What is Monster Hunter about?

Answer 1

It is a series about hunting giant monsters, usually with others, to gather materials to create better armor and weapons, to hunt bigger monsters, and so on. From the mouth of Ryozo Tsujimoto, the producer of Monster Hunter Tri:

"The first concept was put forward as "an online action game," but we always tacked on the words "that anyone can play." That was a very important point. In general, when you talk about online games, you imagine plunging in and really hitting it hard. But what we aimed for in this game was leeway. So, for example, we tried to create an atmosphere in which, if you enjoy cooking meat, that's all right. We made it so that if you just enjoy fishing that's all right."