Monster Hunter is greater than it ever has been, after the massive successes of Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise. With Monster Hunter Wilds on the way in which, it is smart that Capcom is lastly bringing its JRPG spinoff of the sequence to PlayStation. Regardless of being virtually eight years outdated and made for the 3DS, Capcom has executed an awesome job in boosting Monster Hunter Tales’ visuals for PS4, constructing on high of the implausible journey itself.
Born in a small village, you’re a Rider, a human who lives their life amongst monsters, varieties bonds with them, and is making an attempt to achieve the land of the Hunters, individuals who slay monsters, with a purpose to convey the 2 worlds collectively and tackle the Black Blight — which threatens the lands of each teams.
For essentially the most half, the story setup is a typical define, however it stays partaking sufficient all through the entire expertise. The gameplay is actually the place Monster Hunter Tales does some fascinating issues. All through your journey, you search out and acquire monster eggs to hatch them and type a group of ‘Monsties’ which you can then use to take down different, greater monsters, different Monsties from opposing factions, and people monsters which have been affected by the Black Blight.
We predict it is a actually partaking twist on the everyday JRPG method of getting a celebration, and it successfully meshes Pokémon and Monster Hunter collectively to create a really pleasing get together system. Your particular person Monsties can be used on this planet, both via driving them to traverse landscapes extra shortly, or to achieve new areas via climbing vines, or leaping as much as new cliffs and paths.
Nonetheless, the remainder of the world and quest design are beginning to present their age at this level, particularly when big developments have been made on this space lately.
When utilizing your Monsties for fight, there are additionally a variety of fascinating and enjoyable mechanics to combating. The sport makes use of a well-recognized and easy-to-grasp three-way Rock, Paper, Scissors fight system the place completely different assault varieties are sturdy towards each other.
Nonetheless, due to the ability of the Kinship Stone, you get entry to a complete bunch of extra highly effective assaults when driving your Monstie in battle, which may change fights in seconds. Utilizing these assaults is a lot enjoyable, and so they typically incorporate transient fast time occasions to maintain fight partaking.
Capping all of that off are some beautiful visuals. Whereas nonetheless feeling restricted by the sport’s 3DS origins, Capcom has executed a implausible job of updating textures, and boosting the general high quality of environments for this re-release. When trying again at 3DS gameplay, you may see the stark distinction.