User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-200.114.63.76-20120704224239/@comment-1837917-20120705033921

Firstly, paced, not phased, punctuate your words (don't, can't), it gives your point more strength.

Secondly, Phantasy Star Online 2? A game released in 2001? o.O Monster Hunter has never been as 'fast paced' as other games. It's about a gradual build up to tougher hunts, and with that build up the pace also quickens.

For 'HD graphics', MHP3rd HD Version is about as high definition as Monster Hunter gets. For handheld, 3G was still in its own league of presentation, with the minor but amusing inclusion of proper monster shadows an example.

As for 'strong online mode', Capcom caters to its Japanese audience more than Western audiences. Each main series MH has included an online mode, and MHFO is specifically made for online play. They've chosen to omit it from the handheld series so far as in Japan, you don't have to go very far to find another person with a Monster Hunter game, so local wireless has always been popular.

So even though Capcom has let Western fans down in the past couple of years, don't assume that it has let its standards slip.