Monster Hunter Tales, a recreation initially made for the DS, is a spin-off of Capcom’s Monster Hunter video games. It’s extra low-key and simple to play, with a very totally different vibe, model, and fight system. Much like the Pokemon video games, Monster Hunter Tales makes use of a turn-based preventing model and is all about gathering extra “Monsties” to construct relationships with. Whereas there’s a lot to do on this recreation, the primary goal is to search out higher and stronger Monsties, construct your kinship, and battle your method by way of the world of Monster Hunter, all whereas becoming a member of forces with unlikely foes with a purpose to restore peace to your land.
Raised within the village of Riders, your character is taught methods to take care of monsters and assist them develop to grow to be your companions. From the start of the sport, you’re taught the fundamentals of methods to do all of this. With the intention to elevate Monsties, it’s essential to first discover them. You do that by getting into monster dens and stealing their eggs. Typically that is straightforward—for instance, when there are not any different monsters within the den. However different occasions there will likely be monsters, and also you’ll need to both sneak round them as they sleep or battle them in the event that they’re awake. Upon getting an egg and escape the monster den, you’re taking it again to your village the place it then rests till it cracks open. There are totally different components that include hatching eggs, reminiscent of gathering egg fragments, however the recreation goes into element about all of those.
After an egg is hatched, you will have a Monstie! You may have a celebration of Monsties, as every have totally different talents which are helpful in fights. Monsties begin out as infants however get older, and so they can even stage up the extra you utilize them in battles. Additionally, as you battle with them, you acquire kinship, which is sort of a relationship stage. The upper your kinship stage, the stronger you and your Monstie grow to be. You may unlock new energy strikes with one another as nicely.
Alongside together with your Monsties, you’ll be able to journey out out of your village to search out different monsters to battle. Preventing monsters helps you acquire ranges, kinship, and supplies. With a turn-based preventing model, there are three varieties of strikes you need to use in opposition to one another: energy, technical, and pace. Every sort can beat one other, form of like rock-paper-scissors. Energy beats technical, technical beats pace, and pace beats energy. Conserving this in thoughts whereas preventing is essential, as a result of as you study sure monster’s strikes, you’ll be able to have a bonus. Nonetheless, while you first begin out, you’ll know little or no about totally different monsters. The additional alongside within the recreation you get, and the extra usually you battle a particular form of monster, you’ll find out about their species, their preventing strikes, their strengths and weaknesses, and extra.
With every battle you get into, you’ll be able to have sure gadgets in your stock that will help you out. Some are therapeutic herbs, weapons, binoculars that will help you see your opponent’s stats, and even potions you can also make from collected gadgets. Some may be therapeutic whereas others can be utilized for injury. When a monster does injury to you, you’ll be able to both use your flip to battle again, or to heal your self. It’s essential to get right into a rhythm of doing each, as a result of if an excessive amount of injury is taken, you’ll lose a coronary heart. You might be given three hearts for a day, and if all are misplaced then you might be”downed” and returned to your village.
There are many options in your village, as nicely. You might have your home, the place it can save you and retailer issues. You even have many neighbors. The opposite villagers are good to speak to as a result of a number of them provides you with facet quests, reminiscent of discovering particular gadgets. When accomplished, they’ll pay you. This will also be accomplished by way of the hunt board within the village as nicely.
I discovered that Monster Hunter Tales may really feel a bit overwhelming at occasions, particularly at first when all of this information is dumped on you. However the recreation additionally does a superb job at holding all of this info accessible to you within the menu. If you end up misplaced or neglect methods to do one thing, simply opening the sport’s menu and searching by way of the earlier info you will have discovered will remind you.
That is useful, as Monster Hunter Tales offers you lots to do exterior of gameplay. You’re capable of absolutely customise your character—all the pieces from identify to look and garments. New options embody dialogue acted in numerous languages, and a “museum mode” which reveals you all the authentic design artworks and music tracks.
The graphics of this recreation have improved as nicely, and are quite a bit smoother than they have been on the DS. The animations have been good, the settings have been stunning and enjoyable to discover, the characters have been distinctive, and the monsters have been extremely cool to take a look at. You may inform a number of work and designing went into this recreation, which is a component I all the time respect. The music was nice as nicely, and the story was enjoyable to get into.
Although Monster Hunter Tales is a brilliant detailed and in-depth recreation, it’s definitely worth the lengthy playthrough because it contains a lot. Watching your Monsties develop, and changing into connected to them as you battle alongside one another is a superb expertise. The characters are all fulfilling, and the open-world exploring is extremely enjoyable.
