User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Monster Hunter Generations Demo/@comment-5020152-20160701203835

1) I think the demo is a pretty good representative of the game - or at least past games. You've got the Great Maccao to represent your easy beginning monsters, Malfestio to represent the tougher monsters, and Nargacuga to represent the end-game monsters.

2) The Hunting Styles are a great way to add variety to each weapon class. You could form a team of four who all use the same weapon, but they could all potentially play different roles due to the four different styles.

3) Guild style is by far my favorite because it feels the most comfortable, but I'm warming up to the Adept style as well.

4) I'm just sticking with the weapons I'm most comfortable with for both Guild and Adept styles - namely, the Hammer, Hunting Horn, Insect Glaive, Charge Blade, and Sword + Shield.

5) My least favorite style is Aerial. I just can't get the hang of it.

6) Any of them.

7) Not that I can think of.

8) I'm not a fan of what they did to change the Charge Blade. After you do the X+A shield bash and then press X+A again, you automatically load your phials into the blade instead of automatically doing the charged slash. In order to do the charged slash, you need to press the R button while in the middle of the combo, which is the opposite of what goes on in 4 Ultimate. It really threw me for a loop and made me miss some good opportunities - especially when I tried to do the Big Phial Release Slash (or whatever its name is) and forgot to press the R button, thus wasting all the phials I'd built up.

9) The one for the Insect Glaive that grabs all the Kinsect buffs, and probably the triple spinning Dual Blade slash (Blood Wind, I think).

10) The Provoke one for the Hammer. Not too useful when you're playing solo.

11) Mostly solo. Apparently I need to enter some kind of 14-number code in order to find a Hunter's Hub online or something? I sincerely hope I won't need to worry about that in the full game.

12) Great Maccao is really, really fun. I love how different it is from the other raptors in MH, and his Kangaroo Kick is something to behold. It really punishes you if you're not paying attention. Other than that, I've noticed that he moves around a lot more than other raptors, which can be irritating if you're trying to aim for a specific body part.

13) Malfestio is one of my favorite monsters, and my love for her has only increased after fighting her. Yeah, the Confusion is a pain, but I'm slowly getting used to it. All of Malfestio's attacks and animations feel so fluid and natural, and because I have to keep my eye on her at all times, I really enjoy watching her move around.

14) I still hate fighting Narga, but the Adept style has made her considerably easier for me. Now I can get her back for all those beatdowns she gave me in Freedom Unite and 3 Ultimate.

15) Yeah, I gave it a shot. It's interesting and all, but I'm probably not going to use it too often.

16) Hmm, I'll have to answer that question with a big fat YES.