History VideoGame / MonsterHunterPC

* TimedMission: The Monster Hunter have two minutes to complete each and every level, with the screen giving a "Hurry Up!" warning when the time limit is near. Although unlike other games of it's type, surpassing the limit doesn't kill the player - instead the game dispenses an invincible monster (see CreepyCentipedes).

'''''Not''''' to be confused with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' franchise.

** Another level containing numerous Man-Eating Plant enemies is called ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors''.

** A ghost-filled level is named "[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Who you gonna call?]]"... there's another level called "He Slimed Me!" containing three ''green'' ghosts, resembling Slimer.

* ManOnFire: Frankenstein Monster mooks can be killed by ''two'' torches, at which point it burns into a crispy carcass. Try hitting it the first time while it's a fair distance from it's spawner though, lest it regenerates its health.

* BadassNormal: The titular Monster Hunter is a human skilled with weapons, magic, capable of eliminating plenty of monsters in several levels and can go toe-to-toe against evil wizards, the Grim Reaper, and a powerful vampire lord.

'''''Not''''' to be confused with ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' for the [=PlayStation=] 2.

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' for the [=PlayStation=] 2.

* EvilWizard / EvilWitch: Both of them.
** There are witch mooks spawned from cauldrons, who attack by using their magic to turn the Hunter into a frog.
** The Warlock, who serves as the boss of Warlock's Keep and later battles the Hunter halfway through the Reaper's Tower.

* GiantMook: Several bosses are just giant-sized versions of lesser enemies, such as the giant plant (in a level titled "Bob the Angry Plant"), giant werewolf, giant lagoon creature, giant blob...

* WolfpackBoss: "Savage Garden" have the Hunter fighting THREE Giant Man-eating plants.

* AmphibianAssault: One of the most difficult levels ("Hopping Mad!") have giant, invincible frogs dropping into the area regularly. They're not hostile, since they don't pursue the Monster Hunter (instead choosing to hop out of the area as quickly as they arrived) but it's still very easy to get flattened by them falling frogs and lose a life.

* BlackoutBasement: The "Darkness" levels, where vision is limited to just a circle around the Hunter, which makes locating monster spawners before a slain monster can be regenerated difficult. If combined with the B-Movie levels (where everything is DeliberatelyMonochrome)... well, it's difficult as heck when that happens.

* BonusStage: The "Treasure Room" levels, which can be accessed by collecting a treasure room key before completing each level. These stages are loaded to the brim with treasure and crystal balls, but also contain various monsters and NO weapons, with the Hunter being given thirty seconds to collect as much loot as possible. Survive up to thirty seconds, all the monsters onscreen dies as the "Level Complete" music plays with the words "Treasure Looted" displayed. (The Hunter wouldn't suffer any lives lost should he be killed by a monster, but the stage screen will mock him "[[ALoserIsYou Loser]]" before moving on to the next level).
* BossInMookClothing: Mummies, whose default form is acceptably weak enough... but then he needs to be hit twice with a MagicStaff, the first which turns him into a fast-moving skeleton that now pursues the unarmed Monster Hunter, who now must rush like crazy to collect a new staff to use against the mummy-turned-skeleton. To hit that point even further, one of the later levels is set in a room full of spikes... and contains precisely ''one'' mummy.
* CreepyCentipedes: Each level needs to be cleared within two minutes, and if there are monster spawners remaining after the time's up, the game will release a huge, invincible giant centipede monster after the Hunter. Said monster cannot be stopped, until the Hunter ends the level by destroying the last spawner, at which point the centipede will explode while the "Level Complete" music plays.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "B-movie" levels are entirely in black-and-white. The monsters are mostly the same, but the visibility makes it difficult to tell the Hunter apart from the onscreen monsters or to locate the right spawner to destroy after killing an enemy.

* EliteMook: It goes without saying that as the game progresses, it will throw increasingly stronger monsters at the Hunter. Vampires and Mummies are definitely amongst the toughest monsters encountered, the former due to his speed in dodging attacks, and the latter needing two zaps to kill. Appropriately enough, the latter is the ''last'' type of monster to be introduced.

** The Warlock and the ClimaxBoss of Warlock's Keep.

* FishPeople: The Lagoon Creature, resembling exactly like the monster where it got it's namesake. They're the second type of enemy introduced (after the Man-eating plants), with their spawners resembling wells and making splashing noises as it starts regenerating a new creature, and charges at the Hunter with a fast tackle.
* FlashStep: The Vampire mooks have the ability to sidestep the Hunter at a rapid phase, which makes the process of staking them difficult, requiring the Hunter to come up with thinking out-of-the-box tactics . For instance, sneaking upon a vampire and staking it while it's at a corner, forcing the vampire to flash-step into a dead end [[note]] NOT practical, if the Hunter missed his stake, he's now unarmed and a sitting duck to the vampire's attack [[/note]] or, in case the level contains a different monster other than vampires, stun the vampire with a different weapon first, ''then'' grab a stake and execute him before he recovers.

** The Count, and the FinalBoss, have werewolves backing him up. In this particular case, the level contains tons of stakes (necessary to kill the Count) but NO SilverBullet pistols, making the werewolves practically invincible until the Hunter kills the Count.

* GiantMook: Several of the bosses are just giant-sized versions of lesser enemies, such as the giant man-eating Plant (in a level titled "Bob the Angry Plant"), giant werewolf, giant lagoon creature, giant blob...

* {{Hologram}}: The "Illusion" levels, which contains multiple holographic duplicates of monsters mixed with the real deal (one level, titled "Which Witch is Which" appropriately has the Hunter battling two ''real'' witches while avoiding six fake holographic ones). However telling them apart isn't too difficult thanks to HologramProjectionImperfection.
* HolyWater: Ghosts can be put to rest after being splashed by holy water, at which point they dissolve into smoke.

* ImMelting: Man-eating plants, Gremlins and blobs dissolves into puddles once defeated.

* MagicStaff: The Warlock's sole weakness (he needs to be zapped five times though) and also then only weapon that can harm mummies. Do note that it takes ''two'' hits to completely destroy a mummy, and after getting hit a first time, the mummy sheds its bandages into a fast-moving skeleton, and the Hunter must find a new staff as soon as possible while being pursued by a vengeful pile of bones.
* ManOnFire: The Frankenstein Monster mooks can be killed with ''two'' torches, at which point it burns into a crispy carcass. Try hitting it the first time while it's a fair distance from it's spawner though, lest it regenerates its health.

* MookMaker: The Monster Spawners serves this purpose, although they're capable of spawning only ''one'' monster (except the gremlin spawner, which creates two gremlins at once) at any given time. Once the monster is killed, the spawner will start creating another, but it's vulnerable while it's in spawning process, allowing the Hunter to destroy them with a single touch.
* {{Mummy}}: The last type of monster introduced within the game, and also the deadliest. In its default form it's rather slow and unimpressive, but after being zapped with a staff, it sheds its bandages and turns into a fast-moving skeleton and pursue the Hunter - necessiting the Hunter to run like hell and find another staff before the Mummy's second form cathces up on him.
* OneHitKill: This trope works both ways, in that your titular hero and most of the monsters (save for the FrankensteinsMonster and Mummies) can be killed in a single hit.
* OneHitPolykill: Very frequently, the Hunter can execute the same monster type with a single shot, especially in given situations when monsters are closely packed together. Mostly tend to occur with the man-eating plants, ghosts, gremlins [[note]] this is ''in fact'' prefferable; as gremlin spawners creates two monsters at a time, killing only one wouldn't make the spawner vulnerable and would have it manufacturing a second gremlin to replace the one you killed, while you're busy dealing with the other [[/note]], blobs and witches.

* RecurringBoss: The Warlock is fought twice in the game, firstly in the final level of "Warlock's Keep", and later on halfway through the Reaper's Tower, in a level called "Warlock's Revenge". He's a DegradedBoss in the latter, implied to be revived by the Grim Reaper in order to "test" the Hunter's skills.

** A ghost-filled level is named "[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Who you gonna call?]]"

* SilverBullet: The weakness of werewolves, where a single shot will put them down regardless where they're hit.
* SpellBook: The Grimoire is the witch enemy's weakness, and reading from it turns surrounding witches into frogs. It's also one of the few weapons that goes through walls, which makes it useful in taking out multiple witches with precise timing.

** The Warlock and the ClimaxBoss of the game for the Warlock's Keep.

* GiantMook: Several of the bosses are just giant-sized versions of lesser enemies, such as the Giant Man-eating Plant (in a title called "Bob the Angry Plant"), giant werewolf, giant lagoon creature, giant blob...

* BonusStage: The "Treasure Room" levels, which can be accessed by collecting a treasure room key before completing each level. These stages are loaded to the brim with treasure and crystal balls, but also contain various monsters and NO weapons, with the Hunter being given thirty seconds to collect as much loot as possible. Survive up to thirty seconds, all the monsters onscreen dies as the "Level Complete" music plays with the words "Treasure Looted" displayed. (The Hunter wouldn't suffer any lives lost should he be killed by a monster, but the stage screen will mock him "[[ALoserIsYou Loser]]" before moving on to the next level)

** The Warlock and the ClimaxBoss of the game for the wizard.

* GripingAboutGremlins: Gremlins are another recurring monster after beduting in "The Workshop". It's worth noting that gremlin spawners can create ''two'' of these critters at the same time, and the spawner wouldn't be vulnerable until both gremlins are killed.

* ManOnFire: The Frankenstein Monster mooks can be killed with ''two'' torches, at which point it burns into a cripsy carcass. Try hitting it the first time while it's a fair distance from it's spawner though, lest it regenerates its health.

* DeliberatelyMonochrone: The "B-movie" levels are entirely in black-and-white. The monsters are mostly the same, but the visibility makes it difficult to tell the Hunter apart from the onscreen monsters or to locate the right spawner to destroy after killing an enemy.