I have been playing Monster Hunter 4 since the Japanese release date. If this were a past iteration of Monster Hunter (let's say, for example, Portable 3rd) my game clock would easily be over the 100 hour mark by now. My game clock in Monster Hunter 4 is just over 50 hours. As I'd mentioned in a
previous article about my history with the Monster Hunter series, I'd gone through a bout of decreased interest with the series as of 3G/3 Ultimate on the 3DS/Wii U. However, I was really hoping that the changes brought about in 4 would spark my long held interest again. Well have they? I guess I can't answer "yes" completely given what I just said, so the answer is more like "Sort of". But I've begun to realize that it's because of an aspect of Monster Hunter that I somehow managed to forget about over time and a changing life situation.
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