I'm really enjoying the game so far. First time getting into a MH game (I have MH3U on 3DS, but I never got past the first couple missions), so I'm going in mostly blind, and I haven't read much online material to avoid spoilers.
I must say the game had quite the learning curve, as I had no idea really what type of game this actually was. I never imagined a single monster to take 20 minutes of constant hammer blows to the face and still manage to limp around.
Just yesterday I finished a mission with only 3 seconds left. The timer was down to just 3 minutes, and I saw the monster retreat to it's nest, so I knew it was time to capture it, but I didn't have any shock traps with me. I didn't need to capture it to complete the mission, but I wanted to, so I took a gamble and went back to my base for a shock trap.
I took me the full 3 minutes to navigate through the map and reach the nest, and as soon as I laid the shock trap the mission ended, and for a second I thought I failed, but then realized I won. It was a very satisfying victory.
The same thing ended up almost happening a second time, but I completed with still a couple minutes left. This is because I tend to wander around the map gathering and exploring, neglecting the mission.
Anyways, super fun game; haven't played a single mission online yet.







