User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-6050823-20150928011849/@comment-2194133-20150928040731

@Ravenxeo I actually disagree.

It actually strengthens the series. When you are placed to defend a village from a flying wyvern you just have to stop and think that ages ago, ancient peoples fought monsters easily ten times more powerful than anything you would ever face. That while you are now running around collecting Flashbugs, ancient peoples millenias ago saw the world brought to the edge of destruction. It adds urgency and drive for you to complete your task at hand, since you have to somewhat live up to what the champions of the past were.

It also produces a sense of mystery and wonder. The monsters that we face are probably at their lowest in the evolutionary scale compared to the beasts of the past. Instead of imaging them sprouting from micro-organisms we can but hope to imagine them originating from creatures who could even end the world. It's knowing that there was so much more during the ancient times than we currently are aware of that strengthens the lore of the series.

A world wherein monsters are many times the size of humans and possess incredible abilities is actually the DOWNGRADED version of the same world in the past. That is a lore I would love to hear more about, and MH has it.