Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Switch Online Game Trial Now Available (Europe)

Shame it's just in Europe. I was JUST thinking about trying this game, but I decided against it. It would have been nice to try it. But still great people who are in Europe!

@CobaltFan The game has a long demo

Game needs a small Switch 2 update. For the most part it's fine, but I did notice some very small/minor graphical bugs here and there in cutscenes. Also the game's resolution is kinda low when in handheld for some reason.

I think I’m gonna hunt down a cheap second hand copy of two, as i was excited by 3 and have always wanted to get into monster hunter more generally. It might be a good easy introduction to the franchise in general.

@kid_keo if you don't mind digital it comes up pretty often in sales for pretty cheap!

Really underrated burgeoning series.
So much charm, which I feel has been a little lacking in most Pokemon games of late (Arceus had an interesting flavour though I think).

The Deluxe collection of MHS 1&2 is on sale in Europe for £29 https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Monster-Hunter-Stories-Collection-2588595.html

@Joeynator3000 I mean, pretty much any unpatched Switch 1 game will be low res on the Switch 2 screen.

Visually, it fares so much better than a big chunk of the S1 library, though. The Xenoblade and unpatched HD2D games look dreadful on S2 atm.

@Ralizah
does make me wish the octopath games would get the DQIII HD-2D treatment leading up to octopath zero.

not holding my breath but DQIII looks really nice on switch 2 now and plays so much better (yeah its a turn based game but just walking around locations feels nicer)

nice to hear this holds up better than those games (and the xenoblade games) also iirc didnt this one have an uncapped framerate or something.

@CobaltFan
You should go for it. Especially if you have Switch 2. It's a locked 60fps at 1080p docked (720p handheld) without any dynamic resolution drops.

And its so good. I always wondered why this series isn't selling 20 million like Pokémon. Its so much better and the monster designs are incredible.

i got both games on sale just started playing first one on switch 2 and it looks great on big tv kids love it as well

Please come to North America as well! Just...not this coming week since I'll be on vacation. There's always the chunky demo to fall back on, I suppose. I recently downloaded it but wanted to wrap up my current games first.

The Monster Hunter Stories 3 announcement has rekindled my interest in the second game on Switch. I played and finished the first game on 3DS. I enjoyed exploring, the simple crafting, stealing "Monstie" eggs, and experimenting with genes. But the plot - for the most part - was meh and was very Saturday morning cartoon-like. Chosen hero player saves the world, edgy rival, bumbling bad guys, etc. To be expected for a game aimed at kids I suppose, but there are better plots out there in like-rated games. I did like the turn-based battles on 3DS but wasn't fond of some of the QTE type gimmicks. Not sure if the recent port to other systems fixes the gimmicks.

These RPG spinoffs certainly have potential IMO. I just hope MHS2 is an improvement on the first game and that MHS3 will take the series to even greater heights.

Monster hunter Stories 2 is an excellent game. You would be a fool to miss a free opportunity to play it!

@JS_Comics thanks very much for the heads up sir. Sadly I’m a pretty die hard physical guy but appreciate this regardless

@JaxonH thanks for the extra info. Gives me even more incentive to enjoy it on my switch 2!

@Ralizah It just looks more pixelly than other games while in handheld, like, lower than 720p which was the original Switch's screen. Also weird since while docked it looks way better than the Switch when docked. lol

I dunno it's just weird in general. lol

@Joeynator3000 Interesting. I had the opposite experience. I tried it out undocked and was surprised by how good it looked for a 720p Switch game on a 1080p screen. I think the art-style probably carries it hard.

Either way, let's hope it gets patched at some point.

@Ralizah Yeah, I dunno, to me it just looked a little pixelly on my Switch 2. xD
Docked though it looked way better than on my Switch while docked...though maybe it's just the better framerate making everything else look better, I dunno. lol

@Joeynator3000 It's possible the game has a higher resolution when docked on Switch 2 if it's adaptive.

I tried it today. It looks amazing, but it's still a JRPG, so not exactly my cup of tea (although there are few that I love). Shame because it's really well made.