User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd/@comment-3406400-20110302211010/@comment-2049092-20110306000605

There are a few reasons why to the older crowd it's easier: 1, They've hunted many of the older monsters(the returning monsters from Tri and the select few from Unite) and know everything about the game including skills, how to use the weapon, the combinations, and the patience to grind, I thought Unite was beyond extremely hard through my first run, but on my second run so far it's so far been easier than I expected it would be. 2:Videos, those people who post those videos up are extremely talented(the ones I've seen) and make the monsters look easy because of their skills and that that hunt wasn't their first run. They probably hunted the monsters a few times to get a feel for their moves. Seeing it being done is one thing, actually doing it is another thing. 3: This isn't the first MH game we've played: Me( and probably many of you) have memories of you getting kicked to the ground by Yian Kut-Ku or Qurupecco, and you think the game was extremely difficult, and then we bring that experience from that game to judge the following games.To the new people this game WILL be harder than the (hopefully) following games in the series they'll play.