Monster Hunter Dos[lower-alpha 1] (also known as Monster Hunter 2) is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom. It the second core installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, and was released in Japan only on February 16, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. The game featured new additions such as a day-night cycle, inclusion of seasons, new monsters and new weapon types that would eventually become mainstays such as the Long Sword and Hunting Horn.

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Monster Hunter Dos
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Director(s)	Kaname Fujioka
Designer(s)	Keni Kinoshita Tsuyoshi Nagayama Shintaro Kojima Yōichirō Ikeda Kouki Fuse Yuya Tokuda Eri Sawada Tomotsugu Shimono Junya Kumabe Katsuhiro Eguchi Yuji Matsumoto Naoto
Composer(s)	Masato Kohda Yuko Komiyama Shinya Okada Akihiko Narita Hajime Hyakkoku
Series	Monster Hunter
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	JP: February 16, 2006
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Monster Hunter 2’s gameplay follows closely with the preceding games as well as introducing several additions. The player’s character can embark on quests involving hunting large or small monsters and gathering; the rewards gained from completing quests are used to forge weapons and armor.

Along with the various species of monster returning from the first Monster Hunter, Monster Hunter 2 contains many new monsters, such as the metallic wind dragon Kushala Daora, the lion-headed dragon Teo Teskatoru (named Teostra in the North American and PAL versions of Monster Hunter Freedom 2) and his female counterpart Nana Teskatory (named Lunastra in the North American and PAL versions of MHF2), the primates Babakonga and Dodobrango (Congalala and Blangonga in MHF2), the gorilla-like monster Rajang, and the chameleon-like dragon Oonazuchi (Chameleos in MHF2). With new monsters also comes the prospect of new weapons and armor.

Monster Hunter 2 has an improved weapon tree and upgradeable armors. As in all Monster Hunter games, armor pieces can be worn to obtain skills and abilities. A new feature in Monster Hunter 2 is the use of gems. Gems add skill points to complement those added by armor and weapons. Gems are created by combining ore and/or monster parts. Gems can be attached and detached from armor and weapons that have special gem slots.

Reception

Monster Hunter 2 received generally positive reviews from Japan-based Famitsu magazine receiving a score of 37/40 from the publication.[1]

Related games

Monster Hunter Freedom 2, released in Japan as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, is a partial port of Monster Hunter 2 for the PSP. MHF2 adds new features and includes several changes to the original game, such as the removal of some of the time flow elements and the removal of the octopus-like monster Yama Tsukami. (Later added back in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, an English version of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G). Also some features such as the Forest & Hills map at night and Teostra in the Swamp zone have been removed from MHF2, which would return in Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G.

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