
Or you may prefer to work with board and sword, balancing defence and attack over both hands. You might prefer to play at a distance, shooting projectiles at hulking beasts. Finding your feet is part of the experience and finding the weapon that best suits your playstyle is included within that. That’s not to say you won’t be having fun, though.


Expect to die, use the wrong items at inopportune times and wander aimlessly around the map. Sure, there are tutorials and tips for starting out – training quests are offered before you sink your teeth into the tougher challenges – but Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate isn’t a kind game for an inexperienced hunter. But this is all part of the charm – a quintessentially Japanese game, full of bonkers monsters to kill and harvest into armour, with talking cats and more weapons than you can shake a Jaggi tail at.Īs with any traditional Monster Hunter title, those new to the series are given a bit of a rough ride.

This is traditional Monster Hunter with its slightly awkward menu navigating, the odd map split into various regions and so much depth you could drown from the sheer amount of options available. But why would I want this version of Monster Hunter when Monster Hunter World has been such a success on other platforms? It’s a fair question honestly.
