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Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak is the latest in a long series of games: in the beginning there was Monster Hunter, then Monster Hunter Rise and now Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak, the sixth main game and the twelfth if all the spin-offs and expansions are included. About the Game As always, you are a hunter, tasked with ridding the world of monsters and using their remains as a source of loot to build new armour, improve your weapons – all fourteen from previous Monster Hunter games are available, so you will be able to use your old favourites. The Wirebug returns too, helping you travel, climb and boosting and improving your weapons. Following on from the end of the last game: Rampage mode was here and has left its mark on the land. After the Rampage comes sunbreak: the hunter is hailed as a hero and peace returns to Kamura. As might be expected, this peace short-lived and ends as a strange monster arrives in the Shrine Ruins. It is pursued by a Knight from Elgado, called Fiorayne, who explains that the beast is from her land. They work together to defeat the beast, Lunagron – but Fiorayne then explains that her actual purpose in travelling so far was to recruit the Hunter to help Elgado against an even more fearsome creature, Malzeno, which has appeared in the land. Permission is given and the Hunter sets off with Fiorayne. The Elgado Outpost is an entirely new fame map area, and the Britain-inspired land is packed with new people to meet, monsters to fight and kill and lands to explore. (See below for details of some of the new monsters). The Outpost serves as the game’s hub and trading area, so you will get to know it well. Long term players can score on a new set of quests, and Wirebugs have exciting new and improved powers too. The Citadel, just outside the Outpost is