Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Second handheld Monster Hunter title, released in 2007 for PSP.
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Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is a 2007 action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable. It is the second handheld installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, marketed as a sequel to Monster Hunter Freedom. The game adapts core content from Monster Hunter 2 into a new single player campaign while adding supplemental original content.
- Release year
- 2007
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Platform
- PlayStation Portable
- Genre
- Action role-playing
- Sales (as of march 31, 2008)
- 2.15 million copies
- Metacritic rating
- Average
Lore & Background
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 was developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable in 2007. It is the second handheld installment in the Monster Hunter series and is marketed as a sequel to Monster Hunter Freedom. The game adapts the core content of Monster Hunter 2 into a new single player campaign, adding supplemental original content. An expanded version, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, was released in North America on June 22, 2009.
Reader's Guide
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is significant as a key entry in the Monster Hunter franchise, bridging the home console Monster Hunter 2 with the handheld market. Its quest system introduced multiple difficulty tiers: Village Elder quests for single players, lower Hunter Rank guild quests for up to four players via ad-hoc or XLink Kai, and higher Hunter Rank quests that are the most difficult, featuring increased monster hit points, damage, and new attack moves. Rare materials from higher rank quests allow creation of powerful equipment. Downloadable quests provided special materials for bonus equipment. The game sold 2.15 million copies worldwide as of March 31, 2008, and its Japanese version, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, was the best-selling game in Japan in 2008 with 2,452,111 copies sold that year. Famitsu gave the 2nd G version a score of 36 out of 40. The game received 'average' reviews on Metacritic, but its commercial success and expanded re-release cemented its legacy as a foundational handheld Monster Hunter experience.
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