User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Frontier G9 Discussion/@comment-27253594-20151216123845/@comment-4009941-20160109001949

Actually that depends on what "Mechanics" you are talking about. We have 4th gen climbing speed, 3rd gen monsters, moves that are in no other game(4th gen uses a lot of "Frontier" first mechanics to be clear as well. and only a few monsters are OTT compared to the majority with like 204+ monsters, varients and subs. The game has tons of content and like 9 ranks. Also Tonfa's are not OP, they are most of the time seen as no stronger than dual swords in speed runs.

As a person who actually played frontier this is a more accurate rating.