someone school me on Monster Hunter

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I just downloaded the Monster Hunter demo for my 3DS and I don't really understand the game. I know it has a huge following so I'm hoping someone here can give me some pointers.

Basically I leave my camp, roam the map with my followers, kill animals I come across ... or not if I can't be bothered .... and I am looking for one main monster which I kill? That's it?

I assume I am missing out on what makes this series so beloved so please, someone tell me what makes Monster Hunter so awesome.
 
I haven't played it but I believe it's:

Hunt monsters, farm stuff they drop, make awesome weapons and armor.

Use said awesome weapons and armor to hunt bigger monsters, farm better stuff they drop, make even more awesome weapons and armor... and so on and so on and so on and you improve your rank.

At least that's what I gather from past meetings with Capcom.
 
I found a little info on NeoGaf. I'm not a member there so I can't comment but would KLOV folks agree with this member's comments?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491153&page=70

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You're not really suppose to beat the monsters on your first try all the time in Monster Hunter. They are big, mean, and tough.

The game isn't meant to be played where you fight a monster, kill it, move on to the next monster, kill it, move on to the next monster, repeat, repeat, repeat.

In Monster Hunter you will be fighting the same monster many times learning and mastering it's moves and your moves and your weapons and your armour's skill sets.

You fight a monster for the first time and try to learn it's moves, observe it, etc. Probably die to it multiple times if not many many many times before you finally beat it. When you beat it, it's one of the most rewarding experiences in video games I've ever felt. The next time you fight it, you might die to it again, but you'll be better at it. Eventually, you'll pwn that monster like it's a lame duck and you'll laugh at yourself for having trouble with it at first.

Then you'll put that monster on farm mode and gather all it's parts and make armour, weapons, and other trinkets from it.

Then you'll go online and fight that monster again and it'll be an all new beast, but you'll have friends with you that add an all new dynamic to the fight. You might love what you can do with that LS solo, but wait til you're knocking your friends down left and right and they're getting all mad at you, etc.
 
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