Monster Hunter 2
Monster Hunter 2 has an improved weapon tree and upgradeable armors. As in all Monster Hunter games, armor pieces can be worn to obtain skills and abilities. A new feature in Monster Hunter 2 is the use of…
Monster Hunter 2 is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Capcom, released 16 February 2006 on PlayStation 2.
What Monster Hunter 2 is
Monster Hunter 2 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Capcom and released in 2006. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Monster Hunter 2 has an improved weapon tree and upgradeable armors. As in all Monster Hunter games, armor pieces can be worn to obtain skills and abilities. A new feature in Monster Hunter 2 is the use of gems. Gems add skill points to complement those added by armor and weapons. Gems are created by combining ore and/or monster parts. Gems can be attached and detached from armor and weapons that have special gem slots. Along with the various species of monster returning from the first Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter 2 contains many new monsters, such as the metallic wind dragon Kushala Daora, the lion-headed dragon Teo Teskatoru (named Teostra in the North American and PAL versions of…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Monster Hunter series
Monster Hunter 2 is the fifth of 62 entries we hold in the Monster Hunter series. The next entry was Monster Hunter Freedom 2 in 2007.
What it launched against
Monster Hunter 2 launched on 16 February 2006, within three weeks of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Muv-Luv Alternative and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC.
Released around the same time: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Muv-Luv Alternative, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC.
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