Monster Hunter

by Capcom

Product Features

• Multiple online and offline gameplay options - Play with up to four friends and hunt monsters together, or meet up with online players in Village Lobbies to team up on missions
• Explore richly detailed and diverse environments that will have you marveling at your surroundings
• Modify your main character -- change various attributes like name, gender, hairstyle, face, and voice
• Create and design your own equipment from monster claws, scales and other materials
• Upgradeable artillery like swords and cannons

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00024W1TW
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,637 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hunt or be Hunted!

In Monster Hunter, you can create any kind of look for your hunter that you want. Select from a wide variety of options for name, gender, face, hairstyle, hair color, and voice. Model it after yourself, or let your imagination run wild. Once you have finished creating your character, you'll be transported to your very own house in the village. The village chief will have quests waiting just for you.

Hunters can either be blademasters or gunners, depending on the weapon equipped. You can take one weapon on a quest, and top notch have a stock of weapons for different kinds of quests.

Product Description

Monster Hunter is exciting online action game that offers the challenge of an incredible quest. In this game world, human and monsters share a world. The struggle between them is constant and brutal, and on the human side special Monster Hunters have risen to face the creatures head on. Become a Monster Hunter yourself and fight for a safer world! Expanded online content with new quests, enemies and missions

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even with minor flaws, one of the best games out there, July 29, 2005

By 

Joshua K. Daniel "True Gamer" (Athens, TN United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Hunter (Video Game)

This game is by far one of the best i've played. If you can't take it online, although its still good, you may want to wait. The offline tends to get frustrated and repeating quests over and over again to get money gets boring fast.

Pros:
+ Game works awsome online with no monthly charge
+ Armor changes the way you look as well as character customization, don't expect to find your game twin anytime soon.
+ Awsome quests
+ A large collection of weapons and armor to unleash your deadly rage.
+ Cooking, Fishing, Hunting, an more only add to the experiance.
+ Fights with Wyverns and online bosses like Lao feel epic every time.
+ Multible areas like the valcano or jungle.

Cons:

- No offline multiplayer
- Frustrating offline mode
- 1 star quests offline are boring and are nothing but tutorials that have to be done.
- Can only leave town if your on a quest.
- this game WILL make you hungry when your cooking. Dangit, that well done steak looks good.

Your gamer,
Joshua Kyle Daniel

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! A Must-Get sleeper hit!, July 12, 2006

By 

Gameboy "David" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Hunter (Video Game)

I submitted an earlier review of this game based on level 1 missions. Well those are basically tutorials. I am almost to level 5 now and I have to say that this game rocks. I play offline only though due to lack of broadband connection, so it takes quite a bit of time to get money for upgrades to armor and weapons as well as the other necessary items required to survive the later levels. There are tons of armor and weapons to be had and any combination you desire...assuming you are able to aquire to necessary items carved from various creatures or won on various levels. Also, certain armor combos produce skills for your fighter such as resistance to poison, paralysis, knockout negated, and hunger halved. Weapons can also be upgraded to have attributes like inflicting poison status on your prey. I see that trading with the forest elders will also be invaluable for rare items. So far, I haven't had too much trouble completing any mission since I have upgraded to a great sword called the Dragon Agito. Very nice and powerful. =) Strategy is a key to defeating wyverns. Be sure to bring the appropriate supplies depending on the map you are fighting in i.e. desert bring cool drinks. Bring plenty of health potions and stamina recovery items such as well done steaks you cook yourself. Cool! =) Also, you have to know when to RUN! Seriously. If you are getting your tail kicked, run to another screen away from the wyvern, drink your healing potions, resharpen your weapon, and then go back to kickin wyvern tail! While you are away it is also a good time to make any other items you may need such as more pitfall traps to catch the wyvern in, more barrel bombs to weaken him, etc. If you play offline only like I am, it will take hours and hours and hours and...you get the picture...to acquire all the armor and weapons you desire. But I have been playing almost everyday for a month now and still going strong and it is still a blast although tedious. As your character acquires stronger armor and weapons, you can go back to earlier levels and fight previous wyverns that you USED to be afraid of, and can tell them now to "bring it on!" lol For the current price this game is going for, you are missing out if you don't get this. I highly recommend it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Offline is fun too., October 17, 2004

By 

g10tto "Chris" (Kingston Springs, TN United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monster Hunter (Video Game)

First of all, I'm only to give the game four stars because that's what I think it deserves in terms of playing offline(village). Everything looks great, character creation is diverse, the music is beautiful and kind of wierd at the same time, and ambient noises are-i think-the most redeeming quality since no other game developer has found time to match MH. Aside from that, expect alternative, albeit tight gameplay and interesting "side-activities" like fishing, roasting meat on a spit, and combining items to make different kinds of herbs and bait, as well as any variation of the game's weapons you want. Sadly, I have neither a Network Adapter nor a USB Keyboard, however Christmas is nearby so I hope to get an even more amazing game experience come December when I go online.