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We've put our heads together to rank the best Monster games of all-time, across console generations and series. Many of the most memorable entries make the most of the signature premise of Monster ...

Scott Baird is a Contributor at DualShockers with over a decade of experience writing about video games, board games, and tabletop RPGs. He has been writing professionally since 2013 and covering ...

This starts with a more established avatar. As Monster Hunter Stories 3 begins, our protagonist is the prince or princess of the kingdom of Azuria, is an established Rider who is partnered with a ...

Quick Verdict Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is a really good JRPG, and being the huge Monster Hunter fan that ...

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is Monster Hunter firing on all cylinders. It takes Monster Hunter’s core loop and molds it into a fantastic RPG with flexible turn-based combat, an ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Playing Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections feels like playing a PlayStation 2 game. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, as someone might if they’re dunking on a new game’s visuals. (Here ...

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is Pokémon for Monster Hunter fans. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection arrives a long five years after Monster Hunter Stories 2, though it ...

As I share my thoughts about Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, I’ll do my best to keep the spoilers to a minimum. As far as the plot goes, it appears that the Rathalos is not extinct ...

It was time for “Monster Hunter Stories” to grow up. Capcom’s spinoff of its popular action role-playing game started as a “Pokémon”-like adventure, one in which players rode monsters instead of ...

Monster Hunter Wilds has had quite the wave of negative reviews on Steam. Due to large performance issues on PC, players have largely submitted negative reviews to Steam, thanks to the performance ...