The way to get someone into Monster Hunter:
- Let them play the intro of Tri. The first few hours and Great Jaggi fight are awesome for easing someone into it. People may enjoy the leisurely gathering and crafting aspect.
- Sit there with them, help them out a bit, tell them how to make potions and mega potions. Teach them to sharpen and eat meat. Show them the goofy stuff like gestures, the pig, the meat cooking.
- Play a split-screen arena fight with them against the Great Jaggi, show them what multi is like. Introduce them to the use of bombs and traps with this if you'd like.
- Let them play the Wii U demo, showing how great it looks by direct comparison. Now they understand the gameplay and items enough to appreciate the demo better.
This really works.
My friend had heard great things about Monster Hunter years ago, bought the first one on PS2, and absolutely hated it. Tried to get into it multiple times and couldn't. He was thinking of trying it again with this game, so I took the above steps. I wasn't trying to convert him specifically, I knew he'd decide on his own if it was any good, but he really took to it.
Did the same thing to another friend who had never played a Monster Hunter and he wants it too.
