Jungle FEVER The action in the game starts off rather slow, and introduces the player to the sub-mechanics of the game like: fishing, BBQing, catching bugs and gathering plants. Within a couple missions, you’ll have your first sub-boss fight and will begin to understand how fearsome these dinosaurs can be. I myself would always avoid a fight if I could but I know there are others that would rise to the chance to take down a fearsome beast. Luckily the game is more strategy-based than it looks and isn’t a typical RPG.

The game plays very much like a third-person action game but slowed down to where you have to actually make your hits count. The attack speed is dependent on which type of weapon you use, with the slower weapons being the larger ones. With high attack power you take the risk of getting littler hits in and missing. Timing is definitely everything and it really pays to be patient and to take your time, waiting for the carnivores to show their weakness. Using my grand sword, I smashed through a few dinos with some time left to gut them of their treasures.

After you collect a few treasures from you hunts, you can actually take these items to a certain person in town and have them upgrade/create new weaponry for your warrior. This is probably the most important aspect to the game as you don’t actually level as a warrior but rely heavily on your armor and gear. Not only that but you as a hunter have an astonishing stash of different tools at your disposal. Probably the most useful would be the flash bombs and regular bombs. They are most needed for your hunts and I wouldn’t know where I’d be without them.

However the best part about Monster Hunter: Freedom is how close it captured the graphics of the original. Just seeing the game on the PSP is mind-boggling and being able to see vast-distances adds even more eye-candy to the product. Look hard enough and you can see the monsters several miles away. The monster models themselves are very well rendered and aren’t tarded down to fit with the PSP. Not only that but the game takes huge advantage of the wide-screen aspect with plenty of canvas space for your hunts. I can’t even imagine playing Monster Hunter on 4:3 anymore just because of how limited it is. The environments in the game are very beautiful and in total you will be traveling through a brilliant amount of environments. They range from desert to the typical jungle and are guaranteed to give you a fresh experience each round.