Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - Nintendo Switch

My family loves the game so much I had to buy a second copy of the game. So everybody could take turns playing and helping each other online. It's a great game that is very colorful and the story is great. We are loving all the different monsters the game has and the kinship moves each monster has to offer.

I've already put 35 hours into this game since it released less than a week ago. I didn't think it could but imo it tops the first one that was on 3DS by a landslide. Super addictive and all-around amazing experience. The only issues I have with it is frame rate drops often, but it's nothing a patch couldn't fix I'm sure. If you liked the first game in this spinoff series then I recommend you buy this one immediately.

I enjoyed the first MHST on the 3DS quite a bit, revisiting the game about a month before this was due to come out. And then the demo for MHST2 arrived, and WOW what an upgrade! As you might expect, the sequel improves upon every aspect of the original. Characters and environments are now rendered a little less cartoonishly, with more realistic proportions, but no less lovingly for it. Characters (and monsters!) are expressive and well-animated while the environments, armors, and weapons pop with color and detail. The paper-rock-scissors battle system returns with added depth, strategy, and functionality. You now can equip three weapons at a time to switch between during turns to press your advantage. And when you’ve leveled up enough above the current crop of monsters you’re running into in an area, you can just hit ZL+ZR to quick-finish a fight! Great for grinding. The story is compelling enough; while it’s no great drama it’s fun and pulls you along. You don’t need to have played the first game to enjoy this but there are returning characters that players will recognize and welcome. This is a Monster Hunter game, an RPG, and somehow much more than the sum of its parts. This is the best Pokémon game to come out in years, too. Seriously.

I am not even a fan of the other Monster Hunter games (World, Rise, etc...), but this game was AMAZING! It is probably in my top 3 Switch games (along with Breath of the Wild and the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon remake). The story is great, gameplay is extremely fun, graphics are fantastic, and Multiplayer Co-op missions are a great way to have fun after beating the Single-Player. Even if you aren't normally a fan of the Monster Hunter games I have to say just at least try this game out because it is so good!

Amazing game I wasn't expecting it to be as great as it is. It is a truly remarkable game due to the immersion it offers giving the feeling of being one with your monstie and gaining new insights to the how monsters in monster hunter live and act. This game is honestly better than Monster Hunter Rise and I believe this game has put Game Freak to shame with Pokemon because this is what Pokemon should have evolved into. Give it a try I'm sure there will be a competitive base that pops up from this game!

Charming role-playing/creature collecting game set in the Monster Hunter universe. The story is a typical feel-good, straightforward sort, but has its heartwarming moments and is enjoyable to experience. Core gameplay revolves around rock-paper-scissors matchups and is relatively simple to learn, but has varied enough patterns between enemies to be fun throughout the game. Performance on Switch leaves a bit to be desired, with notably poor performance (15-20 FPS) in the second region of the game. Mostly tolerable otherwise. Switch version is great for short pick-up-and-play sessions which the game is well suited for, but the PC version will be significantly better if smooth gameplay and visuals are a concern. If you like Monster Hunter and ever wanted to pet one of the monsters in the series, you'll probably enjoy this.

I’m a big fan of the mainline Monster Hunter games, but this is an EXCELLENT JRPG spinoff. One of my favorite things about the Monster Hunter games is the incredible designs given to the monsters, and now I can actually ride them instead of slay them. The story was pretty good, too, and it gets pretty dark despite the cute art style that the game has. My biggest complaint about Stories 2 is the frame rate on Switch. The framerate gets so bad that it literally looks like you’re watching a slideshow. I would rate this game 5 stars, but the framerate issues force me to give it 4 stars.

I highly recommend this game to Monster Hunter fans. The turned based combat is great. The storyline was interesting for a Monster Hunter game. I'm well over 100 hours. Plenty of end game content.