![]() What I really love is the increased emphasis on monsters animating much like household pets, meaning playful flourishes as they either stupidly hop like a puppy or slink lazily like a cat before focusing their eyes on you and making very clear that you will soon regret the last time you took your pet to the vet. Screenshots of these nasties hardly do them justice, though they do look diverse and terrifying enough that way. (Let's be clear: this is the MH equivalent of throwing poo, and props to Capcom for going there.) The first reason for MHR's success comes from its best monster variety yet, which can be easily described as "variety beyond dinosaurs and dragons." Many of its best monsters boil down to "cute thing crossed with scary concept": an arctic rabbit with giant tusks that hurls massive balls of ice a turtle made of fresh, hot magma and recently cooled lava stones a monkey that can prop itself up on its tail, then either propel itself in a sporadic diagonal rush or procure and throw balls of poison. ![]() Capcom doesn't make you wait for these battles to get good. Though a few missions revolve around hunting weaker grunt creatures, which can be killed in a few hits, most of your hunts revolve around boss battles that start out lasting roughly 12-15 minutes. Behold: Monster Hunter Rise, the series' best game yet and likely the tipping point for anyone who has yet to sharpen their blade on its whetstones. ![]() These days, Western gamers are finally embracing a powerful, portable console in droves, and Capcom has responded in unbelievable fashion. ![]() As a result, uptake in the West exploded, and MHW became Capcom's biggest-selling video game of all time. (I'm not sure I ever saw four people in the States playing a PSP in public, let alone doing so in a closely huddled group.) It wasn't until the series landed on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2018 with Monster Hunter World that Capcom corrected some key series stumbles, mainly mid-mission loading times and online multiplayer. I've always found that peculiar, because as a bullet-point list, MH sounds like the ultimate in hardcore Western gamer catnip: deliberate slow-and-powerful combat ( Dark Souls), teaming up with friends for epic PvE battles to amass loot ( Diablo), and deliriously tough and crazy-looking monsters and insane weapon variety to match ( Borderlands).īut the series mostly thrived in Japan on PSP-in a nation much better poised to support "local wireless co-op adventuring," one of the PSP's flagship features. Since its 2004 launch on PlayStation 2, the Monster Hunter series has stomped in bold-yet-unsteady fashion-like one of its titular beasts-toward legitimacy in the West. Not from the UK? Scroll down for the best Nintendo Switch deals in your area.Platform: Nintendo Switch (coming "early 2022" to PC) If you already own a Switch but still want to pick up a fancy Monster Hunter Rise-themed piece of hardware, the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is also available to pre-order for £69.99. The game and console bundle is set to release on March 26, 2021, so don't miss this opportunity to secure it before it's gone. ![]() Monster Hunter Rise is arguably the biggest Nintendo Switch game of 2021 (until Breath of the Wild 2 hopefully appears) and – if it’s anything like Monster Hunter World, which sold over 14 million copies – it’s bound to be popular. Nintendo Switch special edition bundles don’t tend to stay in stock for long, with the Fortnite Wildcat console and Animal Crossing: New Horizon console often flashing in and out of stock, particularly when on sale. The console comes with a full game digital download code of Monster Hunter Rise, the Deluxe Kit DLC and some bonus content. The Monster Hunter Rise Nintendo Switch is now available to pre-order in the UK for £339.99, and if you’ve got your eye on this ornate-looking design, we’d strongly advise doing so. ![]()
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