User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter on the iPhone/@comment-1011548-20110519151733

Have had a day to think about, I've assembled my opinion on the matter. I think my main problem is that it is trying to be something it can never be - Monster Hunter only really works because it has proper button controls, analogue sticks, decent camera control (lolclaw) and all that stuff. Proper controls are impossible on the iPhone, you just end up with your fingers staking across the screen like they're doing a merry dance. So this game isn't for me (graphics are strangely OK though). Also let me say that I'm pretty much ok with them doing a couple of spin-offs - Felyne Diaries didn't look like my kind of game, but at least they tried something different, really pushed the boat out (well, for Capcom at least). Here, it looks to me like they've just tried to stuff a couple of quests from Unite onto an iPhone and forgot that controls might help. Of course, they can rest safely in the knowledge it'll make a profit.