why i HATE Monster Hunter Stories 2 - Wings of Ruin

Hello, welcome back to one of my favorite

video game franchises. The Monster Hunter

franchise is back at it again with a brand

new video game on Switch called Monster

Hunter Stories 2: Wings of

Ruin. So we're gonna see what it's like

and I'll give you a review and tell you

why it's rubbish, because it probably will

be. Okay, so, um,

first we choose boy or girl. I have to say

the art style looks very different in this

one. I want to be a pretty girl.

Well, she's quite cute actually. Um,

I mean, I really like the graphics so far.

I like the anime look.

Um, okay, so how do we customize our girl,

our baby girl? So you can twist

her head round. Oh, there's no

touchscreen. That's stupid. What's the

point of having a touchscreen and then the

game developers don't even let you use it?

That'll be so great for this. So how do I—

oh, I press A. Um,

well, this hairstyle reminds me of my

ex-girlfriend's hairstyle.

Already minus 50 points for this game for

reminding me of when I got dumped by my

ex. Thanks, thanks very much,

Monster Hunter. Maybe I'll make her look

like my ex too. That'll be funny. Yeah,

why not give her the brown hair?

Oh my God, it does kind of look like her.

Wait, oh wait, you can have 2 colors for

the hairstyle.

I just want one color, to be honest. I

mean, that's fine. What else can we do?

So that's the hairstyle. Change the eyes

as well.

Wait, how many eyes are there? Wow,

there's 4 pages of eyes.

I just want like normal looking

eyes. I guess that would be fine.

And then mouth.

Um, yeah, that's good, I guess.

You can give her makeup too.

No.

Face shape.

Okay, I think that's good enough. I don't

want to spend ages and ages recreating

my ex on this trial demo version of

a video game I'm never gonna play. So

let's see what the game's like. Usually I

don't like Monster Hunter because the

gameplay is really clunky, but I think

this one is slightly different to the

usual Monster Hunter games.

This one looks all anime, doesn't it? I

don't know why it's so anime looking.

Cutscene, boring.

Can I skip it? I can't even skip the

Oh, oh, what's that? Hold plus to skip.

I just want to see what the gameplay is

like, because if it's just, you know,

rubbish gameplay but it's got a good

story, I might as well just watch an anime

at that point. I have to say, the graphics

look quite nice. It looks like something

else though, like,

um, I don't know.

Okay, skip this.

It looks very anime looking, which is

good if you like anime.

Wow, that is one costume.

Oh, it reminds me of Zelda Wind Waker with

these kind of cel-shaded cartoony

graphics. That's the game. Wow, I'm cute.

Damn, my character is cute. It looks

like Zelda Wind Waker, doesn't it? You're

worried about Guardian Ratha, aren't you?

No, that makes sense. He was your

grandpa's monster after all. I don't know

what is going on. I sure wish he was still

around. You'll join the team? Yeah, yeah,

just let me play. Not to worry, Kena can

guide you. So, something wrong?

No way! Okay, I'm just wondering,

how is this a Monster Hunter game?

Because you don't get to choose your class

or your profession. Do I actually go

hunting?

Damn, I'm hot! Oh wow,

you look the part already. Meet me at the

stables when you're ready. We'll start

with rider rule number 1. Damn, I want to

live in this place if the women dress like

that. You see, this is why Japanese games

are so great. They actually make the girls

look hot and cute, unlike Western games

where they make the women look like men.

Oh wow, it looks really nice actually. I,

I can't complain about the way it looks.

It's like an anime version of Monster

Hunter.

It controls weirdly though. It's very

Because usually in Monster Hunter you move

and there's like a feeling of weight and

gravity, but this is just like there's no

feeling of actual gravity. Oh, look at

the little hot lady.

This is the problem with anime games,

it's just There's too many distractions.

Look how attractive everyone is.

This is what I thought Japan would be

like, you know, everyone's just really

attractive, but they're not. Okay,

so what do I do?

Problem with Monster Hunter games is I

always get bored.

It's not very pick-up-and-play friendly.

There's always so many things to do.

My back's hurting.

Took you long enough. Hey, hey,

you need to lighten up, newbie. You'll be

fine. You've got Red's genes, don't you?

Not to mention, I just want to play the

game, see what the gameplay is like, cuz

if the gameplay is no fun I don't care how

good it looks or how great the story is.

I won't play it if if it doesn't feel fun

to play.

Okay, we're going egg hunting.

I'm just gonna try and find some monsters

to fight.

Okay, I have no idea what this place is.

Oh, where can I get some action?

I don't

know if this music is okay.

Oh wait, I can leave. Maybe there's some

monsters to fight.

Wow, it's so pretty.

Hakolo Island dinosaurs.

The problem with Monster Hunter is every

game, I swear, it's the same game.

There's nothing different. They add like

new new features in each game, but they're

barely very noticeable, or they're just

very gimmicky. It's always the same,

you know, you got monsters, you got to

hunt them.

Okay, so now you can ride the dinosaurs.

Okay, so I'm riding a dinosaur now.

Reminds me of World of Warcraft a little

bit with the raptor

mount. What are these?

I can't attack anything. Oh,

what? Don't tell me it's like Final

Fantasy combat. Oh my god, it is! It's

turn-based. What the hell? Usually it's

like hack-and-slash third-person combat

system. Now it's Final Fantasy.

Oh, I hate Final Fantasy battle systems.

So you're lined up and then you just

choose your attack and then you choose

your enemy and then it attacks the enemy

and Yeah, this is definitely

not my kind of game.

So confusing as well.

It's a bit like Pokémon, isn't it, where

the Pokémon just take turns hitting each

other? I've never liked

the turn-based RPG combat system. That's

why I never liked Final Fantasy. It's just

really boring.

You just press attack and then you use

a potion if you start dying,

and then you got different spells, they do

different things, and you keep having to

spam this.

Yeah, -100 points boring combat system.

This would be so much better if it was

like hack and slash.

I wonder if people actually enjoy this

kind of combat system. All I'm doing is

pressing A.

It takes so long as well.

Oh, did I die? Oh no, I'm back.

Well, I think that will do. Um, I think

I've seen enough of the game to decide

that I don't like it. It looks very

pretty. I like the anime style and the,

the, um, character designs and the world

design, but the combat system is just

rubbish. I hate JRPGs.

Look, it's just boring.

How long does this go on for? Oh, we're

supposed to ride it.

Yeah, I give this game a 2 out of 10. Not

up to my standards. Thanks for watching.