The opening quests are no good, really, too basic for experienced players and too bamboozling for new ones. So the foundation is an old game, but one of exceptional durability and quality - though the first few hours do Ultimate no favours at all. It's the definitive version of 2009's Monster Hunter Tri, the third entry in the series proper, each numbered Monster Hunter being a game that Capcom refines over the course of years and multiple entries. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is available for both 3DS and Wii U the two versions have the same content and you can play local co-op and share a save between them (eventually - see sidebar below).
Call it camaraderie, the rush of a team sport played well - with a sideline in snazzy uniforms. It lacks the nostalgia and immediacy of Street Fighter 4 or the big-budget production values of Resident Evil, but has something at its core that I find more fulfilling. Of all Capcom's modern series, this co-operative action-RPG is one of the deepest, funniest and most rewarding. Monster Hunter has never enjoyed much western success - and we're the losers.
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