2013-07-13, 07:32 PM
案山子 Wrote:How many hours would you guys say this game will give you, especially for a beginner? I've never in my life played a Monster Hunter game but lately I've been SUPER interested in Ultimate. I keep watching videos on Youtube and ProJared's Twitch recordings. I tried the demo out on my 3DS and really enjoyed it. I sucked hard the first attempt and died twice but I really improved every try after that and got to the point where not only was I not dying at all but I was using less HP potions, and killing Lagombi faster and faster. I felt really accomplished.
I just want to know how large the game is seeing as how every time I check videos of it I end up seeing more and more stuff that's new.
It really 100% completely depends on how much you intend to invest into the game. It has no story (well, almost no story), so the longevity of the game will completely depend on you setting goals for yourself. There's 40 Awards (Read: Achievements) that you can get as well, which all in all will take a very long time to accomplish (Well over 500 hours). Then you can set your own goals, like getting every weapon/armor set, or getting X kills on every monster, and all kinds of stuff like that. The game doesn't get stale because every fight is very unique, so it's all about how much monster genocide you can put yourself through.
There is progression, of course, but if you're hoping for a meaningful story you will not find it with MH3U. MH4 apparently is going to have it, though. We'll see.