User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Generation 1/@comment-451754-20130211092337

Monster Hunter set the stage (and the bar) for action/pseudo-rpg hybrid games, laying the foundation for games like Dragon's Dogma. What it lacked in story it more than made up for in gameplay depth, graphics, and concept. It's special to me because not only was it my first online game, but it seemed like a game that was made just for me.

I always remember MH as a game in which I "paid my dues" in terms of Monster Hunter games. There was no earplug, high speed gathering, high speed sharpening, Transporter Pro, or many of the other skills that MH players take for granted today. Having struggled through the first game definitely made me a better hunter than if my first MH game was Tri or Freedom Unite.