YMMV / Monster Hunter (2004)

• Once Original, Now Common: For anyone who has become a fan of the series since the second generation and/or onward, the first-generation games (the very first installment in particular) admittedly feel very outdated mechanically, with many of its features being difficult to master due to the absence of quality-of-life improvements that were added over time. However, this doesn't account for how massive a deal the series already was for its time, especially in Japan, and at the end of the day these early games still laid the blueprint for the staples and core elements that the wider franchise is now renowned for, and the series was already inspiring Follow the Leader games from other series as a result. More generally, the game spawned a whole subgenre of RPG based on going to vast areas to hunt large monsters, requiring extensive preparation in many fronts for each quest in order to ensure a successful run.

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