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Monster Hunter 3 Review:

Monster Hunter 3 has finally landed on the Nintendo Wii, and unless you have been living under a rock, in a cave, on the 7th moon of Neptune, you’re probably already well aware of the arrival of Capcom’s latest monster hunting adventure. However, with great hype comes a great responsibility to live up to that hype and deliver a game that not only surpasses all of the assumed expectations but raises the standards of the genre and makes gamers demand more from their interactive entertainment. So does Monster Hunter Tri tame this beast of a task, or is it just another adventurer lost on the vast plains of video game history?

 

The story opens in a small fishing village that has recently been plagued by earthquakes which seem to be caused by the mythological sea-beast, Lagiacrus. These tremors have made life in the tiny town intolerable, and the villagers soon find themselves in need of a hunter that can be trained to slay the Lagiacrus. That’s where you come in, after creating your avatar in the surprisingly robust character creation editor (it even allows you to choose your character's voice, even if all the samples sound like Link’s grunts from Twilight Princess), you are then quickly thrust into the world of Monster Hunter Tri and begin taking on tasks designed to help you become a master hunter and one that will eventually do battle with Lagiacrus and many more fearsome beasts.

 

The game is evidently based more on gameplay aspects then story elements, as the villagers plight will very quickly take a back seat to the experience of going out in the field and hunting monsters. The villagers all have their own personalities, but these never become integral to the plot's advancement, and generally they will all act like ‘generic villager #1, generic salesman #2, etc.’ This being said the world of Monster Hunter Tri does feel believable with its large vistas such as lakes, deserts, mines and countless other different locations will make you feel as if you are traveling a living, breathing world filled with riches and adventure.

 

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