{"id":13969,"date":"2021-07-11T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/monster-hunter-stories-2-wings-of-ruin-review\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:59:36","slug":"monster-hunter-stories-2-wings-of-ruin-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/monster-hunter-stories-2-wings-of-ruin-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Steel Sky Productions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I\u2019ve played the main Monster Hunter series titles, I didn\u2019t expect to see this sort of a spin-off. I\u2019d heard this new game, titled Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, was a bit of a hybrid and contained elements of Pok\u00e9mon, a JRPG (Japanese Role-playing Game), and of course, Monster Hunter. The original Monster Hunter Stories game was apparently made for the Nintendo 3DS years ago, but I never played it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing that Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin brings some of its combat system influence from Pok\u00e9mon, I didn\u2019t know that this game\u2019s turn-based combat goes even further. Some of the gameplay itself can bog down a little bit, but thankfully, the game features an option to speed them up to as much as three times as fast. You can also skip over some of the more lengthy animations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, what would any Monster Game be if you couldn\u2019t acquire monsters and customize them? In this game, you\u2019re a character called a Rider who bonds with friendly monsters called Monsties that fight alongside you during the entire epic campaign.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin isn\u2019t an open-world game\u2014it\u2019s much more linear in its design. I didn\u2019t really mind this as the game\u2019s world-building is pretty sweet. During the game\u2019s beginning stages, you\u2019ll typically find yourself running up and down long hallways, but everything opens up later on when you gain the ability to fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game\u2019s mission structure is fairly traditional. If you\u2019ve played CRPGs in the past, you know what to expect\u2014go here and get that, then come back, etc. It\u2019s all pretty standard stuff that essentially boil down to fetch quests. There are plenty of side-quests that you can take up besides the main ones, which can greatly increase the game\u2019s length to upwards of 50 or so hours\u2014so it\u2019s a pretty big game. And if you simply love hunting and collecting monsters over and over, you can get even more hours out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And when you’ve finally tired of Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin\u2019s single-player mode, you can always round up a buddy and try its multi-player features. While it\u2019s not as full-featured as other CRPG\u2019s it\u2019s nice that Capcom included it and it is fun to team up with friends to go out monster hunting together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphically, the PC version of Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin looks great and runs smoothly on even lower-end gaming PCs and gaming laptops. I liked both the anime art style and the bright, interesting environments that your characters adventure through. While some folks might not like the game\u2019s sometimes over-the-top animations, I think they give life to the game and make it more of a joy to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In all, I\u2019ve really enjoyed my time with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin and intend to keep it in my Steam library for some time to come. If you like JRPGs with charming graphics, light humor, and an epic storyline, you may just might want to check this one out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCORE: 8.2\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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