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On 11. March 2004 Monster Hunter for PS2 went on sale in Japan. Five friggin’ years ago.

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Happy 5th, dear Rathalos.

Ramalos

I’ve just stumbled across one of the most bullshit ‘reviews’ ever. This guy has clearly never played Monster Hunter Freedom.  Imagine a restaurant critic not going to an Italian eatery, but claiming “The place serves pizzas and pastas.  The range of different toppings is varied, with some meat.  There are several different waiters, each with their own names,  and you have to pay at the end.  Both colours of wine are available”.  That’s what this is.

Highlights include:

The more the number of upgrades the players collects the more is the strength of his characters

What upgrades?  Different weapons?  The more different weapons you get the more powerful you become?  Get me 89 bone katanas, because you are misinformed.

The trap for the animals must be well laid and executed. These features spicy up the game and increase the fun factor encircling it.

Pitfall traps play an entirely marginal part in Freedom, which goes to show that you’ve grasped the concept of hunting, but have clearly never actually played the game.  I should point out that even in context, this doesn’t make sense.  Read the review, and then remember what % of the game involves capture.

All the characters battle it out to prove themselves as the best in the world.

All what characters?  The NPC who brags to you throughout the game?

Head over to the main review if you feel like picking out your own mistakes.

One of the things which drive us to play games are the rewards. Gratifications, medals, stamps, percentage completed, anything which marks our progress as extraordinarily or stunning.

Many PSP games have this simple feature. GTA wants you to complete all story and side quests to proceed on its percentage scale; Ace Combat forces you to redo your missions and shot specific targets outside the mains to gain access to the medals and special parts; the Lego games let you replay your missions in freeplay mode for the goodies and so on. Read the rest of this entry »