Pinnacle of the classic era of Monster Hunter, with some of the most satisfying gameplay and best fights in the series.

Zack's story is fine, the graphics are great, but the missions are dumb, mindless and repetitive, the battle system is boring, and Genesis is one of the worst characters in the series, trying way too hard to be cool and just falling flat on its face.

The gameplay is stellar, it's so much fun to lay waste on the enemies with the new arsenal at Bayo's disposal, and the soundtrack going with it is incredibly amazing. The story, while not being that good, isn't as bad as people like to say, just some parts of the ending got me somewhat mad.

Best story I've seen in a videogame.