The Monster Hunter series is a fairly overlooked Action
series produced by Capcom which has arguably some of the most satisfying melee
combat in an action video game series. It is immensely popular in Japan but has
found it difficult to gain attention in other countries. As the name of the
title states it is generally a game where you hunt monsters, some large and
some small. The player also gathers materials and creates weapons items and
armour using these materials accompanied by other materials carved from
monsters. This is the most interesting part as there are several weapon types
that can be created. Each weapon type has varied attack speed and damage which
is extremely well balanced.
What makes the combat so satisfying in the monster hunter
series is the fact that every weapon type feels like it has weight for example
the great sword weapon type is extremely heavy and powerful slowing the
player’s movement speed down and attacking extremely slow with powerful charged
attacks, on the other end of the spectrum is the Dual swords that are extremely
light which allows the player to move and attack swiftly dealing weak attacks
which can accumulate dealing a lot of damage. As players continually attack
parts of monsters they can eventually break for example continually attacking a
monsters tail can eventually slice it clean off which is extremely satisfying
to say the least (Here is a link if you want to see this in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NeXl7pEw0Q).
If you haven’t played a monster hunter game and you enjoy strong difficulty and
satisfying combat I definitely recommend trying it out.
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