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Borderline Mediocre....and that's bad.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Monster Hunter Freedom has its good and bad moments. There are 1000s of items, equipment, 100s of monsters, areas, and good stuff like that. You can trade, buy, sell, combine items (1000s of combinations), cook, garden, fish, and many other things. Now for the monster hunting, it's extremely boring. It's very choppy and has a "cheap" feeling to it. Your character can't perform much tricks, except just struggle to lift a huge bone sword and slice the monster. The continous boring fight system becomes a dread. Each fighting area is very small, but you can go into other areas which comes with a 15-20 second load time. That's not that bad of a load time, but the fact that each area is very small is what makes it annoying. There's probably over 300+ hours of gameplay, and I could not be able to finish it all with the boring hunting. I can definitely see how some people love this game, however, this isn't my "cup of tea." An incredible dissapointment...1/5

Not as good as I thought would be

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is too complicated and isn't as fun as an average person may think. The point of the game is to kill monsters- end of story. Dull and boring

Monster Hunter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Indeed, as the title says, this game is about Monster Hunting. For the first time on a PSP, the player is offered a respectivly wide range of customization for their character which they can create in the very beginning of this game.

In my opinion, Monster Hunter is indeed one of the few extremely good games out for PSP at this moment. However, this game is not for a person who wishes to kill everything in their path. There are, at times, moments where you HAVE to be paitent with what you are doing, or you will die a very horrible and annoying death. Your character does get tired, and can pass out causing the forefit of a Quest. Also, the fighting system is slower than a hack and slash, more realistic then most games where your character will slash and hack, but get tired in the process.

I highly reccommend this game to those who love to kill monsters and like the real life fighting system as they play. However, those who like face paced fighting games, i don't believe this would be for you. Happy Gaming!

Monster Hunter: Freedom (review)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun if you enjoy hunting prehistoric dinosaurs and dragons. Yes, that's right, dragons. Anyway, you start off sleeping, then you get up and realize, HEY, lets kill some dinosaurs (and they wonder why dinosaurs are extinct). I began to hop around the small town and talk to people and they all said go to the village chief, which is the crazy old man next to the northern building with an open door. He gives the majority of the quests, and i'm still workin on them, but this game does take patience and understanding that you can't just bust out a level 20 fireball and blast crap, and the combat system is a little slow, but more realistic. This game is not for the young and pissy. It is a mix of strategy, rpg, and action. It is a really good game though.

Just no fun at times

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: December 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Monster Hunter is a hardcore game, which means it is one of those games that can only appeal to select few and people who like big monsters. Even though that this game is an RPG, it does not feature a hardcore plot, emotional overlords, or that epic feel that a traditional RPG has. INstead, it focuses on capturing and slaying monsters, and it's a straightforward game, with none of those gloss of a RPG such as Final Fantasy. But is still and RPG, but an RPG that is all about killing.

Monster Hunter is such a overwhelming game though, because it's definitly not for the average gamer. IT's overwhelmingly deep, with a least 100 weapons and a million ways to customize your gear, it sounds more complex that most games. IT's absolutly gorgeous though, as you will fight huge monsters in dense jungles, huge rivers, and more. The game is simply beautiful, and the big screen surely helps the graphics shine in many ways possible. With sound effects peppered everywhere and it's epic music, there is more than enough to label the presentation divine, even though it still can't match the presentation of Final Fantasy.

However though, there are still some problems with the game as well. THe game is really really hard, and without your friends, battling the huge dragons is nearly impossible. THe worst part is there is no online play or gamesharing, so if your friends does not have a copy of the game, it's tough luck. The other problem is the camera, it get's really annoying fast because you have to pan the camera as well. When the game is so hard that you keep passing out, the game just does not have any fun. Challenge it may be, the challenge turns into an anger tester. One of the boxes for the game used, I saw, was completly destroyed. If you don't have patience (don't feel bad, I sometimes don't), then you will not like this game.

IT's too bad, because overall, this game is a great game. The hack and slash gameplay is addicting when facing lesser monsters (like hunting down 20 raptors), and the game is overall engrossing. It's not without it's faults, but I do reccomend this game. Just be aware of the headaches the game can give you.

I was hooked

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There is something very satifying about finally bringing down the monsterous wyvern that killed you so many times before; then using its body parts to fashion yourself some new armor.

This game is exactly what it promised to be: an expansion of the PS2 version of Monster Hunter. It comes with enough new quests, new monsters, new weapons, new items, and new activities to occupy yourself with to keep veterens of the original game entertained.

But if you're looking for a totally new Monster Hunter, avoid this. The majority of it is a replay of the PS2 game with a whole lot of bonus material. If you're a big fan of the original, like myself, then this PSP expansion is definately worth it.

Christmas Gift for my son

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This gift was for my son for Christmas. He loved the gift and I dont think it has left his side so far. It arrived on time and was exactly as listed. Thank you.

I expected nothing from this game...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

but was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it actually was. I had heard that it received bad reviews after purchasing it for a trip I was going on. I ended up playing it and found it difficult to put down. Game play is fairly straight forward. Equip yourself with the proper equipment, select the mission then go kill everything you see. Pros and Cons:

Pros:
1. Has a fairly decent selection of character parts to customize your character to your wants.
2. Weaponry customization and upgrading is surprisingly vast. I had no idea so many weapons were going to be available.
3. Mission availability is very nice.
4. Graphics are pretty unbelievable for the PSP.
5. Items are everywhere. And harvesting kills is a cool feature.

Cons:
1. Controls are kind of unintuitive.
2. Targeting system is nonexistent
3. Stats and mission requirements are fairly difficult to understand. Lots of reading required in order to understand what it is you are supposed to do.

All in all this game is very worthwhile. I'm going to purchase part 2 now simply because this one was that much fun.

a hardcore gamers dream

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 20
Date: June 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Monster hunter Freedom is a hardcore gamer dream and a casual gamers nightmare. Monster hunter Freedom set you into a pre- historic type world as a life of a hunter. before you start playing you can customize your your hunter with a decent amount of faces, hairs styles and colors,skin color and vocies. also the option of making a male and female hunters. after you made your hunter, you'll wake in your house ready to start you life as a hunter. Now here's hurdle number one thats as far as the "story" is going to take you. you must be a self-motivated to play this game at it's full potential. The first 11 missions you play are mainly the tutorial mission it also where it will seperate the hardcore from the casual/non-gamer becase the game dosen't offer instant gratification you have to "work for it" so to speak learn the area to find herbs and berries, killing monsters for food and bones and learning how to use your weapons there no auto lock for targting monsters so you have to learn how to hit the monster on you own. there are mainly 5 differnt weapon types(Sword and Sheild,Great Sword,Lance,Hammer,Bow Gun) and 1 "secret" type(Duel Swords) each with there strengths and weaknesses.If your still playing after the tutorial mission be prepare to be hooked you'll start to fight boss type monster call wyverns these beast will have you blood pumping and fingers shaking as to take down these monsters of inceasing ferocity.Kill wyverns and carving there body parts to make stronger weapons and armor is extremely rewarding as it feel you work hard for something that you can be proud of so to speak.If you can play pass the slow but necessary start monster hunter freedom will reward you and your friends with well over 300+ hours of gameplay.

Obsessed!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really am. My son and I play anytime we get free time. Personally, I am a big fan of dragons, so obviously this was a natural pick for me. One of the best games I have ever played and the dragons look great.
Just sell all your other games here on Amazon, because since I bought this game I have played almost nothing else... 460 hours and still going.

It is a skill based game, your hunters attributes dont really change (yes there are things that can enhance your stamina or attack stregth etc), however you dont level up like other games. the game is ultra realistic and you really have to learn how to kill these things. Yes, the biggest downside to the game is the camera, you will read this through all the serious reviews because its difficult to control especially during the battle sequences when it would have been nice to incorporate some auto camera funtionality. But that would be my only complaint. To compliment the game, make sure you go buy the WIFI Max... it allows you to network with up to 3 other players at a time on line to fight through some of the more difficult baddies that cannot easily be solod.

Some other online reviews state 1000's of items and 100's of monsters... quite a bit exagerated but there are hundreds of items and probably 30+ monster types. Some of the missions are redundant but no game is perfect. If you want to enjoy beautiful graphic scenery and the thrill of the hunt of mythic creatures, then give it a shot. well I could go on and on, I just wanted to put something up here as a tribute to this Hall of Fame game... good luck, time for me to bag an Fatalis... :)

Be sure to look for Monster Hunter Freedom 2 in September '07!!!

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