Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Standard Edition - Nintendo Switch

If you are a fan of the old school type of MH you are in for a treat. This is a beefed up version of the 3ds monster hunger. But it plays amazing on the switch. You will spend hours collecting everything.

Before Monster Hunter World & Rise popularized the franchise, there was this version of Monster Hunter in which many OG fans are familiar with. For veterans alike, this is such a nostalgic trip that you'd want to experience all over again. If you started with World or Rise, you will find this game to be much more difficult, a bit more janky, and a bit less polished (missing some quality of life features World and Rise offered). Graphics may not look as beautiful as the newer games, but they are sharp, crisp, and vibrant on the Switch. Controls aren't as easy or well-defined as World & Rise, but it's no where near unplayable. It is more difficult and requires a bit more precision, but this is how it's always been since the beginning. The satisfaction comes from executing with precision and timing. You also have to understand that these games originated from PS2, PSP and the 3DS eras, so it's come a long long way. However, that should not deter you from playing this game. If you thirst for more Monster Hunter and love a challenge, MH Generations Ultimate should scratch that itch. You will appreciate how much has changed between Generations Ultimate and its transition into World & Rise. Generations Ultimate packs the best content from all of the iterations before it into this game and adds more; truly living up to the "Ultimate" name. I don't see Capcom planning to make newer iterations of this older version of Monster Hunter, so this is probably the best version to play at this current time. If you're a diehard fan, just do yourself a favor and buy this game, whether it'd be at retail price or at a discount, it's worth it. Happy Hunting!

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a celebration of all the past Monster Hunter games and adds even more ways to play with 6 Hunting Styles and dozens of Hunter Arts. The game has 93 large monster, including variant species, spanning over all the generations of the past games with returning favorites. Many areas return with 27 locations to fight monsters in and have been updated to make them more modern and account for newer mechanics like aerial attacks. Those coming from Monster Hunter World maybe used to the quality of life changes added to the game. If you can get past the minor inconveniences the game compared to Monster Hunter World, this has much more content and fighting monsters feel more controlled with the refined AI and controls that have been improved throughout the years. Capcom created an amazing experience for portable users and this is one no different playing handheld on the Switch with hundreds of hours of gameplay.

There's a lot of content in this game, but it starts to feel repetitive having to battle the same beasts multiple times to create gear. Plenty of different monsters to fight and weapons to wield. Controls and physics feel a bit clunky and unnatural, but they're manageable once the "rules" of the game are understood.

As a longtime Monster Hunter fan I was looking forward to a US version of MHXX. Much to my glee Capcom localized it as Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Coming off of World I won't deny the QoL that World had was good and I missed it, but GenU has the best content thus far. Monsters, Armor, Weapons, this game is a blast, and despite the lack of improvements (which I won't fault it for as it TECHNICALLY came out before World) I find myself sinking just as much time into it as I have all the others. Highly recommended for oldschool and new hunters alike.

Starting with the downside, the game has a lot of fetch quests at the beginning. Excellent game once you get going. There is so much content and combined with the multiple hunter arts and styles, you will be playing this game for a long time if you enjoy the core gameplay loop of hunt, get monster parts, make new gear, hunt again. There are a lot of challenging quests and it feels really rewarding once you finally overcome them.

Classic Monster Hunter is better than World because you actually need to try. You have a bunch of ways to play with Hunter Artes and Skills and weapons. You absolutely are getting your money's worth, unless you already played Generations, in which case you probably bought this anyway (I sure did.). Absurd amounts of monsters, locales, items. This is the type of game that has so much stuff in it, there's no way you can't make it your own experience.

I bought this so I could play MonHun on the go. This one isn't as user friendly as Monster Hunter: World, but it's a great port to switch. I would recommend playing with a pro controller though as playing with the joy cons attached to the switch makes it a little difficult to maneuver when fighting mons.