As more clearly dedicated hunters trickle into our slice of the fediverse, let’s take the opportunity this smaller community gives us to share how Monster Hunter found us.
As more clearly dedicated hunters trickle into our slice of the fediverse, let’s take the opportunity this smaller community gives us to share how Monster Hunter found us.
In 2007ish, I used to go to the library in Mallorca to get a Wifi connection on my PSP and download demos. I downloaded this interesting-looking demo of a new game called Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. The download corrupted on me, and my brother was the first to play it; I managed later via hospital Wifi. It was so difficult and I always lost the mission, so I thought it was impossible. But I loved the game, and went on to buy it from PSN. I was convinced it was cursed/evil for a while due to the Diablos and dual blades. I later bought a friend MHTri for his birthday in 2013ish, and when I learned how to hack my PSP around the same time, I was very impressed by MHP3rd.
P3rd was magical in a way. From the special feeling of having to patch it with broken fan translations to the setting and graphics upgrade, to the majestic first appearance of the now iconic lightning boi. Glad the curse found you, enjoy being one of the damned.