Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) too easy?

[Jeremy Christian]

I picked up the MH3U on the 3DS a few weeks ago, and I gotta say I'm pretty disappointed with the way they've reduced the game's difficulty. The last MH title I played was Freedom Unite (logged hundreds of hours on that thing) and everything seems so tame now...

I totally get why the dev team would want to reduce the difficulty for the earlier levels, especially for a release on a more child oriented platform. Monster Hunter has always been a hard game for new players to access, and I think it's only natural to want to drop the difficulty and hopefully bolster their fan base as a result.

But for me part of the reason I love the franchise was because of the difficulty. Every new monster was an impossible hurdle that could only be overcome after studying its patterns, foraging for the right gear and gathering the perfect materials together in preparation for a furious, tense battle full of cold sweat and desperate fighting.

And when you finally killed that thing the elation would last for hours! In no other game have I ever been as happy to complete a level than in MH. But now I'm breezing through the solo quests with just a few potions still wearing the leather armour I had at the start of the game, and the hunters guild quests are just the same but with bigger health pools

So I guess my question is does the game get harder? And players plying on different platforms, have you found the same problem?

 

[LordBongo]

I don't think they made it easier, it's just that you've improved. As you said, Monster Hunter is a tough one for new people to get into, but once you do it's a blast. I was first introduced to Monster Hunter at Tri, and I remember going through that steep learning curve. The first time I fought a Great Jaggi, I came so close to ragequitting because of how utterly unfair it seemed. But now that I know the game's mechanics WAY better and know how to fight properly, I can take him on naked.

Just wait until you get a little further. Once you get past Lagiacrus, the difficulty starts to pick right up. I myself just faced a Zinogre for the first time yesterday and I think I almost shit my pants.