The thrill of the hunt....of monsters

So I know this is a tech blog but video games are technology right? I mean you're storing all this incredible information and game play on your computer or whatever gaming device you use. So why go slightly off topic? This is because one of my favourite games is getting it's 4th installment next Friday and I literally cannot contain myself. I'm going full kid at Christmas for this one. Now what game could possibly instill such excitement. Well I will tell you.

Monster Hunter is a game I have been playing since I was in high school many many years ago. Back when you whipper snappers were still in diapers! Alright that's a bit of an exaggeration i'm not that old. Anyway I stray off topic far to often. This game takes you into the world you can only dream about. The world of giant creatures and giant weapons. I have put more hours than i'd like to admit into this series of games but I do not regret it as it keeps pulling me back in.

Now to talk about the game itself. You start off as a hunter with a starting weapon in every class. This to me was like choosing my starter pokemon. Or at least close because let's be real that was probably the toughest decision most of us have had to go through.....i'll never forget you charmander. So you pick your weapon and start killing these creatures that are plaguing the village you reside in. Now there is no real leveling system in this you just receive higher ranking which let's you do harder and harder quests. The thing I love most about this game is it resides entirely upon your skill. You keep eliminating these creatures and collecting resources to build and upgrade your weapons and armour which turns into hours of grinding (grinding for you people who don't play video games is when you keep doing something over and over until you achieve the result, level or item you desire) for that one rare part of a monster. The more you upgrade the harder the monsters are you can face. But realistically if there was no time limit you could technically kill the hardest monster with the crappiest gear....it would just take a really long time.

So with all this said i'm afraid for the release of this game as it will consume much of my time in between projects. But of course school comes first unless one day we could get paid to play video games. That is the dream. Although that is starting to become a reality with twitch and live streaming games. But i'll leave that for another blog. Hopefully this has peaked your interest into the world of Monster Hunter and maybe if you ever purchase this game we can play together. I leave you with a trailer for the original game as it was what sold me on the franchise those many moons ago.