Verla Chapple

Despite its lack of appeal to Monster Hunter series veterans, Monster Hunter Stories is still regarded by many as one of the best games on the 3DS , if not the franchise as a whole. For players that have ever desired to fight alongside the monsters of the series rather than hunting them down, then this RPG title is a dream come t There's no doubt that Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has had a lasting impact on the gaming world, and RPGs in general. Various games have either copied different gameplay elements from the game, or been heavily inspired by them. The general atmosphere of Breath of the Wild 's open-world gameplay has also been a major source of inspiration for many new games. It seems like this could also be the case for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin . Capcom has crafted Monster Hunter Stories 2 to be open-world to a degree, allowing players to more deeply explore the different locations around the game wo It’s no surprise that Pokemon is on our list. If you happen to be unfamiliar with Pokemon, you play as a trainer, focused on catching a wide variety of creatures. Each creature is logged into your Pokedex, which is packed with helpful informat Cooking Simulator really has two target demographics. Firstly, there's the group of people who will actually try to play the game properly. This means actually ordering the right ingredients, measuring them properly, and following the recipe as closely as possible in as fast a time as possible for the best score from the custo The perfect combination between a cooking game and a typing game, Cook, Serve, Delicious is a wonderful, hectic mess. The player must do their best to manage all the orders coming into their restaurant, making as few mistakes as possible with the ord Of course, the Breath of the Wild inspiration doesn't necessarily stop there. Even the game's Monster Dens, where players will be able to get Monstie eggs in Monster Hunter Stories 2 , are somewhat similar to Breath of the Wild 's shrines in a way. While Monster Hunter Stories ' Monster Dens randomly appear on the map, these are mini-areas that players will enter to retrieve a beneficial item (in this case, Monstie eggs), after besting the opponents wit And just like all crafting systems in the game, the one for cooking is complex and difficult, needing to balance progress towards completing the food with the durability and quality of the ingredients and the final product. If the player is willing to put in the work, crafting high-end raid food and selling it can be quite a profitable endea In the end, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild obviously doesn't hold a monopoly on every gameplay element within its scope. It does, however, seem to be a blueprint for a bunch of new adventure games releasing these days. The player desire for deeply explorable worlds, and environments filled with life and excitement, is something that will never go a Monster Hunter Freedom was the series' first installment on a handheld console, the PSP, which made a huge difference when it came to the games' most core component: multiplayer. The series is now known for highlighting fellowship over all else, bringing players together to hunt the seismic beasts with unadulterated cooperation and team chemistry, and Freedom was the start of t The reveal trailer for Wild Hearts shows off a breathtaking world steeped in Japanese architecture and mythology. The game's first video introduces players to the world of Azuma, a lush landscape filled with a variety of unusual creatures. Wild Hearts looks to follow in a similar hunting gameplay style to Monster Hunter , showing off some of the massive beasts players will fight throughout their adventure. Some highlights of the initially revealed "Kemono" include a colossal boar covered in moss and algae, a giant squirrel that causes trees to grow, and a wolf in a frozen tun To balance out a weapon that spends much of its time stuck in a monster or the ground, it seems right to provide hunters some extra benefit while unarmed. Perhaps they could run faster while unencumbered, or simply have an easier time setting up traps and utilizing other items. It's easy to posit what a good weapon could be and much harder to actually implement one in a series as complex as Monster Hunter is already, but a thought experiment such as this shows the possibilities for new weapons are limitless when pulling from the right source mater Certain Monsties can let the player jump over gaps, climb rocky walls, he said and travel over map terrain in unique ways. Giving players the ability to really explore environments is something Capcom seems to have invested in with Monster Hunter Storie Because game designers would be creating a more offensive weapon, it would make sense to replace any abilities that involve blocking with the opportunity to throw one's spear. This would help compensate for its shorter range by creating a sort of hybrid weapon. In Breath of the Wild , Link can throw any weapon , and the vast majority of them will strike his opponent and deal an explosive critical blow; being destroyed in the process. A hunter destroying their weapon wouldn't make sense in Monster Hunter , but there's two potential outcomes when throwing a hypothetical Sp