Monster Hunter Tri Review

8.0 out of 10

I was thinking a 6 or 7 something. Wow.

A very good review. His complaints don't seem big enough to warrant a 2 point reduction but it is easily on of the best MH reviews I have seen so far. That is saying a lot since it is coming from GS.

I can't believe they scored it below Little King's Story. MH3 is so much better.psychobrew

I was guessing 7.5 from Kevin mainly because of the boring visuals, but he thinks they're TERRIFIC and beautiful. Seems out of character.... He usually loves stuff with more artistic flare, and MH is simply going for the realistic look, which doesn't work too well on the Wii..... The graphics are fine, but they're a bit muddy and bland, not very imaginative. They could be much worse, but there's nothing that special about them.... At least not yet. I've only been to two areas, so we'll see.

But he points to the animations as the high point, which is true.

Overall, seems like a pretty accurate review. The one thing he doesn't mention, though, is how utterly LONG everything takes, not just the animations.... Trying to get a simple item from the environment usually takes as long as possible. You can know exactly what to kill and where to find it, but it'll still take a really long time to actually get the items you want out of it. This is standard fare for this type of game, but it's still worth mentioning I think.

The one thing he doesn't mention, though, is how utterly LONG everything takes, not just the animations.... Trying to get a simple item from the environment usually takes as long as possible. You can know exactly what to kill and where to find it, but it'll still take a really long time to actually get the items you want out of it. This is standard fare for this type of game, but it's still worth mentioning I think.

JordanElek

The one thing he doesn't mention, though, is how utterly LONG everything takes, not just the animations.... Trying to get a simple item from the environment usually takes as long as possible. You can know exactly what to kill and where to find it, but it'll still take a really long time to actually get the items you want out of it. This is standard fare for this type of game, but it's still worth mentioning I think.

I can't believe they scored it below Little King's Story. MH3 is so much better.psychobrew

I haven't played MH3 yet, but LKS deserved a 9.5 in my book.

The score is slightly worse than I expected, but I can't wait to get the game anyway.

Very strange review. When you read through it, you'd swear this game would get at least a 90 at the end of the article--an overly positive review at that.

MH3 deserves higher. It's the most fully featured Wii gane thus far. Thank goodness GS is not the end all be all for reviews. Hey it's ok to give a Wii game that tries hard a 9! It's like they don't want to show too often that the Wii has some GREAT games--especially those that attempt to set the bar. 'Ok it's a good game, but we still have it out for Nintendo, so lets not mark it too high.' It's like, 'So you call yourself trying to do something great? We'll see about that!'

I mean the content of the review doesn't match the score at all. He pointed out some negatives, but 20% more possible points were taken off for 'minor' issues--problems that no one else has griped about--problems that don't even annoy people who've played the game.

That's ok though. The masses have spoken. MH3 was the number one selling game last week. It's also the first 3rd party Wii game (in I don't know how long) to be the #1 software seller in a given week. Metacritic and Gamerankings have it at about 8.4. Also, according to Metacritic, this game has more review scores in the 90s (14) than in the 80s (11).Also the average USER reviews, on popular sites (including this one), have MH3 at over 90%.

He meant the animations for drinking potions, eating well-done steak, etc. Your character always flexes when using consumables, that's why you don't heal when near an aggro monster.

Overall, acceptable score. At least it's higher than the previous ones. MHFU was also a blast and look at the score. For the synchronization of minions online, I guess it's not really an "issue", I think it was made that way (it was the same in MHFU). I'm not sure why they make it that way. Server stress maybe?

^--Evading. There's this "invulnerable time" during evading, and you have to exploit it (it's millisec forgot the exact value, but this can be increased). That's why you can't really spam it either. Although you can roll multiple times, there's also a millisec delay between each.

Reloading for Bowguns and Switch Axe phials.

So same with synchronization stuff, it's not really an "issue".

I think its worth point out to those who dont understand the 'long animation' issue that these were done intentionally in order to add strategy. For example it would stop people spamming potions in a battle as the long animation would allow the monster to attack you, thus defeating the point of using the potion. You would have to get enough distance between you and the monstor or use the environment to your advantage such as hiding behind tree's etc. The same can be said for sharpening weapons. This also happens when attacking with some of the heavier stronger weapons so it does not make the game to easy. There are more examples, although i can't think of any others right now Funky_Kong_Owns

@ Jordan Elek It was meant more as a general point ... and welcome to grinding lol I know what you mean that sorta thing can get really annoying but i think its like that to reward people who play all the time and make the game longer.Funky_Kong_Owns

Is strange they granted so many reward emblems and still demerit full 2 points!

Joystiq's review is also up..... They're pretty negative and seem to have spent about 15 minutes with the game. Case in point:

Sure, it's technically possible to play with the Wiimote and Nunchuck, and an enthusiastic Capcom rep told me that he prefers playing it that way, but I can only assume that he was actually thinking of Wii Sports. Waggle controls are pretty much as unintuitive and unresponsive as I've come to expect for most action games on the Wii, so I assume the nice folks at Capcom included them as a formality or an office gag.Joystiq

The remote/nunchuk controls are probably the most intuitive motion controls for any action game yet, and they are 100% responsive. If your remote is tilted past the defined angle and you press A, it'll do the correct action every time. I'm pretty sure the reviewer didn't even try this "office gag".....

I'm starting to wander why even bother with reviews. Most reviewers are snobbish jerks, who need something simple/quick---like a FPS with HD graphics.

Talk about overuse of the word 'waggle'. Do you ever waggle in MHtri? All you do is tilt. I bet he was waggling all the time.greenarcher02