At first it seemed simple enough, but I quickly learned to deal with the grunts he constantly summons. I tried the beginner hunt against a Great Izuchi all by my lonesome. Pennywise the bear is gonna murder me…īesides the tutorial missions, there’s also two hunts. I definitely preferred the weapons with less wind-up time, since I like dodging about and harrying my foes. I’m sure the Switch Axe, in particular, is a very complex weapon, but all I could do was swing it about. I could tell from the brief descriptions that each weapon had a special way to use it, but the demo only told you how to do basic attacks with X and A. I tried out a variety of different weapons – the Long Sword, Sword & Shield, Dual Blades and Switch Axe.

It’s just that the tutorials, while handy, also lack a lot of important details.Īdditionally, as a noob I wish the demo went into more detail about the nuances of combat. I got my butt slashed to ribbons by an Arzuros I was nominally supposed to be riding, but I finally stumbled onto their back. I thought it would be a blast to ride a mounted monster, but it was a bit tricky in execution. That mostly is what the first tutorial consisted of. It’s fun to grapple up surfaces with the Wirebug, and riding the Palamute around is a dream. One is there to explain the basics of moving around and utilizing the Wirebug, while the other is focused on riding a mounted monster. The first thing I appreciate about the Monster Hunter Rise demo are the two tutorials. Several bruises later, here’s my thoughts. As such, it just made sense to try out the demo. But all the things I’ve been seeing about Monster Hunter Rise got me excited, so I decided this will be the entry I become immersed in this long running Capcom series.

My point being that I am very much a newbie to this series. And even that I didn’t buy until long after the initial release. The only other game in the series I’m very familiar with is Monster Hunter Stories.

I’m gonna start with an admission – Monster Hunter Rise is the first true MonHun game I’ve played.

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