Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is the Pokemon game I was begging for as a kid. It gives you that classic monster-hunting Pokemon experience, but with a taste of that freedom that we were all screaming out for before Pokemon: Legends Arceus came out, with a more in-depth battle system to sweeten the deal even more.
But while it is almost impossible not to draw parallels with Pokemon when it comes to this monster-collecting game, it is still very much a Monster Hunter experience. If you’re worried about missing your favorite monsters or even the core gameplay loop of Monster Hunter here, don’t be. Monster Hunter Stories 2 is still Monster Hunter through and through, just with a little Pokemon sprinkled in there. And how could that be a bad thing?