Monster Hunter Stories

This is an adventure role-playing game in which players assume the role of a monster rider on a quest to save a village from an evil force. From a third-person perspective, players explore a fantasy world, complete quests, interact with characters, and battle humans and fantastical creatures (e.g., dragons, dinosaurs, giant insects). Players can select various weapon attacks (e.g., sword slashes, club attacks) and monster attacks (e.g., speed attacks, flame breath) from a menu to defeat enemies in turn-based combat. Battles are accompanied by explosions, colorful light effects, and impact sounds. During the course of the game, players can encounter a creature that uses a Foul Gas move to emit a brown flatulence attack; one scene depicts a character eating dumplings, alluded to be made of feces (“Are those…balls of Steamed Moss?”; “[Y]ou mean Hot Spring Dumplings are actually…”; “Ewwwww!”). The phrase “helluva” appears in the game.