Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (for Nintendo Switch) Review
Monster Hunter is an action game series with RPG elements that focuses on complex, tactical fights with huge monsters, and then using those monsters’ parts to craft and upgrade armor and weapons to fight even bigger, more dangerous monsters. The series emphasizes deliberate skillful action that runs light on plot, so you wouldn’t expect to see a turn-based, JRPG, spin-off. Yet, Capcom subverted expectations with the Nintendo 3DS' Monster Hunter Stories, and demonstrated that Monster Hunter can be a compelling JRPG with a healthy injection of Pokemon-like creature collecting. It was received well enough that Capcom made a sequel, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. This $59.99 Nintendo Switch game (also available on PC) follows a similar path as the first game, just in a bigger, prettier world with more monsters to fight and collect.
Ride, Don't Hunt Instead of a titular monster hunter, you play a monster rider, an adventurer who lives in the same world as hunters, but has ...
Monster Hunter Stories 2 sits at the intersection of the Monster Hunter series' action and the JRPG genre's turn-based battles, and will please fans of both.
Thoughtfully complex battle mechanics; Familiar monsters and equipment; A bright and colorful world; Many side missions
Basic, formulaic story; Slow co-op quests