User blog:TigrexJeff/First Impressions of MH3

I've gone pretty far into MH3 now, and decided i'd write up what I thought about it, and find out what others thought about it the first time they played.

It's only my second MH game, after MHFU, so I was not sure what to expect. It came as a surprise to start without armour, and I did not like the tutorial part in Moga Woods.

Areas:

Moga Woods - First off I thought it was nothing special. But, when newer monsters are added, and when your short on supplies, I found it very useful.

D. Island - the quest version of Moga Woods. I thought it was a fill in for the Forest and Hills area.

Sandy Plains - again, I thought it would be a new Desert, but it proved me wrong. No water area, and different navigation through me off...

Flooded Forest - awesome looking area. I reckoned it was a fill in for the Swamp/Jungle, but it's way better. Underwater areas are good there...

Tundra - smallest area in MH3. Only related to the Snowy Mountains by the ice and snow, but no high climbing areas. Haven't done many quests there...

Volcano - epic in comparison to the other Volcanoes i reckon. Has 2 forest areas, but the powderstones pissed me off. They take your health!

Monsters:

Great Jaggi - first fought with full steel armour... got annoyed by his hip check, but otherwise an easy fight. Became even easier with Switch Axe.

Qurupeco - first, I was like "This is gonna fail, MH3's Kut-Ku." It took me down to seconds left the first time. Got pissed and slashed at it randomly with my SnS... then died.

Royal Ludroth - got owned by its roll on land first couple of times, but i found him very predictable underwater. Decent for the first Leviathan boss you actually hunt, and is fun to kill.

Barroth - was not sure what to expect with him. His mud attack still annoys me, but I fought him a lot for his armour and got some tactics down. Really good for an intro to brute wyverns, i reckon.

Gobul - could not be stuffed getting a frog to fish him out with. He was a challenge to begin with, and i got owned by his flash and vacuum... his spike roll is annoying aswell. It's funny carving his antenna though.

Great Baggi - i was expecting a fight much the same as the Great Jaggi's, and i got one, if a little longer. The sleep spit can be annoying, but his attacks aren't very strong.

Lagiacrus (repel) - i prepared for a week to fight him, and got the full Barroth armour. The repel was incredibly easy, and i was lucky. He stayed on land the whole fight!

Rathian - i was excited to fight a monster I had already fought, but with the added attacks. Rathian didn't disappoint, and it was a fun fight, but i hate getting eaten when you have no dung bombs...

Lagiacrus (kill) - was not sure what to expect, i guess i thought it would be like the repel... got owned first time, second time, ate at kitchen then owned him! :D

That's as far as i've got at the moment, but when i get further I will add more.