User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-5091195-20121002215714/@comment-5089728-20121003021832

I wouldn't say a completely open world, but rather few, larger areas. All of the tactics you said could still be sued, but with the fewers areas, the game wouldn't have to load as much at once and would increase the frame rate.

I do like your ideas about the fleeing system, although I wouldn't want to have it when I'm fighting a Deviljho. That dude would tear a mountain in half to get to me.