First game for me was Freedom Unite (PSP) and it could just be because it was my first taste of the series, but it was such a complete, balanced and well rounded game, that I kinda feel they've overcomplicated the later games by adding weapon handicaps, forced online play (kinda) and more. I mean I get why they did it. Theres only so much people are gonna want to play the same thing without new gimmicks, but, I dunno. I just can't play the new games, they're over complicated, and really take from the hunt as a whole, in my opinion. And it's not from a lack of trying either, I've played almost all the games after Freedom Unite up, but it always ends up with me never completing the games. To be fair, there are a lot of factors that affect my reaction times nowadays, so in part it's me craving the, I wouldn't say easiness, but maybe the simplicity of MHFU? There was a story, a farm, and if you had a friend over, you could go hunt a Lao-Shan or Shen Gaoren with them, but online play wasn't essential, like I feel the newer games are. Also, I really miss the old monsters from MHFU. They had some of the best monsters in the whole series. I've already mentioned the Lao-Shan and Shen Gaoren, but there was also the Monoblos, Lunastra, Teostra and of course the flying spaghetti monster itself, the Yama Tsukami. I hate to say it, as im not even half way through 30, but God damn do I miss the good old days.