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The optimal version of the first generation, expanding off of Monster Hunter G, which expanded on MH1. The first game to release on a handheld platform, to great benefit for the multiplayer audience. While playing MH1 is good for the experience, this is the game to actually play all the way through if you intend to experience the bulk of the content available all at once.
Monster Hunter has always had a base version and then an expanded version called "whatever G". Base version features, for simplifying things, "easy" and "normal" difficulty versions of the monsters. The G version of the game features G [later called Master] version of the Monsters, wich you can consider "hard" versions.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Monster Hunter: World + Iceborne. Monster Hunter: Rise + Sunbreak. However, they don't have a continuous story, and for the most part (in my opinion), each generation is a refinement and improvement over previous iterations.
- Monster Hunter
- Monster Hunter Freedom
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and Freedom Unite
- Monster Hunter Tri and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
- Monster Hunter Generations and Generations Ultimate
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
The original Monster Hunter on PlayStation 2 introduced players to the series’ loot-driven, beast-slaying gameplay… but people just didn’t understand it at the time. In many ways, the original Monster Hunter plays just like any other game in the main series: You take on hunting quests from a village hub, head out into large arena-like maps where yo...
Monster Hunter Freedom (aka Monster Hunter Portable in Japan) is technically a PSP port of the first game with some minor updates, but it’s worth giving this title its own entry because of what it did for the franchise. In short, Capcom’s gamble to take Monster Hunter’s from home consoles to portable devices was a masterstroke--in Japan, anyway. Mo...
Continuing the formula that Monster Hunter Freedom started, Freedom 2 was the PSP port of the Japan-exclusive PS2 game, Monster Hunter 2 (pronounced Monster Hunter “Dos”), and the only version of Monster Hunter 2 released in the West. Freedom 2 refined the first portable outing’s gameplay and introduced new monsters that would become series staples...
The third Monster Hunter generation was a major change for the series in several ways. Most notably, the series pivoted from Sony’s consoles to Nintendo’s hardware, with Monster Hunter Tri releasing for Wii, and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Wii U and 3DS, making these the first Monster Hunter games to launch on home consoles outside of Japan since...
Capping off Monster Hunter’s fourth generation of games, Monster Hunter Generations on 3DS and Generations Ultimate on Nintendo Switch are basically the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate of the Monster Hunter franchise. These games packed more content than ever before. Generations Ultimate includes 93 new and returning monsters from across the series. It ...
The latest entry in the series, Monster Hunter Rise is by far the fastest-paced Monster Hunter to date. Hunts feel shorter (in a good way), and moving around the environments or performing important actions like gathering materials and executing special attacks has never been easier. The best of these changes are the new traversal options: the grap...
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for 3DS is one of the few games in the series that launched in its perfect form, at least in the west. Monster Hunter’s fourth-gen base game (Monster Hunter 4 in Japan) never saw a worldwide release. Instead, players in North America and Europe got to skip straight to the enhanced G-Rank version, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate....
It’s almost been four years since its initial release, and yet Monster Hunter World combined with its massive Iceborne DLC is still the best Monster Hunter experience available right now. For starters, it’s the best looking and smoothest playing Monster Hunter yet, especially if you can play on PC or a 4K-enabled console. World also features seamle...
- Monster Hunter/Freedom (2004/2005) The first Monster Hunter game was released in Japan initially, coming to North America later in 2004 for the PlayStation 2.
- Monster Hunter 2/Freedom 2/Unite (2006/2007/2008) As with the first game in the series, the base Monster Hunter 2 was only released in Japan, with Freedom 2 releasing a year later, again for the PSP and also iOS.
- Monster Hunter Tri/3 Ultimate (2010/2011) Originally only released on the Nintendo Wii, Monster Hunter Tri was later updated as Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which launched for both 3DS and Wii U. The game is available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop for $19.99.
- Monster Hunter 4/Ultimate (2013/2015) Like the previous initial launches, Monster Hunter 4 was released for the 3DS in Japan only, but 4 Ultimate came to western markets in 2015 for the 3DS.
The first generation of Monster Hunter is comprised of the original set of three games released between March 11, 2004 and September 21, 2006. The first generation laid out the groundwork of the entire series and established the central gameplay, visual aesthetic, and core content that would serve as the foundation for all future releases. Monster Hunter was established in the first generation ...
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Least favorite MH doesn't mean the game is bad, just that it is the worst among the games in one of gaming's best franchises. It can still be a 9+/10 game if every other MH is even better. Rise is an amazing game, probably the most fun MH I've ever played during the story playthrough.
