Monster Hunter Stories

[Cody999]

I need to know if anyone else has even heard about this game (and rant about how good it is.)
It's deceptively simple on first look, collect monsters and battle them with a rock/paper/scissors battle style, but there is something so addictive about the whole thing. I've basically been playing it for three days straight. The animations in and out of battle are well done and I think that this is one of the most adorable games of all time. Traversing the maps with your monsters feels and the battles feel satisfying. I got this game as a time waster and ended up with an amazing game and I don't see myself stop playing any time soon. I would recommend this game to everyone, but especial to Monster Hunter fans and people who like collecting things in game (There is a bit of a Pokemon feel to getting all the monsters.)

Has anyone else played this game? If so what did you think of it?

[MonsterMon64]

I've only tried the demo so far, but I agree it's addicting, and I really like the sense of exploration* the game has going for it. Looking forward to trying the full version soon.

*I'm going to assume this is an element in the main series as well, but I can't say I'd know from experience.

[Petzbreeder]

I've never played it, but if the gameplay is similar to Monster Rancher on the Playstation, then I might consider it.