So, what is this? Initially, I thought it was Monster Rancher in disguise, but then I played the demo and it's much, much more fun than Monster Rancher ever was for me.
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, it's a new game coming out for the PSP. It seems to feature you as a hero/hunter of some kind who runs around with this cat half your size hunting and killing creatures for profit and equipment (though you have to process the equipment yourself). It seems to have some interesting qualities, though the first mission is balls to the wall hard. The main thing I like is the weapon degradation. I know, I know, that's a little weird, but it's interesting: your weapon will not break, but it will do less damage. You can sharpen your weapon with Whetstones to maintain an edge on them. It's possibly the best representation of maintenance of a real weapon I've ever seen. It also has something like ten weapons to choose from, each with its own special abilities and weaknesses (You can't block with dual blades for some reason, but you can go abso-frickin'-lutely nutso with them.).
I may buy it simply because I found the demo fun, but I'd like to know if this is already a famous series and I've just missed it, or if it's something Capcom has never released before.
For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, it's a new game coming out for the PSP. It seems to feature you as a hero/hunter of some kind who runs around with this cat half your size hunting and killing creatures for profit and equipment (though you have to process the equipment yourself). It seems to have some interesting qualities, though the first mission is balls to the wall hard. The main thing I like is the weapon degradation. I know, I know, that's a little weird, but it's interesting: your weapon will not break, but it will do less damage. You can sharpen your weapon with Whetstones to maintain an edge on them. It's possibly the best representation of maintenance of a real weapon I've ever seen. It also has something like ten weapons to choose from, each with its own special abilities and weaknesses (You can't block with dual blades for some reason, but you can go abso-frickin'-lutely nutso with them.).
I may buy it simply because I found the demo fun, but I'd like to know if this is already a famous series and I've just missed it, or if it's something Capcom has never released before.