Douglas Wickline

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this game is really damn good! got it as an early birthday present and I just love everything about it. the new hunting grounds, the introduction of Palamutes (i want to pet the doggo), the music is amazing, the gameplay is solid, and it feels like a good game for beginners to dip their toes into the Monster Hunter series with. now... I didn't start with Rise, I started with 4 Ultimate on 3DS and then went backwards and played Freedom Unite on PSP. but comparing Rise to those two would be like comparing a Magnamalo to a Jaggi and Velocidrome. Rise just feels so good... I haven't played much online but what I have played was pretty solid. I've been using both Insect Glaives (my personal favorite weapon type since 4 Ultimate) and Dual Blades. still trying to figure out how to avoid knocking the other players down when I do play online with my glaive, otherwise I just use Dual Blades. still, game's great, just needs some more adjustments to fix any still remaining bugs if any. I haven't seen a single thing wrong in the game yet. apart from how the Magnamalo hits like a tank shell to the face if you're not prepared properly. I just have one suggestion that I hope Capcom will consider: Bring the Seregios back from 4 Ultimate please! I need to get a Seditious Breaker so I can feel right at home with the game again.

Monster Hunter Rise

6 likes

This game is a pure, gold nugget of nostalgia for me. I remember playing this when it first came out on PS2, and I loved it so much.. I am 20 now and have been playing it on the Xbox 360 for a while now. I may not be able to play online but I freaking LOVE it so much! I will never stop enjoying this great game. simple to understand gameplay, interesting characters and story, fun combat... what's not to love? I'd highly suggest picking it up and playing... but not the console versions... I'd suggest picking up the PC version and using the online fan server for that.

Phantasy Star Universe

4 likes

This game is one I've owned for a few years. when I first heard of the game I was thinking "oh it's a Pokemon ripoff" but I was DEAD WRONG! Sure you collect creatures, but the means to get them is extremely different and you don't select moves for them. I'm sure the game was out around the early times of the DS when they were forced to include a Touch Screen gimmick, and I feel like the one they used is quite good, since it's how you mine fossils and other objects, heck I don't see many games that use the DS mic either, and it's pretty good how to revive those fossils you use the mic! oh and the only thing I straight up HATE about the game is that in order to 100% your Spectrobes collection, you need to get a special Spectrobe that was only available for getting the game connected to Nintendo's Wi-Fi... I'll never be able to 100% the game... but hey, apart from that I've had a blast with the game... and sure the characters look... pretty poor quality if you're playing on something OTHER than a normal DS or a DS Lite... and I was playing this on the 3DS XL... but the game is pretty charming nonetheless. battling the Krawl is fun, mining for fossils and minerals is fun, the boss fights are great! but this game can do *SO* much better. especially if they were to say... release one of their code cards for that one spectrobe... oh wait I forgot to mention the code cards! yeah, each copy came with three plastic code cards that you'd put on top of the touch screen and tap the spots in order. it's how to get two of the three special Spectrobes... that is just an awesome thing. Now I haven't played the game's sequel yet but when I finally get to, I'll see if anything has been truly improved in it. that is why I give this game a Four star review instead of five stars. that and there's only three games in the franchise but I don't wanna have to bust out my wii and look for a copy of the last game... and I I also hope that if the license for this IP goes for sale some indie developer will buy it and revive the series.

Spectrobes