Recent content by theophanis

Actually "critique" is basically the same as "review": that is, to make an informed and analytical evaluation. The word you were looking for is "criticise" ("criticize" for you Americans), which means to find fault with and point out the perceived flaws of something.

Well it was my first Monster Hunter game and I got to the Great Jaggi (the first boss) in about 2 hours. I'm a pretty slow gamer myself, I like to linger and examine settings and menus and explore the town and it still didn't seem very long to me. If it was a figurative 10 hours, then that's...

Totally agreed. However, if a reviewer is pulling numbers out of thin air, then obviously the reviewer is doing something very, very wrong and needs to correct it or stop doing that crap that makes them do the thing that they're doing wrong. I have yet to see anyone say that the early quests...

@GrimHeaper: It's usually hundreds of hits before your weapon loses all of its sharpness. If you're playing poorly by hitting the armoured areas of the monsters, or you have a low-rank weapon known for its small sharpness gauge (such as the Bone Sword - logical sense, right? But its base attack...

Yeah, I think a lot of the MH players here are just butthurt at the review and can't agree to disagree with it. Internet is serious business after all, right? :) I'd rather post corrections and answers instead of flaming Yahtzee and others and giving the game's fans a bad name. I still highly...

@ciortas1: Hope you don't mind my lengthy input, but I'll reply to some of your points as someone who has played MH3. TL;DR - The "tutorials" aren't tutorials as you probably think. They don't hand-hold and they introduce things at a steady pace over multiple missions as you said would be...

@poiuppx: Two other replies in this thread which you my have missed with more detail about the game: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/6.198721-Extra-Punctuation-Monster-Hunter-Tri?page=14#6493801 Maybe that clears it up a bit? This thread has so much flaming going on it's turning...

QFT. I think this is the most accurate description of the game on this thread. People (even MH3 players, somehow) need to realise this isn't a pure RPG so much as an action game with RPG elements. 7 combat systems thanks to 7 weapon types. No leveling, just a deep equipment customisation system...

People brought up a lot of details about the game in this thread, but the basic fact is that it's plain obvious that Yahtzee phoned it in for this review. He demonstrates a very shallow knowledge of the game and even makes up for time by spending the first few minutes talking about irrelevant...