Nearly five years later, the spin-off game series Monster Hunter Whispers has finally ushered in its second title, Monster Hunter Tales 2: Wings of Destruction. Although this is a tale of Monster Hunter, Capcom pays as much attention to Monster Hunter as the original. In addition to a lot of pre-sale publicity, the rich monster supplements in the subsequent update of Monster Hunter Language 2 are enough to make players who play Rise and Icefield jealous, and it seems that becoming a monster training master is the right direction for this game.
Although the setting is the same as the orthodox work, the gameplay and performance style of the Monster Hunter story are very different. Overall, the series is closer to a game that centers on collecting and cultivating monsters. It can be said that it is a new work similar to Pokémon.
Monster Hunter 2 inherits the architecture of the previous generation, so there are no major changes in the core content such as combat and training. However, the game has added new elements to the orthodox title in recent years, including the addition of new companion beasts in later DLC updates.
At the same time, it further increases the number of monsters that players can encounter and control in the game. In addition to the Blue Velociraptor King and the Great Ming Shield Crab, which have not appeared in the main works for a long time, this work also adds new monsters with high popularity, killing dragons, ice dragons, etc., and collecting, cultivating and fighting with them is still the greatest pleasure of this work.
In the combat system, players need to judge the enemy's attack type to choose the appropriate accompanying beasts and moves, there is mutual restraint like "scissors (strength), stone (speed), cloth (skill)" between the three types, and on the basis of the three guesses of restraint, the game also incorporates the traditional flesh absorption and part destruction elements of the series. In battle, by destroying parts, monsters can fall to the ground or fail to unleash some powerful moves.
Compared to the previous generation, Monster Hunter Language 2 adds two "new" weapons – the bow and arrow and the shotgun. The skills that can be used with the Energy Storage Bow vary depending on the type of Bow, and attacks after the Energy Storage can also be added to the Rigid Shot.
Monster Hunter Story 2: Wings of Destruction is a fully enhanced version of the previous generation. The game is a commendable blend of elements from the turn-based RPG mode of the orthodox series Monster Hunter.