Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28740290-20160614213730/@comment-8287915-20160819035513

I've always been a bit interested in the series but it was after a friend showed me a video of the Jhen Mohran fight that finally convinced me to get into the series.

What luri97 says is true. Difficulty plus some game mechanics (no auto-target, no lifebars for the monsters, no radars unless you upgrade...) tend to turn away some potential players. If you friend is not accustomed to these kinds of games (either in style or difficulty), maybe you should show them the newer titles which tend to be (slightly) more beginner-friendly and do multiplayer so they don't grow too frustrated. Fight together, and if you lose you can plan the next try or laugh it off.

Explaining them some of the mechanics can help too, but don't hold their hand all the time. Show them how to stalk the big monsters, the invincibility frames of rolling... stuff like that, so it doesn't seem "difficult for the sake of difficulty" but a challenge of skill.