I've always personally considered getting the G rank crown special permit from beating [spoilers] the point at which you've "beaten the game", so even though I've played this one a lot over the many years its been out and in my hands, I don't think I've ever really "finished" the game until today, hence why I'm logging and reviewing the game now.
Of course there's still a couple tougher monsters I'll one day have to take care of, and I'm not even at the point of being able to try Lv140 GQ monsters, so overall there's still a LOT left for me to do in the game. Tutorial complete I guess.

I've been feeling pretty sentimental the past month, because I picked up the game again and have been hunting online again with some friends. This game came out during a bit of a rough part in my life that I'm still feeling the aftereffects of to this day, and it was my first Monster Hunter game. The online shutting down really feels like the end of an era. If I've ever been having a rough time this was one of my go-to's and I knew that even if friends weren't around to hunt together, there was always something I could chip away at on my own, or there was probably at least one person still playing the game that I could get to know for a couple rounds of hunting.

Looking at it now, MH4U is probably one of my favourite games period. Playing off and on over these 8-9 years, I feel like there's always been a new challenge around the corner. G rank in the older MH games really does not fuck around and being totally honest, it took me many years of chipping away at this game's, and also jumping between other MH games before I got to a level where I really felt like I could contend with the monsters at their quickest and smartest. Even then I still get caught out by shit all the time and it still feels like I have more to learn and improve on. I think the same can easily be said for most monster hunter games but it's just something that really jumped out at me coming back to this one.

Overall, it's a fantastic game. The loss of the online functionality is a tragedy and I really hope a project like pretendo network will be able to get the servers up and running again. Maybe one day Capcom will port some of the older MH games with some upscaling for larger displays, and a better-constructed online mode that won't have to inevitably shut down one day. I still plan to do as much online hunting as I can in these last few days, but for now I'll just say it's been real, you legends.

One of the best, but also the start of the downfall of Monster Hunter. It has sheer content amount to carry it's weight, but it has the worst single player progression in the franchise next to MH1. The weapon balance here is just.... ridiculous... but nothing like XX. Some of the quests are way overtuned for solo play, to the point where if you cannot find someone to play with you might as well shelf the game if you don't want to dump the time needed to get good enough (we're talking very late G-Rank stuff). The guild quest gimmick and the relic weapons are very, very much a cancer to this game. Holds back half an entire star alone.

melhor monster hunter. tem uma história fraca, mas é a primeira existente em um jogo de mh. a gameplay é até que simples comparado com os jogos futuros, mas é efetiva. a questão de áudio e aparência é o que faz o jogo ser tão especial, bem feito e polido. a UI, a UX, os gráficos, a trilha sonora, a atmosfera, o estilo de arte, os designs dos monstros, os ataques deles. os combos são mais desenvolvidos de ambos lados (do jogador e do monstro). no geral é um jogo extremamente especial e mora no meu coração.

Absolutely fantastic game held back a bit by its age. Going into 4 as my first MH game I loved every bit of it, combat is really fun and rewarding, the progression system is super satisfying making new armor after every kill and all the extra stuff you can do is a treat. I got through most of the main story before playing MHR, and found that going back to it afterwards was a bit difficult. It’s still a great game, but compared to the most recent iteration of the formula it feels like it does everything to make the moment to moment speed to clunky. Why can’t I walk and heal, why do most monsters stun me for like a minute without any chance to dodge out of the way, why can’t you get honey from the merchant until the very end. Every animation takes so long, even sheathing your weapon just to finally heal up or run away gives enough time for the monster to stun you and whittle you down. Another thing that really hurts the movement is if I’m so damn slow all the time why do they make it so that I have to run around a massive map just to find the damn guy and if I don’t throw a specific item at it I’ll have to do it all again when it runs away after 10 hits. Aside from that I think a standout are the locations and characters, the fact that your shops and things are all part of a group that you travel with everywhere is really damn cool and I haven’t seen it anywhere prior. The sheer mountain of content is a blessing and a curse, there’s so much to do if you want to do it, but it leaves me feeling a bit unsatisfied with a clean cut end point. Once the big ending cinematic played I decided that’s enough for now and counts as a finish.

It's a good entry in the series but a bit overhyped. People say this is the best MH story and I was expecting something really mindblowing but it's nothing major. It's just not utterly terrible like the other games, but still extremely generic and boring at most points.

But anyway, people don't play this game because of the story (and neither do I). Gameplay is pretty fun and the village progression is great. Weapons and armours look sick.

Most of the late-game fights are pretty bad, though. And even some early ones like Rathalos and Khezu. The monsters do the "combo you to death" too much in this game. Dying to your own fault is fine, but dying because of the relentless AI or jankyness of the fight is frustrating. Savage Jho, the metal raths, the Khezus, Brachydios - they're all terrible fights in this game. But I suppose every MH has their share of bullshit fights...

THE GOAT OF MONSTER HUNTER GAMES

I CAN"T BELIEVE THAT I GRINDED FOR 12 HOUR JUST TO GET A NEW WEAPON ONLY TO DISCARD IT AFTER BEATING A BETTER BOSS AND IT GAVE ME ITS ORB

UNBELIEVABLE

fuck tigerx that meth addict piece of shit

Completely nostalgia filled review, but this was my first Monster Hunter game and the only Monster Hunter game where me and a group of friends actually played through together.

Lots of good memories with this one. Made me a longtime fan even if my friends aren't as interested in the series anymore. This game also introduced some really cool monsters, like the Gore Magala line.

Only gripe with this game is the relic weapon system, however, everything else is close to perfection in my eyes.

This was my third attempt to get into this franchise and it worked. I adore this game to this day, monster selection is great: I love Gore Magala, Seregios, Seltas Queen, Tetsu, Zamtrio, Nercy, Kecha, Naraja and the returning classics made me aw, new comfort features are added. Everything is such a joy I love the quest-grind system, the story and its progression is fun. An absolute blast. I also have to give some love for the community: the way I was treated was amazing people would help and explain me various things such nice people.I think this is still may be myfavourite.

Um jogo com cutscenes lindas principalmente para o 3ds e com um primor em mecânicas que até hoje funciona muito bem, mas que seu looping de repetição não funciona tão bem comigo, uma das principais problemas foi eu ter jogado solo, fazer algumas casadas foram realmente muito boas, mas manter por um tempo esse ritmo não foi comigo, possivelmente se esse jogo não fosse tão longo eu pegaria até chega-lo o final, mas pela sua longa duração no momento atual, prefiro focar em outros games, mas sem duvida um dia irei retorna a joga-lo até concluir.