User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-5584998-20121015151343/@comment-77.5.229.63-20121016134422

I think it's not about design or originality...But - in my opinion - the 3rd generation felt like it had more...variety (hope I use the word I mean :/) than the older games.

To me many of the 1st and 2nd gen-monster felt quite similar when fighting them and now look just at the brute wyvern! No one of them fights like another one and they were quite challenging at first 'cause I was used to battle scheme of the older monsters and none of them really could compare to the new species. But I really like for example fighting the Carapaceons and older Pelagi (Lagombi and Co. just are too similar, so you could call that a step back in 3rd Gen ^^). And I think that some of the older monsters like Rajang and the Fatalis brethren are a real challenge, too. But I think it was more the gameplay and the fact that I knew no one who could have played MH2G with me that they were so difficult :/