I don't personally like the franchise either. I won't say all the negative about it as you though. I don't think it suffers from mediocrity as you say, but its simplicity works well for many gamers. I think just like any game, it has its fans. 

As far as the comparison, I don't like either.

The thrill is in the pursuit of the best weapons and armor sets, i want to say, which in turn requires you to do many different quests to acquire your materials. Each new weapon or armor is a well-earned reward, and lets you move on to the next thing, either because of how the weapon tree itself works or how you may need something new to fight a new monster standing in the way of your character's rank progression.

The fights are exciting enough to keep the whole process from becoming dull, even if you are running the same monster ad nauseum.

It took me about 8 hours into MH tri to finally get "it" , in that time most games are beaten and over with.

How long did you spend with tri did you play online? Cause to be honest yes single player sucks total balls in MH, I could never see myself being interested in the single player for long ,other than to understand the very very basics of the game.

I don't play online, so the aproximatedly fifteen hours I played were on singleplayer content xD

I'm indifferent. I didn't hate it, but I didn't experience the greatness everybody else seemed to. It was fun, I suppose. Maybe I didn't play long enough.

I bought Monster Hunters Unite on the vita last night just to piss you off wright :P

And it uses dual analogs o.O Already much better than any other MH ive played because of that

I still think the game is bad even if it takes advantage of dual analog ...

Many of the bosses in Monster Hunter are plain cheap when it comes their statistical advantage ...

Why would you inflict self torture like that to yourself? Yes the single player is TOTALLY NOT where the game is in MH, its in the online.

You need to play a couple of hours online in the game to have actually play the game, I totally understand why you still have that view of the game cause you played tacked on part of the game.

Its like playing TMNT in time back on the snes and playing the two player "fighting" mode of the game, thats not really the game.

Actually now that I think about it, it is quite hiliarious that you played the single player mode for so long, I cannot imagine anybody torturing themselves like that.

Well, what people expect? I hardly ever play multiplayer on any game, and the game itself advertises as both a cooperative and a singleplayer game.

Like who?

I've only played Monster Hunter tri (wii), but there wasn't a single player boss I fought that I couldn't beat without dying. You just need to find the weapon that works for you, get a good armor set, and play with the mindset that your first priority should be staying alive. If you can't stay alive you are worthless. If you can't get a hit off during a specific attack without getting hit yourself, then don't try to attack at that point in time. It is a change in thinking but I think that is what makes it great. It is very much about overcoming the odds by fighting something that is so much bigger and stronger than you are, but it does so without becoming unfair.