User blog comment:Lord Loss/The 'key word' for the next Monster Hunter game.../@comment-1758220-20110621205431/@comment-969093-20110621221420

Hardcore seems like a misplaced term to me. I'd rather call them "realistic". Really now, simple tail swings and single fireballs? That's not how the things would fight IRL. The hardcore monsters actually combo, counter, etc like they would in reality.