{"id":75420,"date":"2015-05-13T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=75420"},"modified":"2015-05-13T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T09:48:56","slug":"5-franchises-to-bring-out-the-monster-hunter-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75420-5-franchises-to-bring-out-the-monster-hunter-in-you","title":{"rendered":"5 franchises to bring out the monster hunter in you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <em>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/em> releasing next week, and in the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/75376-the-witcher-3-review-roundup.html\">hands of critics already<\/a>, we decided to look at some of the games that inspire us to hunt and tackle the most grotesque of creatures as well as mythical beasts; so without further ado, here&#8217;s the five best monster-hunting franchises:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Monster Hunter<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, no monster-hunting list would be without the most obvious choice: <em>Monster Hunter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This beloved series has found a cult following around the world, making the transition from console to portable devices, and all without losing any of its scale.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not a lot more satisfying than banding together with friends to kill or capture the massive and interesting monsters spread across the games&#8217; massive open-world landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a difficult game to adopt, but impossible to quit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TM4Q6ZlxB8A\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Witcher<\/h3>\n<p>While the <em>Wild Hunt<\/em> isn&#8217;t here just yet, the <em>Witcher<\/em> franchise definitely earns itself a spot on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The first two games in the series blew everyone&#8217;s expectations away by incorporating a strong story arc, great visuals, exciting combat and true-to-its-word RPG elements.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling around the incredible medieval fantasy world as a paid-for monster-killing mercenary is what we all really want to be anyway, after fire-fighters of course.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAhztVPWHYQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Shadow of the Colossus<\/h3>\n<p>Easily one of the greatest games ever made, the <em>Shadow of the Colossus<\/em> stands tall as a shining light in the adventure game category.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s not all exploring and discovering, as 16 giant beasts are needed to be hunted down.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the game so incredible is the diversity and excitement of battling a new colossi.<\/p>\n<p>Each has its own unique abilities and structure, and you&#8217;ll have to work out how to scale them and attack their weak points without being flung off and falling to a certain death.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32N2LLlQ4b0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dragon&#8217;s Dogma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma<\/em> is a familiar yet somewhat refreshing take on the monster-hunting genre, borrowing some of the best bits from other franchises.<\/p>\n<p>It shares a similar climb-and-stab combat system to <em>Shadow of the Colossus<\/em>, a massive open-world like <em>Monster Hunter<\/em>, and visuals like that of <em>Dark Souls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting mish-mash of game mechanics that manage to bring a faster, more frantic and more acceptable experience to that of the Souls franchise.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWatmDmKGDA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Castlevania<\/h3>\n<p>While centred around the lineage story of Dracula, the <em>Castlevania<\/em> games are, for all intensive purposes, about hunting down mythical beasts.<\/p>\n<p>Playing as one of the Belmont ancestors, you&#8217;re always tasked with heading into a creepy castle, cave or tomb in order to find and kill something dangerous, usually before going after the big-fish himself, Dracula.<\/p>\n<p>2010&#8217;s <em>Lords of Shadow<\/em> was one of the best examples of the franchise&#8217;s roots of hunting down some serious threats, as players had to kill the lords of the vampires, werewolves and necromancers in some epic boss battles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T70Wpcb3p-k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of our list? Are there any games or obvious franchises we&#8217;ve forgotten about?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Article courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all want to hunt down the things that go bump in the night; these are the games that made us that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":75422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[11511,4439,2251,13892,13888,13890,4430,1093,2155],"class_list":["post-75420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-action","tag-castlevania","tag-dragons-dogma","tag-hunting","tag-monster-hunting","tag-monsters","tag-shadow-of-the-colossus","tag-the-witcher","tag-the-witcher-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75426,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75420\/revisions\/75426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}