


What makes Monster Hunter Stories 2 different? Character progressionĪt the time of this writing, we don't know exactly how the character progression systems will play out in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. And if you get good enough, you could potentially prevent a monster from attacking at all by countering all of their moves. Learning what their patterns are and countering them with the correct attack types is the key to mastering the combat system. So, to compensate for this, monsters in the Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin have attack patterns where they perform specific attack types in a row. However, you can't dodge on command all the time in a turn-based JRPG like you could in an action RPG. In the mainline Monster Hunter games, you would need to learn what a monster's attack animations are so you would know when to dodge or block them. For example - during certain boss fights, you can target a monster's body parts to cripple their abilities and if you damage a monster enough, it will get enraged and become much more dangerous to deal with.Īnother gameplay aspect from the mainline games that Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruins retains is learning your enemy's attack patterns and countering them. However, there are some gameplay mechanics from the main games that are present in this game. So far, you may think Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is entirely different from the mainline games. Monster Hunter Stories 2 (Image credit: Capcom)
