OK... I haven't officially played Monster Hunter yet, only the demo. The controls are a hurdle... but from just playing the demo ten - twenty times with the various weapons, it is easy to say that they are masterable ( I am not a master yet, but have gotten significantly better). The way the loot system has been described to me by a few of my japanese friends is similar to WOW + token+ crafting when there are no more levels to gain. At level 80 on wow you get a token to turn in for your "gear set." Monster Hunter adds one more element of requiring specific parts to upgrade your existing weapon. It is rather more complex than Wow, and the leveling system (though not present explicitly) is there implicitly. New weapons and armor make you sizably better as a character.








