The game itself gets compared quite often to Monster Hunter and the question I pose is "Is it?"
Game summary in 1 sentence - Slaughter and "cleanse" attacking Oni (demons).
I am a gamer who has barely put 100 hours into each game, in this case being Toukiden Kiwami and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I am no completionist and those who play these games hardcore will say that is barely much of a play time total.
Though the parallels between these games are undeniable the feel and thrill and experience are quite unique to each. For lack of better words the difference is that Monster Hunter truly feels like you go out into the wild and track down and kill monsters, where as Toukiden feels like you are the last line of defense between giant demon monsters and the town you protect called Ukataka.
Weapons are where the 2 games begin to drift apart. Both games share a slew of weapons from bow and arrows to giant great swords. What feels unique from one game to the other is that typically in Monster Hunter the way you use a weapon set changes drastically based on the monster you are fighting. In Toukiden the way you use a weapon set depends on your Mitama set (Mitama are accompanying spirits that give you skills/spells to use). This might boil down to "every fight is different" but to me it makes the 2 games uniquely different.
TL;DR - Toukiden is fast action that is slightly forgiving taking down giant monster like demons, where as Monster Hunter is a more calculated approach to bringing down fierce apex predators.
From time to time, on no strict schedule you can find me streaming games, recently Toukiden Kiwami. Feel free to join me there and ask away, I also take requests on demonstrations of game mechanics such as weapons or monsters.
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