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Is there any game out there with more character than Monster Hunter? Capcom's series has never really enjoyed the same success over here as it has in Japan, which is a shame. It saddens me to think of all those who've missed out on all the little flourishes that make Monster Hunter so charming; the jolly mewls of your Felyne as it fights by your side, the threatening bounce of a Great Jaggi as it sizes up its prey or just the way you flop, triumphantly, on to the bed in your homestead after a good day's hunting. And, of course, the mighty, majestic and all-conquering prance.Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate stands a better chance of earning an audience in the west than any entry before it, and it deserves to: this is, almost certainly, the best in the series to date. There's enough new, and enough nuance, to suck veterans in for another 100 hours or so: new systems, new weapons and a general streamlining that removes so many of the obstacles the series has previously put in players' way.
If you want to know more about new weapons such as the Charge Axe or the Insect Glaive - a curious, complex mix of melee and ranged combat that, I'm told, is absolutely devastating in the right hands - you'll have to wait for our review early next month when someone a little better versed in the world of Monster Hunter will be able to tell you how it all stacks up. In the meantime I'm here, in my slightly tatty Jaggi Faulds, to tell you what it's like for a relative newcomer.
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