Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It? 

"I've got an Aptomoth called Sausage" is really all the review this game needs.

I like a lot how they sort of waddle as they run.

Best part of Alex's reviews is the final thoughts. I'd love to hear Jon and Zions thoughts at the end of reviews

'There's a forest that outright runs poorly...'. *Korok Forest flashbacks*

I loved the first game! Can’t wait to revisit this beautiful world once again! 😌💖

Honestly, I am so hyped for this game. Capcom has ironed out almost all of the issues I had with the first one.

I think this is the MH game for me. More casual and very story driven RPG. While I enjoyed playing Rise, I was never really that big of a MH fan. I'm glad MH stories exist. The 3DS game was pretty good as well and I think this is better

Really love the music I've been hearing from this game. Looking forward to playing it almost just for that alone.

Listen yall i dont need a demo or review to tell u to get this game. This is like a better pokemon if ONLY pokemon would be more serious with its audience and made quality effort.

i love that in the first 5 seconds there is is some weapon appearing in and out for like 2 frames

Haven't played everything they've done but it feels like Capcom been knocking it out of the park with their games the past few years

had no idea this was a turn based RPG as opposed to the more open games. Think i might enjoy this one more cos i just cant get into the open ones at all.

Can’t wait to get into this game 🤩 i’ll wait till I complete Skyward Sword, then it will take my gaming life 😎

Wanna know what song is playing there background. It’s really good!

I'm definitely getting this game - it's been on my list since i heard about it

I think I might hate the combat system. There's just not enough control. You've got your "monstie" (which just means monster with a saddle), and you usually have a "battle buddy" and their monstie with you, but you can never control them. I thought that was just going to be for the first partner they give you as a tutorial but it's like that for the whole game. Monsters you fight have inherent weaknesses to weapon types (slash, pierce or blunt) and also their attack type (power, speed or technique) will greatly affect the damage done in return in the "head-to-head" matchups. Additionally, each monster may have an inherent elemental attack type (ice, fire, electric, dragon, water and "non-element") AND a weakness to a type. What's my point in all of this? You will come across monsters that have weaknesses like: "this guy is weak to piercing speed attacks and fire", but then your battle buddy only uses sword (which is slash, not pierce), has no fire attacks and you can't control what type of attack he'll use. On top of all that, they usually refuse to target the same monster part as you. Oh yeah, and all of the monster parts have their own weaknesses, which again you have no control over how your partner attacks. A nice little feature is the little symbols that appear over each monstie part that reveal its weapon weaknesses IF you've hit it with that weapon type before. For example: you hit this dragon's wings with a hammer before, and an arrow. The hammer was weak, so a red cross shows up on the hammer symbol. The arrow was strong, so the arrow symbol shines. Irritatingly, the weapon your battle buddy uses will never reveal if it's strong or weak, you'll have to waste your turn switching weapons and attacking yourself to find out. Then when you find out that weapon is weak, well too bad, you can't tell your battle buddy to switch out his weak weapon. Most of the time there are 4 characters on your side of the battle, but you only control one and a half of them. You can only control your monster's moves if you're using a special move, otherwise they just decide themselves what attack to use. So they may consistently choose the wrong basic attack type and lose matchups. The battle system simply has too many layers of complexity to leave three quarters of your team's actions to random chance, but that's what they did anyway. Imaging playing final fantasy 7 but you only control Cloud's actions in battle, and everyone else has the computer decide. Seems stupid, right? Well now add three layers of rock paper scissors complexity to that and you've got the battle system for MHS2:WOR.

Man I feel like I grew up with this game, so hype!

Call it a hunch, but something tells me that Alex really likes pączki.

i would love a regular monster hunter game with actual storyline. so basically a combination of the two. that's one of the things i love about God eater series.

im so excited for this game aaaa

Without even starting the video or knowing who was presenting, I already heard “Heeellllllo there lovely peep”! It’s what I now associate with a lot of Nintendo Life videos now!

Can't watch the review because I don't want to know anything before playing the game, but I already gave the vid a like to support the channel. 2 days to go 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Just placed my pre-order! I loved the demo so much and I wanted to play more and more, gimme all the monsties and gorgeous outfits😍 This will be my first Monster Hunter game😁

This game and the first one are legitimately tied for first in my favorite series. I adore this even if it’s not the mainline games. These are so much fun. I don’t have a “new” 3DS and for some reason the first game won’t play on my 3ds, I have 2 copies of the cartridge and downloaded from op the eshop and the hshop. I have 0 problems shelling out for an overpriced “new” 3ds just to be able to play the first one. I spent money for all the extra dlc outfits. There’s nothing I won’t do for this game I swear. I just want to motivate the devs to keep this series going and make a 3rd.

I played the Demo, and I did like it, but I still have Rise to rank up more in, plus Skyward Sword releases next week, then the new Pokemon games will be here in 4 months. I'm just wondering if I can put the time into this game with the others I wanna play too.

Also… CHARACTER CUSTOMISATION BABYYYYY

I love embargo day for game releases

Is there any update on the whole “requires 15gb of space for internet download” for the physical edition?

Got it preordered. Can’t wait!!!

did they fix the framerate for the full release on the switch?

So does the room ID thing mean I can use my switch to play with my friends that have it on PC? I really hope so otherwise that would be a missed opportunity Either way I'm getting this and putting 100+ hours into lol

PLayed the demo and one thing that kinda bugged me was the clunky movement and camera. The character moves at 2 speeds (fast as heck, and barely at all). The camera had no smoothing and would feel unnatural to with a joystick. It's as if they just took a PC version and mapped the keyboard to the controller in the laziest way. Dunno if it's just me or if they improved it in the final version, but yeah.. not having fun with those chill village strolls.

I was hooked on the Demo

I hope there is a lot more new rideable monstie available before boss fight.. not monstie that is released regularly at certain dates..

I have a pc with a 3080 and am still getting the switch version

the question remains does it come with a brand NEW HD 3D funky mode and season pass plus knuckles

i didnt think i would like it since im not into rpgs but i got the demo and actually really enjoyed it, wouldnt get it full price but because its on sale right now i think ill get it

I am loving the demo for the game. I wasn't planning on playing anymore RPGs anytime soon but this one really got my attention. I'd love the art style and the slow progression doesn't bother me at all, in fact I kind of need that in the game. I like all the parallels with the full monster Hunter franchise, that I find too difficult to play even though I really want to. I can really take my time with this game and enjoy a little grinding. I'm not sure how much time I can put into the demo, probably alot, but I think they sold me on buying the game. It's a really good game for it's target audience, which is probably women and children. Might be too easy or slow for the proper gamer, but they have the regular Monster Hunter games.

All things considered this naviru is a godsend compared to the anime version of the character, in that one he’s got an ego, he doesn’t help but rather gets in the way all the time and has 2 annoying running gags one with an annoying “catch phrase” so yeah, go watch 2 or 3 episodes of the anime then come back to this and I can assure you, you’ll love this naviru

Naming the Monsties based on looks or name was a great highlight for me in the trial. I called my Pukei-Pukei 'Sick Boy' for example.

Enjoying the Demo so far, but the camera controls are crap. Don't know how they managed to fuck that up.

I just got this game 3 days ago, and despite its flaws on the switch version I have no regret buying this game and I’ve played for hours already

Of course it is. Even the first one was golden

Says stealing eggs is questionable. Most likely eats eggs every week. And no, those were not donated or anything.

Is it worth it? Some games you just know are without even playing them

This game ruined my sleep schedule, haven’t been able to put it down since it’s release

Here’s hoping they patch in some performance fixes because DAYUM it’s rough.

Should i get this or strikers??? I really want a pretty enjoyable long game

How big is the open world?

I like games with slow starting stories. It lets me settle into their worlds, and the gameplay loop for the rest of the game. To many video games rush to introduce the biggest plot points to players. Often leaving players hanging on to what plot points still exist through the rest of the game. It can really make a game feel like it’s dragging then.

Silly question but is this game cross-plat with pc players?

This looks fun to play i may get this

As excited as I am for Stories 2, I’m still a little peeved that I have to wait until September for Molty and Dreadking to arrive.

I bought it recently so good

monster hunter stories 2 are very good fantasy game on Nintendo switch Alex, it very great.

I was hoping you could tell us more about the ±15GB download needed for the Physical version. If I understand you correctly you got the digital version. If you do know why the download is needed it would be much appreciated

Great, another switch game I have to buy

Did he say “navi drew” ??? Sounded like it

Ok without looking the vid I say yes it’s with it.

can anyone confirm if the game is actually linked to the first one?

Lovely

No one: Alex from Nintendo Life: HHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhheeeellllooo

Wow this is genre defying

the character development in this game is better than my future

Alex: "Navirou is always happy and energetic and that irritates me". So, would you rather have an *evil Navirou* who hates everything and wants nothing else but to destroy the entire world, Alex? xD

If capcom can make monsterhunter a dope turned based rpg then they can reboot breath of fire. capcom does it

I played the demo and had a good time but I left with mixed feelings. It's definitely a big improvement from the first game, specifically in the gameplay department because the combat in the first one was just bad. From what I played now there is a lot more strategizing and a lot less guessing. At one point the first game literally became a rock-paper-scissors game, where you analyzed a monster and you learned it was a power type for example, but it would go for speed and technical attacks just as often. That seems to be fixed this time around which is great. The addition of slash/blunt/pierce attributes makes it more fun and all the weapons also feel different from each other, while in the first game there weren't any major differences apart from the hunting horn. Now the gunlance has shells, the great sword and the hammer can actually charge up and attack and it feels great. I think co-op is great but PVP feels a little bit weird because it's literally rock-paper-scissors. The joy of combat in the campaign is to go around the monsters tendencies and predict what it will go for, but in multiplayer you're essentially just playing a guessing game and I'm not sure that will be any good. I do have to say the framerate is a bigger issue than I initially thought. The fact that it dips in cutscenes speaks for itself, just by playing 5 hours of the demo I got quite annoyed. Another major complaint from me is the narrative. For me a traditional RPG needs to have a compelling story otherwise I'll end up getting bored, especially if the game is long. The first game was 30 or so hours to complete but it seems this one is longer, so the narrative needs to hold up and imo it just doesn't. The main reason for that is because one of the main premises is just based around hipocrisy. The duality between riders and hunters just doesn't make sense (not that it did in the first game). The riders talk about bonding with monsters but they're essentially enslaving them, stealing eggs from nests and using the "monsties" to kill other monsters. There is not any major difference from what the hunters do. Couple that with a weak main cast imo, with a silent protagonist that has little personality and a super annoying Navirou and it becomes a mixed bag for me. Ofc the plot itself can become very interesting down the line but I doubt it being a game, similarly to Pokemon, aimed at kids.

I just got pumba, recommend this game for anyone who like Pokémon or Digimon! I never heard about this game tell this week but my only gripe is the trees are ugly! Lol really the over world is ugly but all monsters, npc, and towns look good!😂

Has the frame rate improved as of today? That really got me

Do you need to have played the 1st game to understand this one?

Been playing the demo and it's fun but the framerate is seriously bad at times, for that reason I'll pass for a few months and see if its patched.

Is this game released yet?

Omg I love this game I have it on my switch but idk what’s going wrong but it won’t let me pass this sertan thing in the game and there are no vids in it

Ah man really coulda used a switch Pro for this title

Is the 15GB download for switch real or not I will be so let down if it's real

I Don't give a crap about frames, I don't care if it is 30 as long as I get the game I am good

Im getting this just so i can see goofy kinship skills lmao its worth it

Can you co-op with random people online?

I was already convinced, but your sausage has confirmed my feelings ;).

Its worth it. Its what current pokemon games shouldve been.

The question is if the physical version requires the download as mentioned or not

The demo almost lost me, but the ending was enough to solidify a purchase. 5 hours is a long time in a turn based game to get really into it but the payoff felt worth it.

I am suspect of this Framerate...

Funny hearing Alex speak about Navirou cause that's exactly how I feel about him. Annoying af

long live sausage

super fun game, serious talk

This puts pokemon to shame

Great game!

So happy Alex narrated this one 💓

It's not awful - Alex

This game reminds me of pokemon

Passing this on Switch. Looking worse is one thing but having bad performance is a big nono. I wish they found a more engaging battle mechanic than rock paper scisor eventually though.

Wait you've got a cold WHAT

oh hey, performance doesn't seem to be fixed. I'm hoping for a day one patch cause game looks amazing but that choppiness is holding it back imo

Basically, this game is what modern Pokemon should be

I just wish there was a hard mode. A bit too easy for having a varied complex combat system but pretty easy to win every fight. In my top 10 of 2021. My top 10 1.scarlet nexus 2.RE village 3.monster hunter rise 4. Super Maro 3d world bowser fury 5. Monster hunter stories 2 6. Persona striker 7. Biomutant(I know but I had fun with) 8.legends of mana 9. Mario golf SR 10 EDF brothers HM Nier, pokemon snap. Don't have ps5 so limited releases this year.

Breath of the monsties

Day 1 buy

The enthusiasm of this channel and actual dedication and respect of games is what makes is 100 times superior to channels like ign.

I barely/hardly/rarely find any game to be worth a price tag of higher that $50 bucks. However, this is an amazing game(based off the 10 hours I have played in the dang demo) and would throw down $40 on it.