Cash grab title. While I can't speak for missing features between this game and its previous entry, I can say that this game dropped the ball.

The only interesting maps in the game are the overworld areas, every den uses the same modular path system and they all have the exact same shape. There is hardly any creativity in and between each module. They barely inconvenience you with things like stone walls, jump spots, ivy walls or water. Most of the time you can just run around everything anyway.

Getting eggs in this game (which is how you obtain the monsties) is preposterously easy. My advice is simply run around the overworld you are in looking for the gold dens (Rare Dens) and try to get any gold or rainbow shiny eggs. You can usually get away with three searches before triggering a monster attack in single player, after that you risk being found. I believe you can search up to six times if the game is feeling very generous, most of the time it will be five though. In co-op it's more tricky and you're at risk of a monster attack after the second search, however you can just open your sticker menu in order to deactivate your hitbox. A truly stupid oversight. You know, apart from your Felyne friend telling you to BE CAREFUL AROUND THE NEST PAWTNER.

Some monsters/monsties have the incorrect sounds and so do not sound the way they do in mainline Monster Hunter titles, some monster placements in the world do not make any sense (looking at you Barroth), some monstie abilities don't make any sense (Rathian can't fly despite having wings capable of flight). There are only two dragon types in the entire game, water is the second least popular.

Royal Monsters are a cool idea in this game, except that there are only like five of them throughout the whole game. They're basically supposed to be a way to grab a really high-tier monster before the game is actually throwing them at you. However they're incredibly non-threatening in the overworld as they just sleep the entire time and do not give chase unless roared awake. In battle however they're absolute demons and shouldn't be underestimated.

The gene system is an interesting one, playing bingo in order to maximize your stat bonuses for monsties, the problem is that sorting them is non-existent. So 90% of your endgame will be spent searching for specific genes in your menus which is tediously annoying.

The story isn't really anything special and you can't even co-op it with a friend anyway. That's another thing, this game's co-op is restricted until you reach a certain point in the story. After which you will only have a very limited amount of co-op quests you can try out with a friend... provided you're in the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ region. Which is another thing, they region locked this videogame so that anyone outside of your download region is unable to see and play with you.

The music in this game is alright but none of the cool monsters have their unique theme play when you fight them, not even the Elder Dragons. All of the battle themes boil down to the same exact tune, the same exact boss tunes and some brief overworld intro tunes. It's not very impressive and you won't be listening to any music while walking through the overworld or dens. All you will get is village themes.

The Elder's Lair is a complete joke, ranging from run around to break monster parts which is easy, to slay a certain amount of monsters, also easy, to defeating things in a set amount of turns with SPECIFIC counters, which is idiotic. Eventually you'll fight a Velkhana that you must fight in a very specific manner as well, also kind of annoying. You will encounter the Deviants, which is cool, then more elder dragons, which is also not bad. After you do all of this and beat the final boss guess what? YOU GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL ELDERS LAIR, IT'S THE SAME THING BUT NOW YOU NEED TO BE STRONGER! HELL YEAH.

Overall I'd say this isn't worth the money at all and just serves as bait to get people's money for other titles. This could have been a good game, but it really isn't. They only gave it about five major updates before dropping support for it entirely, with no hope of any kind of expansion. There's a lot of monsters in this game that aren't present and some of the ones that are present can't even be used as monsties.

Avoid this one, unless it's like 90% off.

Cash grab title. While I can't speak for missing features between this game and its previous entry, I can say that this game dropped the ball. The only interesting maps in the game are the overworld areas, every den uses the same modular path system and they all have the exact same shape. There is hardly any creativity in and between each module. They barely inconvenience you with things like stone walls, jump spots, ivy walls or water. Most of the time you can just run around everything anyway. Getting eggs in this game (which is how you obtain the monsties) is preposterously easy. My advice is simply run around the overworld you are in looking for the gold dens (Rare Dens) and try to get any gold or rainbow shiny eggs. You can usually get away with three searches before triggering a monster attack in single player, after that you risk being found. I believe you can search up to six times if the game is feeling very generous, most of the time it will be five though. In co-op it's more tricky and you're at risk of a monster attack after the second search, however you can just open your sticker menu in order to deactivate your hitbox. A truly stupid oversight. You know, apart from your Felyne friend telling you to BE CAREFUL AROUND THE NEST PAWTNER. Some monsters/monsties have the incorrect sounds and so do not sound the way they do in mainline Monster Hunter titles, some monster placements in the world do not make any sense (looking at you Barroth), some monstie abilities don't make any sense (Rathian can't fly despite having wings capable of flight). There are only two dragon types in the entire game, water is the second least popular. Royal Monsters are a cool idea in this game, except that there are only like five of them throughout the whole game. They're basically supposed to be a way to grab a really high-tier monster before the game is actually throwing them at you. However they're incredibly non-threatening in the overworld as they just sleep the entire time and do not give chase unless roared awake. In battle however they're absolute demons and shouldn't be underestimated. The gene system is an interesting one, playing bingo in order to maximize your stat bonuses for monsties, the problem is that sorting them is non-existent. So 90% of your endgame will be spent searching for specific genes in your menus which is tediously annoying. The story isn't really anything special and you can't even co-op it with a friend anyway. That's another thing, this game's co-op is restricted until you reach a certain point in the story. After which you will only have a very limited amount of co-op quests you can try out with a friend... provided you're in the same fucking region. Which is another thing, they region locked this videogame so that anyone outside of your download region is unable to see and play with you. The music in this game is alright but none of the cool monsters have their unique theme play when you fight them, not even the Elder Dragons. All of the battle themes boil down to the same exact tune, the same exact boss tunes and some brief overworld intro tunes. It's not very impressive and you won't be listening to any music while walking through the overworld or dens. All you will get is village themes. [spoiler]The Elder's Lair is a complete joke, ranging from run around to break monster parts which is easy, to slay a certain amount of monsters, also easy, to defeating things in a set amount of turns with SPECIFIC counters, which is idiotic. Eventually you'll fight a Velkhana that you must fight in a very specific manner as well, also kind of annoying. You will encounter the Deviants, which is cool, then more elder dragons, which is also not bad. After you do all of this and beat the final boss guess what? YOU GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL ELDERS LAIR, IT'S THE SAME THING BUT NOW YOU NEED TO BE STRONGER! HELL YEAH.[/spoiler] Overall I'd say this isn't worth the money at all and just serves as bait to get people's money for other titles. This could have been a good game, but it really isn't. They only gave it about five major updates before dropping support for it entirely, with no hope of any kind of expansion. There's a lot of monsters in this game that aren't present and some of the ones that are present can't even be used as monsties. Avoid this one, unless it's like 90% off.