My HONEST Opinion of Monster Hunter Stories 2

Follow BeatEmUps on Twitter - @BeatemupsWood
Instagram - @BeatemupsWood

Equipment used in videos:

Wood Hawker - PO BOX 2971, Burleson, TX 76097

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

All clips and videos belong to their respective owners.

[BeatEmUps]

Want to WIN a copy of the game?! 'LIKE' the video and Comment "Pawsitively Clawdacious" below!

[asunaneros]

As someone who never got hooked by the mainline MH games and loves JRPG, Stories 2 is definitely an amazing game for me. MH Rise and MH World are both great tho

[captainfach]

I like how they pretend how we are just knocking them out, but uh.... we get meat, and bones....

[DraegoMH]

When it comes to lore, you are technically doing each quest on MH games once, that's why it gets a checkmark when it's finished. It's more like Borderlands, you can do quest multiple times, but the story happened already. And only monsters who disturbs the balance of nature are being hunted.

[itsturniptime]

4:48

Clarification, the parent monster you just fought is not knocked out

They’re dead.

You killed them and stripped them for parts, and THEN steal the unborn babies

[Espeon]

Pawsitively Clawdacious!

I played the original Monster Hunter Stories, and I had quite the blast with it. So naturally I picked up the sequel and enjoyed it even more.

My only complaint is how they took away the gimmick that you can change your Monstie's element. I want to have an electric Blue Yian-Kut-Ku again. It was the best thing for me in the first game.

[twaps]

"Monster never changes attack"
Then theres me fighting a Rathian in the first game and deciding which attack to use that will end mostly wrong ang killing your character in 1 or 2 hit.

[tdotran]

Loved Monster Hunter Stories 2. I didn’t play the first one so I had no idea what I was walking into. It was a fantastic ride.

[kamer]

Absolutely loved this game, and it lasted me a long time too. This felt like what Sword & Shield should've been.

[artechmis]

I loved the game, but Navirou was tough in english. I've changed the audio to japanese and it was way smoother and actually pretty cute.

[dsproductions]

10:32 You didn't even mention half of the mechanics, like double attacks, type-less skills that aren't part of the power-speed-technical trio, AOEs, monsters that attack multiple times a turn, monsters that use all 3 types starting about halfway, instant-wins when you get higher level, your monsti's skills, etc..
It doesn't exactly 'evolve', but it definitely expands as more mechanics are used more frequently.

[mt_mind]

I did love the “quick finish” feature. It allowed me to quickly get back to my obsessive pursuit of more powerful genes.

[GuncaFromlv]

Capcom has really been on a roll though. MH: World, Ryse, and Stories have all been unique and awesome games!!

[eggegg]

I’m loving this game. Am I the only one who doesn’t mind Navirou, even with English audio? I think he is so cute!

[shy.shadowsinger]

Navi's voice is so much better in Japanese, just saying. Like the whole game is.
I loved MHS on my ds and I absolutely love MHS2, this is the perfect game for me. I love Monster Hunter games in general but there's just something about the Monster Hunter Stories that speaks to me! I love battling monsters, the story, animation and naming my monsties. I've cried so much during the amazing cut scenes that it's almost embarrassing.
This game is so addictive, I sometimes forget to continue the story because I'm hunting eggs and trying to get a monstie with good genes lol.

[rezarfar]

Not being able to train and level up the monsters feels like such an obvious missed opportunity that it's almost as if it wasn't included by mistake.

[bittybears]

One big difference from the first game is that they removed the element change from the first game, so no more changing your Monsties appearance and Kinship Attacks to a different element.

Worst part, it wouldn't be that hard to fix, because it's works on old and new monsties, like Kulu Ya Ku, Pukei-Pukei, Tobi-Kadachi, Mizutsune, and Gammoth.

Edit: You look at the baby Monsties in your Monstipedia. But yeah, I want to raise the baby Monsties so bad, too though.

[DerpyMemeLord]

"She can violate my rights" oh my god Brock is just...nO

[amnesiaclapp]

Mh stories in a nutshell is
Early game: "wow this game is easy"
Late game: *starts having to micro 5 different rts games at once just to kill the most basic of enemies*
Same with mh stories 2

[usscolumbia]

I don't like when people over simplify the story, cause really you can do the same to almost all JRPG stories. And honestly most stories are rather simple outside of one or two sudden twists. But honestly most JRPG stories are Bad things happen, hero gets chosen, hero gets stronger, and hero saves the day.