Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin offers both RPG and Monster Hunter fans a unique new experience with a rich storyline featuring charming characters, challenging quests and friendly encounters with…
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 8 July 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $14.39 at WinGameStore. The main story takes about 51 hrs to finish.
What Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MT Framework.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of Monster Hunter! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters known as Monsties to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story. You play as the grandson of Red, a legendary Rider. The story begins with a fateful encounter with Ena, a Wyverian girl who has been entrusted with an egg with the potential to hatch into a legendary Rathalos which could wreak havoc if awakened to its destructive power. Embark on a journey which will test the bonds of friendship in a changing world, and discover the truth behind the legends of old.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 48 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Monster Hunter series
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is the 44th of 62 entries we hold in the Monster Hunter series. The next entry was Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - Deluxe Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 86 is almost exactly the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Monster Hunter: World at 93.
How it was received
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 51 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $14.39, that works out to about $0.28 per hour of the main story, or $0.26 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-3470 3.20 GHz or AMD FX-6300™ or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 28GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $14.39 at WinGameStore, 64% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin launched on 8 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Final Fantasy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Final Fantasy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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