User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-5043481-20130302085323

I played the 3ds demo last night! This is what I thought of it:

Graphics: Simply amazing. Nice clear colours and smooth edges. The 3d works brilliantly. But after playing an an ordianry 3ds i think an xl would be even better.

Controls: I think I know why the added this target lock thing - the rest of the controls are so awful. Talk about painful! After killing lagombi I had to have a play on the far more comfortable PSP. But is it the way i'm using them? I'm using the claw, with index finger operating the (stiff and slippery) analogue stick and thumb doing camera. Any other ways of using them? I don't think the CPP will help that much, just move the problem to the other side. I think a swipe-based camera control would have beed far more useful than that virtual D-pad.

Gameplay: I used the gunlance and hunting horn. Gunlance is nice, havn't got hang of the new moves yet though. Hunting horn is vastly improved, with easy combo's and a neat reciatal mode! Nice and speedy!

Questions: How uncomfortabe is the 3ds xl? Any other control techniques I could try?