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Monster Hunter Stories (2016)

Capcom, Marvelous

Android · Nintendo 3DS · iOS

3.56 from 149 ratings

608 members have it in their collection · 31 playing now · 277 backlogged · 141 wish listed

How long? Main story 31h · with extras 41h (from 8 logged playthroughs)

Monster Hunter Stories is a role-playing game spin-off of the popular Monster Hunter franchise, but features a drastically different gameplay focus. Unlike previous titles in the franchise, Monster Hunter Stories lets players take on the role of a Rider instead of a Hunter, and are able to take part in a traditional turn-based battle system. Major changes and additions featured … Read more
Monster Hunter Stories is a role-playing game spin-off of the popular Monster Hunter franchise, but features a drastically different gameplay focus. Unlike previous titles in the franchise, Monster Hunter Stories lets players take on the role of a Rider instead of a Hunter, and are able to take part in a traditional turn-based battle system. Major changes and additions featured in this title include hatching eggs and befriending monsters, battling alongside them, executing special kinship techniques, and customizing monsters' abilities and appearance Read less
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Developers
Capcom, Marvelous
Publishers
Capcom, Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
Monster Hunter
Series
Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter Stories
Steam
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Release dates

  • Oct 08, 2016 (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • Sep 07, 2017 (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Sep 08, 2017 (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Sep 09, 2017 (Australia) Nintendo 3DS
  • Dec 11, 2017 (Japan) Android, iOS
  • Sep 24, 2018 (Worldwide) Android

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Rating distribution

5 stars
24
4 stars
56
3 stars
52
2 stars
13
1 star
4
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thero159

Status thero159 Jan 22, 2022

I've been playing this game on and off for almost twelve months and every time I pick it up, I can't believe how much it draws me.

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Witt997

Review Witt997 1/5 · Jul 25, 2021

Pokemon con mostricciattoli meno pucciosi

Gioco simile a pokemon, ma in veste Monster Hunter, una serie alla quale non ho mai avuto una grande stima e considerazione. Prende il peggio dalle due serie, il che è tanto. Trama ridicola, gameplay alla morra cinese e allevamento pokemon meno ispirato. Voto: 6.5/10

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paranoodle

Review paranoodle 5/5 · Oct 14, 2018

this is both my favorite monhun AND pokemon game

"what if pokemon and monster hunter had a baby" is the closest one-sentence description i can give of this game and boy does it deliver. it monhuns as well as monhun games (but not as badly as monhun games) and it pokemons... better than most pokemon games imho.

the combat is really simple, it's rock-paper-scissors but with a couple skill …

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"what if pokemon and monster hunter had a baby" is the closest one-sentence description i can give of this game and boy does it deliver. it monhuns as well as monhun games (but not as badly as monhun games) and it pokemons... better than most pokemon games imho.

the combat is really simple, it's rock-paper-scissors but with a couple skill options thrown in to make it just interesting enough as to not be too boring, but feels less limited than pokemon's 4-skill setup. the monsters each have their patterns as in other monhun games, but on a turn-based format (which i'm very grateful for, it's nice to have time to think). that said, the difficulty isn't trivial and some of the late-game bosses require you to think pretty carefully about what you're doing even if you're working with all level 99 monsties.

the story is... okay? it's not bad but it's a game for kids so it's understandably a story for kids. i was never that invested but the characters are cute and there's a handful that are going to stick with me after this (i'm looking at you number 6), so there isn't anything complain-worthy.

the graphics are really nice, i love the stylization they decided to go for and everything is so nice and bright, it's really lovely. that said, this is pushing the 3ds as hard as it will go, and it really shows, because some areas have a lot of noticeable lag and framerate drops, which is a bit of a shame.

i already have over 200 hours on a single save in this game and i'm probably going to get at least another hundred trying to 100% it and once i'm done... i might actually start another file, dang.

turns out if you make a monhun game that's 1) cute and 2) not over-punishingly difficult, i'm super on-board.

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