Monster Hunter Freedom 2
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Product Description
Experience the most breathtaking, immersive and epic game alone or with up to four friends over wireless play to hunt down ferocious, bloodthirsty beasts
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Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is by far the best version of one of the best video games ever made (I’ve played all US and Japan versions). Lots of little improvments over the Japanese PS2 release makes this worth the wait. The best dragon/creature fighting experience you can have in a game – but it takes work and patience to get there.
Huge hit in Japan, but so-so in USA outside its core fans. Reviewers calling for auto-target miss the whole point of this game: it’s all about developing the skill to target specific areas of each monster (and then not getting killed!). Camera is definitely weird at first, but once you get the hang of it you’ll be wishing other games used the same system. Basically YOU have to point the camera, it doesn’t move for you! Final aspect of game is it takes patience to do a little farming, mining, bug catching activities – something I enjoy but not for everyone, however, with new version you can minimize those activities if you just want to bust some monsters up. Some people may never get over those hurdles, which is fine – there are plenty of games that I don’t like that are still great games. I can guarantee that if you spend enough time with the game so the camera and weapons system are second nature, you are in for some of the most heart-thumping monster battles you could ever imagine, and the beasts keep coming and coming! If I made a list of my top 10 gaming moments, probably 8 or 9 would be things that happened in MH – and I’ve played plenty of other games.
Need to get WIFI max and KAI for online play – not directly supported at this time, but it works OK. Ad-hoc face to face is great fun for up to 4 people. MHF2 has more weapons & armor than you’ll ever be able to use, faster load times, stabilized camera, and loads of other improvements that make this the best time to give Monster Hunter a decent go.
Etana
31 Jan 10 at 11:19 pm
This game is awesome, but be prepared to spend a lot of time on it. It’s hard to just turn on and really accomplish anything if you only plan to play it for 20 minutes at a time, but it’s still not impossible. The game is hard, you will die, you will spend time crafting, farming, harvesting, mining etc to try and gather the materials necessary to upgrade your gear and that’s essentially what the whole game is about. Skin monsters, harvest bone, scales, horns, claws, etc… and then craft new weapons and armor out of your latest victims. Incredibly addictive, maybe a bit of a learning curve if you’re new to the series but worth it.
Afterall it is the fastest selling PSP game ever for a reason.
Xenon
1 Feb 10 at 12:06 am
While this game won’t be for everyone, those who do like it will love it.
However, be aware that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is actually the same as this game, plus an assortment of extras like new monsters and new features. Unless the difference in price is extremely compelling to you, you’d do better buying Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
Abby
1 Feb 10 at 2:14 am