Is Toukiden the Long-Awaited Monster Hunter Killer? | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: Ever since Monster Hunter went over to Nintendo, gamers have been looking for something to replace it on the Vita. This has resulted in a lot of games being dubbed the “Monster Hunter killer,” but that has yet to happen. With Toukiden set to release next week, is it the Monster Hunter game you’ve been waiting for?

[admiralvic]

Already preordered and can't wait! Anyone else interested and want to add me for some online co-op?

[ChaosKnight]

Nope!

[Sanquine90]

Yes! :)

[FamilyGuy]

Waiting on the PS Vita tv U.S release *sigh*

[hkgamer]

are any vita games compatible with vita tv?

[FamilyGuy]

All of them are except the ones with heavy touch screen focus like teraway.

[ChaosKnight]

Well, it's perhaps the most #@!able game I've ever played.

[Sanquine90]

What? You didn't like it i suppose:) Good for you!

[Omegabalmung]

This is what ChaosKnight meant lol

http://i.imgur.com/AgjUeOF....

[Sanquine90]

Haha, if i knew that:P I'm more into Yu even if the kaichou is going to kill me.

[tubers]

Possible "most #@!able" reference:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

or Tecmo Koei Europe:

http://i.imgur.com/AgjUeOF....

[SirBradders]

From all the previews I've seem so far it definitely looks to be a fun game. I'm gonna buy it on release and give it a go.

[Sanquine90]

It's a game i have been looking forward to since it was announced. Some people bash it for no reason since .... Rambles about Monster hunter clone blabla

[admiralvic]

" Rambles about Monster hunter clone blabla"

Those people really need to shut the **** up. We can pretty much consider Monster Hunter a genre, since thats really all it is. Not like we call platformers Mario clones or anything like that. I mean, a lot of these games are similar, but mostly in the way games of the same genre are similar.

[nope111]

This man.... this man gets it.
It IS a genre now, deal with it haters.

[nerdman67]

Played the demo, not impressed. Monster hunter is still better.

[HellzAssassin]

I'm impressed, and I loved the demo. But I agree, Monster Hunter is still better. If only Sony could bring MH to the PS4/PS Vita...

[radecGaming]

But Monster Hunter Frontier G? is confirmed for the Vita..localization is the problem

[blademaster09]

^ Monster Hunter Frontier G will be localized.

[nerdman67]

It is fun, just not a monster hunter killer by any means

[Baka-akaB]

lol monster Hunter killer ....
The last thing plenty fans of either toukiden , Ogre eater , Soul sacrifice , and most likely soon Freedom wars , etc wants would be to replace and clone monster hunter .

Not every fans of any of those games , even becessary like Monster Hunter . It got its own gameplay , artstyle , universe , level of challenge and pacing .

The only real thing they have and should have in common would be to belong to the same kind and genre of rpgs .... wich MH didnt truly invent despite being its poster and most popular child . MH owe pretty much everything to titles like Phantasy Star Online .

This "killer" trend in the press is annoying and sensationalist . It has been there for every big iconic title and never fail to dissapoint...

[nope111]

Hell no, God Eater Burst already murdered MH. Toukiden was okay, but i want God Eater 2 over here dammit.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

not really considering MH4 is what Japanese gamers are playing instead

[Inception]

This is one of the main problem of gaming media, especially western gaming media. Tecmo-Koei never say that they created Toukiden to kill Monster Hunter. Not a single word. That's why i don't understand why always gaming media to put 'game A to kill game B' headline?

Anyway, it's useless to kill Monster Hunter because it already got huge-strong fanbase and community. So, instead of kill it, TK try to attract Monster Hunter fans, Dynasty Warrior fans (it's from the creator of DW), Atelier fans (character designer from Atelier Ayesha), or maybe people (new fans) who thinks Toukiden is more interesting to play than Monster Hunter.

Ot, already tried the demo and me and my bro liked it more than MH. Gonna get it but not this month >.<

[DCfan]

I never played a Monster Hunter game, but im loving Toukiden.

[SoulSercher620]

Tried getting into Monster Hunter and it was complicated for me. I can definitely get behind this and God Eater though.

[isarai]

Wouldn't say "killer" but it's definitely an amazing substitute since for some odd reason Capcom have been avoiding PS3 and Vita with the MH franchise as if it they had the plague. been playing the demo for a while and honestly it feels just like a MH game just themed differently, just can't figure out how to do "Quests" instead of "Missions" NEED TO GET THAT IRON ORE DAMNIT!!

[Coolblueboy]

played the demo for like five hours, and its really good game and i can be a spear man awesome.

[ninjahunter]

Maybe on vita, but probably not overall. My main concern with it is that there is a lot of the enemies just standing around doing nothing between attacks, which is a turnoff. Where as with something like soul sacrifice, as soon as an enemy spots you, the only time its not attacking you is when its 'charging up' to attack you.

[demonx]

This game looks like MH, but it simply doesn't play the same way. It seems to be easier or at least more accessible. I don't think that's a bad thing for people who have a hard time getting into Monster Hunter.