Offensive moves are associated with an element: power, speed, or technical, each of which trumps another. In better news, Monster Hunter Stories 2 combat system makes up for any yawns induced by the game’s sometimes standard-issue storyline.
Still, it does earn points for questioning why humans and Monsties don’t live in harmony – just not many, because it delivers zero novel answers to this overarching question. I’d give this narrative a more ringing endorsement if it ditched this formulaic structure. After I wrapped up a few zones’ quests and switched up my allies, the story started to feel disjointed, and I struggled to invest in new folks I knew would be departing shortly. When you complete story quests in one zone and move onto the next, you shed party members and adopt new ones.
Your main story quests are spread across six expansive zones. Nearly all these twists surprised me, but there was enough groundwork that they felt plausible. The game also tosses a fair share of moving plot twists your way. The people you meet and adventures you embark on left me laughing, smiling, and tearing up more than once. The story centers on heartwarming characters and dialogue that help you see past its unoriginality. Monster-collecting games aren’t celebrated for stellar stories, but Monster Hunter Stories 2 is a slight step up from Pok émon and its ilk in this regard. As anyone who’s ever played a JRPG expects, you journey to prevent the apocalyptic myth from coming to fruition and protect your incipient new friend. She tells you that you must defend Rathalos from hunters, who are hot on your tail, to save the world. Now the pits and the lights are back, and you encounter a mysterious Wyverian who entrusts you with an egg containing the legendary Rathalos. These pits emitted lights that drove Monsties to violent rage and, according to myth, foretold the world’s destruction by a legendary Rathalos. Years earlier, Red vanished while investigating mysterious pits that sprouted throughout the land. You play as the grandchild of Red, a famed rider of “Monsties” - a cutesification of the series’ titular monsters. Monster Hunter Stories 2 kicks off by inviting you to customize your protagonist’s appearance and sex, an empowering introduction I wish more JRPGs would adopt. Monster Hunter Stories 2 improves upon many of the best elements of monster-collecting games and JRPGs to carve out a space of its own that warrants the attention of RPG fans, Monster Hunter aficionados, and newbies alike. Only time will tell if Monster Hunter Stories 2 succeeds in this endeavor, but I can confidently say that this game is a testament to the talent of the development team at Capcom.
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But the latest series to lean into the monster-collecting craze is perhaps the most natural fit for the subgenre: Monster Hunter.įollowing up on its acclaimed predecessor, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin aims to give Pok émon a run for its money as the premier monster-collecting game on Switch. Ever since the success of Shin Megami Tensei, myriad franchises have cashed in on fans’ ravenous appetite to collect and battle with monsters. RPGs launching monster-collecting spinoffs is hardly a new phenomenon.
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