other changes save seconds that add up to hundreds of hours – now you eliminate the supply of resources from, for example, a mining outflow with a single button tap, or a bonpile.

otherwise, Growth Is a specific monster Hunter sport. This is a fairly complex action RPG where you are choosing one of several weapon classes with which to hunt increasingly dangerous animals, harvesting them for materials that you can use to take on new and more dangerous animals. May use weapons and armor. The game is definitely an acquired taste, and I’m not sure that explaining the perpetually recalcitrant obscure mechanics of tutorial pop-ups would be as useful to newbies as Capcom would think they would be.

However, what will help Monster Hunter Uday Just not too difficult compared to other games in the series, even world. I think “Village” quests that advance the story and take you to an unusually easy endgame – it’s as if they are actual tutorials. I am experienced with the series, but not by any incredible player, yet on my first try I dispatched most of the new monsters faster than usual. Village forests are never the real meat of anyone monster Hunter Game, so I think it’s fine for them to serve as a fun campaign that anyone can blast.

A series of more challenging “hub” quests are available from the start, and those assumptions should be dispelled. Growth Not focusing on current fans. But it is difficult to review anyone monster Hunter The game before its launch, as I have very little time to test it online, let alone see how the player base takes on its most challenging content. GrowthThe longevity will largely be down to its endgame design and how either of Capcom handles future updates, at this point neither of the two can be known.

at least for now, Growth Looks like a more solid package in terms of content than world Was launched before its flagship Snowflake Detailed. It is certainly not lacking in monsters, and the variety is broader than what it is world Offered with many old favorites and some imaginative new designs.

Monster Hunter Uday It is the most accessible game in the series to date, and may prove to be the best. I am not ready to call right now, because a lot will depend on how its post-launch support turns out. But Capcom is already the bones of a classic here at all. Almost everything that was great world Is also true of Growth, Unless you want to run it at 4K / 60fps. If you do (and I, too), a PC version is coming next year.

It feels like monster Hunter Full circle is coming with Growth. The series debuted on the PS2, of course, but it really only became a cult phenomenon when it was moved to portables, and that’s where it’s back now world Brought it to an even larger global audience. You don’t have to do a long job to appreciate how monster Hunter Benefit from a portable format.

One of the joys of the switch is that it allows you to slot in game time when you might not be able to do otherwise, even if it is the same basic condition as your living room. monster Hunter Was always just a one-and-search impulse for series fans, and with its new design and portable form factor, Growth One must see the change for a much greater reason.

Monster Hunter Uday Today is available for the Nintendo Switch.