i dont care about the monthly fee as long as the game is good, i am happy.

This.

i want a normal MH game i hear this is more like a MMO, and i'm not paying monthly fees.

they making it to much for me to try but if they make it cheap i will.

I have a question for you guys. If Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had a monthly fee, would you guys pay it? I think we're playing with fire if this game ever comes to the west and becomes a hit (though I doubt it will come to the west, and if it did, I doubt it would be a hit).

Monster Hunter bills itself as an MMO, but other than the lobby/staging area, it seems like you basically get a party of 4 together and go to instances to fight (so basically there's no huge overworld for everyone to wander around, a separate world gets created for your party). Yes, the game gets updated every so often, but is it really worth paying $15 a month for?

To go back to my MW2 example, imagine that instead of making MW2, Infinity Ward and Activision decided that they had a better way to make money. They would release Modern Warfare 1, and make it pay to play. $15 a month. And instead of making a brand new game ala Modern Warfare 2, they would just release incremental upgrades to Modern Warfare 1 until they arrive at what Modern Warfare 2 is. So over 2 years, instead of paying $120 for both MW1 and MW2, you pay $60 for MW1, then $15 * 24 months = $360 for a total of $420. Is it worth it?

I can totally understand why a game like World of Warcraft needs a monthly fee. But MHF seems akin to Guild Wars where everything is instanced. And funny enough, Guild Wars requires no monthly fee. Do you guys think a monthly fee for MHF is still worth it?

Obviously, I'm painting a worse case scenario where every game becomes pay to play, and instead of making sequels, we get incremental upgrades that end up costing us more. But it's something to think about, especially with some of the comments that Activision has made:

http://kotaku.com/5405217/activision-exec-expect-additional-paid-online-modes

No... I don't pay for subscription based games.

To much hassle... and it's rarely worth it.

I would give it a try. I'm still hoping to see a Live version of WoW too.

If it came stateside I would try it I never played it before personally but saw friends playing it but if this came over to our pond I would try it out :) so I hope they do

In Japan, the subscription of $15 dollars includes a 30 day Live subscription as well. It is a two for one thing. Would they bring that same thing over to the west? Who knows, depends on the margins that MS gets from the deal. The 12 month cards are already being sold for $30, which is like $2.50 a month.

As for the OP, no I probably will not play this game.

Maybe. I suspect Capcom would drop the fee in the west.