Been playing a lot of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on my 3DS.
Very fun stuff, but it took time for me to get the game.
I played with a hammer first, but it took way too long to hit anything with it, and monsters would interrupt my attack animations constantly. So I decided to use a ranged weapon instead.
I sucked at it for the first 20 hours and played with a Bowgun. Thought it was fairly boring.
Some dudes rec'd me to try out Dual Blades or Long Sword. The game clicked instantly. It was fun to shred enemies with the dual blades, but eventually I decided to try out the Long Sword.
It has an odd system where if you attack enemies you fill a power gauge, and making a full combo using that gauge your sword starts glowing in different colours. I don't know what it really does, but I decided to think that it just raises ATK and makes more damage.
Fun times, although I wish I could play coop, I have no idea how it would work on a 3ds since idk if online is still working and even then I know close to no one to work with.