While mostMonster Huntergames are about hunters hunting monsters, the Stories subseries casts us as Monster Riders who raise, train, and ride Monsties. And I mean ‘ride’ in the sense of ‘sit on their back and fly around shouting weeee’, not the usual ‘leap on their back and cling on while stabbing them in the eyes’ sense. Stories does have combat, mind, with turn-based RPG battles instead of the usual hack ‘n’ slashing. It was first released on 3DS, then did spread to Android and iOS doodads. Now Capcom have remastered it for new platforms.
Along with a visual touch-up to suit screens larger than a Tesco Clubcard, the remaster is fully voiced in Japanese and English, adds a Museum Mode with a couple hundred pieces of concept art and background music accompanied by comments from developers, and has all the 3DS version’s post-launch monsters and other additions in from the start. You can hear voice samples and see more of the Museumon the game’s site.
Monster Hunter Stories is coming for Windowsvia Steamon the 14th of June. The remaster is also headed to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
