Yea, part of me considered that instead, but held off as I have heard Toukaiden is way too easy and lacks much strategy in the actual fights(or rather the monsters don't demand much perception on the player to beat them down). Other popular complaints make it sound less appealing or worth the time.
I did pick this up, had a decent go with another online random on the early missions. Game is a bit brain dead until the real hunts begin several missions deep. I kind of dislike the gun mode as borh the control layout and aiming properly has been frustrated me. Hell, just switching weapon modes can annoy me at how often the game doesn't accept my input to do so(animation priority sans buffering), thus I kind of want to never bother with guns.
All the responses to my questions ring true already. It's a different type of hunting game and it's PSP roots show(like type 0 HD), but I've had a decent time so far. Doubtful I will stick with it though as the hooks aren't very strong, the story is a bit too sophomoric and tropey, and the actual encounters are merely decent so far. I do like it is a palette cleanser away that doesn't feature the hefty resource mgmt and minimal plot of MH, but combat is a bit too light and basic here.
