Never in a million year I would think I could be addicted to this game.
Monster Hunter portable franchise has been a huge success in Japan, considering the
top 5 best-selling PSP games in Japan all time, 3 of which are no other than Monster Hunter Portable series (namely
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 1st place,
Monster Hunter Portable 2 - 2nd place, and
Monster Hunter Portable - 4th place). Considering the huge success in Japan, I actually tried Monster Hunter Portable, and... I wasn't exactly enjoying it at all. Probably because of all the shortcomings that have been mentioned in a lot of game critics, including bad camera, no storyline, etc. That actually made me overlook the fun part (also the strong part) of the game, including in-depth and ultra-freedom customization, great graphics, tons of interesting monsters, and more importantly the strategy and strength required to hunt down all those monsters.
After almost 24 hours of playing the game in total, surprisingly I haven't really enjoyed most parts of the game. In fact, the skill, weapon, armor I am currently having are only capable of hunt down monsters of level 2-star, considering there are like 6-star... Certainly needs a lot of time and attention to really upgrade the skill, weapon and armor because those couldn't be acquired merely with money, but with stuff that you could find during missions. Sometimes I could be very frustrated because of that, but I guess, it is OK, cause I don't have to play it through in one day. I enjoy playing it once I am free in the subway or maybe after lunch break in the office.
Moreover, I actually have played this game in an ad-hoc mode with a colleague of mine. It was really fun to hunt down a huge monster together. The satisfaction of hunting down a utmost challenging monster could be quite addicting. Again, I really didn't expect I would be enjoying this game so much! Probably much more than RPG...
Never in a million year I would think I could be addicted to this game. Monster Hunter portable franchise has been a huge success in Japan, considering the top 5 best-selling PSP games in Japan all time, 3 of which are no other than Monster Hunter Portable series (namely Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 1st place, Monster Hunter Portable 2 - 2nd place, and Monster Hunter Portable - 4th place). Considering the huge success in Japan, I actually tried Monster Hunter Portable, and... I wasn't exactly enjoying it at all. Probably because of all the shortcomings that have been mentioned in a lot of game critics, including bad camera, no storyline, etc. That actually made me overlook the fun part (also the strong part) of the game, including in-depth and ultra-freedom customization, great graphics, tons of interesting monsters, and more importantly the strategy and strength required to hunt down all those monsters.
After almost 24 hours of playing the game in total, surprisingly I haven't really enjoyed most parts of the game. In fact, the skill, weapon, armor I am currently having are only capable of hunt down monsters of level 2-star, considering there are like 6-star... Certainly needs a lot of time and attention to really upgrade the skill, weapon and armor because those couldn't be acquired merely with money, but with stuff that you could find during missions. Sometimes I could be very frustrated because of that, but I guess, it is OK, cause I don't have to play it through in one day. I enjoy playing it once I am free in the subway or maybe after lunch break in the office.
Moreover, I actually have played this game in an ad-hoc mode with a colleague of mine. It was really fun to hunt down a huge monster together. The satisfaction of hunting down a utmost challenging monster could be quite addicting. Again, I really didn't expect I would be enjoying this game so much! Probably much more than RPG...
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